List of people from Montreal
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This is a list of notable people from Montreal
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Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
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- Scott AbbottScott AbbottCharles Scott Abbott is the co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit along with Chris Haney.Known as "Scott," he was the owner of the Brampton Battalion hockey team, of the Ontario Hockey League...
, co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit - Ramzi AbidRamzi AbidRamzi Abid is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for EC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian EBEL...
, NHL hockey player - Hugh AllanHugh AllanSir Hugh Allan, KCMG was a Scottish-born Canadian shipping magnate, railway promoter, financier and capitalist...
, financier and shipping magnate - H. Montagu AllanH. Montagu AllanSir Hugh Andrew Montague Allan, CVO was a Canadian banker, ship owner, and a sportsman who donated the Allan Cup, the trophy symbolic of men's amateur ice hockey supremacy in Canada.-Early life:...
, businessman, Hockey Hall of Fame member - Paul AlmondPaul AlmondPaul Almond, is a Canadian former television and motion picture screenwriter, director and producer, and since 1990 has been a novelist.-Life and career:...
, director - Sidney AltmanSidney AltmanSidney Altman is a Canadian American molecular biologist, who is currently the Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Chemistry at Yale University. In 1989 he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Thomas R...
, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry - René AngélilRené AngélilRené Angélil, OQ is a Canadian singer and manager. He is the husband and manager of singer Celine Dion.-Early life:Angélil was born in Montreal, Québec, Canada of a father of Syrian descent and a Canadian mother of Lebanese origin...
, singer, actor, husband/manager of Celine Dion - Richard Bladworth Angus, banker
- Joel AnthonyJoel AnthonyJoel Vincent Anthony is a Canadian professional basketball player in the NBA who is currently a member of the Miami Heat. He is also a key member of the Canadian national men's basketball team.-High school career:...
, NBA basketball player - The Great Antonio, strongman
- Gilles ArchambaultGilles ArchambaultGilles Archambault is a Canadian/Québécois novelist.He studied at the Université de Montréal in 1957, and then worked at Radio-Canada, while working as a journalist...
, novelist - Gabriel AubryGabriel AubryGabriel Aubry is a Canadian male model.-Early life:Born in Montreal, Quebec to French-Canadian parents, Gabriel is one of nine siblings.-Modeling career:...
, male model - Melissa Auf der MaurMelissa Auf der MaurMelissa Auf der Maur is a Canadian rock musician from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Her career has included 5 years as bassist with the band Hole and she later toured with The Smashing Pumpkins for their 2000 tour. Her second solo album, Out of Our Minds, was released on March 30, 2010. She is also a...
, rock musician (HoleHole (band)Hole is an American alternative rock band that originally formed in Los Angeles in 1989. The band is fronted by vocalist/songwriter and rhythm guitarist Courtney Love, who co-founded Hole with former songwriter/lead guitarist Eric Erlandson...
, Smashing Pumpkins) - Nick Auf der MaurNick Auf der MaurNick Auf der Maur was a journalist, politician and "man about town" boulevardier in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was also the father of rock musician Melissa Auf der Maur, through his marriage to Linda Gaboriau....
, journalist, municipal politician - Michel C. AugerMichel C. AugerMichel C. Auger is a Québécois journalist. He is a political columnist for Le Soleil, though until April 2006 he worked for Le Journal de Montréal...
, journalist - David AzrieliDavid AzrieliDavid Joshua Azrieli, is a Canadian real estate tycoon, developer, designer, architect, and philanthropist. With an estimated net worth of $US 3.1 billion , Azrieli was ranked by Forbes as the 8th wealthiest Canadian and 362nd in the world....
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- René BalcerRené BalcerRené Balcer is a Canadian television writer, director and producer.-Early life:He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and attended Lower Canada College in Montreal. He earned his B.A. Magna Cum Laude in Communication Studies from Concordia University in 1978. He began his career as a journalist,...
, television writer and producer, famous for the US television show Law and Order - Lanny BarbieLanny BarbieLanny Barby is a French Canadian former pornographic actress.-Career:Lanny Barby's adult career began, in her words, "about five seconds after my eighteenth birthday"...
, porn star - Roger Barnes, professional wrestler
- Jay BaruchelJay BaruchelJonathan Adam Saunders "Jay" Baruchel is a Canadian actor. He has had a successful career in comedy films, and has appeared in supporting roles in such box office successes as Million Dollar Baby, Knocked Up and Tropic Thunder, as well as starring in films like She's Out of My League, The Trotsky,...
, television/movie actor - Doug BeardsleyDoug BeardsleyDoug Beardsley is a Canadian poet and educator. He has collaborated with numerous other writers including Al Purdy, Theresa Kishkan and Charles Lillard....
, poet and educator - Philippe de Gaspé BeaubienPhilippe de Gaspé BeaubienPhilippe de Gaspé Beaubien, OC is a Canadian media proprietor, who was chairman and CEO of Telemedia. He founded the company in 1968, and went on to acquire a number of radio stations in Quebec and Ontario, and launched magazines such as Canadian Living, Harrowsmith and the Canadian editions of...
broadcasting, magazines - Bianca BeauchampBianca BeauchampBianca Stéphanie Beauchamp is a Canadian fetish and adult model, known for her glamour, erotic and latex modelling.- Early life and education :...
, fetish fashion model - Tanith BelbinTanith BelbinTanith Jessica Louise Belbin is a Canadian-American ice dancer. Though born in Canada, she holds dual citizenship and has competed for the United States since she began skating with Benjamin Agosto in 1998. With Agosto, Belbin is the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, four-time World medalist,...
, Figure Skater, Olympic Silver medalist - Jean BéliveauJean BéliveauJean Arthur "Le Gros Bill" Béliveau, is a former professional ice hockey player who played parts of 20 seasons with the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens. As a player, he won the Stanley Cup 10 times, and as an executive he was part of another seven championship teams, the most Stanley...
, former NHL hockey player - Chris BenoitChris BenoitChristopher Michael "Chris" Benoit was a Canadian professional wrestler whose career and life ended in a murder–suicide...
, pro-wrestler (born in Montreal, but raised in Edmonton, Alberta) - Eric BerneEric BerneEric Berne was a Canadian-born psychiatrist best known as the creator of transactional analysis and the author of Games People Play.-Background and education:...
, psychiatrist, creator of Transactional Analysis, and author of Games People Play - André Besette, CSC Holy Cross Brother, Miracle Worker of Montreal
- Tim BiakabutukaTim BiakabutukaTshimanga "Tim" Biakabutuka is a former American football running back for the Carolina Panthers of the NFL from 1996 to 2001.-College career at Michigan:...
, former NFL football player/Carolina Panthers - Charlie BiddleCharlie BiddleCharlie Biddle, otherwise known as Charles Reed Biddle was a Canadian jazz bassist.-Biography:...
, Montreal Jazz pioneer and Juno award winner - Yannick BissonYannick BissonYannick Bisson is a Canadian film and television actor.-Career:Born in Montréal, Quebec, Canada, Bisson moved to Toronto as a teenager and there he began acting lessons; he has been acting since the age of 13. His big break was in CBC's critically acclaimed 1984 movie of the week Hockey Night with...
, actor mostly known for playing Jack in the Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye series - Sacha Dean BiyanSacha Dean BiyanSacha Dean Bïyan is a fashion photographer and photojournalist.Biyan was born on October 1, 1968 and grew up in Montreal, Canada. He began his career as a break dancer and club deejay in the mid 80s. He then went on to earn a Master’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering and worked as a consultant...
, noted fashion photographer raised in Montreal but now based in New York - Conrad BlackConrad BlackConrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour, OC, KCSG, PC is a Canadian-born member of the British House of Lords, and a historian, columnist and publisher, who was for a time the third largest newspaper magnate in the world. Lord Black controlled Hollinger International, Inc...
, controversial financier and newspaper magnate - Toe BlakeToe BlakeHector "Toe" Blake, CM was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach in the National Hockey League .-Nickname:His nickname came out of his childhood for his younger sister was unable to pronounce his name...
, Montreal Canadiens hockey Legend - Mike BossyMike BossyMichael Dean Bossy is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played for the New York Islanders for his entire career and was part of their four-year reign as Stanley Cup champions in the early 1980s...
, Hockey Hall of Fame member - Maurice "Mom" BoucherMaurice BoucherMaurice "Mom" Boucher is a convicted murderer, reputed drug trafficker, and outlaw biker—the former President of the Hells Angels' Montreal chapter. Boucher led Montreal's Hells Angels against the rival Rock Machine biker gang during The Quebec Biker War of 1994 through 2002 in Quebec, Canada...
, leader Hells Angels - Henri BourassaHenri BourassaJoseph-Napoléon-Henri Bourassa was a French Canadian political leader and publisher. He is seen by many as an ideological father of Canadian nationalism....
, political leader and publisher - Robert BourassaRobert BourassaJean-Robert Bourassa, was a politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as the 22nd Premier of Quebec in two different mandates, first from May 12, 1970, to November 25, 1976, and then from December 12, 1985, to January 11, 1994, serving a total of just under 15 years as Provincial Premier.-Early...
, former Quebec premier - Pierre Bourque (mayor)
- Raymond Bourque, former NHL hockey player
- Pierre BouvierPierre BouvierPierre Charles Bouvier is a French Canadian musician, who is best known as the lead singer for pop punk band Simple Plan.At the age of 13, he founded the punk rock band Reset with his best friend Chuck Comeau in which he was the bassist and lead vocalist. He eventually wasn't enjoying his role...
, frontman of Simple PlanSimple PlanSimple Plan is a Canadian pop punk band from Montréal, Québec. The band has had no line up changes since its inception in 1999. Members are Pierre Bouvier , Jeff Stinco , Sébastien Lefebvre , David Desrosiers and Chuck Comeau...
and songwriter - Scotty BowmanScotty BowmanWilliam Scott "Scotty" Bowman is a retired National Hockey League head coach. He holds the record for most wins in league history, with 1,244 wins in the regular season and 223 in the Stanley Cup playoffs. He coached the St. Louis Blues, Montreal Canadiens, Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins, and...
, hockey coach - Justin BradleyJustin BradleyJustin Bradley is a Canadian actor.Bradley was born in Montreal, Quebec. He started his career at the age of six, modelling on various department store advertisements. Bradley also appeared in commercials for McDonalds, Danone and Canadian Tire as a child...
, actor, Based out of Montreal and Toronto. Sometimes works in Los Angeles - Glenda BraganzaGlenda BraganzaGlenda Braganza currently lives in Montreal, Canada, is a Canadian television and stage actress who has appeared in several Canadian and American television shows and films....
, Hollywood actress, recently starred in 10.5: Apocalypse10.5: Apocalypse10.5: Apocalypse is a 2006 television miniseries written and directed by John Lafia. A sequel to 2004's 10.5, the film follows a series of catastrophic seismic disasters .-Plot:...
(2006) - Adam BrazAdam BrazAdam Braz is a retired Canadian soccer player known mainly for his years spent playing at the Montreal Impact in the USSF Division 2 Professional League.- College :...
, soccer defender (Montreal ImpactMontreal ImpactMontreal Impact was a Canadian professional soccer club based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1992, the team played in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid until the 2011 season. The owner Joey Saputo now operates the MLS team Montreal ImpactThe...
& national team) - Patrice BriseboisPatrice BriseboisPatrice Brisebois is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and currently a racing driver.-NHL playing career:Brisebois was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the second round, 30th overall, of the 1989 NHL Entry Draft...
, NHL hockey player, Montreal CanadiensMontreal CanadiensThe Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ... - Martin BrodeurMartin BrodeurMartin Pierre Brodeur is a French-Canadian ice hockey goaltender who has played his entire National Hockey League career with the New Jersey Devils. In his 19-year tenure with the Devils, he has won three Stanley Cup championships and has been in the playoffs every year but two...
, NHL hockey player/goaltender, New Jersey Devils - Charles BronfmanCharles BronfmanCharles Rosner Bronfman, is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. With an estimated net worth of $US 2.0 billion , Bronfman was ranked by Forbes as the 15th wealthiest Canadian and 595th in the world....
, business man and philanthropist - Edgar Bronfman, Sr.Edgar Bronfman, Sr.Edgar Miles Bronfman is a Canadian businessman. He is a member of the Bronfman family.-Biography:Bronfman is the son of Samuel Bronfman, the founder of Distillers Corporation Limited, who purchased Seagram's in 1928...
, businessman - Edward BronfmanEdward BronfmanEdward Maurice Bronfman was a Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and member of the Bronfman family....
, was a Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and member of the Bronfman family. - Peter BronfmanPeter BronfmanPeter Frederick Bronfman was a Canadian businessman and entrepreneur, born in Montreal, and member of the Toronto branch of Canada's wealthy Bronfman family...
, Canadian businessman and member of the Bronfman family - Saidye Rosner BronfmanSaidye Rosner BronfmanSaidye Rosner Bronfman, was the mother and grandmother of the Bronfman family, one of the most influential Jewish families in the world. The family was made famous by her husband, Samuel Bronfman , who made a fortune in the distilled alcoholic beverages business during the 20th century through his...
