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This is a list of notable people who are from
Quebec, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that province.
Anchors
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Kim Brunhuber, former CBC anchor /
CNN newscaster journalist broadcaster
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Pierre Bruneau,
TVA
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Nathalie Chung,
RDI /
SRC
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Bernard Derome, SRC / RDI
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Simon Durivage, RDI / SRC
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Céline Galipeau, SRC / RDI
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Bill Haugland, CTV
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Jean-Luc Mongrain,
TQS, TVA
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Pascale Nadeau, SRC
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Mutsumi Takahashi, CTV
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Sophie Thibault, TVA
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Todd van der Heyden, CTV
Artists and entertainers
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Denys Arcand, screenwriter and director
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Paul Arcand, radio personality and cinematographer
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Gilles Archambault, novelist and commentator
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André Arthur, radio personality, independent federal MP
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Eva Avila, singer
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Rachid Badouri, comedian
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Pierre Bouvier, rock singer
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René Balcer, film and TV writer and producer
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Raoul Barré, inventor, cartoonist and animator of the silent film era
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Michel Barrette, stand-up comedian, actor
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Jay Baruchel, actor, director, writer
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Victor-Lévy Beaulieu, author
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Daniel Bélanger, singer
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Marie-Claire Blais, author
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Paul Bley, jazz pianist and composer
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Lothaire Bluteau, actor
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La Bolduc, singer
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Paul-Émile Borduas, abstract painter
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Isabelle Boulay, singer
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Gerry Boulet, singer-songwriter
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Claudia Bouvette, singer-songwriter and actress
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Pierre Bouvier, lead singer of
Simple Plan
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Glenda Braganza, actress
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Michel Brault, cinematographer, pioneer of the esthetic of handheld camera, director, producer
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Geneviève Bujold, actress
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Pascale Bussières, actress
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Win Butler, singer-songwriter
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Roch Carrier, author
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Charles Carson, painter
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Robert Charlebois, singer-songwriter
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Régine Chassagne, singer-songwriter, and instrumentalist from
Arcade Fire
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Coeur de Pirate born Béatrice Martin, pianist, singer-songwriter
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Leonard Cohen, poet, author and songwriter
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Marie-Josée Croze, actress
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Peter Cullen, voice actor
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Chuck Comeau, drummer and singer
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Elisha Cuthbert, actress (born in Alberta, raised in Quebec)
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Sylvia Daoust, sculptor
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Charles Daudelin, sculptor
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Esther Delisle, historian and author
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Yvon Deschamps, author and comedian
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Céline Dion, singer
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Xavier Dolan, actor, director, screenwriter, editor, costume designer, and voice actor
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Georges Dor, chansonnier, songwriter, author, playwright
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Hélène Dorion, poet
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Fifi D'Orsay, actress
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Jean Duceppe, comedian
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Quilla, singer and songwriter
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Louis Dudek, poet and literary critic
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Diane Dufresne, singer and painter
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Roy Dupuis, actor
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Marcelle Ferron, glazier
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Jennifer Finnigan, actress
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Serge Fiori, singer-songwriter
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Glenn Ford, actor
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Garou, singer
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Mitsou Gélinas, pop star, radio and TV host, actress
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Jean-Claude Germain, playwright, author
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Huntley Gordon, actor
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Pierre Granche, sculptor
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Bruce Greenwood, actor, producer
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Sylvain Grenier, professional wrestler
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Anne Hébert, poet and novelist
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Prudence Heward, painter
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Airat Ichmouratov, composer and orchestra conductor.
