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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 81 of 1,105 notable people

0007 ACTOR

Michael Sarrazin

1940 - 2011

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0017 POLITICIAN

Marc Garneau

Born 1949

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0019 POLITICIAN

Pauline Marois

Born 1949

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0056 SINGER

Dorothée Berryman

Born 1948

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0082 MATHEMATICIAN

Jean-Marie De Koninck

Born 1948

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0118 LAWYER

Michel Bastarache

Born 1947

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0132 POLITICIAN

Louise Beaudoin

Born 1945

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0138 POLITICIAN

Lawrence Cannon

Born 1947

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0166 POLITICIAN

J. Michel Doyon

Born 1943

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0174 ACTOR

Francine Ruel

Born 1948

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0186 SCULPTOR

Jocelyne Alloucherie

Born 1947

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0193 ACTOR

Serge Thériault

Born 1948

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0210 FILM

Alain Dostie

Born 1943

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0220 NOVELIST

Pierre Turgeon (writer)

Born 1947

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0254 WRITER

Charlotte Gingras

Born 1943

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0256 BUSINESS

Claude Brochu

Born 1944

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0259 POLITICIAN

Michel Pigeon

Born 1945

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0261 WRITER

Esther Rochon

Born 1948

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0262 PAINTER

Bruno Côté

1940 - 2010

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0274 PAINTER

Claude A. Simard

1943 - 2014

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0283 POLITICIAN

André Arthur

Born 1943

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0285 SENATE

Renée Dupuis

Born 1949

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0346 SINGER

Sylvain Lelièvre

1943 - 2002

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0353 HOCKEY

Rene LeClerc

Born 1947

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0389 GEOGRAPHER

Rodolphe De Koninck

Born 1943

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0395 POLITICIAN

Dennis Dawson

Born 1949

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0405 SPORT

Marcel Roy

Born 1942

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0461 OPERA

Guy Bélanger

Born 1946

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0480 POLITICIAN

Michel Côté (Canadian politician)

Born 1942

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0494 JOURNALIST

Gaston L'Heureux

1943 - 2011

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0516 POLITICIAN

Margaret Delisle

Born 1946

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0517 SINGER

Julie Arel

Born 1947

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0533 WRITER

Richard Ste-Marie

Born 1945

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0534 SINGER

Steve Fiset

1946 - 2015

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0541 POLITICIAN

Michel Rivard (politician)

Born 1941

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0556 ACTOR

Normand Chouinard

Born 1948

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0573 PAINTER

Richard Mill

Born 1949

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0580 ESSAYIST

Daniel Gagnon

Born 1946

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0588 POET

Jean-Pierre Guay

1946 - 2011

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0593 SINGER

Bob Walsh

1947 - 2016

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0594 JUDGE

Nicole Duval Hesler

Born 1945

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0597 WRESTLER

Michel Martel

1944 - 1978

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0600 POLITICIAN

Jean-Marc Jacob

Born 1947

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0631 WRITER

Nicole Filion

Born 1946

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0633 POLITICIAN

Michelyne St-Laurent

Born 1948

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0641 PHILOSOPHER

Georges E. Sioui

Born 1948

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0653 WRITER

Jean-Marc Martel

Born 1944

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0660 COMPOSER

Raynald Arseneault

1945 - 1995

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0702 BUSINESS

Louise Roy (administrator)

Born 1947

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0710 LAWYER

Jean Bazin

1940 - 2019

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0714 POLITICIAN

Raymond Francœur

Born 1946

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0726 SPORT

Jules Béland

Born 1948

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0734 PHYSICIAN

Jean Dussault

1941 - 2003

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0759 HOCKEY

Mike McMahon Jr.

1941 - 2013

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0766 LAWYER

Thérèse Daviau

1946 - 2002

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0769 HOCKEY

René Drolet

Born 1944

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0774 BUSINESS

Réjean Lefebvre

Born 1943

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0782 ARTIST

Nicole Giguère

Born 1948

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0790 JUDGE

Danièle Tremblay-Lamer

Born 1946

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0796 WRITER

Reynald Cantin

Born 1946

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0804 POLITICIAN

Marc Ferland (politician)

Born 1942

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0805 SOCIOLOGIST

Richard Lefrançois

1944 - 2020

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0807 WRITER

Lise Vekeman

Born 1947

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0811 POET

Carol LeBel

Born 1949

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0832 SCIENTIST

Gilles Julien

Born 1946

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0868 LAWYER

Claude Filion

1945 - 2004

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0897 HOCKEY

Mike Hyndman

Born 1945

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0904 PRIEST

Paul Lortie

Born 1944

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0922 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Claude Lajeunesse

Born 1941

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0930 PHYSICIAN

Michel G. Bergeron

Born 1943

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0932 HOCKEY

Len Fontaine

1948 - 2019

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0967 HOCKEY

Brent Imlach

1946 - 2017

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0969 ANIMATRICE

Renée Hudon

Born 1942

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0972 SPORT

Alex J. Walling

Born 1948

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0975 HOCKEY

Jacques Lemelin

Born 1949

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1002 POLITICIAN

René Blouin

Born 1948

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1013 DIPLOMAT

Marc Lortie

Born 1948

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1023 DRIVER

Denis Giroux

Born 1941

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1029 SINGER

Lucie Lachapelle

Born 1949

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1036 POET

Jacques Ouellet

Born 1947

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1044 ÉDITEUR

Félix Maltais

Born 1946

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