, philanthropist, and wife of Samuel Bronfman. - Samuel BronfmanSamuel BronfmanSamuel Bronfman, was a Canadian business magnate and philanthropist. He founded Distillers Corporation Limited, and is a member of the Canadian Jewish family dynasty, the Bronfman family.-Early life:...
, liquor magnate - Hy BullerHy BullerHyman "Hymie" Buller was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman. Nicknamed the “Blueline Blaster” because of his penchant for hitting opposing players above the skate toe and below the pads, Buller was one of two Jewish professional hockey players in the 1940s and 1950s.He was on the Eastern Amateur...
, former NHL All-Star hockey player - Mario BungeMario BungeMario Augusto Bunge is an Argentine philosopher and physicist mainly active in Canada.-Biography:Bunge began his studies at the National University of La Plata, graduating with a Ph.D. in physico-mathematical sciences in 1952. He was professor of theoretical physics and philosophy,...
, philosopher, Frothingham chair of Logic and Metaphysics at McGill University - Robin BurnsRobin BurnsRobert Arthur Burns is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey left winger.-Playing career:Following a season at Notre Dame de Grace, Burns went on to play 3 years with the Montreal Junior Canadiens and another two with the Houston Apollos of the CHL...
, founder and owner ITECH Hockey equipment - Gerard ButlerGerard ButlerGerard James Butler is a Scottish actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television. A trained lawyer, Butler turned to acting in the mid-1990s with small roles in productions such as the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies , which he followed with steady work on television, most notably in...
, Scottish actor. Grew up in Montreal before moving back to his native Scotland.
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- Charles Sandwith CampbellCharles Sandwith CampbellCharles Sandwith Campbell K.C., LL.D. was a benefactor who gave the City of Montreal the Campbell Concerts and Campbell Parks. He was a Governor of McGill University.- Biography :...
, philanthropist benefactor of Montreal - Paul CargnelloPaul CargnelloPaul Cargnello is a Canadian singer-songwriter and poet whose unique musical repertoire spans punk rock, reggae, blues and folk. Although English is his first language, Cargnello chooses to write and sing in both English and French, with French having gradually come to dominate his lyrics...
,singer/songwriter - Gerald Emmett Carter, former cardinal archbishop of Toronto
- André ChagnonAndré ChagnonAndré Chagnon, is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist.Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of an electrician, he began his work career by laying underground cables, eventually starting his own contracting company Chagnon Electric, in 1957, which he later sold to his employees...
, Cable TV, broadcasting, philanthropist - Serge ChapleauSerge ChapleauSerge Chapleau is a French-Canadian political cartoonist from the province of Québec.- Biography :...
, political cartoonist - Robert CharleboisRobert CharleboisRobert Charlebois, OC, OQ is a Quebec author, composer, musician, performer and actor. He is an important figure in French language song....
, singer/songwriter - Gregory CharlesGregory CharlesGregory Charles is a Quebec performing artist of French Canadian and Trinidadian origin.-Biography:...
, musician and radio host - Dov CharneyDov CharneyDov Charney is the founder and CEO of American Apparel, a clothing manufacturer, wholesaler, and retailer. Charney is known for his success as an entrepreneur, passion for simple clothing and love for Strictly Rhythm. His "contrarian" leadership style, which he feels promotes creativity, has drawn...
, entrepreneur and CEO of American Apparel - Claude CharronClaude CharronClaude Charron is a former CEGEP teacher, provincial politician, writer and broadcaster. He graduated from the Université de Montréal with a degree in political science. During 1969 and 1970 he taught at Cégep Édouard-Montpetit and the Cégep du Vieux Montréal.In 1970, Claude Charron entered...
, former politician, now TV host - Régine ChassagneRégine ChassagneRégine Chassagne is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist musician and singer, and a founding member of the band Arcade Fire. She is married to co-founder Win Butler.-Life and career:...
, singer, musician - Patricia ChicaPatricia ChicaPatricia Chica also known as Chicatronica is a Canadian film and television director. She is one of the most internationally renowned filmmakers of Salvadorian descent. In 2007 and 2010, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador gave her a diploma of recognition for her outstanding...
, film and TV director - Emanuelle Chriqui, actress
- Françoise de ClosseyFrançoise de Clossey- Biography :Françoise de Clossey has to her credit firsts, among which are the world premiere of a work of Henryk Górecki, the first North American performances of works by Salvatore Sciarrino and Sofia Gubaidulina, and the first worldwide perrformances of the Italian composers Frisina and...
, pianist and organist - Guy CloutierGuy CloutierGuy Cloutier is a Canadian music producer and talent manager.Cloutier adapted reality TV to the Quebec market. Entertainers Stéphanie Cloutier and Véronique Cloutier are his daughters...
, former artist manager - G.A. Cohen, political philosopher
- Leonard CohenLeonard CohenLeonard Norman Cohen, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His work often explores religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonal relationships...
, poet and singer - Sidney M. CohenSidney M. CohenSidney M. Cohen is a Canadian television director specializing in live multi-camera productions requiring minimal editing and is also a TV program creator.He was born in Montreal, Quebec and began his career with CFCF-TV and later CBC Television...
, television director - Steven CojocaruSteven CojocaruSteven Cojocaru , known by the nickname "Cojo", is a Canadian fashion critic. He was born in Montreal, Quebec to a family of immigrants from Romania...
, fashion critic - John ColicosJohn ColicosJohn Colicos was a Greek-Canadian actor. He was a distinguished stage actor in the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada.-Career:...
, actor - Charles Comeau, drummer of Simple PlanSimple PlanSimple Plan is a Canadian pop punk band from Montréal, Québec. The band has had no line up changes since its inception in 1999. Members are Pierre Bouvier , Jeff Stinco , Sébastien Lefebvre , David Desrosiers and Chuck Comeau...
and songwriter - Phil ComeauPhil ComeauPhil Comeau, CM is a Canadian film and television director, born in Digby, Nova Scotia and living in Montreal, Quebec.- Biography :Phil Comeau, based in Montreal since 1983, is a film and television director and scriptwriter...
, film and TV director - Ernest CormierErnest Cormierthumb|Église Sainte-Marguerite-Marie-Alacoque, Montréal, thumb|Église Saint-Ambroise, Montréal, Ernest Cormier, OC was a Canadian engineer and architect who spent much of his career in the Montreal area, erecting notable examples of Art Deco architecture.-Life and career:He was born in Montreal,...
, engineer and architect - CorneilleCorneille (singer)Cornelius Nyungura is a singer who performs under the name Corneille. He was born in Germany to Rwandan parents, though he currently holds a Canadian passport and sings in French and English...
, singer - Irwin CotlerIrwin CotlerIrwin Cotler, PC, OC, MP was Canada's Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada from 2003 until the Liberal government of Paul Martin lost power following the 2006 federal election. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the constituency of Mount Royal in a by-election...
, law professor, politician - Jean CoutuJean Coutu (pharmacist)Jean Coutu, is a Canadian pharmacist and businessman. He is the founder and Chairman of the Jean Coutu Group which he started in 1969...
, pharmacist - Ron CrevierRon CrevierRonald Joseph Oscar Camille Crevier is a former professional basketball player. He played part of one season in the National Basketball Association and in the early 1980s for the Canadian national men's basketball team.Crevier played for Dawson College CEGEP before enrolling at Boston College,...
, former NBA basketball player - Peter CullenPeter CullenPeter Claver Cullen is a Canadian voice actor, known as the voice of Eeyore in the Winnie-the-Pooh franchise, Optimus Prime and Ironhide in the original Transformers series, and the narrator in both of the original American Voltron series...
, voice actor (voice of Optimus PrimeOptimus PrimeOptimus Prime is a fictional character from the Transformers franchise. Prime is the leader of the autobots, a faction of transforming robots from the planet Cybertron. The autobots are constantly waging war against a rival faction of transforming robots called Decepticons...
from the film Transformers) - Elisha CuthbertElisha CuthbertElisha Ann Cuthbert is a Canadian film and television actress. Cuthbert is known as the former co-host of the Canadian children's television series Popular Mechanics for Kids. In 1998, she had her first film role in Airspeed. She followed this in 2003 with a role in Old School...
, actress - Mark Cohen (surgeon), ophthalmologist, co-founder LASIK MD
- May CutlerMay CutlerMay Cutler was a Canadian author, journalist and publisher. Cutler founded Tundra Books in her basement in 1967, becoming Canada's first female publisher of children’s books...
, publisher and journalist, founder of Tundra BooksTundra BooksTundra Books is the oldest children's book publisher in Canada.Tundra Books was founded in 1967 by May Cutler, a Montreal-based writer and editor. Cutler established the publishing company in the basement of her home, becoming the first woman to publish children's books in Canada. The U.S...
and the first CanadianCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
woman to publish children's books. First woman to serve as Mayor of Westmount, QuebecWestmount, QuebecWestmount is a city on the Island of Montreal, an enclave of the city of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada; pop. 20,494; area 4.02 km²; population density of 5,092.56 inhabitants/km²....
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- Samuel DalembertSamuel DalembertSamuel Davis Dalembert is a Haitian Canadian professional basketball player who most recently played center for the NBA's Sacramento Kings. Dalembert began playing in Montreal, Quebec and played college basketball at Seton Hall University in New Jersey, United States...
, NBA basketball player, Philadelphia 76ers - Peter Dalla RivaPeter Dalla RivaPeter Dalla Riva, , is a former professional Canadian football player with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League at the tight end and wide receiver positions. Dalla Riva played with the Alouettes for his entire 14 year career...
, football player Montreal Alouettes - Roméo DallaireRoméo DallaireLieutenant-General Roméo Antonius Dallaire, is a Canadian senator, humanitarian, author and retired general...
, senatorCanadian SenateThe Senate of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the House of Commons, and the monarch . The Senate consists of 105 members appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister...
, Lieutenant-General - Vincent DamphousseVincent DamphousseVincent Francois Damphousse is a retired Canadian professional hockey who played in the National Hockey League for eighteen seasons. He played centre for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers, Montreal Canadiens and San Jose Sharks, winning a Stanley Cup championship with Montreal in 1993...
, Former NHL hockey player - J. P. Darche, NFL football player, Seattle Seahawks
- Françoise DavidFrançoise DavidFrançoise David, CQ is the spokesperson, with Amir Khadir, of Québec solidaire - a left-wing, feminist and sovereignist political party in the province of Quebec, Canada. Quebec Solidaire was born from the merger of Option Citoyenne with l'Union des Forces Progressistes...
, politician - John Caswell DavisJohn Caswell DavisJohn Caswell Davis was a Canadian senator.-Early career:Born in Montreal, Quebec in 1888, after graduating from McGill University in civil engineering he moved to Saint Boniface, Manitoba where his Montreal upbringing fostered a quick assimilation into the French and Metis culture of St...
,politician - Mitch DavisMitch DavisMitch Davis is a film director noted for his 2001 film The Other Side of Heaven about the trials and adventures of an LDS Missionary, John H...
, film programmer, filmmaker, journalist - Stéphane DemersStéphane DemersStéphane Demers is a Canadian actor best known for having portrayed Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in the television mini-series Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making...
, actor - Bernard DeromeBernard DeromeBernard Derome, CM, OQ is a news anchor for SRC Television, who anchored the weeknight editions of Le Téléjournal until December 18, 2008.-Biography:...
, anchorman - Pierre DesjardinsPierre DesjardinsPierre Desjardins is a former professional Canadian football player with the Canadian Football League Montreal Alouettes. Desjardins was an offensive lineman at the guard and tackle positions during his six year career with the club...
, football player Montreal Alouettes - Paul Desmarais, Sr., businessman
- Paul Desmarais, Jr.Paul Desmarais, Jr.Paul Desmarais, Jr., OC, OQ is a Canadian businessman in his hometown of Montreal.He is the eldest son of Paul Desmarais, Sr. Currently he is the chairman and co-chief executive officer of Power Corporation of Canada....
, businessman - André DesmaraisAndré DesmaraisAndré Desmarais, OC, OQ is a Canadian businessman, whose hometown is Montreal, Quebec.He is one of two sons of Paul Desmarais, Sr. He is currently the president and co-chief executive officer of his father's founding company the Power Corporation, based in Montreal, Canada...
, businessman - David DesrosiersDavid DesrosiersDavid Philippe Desrosiers is a French Canadian musician, who is best known as the bassist and backing vocalist for pop punk band Simple Plan. He grew up in Matane, Quebec.-Career:...
, bassist of Simple PlanSimple PlanSimple Plan is a Canadian pop punk band from Montréal, Québec. The band has had no line up changes since its inception in 1999. Members are Pierre Bouvier , Jeff Stinco , Sébastien Lefebvre , David Desrosiers and Chuck Comeau...
and vocalist. Birth place is Sept-Îles - Caroline DhavernasCaroline DhavernasCaroline Dhavernas is a Canadian actress. Dhavernas is best known in the United States as "Jaye" from the short-lived television series Wonderfalls on Fox. She starred as Dr. Lily Brenner in the ABC medical drama Off the Map.-Life and career:...
, actress - Celine DionCeline DionCéline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...
