# List of people from Montreal

This is a list of notable people from Montreal.
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* 0–9
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

* Scott Abbott – co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
* David Acer – magician and comedian, star of Mystery Hunters
* Marie-Yasmine Alidou – soccer player for the Canada national team
* Andrew Allan – Allan Shipping Line
* Sir Hugh Allan – Allan Shipping Line
* Martha Allan – founder of the Montreal Repertory Theatre
* Sir Montague Allan – businessman, donated the Allan Cup
* Paul Almond – film director
* Sidney Altman – Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
* Melissa Sue Anderson – American-Canadian actress, known for her role as Mary Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie
* René Angélil – singer, actor, Celine Dion's husband and manager
* Richard Bladworth Angus – founder of the Canadian Pacific Railway
* Joel Anthony – NBA basketball player
* Alex Anthopoulos – general manager and president of baseball operations for the Atlanta Braves
* Gilles Archambault – novelist
* Francois Arnaud – actor
* Jay Aspin – former MP
* William H. Atherton – historian
* Gabriel Aubry – model
* Melissa Auf der Maur – rock musician (Hole, The Smashing Pumpkins)
* Nick Auf der Maur – journalist, municipal politician
* Michel C. Auger – journalist
* Adam Azimov – film director
* David Azrieli – real estate developer

## B

* Ralph Backstrom – former NHL player
* Rita Baga – drag queen, born in Boucherville; born Jean-François Guèvremont
* René Balcer – television writer and producer, known for the US television show Law and Order
* Jean-Paul Banos (born 1961) – fencer
* Roger Barnes – professional wrestler
* Joseph Barsalou – businessman and politician
* Jay Baruchel – television and movie actor
* Doug Beardsley – poet and educator
* Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien – broadcasting, magazines
* Bianca Beauchamp – fetish fashion model
* Charles-Odilon Beauchemin – printer and bookseller
* Mathieu Beaudoin – football player
* Tanith Belbin – figure skater, Olympic silver medalist
* Louise Belcourt – artist
* Jean Béliveau – former NHL player
* Saul Bellow – novelist
* Meaghan Benfeito – diver
* Chris Benoit – pro wrestler, born in Montreal, raised in Edmonton, Alberta
* Eric Berne – psychiatrist; creator of Transactional Analysis; author of Games People Play
* André Besette – CSC Holy Cross Brother, "miracle worker of Montreal"
* Norman Bethune – physician, medical innovator, and political activist
* Tim Biakabutuka – former NFL football player, Carolina Panthers
* Charlie Biddle – Montreal Jazz pioneer, Juno Award winner
* Khem Birch – Montreal NBA Player edit by LMR-11
* Yannick Bisson – actor known for playing Det. Murdoch in Murdoch Mysteries and Jack in Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye
* Conrad Black – financier and newspaper magnate
* Sheila Blair – art historian
* Toe Blake – former NHL player and coach
* Valérie Blass – artist
* Paul Bley – jazz pianist
* La Bolduc – real name Mary Travers, singer
* Yassine Bounou – footballer
* Chris Boucher – NBA player
* Patrick Bordeleau – hockey player
* Daniel Borsuk – plastic surgeon
* Mike Bossy – Hockey Hall of Fame member
* Eugenie Bouchard – tennis player
* Jean-François Bouchard – photographer and visual designer
* Louise Anne Bouchard – writer
* Maurice "Mom" Boucher – ex-leader of Hell's Angels (as of 2014)
* Henri Bourassa – political leader and publisher
* Robert Bourassa – former Quebec premier
* Pierre Bourque – mayor
* Raymond Bourque – former NHL player, Hockey Hall of Fame member
* Pierre Bouvier – frontman of Simple Plan; songwriter
* Scotty Bowman – hockey coach
* Justin Bradley – actor, based out of Montreal and Toronto, sometimes works in Los Angeles
* Tim Brady – guitarist, composer
* Glenda Braganza – Hollywood actress, 10.5: Apocalypse
* Gilles Brassard – computer scientist
* Nigel Braun – YouTuber and chemist
* Adam Braz – former soccer defender
* Patrice Brisebois – NHL player, Montreal Canadiens
* Annie Brocoli – real name Annie Grenier, children's performer
* Martin Brodeur – NHL player, goaltender, New Jersey Devils
* Charles Bronfman – businessman and philanthropist
* Edgar Bronfman, Sr. – businessman
* Edward Bronfman – businessman, philanthropist, member of the Bronfman family
* Peter Bronfman – businessman, member of the Bronfman family
* Saidye Rosner Bronfman – philanthropist, wife of Samuel Bronfman
* Samuel Bronfman – liquor magnate
* Alma Faye Brooks – disco, soul and R&B singer
* Edwin Orion Brownell – pianist, vocalist
* Kim Brunhuber – journalist newscaster
* Geneviève Bujold – actress
* Hy Buller – former NHL All-Star player
* Mario Bunge – philosopher, Frothingham Chair of Logic and Metaphysics at McGill University
* Robin Burns – founder and owner, ITECH Hockey Equipment
* Ernie Butler – comedy club owner
* Gerard Butler – Scottish actor; lived here briefly as a baby
* Win Butler – singer-songwriter

