# List of people from Quebec

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

* Kim Brunhuber, former CBC anchor / CNN newscaster journalist broadcaster
* Pierre Bruneau, TVA
* Nathalie Chung, RDI / SRC
* Bernard Derome, SRC / RDI
* Simon Durivage, RDI / SRC
* Céline Galipeau, SRC / RDI
* Bill Haugland, CTV
* Jean-Luc Mongrain, TQS, TVA
* Pascale Nadeau, SRC
* Mutsumi Takahashi, CTV
* Sophie Thibault, TVA
* Todd van der Heyden, CTV

## Artists and entertainers

* Denys Arcand, screenwriter and director
* Paul Arcand, radio personality and cinematographer
* Gilles Archambault, novelist and commentator
* André Arthur, radio personality, independent federal MP
* Eva Avila, singer
* Rachid Badouri, comedian
* René Balcer, film and TV writer and producer
* Raoul Barré, inventor, cartoonist and animator of the silent film era
* Michel Barrette, stand-up comedian, actor
* Jay Baruchel, actor, director, writer
* Victor-Lévy Beaulieu, author
* Daniel Bélanger, singer
* Marie-Claire Blais, author
* Paul Bley, jazz pianist and composer
* Lothaire Bluteau, actor
* La Bolduc, singer
* Paul-Émile Borduas, abstract painter
* Isabelle Boulay, singer
* Gerry Boulet, singer-songwriter
* Claudia Bouvette, singer-songwriter and actress
* Pierre Bouvier, lead singer of Simple Plan
* Glenda Braganza, actress
* Michel Brault, cinematographer, pioneer of the esthetic of handheld camera, director, producer
* Geneviève Bujold, actress
* Pascale Bussières, actress
* Win Butler, singer-songwriter
* Jean Carignan, fiddler
* Roch Carrier, author
* Charles Carson, painter
* Robert Charlebois, singer-songwriter
* Régine Chassagne, singer-songwriter, and instrumentalist from Arcade Fire
* Coeur de Pirate born Béatrice Martin, pianist, singer-songwriter
* Leonard Cohen, poet, author and songwriter
* Marie-Josée Croze, actress
* Peter Cullen, voice actor
* Chuck Comeau, drummer and singer
* Elisha Cuthbert, actress (born in Alberta, raised in Quebec)
* Sylvia Daoust, sculptor
* Charles Daudelin, sculptor
* Esther Delisle, historian and author
* Yvon Deschamps, author and comedian
* Céline Dion, singer
* Xavier Dolan, actor, director, screenwriter, editor, costume designer, and voice actor
* Georges Dor, chansonnier, songwriter, author, playwright
* Hélène Dorion, poet
* Fifi D'Orsay, actress
* Jean Duceppe, comedian
* Quilla, singer-songwriter
* Louis Dudek, poet and literary critic
* Diane Dufresne, singer and painter
* Roy Dupuis, actor
* Marcelle Ferron, glazier
* Jennifer Finnigan, actress
* Serge Fiori, singer-songwriter
* Glenn Ford, actor
* Garou, singer
* Mitsou Gélinas, pop star, radio and TV host, actress
* Jean-Claude Germain, playwright, author
* Huntley Gordon, actor
* Pierre Granche, sculptor
* Bruce Greenwood, actor, producer
* Sylvain Grenier, professional wrestler
* Anne Hébert, poet and novelist
* Prudence Heward, painter
* Airat Ichmouratov, composer and orchestra conductor
* Pierre Jalbert, actor, champion skier and film editor
* Will James, artist and writer of the American West
* René Jodoin, animator, director and producer
* Oliver Jones, jazz pianist
* Claude Jutra, director, actor
* Florence La Badie, actress
* Éric Lapointe, singer
* Pierre Lapointe, singer
* Stéphanie Lapointe, singer
* Carole Laure, singer, actress
* Lucie Laurier, actress
* Daniel Lavoie, singer-songwriter and actor (born in Manitoba, active in Quebec)
* Louise Lecavalier, dancer
* Félix Leclerc, poet and songwriter
* Jean Leloup, singer
* Félix Lengyel, Twitch streamer and former professional player in the Overwatch League
* Robert Lepage, playwright, actor and film director
* Édouard Lock, choreographer
* Norm Macdonald, actor, comedian
* Marie-Mai Bouchard, singer
* Marilou Bourdon, singer
* André Mathieu, pianist and composer
* Norman McLaren, director, animator
* Guido Molinari, abstract painter
* Edythe Morahan de Lauzon, poet
* Jean-Paul Mousseau, muralist
* Ben Mulroney, television personality; son of Brian
* Émile Nelligan, poet
* Maryse Ouellet, wrestler
* P. Reign, hip hop artist (born in Quebec, raised in Ontario)
* Kevin Parent, singer-songwriter
* Bruno Pelletier, singer
* Pierre Perrault, documentarist, poet
* Oscar Peterson, jazz pianist
* Luc Plamondon, songwriter
* Mordecai Richler, author
* Jean-Paul Riopelle, painter
* Michel Rivard, singer-songwriter
* Michael Sarrazin, actor
* Anne Savage, painter
* Mack Sennett, director
* William Shatner, actor
* Douglas Shearer, sound director, designer
* Norma Shearer, actress
* René Simard, singer, TV show host
* Devon Soltendieck, television personality
* Eva Tanguay, singer, vaudeville star
* Miyuki Tanobe, painter
* Diane Tell, singer-songwriter
* Marie-Élaine Thibert, singer
* Michel Tremblay, playwright, author
* Roland Michel Tremblay, author, poet, scriptwriter
* Armand Vaillancourt, sculptor, performance artist, social activist
* Pierre Vallières, author, political activist
* Gino Vannelli, singer and composer
* Gilles Vigneault, poet and songwriter
* Annie Villeneuve, singer
* Arthur Villeneuve, painter
* Denis Villeneuve, director
* Andrée Watters, singer
* Hal Willis born Leonald Francis Gauthier, singer