, singer - Stéphane DionStéphane DionStéphane Maurice Dion, PC, MP is a Canadian politician who has been the Member of Parliament for the riding of Saint-Laurent–Cartierville in Montreal since 1996. He was the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and the Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian House of Commons from 2006 to 2008...
, politician - Jacob Dolson CoxJacob Dolson CoxJacob Dolson Cox, was a lawyer, a Union Army general during the American Civil War, and later a Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 28th Governor of Ohio and as United States Secretary of the Interior....
, soldier and politician in the USA - Jean DoréJean DoréJean Doré is a Canadian politician and former mayor of the City of Montreal, Quebec.-Background:Jean Doré studied law at the Université de Montréal, where he was president of the student union from 1967 to 1968. He received a Master's Degree of Political Science from McGill University...
, former mayor of Montreal - Fifi D'OrsayFifi D'Orsay-Biography:Born Marie-Rose Angelina Yvonne Lussier in Montreal, Quebec, as a young typist, filled with the desire to become an actress, she went to New York City. There, she found work in The Greenwich Village Follies after an audition in which she sang the song "Yes, We Have No Bananas' in French...
, actress - William DowWilliam DowWilliam Dow emigrated to Canada from Scotland in about 1818. A trained brewer, he took employment with James Dunn's brewery in Montreal and quickly became a partner. His younger brother, Andrew, who had also trained as a brewer, joined him, and on the death of Dunn, the company became known as...
, brewer - Jean DrapeauJean DrapeauJean Drapeau, was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as mayor of Montreal from 1954 to 1957 and 1960 to 1986...
, mayor of Montreal during Expo '67 and the 1976 Olympic Games. - Glen DroverGlen DroverGlen Drover is a heavy metal guitarist from Missisauga, Ontario, Canada. He currently resides in MississaugaOntario. Drover is best known as the former lead guitarist in Megadeth and King Diamond, as well as his own band Eidolon, along with his brother Shawn Drover.-History:Glen Drover began...
, guitarist for Megadeth - Shawn DroverShawn DroverShawn Drover is a Canadian drummer, best-known for his work with the heavy metal band Megadeth....
, drummer for Megadeth - Steve DubinskySteve DubinskySteven Dubinsky is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the NHL with the Chicago Blackhawks, Calgary Flames, Nashville Predators and St. Louis Blues. He played centre and shot left-handed.-Biography:...
, former NHL hockey player - Gilles DuceppeGilles DuceppeGilles Duceppe is a Canadian politician, and proponent of the Québec sovereignty movement. He was a Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons for over 20 years and was the leader of the sovereigntist Bloc Québécois for almost 15 years. He is the son of a well-known Quebec actor, Jean...
, politician - Jean DuceppeJean DuceppeJean Hotte-Duceppe, CQ was a stage and television actor from Montreal, Quebec. He founded the Compagnie de théâtre Jean Duceppe in 1973....
, actor - Louis DudekLouis DudekLouis Dudek, OC was a Canadian poet, academic, and publisher known for his role in defining Modernism in poetry, and for his literary criticism. He was the author of over two dozen books...
, poet - Jack DunhamJack DunhamJack Dunham was an American animator and television producer who worked for Walt Disney Animation Studios and Walter Lantz Productions during his career. Dunham was born in Bismarck, North Dakota, on September 19, 1910....
, animator, television commercial producer, designer of the St-HubertSt-HubertSt-Hubert BBQ Ltd is a privately held chain of Canadian casual dining restaurants best known for its rotisserie chicken. St-Hubert once had a presence throughout eastern Canada, but it now has few locations outside its home province of Quebec, where it remains a dominant chain. Other locations are...
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- Iwan EdwardsIwan EdwardsIwan Edwards, CM , is a celebrated Canadian choral conductor. Over a forty year span he has founded and conducted several notable choirs and thrilled audiences...
, conductorConductingConducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
, Member of the Order of CanadaOrder of CanadaThe Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit... - Vic EmeryVic EmeryVictor Emery is a Canadian businessman, gold medallist at the Olympic Winter Games and a world champion bobsledder. He was born in Montreal, Quebec....
, Olympic bobsleighBobsleighBobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of two or four make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled that are combined to calculate the final score....
Gold Medalist - Anke EngelkeAnke EngelkeAnke Christina Fischer is a German comedian, actress and voice-over actress born in Montréal, Quebec, Canada.Engelke moved to Cologne in 1971 with her parents...
, German comedienne (birthplace) - Angelo EspositoAngelo EspositoAngelo Esposito is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League and is a prospect for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League...
, Hockey player - Cyrille EstèveCyrille EstèveCyrille Estève aka Cyrille the Spoonman is busker in the city of Montreal, Canada. In 1999 and 2004, his disputes with the city of Montreal over his right to legally play spoons in the street was covered by newspapers, radio and television all around North and Central America, as well as in Europe...
, Cyrille the Spoonman - Sam EtcheverrySam EtcheverrySam "The Rifle" Etcheverry was a professional American and Canadian football player and head coach. Etcheverry played the quarterback position, most famously with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League, and was named Canadian football's Most Outstanding Player in 1954...
, former CFLCanadian Football LeagueThe Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....
& NFLNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
football quarterback, Montreal Alouettes, St. Louis Cardinals - Terry EvanshenTerry EvanshenTerrence Anthony "Terry" Evanshen is a motivational speaker and former star receiver in the Canadian Football League.-CFL:...
, former CFL football player, Montreal Alouettes, Calgary Stampeders - Ken EvoyKen EvoyKen Evoy is the founder and Chairman of the Board of SiteSell and was one of Canada's most productive toy makers in the 1990s. Evoy's game design company Ken Evoy (born September 25, 1953 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is the founder and Chairman of the Board of SiteSell and was one of Canada's most...
, founder of Sitesell, creator of SiteBuildIt! (SBI!)
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- Lara FabianLara FabianLara Fabian is a Belgian-Italian international singer who also holds Canadian citizenship. Multilingual, she sings in French, Italian and English....
, singer - Mylène FarmerMylène FarmerMylène Farmer, , born Marie-Hélène Jeanne Gautier, , , is a French singer, songwriter, occasional actress and author....
, singer - Lila FengLila FengLila Feng is a Canadian weather presenter currently working for CNN International in Asia since 1999...
, weather presenter - David FennarioDavid FennarioDavid William Fennario, né David Wiper is a Canadian playwright best known for Balconville , his bilingual dramatization of life in working-class Montreal, for which he won the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award. A committed socialist, Fennario has been a candidate for the Union des forces...
, playwright - Maynard FergusonMaynard FergusonMaynard Ferguson was a Canadian jazz musician and bandleader. He came to prominence playing in Stan Kenton's orchestra, before forming his own band in 1957...
, jazz trumpet player and bandleader - Jennifer FinniganJennifer FinniganJennifer Christina Finnigan is a 3-time Daytime Emmy Award winning Canadian actress, perhaps best known for her role as Bridget Forrester in the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful from 2000 to 2004. She appeared in the ABC sitcom Better with You.-Biography:Finnigan was born in Montreal...
, Hollywood actress - Louis Joseph Forget, stockbroker, financier, statesman
- Rodolphe ForgetRodolphe ForgetSir Joseph David Rodolphe Forget was an important Canadian business investor, stockbroker, and politician. He held national directorships and had major investments in energy companies as well as industrial concerns and railway companies in the Provinces of Quebec and Ontario...
, businessman, politician, philanthropist - Chad EricksonChad EricksonChad Carlyle Erickson is a retired ice hockey goaltender who played two games in the National Hockey League, both for the New Jersey Devils in 1991–92. He won one game, lost the other and had a 4.50 goals against average. He never returned to the NHL, but played for numerous minor league teams...
, Ringette coach - Marc-Andre FleuryMarc-Andre FleuryMarc-André Fleury is a French Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League...
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- Alfonso GaglianoAlfonso GaglianoAlfonso Gagliano, PC, FCGA is a Canadian accountant and a former Liberal Party politician.Born in Siculiana, Italy, his political career began in 1977 when he ran for a seat on the Montreal school board. In the 1984 federal election, he ran for Parliament for Saint-Léonard—Anjou narrowly...
, politician - André GagnéAndré GagnéAndré Gagné is an Associate Professor of Early Christian History and Literature at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.Prior to his arrival at Concordia, Gagné taught from 2005-2008 at the Joint Department of Religious Studies at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. He...
, professor and scholar, Concordia University - Éric GagnéÉric GagnéÉric Serge Gagné is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.Signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers as a free agent in 1995, Gagné began his career as a starting pitcher...
, pitcher/ Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers - Marc GagnonMarc GagnonMarc Gagnon is a French Canadian short track speed skater. He is a four-time Overall World Champion for 1993, 1994, 1996 and 1998, and winner of three Olympic gold medals....
, Olympic Gold Medal speed skater - Howard GalganovHoward GalganovHoward Galganov was briefly a political activist and radio personality in Montreal during the late 1990s...
, anglophone rights activist, radio personality - Céline GalipeauCéline GalipeauCéline Galipeau, OQ is a Canadian news anchor for Radio-canada. Well-known for her comprehensive and insightful coverage from Moscow, she is currently the weekday anchor of the network's flagship newscast Le Téléjournal.-Early life:...
, anchorwoman - Patsy GallantPatsy GallantPatsy Gallant is a Canadian pop singer and musical theatre actress. Of Acadian ancestry, she has recorded and performed in both English and French.-Successful beginnings in French :...
, pop singer - Mitch GarberMitch GarberMitchell Garber is a Canadian born business executive and former practicing attorney.Garber is CEO of Caesars Interactive Entertainment, a subsidiary of Caesars Entertainment Corporation...
, international business executive, lawyer, broadcaster - Arturo GattiArturo GattiArturo "Thunder" Gatti was a Canadian professional boxer. Born in Cassino, Italy, and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Gatti relocated to Jersey City, United States as a teenager...
, professional boxer, world champion - Daniel GauthierDaniel GauthierDaniel Gauthier is a Canadian ice hockey centre.Gauthier was drafted 62nd overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft. He turned pro in 1990 in the International Hockey League with the Albany Choppers for one game before joining the ECHL's Knoxville Cherokees, scoring 41 goals...
, co-founder of the Cirque du Soleil - Yasmeen GhauriYasmeen GhauriYasmeen Ghauri is a Canadian model.-Early life:Yasmeen Ghauri was born in Montreal, Quebec to a Pakistani father, Moin Ghauri, and a German mother, Linda Ghauri. Early on in her life, Ghauri had a difficult childhood often being teased by her classmates at school for being too thin and for her...
, supermodel during 1990s - Ralph GillesRalph GillesRalph V. Gilles, born on January 14, 1970 in New York City, is a Haitian-Can-American automobile designer.Gilles is currently the President and CEO of the SRT Brand and Senior Vice President of Design at Chrysler Group LLC...
, designer of the Chrysler 300c - Jessalyn GilsigJessalyn GilsigJessalyn Gilsig is a Canadian actress known for her roles in the television series Boston Public, Nip/Tuck and as Will Schuester's ex-wife Terri Schuester in Glee...
, actress - Hilda Goldblatt Gorenstein (Hilgos)Hilda Goldblatt Gorenstein (Hilgos)-Early Years:A native of Montreal who grew up in Portland, Oregon, Gorenstein started painting as a teenager at a time when women artists weren't very well received...
, artist and inspiration for the documentary I Remember Better When I PaintI Remember Better When I PaintI Remember Better When I Paint is a 2009 feature length international documentary film about the positive impact of art and other creative therapies in people with Alzheimer's disease and how these approaches can change the way the disease is viewed by society... - Jonathan GoldsteinJonathan GoldsteinJonathan Goldstein may refer to:*Jonathan Goldstein , North American author and radio producer*Jonathan Goldstein , American actor*Jonathan Goldstein , British composer of music for film and television...
, author, humourist and radio producer - John GomeryJohn GomeryJohn H. Gomery, BCL, BA, QC is a retired Canadian jurist. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Personal life:Gomery has a daughter, Cym Gomery, who is a partisan and candidate of municipal party Projet Montreal. Gomery is fluently bilingual, as is his daughter...
, jurist - Brian GoodwinBrian GoodwinBrian Carey Goodwin was a Canadian mathematician and biologist, a Professor Emeritus at the Open University and a key founder of the field of theoretical biology.He made key contributions to the foundations of biomathematics, complex systems and generative models in developmental biology...
, biologist - Adam GopnikAdam GopnikAdam Gopnik, is an American writer, essayist and commentator. He is best known as a staff writer for The New Yorker—to which he has contributed non-fiction, fiction, memoir and criticism—and as the author of the essay collection Paris to the Moon, an account of five years that Gopnik, his wife...
, writer, essayist - Huntley GordonHuntley GordonHuntley Gordon was an actor born in Montreal, Quebec.-Profile:Gordon was educated in both Canada and England. He had various jobs including working in a bank, in a silver mine, contracting, as a commercial traveller, and being a cigarette factory owner before settling on the stage and at one time...
, actor - David Gow, writer/director/producer "*Steel ToesSteel ToesSteel Toes is a 2006 film directed by David Gow and Mark Adam, and starring Academy Award-nominee David Strathairn. It was filmed in Montréal, Canada, and was produced by Galafilm. The movie was based on writer/director David Gow's play Cherry Docs ....