## C

* Jesse Camacho – actor
* Mark Camacho – actor
* Charles Sandwith Campbell – philanthropist, benefactor of Montreal
* Paul Cargnello – singer-songwriter
* Jean Carignan – fiddler
* Gerald Emmett Carter – former cardinal archbishop of Toronto
* André Chagnon – cable TV, broadcasting, philanthropist
* Alex Chiasson – NHL player for the Edmonton Oilers, 2018 Stanley Cup champion
* Serge Chapleau – political cartoonist
* Corinne Chaponnière – writer, journalist
* Robert Charlebois – singer-songwriter
* Gregory Charles – musician and radio host
* Dov Charney – entrepreneur and CEO of American Apparel
* Claude Charron – former politician, now TV host
* Micheline Chevrier – theatre director
* Patricia Chica – film and TV director
* Emmanuelle Chriqui – actress
* Denny Chronopoulos – Canadian football player
* Terri Clark – country singer-songwriter
* Françoise de Clossey – pianist and organist
* Guy Cloutier – former artist manager
* Kim Cloutier – fashion model
* G. A. Cohen – political philosopher
* Leonard Cohen – poet and singer
* Mark Cohen – ophthalmologist, co-founder of LASIK MD
* Sidney M. Cohen – television director
* Steven Cojocaru – fashion critic
* John Colicos – actor
* Charles Comeau – drummer of Simple Plan and songwriter
* Phil Comeau – film and TV director
* Antonio Cordasco – Italian-Canadian migrant labour recruiter
* Ernest Cormier – engineer and architect
* Marc Costanzo – singer
* Corneille – singer
* Irwin Cotler – law professor, politician
* Jean Coutu – pharmacist
* Corey Crawford – NHL starting goaltender for the Chicago Blackhawks
* Ron Crevier – former NBA basketball player
* Katalin Cseh – Hungarian politician
* Beto Cuevas – Chilean-Canadian lead singer of band La Ley
* Peter Cullen – voice actor; voice of Optimus Prime in the film Transformers
* Elisha Cuthbert – actress
* Louis Cyr – strongman
* May Cutler – publisher and journalist; founder of Tundra Books; first Canadian woman to publish children's books; first woman to serve as Mayor of Westmount, Quebec

