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QUEBEC

Most Famous People Born in Quebec, Canada

Notable people
1,105
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1937
Most distinctive
Hockey 9.1×

Francophone North America's legal and literary capital — the lawyer, judge, writer, and poet over-indexes stack up in a way no English-Canadian city can match. Robert Lepage staged most of his world-touring theatre here before taking it to Cirque du Soleil, and the 9.1× hockey index is, almost single-handedly, Patrick Roy.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Quebec during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 110 notable births.

What Quebec Is Known For

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Politician is Quebec's biggest profession — 17% of all notables (185).

Quebec over-indexes on hockey9.1× the global rate.

Quebec under-produces football — only 0.1× the global rate.

  1. Politician185
  2. Hockey119
  3. Actor68
  4. Writer65
  5. Lawyer50
  6. Singer32
  7. Journalist27
  8. Priest23
  1. Hockey1199.1×
  2. Lawyer502.6×
  3. Judge132.5×
  4. Poet211.8×
  5. Writer651.8×
  6. Business191.7×
  7. Journalist271.6×
  1. Football130.1×
  2. Player130.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Quebec's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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Showing 34 of 1,105 notable people

0037 PRIEST

Maurice Roy

1905 - 1985

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0042 PAINTER

Alfred Pellan

1906 - 1988

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0058 OPERA

Raoul Jobin

1906 - 1974

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0106 PAINTER

Jean Paul Lemieux

1904 - 1990

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0111 HOCKEY

Marty Barry

1905 - 1969

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0142 BOXER

Jack Delaney

1900 - 1948

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0250 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Alfred Bailey

1905 - 1997

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0275 ECONOMIST

François-Albert Angers

1909 - 2003

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0331 HOCKEY

Robert Lebel (ice hockey)

1905 - 1999

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0338 POLITICIAN

Paul Bouchard

1908 - 1997

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0344 COMPOSER

Conrad Bernier

1904 - 1988

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0350 HOCKEY

Frank Brophy

1900 - 1930

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0448 PAINTER

Simone Hudon-Beaulac

1905 - 1984

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0470 PAINTER

Frère Jérôme

1902 - 1994

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0474 POLITICIAN

René Chaloult

1901 - 1978

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0483 POET

Alice Lemieux-Lévesque

1905 - 1983

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0521 ACTOR

Maurice Beaupré

1907 - 1984

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0565 LAWYER

Yves Prévost

1908 - 1997

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0579 LAWYER

Charles Cannon (Quebec politician)

1905 - 1976

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0638 LIBRARIAN

Hélène Grenier

1900 - 1992

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0644 ACTOR

Colette Dorsay

1906 - 1996

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0651 LAWYER

Noël Dorion

1904 - 1980

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0655 HOCKEY

Hal Hicks

1900 - 1965

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0730 ROWER

Noël de Mille

1909 - 1995

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0739 POLITICIAN

Mark Robert Drouin

1903 - 1963

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0747 POLITICIAN

Gérald Martineau

1902 - 1968

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0835 TRADE UNION

Cécile Rouleau

1905 - 1999

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0847 JUDGE

George Alexander Gale

1906 - 1997

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0879 HOCKEY

Bert McInenly

1906 - 1993

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0938 POLITICIAN

Henri Jolicoeur (Québec)

1905 - 1967

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0992 OFFICER

Paul Mathieu (militaire)

1907 - 1976

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1057 MUSIC

Maurice Bernier (journalist)

1900 - 1990

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1089 EDITOR

Louis-Philippe Gagné

1900 - 1964

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1094 POLITICIAN

Charles-Édouard Cantin

1901 - 1994

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