", playwright, character actor - Hugh Graham, 1st Baron AtholstanHugh Graham, 1st Baron AtholstanHugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan , was a Canadian newspaper publisher.-Biography:Born in Athelstan , Huntingdon County, Quebec, Graham was the son of Robert Walker Graham, a Scottish land owner, and his wife, Marion, daughter of Colonel Thomas McLeay Gardner.He was educated at the Huntingdon...
, newspaper publisher - Stewart Francis Granger, former NBA basketball player
- Howard Grant, former Canadian Olympics and Commonwealth boxer; trainer, UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre
- Otis GrantOtis GrantOtis Grant is a Canadian retired boxer. As an amateur he won a silver medal for Canada at the 1987 Pan American Games, losing to Cuba's Angel Espinosa in the final.-Professional career:...
, former Jamaican born, WBO Middleweight boxing champion - Harold GreenbergHarold GreenbergHarold Greenberg, OC, CQ was a Canadian film producer.Harold was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1930. Harold was born into a family of three brothers: Ian, Sydney and Harvey . Greenberg began working in a second-hand camera store when he was thirteen...
, Movie producer, Founder of Astral Media - Annie GrenierAnnie BrocoliAnnie Brocoli is the name of a popular children's character in Québec. She is the creation of Annie Grenier , an actress/singer whose alter ego was inspired by her childhood experiences as well as by her own two children....
, AKA "Annie Brocoli"(Children's performer) - Sylvain GrenierSylvain GrenierSylvain Grenier is a Canadian professional wrestler, who is best known for his appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment in the La Résistance tag team. He is currently a French language announcer for TNA Impact! on RDS....
, WWE wrestler - Irving GrundmanIrving GrundmanIrving Grundman is a former general manager of the Montreal Canadiens. He is also a former Montreal city councillor.He is founder and president of Laurentian Lanes. The company owns bowling alleys in Montreal, Ottawa and Kingston.-Hockey career:...
, businessman, hockey executive - Philip GustonPhilip GustonPhilip Guston was a notable painter and printmaker in the New York School, which included many of the Abstract expressionists, such as Jackson Pollock and Willem De Kooning...
, painter and printmaker
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- Dayle HaddonDayle HaddonDayle Haddon is a Canadian model and actress, presently known for promoting anti-aging products manufactured by L'Oréal. Additionally, she is credited as author of Ageless Beauty: A Woman's Guide to Lifelong Beauty and Well-Being...
, model and actress - Chris HaneyChris HaneyChristopher Deane Haney is an American former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He pitched from 1991–2000 and in 2002 for the Montreal Expos, Kansas City Royals, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, and Boston Red Sox. In 2001, he played in Japan for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks. Haney gave up...
, co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit - Dan HanganuDan HanganuDan Hanganu, CM is a Romanian-born Canadian architect. Based in Montreal, Quebec, he has designed a number of prominent Quebec buildings, including the new wing of the Pointe-à-Callière Museum, the HEC Montréal building, the concert Hall of Rimouski, the UQAM design school and several other...
, architect - Louise HarelLouise HarelLouise Harel is a Québec politician. In 2005 she served as interim leader of the Parti Québécois following the resignation of Bernard Landry. She was also interim leader of the opposition in the National Assembly of Quebec. She represented the riding of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in the Montreal region...
, politician - Corey Hart, singer
- Doug Harvey, Hall of Fame ice hockey player
- Jacques HébertJacques HébertJacques René Hébert was a French journalist, and the founder and editor of the extreme radical newspaper Le Père Duchesne during the French Revolution...
, statesman - Carl HenryCarl HenryCarl Henry is a Jamaican-born R&B singer, who was raised in Montreal, Canada.His debut album, entitled RNB, garnered him his first Juno nomination for Best R&B/Soul recording of the Year...
, singer - Prudence HewardPrudence Heward-Biography:Born Efa Prudence Heward in Montreal, Quebec, Canada into a well-to-do family, she was educated at private schools. At a young age, she showed an interest in art and, encouraged by her family, she attended the Art Association of Montreal school for training.During World War I, Heward...
, Beaver Hall GroupBeaver Hall GroupThe Beaver Hall Group was a Montreal based assemblage of Canadian female painters formed in May 1920 by artists who had met while studying art at a school run by Art Association of Montreal ....
artist - Alonzo HighsmithAlonzo HighsmithAlonzo Walter Highsmith is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League for the Houston Oilers, Dallas Cowboys, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers...
, former NFL football player - Dave Hilton, Jr.Dave Hilton, Jr.Dave Hilton, Jr. is a former boxing world champion. He is a member of the Fighting Hilton Family and is the former brother-in-law of Arturo Gatti...
, World Champion boxer - Matthew Hilton, World Champion boxer
- David Julian HirshDavid Julian HirshDavid Julian Hirsh stars on the TV series Hawthorne on TNT. He is an actor best known to Canadian audiences for starring in shows such as Naked Josh on Oxygen/Showcase, the American version of Un Gars et une Fille - called Lovebites , and the adaptation of Mordecai Richler's iconic novel St...
, actor - Ian Hodgkinson, professional wrestler (lived in Montreal while in WCW)
- William HopeWilliam Hope (actor)William "Bill" Hope is a Canadian stage, film, television and voice actor.-Career:Most of Hope's stage work has been leading roles in a wide variety of regional, touring and West End theatres in England....
, actor - Herbert Samuel HoltHerbert Samuel HoltSir Herbert Samuel Holt was an Irish-born Canadian civil engineer who became a businessman, banker, and corporate director....
, financier - Camillien HoudeCamillien HoudeCamillien Houde was a Quebec politician, a Member of Parliament, and a four-time mayor of Montreal.-Political career:...
, former mayor of Montreal
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- Marlene JenningsMarlene JenningsMarlene Jennings, PC, MP is a Canadian politician. She was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, and represented the riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine from 1997 to 2011....
, PC, MP, Canadian politician - René JodoinRené JodoinRené Jodoin is an animation director and producer who founded the French-language animation studio of the National Film Board of Canada.-Joining the NFB:...
, film animator and producer - Daniel Johnson, Jr., former premier of Quebec
- Oliver Jones, Jazz pianist
- Sass JordanSass JordanSarah "Sass" Jordan is a Canadian, Juno Award winning, rock singer/songwriter who grew up in Montreal.- Biography :...
, singer - Robert JoyRobert JoyRobert Joy is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Dr. Sid Hammerback in CSI: NY and playing Charlie in Land of the Dead.-Early life:...
, actor - Claude JutraClaude JutraClaude Jutra was a Canadian actor, film director and writer. The Prix Jutra are named in his honor because of his importance in Quebec cinema history. He was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec....
, filmmaker - Kris JosephKris JosephKris Joseph is a Canadian basketball player who currently plays for the Syracuse Orange men's basketball team. Kris is the brother of University of Vermont Catamounts' basketball player, Maurice Joseph.- High school :...
, basketball player - Jay BaruchelJay BaruchelJonathan Adam Saunders "Jay" Baruchel is a Canadian actor. He has had a successful career in comedy films, and has appeared in supporting roles in such box office successes as Million Dollar Baby, Knocked Up and Tropic Thunder, as well as starring in films like She's Out of My League, The Trotsky,...
, actor
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- Henry KaiserHenry KaiserHenry Kaiser may refer to:People*Henry Felix Kaiser , American academic known for the varimax rotation*Henry J. Kaiser , American industrialist and shipbuilder who founded Kaiser Permanente...
, Comedian now based in New York, New York. - Tommy KaneTommy KaneThomas Henry Kane is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks and Toronto Argonauts.-Football career:...
, former NFL football player/Seattle Seahawks - Daniel KashDaniel KashDaniel Joshua Kash is a Canadian actor and director.He was born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Canadian opera singer Maureen Forrester and violinist/conductor Eugene Kash. He is also the brother of actress Linda Kash. He studied at the Drama Center in London, England and has appeared in dozens...
, actor - George KennedyGeorge Kennedy (sports promoter)George Washington Kendall , known professionally as George Kennedy, was a Canadian sports promoter best known as the owner of the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey team from 1910 to 1921. Kennedy was a wrestler himself and after the end of his wrestling career turned to wrestling promotion...
, owner of Montreal CanadiensMontreal CanadiensThe Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...
hockey team - Amir KhadirAmir KhadirAmir Khadir is a politician in the National Assembly of Quebec , Canada for the electoral district of Mercier, and currently the male spokesperson for Québec Solidaire, a sovereignist and left-wing political party which was created by the merger of the Union des Forces Progressistes and Option...
, physician and politician - Andy KimAndy KimAndrew Youakim, performing as Andy Kim, is a Lebanese Canadian pop rock singer and songwriter. He grew up in Montreal, Quebec in Canada. Kim is known for a number of hit singles that he released in the late 1960s and early 1970s such as "Rock Me Gently", which topped the US singles charts. In 1968,...
, singer/songwriter - A. M. KleinA. M. KleinAbraham Moses Klein was a Canadian poet, journalist, novelist, short story writer, and lawyer. He has been called "One of Canada's greatest poets and a leading figure in Jewish-Canadian culture."...
, author - Naomi KleinNaomi KleinNaomi Klein is a Canadian author and social activist known for her political analyses and criticism of corporate globalization.-Family:...
, author and activist - Leo KolberLeo KolberErnest Leo Kolber, is a Canadian businessman, company director, philanthropist and former Senator.Born in Montreal, Quebec, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1949 and a Bachelor of Law in 1952 from McGill University. He was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1952...
, senator, de facto family member of Bronfman family and Empire. - Benjamin KowalewiczBenjamin KowalewiczBenjamin Kowalewicz is the lead singer of the Canadian rock band Billy Talent.-Biography:Kowalewicz, of Polish descent, was born December 16, 1975 in Montreal, Quebec. He was raised in Streetsville, Ontario, but now lives in downtown Toronto. He attended Our Lady of Mount Carmel Secondary...
, singer of Billy Talent - Sid and Marty KrofftSid and Marty KrofftSid Krofft and Marty Krofft , are a sibling team of television producers who were influential in children's television and variety show programs in the USA, particularly throughout the 1970s and early 1980s....
, producers/creators of H.R. PufnstufH.R. PufnstufH.R. Pufnstuf was a children's television series produced by Sid and Marty Krofft in the United States. It was the first Krofft live-action, life-size puppet program. The seventeen episodes were originally broadcast September 6, 1969 to September 4, 1971...
, The BugaloosThe BugaloosThe Bugaloos is an American children's television series produced by brothers Sid and Marty Krofft, airing on NBC on Saturday mornings from 1970 to 1972. The show featured a musical group composed of four British-accented teenagers, who lived in fictional Tranquility Forest...
, Sigmund and the Sea MonstersSigmund and the Sea MonstersSigmund and the Sea Monsters was an American children's television series that ran from 1973 to 1975, produced by Sid and Marty Krofft and aired on Saturday mornings...
, Land of the LostLand of the Lost (1974 TV series)Land of the Lost is a children's television series co-created and produced by Sid and Marty Krofft. During its original run, it was broadcast on the NBC television network....
, The Lost SaucerThe Lost SaucerThe Lost Saucer is an ABC network television series produced by Sid and Marty Krofft. It first aired September 6, 1975.-Premise:The Lost Saucer was about two time-travelling futuristic androids named Fi and Fum who land their flying saucer on present day Earth...
and so on. - Joseph KrugerJoseph KrugerJoseph Kruger founded Kruger Inc. in 1904, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is a Canadian company in the pulp and paper industry, and employs 10,500 people internationally....
, of Kruger Inc.
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- Florence La BadieFlorence La BadieFlorence La Badie was an American actress in the early days of the silent film era. Though little known today, she was a major star between 1911 and 1917, her career was at its height and climbing when she died unexpectedly due to injuries sustained during an automobile accident.-Early life:While...
, actress - Charline LabontéCharline LabontéCharline Labonté is a women's ice hockey player. Labonté now lives in Montreal, and is studying Physical Education at McGill University.-Playing career:...
, hockey player Canadian Olympic women's team, Gold medalists 2006 - Hubert LacroixHubert LacroixHubert T. Lacroix is a Canadian lawyer and the President and CEO of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , the national public radio and television broadcaster....
, CBC President and CEO - Dany LaferrièreDany LaferrièreDany Laferrière is a francophone Haitian and Canadian novelist and journalist.Born in Port-au-Prince, Haïti, and raised in Petit Goâve, Laferrière worked as a journalist in Haïti before moving to Canada in 1976...
, author - Guy LafleurGuy LafleurGuy Damien "The Flower" / "Le Démon Blond" Lafleur, OC, CQ is a former Canadian professional ice hockey player who is widely regarded as one of the most naturally gifted and popular players ever to play professional ice hockey...
, NHL Hockey Player, Montreal Canadiens - Jon LajoieJon LajoieJonathan "Jon" Lajoie is a Canadian comedian, actor, rapper, singer, musician and Internet celebrity from Montreal, Quebec.- Background :...
, comedian - Guy LalibertéGuy LalibertéGuy Laliberté, OC, CQ is a Canadian entrepreneur, philanthropist, poker player, space tourist and the current CEO of Cirque du Soleil...