## D

* Samuel Dalembert – NBA basketball player, Philadelphia 76ers
* Peter Dalla Riva – football player, Montreal Alouettes
* Roméo Dallaire – senator, Lieutenant-General
* Vincent Damphousse – former NHL player
* Shawn Daniels – Canadian football player
* Catherine Daoust – Professional ice hockey defenceman for the Montreal Victoire in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).
* J. P. Darche – NFL football player, Seattle Seahawks
* Mathieu Darche – NHL player, Tampa Bay Lightning, Montreal Canadiens
* Françoise David – politician
* John Caswell Davis – politician
* Mitch Davis – film programmer, filmmaker, journalist
* Norman Dawe – sports executive
* Stéphane Demers – actor
* Bernard Derome – anchorman
* Pierre Desjardins – football player, Montreal Alouettes
* Roxane Desjardins – writer
* André Desmarais – businessman
* Paul Desmarais, Sr. – businessman
* Paul Desmarais, Jr. – businessman
* David Desrosiers – bassist of Simple Plan and vocalist; born in Sept-Îles
* Sean Devine – playwright, actor, and politician
* Caroline Dhavernas – actress
* Domenic Di Rosa – actor
* Kadie Karen Diekmeyer – Internet personality and activist
* Céline Dion – singer
* Stéphane Dion – politician
* Christopher DiRaddo – writer
* Xavier Dolan – actor, director, screenwriter, editor, costume director, producer
* Jacob Dolson Cox – U.S. soldier and politician
* Audrey Capel Doray – artist
* Jean Doré – former mayor of Montreal
* Ivan Doroschuk – singer
* Fifi D'Orsay – actress
* Lu Dort – NBA Player
* William Dow – brewer
* Jean Drapeau – mayor of Montreal during Expo '67 and the 1976 Olympic Games
* Glen Drover – guitarist for Megadeth
* Shawn Drover – drummer for Megadeth
* Steve Dubinsky – former NHL player
* Gilles Duceppe – politician
* Jean Duceppe – actor
* Louis Dudek – poet
* Jack Dunham – animator, television commercial producer, designer of the St-Hubert rooster mascot
* Barbara Dunkelman – voice actress for Rooster Teeth
* Alexandre Dupuis – football player

## E

* Keith Eaman – Canadian football player
* Iwan Edwards – conductor, Member of the Order of Canada
* Vic Emery – Olympic bobsleigh gold medalist
* Empire I – pop and dancehall singer, songwriter
* Anke Engelke – German comedian, born in Montreal
* Chad Erickson – Ringette coach
* Angelo Esposito – hockey player
* Sam Etcheverry – former CFL and NFL football quarterback, Montreal Alouettes, St. Louis Cardinals
* Terry Evanshen – former CFL football player, Montreal Alouettes, Calgary Stampeders
* Ken Evoy – founder of Sitesell; creator of SiteBuildIt!

## F

* Lara Fabian – operatic singer
* Mylène Farmer – singer
* Leylah Fernandez – tennis player
* David Fennario – playwright
* Greg Fergus – Member of Parliament; 38th Speaker of the House of Commons
* Maynard Ferguson – jazz trumpet player and bandleader
* Denise Filiatrault – actress and director
* Jennifer Finnigan – Hollywood actress
* Marc-André Fleury – ice hockey goalkeeper; three-time Stanley Cup champion with the Pittsburgh Penguins
* Louis-Joseph Forget – stockbroker, financier, statesman
* Rodolphe Forget – businessman, politician, philanthropist
* Samuel Fournier – former CFL football player, Montreal Alouettes, Edmonton Eskimos, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* Kathleen Fox (born 1951) – flight instructor, air traffic controller, business executive
* René-Arthur Fréchet – architect
* Pauline Fréchette (1889–1943) – poet, dramatist, journalist, Catholic nun
* David Freiheit – lawyer and YouTuber
* Gottfried Fuchs (1889–1972) – German-Canadian Olympic soccer player

## G

* Alfonso Gagliano – politician
* André Gagné – professor and scholar, Concordia University
* Éric Gagné – pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers
* André Gagnon – composer, pianist
* Marc Gagnon – Olympic gold medal speed skater
* Marc-Antoine Gagnon – moguls skier
* Howard Galganov – anglophone rights activist, radio personality
* Céline Galipeau – anchorwoman
* Mavis Gallant – author
* Patsy Gallant – pop singer
* Mitch Garber – gaming, hotel executive, philanthropist, broadcaster
* Kathleen Gati – actress
* Arturo Gatti – professional boxer, world champion
* Daniel Gauthier – co-founder of the Cirque du Soleil
* James Gelfand – pianist, composer, arranger
* Gettomasa – Finnish rapper; born Aleksi Lehikoinen
* Yasmeen Ghauri – supermodel
* Ralph Gilles – designer of the Chrysler 300c
* Jessalyn Gilsig – actress
* Hilda Goldblatt Gorenstein (Hilgos) – artist and inspiration for the documentary I Remember Better When I Paint
* Jonathan Goldstein – author, humourist and radio producer
* Anne-France Goldwater – lawyer and TV court show personality
* John Gomery – jurist
* Brian Goodwin – biologist
* Adam Gopnik – writer, essayist
* Henry Gordon (1919–2009) – magician, journalist, CSI Fellow
* Huntley Gordon – actor
* Shaul Gordon (born 1994) – Canadian-Israeli Olympic sabre fencer
* Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan – newspaper publisher
* Stewart Francis Granger – former NBA basketball player
* W. R. Granger (William Rowen Granger) – president of the Montreal AAA, Canadian and Quebec Amateur Hockey Associations
* Howard Grant – former Canadian Olympics and Commonwealth boxer; trainer, UFC welterweight champion, Georges St-Pierre
* Otis Grant – Jamaican-born former WBO Middleweight boxing champion
* Hulda Regina Graser – customs house broker
* Harold Greenberg – movie producer, founder of Astral Media
* Frank Greenleaf – president of the Canadian and Quebec Amateur Hockey Associations
* Sylvain Grenier – WWE wrestler
* Irving Grundman – businessman, hockey executive
* Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays
* Quincy Guerrier – college basketball player for the Oregon Ducks
* Philip Guston – painter and printmaker