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Pierre Jalbert, actor, champion skier and film editor
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Will James, artist and writer of the American West
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René Jodoin, animator, director and producer
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Oliver Jones, jazz pianist
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Claude Jutra, director, actor
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Florence La Badie, actress
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Éric Lapointe, singer
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Pierre Lapointe, singer
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Stéphanie Lapointe, singer
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Carole Laure, singer, actress
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Lucie Laurier, actress
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Daniel Lavoie, singer-songwriter and actor (born in Manitoba, active in Quebec)
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Louise Lecavalier, dancer
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Félix Leclerc, poet and songwriter
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Jean Leloup, singer
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Félix Lengyel,
Twitch streamer and former professional player in the
Overwatch League
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Robert Lepage, playwright, actor and film director
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Édouard Lock, choreographer
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Norm Macdonald, actor, comedian
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Marie-Mai Bouchard, singer
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Marilou Bourdon, singer
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André Mathieu, pianist and composer
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Norman McLaren, director, animator
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Guido Molinari, abstract painter
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Edythe Morahan de Lauzon, poet
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Jean-Paul Mousseau, muralist
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Ben Mulroney, television personality; son of Brian
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Émile Nelligan, poet
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Maryse Ouellet, wrestler
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P. Reign, hip hop artist (born in Quebec, raised in
Ontario)
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Kevin Parent, singer-songwriter
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Bruno Pelletier, singer
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Pierre Perrault, documentarist, poet
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Oscar Peterson, jazz pianist
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Luc Plamondon, songwriter
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Mordecai Richler, author
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Jean-Paul Riopelle, painter
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Michel Rivard, singer-songwriter
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Michael Sarrazin, actor
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Anne Savage, painter
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Mack Sennett, director
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William Shatner, actor
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Douglas Shearer, sound director, designer
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Norma Shearer, actress
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René Simard, singer, TV show host
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Devon Soltendieck, television personality
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Eva Tanguay, singer, vaudeville star
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Miyuki Tanobe, painter
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Diane Tell, singer-songwriter
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Marie-Élaine Thibert, singer
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Michel Tremblay, playwright, author
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Roland Michel Tremblay, author, poet, scriptwriter
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Armand Vaillancourt, sculptor, performance artist, social activist
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Pierre Vallières, author, political activist
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Gino Vannelli, singer and composer
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Gilles Vigneault, poet and songwriter
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Annie Villeneuve, singer
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Arthur Villeneuve, painter
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Denis Villeneuve, director
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Andrée Watters, singer
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Hal Willis born Leonald Francis Gauthier, singer
Business
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H. Montagu Allan, businessman
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Hugh Allan, shipping company operator
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Laurent Beaudoin, CEO of
Bombardier
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Conrad Black, media mogul
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Charles Bronfman, investor, developer
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Edgar Bronfman, Sr., investor, distiller
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Samuel Bronfman, distiller
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Donald J. Carty, airline executive
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André Chagnon, entrepreneur and philanthropist
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Thomas Cleeve, food producer
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Jean Coutu, retail pharmacy chain
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Alphonse Desjardins, father of credit unions in America
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Marie-Josée Drouin, economist
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Alexander Galt, businessman, statesman
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Mitch Garber, gaming, hotel executive, philanthropist
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Guy Laliberté, founder of
Cirque du Soleil
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Bernard Lemaire, businessman and engineer
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Jean-Louis Lévesque, financier
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William Christoper Macdonald, tobacco manufacturer, philanthropist
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John Wilson McConnell, publisher, philanthropist
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James McGill, fur trader, real estate investor
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Hartland Molson, brewer, sportsman, statesman
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John Molson, brewer, transportation pioneer
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Pierre Péladeau, media mogul
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John Redpath, developer, opened first sugar refinery in Canada
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Denis Stairs, Chairman, Montreal Engineering Co.
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Sam Steinberg, grocery store magnate
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Donald Tarlton, record producer, promoter
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Colin Webster, industrialist, philanthropist
Politicians
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John Abbott
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Adrien Arcand
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André Boisclair
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Lucien Bouchard
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Andrée Boucher
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Henri Bourassa
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Robert Bourassa
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Pierre Bourgault
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George-Étienne Cartier, a father of the
Canadian Confederation
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Thérèse Casgrain
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Jean Charest
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Jean Chrétien, 20th Prime Minister of Canada
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Irwin Cotler
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Jean Drapeau
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Pierre Ducasse
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Gilles Duceppe
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Maurice Duplessis
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Ludger Duvernay
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Francis Fox
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Steven Guilbeault
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Lomer Gouin
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Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada
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Daniel Johnson, Sr.