, founder and CEO of Cirque de Soleil - Paul Lambert, left guard Montreal Alouettes
- Phyllis LambertPhyllis LambertPhyllis Barbara Lambert CC, GOQ, OAL, FRAIC, FRSC, RCA is a Canadian philanthropist and member of the Bronfman family....
, architect and member of the Bronfman family. - Mado LamotteMado LamotteMado Lamotte, the stage name of Luc Provost, is a Montreal drag queen, author, singer and gay community personality.Lamotte has been performing for more than 15 years. She was a longtime emcee and DJ of Ciel Mon Mardi at Sky, before opening her own drag cabaret, Cabaret Mado, in Montreal's Gay...
, drag queen and author - Jacques LanctôtJacques LanctôtJacques Lanctôt is a Canadian writer and publisher, restaurateur, and former militant separatist.Lanctôt is a former member of the FLQ, a violent separatist group.He was one of the FLQ members who kidnapped James Cross, a British diplomat in October 1970....
, FLQ member, convicted terrorist - Louise LanctôtLouise LanctôtLouise Lanctôt, born March 24, 1947, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is a convicted kidnapper and writer.A political activist for the cause of Quebec independence from Canada, Louise Lanctôt was an active member of the Rassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale political party that later merged...
, FLQ member, convicted terrorist - Jean LapierreJean LapierreJean-Charles Lapierre, PC is a Canadian television broadcaster and a former federal politician.He was Paul Martin's Quebec lieutenant during the period of the Martin government. He returned to the Canadian House of Commons after an eleven year absence when he won a seat in the 2004 federal...
, politician - Éric LapointeÉric Lapointe (football player)Éric Lapointe is a retired Canadian football player. He was a running back with the Montreal Alouettes in the Canadian Football League....
, CFL running back for the Montreal Alouettes - Pierre LaportePierre LaportePierre Laporte was a Canadian lawyer, journalist and politician who was the Deputy Premier and Minister of Labour of the province of Quebec before being kidnapped and killed by members of the group Front de libération du Québec during the October Crisis. Mr...
, politician - Georges LaraqueGeorges LaraqueGeorges Laraque is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey forward, who last played with the Montreal Canadiens before his contract was bought out in 2010. He is also a host for CFRN and deputy leader of the Green Party of Canada. During his NHL career he played for the Edmonton Oilers,...
, NHL hockey player - Ryan LarkinRyan LarkinRyan Larkin was a Canadian animator, artist, and sculptor who rose to fame with the psychedelic 1969 Oscar-nominated short Walking and the acclaimed Street Musique . He was the subject of the Oscar-winning film Ryan.-Home life and education:Ryan Larkin's father was an airline mechanic...
, animator - Lisa LavieLisa LavieLisa Lavie is a Canadian singer and songwriter originally from LaSalle, Québec, Canada.Lavie is known for using the Internet to independently promote her own music and concerts...
, independent singer-songwriter, Internet personality - Irving LaytonIrving LaytonIrving Peter Layton, OC was a Romanian-born Canadian poet. He was known for his "tell it like it is" style which won him a wide following but also made enemies. As T...
, poet, essayist, short story writer - Jack LaytonJack LaytonJohn Gilbert "Jack" Layton, PC was a Canadian social democratic politician and the Leader of the Official Opposition. He was the leader of the New Democratic Party from 2003 to 2011, and previously sat on Toronto City Council, serving at times during that period as acting mayor and deputy mayor of...
, politician, Leader of the federal New Democratic Party (NDP) - Irina LazareanuIrina LazareanuIrina Lăzăreanu is a Romanian-Canadian model. She got her ‘big break’ through her acquaintance with model Kate Moss.- Early life :...
, fashion model - Louise LecavalierLouise LeCavalierLouise Lecavalier, OC is a Canadian dancer, known as one of the icons of Canadian contemporary dance.Lecavalier was born and raised in Montreal, Canada. She began her professional dance career at the age of eighteen when she joined Le Groupe Nouvelle Aire. It was there that she met Édouard...
, dancer - Vincent LecavalierVincent LecavalierVincent Lecavalier is a Canadian professional hockey center and captain of the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League .-Rimouski Océanic:...
, NHL player - Jos LeDucJos LeDucMichel Pigeon was a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Jos LeDuc. Wrestling with a lumberjack gimmick, he debuted in Stampede Wrestling with his kayfabe brother, Paul LeDuc...
, professional wrestler - Ranee LeeRanee LeeRanee Lee, CM is a Canadian jazz vocalist and musician who resides in Montreal, Quebec.Lee toured North America in the 1970s as a jazz drummer and tenor saxophonist. She subsequently landed a starring role playing Billie Holiday in Lady Day, and won a Dora Mavor Moore Award for her performance...
, jazz singer - Sébastien LefebvreSébastien LefebvreLefebvre has also released songs on his Myspace page. These include a cover of Weezer's song Can't Stop Partying and a cover of Tik Tok from Kesha...
, guitarist of Simple PlanSimple PlanSimple Plan is a Canadian pop punk band from Montréal, Québec. The band has had no line up changes since its inception in 1999. Members are Pierre Bouvier , Jeff Stinco , Sébastien Lefebvre , David Desrosiers and Chuck Comeau...
and vocalist - Jean Leloup, musician
- Mario LemieuxMario LemieuxMario Lemieux, OC, CQ is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He is acknowledged to be one of the best players of all time. He played 17 seasons as a forward for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League between 1984 and 2006...
, NHL hockey player - Vanessa LengiesVanessa LengiesVanessa Lynne-Marie Lengies is a Canadian actress best known for starring in the drama American Dreams as Roxanne Bojarski...
, actress - Guy A. LepageGuy A. LepageGuy A. Lepage is a Canadian comedian turned producer.-Career:Lepage was one of the five founding members of the Quebec comedy group Rock et Belles Oreilles , and remained with the group from 1981 to 1995.Lepage became a media mogul and...
, television personality - Rene LepineRene LepineRené G. Lépine, Sr. is a Canadian real estate tycoon, developer, businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder of Groupe Lépine, a privately owned real estate company headquartered in Montreal, Canada, he is currently the Chairman and President....
, real-estate developer - Chris Leroux, MLB pitcher (Florida MarlinsFlorida MarlinsThe Miami Marlins are a professional baseball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. Established in 1993 as an expansion franchise called the Florida Marlins, the Marlins are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Marlins played their home games at...
, Pittsburgh PiratesPittsburgh PiratesThe Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They play in the Central Division of the National League, and are five-time World Series Champions...
) - Jean LesageJean LesageJean Lesage, PC, CC, CD was a lawyer and politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as the 19th Premier of Quebec from 22 June 1960, to 16 August 1966...
, lawyer, politician - Kristopher LetangKristopher LetangKristopher Allen Letang is a French Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League . He played junior in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for three seasons, during which time he was selected 62nd overall by the Penguins...
, QMJHL hockey player, NHL hockey player [Pittsburgh Penguins] - André Éric LétourneauAndré Éric LétourneauAndré Éric Létourneau is a French Canadian media and transmedia artist, author, musician, composer and curator based primarily in Montreal, Canada. He uses several pseudonyms, most notably François Quoirez and algojo)André Éric Létourneau (born September 25, 1967) is a French Canadian media and...
, intermedia artist, composer - Jean-Louis LévesqueJean-Louis LévesqueJean-Louis Lévesque, was a Canadian entrepreneur, thoroughbred racehorse owner, and philanthropist....
, stockbroker, horse racing builder - Daniel LevitinDaniel LevitinProfessor Daniel J. Levitin, Ph.D. is a prominent American cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist, record producer, musician, and writer...
, cognitive psychologist, musician, author - Shawn LevyShawn LevyShawn Adam Levy is a Canadian-American actor, director and producer who directed the comedy films Big Fat Liar, Just Married, Cheaper by the Dozen, The Pink Panther, Night at the Museum, Date Night, and the sci-fi movie Real Steel...
, director and actor - Liu FangLiu FangLiu Fang is one of the most prominent pipa players in the world. Born in Kunming in the Chinese province of Yunnan, she began playing the pipa at the age of 6. Her first solo public performance was at the age of 9. In 1986, at age 11, she played for Queen Elizabeth II...
, musician - William Edmond LoganWilliam Edmond LoganSir William Edmond Logan was a Scottish-Canadian geologist.Logan was born in Montreal, Quebec, and educated at the High School in Edinburgh and the University of Edinburgh . He started teaching himself geology in 1831, when he took over the running of a copper works in Swansea. He produced a...
, geologist - Colin LowColin Low (filmmaker)Colin Archibald Low, CM, RCA is a Canadian animation and documentary filmmaker.Born in Cardston, Alberta, Low attended the Banff School of Fine Arts and the Calgary Institute of Technology, now known as the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology...
, filmmaker - Roberto LuongoRoberto LuongoRoberto Luongo is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League . Born in Montreal, Quebec, he is of Italian and Irish ancestry. He employs the butterfly style of goaltending...
, NHL goaltender - Yves A. LussierYves A. LussierYves A. Lussier, M.D., Professional Engineer, is a physician-scientist conducting research in Translational Bioinformatics and Personal Genomics. He pioneered the commercial use of controlled medical vocabulary organized as directed semantic networks in electronic medical records, as well as Pen...
, Physician-scientist in translational bioinformatics
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- William C. Macdonald, tobacco manufacturer, philanthropist
- Danny MaciociaDanny MaciociaDanny Maciocia is the head coach of the Université de Montréal Carabins football team. He is also the former general manager & director of football operations of the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos and former offensive coordinator with the André-Grasset Phénix, a CEGEP team in...
, CFL football coach - Nicolas MacrozonarisNicolas MacrozonarisNicolas Macrozonaris is a Canadian 100m sprinter. Born in Laval, Quebec, of Greek descent, he began sprinting after being inspired by Donovan Bailey's gold medal in the 100m sprint in 1996 in Atlanta...
, sprinter, Canadian track and field - Don MacPhersonDon MacphersonDon Macpherson is a British screenwriter working in films and television.-Biography:Born in Durham, educated at Nottingham High School and Queen's College, Cambridge where he was awarded an Exhibition to read English.-Journalism:...
, journalist - G.R.Maddison, composer, poet, novelist
- Arnaud MaggsArnaud Maggs-Biography:Arnaud Maggs is a Canadian artist and photographer. Born in Montreal, he lives in Toronto. Maggs is best known for stark portraits arranged in grid-like arrangements....
artist, photographer - Jeanne ManceJeanne ManceJeanne Mance was a French settler of New France. She was one of the founders of Montreal who secured its survival and was the founder and head of the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal.-Origins:...
, founder of first hospital in North America, l'Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, 1645 - Rudolph A. MarcusRudolph A. MarcusRudolph "Rudy" Arthur Marcus is a Canadian-born chemist who received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his theory of electron transfer. Marcus theory, named after him, provides a thermodynamic and kinetic framework for describing one electron outer-sphere electron transfer.He was born in...
, Nobel laureate of chemistry - Lou MarinoffLou MarinoffLou Marinoff is a philosopher and spokesperson for the profession of philosophic counseling.Marinoff, a Commonwealth Scholar originally from Canada, earned his Doctorate in Philosophy of Science at University College London...
, Ph.D, philosopher at City college of New York - Yann MartelYann MartelYann Martel is a Canadian author best known for the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi.-Early life:Martel was born in Salamanca, Spain where his father was posted as a diplomat for the Canadian government. He was raised in Costa Rica, France, Mexico, and Canada...
, writer, Man Booker PrizeMan Booker PrizeThe Man Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations, Ireland, or Zimbabwe. The winner of the Man Booker Prize is generally assured of international renown and...
2002 - Paul MartinPaul MartinPaul Edgar Philippe Martin, PC , also known as Paul Martin, Jr. is a Canadian politician who was the 21st Prime Minister of Canada, as well as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada....
, former Prime Minister of Canada - Russell MartinRussell MartinRussell Nathan Jeanson Coltrane Martin, Jr is a Canadian Major League Baseball catcher for the New York Yankees.Martin became the everyday catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers immediately upon his Major League debut, and continued in that role for nearly 5 years...
, baseball player for the New York Yankees - MassariMassariSari Abboud better known by his stage name Massari is a Lebanese Canadian R&B, pop, and hip hop singer who grew up in Canada. Massari means "money" in Arabic....
, singer - Diego G. MazzoneDiego G. MazzoneDiego Mazzone was born in 1971 in Montreal, Canada. Graduated from McGill University with a B.Sc. in Physical Therapy, honored with the Helen M. Gault Leadership Award and served as Valedictorian for the Faculty of Medicine...
, sales management professional - John McCallumJohn McCallumJohn McCallum, PC, MP is a Liberal Canadian politician, economist and university professor. Following the 2006 Federal Election, he became the Liberal Finance Critic in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet...
, politician - John Wilson McConnellJohn Wilson McConnellJohn Wilson McConnell was a Canadian businessman, newspaper publisher, humanitarian, and the most significant philanthropist in the history of the province of Quebec, Canada.-Early life:...
, businessman, publisher, philanthropist - David Ross McCordDavid Ross McCordDavid Ross McCord was a Canadian lawyer and philanthropic founder of the McCord Museum in Montreal, Canada....