## H

* Dayle Haddon – model and actress
* Marc-André Hamelin – pianist and composer
* Chris Haney – co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
* Dan Hanganu – architect
* Louise Harel – politician
* Corey Hart – singer
* Doug Harvey – Hall of Fame ice hockey player
* Jacques Hébert – statesman
* Thomas Hellman – pop singer
* Carl Henry – singer
* Prudence Heward – Beaver Hall Group artist
* Alonzo Highsmith – former NFL football player
* Dave Hilton, Jr. – world champion boxer
* Matthew Hilton – world champion boxer
* David Julian Hirsh – actor
* Ian Hodgkinson – professional wrestler, lived in Montreal while in WCW
* Thomas William Holmes – winner of the Victoria Cross
* Herbert Samuel Holt – financier
* Steve Holt – jazz pianist, AC singer-songwriter
* William Hope – actor
* Anna Hopkins – actress
* Camillien Houde – former mayor of Montreal
* Alice Houghton – broker
* Anthony Housefather (born 1971) – Member of Canadian Parliament

## I

* Norman Iceberg – singer-songwriter

## J

* Édouard Jasmin – ceramic artist
* Louis Jaque, modernist painter
* Marlene Jennings – politician
* René Jodoin – film animator and producer
* Daniel Johnson, Jr. – former premier of Quebec
* Oliver Jones – jazz pianist
* Sass Jordan – singer
* Kris Joseph – basketball player
* Robert Joy – actor
* Alexander Julien – musician, member of Vision Eternel
* Claude Jutra – filmmaker

## K

* Emilie Kahn – musician also known as Emilie & Ogden
* Garry Kallos (born 1956) – wrestler and sambo competitor
* Tommy Kane – former NFL football player, Seattle Seahawks
* Daniel Kash – actor
* Kenneth Kaushansky – Dean of the Stony Brook University School of Medicine, hematologist, Master of the American College of Physicians
* Kaytranada – electronic musician, producer, DJ
* Michael A. Kelen – former judge of the Federal Court of Canada
* George Kennedy – owner of Montreal Canadiens hockey team
* Amir Khadir – physician and politician
* Kid Koala – DJ
* Franklin Kiermyer – drummer, composer
* Andy Kim – singer-songwriter
* A. M. Klein – author
* Naomi Klein – author and activist
* Leo Kolber – senator, de facto family member of the Bronfman family and empire
* Benjamin Kowalewicz – singer of Billy Talent
* Vanessa Kraven – professional wrestler
* David Kristian – electronic musician
* Sid and Marty Krofft – producers/creators of H.R. Pufnstuf, The Bugaloos, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, Land of the Lost, The Lost Saucer
* Joseph Kruger – founder of Kruger Inc.