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Régis Labeaume
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Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine
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Bernard Landry
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Hector-Louis Langevin, a father of the Canadian Confederation
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Pierre Laporte
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Wilfrid Laurier
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Jean Lesage
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René Lévesque
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Yolette Lévy
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John Lynch-Staunton
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Sean Patrick Maloney, Canadian/American politician and
U.S. Representative for the state of
New York since 2013; naturalized U.S. citizen
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Pauline Marois
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Thomas D'Arcy McGee, a father of the Canadian Confederation
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Honoré Mercier
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Yves Michaud
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Brian Mulroney, 18th
Prime Minister of Canada and father of
etalk host Ben Mulroney
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John Neilson
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Robert Nelson
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Wolfred Nelson
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Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan
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Louis-Joseph Papineau
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Jacques Parizeau
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Claude Ryan
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Louis Stephen St-Laurent
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Étienne-Paschal Taché, a father of the Canadian Confederation
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Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
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Daniel Tracey
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Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 15th Prime Minister of Canada; father of current PM
Justin Trudeau
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François Legault
Sciences
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Sidney Altman, Nobel Prize winner
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Daniel Borsuk, plastic surgeon, first Canadian to perform
face transplant
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Pierre Dansereau, father of ecology
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Paul David, cardiologist
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George Mercer Dawson, scientist
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Reginald Fessenden, inventor
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Armand Frappier, researcher in microbiology and immunology
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Marc Garneau, astronaut, first Quebecer and Canadian in space, Minister of Transportation, Minister of Foreign Affairs
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David H. Levy, astronomer
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William Edmond Logan, geologist
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Rudolph A. Marcus, 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Henry Morgentaler, physician,
abortion-rights activist, president of
Humanist Association of Canada
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Julie Payette, astronaut, first Quebec woman in space,
Governor General of Canada
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Wilder Penfield, neurosurgeon, medical scientist
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Simon Plouffe, mathematician and discoverer of the BBP formula
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Hubert Reeves, astrophysicist
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Hans Selye, inventor of the concept of physiological stress
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Henri Wittmann, linguist
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David Saint-Jacques, astronaut
Sports
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Jennifer Abel, diver
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Dave Abelson (born 1975), tennis player
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Jasey-Jay Anderson, snowboarder
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Sebastien Toutant, snowboarder
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Joel Anthony, basketball player
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Alex Anthopoulos, baseball manager
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Myriam Bédard, biathlete, Olympic gold medalist
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Josée Bélanger, soccer player, Olympic bronze medalist
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Tanith Belbin, figureskater
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Jean Béliveau, ice hockey player
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Chris Benoît, professional wrestler
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Mike Bossy, ice hockey player
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Eugenie Bouchard (born 1994), professional tennis player
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Gaétan Boucher, speed skater
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Ray Bourque, ice hockey player
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Patrice Bergeron-Cleary, ice hockey player
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Adam Braz (born 1981), soccer player and Technical Director of the Montreal Impact of Major League Soccer
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Martin Brodeur, ice hockey goalie
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Marc-Olivier Brouillette, professional football player
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Hy Buller (1926–1968), All Star NHL ice hockey player
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Dayana Cadeau,
Haitian-born
Canadian American professional bodybuilder
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Gabrielle Carle soccer player
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Patrick Carpentier, IRL race car driver
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Maude Charron, weightlifter
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Samuel Dalembert, basketball player
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Jason Demers (born 1988), ice hockey player
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Éric Desjardins, ice hockey player
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Étienne Desmarteau, Olympic athlete
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Alexandre Despatie, diver
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Marcel Dionne, ice hockey player
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Steve Dubinsky (born 1970), ice hockey player
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Terry Farnsworth (born 1942), Olympic judoka
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Leylah Fernandez, tennis player
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Marc-André Fleury, ice hockey player
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Gottfried Fuchs (1889–1972), German-Canadian Olympic soccer player
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Éric Gagné, baseball player
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Marc Gagnon, short-track speed skater
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Arturo Gatti, boxer
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Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, ice hockey player
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Doug Harvey, ice hockey player