, lawyer, philanthropist - Kevin McDonaldKevin McDonaldKevin Hamilton McDonald is a Canadian comedian and actor, known as a member of the Canadian sketch comedy group The Kids in the Hall.-Early life:...
, actor/comedian/voice actor, member of The Kids in the HallThe Kids in the HallThe Kids in the Hall is a Canadian sketch comedy group formed in 1984, consisting of comedians Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson. Their eponymous television show ran from 1988 to 1994 on CBC in Canada, and 1989 to 1995 on CBS and HBO in the United States... - Thomas D'Arcy McGee, politician
- Duncan McIntyre, businessman
- Scott McKay, former city counsellor and leader of the Green Party of QuebecGreen Party of QuebecThe Parti vert du Québec/Green Party of Quebec or PVQ is a Quebec political party whose platform is the promotion of green values. It has not elected any members to the National Assembly of Quebec...
- Patricia McKenziePatricia McKenziePatricia McKenzie , is a multi-lingual Canadian Actress, Dancer and Singer.She is best known for starring roles on TV:as Reena in Charlie Jade ,...
, actress - Norman McLarenNorman McLarenNorman McLaren, CC, CQ was a Scottish-born Canadian animator and film director known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada...
, film animation pioneer - Simon McTavishSimon McTavishSimon McTavish was a Scots-Quebecer entrepreneur and the pre-eminent businessman in Canada during the second half of the 18th century.-Biography:...
, businessman - Juan Mendez, former NCAA basketball player, Niagara University
- Charles Meredith, president of the Montreal Stock Exchange
- Frederick Edmund MeredithFrederick Edmund MeredithFrederick Edmund Meredith K.C., D.C.L. was a Canadian lawyer and businessman, the 8th Chancellor of Bishop's University, Lennoxville; honorary President of the Montreal Victorias for three of their Stanley Cup championships in the late 1890s, and Chief Counsel to the CPR at the inquest into the...
, lawyer, chancellor of Bishop's University - Vincent MeredithVincent MeredithSir Vincent Meredith, 1st and last Baronet of Montreal , was a Canadian banker and philanthropist; President of the Bank of Montreal, the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts...
, 1st and last Baronet of Montreal, President of the Bank of Montreal - William Collis MeredithWilliam Collis MeredithThe Hon. Sir William Collis Meredith, Kt., Q.C., D.C.L. was Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec.-Early life:...
Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec - Luck MervilLuck MervilLuck Mervil is a Haitian-Canadian actor and singer-songwriter. He is known for his belief in Quebec independence, and was named Patriot of the Year by the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society in 2005....
, singer, actor - Brenda MilnerBrenda MilnerBrenda Milner, is a Canadian neuroscientist who has contributed extensively to the research literature on various topics in the field of clinical neuropsychology. -Biography:...
, neuropsychologist - Hartland MolsonHartland MolsonHartland de Montarville Molson, was an Anglo-Quebecer statesman, Canadian Senator and a member of the prominent Molson family of brewers.-Education:...
, brewer, World War II fighter pilot, statesman - John MolsonJohn MolsonJohn Molson was an English-speaking Quebecer who was a major brewer and entrepreneur in Canada, starting the Molson Brewing Company.-Birth and early life:...
, brewer, railway and steamship line builder - Percival MolsonPercival MolsonPercival Molson, MC was a Canadian star athlete and soldier. After an outstanding sports career with McGill University, Molson joined its administration. Molson died fighting in World War I...
, athlete, soldier - Édouard MontpetitÉdouard Montpetit-Biography:Called to the bar in 1904, Montpetit worked as a lawyer and taught political economy before he obtained a scholarship in 1907, which made him the first holder of such a scholarship to be officially sent by the province of Quebec to Paris. In Paris he studied political and social science,...
, lawyer, economist, academic - Henry MorganHenry Morgan (merchant)Henry Morgan was a Scots-Quebecer department store pioneer in Canada who founded Henry Morgan & Company....
, department store founder - Henry MorgentalerHenry MorgentalerHenry Morgentaler, CM is a Canadian physician and prominent pro-choice advocate who has fought numerous legal battles for that cause.-Early life:...
, physician, advocate for women's rights to abortion - Terry MosherTerry MosherChristopher Terry Mosher, OC is a Canadian political cartoonist for the Montreal Gazette. He draws under the name "Aislin", a rendition of the name of his eldest daughter Aislinn ....
, editorial cartoonist - Ben MulroneyBen MulroneyBenedict Martin Paul "Ben" Mulroney is a Canadian television host, and is the son of former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.-Early life:...
, Canadian television host, son of Brian Mulroney - Brian MulroneyBrian MulroneyMartin Brian Mulroney, was the 18th Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. His tenure as Prime Minister was marked by the introduction of major economic reforms, such as the Canada-U.S...
, former Prime Minister of Canada - Mila MulroneyMila MulroneyMilica "Mila" Mulroney , is the wife of the 18th Prime Minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney. They have one daughter, Caroline, and three sons, Benedict, Mark, and Nicholas...
, wife of the 18th Prime Minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney
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- Émile NelliganÉmile NelliganÉmile Nelligan was a francophone poet from Quebec, Canada.-Biography:Nelligan was born in Montreal on December 24, 1879 at 602, rue de La Gauchetière. He was the first son of David Nelligan, who arrived in Quebec from Dublin, Ireland at the age of 12. His mother was Émilie Amanda Hudon, from...
, poet - Kai Nielsen, naturalist philosopher at Concordia University
- Craig NormanCraig NormanCraig Norman, is a native of Greenfield Park, Quebec. He was appointed full-time head coach of the McGill University Redmen in June, 2004, after winning Canadian university coach of the year honours in men’s basketball during the 2003-04 season, as head coach at Royal Military College in Kingston,...
, Head Basketball coach McGill Redman, for basketball player, Concordia University
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- Edmund Bailey O'CallaghanEdmund Bailey O'CallaghanEdmund Bailey O'Callaghan, was a doctor and journalist.Born in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland, he studied medicine in Paris and immigrated to Lower Canada in 1823 where he became involved in the political reform movement of the Parti patriote...
, politician, Parti patriote member - Alexander Walker OgilvieAlexander Walker OgilvieAlexander Walker Ogilvie was a Canadian politician.Born in Côte-Saint-Michel, Lower Canada which is on the island of Montreal, the son of Alexander Ogilvie and Helen Watson, he owned a mill named A.W. Ogilvie & Company.In 1867, he was acclaimed to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the riding...
, miller, statesman - Maryse OuelletMaryse OuelletMaryse Ouellet is a Professional Glamour Model and a former professional wrestler, better known simply as Maryse. She most recently worked for WWE...
, glamour model, WWE Diva and WWE Diva Champion - Caroline OuelletteCaroline OuelletteCaroline Ouellette is a Canadian ice hockey player. She is a member of the Canadian national women's ice hockey team and a member of Montreal Stars...
, hockey player Canadian women's Olympic team, Gold medalist 2002, and 2006
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- Frank L. PackardFrank L. PackardFrank Lucius Packard was a Canadian novelist. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and as a young man went to work as a civil engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway...
, novelist - Michel PagliaroMichel PagliaroMichel Pagliaro is a prolific Canadian rock singer, songwriter and guitarist. Born in Montreal, Quebec, he is also based there. He is often referred to simply as Pagliaro or Pag. Although he writes and records predominantly in French, Pagliaro has released material in English...
, musician - Jessica ParéJessica ParéJessica Paré is a Canadian film and television actress. She has appeared in the films Stardom , Lost and Delirious , Wicker Park , Hot Tub Time Machine , and co-starred in the vampire horror-comedy Suck...
, actress - Jacques ParizeauJacques ParizeauJacques Parizeau, is an economist and noted Quebec sovereignist who was the 26th Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from September 26, 1994 to January 29, 1996.-Early life and career:...
, politician, former Premier of Quebec - Julie PayetteJulie PayetteJulie Payette, OC, CQ is a Canadian engineer and a Canadian Space Agency astronaut. Payette has completed two spaceflights, STS-96 and STS-127, logging more than 25 days in space...
, scientist, astronaut - Trevor W. PayneTrevor W. PayneTrevor Winston Payne, CM, is a Canadian musician and member of the Order of Canada .He was born in Black Rock, Barbados, on the 21 December 1948. He became a Canadian citizen in 1982, the country he moved to in 1958. He and his family landed in the city of Montreal where he still resides today...
, founder and music director of the Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir - Cory PeckerCory PeckerCory Pecker is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger. He is currently playing with EHC Olten of the National League B...
, hockey player, right wing (EHC VispEHC VispEHC Visp is a Swiss professional ice hockey team.*...
) - Érik PéladeauErik PéladeauErik Péladeau is the son of Canadian publisher Pierre Péladeau, and current vice-president of Quebecor. In 1991 his father placed him at the head of Quebecor Communications, the newspaper and communication division of Quebecor. In 1999 he became CEO of that division...
, businessman (Québecor) - Pierre PéladeauPierre PéladeauPierre Péladeau, was a French-Canadian businessman. He was the founder of Quebecor Inc., a Canadian media company centered in the province of Quebec.-Biography:...
, founder of QuebecorQuebecorQuebecor Inc. is a communications company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded by Pierre Péladeau, and remains run by his family. Quebecor Inc. owns 55% of Quebecor Media Inc... - Pierre Karl PéladeauPierre Karl PéladeauPierre Karl Péladeau is President and CEO of Quebecor Inc., Quebecor Media Inc. and Sun Media Corporation. He was educated in Montreal and Paris. He holds a degree in philosophy from Université du Québec à Montréal and a law degree from Université de Montréal....
, CEO of Quebecor Media - Wilfrid PelletierWilfrid PelletierJoseph Louis Wilfrid Pelletier , CC was a Canadian conductor, pianist, composer, and arts administrator. He was instrumental in establishing the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, serving as the orchestra's first artistic director and conductor from 1935-1941...
, symphony conductor - Dr. Wilder PenfieldWilder PenfieldWilder Graves Penfield, OM, CC, CMG, FRS was an American born Canadian neurosurgeon. During his life he was called "the greatest living Canadian"...
, pioneering neurosurgeon, founder of the Montreal Neurological Institute - Missy PeregrymMissy PeregrymMelissa "Missy" Peregrym is a Canadian actress and former fashion model. She made her feature film debut in the 2006 gymnastics comedy drama Stick It. She played a recurring role as Candice Wilmer on the NBC television series Heroes, and starred in the CW television series Reaper...
, actress - Oscar PetersonOscar PetersonOscar Emmanuel Peterson was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. He was called the "Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington, "O.P." by his friends. He released over 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards, and received other numerous awards and honours over the course of his career...
, jazz pianist - Autumn PhillipsAutumn PhillipsAutumn Patricia Phillips is the wife of Peter Phillips, who is the son of Anne, Princess Royal and Captain Mark Phillips, and the oldest grandchild of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh....
, wife of Peter PhillipsPeter PhillipsPeter Phillips is the son of Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom.Peter Phillips or Philips may also refer to:* Peter Philips Peter Phillips (born 1977) is the son of Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom.Peter Phillips or Philips may also refer to:* Peter Philips Peter Phillips (born...
, eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II - Mary PierceMary PierceMary Pierce is a French-American tennis professional playing on the Women's Tennis Association tour. She is a citizen of France, Canada, and the United States but plays for France in team competitions and the Olympics.Pierce has won four Grand Slam titles, two in singles and two in doubles...
, tennis player - André PijetAndré PijetAndré Pijet is an international editorial cartoonist. His satirical and humorous works have been published in Poland, Greece, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy, Turkey, the United States and Canada. In Quebec, he made a name for himself with a which he produced for a major Montreal daily...
, artist - Steven PinkerSteven PinkerSteven Arthur Pinker is a Canadian-American experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist, linguist and popular science author...
, linguist and evolutionary psychologist - Susan PinkerSusan PinkerSusan Pinker is a developmental psychologist who writes about social science for the daily press. She was educated at McGill University and the University of Waterloo, after which she spent 25 years in clinical practice and teaching psychology, first at Dawson College, then at McGill University...
, journalist and psychologist - Christopher PlummerChristopher PlummerArthur Christopher Orne Plummer, CC is a Canadian theatre, film and television actor. He made his film debut in 1957's Stage Struck, and notable early film performances include Night of the Generals, The Return of the Pink Panther and The Man Who Would Be King.In a career that spans over five...
, actor - Dick PoundDick PoundRichard William Duncan Pound, is a Canadian lawyer, partner of the law firm Stikeman Elliott, the former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency based in Montreal, and former chancellor of McGill University...
, lawyer, Olympic Games executive - Cheryl PounderCheryl PounderCheryl Pounder is a women's ice hockey player. Pounder plays defense for the Canadian Women's Hockey League's Mississauga Chiefs, and competed in the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics....
, hockey player Canadian Olympic women's team, Gold medalist 2002, and 2006 - André PratteAndré PratteAndré Pratte is a journalist and economist. He is the current Editor-in-Chief of the Montreal large-circulation newspaper La Presse. In Quebec, he is a notable voice of the Quebec federalist ideology....