## L

* Florence La Badie – actress
* Michel Maray de La Chauvignerie – 18th century French military officer and interpreter
* Zoe Laurier – wife of Sir Wilfrid Laurier
* La Zarra – singer-songwriter
* Charline Labonté – hockey player, Canadian Olympic women's team, gold medalist in 2006, 2010, 2014
* Hubert Lacroix – CBC president and CEO
* Oleg Ladik (born 1971) – Olympic wrestler
* Dany Laferrière – author
* Alexis Lafrenière – NHL player, New York Rangers
* Guy Lafleur – NHL player, Montreal Canadiens
* Corky Laing – musician
* Jon Lajoie – comedian
* Guy Laliberté – founder and CEO of Cirque de Soleil
* Paul Lambert – left guard, Montreal Alouettes
* Phyllis Lambert – architect and member of the Bronfman family
* Mado Lamotte – drag queen and author
* Jacques Lanctôt – FLQ member, convicted terrorist
* Louise Lanctôt – FLQ member, convicted terrorist
* Edmond Lapierre – former MPP
* Jean Lapierre – politician
* Éric Lapointe – CFL running back for the Montreal Alouettes
* Pierre Laporte – politician
* Georges Laraque – NHL player
* Ryan Larkin – animator
* Pat Larochelle – professional ice hockey player
* Nicholas Latifi – racing driver currently driving for Williams Racing
* Lisa Lavie – singer-songwriter
* Irving Layton – poet, essayist, short story writer
* Jack Layton – politician, leader of the federal New Democratic Party
* Irina Lăzăreanu – fashion model
* Louise Lecavalier – dancer
* Vincent Lecavalier – NHL player
* Jos LeDuc – professional wrestler
* Ranee Lee – jazz singer
* Sébastien Lefebvre – guitarist of Simple Plan and vocalist
* Rachelle Lefevre – actress
* Jean Leloup – musician
* Mario Lemieux (born 1965) – NHL player
* Vanessa Lengies – actress
* Guy A. Lepage – television personality
* Marc Lépine – mass murderer
* René Lépine – real-estate developer
* Chris Leroux – MLB pitcher (Florida Marlins, Pittsburgh Pirates)
* Pierre Leroux – novelist, journalist and screenwriter
* Jean Lesage – lawyer, politician
* Kris Letang – QMJHL player, NHL player, three-time Stanley Cup champion with the Pittsburgh Penguins
* André Éric Létourneau – intermedia artist, composer
* Jean-Louis Lévesque – stockbroker, horse racing builder
* Devon Levi – goaltender drafted by Florida Panthers in the 7th round, 212th overall in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, current Northeastern Huskies, Canada men's national junior ice hockey team
* Shawn Levy – director and actor
* Jaclyn Linetsky – actress
* David Lipper – actor
* Liu Fang – musician
* Pascal Lochard – CFL player
* William Edmond Logan – geologist
* Jennifer Lonergan – educator, nonprofit executive, promoter of third-world women's craftmanship
* Colin Low – filmmaker
* Lunice – musician
* Roberto Luongo – NHL goaltender
* Yves A. Lussier – physician-scientist in translational bioinformatics

