Hugh McMillan (politician)
Hugh McMillan (December 19, 1839 – October 31, 1895) was a Quebec businessman and political figure.
He represented Vaudreuil in the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative member from 1883 to 1891 and from 1892 to 1893.
McMillan was born in Rigaud, Lower Canada, the son of Donald McMillan and Olympe Mongenais.
He served on the county council and was a captain in the local militia.
In 1862, he married Agnes Mongenais, the daughter of Jean-Baptiste Mongenais, who was then representing Vaudreuil in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada.
From 1865 to 1873, McMillan ran the grain and feed business established by his father at Rigaud, later building and operating a sawmill there.
He died in Rigaud at the age of 55.
Joseph Demers (Quebec MLA)
Joseph Demers (November 11, 1861 – August 16, 1936) was a Canadian politician in the province of Quebec.
Born in Sainte-Julie (Laurierville), Canada East, the son of Édouard Demers and Olympe Rousseau, Demers was educated in Sainte-Julie.
He started clerking in 1877 until 1883 when he opened a general store in Thetford Mines.
He was a councillor from 1890 till 1893, mayor from 1893 to 1895, and alderman from 1903 to 1905.
He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the electoral district of Mégantic in the 1912 election.
A Liberal, he did not run in the 1916 election.
Olympe Pélissier
Olympe Pélissier( May 9, 1799 – March 22, 1878) was a French artists' model, courtesan and the second wife of the Italian composer Gioachino Rossini.
She sat for Vernet for his painting of" Judith and Holofernes".
Honoré de Balzac described her as" the most beautiful courtesan in Paris".
Peter Dirck Keyser
Peter Dirck Keyser( born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 8 February 1835; died same place, 8 March 1897) was a United States ophthalmologist.
Christophe Pélissier (footballer)
Christophe Pélissier( born 5 October 1965) is a French former footballer who played as a midfielder, and currently the manager of French club Lorient.
Hieronymus Payer
Hieronymus Payer( 13 February 1787 in Vienna- Meidling; died 17 August 1845 in the same place) was an Austrian composer and pianist.
Alfred Oppenheim (chemist)
Alfred Oppenheim( 3 November 1878 in Berlin – 14 May 1943 at the same place) was a German chemist and gas mantle manufacturer.
Raquel Pélissier
Raquel Pélissier( born August 21, 1991) is a Haitian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Haiti 2016.
She represented Port -au- Prince at the pageant and represented Haiti at Miss Universe 2016 where she ended as 1st Runner- up.
Being the first Haitian delegate to place in the finals in 41 years.
With their last placement being back in 1975.
Éloi Pélissier
Éloi Pélissier( born 18 June 1991) is a French professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the London Broncos in the Betfred Championship and France at international level.
He has played for the Catalans Dragons and the Leigh Centurions in the Super League, and the Lézignan Sangliers in the Elite One Championship.
Eugen Kolisko
Eugen Kolisko( 21 March 1893 – 29 November 1939) was an Austrian- German physician and educator who was born in Vienna.
He studied medicine at the University of Vienna, and in 1917 became a lecturer of medical chemistry.
He was the son of pathologist Alexander Kolisko( 1857- 1918).
Eugen Kolisko is remembered for his pioneer work in anthroposophy.
He was introduced to anthroposophy through his classmate, Walter Johannes Stein( 1891- 1957).
In 1914, he first attended lectures given by Rudolf Steiner, the founder of anthroposophy.
Consequently, he became a member of the Anthroposophical Society, and in 1920 was invited as an instructor to the newly established Waldorf School at Stuttgart by Emil Molt( 1876- 1936).
Kolisko specialized in preventative medicine, and at the Waldorf School he worked with other teachers in creating a curriculum that focused on the spiritual and physical development of school children.
He was instrumental in construction of several artistic therapies, such as anthroposophic music therapy and eurythmy.
During the 1930s, he left the Waldorf School in Stuttgart for political reasons, relocating to England in 1936, where he undertook the establishment of a private educational institute.
Kolisko died of cardiac failure outside London on 29 November 1939.
His wife, Lili Kolisko( 1893- 1976), introduced a concept known as" Steigbildmethode"( capillary dynamolysis method), which dealt with" Bildschaffenden" methods for assessment of food quality from an anthroposophic standpoint.
Today, the" Kolisko Conferences" are a series of international conferences of teachers, physicians, therapists and parents who meet in order to further the concepts and philosophy of a Waldorf education.
Eugen Kolisko was the author of numerous written works, published both in German and English; the following are a few of his better known English publications:

Question: Were both Eugen Kolisko and Olympe Pélissier, born in the same place?
Answer: no