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
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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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- Field: Singer Clear ×
Bruno Pelletier
Born 1962
Diane Tell
Born 1959
Jean Leloup
Born 1961
François Pérusse
Born 1960
Jorane
Born 1975
Dorothée Berryman
Born 1948
Alys Robi
1923 - 2011
Peter Peter (Canadian musician)
Born 1984
Jérémy Gabriel
Born 1996
Andrée Watters
Born 1983
Koriass
Born 1984
Safia Nolin
Born 1992
Jacynthe Millette-Bilodeau
Born 1979
Étienne Drapeau
Born 1978
Marie Carmen
Born 1959
Cassiopée
Born 1977
Sylvain Lelièvre
1943 - 2002
Pascale Picard
Born 1982
François-Xavier Mercier
1867 - 1932
Pierre Flynn
Born 1954
Pierre Boutet
1925 - 2010
Richard Charest
Born 1970
Julie Arel
Born 1947
Steve Fiset
1946 - 2015
Zekuhl
Born 1970
Bob Walsh
1947 - 2016
René d'Antoine
Born 1939
Jacques Larochelle
1920 - 2005
Sonia Racine
Born 1958
Lucie Lachapelle
Born 1949
Placide Morency
1887 - 1980
Orphée Langevin
1880 - 1920