## M

* Tom Maayan (born 1993) – Canada-born Israeli basketball player in the Israeli National League
* L. Ian MacDonald (born 1947) – author, columnist, broadcaster, and diplomat
* William C. Macdonald – tobacco manufacturer, philanthropist
* Danny Maciocia – CFL football coach
* Don Macpherson – journalist
* Nicolas Macrozonaris – sprinter, track and field
* Arnaud Maggs – artist, photographer
* Sean Patrick Maloney – Canadian-American politician and U.S. Representative for the state of New York since 2013
* Jeanne Mance – founder of first hospital in North America, l'Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, 1645
* Frederic Marcotte – poet and musician
* Rudolph A. Marcus – Nobel laureate of chemistry
* Lou Marinoff – philosopher at City College of New York
* Yann Martel – writer, Man Booker Prize 2002
* Paul Martin – former prime minister of Canada
* Russell Martin – baseball player for the Toronto Blue Jays
* Massari – singer
* Charles Mayer – journalist, sportsperson and politician
* John McCallum – politician
* John Wilson McConnell – businessman, publisher, philanthropist
* David Ross McCord – lawyer, philanthropist
* Kevin McDonald – actor/comedian/voice actor, member of The Kids in the Hall
* Thomas D'Arcy McGee – politician
* Molly McGlynn – film and television director and screenwriter
* Ken McGoogan – writer
* Duncan McIntyre – businessman
* Scott McKay – former city counsellor and leader of the Green Party of Quebec
* Patricia McKenzie – actress
* Norman McLaren – film animation pioneer
* Simon McTavish – businessman
* Juan Mendez – former NCAA basketball player, Niagara University
* Charles Meredith – president of the Montreal Stock Exchange
* Frederick Edmund Meredith – lawyer, chancellor of Bishop's University
* Vincent Meredith – first and last Baronet of Montreal; president of the Bank of Montreal
* William Collis Meredith – Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec
* Luck Mervil – singer, actor
* Jim Miller – Canadian football player
* Marc Miller – politician
* Brenda Milner – neuropsychologist
* Andrew Molson – businessman, member of the Molson family, eldest son of Eric Molson
* Eric Molson – brewer, businessman, member of the Molson family
* Geoff Molson – businessman, member of the Molson family, son of Eric Molson
* Hartland Molson – brewer, World War II fighter pilot, statesman, member of the Molson family
* John Molson – brewer, railway and steamship line builder, member of the Molson family
* Percival Molson – athlete, soldier, member of the Molson family
* Robert Moncel – commander of the 4th Canadian Armoured Brigade in the Second World War
* Raymond de Montmorency – recipient of the Victoria Cross
* Édouard Montpetit – lawyer, economist, academic
* Henry Morgan – department store founder
* Henry Morgentaler – physician, advocate for women's rights to abortion
* Terry Mosher – editorial cartoonist
* Ben Mulroney – television host; son of Brian Mulroney
* Brian Mulroney – former prime minister of Canada
* Mila Mulroney – wife of the 18th prime minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney

## N

* Ruba Nadda – producer
* Pierre Nadeau – journalist, television presenter and producer
* Narcy – hip hop artist
* Émile Nelligan – poet
* Hillel Neuer – human rights lawyer, executive director UN Watch
* Kai Nielsen – naturalist philosopher at Concordia University
* Craig Norman – head basketball coach of McGill University Redmen; former basketball player for Concordia University

## O

* Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan – politician, Parti patriote member
* Alexander Walker Ogilvie – miller, statesman
* Erin O'Toole – politician, Conservative Party of Canada member
* Maryse Ouellet – glamour model and former WWE wrestler
* Caroline Ouellette – hockey player, Canadian women's Olympic team, gold medalist in 2002 and 2006

## P

* P. Reign – hip hop artist, born in Montreal, raised in Toronto
* Frank L. Packard – novelist
* Michel Pagliaro – musician
* Vernon Pahl – Canadian football player
* Jean Jacques Paradis – Commander of the Canadian Army
* Jessica Paré – actress
* Jacques Parizeau – politician, former premier of Quebec
* Julie Payette – scientist, astronaut
* Trevor W. Payne – founder and music director of the Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir
* Cory Pecker (born 1981) – hockey player, right wing (EHC Visp)
* Érik Péladeau – businessman (Québecor)
* Pierre Péladeau – founder of Quebecor
* Pierre Karl Péladeau – CEO of Quebecor Media
* Wilfrid Pelletier – symphony conductor
* Dr. Wilder Penfield – pioneering neurosurgeon, founder of the Montreal Neurological Institute
* David De La Peralle – football player
* Missy Peregrym – actress
* Oscar Peterson – jazz pianist
* Autumn Phillips – former wife of Peter Phillips, eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II
* Mary Pierce – tennis player
* André Pijet – artist
* Steven Pinker – linguist and evolutionary psychologist
* Susan Pinker – journalist and psychologist
* Christopher Plummer – actor
* Judes Poirier – university professor
* Camille Poliquin – musician
* Antoni Porowski – chef, actor, and television personality
* Dick Pound – lawyer, Olympic Games executive
* Cheryl Pounder – hockey player, Canadian Olympic women's team, gold medalist in 2002 and 2006
* André Pratte – journalist, economist

