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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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Richard Garneau
1930 - 2013
Jean Paré (journalist)
Born 1935
André Pratte
Born 1957
James Huston
1820 - 1854
Pénélope McQuade
Born 1970
Neil Macdonald
Born 1957
Marc-Aurèle Plamondon
1823 - 1900
Gaston L'Heureux
1943 - 2011
Pierre-Gabriel Huot
1825 - 1913
Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay
Born 1988
Jean-Louis Gagnon
1913 - 2004
Marc Durand (journaliste)
Born 1964
Véronique Morin
Born 25
Stanislas Drapeau
1821 - 1893
Monique Duval
1924 - 2014
David Watson (general)
1869 - 1922
Pascale Lévesque
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Eugène Rouillard
1851 - 1926
Victoria Grace Blackburn
1865 - 1928
Julie Couture
Born 1974
Raymond Laplante
1917 - 1988
Jean-François Bélanger
Born 1968
Gina Desjardins
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Michel Nadeau
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Mario Roy
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Pierre-Luc Bégin
Born 1979
Raynald Cloutier
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