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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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0016 PLAYWRIGHT

Marie-Claire Blais

Born 1939

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0066 JOURNALIST

Richard Garneau

1930 - 2013

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0098 WRESTLER

Rene Goulet

1932 - 2019

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0128 FILM

Jean-Claude Labrecque

1938 - 2019

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0131 HOCKEY

Camille Henry

1933 - 1997

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0136 RESEARCH

Fernand Labrie

1937 - 2019

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0153 POLITICIAN

Max Gros-Louis

1931 - 2020

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0157 HOCKEY

Gilles Tremblay (ice hockey)

1938 - 2014

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0169 COMMUNICATION

Claude Cossette

Born 1937

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0171 LAWYER

Louis LeBel

Born 1939

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0189 JOURNALIST

Jean Paré (journalist)

Born 1935

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0212 POLITICIAN

Jacques-Yvan Morin

Born 1931

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0217 ECONOMIST

Gilles Paquet

1936 - 2019

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0246 PHILOSOPHER

Neil Gillman

1933 - 2017

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0279 WRITER

Cécile Gagnon

Born 1936

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0280 POET

Marie Savard

1936 - 2012

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0284 WRITER

Suzanne Paradis

Born 1936

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0286 ASTRONOMER

René Racine

Born 1939

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0295 LAWYER

Yves Fortier (lawyer)

Born 1935

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0304 PUBLIC SERVANT

Guy Coulombe

1936 - 2011

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0327 POLITICIAN

Clément Richard

Born 1939

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0337 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Pierre Maranda

1930 - 2015

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0358 POET

Cécile Cloutier

Born 1930

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0361 PHYSICIAN

Jacques de Champlain

1938 - 2009

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0371 POLITICIAN

André Gaulin

Born 1936

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0401 MUSIC

Pierre Rolland (musician)

1931 - 2011

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0416 PAINTER

Edmund Alleyn

1931 - 2004

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0432 PRIEST

Michel Gagnon

1933 - 2004

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0490 PRESENTER

Jacques Boulanger

Born 1939

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0502 ART HISTORIAN

Germain Viatte

Born 1939

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0518 GEOGRAPHER

Henri Dorion

Born 1935

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0543 ACTOR

Louise Rémy

1938 - 2016

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0547 SKIER

André Bertrand (alpine skier)

1931 - 2019

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0561 POET

Julie Stanton

Born 1938

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0607 PHYSICIAN

Madeleine Blanchet

Born 1934

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0610 PROFESSEUR

André Vachon

1933 - 2003

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0635 ACTOR

Yvon Dufour

1930 - 1999

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0637 THEATRE

Bill Glassco

1935 - 2004

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0643 WRITER

Yves Roby

1939 - 2019

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0648 HOCKEY

Michel Labadie

1932 - 1990

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0661 POLITICIAN

Denis de Belleval

Born 1939

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0662 POLITICIAN

Charles Deblois

1939 - 2019

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0678 HUMOURIST

Serge Grenier

1939 - 2012

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0689 HISTORIAN

Michèle Stanton-Jean

Born 1937

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0699 POLITICIAN

Pierre MacDonald

1936 - 2015

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0738 SKIER

Ginette Seguin

1934 - 2019

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0743 SPRINT

Laird Sloan

1935 - 2017

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0772 POLITICIAN

Louis Duclos

Born 1939

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0778 LAWYER

Richard Drouin

Born 1932

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0780 POLITICIAN

Patrick Tobin Asselin

1930 - 2005

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0781 ARTISTE

Claude Carette

1935 - 1999

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0792 LAWYER

Trevor Eyton

1934 - 2019

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0824 POLITICIAN

Gaby Larrivée

Born 1933

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0836 SCULPTOR

Lewis Pagé

1931 - 2007

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0838 POLITICIAN

Maud Debien

Born 1938

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0843 POLITICIAN

Monique Tardif

Born 1936

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0929 SINGER

René d'Antoine

Born 1939

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0951 ESSAYIST

Denis Saint-Jacques

Born 1938

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0978 ENGINEER

Armand Couture

Born 1930

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0979 POLITICIAN

Maurice Martel

Born 1936

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0982 LAWYER

Michel Cogger

Born 1939

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1021 POLITICIAN

Ralph Mercier

1937 - 2020

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1024 POLITICIAN

George Doucet

Born 1939

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1040 ECONOMIST

André Marier

1932 - 2014

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1061 POLITICIAN

Alan Gray Martin

Born 1930

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1090 DOCTEUR

Claudette Gagnon Dionne

Born 1937

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1096 HOCKEY

Mike Lagace

Born 1936

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