## Q

* Nathalie Quagliotto – visual artist
* Sara Quin – musician

## R

* Zotique Racicot – auxiliary bishop of Montreal from 1905 to 1915
* Jesse Rath (born 1989) – actor
* Meaghan Rath – actress
* Claude Raymond – former baseball player and coach
* Jade Raymond – video game designer and producer
* John Redpath – businessman, philanthropist
* Eliza Ann McIntosh Reid – social reformer, church worker, clubwoman
* Helen Richmond Young Reid – social worker
* Ginette Reno – singer
* Caroline Rhea – actress
* Heather Reisman – businesswoman
* Mike Ribeiro – NHL player
* Henri Richard – former NHL player
* Maurice Richard – former NHL player
* Mordecai Richler – writer
* Vito Rizzuto – mobster
* Alphonso Theodore Roberts – political activist, cricketer
* Sam Roberts – musician
* Marc Robillard – musician, composer and songwriter
* Braulio Rocha – photographer
* Percy Rodrigues – actor
* Sasha Roiz (born 1973) – Israeli-born Canadian actor
* Cristina Rosato – actress
* Paul Rose – political figure
* Ari Rosenberg (born 1964) – Israeli basketball player
* Ethel Rosenfield (1910–2000) – sculptor
* Charlie J. Ross – vaudeville performer
* J.K.L. Ross – racehorse owner, philanthropist
* Allan Roth – baseball statistician for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers
* Albert S. Ruddy – film and television producer, known for producing The Godfather and Million Dollar Baby, which won him two Academy Awards for Best Picture
* Greg Rusedski (born 1973) – tennis player
* Claude Ryan – publisher, statesman
* Frank "Dunie" Ryan – mobster

## S

* Roméo Sabourin – SOE agent, WW II hero executed by the Nazis
* Moshe Safdie – architect, urban designer
* Peter Sagar – multi-instrumentalist, known for his band HOMESHAKE and former touring guitarist for Mac DeMarco
* Martin St. Louis – NHL player
* Georges St-Pierre – professional MMA fighter
* Kim St-Pierre – hockey goaltender, Canadian Olympic women's team
* Lino Saputo – businessman
* Anne Savage – artist
* Marco Scandella – NHL player
* Paul Schoeffler – voice actor, actor
* Joseph A. Schwarcz – doctor of chemistry and professor at McGill University, formerly at Vanier College
* Cynthia Scott – Academy Award-winning director
* Frank Scott – scholar, poet, professor, lawyer
* Francis Alexander Caron Scrimger – winner of the Victoria Cross in World War I
* Mark Shainblum – comics writer and co-creator of Northguard
* Marla Shapiro – CTV medical reporter and physician
* William Shatner – actor, best known for playing Captain Kirk in Star Trek
* Douglas Shearer – Academy Award-winning motion picture sound engineer
* Norma Shearer – Academy Award-winning actress
* Eliezer Sherbatov (born 1991) – Canadian-Israeli ice hockey player
* Madeleine Sherwood – actress, played Mother Superior in The Flying Nun
* Karen Simpson – actress and fashion designer
* Jaspreet Singh – author
* Charles Sirois – telecommunications
* David Six – artist
* Skiifall – rapper
* Jeff Skoll – Internet entrepreneur
* Donald Smith – railway executive
* George M. Smith – Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
* Larry Smith – former CFL football player; former president of the Montreal Alouettes
* Nahum Sonenberg – biochemist, professor at McGill University
* Wonny Song – classical concert pianist
* Kwasi Songui – actor
* Alex Soria – singer-guitarist (The Nils, Chino)
* Benjamin St-Juste – American football player
* Kevin Steen – professional wrestler
* Sam Steinberg – supermarket founder
* Ralph M. Steinman – 2011 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine
* George Stephen – banker, railway executive
* Peter Stearns – historian, honorary knight
* Jeff Stinco – lead guitarist of Simple Plan
* P.J. Stock – NHL player
* Lance Stroll (born 1998) – Belgian-Canadian racing driver
* Lawrence Stroll (born 1959) – owner of Circuit Mont-Tremblant, Racing Point F1 Team, major shareholder/executive chairman in Aston Martin and father to Formula One driver Lance Stroll
* Howard Stupp (born 1955) – Olympic wrestler
* Bruny Surin – track and field athlete
* Robert Augustus Sweeney – only African American double recipient of the American Medal of Honor
* Sylvia Sweeney – former basketball player for the Canadian women's national team; TV journalist
* Jack W. Szostak – Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine

