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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.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Quebec during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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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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Marie-Anne Barbel
1704 - 1793
Claude Brochu
Born 1944
Austin Cuvillier
1779 - 1849
Marie Thérèse Metoyer
1742 - 1816
Robert Després
1924 - 2016
Joseph Lannin
1866 - 1928
Peter Simons (businessman)
Born 1964
Louise Roy (administrator)
Born 1947
Réjean Lefebvre
Born 1943
Edward Hale (politician)
1800 - 1875
Pierre Antoine Deblois
1815 - 1898
Daniel Lamarre
Born 1953
Claude Blanchet
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Gordon Donald Simons
1929 - 2018
Charles Langevin
1789 - 1869
Robert Wood (timber merchant)
1792 - 1847
Laurent Picard
1927 - 2012
Marcel Deslauriers (homme d'affaires)
1917 - 2014
Léger Brousseau
1826 - 1890