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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.

Through the Decades

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 hockey9.1× the global rate.

Quebec under-produces football — only 0.1× the global rate.

  1. Politician185
  2. Hockey119
  3. Actor68
  4. Writer65
  5. Lawyer50
  6. Singer32
  7. Journalist27
  8. Priest23
  1. Hockey1199.1×
  2. Lawyer502.6×
  3. Judge132.5×
  4. Poet211.8×
  5. Writer651.8×
  6. Business191.7×
  7. Journalist271.6×
  1. Football130.1×
  2. Player130.6×

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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1,105 notable people

0901 NURSE

Marion E. Moodie

1867 - 1958

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0902 PHYSICIAN

Joseph Painchaud (philanthrope)

1819 - 1855

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0903 JOURNALIST

Raymond Laplante

1917 - 1988

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0904 PRIEST

Paul Lortie

Born 1944

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0905 KILLER

Aimé Simard

1968 - 2003

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0906 ORGANIST

Antonio Létourneau

1885 - 1948

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0907 HOCKEY

Joel Baillargeon

Born 1964

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0908 WRITER

Francis Ubertelli

Born 1968

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0909 WRITER

Nazaire Le Vasseur

1848 - 1927

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0910 POLITICAL

Jacques Dorion

1797 - 1877

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0911 PRESENTER

Marie-Élaine Proulx

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0912 LAWYER

Julien Chouinard

1929 - 1987

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0913 FREESTYLE

Laurent Dumais

Born 1996

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0914 CANOE

Pierre-Luc Poulin

Born 1995

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0915 JOURNALIST

Jean-François Bélanger

Born 1968

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0916 BUSINESS

Claude Blanchet

-

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0917 BUSINESS

Gordon Donald Simons

1929 - 2018

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0918 ACTOR

Jacques Laroche

Born 1968

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0919 BOXER

Marie-Jeanne Parent

Born 1995

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0920 ENTREPRENEUR

Charles Juchereau de Saint-Denis

1655 - 1703

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0921 FILM

Nicola Lafleur

Born 1973

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0922 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Claude Lajeunesse

Born 1941

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0923 POLITICIAN

Joseph Bell Forsyth

1830 - 1913

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0924 POLITICIAN

Lorne Campbell Webster

1871 - 1941

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0925 LAWYER

Armand Sylvestre (MP)

1890 - 1972

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0926 COMPOSER

Jean-François Laporte

Born 1968

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0927 ACTOR

François Maranda

Born 1975

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0928 POLITICIAN

Ann Bourget

Born 1969

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0929 SINGER

René d'Antoine

Born 1939

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0930 PHYSICIAN

Michel G. Bergeron

Born 1943

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0931 ARTIST

Steve Giasson

Born 1979

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0932 HOCKEY

Len Fontaine

1948 - 2019

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0933 RADIO

Philippe Pépin

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0934 DANCER

Karen Routhier

Born 1991

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0935 LIEUTENANT

René-Ovide Hertel de Rouville

1720 - 1792

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0936 PLAYER

Gino Brousseau

Born 1966

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0937 PSYCHIATRIST

Paulette Letarte

1929 - 2009

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0938 POLITICIAN

Henri Jolicoeur (Québec)

1905 - 1967

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0939 BUSINESS

Charles Langevin

1789 - 1869

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0940 POLITICIAN

Louis-Édouard Glackmeyer

1793 - 1881

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0941 POLITICIAN

Hyacinthe Delorme

1720 - 1778

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0942 MISSING

Karl Bélanger

Born 1975

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0943 LAWYER

Yves Pratte

1925 - 1988

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0944 ACTOR

Andrée Cousineau

Born 1951

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0945 FOOTBALL

Pierre-Luc Labbé

Born 1984

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0946 ARCHITECT

Victor Roy

1837 - 1902

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0947 MISSING

Patrice Plante

Born 1981

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0948 PRIEST

Joseph Shea (Jesuit)

1829 - 1881

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0949 JOURNALIST

Gina Desjardins

-

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0950 ACTOR

Isabeau Proulx-Lemire

-

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0951 ESSAYIST

Denis Saint-Jacques

Born 1938

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0952 FENCER

Caroline Mitchell

Born 1958

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0953 HOCKEY

Sylvain Rodier

Born 1977

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0954 POLITICIAN

Rémi-Ferdinand Rinfret

1819 - 1901

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0955 POLITICIAN

Joseph Philippe Baby Casgrain

1856 - 1939

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0956 COMMANDER

Gilles Turcot

1917 - 2010

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0957 FOOTBALL

Jonathan Lapointe

Born 1984

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0958 SINGER

Jacques Larochelle

1920 - 2005

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0959 BUSINESS

Robert Wood (timber merchant)