## T

* Maxime Talbot – NHL player
* Ari Taub (born 1971) – Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler
* Charles Taylor – philosopher emeritus at McGill
* José Théodore – NHL player
* David Thompson – explorer
* Ryan Thorne – head basketball coach for the McGill Martlets, former CIAU champion in basketball with Bishop's University
* Tiga – electronic musician, singer, DJ
* Josh Tordjman – NHL player
* Ibrahim Tounkara – Canadian football player
* Daniel Tracey – journalist, politician
* Gérald Tremblay – former mayor of Montreal
* Michel Tremblay – novelist, playwright
* Tony Tremblay – poet, radio personality
* Clem Trihey – professional ice hockey player
* Alexandre Trudeau – journalist; son of Pierre Trudeau, the former prime minister of Canada
* Justin Trudeau – Member of Parliament; 23rd prime minister of Canada, son of Pierre Trudeau, a former prime minister of Canada
* Pierre Trudeau (1919–2000) – 15th prime minister of Canada
* Sophie Grégoire Trudeau – former spouse of the 23rd prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau
* Alain Trudel – conductor
* Jean-Claude Turcotte – Roman Catholic cardinal
* Roxane Turcotte – author of children's and youth literature
* George Tutunjian – performer of Armenian revolutionary songs
* Rachel Tyndale – pharmacogeneticist

## U

* David Usher – singer-songwriter

## V

* Maurice Vachon – also known as Mad Dog Vachon; wrestling champion
* Stevie Vallance – also known as Louise Vallance; singer, musician, actress, voice actress and director
* Jean-Marc Vallée – filmmaker
* Ernie Vandeweghe – former NBA basketball player, New York Knicks
* Gino Vannelli – singer-songwriter
* Chris Velan – singer-songwriter
* Joe Veleno – NHL prospect for the Detroit Red Wings
* Jacques Vieau – fur trader and early Wisconsin settler
* Gilles Villeneuve – Formula One driver
* Jacques Villeneuve – Formula One driver (1997 World Champion); 1995 IndyCar champion; son of Gilles Villeneuve
* Claude Vivier – contemporary classical composer, ethnomusicologist and poet
* Marc-Édouard Vlasic – NHL player, currently playing for the San Jose Sharks
* Roch Voisine – singer

## W

* Martha Wainwright – singer-songwriter
* Rufus Wainwright – singer-songwriter
* Avi Wallerstein – ophthalmologist, co-founder of LASIK MD
* Amanda Walsh – actress
* Dwight Walton – professional basketball player, Canadian Olympian
* Patrick Watson – singer-songwriter
* Ben Weider – co-founder of the IFBB (International Federation of BodyBuilders)
* Joe Weider – creator of the Mr. Olympia and Ms. Olympia bodybuilding contests
* William Weintraub – author, filmmaker
* Danny Wells – actor; played bartender on The Jeffersons and Luigi in The Super Mario Brothers Super Show
* Bill Wennington – former NBA basketball player, Chicago Bulls
* Max Werner – founder of Montreal Pastry, world class pastry chef
* Alissa White-Gluz – singer-songwriter; former vocalist of The Agonist; current vocalist of Arch Enemy
* Trevor C. Williams – former member of the Canadian national basketball team; philanthropist
* Cairine Wilson – first woman to serve in the Senate of Canada
* Joseph Wiseman – actor, known for playing Dr. Julius No in the first James Bond film Dr. No
* Karl Wolf – singer
* Bernie Wolfe (born 1951) – NHL hockey player
* William Workman – businessman and municipal politician
* Peter Worrell – former NHL player
* Aleksandra Wozniak – tennis player

## X

* Xue Yiwei – writer – Côte-des-Neiges

## Y

* Joel Yanofsky – writer
* Nikki Yanofsky – jazz singer
* Wayne Yearwood – former professional basketball player; Canadian Olympian

## Z

* Sami Zayn – professional wrestler currently signed to the WWE
* Larry "Rock" Zeidel (1928–2014) – NHL player
* Joel Zifkin – electric violinist, singer-songwriter
* David Zilberman – Olympic heavyweight wrestler
* Moses Znaimer – co-founder of Toronto's CityTV
* Mortimer Zuckerman – magazine editor, publisher, real estate tycoon