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- Sara QuinTegan and SaraTegan and Sara are a Canadian indie band composed of identical twin sisters Tegan Rain Quin and Sara Keirsten Quin . Both Tegan and Sara play guitar and keyboard and write songs.-History:...
(born in AlbertaAlbertaAlberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, currently resides in MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
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- Claude RaymondClaude Raymond (baseball)Jean Claude Marc Raymond was a pitcher for the Chicago White Sox , Milwaukee Braves/Atlanta Braves , Houston Colt .45's/Houston Astros and Montreal Expos...
, former baseball player and coach - Ariel RebelAriel RebelAriel Rebel is an online pornographic actress and model. Her name is meant to sound like 'A real rebel'.She studied to be a fashion designer in Montreal, before she decided to pursue an adult modeling career...
, pornographic model - John RedpathJohn RedpathJohn Redpath was a Scots-Quebecer businessman and philanthropist who helped pioneer the industrial movement that made Montreal, Quebec the largest and most prosperous city in Canada....
, businessman, philanthropist - Ginette RenoGinette RenoGinette Reno, OC, CQ is a French-Canadian author, composer, singer, and actress. She is known by the nickname .Born as Ginette Reynault in Montreal, Quebec, she played the role of Maria Barberini in the independent film Mambo Italiano and played the mother in Léolo.She has recorded in both...
, singer - Ahmed RessamAhmed RessamAhmed Ressam is an Algerian al-Qaeda member who lived in Montreal, Canada.He was convicted of attempting to bomb the Los Angeles International Airport on New Year's Eve 1999, as part of the foiled 2000 millennium attack plots...
, al-QaedaAl-QaedaAl-Qaeda is a global broad-based militant Islamist terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden sometime between August 1988 and late 1989. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad...
member - Caroline RheaCaroline RheaCaroline Gilchrist Rhea is a Canadian stand-up comedian and actress who was the original host of the reality television show The Biggest Loser on NBC until she was replaced by Alison Sweeney after the end of the third season...
, actress - Mike RibeiroMike RibeiroMichael Ribeiro is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League . Ribeiro is of Portuguese ancestry.-Playing career:...
, NHL Hockey player - Henri RichardHenri RichardJoseph Henri Richard is a former professional ice hockey player who played centre with the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League from 1955 to 1975...
, former NHL hockey player - Maurice RichardMaurice RichardJoseph Henri Maurice "the Rocket" Richard, Sr., was a French-Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League from 1942 to 1960. The "Rocket" was the most prolific goal-scorer of his era, the first to achieve the feat of 50 goals in 50...
, former NHL hockey player - Mordecai RichlerMordecai RichlerMordecai Richler, CC was a Canadian Jewish author, screenwriter and essayist. A leading critic called him "the great shining star of his Canadian literary generation" and a pivotal figure in the country's history. His best known works are The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Barney's Version,...
, writer - Vito RizzutoVito RizzutoVito Rizzuto , known as Montreal's Teflon Don, was alleged to be the leading Mafia boss of the Sicilian Mafia in Canada and heads the Rizzuto crime family.-Family:...
, mobster - Alphonso Theodore RobertsAlphonso Theodore Roberts-Early years:Born in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on September 18, 1937, Roberts attended St. George's Anglican School and then St. Vincent Boy's Grammar School. While at the Grammar School, Roberts excelled in both soccer and cricket and, upon the recommendation of cricket great Sir Everton...
, political activist, cricketer - Sam RobertsSam RobertsSam Roberts is a Juno Award-winning Canadian rock singer-songwriter, whose 2001 debut release, The Inhuman Condition, became one of the bestselling independent releases in Quebec and Canadian music history.-Life and career:...
, musician - Percy Rodrigues, actor
- Paul Rose, political figure
- J.K.L. Ross, racehorse owner, philanthropist
- Greg RusedskiGreg RusedskiGregory "Greg" Rusedski is a British Canadian former tennis player who turned professional in 1991 and played until his retirement on 7 April 2007, at the age of 33...
, tennis player - Claude RyanClaude RyanClaude Ryan, was a Canadian politician and leader of the Parti libéral du Québec from 1978 to 1982. He was also the National Assembly of Quebec member for Argenteuil from 1979 to 1994.-Early life and career:...
, publisher, statesman - Frank "Dunie" Ryan, mobster
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- Roméo SabourinRoméo SabourinRoméo Sabourin is a Canadian hero of World War II.Lieutenant Sabourin joined the Canadian Army, serving in the Canadian Intelligence Corps...
, SOESpecial Operations ExecutiveThe Special Operations Executive was a World War II organisation of the United Kingdom. It was officially formed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Minister of Economic Warfare Hugh Dalton on 22 July 1940, to conduct guerrilla warfare against the Axis powers and to instruct and aid local...
agent, WW IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
hero executed by the Nazis - Martin St. LouisMartin St. LouisMartin St. Louis is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger and alternate captain currently playing for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
, NHL hockey player - Kim St-PierreKim St-PierreKim St-Pierre is a women's ice hockey player.-McGill:In 1998-99, she was the top rookie for the McGill Martlets women's ice hockey team...
, hockey goaltender, Canadian Olympic women's team - Georges St. PierreGeorges St. PierreGeorges St-Pierre , often referred to as GSP, is a Canadian mixed martial artist and the current Welterweight Champion of the UFC. St-Pierre is ranked as the No. 1 Welterweight in the world according to Sherdog, MMAWeekly and numerous other publications. St-Pierre is ranked the No. 2 pound for...
, professional MMA fighter - Lino SaputoLino SaputoEmanuele "Lino" Saputo is a Canadian businessman. He is the founder and chairman of the Canadian-based cheese manufacturer Saputo, Inc.. He is 6th richest man in Canada, and the 323rd richest man in the world, with an estimated net worth of $3.4 billion as of March 2011.-Early life:Saputo was born...
, businessman - Anne Savage, artist
- Paul SchoefflerPaul SchoefflerFor the operatic baritone, see Paul Schöffler.Paul Schoeffler is a Canadian stage, film, television and voice actor.-Biography:...
, voice actor, actor - Joseph A. SchwarczJoseph A. SchwarczJoseph A. Schwarcz, known to his students, and many via his science popularization efforts as Dr. Joe, has a PhD in chemistry and is a professor at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. He is the director of McGill's Office for Science & Society, which is dedicated to demystifying science for the...
, doctor of chemistry and professor at McGill University and formerly at Vanier College - Cynthia ScottCynthia ScottCynthia Scott, RCA, is a film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. She won the 1983 Academy Award for her short documentary Flamenco at 5:15, produced by the National Film Board of Canada....
, Academy Award-winning director - Frank ScottF. R. ScottFrancis Reginald Scott, CC commonly known as Frank Scott or F.R. Scott, was a Canadian poet, intellectual and constitutional expert. He helped found the first Canadian social democratic party, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, and its successor, the New Democratic Party...
, scholar, poet, professor, lawyer - Marla ShapiroMarla ShapiroMarla Shapiro is a Canadian medical doctor, best known as a health journalist for CTV News Channel and The Globe and Mail. Her reports on health and medical issues have also aired on Canada AM and on CTV's daytime talk show Balance: Television for Living Well.Born in Montreal, Quebec, she is a...
, CTVCTV television networkCTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...
medical reporter and physician - William ShatnerWilliam ShatnerWilliam Alan Shatner is a Canadian actor, musician, recording artist, and author. He gained worldwide fame and became a cultural icon for his portrayal of James T...
, actor, best known for playing Captain Kirk in Star TrekStar TrekStar Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise... - Douglas ShearerDouglas ShearerDouglas G. Shearer was a Canadian-born pioneer sound designer and recording director who played a key role in the advancement of sound technology for motion pictures.-Early life and career:...
, OscarAcademy AwardsAn Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
winning motion picture sound engineer - Norma ShearerNorma ShearerEdith Norma Shearer was a Canadian-American actress. Shearer was one of the most popular actresses in North America from the mid-1920s through the 1930s...
, Academy AwardAcademy AwardsAn Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
winning actress - Madeleine SherwoodMadeleine SherwoodMadeleine Sherwood is a Canadian actress of stage, film and television. She is widely known for her portrayals of Mae/Sister Woman and Miss Lucy in both the Broadway and film versions of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Sweet Bird of Youth...
, actress, played Mother Superior in The Flying NunThe Flying NunThe Flying Nun is an American sitcom produced by Screen Gems for ABC based on the 1965 book The Fifteenth Pelican, by Tere Rios, which starred Sally Field as Sister Bertrille... - Karen SimpsonKaren SimpsonKaren Simpson is a Canadian actress and fashion designer.She was born in Montreal, Quebec. In 1998 she co-founded Ritual Designs, a Canadian corset and fashion company....
, actress and fashion designer - Jaspreet SinghJaspreet SinghJaspreet Singh is a Canadian writer.He grew up in India and moved to Canada in 1990. Singh is the author of the novel Chef , and Seventeen Tomatoes: Tales from Kashmir, a collection of linked stories. He is a former research scientist who holds a PhD in chemical engineering from McGill University...
, author - Charles SiroisCharles SiroisCharles Sirois, is a Canadian businessman. He is the founder, controlling shareholder, Chairman and CEO of Telesystem Ltd., a Canadian private equity company....
, telecommunications - Jeff Skoll, Internet entrepreneur
- Donald Smith, railway executive
- George M. SmithGeorge M. SmithGeorge M. Smith was a Wisconsin politician. He was born in Montreal, Canada, in 1912 and attended college in Winnipeg. He emigrated to the Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the United States in 1941, and became an United States citizen in 1944...
, Lieutenant Governor of WisconsinWisconsinWisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is... - Larry Smith, former CFL football player, current president of the Montreal Alouettes
- Sam SteinbergSam SteinbergSamuel Steinberg, OC was a Hungarian immigrant to Canada who transformed the grocery store founded by his mother, Steinberg's Supermarket, into one of the largest chains in the Province of Quebec....
, supermarket founder - Ralph M. SteinmanRalph M. SteinmanRalph Marvin Steinman was a Canadian immunologist and cell biologist at Rockefeller University, who in 1973 coined the term dendritic cells while working as a postdoc in the lab of Zanvil A. Cohn, also at Rockefeller University....
, 2011 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine - George StephenGeorge Stephen, 1st Baron Mount StephenGeorge Stephen, 1st Baron of Mount Stephen , known as Sir Stephen, between 1778 and 1891.-Canadian Pacific Railway syndicate:...
, banker, railway executive - Jeff StincoJeff StincoJean-François "Jeff" Stinco is a French Canadian musician, who is best known as the lead guitarist for pop punk band Simple Plan.-Early life:...
, lead guitarist of Simple PlanSimple PlanSimple Plan is a Canadian pop punk band from Montréal, Québec. The band has had no line up changes since its inception in 1999. Members are Pierre Bouvier , Jeff Stinco , Sébastien Lefebvre , David Desrosiers and Chuck Comeau... - P.J. Stock, NHL Hockey player
- Bruny SurinBruny SurinBruny Surin is a Canadian athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 2008 he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame as part of the 1996 Summer Olympics 4x100 relay team.-Career:...
, track and field athlete - Sylvia SweeneySylvia SweeneySylvia Sweeney is a Canadian Executive Television Producer and Olympian. Sweeney is the daughter of music teacher Daisy Sweeney and railway cook James Sweeney, and the niece of jazz musician Oscar Peterson....
, former basketball player for the Canadian women's national team, TV journalist - Michael Ernest SweetMichael Ernest SweetMichael Ernest Sweet is a Canadian educator, writer and non-profit executive.Michael Sweet holds a bachelor in independent studies from St. Mary's University, a bachelor of education from Nipissing University's Schulich School of Education and a master of arts in educational philosophy from...
, founder of Learning for a CauseLearning for a CauseLearning for a Cause was a non-profit student press founded in 2003 by Canadian educator and writer Michael Ernest Sweet. The initiative operated from Lester B...
, educator and writer - Jack W. SzostakJack W. SzostakJack William Szostak is a Canadian American biologist of Polish British descent and Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and Alexander Rich Distinguished Investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. He was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with...
, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
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- Charles TaylorCharles Taylor (philosopher)Charles Margrave Taylor, is a Canadian philosopher from Montreal, Quebec best known for his contributions in political philosophy, the philosophy of social science, and in the history of philosophy. His contributions to these fields have earned him both the prestigious Kyoto Prize and the...
, philosopher emeritus at McGillMcGill UniversityMohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university... - Maxime TalbotMaxime TalbotMaxime Talbot is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League . Drafted out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League , Talbot led the Hull/Gatineau Olympiques to back-to-back President's Cups while earning the Guy Lafleur...
, NHL Hockey Player - José ThéodoreJosé ThéodoreJosé Théodore is a French Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League...
, NHL hockey player - David ThompsonDavid Thompson (explorer)David Thompson was an English-Canadian fur trader, surveyor, and map-maker, known to some native peoples as "Koo-Koo-Sint" or "the Stargazer"...
, explorer - Ryan ThorneRyan ThorneRyan Thorne, was born in 1971, in the city of Montréal, Québec, Canada.Ryan Thorne, is currently the head basketball coach of the women's team at McGill University, in Montréal, and has been since the 2002−2003 season...