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Émilie Heymans, diver
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Alex Hilton, boxer
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Dave Hilton Jr., boxer
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Matthew Hilton, boxer
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Garry Kallos (born 1956), wrestler and sambo competitor
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Guy Lafleur (1951–2022), ice hockey player
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Sébastien Lareau, professional tennis player
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René Lecavalier, broadcaster
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Vincent Lecavalier, ice hockey player
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Cathy LeFrançois, IFBB professional bodybuilder
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Mario Lemieux, ice hockey player
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Kris Letang, ice hockey player
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Roberto Luongo, ice hockey player
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Joe Malone, ice hockey player
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Rick Martel, professional wrestler
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Rick Martin, ice hockey player
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Russell Martin, baseball player
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Marie-Eve Nault, soccer player, olympic bronze medalist
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Maryse Ouellet, professional wrestler, Former
WWE Divas Champion
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Kevin Owens, professional wrestler, Former
WWE Universal Champion
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Cory Pecker (born 1981), ice hockey player
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Gilbert Perreault, ice hockey player
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Chantal Petitclerc, wheelchair racer
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Rocco Placentino, soccer player
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Jacques Plante, ice hockey goalie
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Manon Rhéaume, ice hockey goalie
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Henri Richard, ice hockey player
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Maurice Richard, ice hockey player
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René Robert, ice hockey player
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Yvon Robert, professional wrestler
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Jacques Rougeau, professional wrestler
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Patrick Roy, ice hockey goalie
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Eliezer Sherbatov (born 1991), Canadian-Israeli ice hockey player
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Martin St. Louis, ice hockey player
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Lance Stroll (born 1998), Formula 1 Driver
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Georges St-Pierre, former
UFC Welterweight Champion of the world
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Ronnie Stern (born 1967), ice hockey player
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Howard Stupp (born 1955), Olympic wrestler
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Ari Taub (born 1971), Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler
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Donald Theetge, racecar driver
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José Théodore, ice hockey goaltender
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Charles Thiffault (born 1939), NHL ice hockey coach
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Maurice Vachon, professional wrestler
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Gilles Villeneuve, F1 race car driver
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Jacques Villeneuve, F1 race car driver; son of Gilles Villeneuve
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Edson Warner, Olympian, marksman
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Brian Wilks (born 1966), NHL hockey player
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Rhian Wilkinson, soccer player, two times Olympic bronze medalist
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Bernie Wolfe (born 1951), NHL hockey player
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Gump Worsley, ice hockey player
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Aleksandra Wozniak, tennis player
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Larry "Rock" Zeidel (1928–2014), ice hockey player
Other
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Louise Arbour, Supreme Court Justice (
The Hague and
Canada)
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André Bessette,
thaumaturge and founder of the
St-Joseph's Oratory
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Jean Blouf, colonist
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Henri Raymond Casgrain, priest, author, historian
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Michel Chartrand, union leader and
left-wing activist
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George Comer, polar explorer
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Ernest Cormier, architect
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Aurélie Crépeau, nun, founded the Grey Nuns of Nicolet, established the Hôtel-Dieu De Nicolet
[1]
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Louis Cyr, strongman
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Northrop Frye, academic and literary critic
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Lionel Groulx, priest, historian
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René Marc Jalbert, soldier and hero of 1984 shooting at the
National Assembly of Quebec
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Louis Joliet, explorer
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Madeleine Juneau, museologist, teacher, nun
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Jean-Baptiste Kelly, vicar-general
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Antoine Labelle, priest and builder
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Régine Laurent, trade unionist
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Zoé Laurier, wife of Prime Minister
Wilfrid Laurier
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Paul-Émile Léger, Roman Catholic cardinal
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Lyse Lemieux, Chief Justice of the
Superior Court of Quebec
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René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of Rimouski
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Bernard Lonergan, SJ, Jesuit priest, philosopher, theologian
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Simon Mailloux, first Canadian soldier with an amputation to deploy on a combat mission
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Jos Montferrand, French-Canadian hero
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Édouard Montpetit, lawyer, economist, scholar
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Bruno Pauletto, physiologist, shot putter, businessman, coach, author
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Mélanie Paquin, beauty pageant winner
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Hélène Pelletier-Baillargeon, journalist and writer
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Pacifique Plante, crime-fighting lawyer
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Joseph-Octave Plessis, archbishop
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Roméo Sabourin,
SOE agent, executed by the Nazis
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Charles de Salaberry, soldier
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Charles Taylor, philosopher
See also
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