1792 - 1847

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0960 HOCKEY

Murray Keogan

Born 1950

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0961 HOCKEY

Eric Germain

Born 1966

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0962 BUSINESS

Laurent Picard

1927 - 2012

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0963 POLITICIAN

Joseph Arthur Paquet

1857 - 1901

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0964 JOURNALIST

Michel Nadeau

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0965 POLITICIAN

William Gerard Power

1882 - 1940

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0966 OFFICER

Michel-Louis Juchereau Duchesnay

1785 - 1838

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0967 HOCKEY

Brent Imlach

1946 - 2017

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0968 WRITER

Yves Sioui Durand

Born 1951

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0969 ANIMATRICE

Renée Hudon

Born 1942

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0970 POLITICIAN

Charles Delagrave

1881 - 1952

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0971 HOCKEY

Christian Tanguay

Born 1962

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0972 SPORT

Alex J. Walling

Born 1948

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0973 WRITER

Julie Demers

Born 1987

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0974 ORFÈVRE

Laurent Amyot

1764 - 1839

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0975 HOCKEY

Jacques Lemelin

Born 1949

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0976 POLITICIAN

Thomas Andrew Low

1871 - 1931

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0977 HOCKEY

Maurice Courteau

1914 - 1985

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0978 ENGINEER

Armand Couture

Born 1930

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0979 POLITICIAN

Maurice Martel

Born 1936

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0980 MERCHANT

Jean-Baptiste Amiot

1717 - 1769

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0981 POLITICAL

Jean Bélanger

1782 - 1827

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0982 LAWYER

Michel Cogger

Born 1939

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0983 POLITICIAN

Arthur H. Murphy

1831 - 1903

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0984 FLYING ACE

Frederick Elliott Brown

1895 - 1971

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0985 HOCKEY

Sébastien Trudeau

Born 1991

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0986 MILITAR

Paul-Louis Dazemard de Lusignan

1691 - 1764

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0987 NOTARY

Archibald Campbell (notary)

1790 - 1862

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0988 MERCHANT

George Allsopp (fur trader)

1733 - 1805

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0989 JOURNALIST

Mario Roy

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0990 PAINTER

Georges-Henry Duquet

1887 - 1967

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0991 VIOLIN

Camille Couture

1876 - 1961

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0992 OFFICER

Paul Mathieu (militaire)

1907 - 1976

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0993 HOCKEY

Frédéric Bouchard

Born 1976

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0994 SCULPTOR

François Normand

1779 - 1854

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0995 HOCKEY

Florent Fortier

Born 1955

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0996 PLAYER

Marc Griffin

Born 1968

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0997 HOCKEY

Lucien Dechene

Born 1925

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0998 POLITICIAN

Andres Türler

Born 1957

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0999 SKATER

Anne Maltais

Born 1979

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1000 HOCKEY

Simon Olivier

Born 1972

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1001 FOOTBALL

Marc-Antoine Fortin

Born 1987

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1002 POLITICIAN

René Blouin

Born 1948

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1003 EXPLORER

Charles Levasseur

1655 - 1704

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1004 SPORT

Jonny Murray

Born 1974

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1005 POLITICAL

Charles Panet

1797 - 1877

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1006 JOURNALIST

Pierre-Luc Bégin

Born 1979

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1007 JOURNALIST

Raynald Cloutier

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1008 COMPOSER

Rolland-Georges Gingras

1899 - 1964

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1009 SURGEON

Jacques Turcot

1914 - 1977

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1010 PRIEST

Joseph Borneuf

1762 - 1819

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1011 SPORT

Natalie Grenier

Born 1964

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1012 HOCKEY

Philippe Paquet (hockey sur glace)

Born 1987

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1013 DIPLOMAT

Marc Lortie

Born 1948

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1014 POLITICAL

Jacques Deligny

1776 - 1837

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1015 SAILOR

Joseph Brugevin

Born 1736

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1016 SPORT

Jean Anderson

Born 1959

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1017 SPORT

Daniel Nadeau

Born 1954

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1018 PHYSICIAN

Jean Couture

Born 1924

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1019 VIOLIN

Claude Létourneau

1924 - 2012

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1020 FILM

Olivier Higgins

Born 1979

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1021 POLITICIAN

Ralph Mercier

1937 - 2020

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1022 POLITICIAN

Charles Sparrow

1808 - 1897

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1023 DRIVER

Denis Giroux

Born 1941

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1024 POLITICIAN

George Doucet

Born 1939

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1025 SINGER

Sonia Racine

Born 1958

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1026 SPORT

Nathael Sagard

Born 1967

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1027 POLO

Yannick Keith Lizé

Born 1974

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1028 MISSING

Jocelyne Gros-Louis

-

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1029 SINGER

Lucie Lachapelle

Born 1949

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1030 POLITICAL

Nicolas Dorion

1764 - 1826

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1031 MEMBRE DU CONSEIL

Augustin Rouer de la Cardonnière

1664 - 1771

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1032 BUSINESS

Marcel Deslauriers (homme d'affaires)

1917 - 2014

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1033 PHARMACIEN

Louis-Philippe Demers

1922 - 1996

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1034 PRIEST

Jean-Marie Brochu

1926 - 2020

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1035 POLITICIAN

John Sharples Jr.