, head basketball coach for the McGill Martlets, former CIAU champion in basketball with Bishop's University - Josh TordjmanJosh TordjmanJosh Tordjman is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender who currently plays for the EC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Hockey League .- Playing career :...
, NHL ice hockey player - Daniel TraceyDaniel TraceyDaniel Tracey born in Roscrea, Tipperary County, Ireland, was a doctor, journalist and Canadian politician.He arrived in the Province of Lower Canada with his younger siblings in 1825.-The Vindicator:...
, journalist, politician - Mary Travers (La BolducLa BolducMary Rose-Anna Travers, was a French Canadian singer and musician. She was known as Madame Bolduc or La Bolduc. During the peak of her popularity in the 1930s, she was known as the Queen of Canadian Folksingers. Bolduc is often considered to be Quebec's first singer/songwriter...
), singer - Gerald TremblayGérald TremblayGérald Tremblay is a Canadian politician and businessman currently serving his third term as mayor of Montreal and as president of the Montreal Metropolitan Community...
, Mayor of Montreal - Michel TremblayMichel TremblayMichel Tremblay, CQ is a Canadian novelist and playwright.Tremblay grew up in the Plateau Mont-Royal, a French-speaking neighbourhood of Montreal, at the time of his birth a neighbourhood with a working-class character and joual dialect, something that would heavily influence his work...
, novelist, playwright - Tony TremblayTony TremblayTony Tremblay is a French Canadian poet, writer, spoken word artist, journalist and radio personality, born in Jonquière, Quebec in 1968, and now living in Montreal.Tony Tremblay is the co-founder of Exit poetry magazine...
, poet, radio personality - Alexandre TrudeauAlexandre TrudeauAlexandre "Sacha" Trudeau is a Canadian filmmaker and journalist, and second son of Canada's former Prime Minister, the late Pierre Trudeau, and Margaret Trudeau.-Early life and education:...
, journalist, son of Pierre Trudeau the former Prime Minister of Canada - Dennis TrudeauDennis TrudeauDennis Trudeau is a Montreal broadcaster. From 1987 to 2005 he was the anchor of the supper hour local news show on CBMT in Montreal.-Career:Trudeau worked with the CBC from 1979. For eight years he hosted the local show Daybreak on CBM before becoming a national radio host fronting As It Happens...
, journalist - Justin TrudeauJustin TrudeauJustin Pierre James Trudeau, MP is a Canadian politician. He has represented the Montreal electoral division of Papineau in the Canadian House of Commons since 2008 as a member of the Liberal Party and currently serves as the party's critic for youth, post-secondary education, and amateur...
, Member of Parliament, son of Pierre Trudeau the former Prime Minister of Canada - Pierre TrudeauPierre TrudeauJoseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau, , usually known as Pierre Trudeau or Pierre Elliott Trudeau, was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979, and again from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984.Trudeau began his political career campaigning for socialist ideals,...
, former Prime Minister of Canada - Jean-Claude Turcotte, Roman Catholic Cardinal
- George TutunjianGeorge TutunjianGeorge Tutunjian was a singer of Armenian patriotic and revolutionary songs and life-long supporter of Armenian Revolutionary Federation .He started singing at the age of 22...
, Armenian Revolutionary SongsArmenian Revolutionary SongsArmenian Revolutionary Songs are songs that promote Armenian patriotism. The origins of these songs lay largely in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when Armenian political parties were established to struggle for the political and civil rights of Armenians living in the Ottoman...
performer - David TylerDavid TylerDavid Tyler is a Canadian radio personality, voice over artist and lecturer on The Art of Communicating.Originally from Hartford, Connecticut he moved to Canada at the age of 10 with his family when his Father accepted a teaching job at McGill University...
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- Maurice VachonMaurice VachonMaurice Vachon is a retired Canadian professional wrestler, best known by his ring name "Mad Dog" Vachon. He is the brother of wrestlers Paul and Vivian Vachon, and the uncle of wrestler Luna Vachon...
, also known as Mad Dog Vachon – wrestling champion - Ernie VandewegheErnie VandewegheErnest Maurice "Ernie" Vandeweghe Jr. is a physician, a United States Air Force veteran and a retired professional basketball player. He is best known for playing for the New York Knicks of the NBA and for the athletic successes of his family...
, former NBA basketball player, New York Knicks - Gino VannelliGino VannelliGino Vannelli is an Italian-Canadian singer, songwriter, musician and composer.-Early years:Born in Montreal, Quebec, Vannelli is one of three sons born to Russ and Delia Vannelli. Russ, his father, was a big band musician. As a child, Gino's greatest passion was music, and he began playing...
, singer/songwriter - Jacques VieauJacques VieauJacques Vieau was a French-Canadian fur trader and first permanent white settler in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was born near Montreal, Canada and died in Howard, Wisconsin....
, fur trader and early WisconsinWisconsinWisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
settler - Jacques VilleneuveJacques VilleneuveJacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve, , is a Canadian musician and automobile racing driver. He is the son of the late Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve, and is the namesake of his uncle...
, Formula One driver (1997 World Champion) and 1995 IndyCar champion. Son of Gilles Villeneuve. - Gilles VilleneuveGilles VilleneuveJoseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve, better known as Gilles Villeneuve , was a Canadian racing driver. An enthusiast of cars and fast driving from an early age, he started his professional career in snowmobile racing in his native province of Quebec...
, Formula One driver - Marc-Édouard VlasicMarc-Edouard VlasicMarc-Édouard Vlasic is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League . The Sharks drafted him 35th overall in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, using a pick exchanged for goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff...
, NHL hockey player, currently playing for the San Jose Sharks. - Roch VoisineRoch VoisineJoseph Armand Roch Voisine, OC better known as Roch Voisine, is a Canadian Acadian singer-songwriter, actor, and radio and television host...
, singer
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- Martha WainwrightMartha WainwrightMartha Wainwright is a Canadian-American folk-rock singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of American folk singer and actor Loudon Wainwright III and Canadian folk singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle...
, singer/songwriter - Rufus WainwrightRufus WainwrightRufus McGarrigle Wainwright is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. He has recorded six albums of original music, EPs, and tracks on compilations and film soundtracks.-Early years:...
, singer/songwriter - Amanda WalshAmanda WalshAmanda Walsh is a Canadian actress and former VJ for the Canadian television station MuchMusic.-Career beginnings:Walsh was born in Rigaud, Quebec. She went to Hudson High School, in Hudson, Quebec...
, actress - Dwight WaltonDwight WaltonDwight Walton is a former basketball player from Canada, who played at Dawson College in Montreal with teammates Trevor C. Williams, Wayne Yearwood and Boyd Bailey. He later would go on to join the Canadian National Team.Before Dawson college, Dwight Walton play basketball at Wagar High School in...
, professional Basketball player/Canadian Olympian - Ben WeiderBen WeiderBenjamin "Ben" Weider, was the co-founder of the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness along with brother Joe Weider...
, co-founder of the IFBB (International Federation of BodyBuilders) - Joe WeiderJoe WeiderJosef E. "Joe" Weider is co-founder of the International Federation of BodyBuilders along with brother Ben Weider and creator of the Mr. Olympia, the Ms. Olympia, and the now-defunct Masters Olympia bodybuilding contests...
, creator of the Mr. Olympia and Ms. Olympia bodybuilding contests - Danny WellsDanny WellsDanny Wells is a Canadian movie and television actor and voice actor. He is perhaps best known for his occasional role as Charlie the bartender on The Jeffersons as well as playing the role of the video game character Luigi, brother of Nintendo's mascot Mario, in the live-action segments of The...
, actor, was the bartender on The JeffersonsThe JeffersonsThe Jeffersons is an American sitcom that was broadcast on CBS from January 18, 1975, through June 25, 1985, lasting 11 seasons and a total of 253 episodes. The show was produced by the T.A.T. Communications Company from 1975–1982 and by Embassy Television from 1982-1985...
and Luigi in The Super Mario Brothers Super Show - Bill WenningtonBill WenningtonWilliam Percey Wennington is a retired Canadian basketball player in the National Basketball Association who won three NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. A center, he was also a member of two Canadian Olympic Basketball Teams and the 1983 World University Games team that won gold against...
, former NBA basketball player, Chicago Bulls - Max WernerMax WernerMax Werner was lead singer, drummer and percussionist of the Dutch Progressive rock band Kayak. He co-founded the band along with keyboardist Ton Scherpenzeel, guitarist Johan Slager and drummer Pim Koopman in 1972....
, Founder, Montreal Pastry, world class pastry chef - Trevor C. WilliamsTrevor C. WilliamsTrevor C. Williams is a retired Canadian basketball player.Williams is a former member of the Canadian national men's basketball team and currently the head coach of the Dawson College Lady Blues AAA basketball team in Montreal, which won a provincial championship in 2002...
, former member of the Canadian national basketball team, philanthropist - Joseph WisemanJoseph WisemanJoseph Wiseman was a Canadian theater and film actor, best known for starring as the titular antagonist of the first James Bond film, Dr. No, his role as Manny Weisbord on Crime Story, and his career on Broadway...
, actor, best known for playing Dr. Julius No in the first James Bond film Dr. No - Cairine WilsonCairine WilsonCairine Reay Mackay Wilson was Canada's first female senator.-Early life:Born Cairine Reay Mackay in Montreal, she was the daughter of Jane Mackay and Robert Mackay, a Liberal Senator and personal friend of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. She attended Elmwood School and was "head girl" in her graduating year...
, first woman to serve in the Senate of Canada - William WorkmanWilliam WorkmanWilliam Workman was an Irish-born Canadian businessman and municipal politician.- Biography :Workman migrated to Montreal, Quebec in 1829....
, businessman and municipal politician - Peter WorrellPeter WorrellPeter Worrell , is a retired professional ice hockey player. Worrell played seven seasons in the National Hockey League for the Florida Panthers and the Colorado Avalanche. During that time he was considered one of the most feared enforcers in the game.-Junior career:Worrell was a member of the...
, former NHL hockey player - Aleksandra WozniakAleksandra WozniakAleksandra Wozniak is a Canadian professional tennis player. She turned professional in November 2005. Wozniak achieved a career-best ranking of no. 21 on June 22, 2009, making her the fourth-highest ranked Canadian singles player of all time. She has won one WTA and eight ITF tournaments...
, tennis player - Avi Wallerstein (surgeon)Avi Wallerstein (surgeon)Avi Wallerstein is a Canadian laser eye surgeon who practices in Montreal and Toronto. In 2001, he and Mark Cohen founded LASIK MD, Canada's largest provider of laser refractive surgery...
, ophthalmologist, co-founder LASIK MD - Karl WolfKarl WolfCarl Abou Samah is a Lebanese-born Canadian musician based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is better known by his stage name Karl Wolf. He has been a singer, songwriter and producer since 2001, releasing his first solo album Face Behind the Face on MapleNationwide/Universal in January 2006,...
, singer
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- Joel YanofskyJoel YanofskyJoel Yanofsky is a Canadian novelist and literary columnist.Born in Montreal, Quebec, he grew up in the Laval suburb of Chomedey, where his parents had moved from the Montreal Jewish neighbourhood around St...
, writer. - Nikki YanofskyNikki YanofskyNicole "Nikki" Yanofsky is a Canadian jazz-pop singer from Hampstead, Quebec. She is involved in charitable causes, and released her first studio album on her own label, A440 Entertainment, and on Decca Records outside of Canada. Yanofsky sang Canada's national anthem at the opening ceremonies of...
, jazz singer - Wayne YearwoodWayne YearwoodWayne Yearwood is a former professional and Olympic basketball player from Canada, who was with the Canadian national team...
, former professional basketball player/Canadian Olympian
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- Larry ZeidelLarry ZeidelLazarus "Larry, Rock" Zeidel is a Jewish retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman, most notably for the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League, with which he played nine seasons.-Biography:...
, NHL ice hockey player - David ZilbermanDavid Zilberman-Early life:Zilberman is Jewish, and was born in Montreal, Quebec. He started wrestling when he was 14 years old. He attended McGill University and Concordia University.-Wrestling career:He wrestles in the Men's Freestyle, at 96 kg...
, Olympic heavyweight wrestler - Moses ZnaimerMoses ZnaimerMoses Znaimer, M.A., O.Ont is a co-founder and former head of Citytv, the first independent television station in Toronto, Canada, and the current head of ZoomerMedia.-Early life and career:...
, co-founder of Toronto's CityTVCitytvCitytv is a Canadian English language television system owned and operated by Rogers Communications under its Rogers Broadcasting Ltd. division...
. - Mortimer ZuckermanMortimer ZuckermanMortimer Benjamin "Mort" Zuckerman is a Canadian-born American business magnate with interests primarily in magazines, publishing, and real estate. He is now a naturalized citizen of the United States....
, magazine editor, publisher, and real estate tycoon.
See also
- List of people from Quebec
- List of people from Quebec City
- List of people from Laval, Quebec
- List of people from Ontario
- List of people from Toronto
- List of people from Calgary
- List of people from Edmonton
- List of people from British Columbia
- List of people from Vancouver