## Business

* H. Montagu Allan, businessman
* Hugh Allan, shipping company operator
* Laurent Beaudoin, CEO of Bombardier
* Conrad Black, media mogul
* Charles Bronfman, investor, developer
* Edgar Bronfman, Sr., investor, distiller
* Samuel Bronfman, distiller
* Donald J. Carty, airline executive
* André Chagnon, entrepreneur and philanthropist
* Thomas Cleeve, food producer
* Jean Coutu, retail pharmacy chain
* Alphonse Desjardins, father of credit unions in America
* Marie-Josée Drouin, economist
* Alexander Galt, businessman, statesman
* Mitch Garber, gaming, hotel executive, philanthropist
* Guy Laliberté, founder of Cirque du Soleil
* Bernard Lemaire, businessman and engineer
* Jean-Louis Lévesque, financier
* William Christoper Macdonald, tobacco manufacturer, philanthropist
* John Wilson McConnell, publisher, philanthropist
* James McGill, fur trader, real estate investor
* Hartland Molson, brewer, sportsman, statesman
* John Molson, brewer, transportation pioneer
* Pierre Péladeau, media mogul
* John Redpath, developer, opened first sugar refinery in Canada
* Denis Stairs, Chairman, Montreal Engineering Co.
* Sam Steinberg, grocery store magnate
* Donald Tarlton, record producer, promoter
* Colin Webster, industrialist, philanthropist

## Politicians

* John Abbott
* Adrien Arcand
* André Boisclair
* Lucien Bouchard
* Andrée Boucher
* Henri Bourassa
* Robert Bourassa
* Pierre Bourgault
* George-Étienne Cartier, a father of the Canadian Confederation
* Thérèse Casgrain
* Jean Charest
* Jean Chrétien, 20th Prime Minister of Canada
* Irwin Cotler
* Jean Drapeau
* Pierre Ducasse
* Gilles Duceppe
* Maurice Duplessis
* Ludger Duvernay
* Francis Fox
* Steven Guilbeault
* Lomer Gouin
* Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada
* Daniel Johnson, Sr.
* Régis Labeaume
* Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine
* Bernard Landry
* Hector-Louis Langevin, a father of the Canadian Confederation
* Pierre Laporte
* Wilfrid Laurier
* Jean Lesage
* René Lévesque
* Yolette Lévy
* John Lynch-Staunton
* Sean Patrick Maloney, Canadian/American politician and U.S. Representative for the state of New York since 2013; naturalized U.S. citizen
* Pauline Marois
* Manon Massé
* Thomas D'Arcy McGee, a father of the Canadian Confederation
* Honoré Mercier
* Yves Michaud
* Brian Mulroney, 18th Prime Minister of Canada and father of etalk host Ben Mulroney
* Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois
* John Neilson
* Robert Nelson
* Wolfred Nelson
* Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan
* Louis-Joseph Papineau
* Jacques Parizeau
* Claude Ryan
* Louis Stephen St-Laurent
* Étienne-Paschal Taché, a father of the Canadian Confederation
* Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
* Daniel Tracey
* Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 15th Prime Minister of Canada; father of current PM Justin Trudeau
* François Legault