1847 - 1913

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1036 POET

Jacques Ouellet

Born 1947

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1037 HOCKEY

Georges Roy

1927 - 2010

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1038 ADMINISTRATOR

Denis-Nicolas Foucault

1723 - 1807

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1039 GOUVERNEUR

Louis d'Ailleboust

1656 - 1747

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1040 ECONOMIST

André Marier

1932 - 2014

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1041 HOCKEY

Alain Côté (hockey sur glace, 1973)

Born 1973

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1042 LAWYER

Pierre-Michel Bouchard

Born 1953

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1043 COMMUNICATOR

Éric Barbeau

Born 1967

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1044 ÉDITEUR

Félix Maltais

Born 1946

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1045 RELIGIOSA

Marie-Françoise Giffard

1634 - 1657

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1046 LAWYER

Fannie Lafontaine

Born 1976

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1047 POET

Mado de l'Isle

Born 1919

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1048 POLITICIAN

Louis Panet

1794 - 1884

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1049 HISTORIAN

France Pratte

Born 1929

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1050 POLITICIAN

Guy Fortier

1912 - 1994

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1051 BARON

Pierre Robineau de Bécancour

1654 - 1729

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1052 HOCKEY

Guillaume Asselin

Born 1992

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1053 HOCKEY

Dolly Swift

Born 1866

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1054 HOCKEY

David Brisson

Born 1978

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1055 OFFICER

Oscar Pelletier

1862 - 1943

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1056 SPORT

Marie-Pierre Lamarche

Born 1968

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1057 MUSIC

Maurice Bernier (journalist)

1900 - 1990

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1058 RADIO

Jeff Paquet

-

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1059 FOOTBALL

Pierre-Luc Yao

Born 1982

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1060 PHOTOGRAPHER

Elise L'Heureux

1827 - 1896

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1061 POLITICIAN

Alan Gray Martin

Born 1930

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1062 HISTORIAN

Pierre Lahoud

Born 1951

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1063 HOCKEY

Vincent Zaoré-Vanié

Born 1988

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1064 HOCKEY

Jeff Malone (ice hockey)

1888 - 1981

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1065 SPORT

Joseph R. Byrne

1921 - 1990

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1066 BUSINESS

Léger Brousseau

1826 - 1890

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1067 POET

Alexandre Deschênes

Born 1979

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1068 POLITICIAN

Charles Eusèbe Casgrain

1825 - 1907

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1069 POLITICIAN

William Francis Romain

Born 1818

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1070 ARTIST

Suzanne Rivard-Lemoyne

1928 - 2012

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1071 SWIMMER

Jade Dusablon

Born 1994

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1072 POLITICIAN

Philippe-Jacques Paradis

1868 - 1933

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1073 HOCKEY

Walter Rooney

1888 - 1965

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1074 FOOTBALL

Jean-François Morin-Roberge

Born 1984

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1075 POLITICIAN

Anatole Plante

1893 - 1981

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1076 POLITICIAN

Josie Alice Quart

1895 - 1980

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1077 POLITICIAN

Alfred Thibaudeau

1860 - 1926

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1078 MISSING

Philippe Ambroise Denis Laronde

1752 - 1813

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1079 POLITICIAN

Adolphe Marcoux

1884 - 1951

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1080 MILITAR

Jean d'Ailleboust d'Argenteuil

1694 - 1781

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1081 POLITICIAN

Ludger Alain

1865 - 1922

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1082 OFFICIER

Jean-Baptiste de Saint-Ours Deschaillons

1669 - 1747

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1083 BASKET

Robinson Opong

Born 1989

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1084 HOCKEY

Ed Hogan (ice hockey)

1882 - 1953

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1085 MUSIQUE

François-Xavier Chouinard

1893 - 1972

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1086 HOCKEY

Joe Savard

1890 - 1961

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1087 MILITAR

René Robineau de Portneuf

1659 - 1726

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1088 HISTORIAN

Théophile-Pierre Bédard

1837 - 1900

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1089 EDITOR

Louis-Philippe Gagné

1900 - 1964

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1090 DOCTEUR

Claudette Gagnon Dionne

Born 1937

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1091 OFFICIER

Pierre Legardeur de Repentigny

1657 - 1736

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1092 LAWYER

Paul Henri Bouffard

1895 - 1966

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1093 POLITICIAN

Armand Daigle

1892 - 1957

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1094 POLITICIAN

Charles-Édouard Cantin

1901 - 1994

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1095 LAWYER

André-Rémi Hamel

1788 - 1840

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1096 HOCKEY

Mike Lagace

Born 1936

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1097 WRITER

Louis Carmain

Born 1983

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1098 DRIVER

Simon Roussin (pilote)

Born 1981

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1099 SINGER

Placide Morency

1887 - 1980

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1100 POLITICIAN

John Galna

1849 - 1918

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1101 SINGER

Orphée Langevin

1880 - 1920

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1102 REFEREE

Michel Verreault

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1103 HOCKEY

George Leonard (ice hockey)

1886 - 1917

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1104 LAWYER

William Burns Lindsay Jr.

1824 - 1872

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1105 KATHOLISCHER

Fernand Lacroix

1919 - 1994

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