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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
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.
- Politics & Law
- Sports
- Writing
- Film & TV
- Music
- Science
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- Field: Poet Clear ×
François-Xavier Garneau
1809 - 1866
Octave Crémazie
1827 - 1879
F. R. Scott
1899 - 1985
Roland Michel Tremblay
Born 1972
Marie Savard
1936 - 2012
Alfred Garneau
1836 - 1904
Pierre Ouellet
Born 1950
Cécile Cloutier
Born 1930
Louise-Amélie Panet
1789 - 1862
Judy Quinn
Born 1974
Alice Lemieux-Lévesque
1905 - 1983
Eudore Évanturel
1852 - 1919
Julie Stanton
Born 1938
Christiane Lahaie
Born 1960
Jean-Pierre Guay
1946 - 2011
Christine Sioui-Wawanoloath
Born 1952
Carol LeBel
Born 1949
Mathieu Boily
Born 1972
Jacques Ouellet
Born 1947
Mado de l'Isle
Born 1919
Alexandre Deschênes
Born 1979