## Sciences

* Sidney Altman, Nobel Prize winner
* Daniel Borsuk, plastic surgeon, first Canadian to perform face transplant
* Pierre Dansereau, father of ecology
* Paul David, cardiologist
* George Mercer Dawson, scientist
* Reginald Fessenden, inventor
* Armand Frappier, researcher in microbiology and immunology
* Marc Garneau, astronaut, first Quebecer and Canadian in space, Minister of Transportation, Minister of Foreign Affairs
* David H. Levy, astronomer
* William Edmond Logan, geologist
* Rudolph A. Marcus, 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
* Henry Morgentaler, physician, abortion-rights activist, president of Humanist Association of Canada
* Julie Payette, astronaut, first Quebec woman in space, Governor General of Canada
* Wilder Penfield, neurosurgeon, medical scientist
* Simon Plouffe, mathematician and discoverer of the BBP formula
* Hubert Reeves, astrophysicist
* Hans Selye, inventor of the concept of physiological stress
* Henri Wittmann, linguist
* David Saint-Jacques, astronaut

## Sports

* Jennifer Abel, diver
* Dave Abelson (born 1975), tennis player
* Jasey-Jay Anderson, snowboarder
* Sebastien Toutant, snowboarder
* Joel Anthony, basketball player
* Alex Anthopoulos, baseball manager
* Myriam Bédard, biathlete, Olympic gold medalist
* Josée Bélanger, soccer player, Olympic bronze medalist
* Tanith Belbin, figureskater
* Jean Béliveau, ice hockey player
* Chris Benoît, professional wrestler
* Mike Bossy, ice hockey player
* Eugenie Bouchard (born 1994), professional tennis player
* Gaétan Boucher, speed skater
* Ray Bourque, ice hockey player
* Patrice Bergeron-Cleary, ice hockey player
* Adam Braz (born 1981), soccer player and Technical Director of the Montreal Impact of Major League Soccer
* Martin Brodeur, ice hockey goalie
* Marc-Olivier Brouillette, professional football player
* Hy Buller (1926–1968), All Star NHL ice hockey player
* Dayana Cadeau, Haitian-born Canadian American professional bodybuilder
* Gabrielle Carle soccer player
* Patrick Carpentier, IRL race car driver
* Maude Charron, weightlifter
* Samuel Dalembert, basketball player
* Jason Demers (born 1988), ice hockey player
* Éric Desjardins, ice hockey player
* Étienne Desmarteau, Olympic athlete
* Alexandre Despatie, diver
* Marcel Dionne, ice hockey player
* Steve Dubinsky (born 1970), ice hockey player
* Terry Farnsworth (born 1942), Olympic judoka
* Leylah Fernandez, tennis player
* Marc-André Fleury, ice hockey player
* Gottfried Fuchs (1889–1972), German-Canadian Olympic soccer player
* Éric Gagné, baseball player
* Marc Gagnon, short-track speed skater
* Arturo Gatti, boxer
* Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, ice hockey player
* Doug Harvey, ice hockey player
* Émilie Heymans, diver
* Alex Hilton, boxer
* Dave Hilton Jr., boxer
* Matthew Hilton, boxer
* Garry Kallos (born 1956), wrestler and sambo competitor
* Guy Lafleur (1951–2022), ice hockey player
* Sébastien Lareau, professional tennis player
* René Lecavalier, broadcaster
* Vincent Lecavalier, ice hockey player
* Cathy LeFrançois, IFBB professional bodybuilder
* Mario Lemieux, ice hockey player
* Kris Letang, ice hockey player
* Roberto Luongo, ice hockey player
* Joe Malone, ice hockey player
* Rick Martel, professional wrestler
* Rick Martin, ice hockey player
* Russell Martin, baseball player
