46.8173° N, 71.2247° W
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.
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 hockey — 9.1× the global rate.
Quebec under-produces football — only 0.1× the global rate.
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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- Filtered to 1960s Clear ×
Norm Macdonald
Born 1963
Patrick Roy
Born 1965
Guy Delisle
Born 1966
Bruno Pelletier
Born 1962
Jean Leloup
Born 1961
Kevin Dineen
Born 1963
Jean-Yves Duclos
Born 1965
François Pérusse
Born 1960
Alain Vigneault
Born 1961
Sylvie Bernier
Born 1964
Caroline Brunet
Born 1969
John Baird (Canadian politician)
Born 1969
Sylvain Côté
Born 1966
André-Philippe Gagnon
Born 1962
Geneviève Rioux
Born 1961
Gaétan Duchesne
1962 - 2007
Raymond Laflamme
Born 1960
Louis Bélanger
Born 1964
Gérard Deltell
Born 1964
Joanne Liu
Born 1965
Philippe LaRoche
Born 1966
Mario Brunetta
Born 1967
Benoît Pelletier
Born 1960
Serge Lamothe
Born 1963
Michael Fortier
Born 1962
Michel Picard (ice hockey)
Born 1969
Richard Blaimert
Born 1964
Bernard Labadie
Born 1963
Mario Doyon
Born 1968
Steve Penney (ice hockey)
Born 1961
Alain Paquet
Born 1961
Jean-Nicolas Verreault
Born 1967
Michel Pleau
Born 1964
Marc Pageau
Born 1963
Yves Meynard
Born 1964
Guylaine Dumont
Born 1967
Jean-Philippe Duval
Born 1968
Normand Rochefort
Born 1961
Patrice Coquereau
Born 1961
Jean Gaudreau
Born 1964
Denis-Martin Chabot
Born 1961
Éric Plamondon
Born 1969
André Bachand (Progressive Conservative MP)
Born 1961
Martine Delvaux
Born 1968
Donald Dufresne
Born 1967
François Morency
Born 1966
Jean-François Therrien
Born 1969
Marc Boilard
Born 1966
François Ouellet
Born 1964
Christiane Lahaie
Born 1960
Bernard Allaire
Born 1960
François Gauvin
Born 1965
Peter Simons (businessman)
Born 1964
Julien Poitras
Born 1963
Glen Constantin
Born 1964
Anne Guérette
Born 1964
Hubert Benoit
Born 1963
Stéphane Roy (ice hockey, born 1967)
Born 1967
Raymond Côté
Born 1967
Marc Durand (journaliste)
Born 1964
Stéphane Roy (scénographe)
Born 1963
Charles Le Blanc
Born 1965
François Lavallée
Born 1963
Philippe Magnan (musicien)
Born 1963
Gaetan Roy
Born 1962
André Lamontagne (professeur)
Born 1961
Gary Waite
Born 1966
Pierre Allard (artiste)
1964 - 2018
Lucie Bergeron
Born 1960
Éric Mercier
Born 1967
Guy Côté
Born 1965
Geneviève Borne
Born 1968
Mario Roberge
Born 1964
Pierre Rioux
Born 1962
Alain Laroche
Born 1963
Jean-Marc Routhier
Born 1968
Paule Robitaille
Born 1962
Claude Lefebvre (ice hockey)
Born 1964
Serge Roberge
Born 1965
Aimé Simard
1968 - 2003
Joel Baillargeon
Born 1964
Francis Ubertelli
Born 1968
Jean-François Bélanger
Born 1968
Jacques Laroche
Born 1968
Jean-François Laporte
Born 1968
Ann Bourget
Born 1969
Gino Brousseau
Born 1966
Eric Germain
Born 1966
Christian Tanguay
Born 1962
Marc Griffin
Born 1968
Natalie Grenier
Born 1964
Nathael Sagard
Born 1967
Éric Barbeau
Born 1967
Marie-Pierre Lamarche
Born 1968