* Marie-Eve Nault, soccer player, olympic bronze medalist
* Maryse Ouellet, professional wrestler, Former WWE Divas Champion
* Kevin Owens, professional wrestler, Former WWE Universal Champion
* Cory Pecker (born 1981), ice hockey player
* Gilbert Perreault, ice hockey player
* Chantal Petitclerc, wheelchair racer
* Rocco Placentino, soccer player
* Jacques Plante, ice hockey goalie
* Manon Rhéaume, ice hockey goalie
* Henri Richard, ice hockey player
* Maurice Richard, ice hockey player
* René Robert, ice hockey player
* Yvon Robert, professional wrestler
* Jacques Rougeau, professional wrestler
* Patrick Roy, ice hockey goalie
* Eliezer Sherbatov (born 1991), Canadian-Israeli ice hockey player
* Martin St. Louis, ice hockey player
* Lance Stroll (born 1998), Formula 1 Driver
* Georges St-Pierre, former UFC Welterweight Champion of the world
* Ronnie Stern (born 1967), ice hockey player
* Howard Stupp (born 1955), Olympic wrestler
* Ari Taub (born 1971), Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler
* Donald Theetge, racecar driver
* José Théodore, ice hockey goaltender
* Charles Thiffault (born 1939), NHL ice hockey coach
* Maurice Vachon, professional wrestler
* Gilles Villeneuve, F1 race car driver
* Jacques Villeneuve, F1 race car driver; son of Gilles Villeneuve
* Edson Warner, Olympian, marksman
* Brian Wilks (born 1966), NHL hockey player
* Rhian Wilkinson, soccer player, two times Olympic bronze medalist
* Bernie Wolfe (born 1951), NHL hockey player
* Gump Worsley, ice hockey player
* Aleksandra Wozniak, tennis player
* Larry "Rock" Zeidel (1928–2014), ice hockey player

## Other

* Louise Arbour, Supreme Court Justice (The Hague and Canada)
* André Bessette, thaumaturge and founder of the St-Joseph's Oratory
* Jean Blouf, colonist
* Henri Raymond Casgrain, priest, author, historian
* Michel Chartrand, union leader and left-wing activist
* George Comer, polar explorer
* Ernest Cormier, architect
* Aurélie Crépeau, nun, founded the Grey Nuns of Nicolet, established the Hôtel-Dieu De Nicolet
* Louis Cyr, strongman
* Micheline Dumont (historian), historian, professor emeritus
* Northrop Frye, academic and literary critic
* Lionel Groulx, priest, historian
* René Marc Jalbert, soldier and hero of 1984 shooting at the National Assembly of Quebec
* Louis Joliet, explorer
* Madeleine Juneau, museologist, teacher, nun
* Jean-Baptiste Kelly, vicar-general
* Antoine Labelle, priest and builder
* Régine Laurent, trade unionist
* Zoé Laurier, wife of Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier
* Paul-Émile Léger, Roman Catholic cardinal
* Lyse Lemieux, Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec
* René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of Rimouski
* Bernard Lonergan, SJ, Jesuit priest, philosopher, theologian
* Simon Mailloux, first Canadian soldier with an amputation to deploy on a combat mission
* Jos Montferrand, French-Canadian hero
* Édouard Montpetit, lawyer, economist, scholar
* Bruno Pauletto, physiologist, shot putter, businessman, coach, author
* Mélanie Paquin, beauty pageant winner
* Hélène Pelletier-Baillargeon, journalist and writer
* Pacifique Plante, crime-fighting lawyer
* Joseph-Octave Plessis, archbishop
* Roméo Sabourin, SOE agent, executed by the Nazis
* Charles de Salaberry, soldier
* Charles Taylor, philosopher