List of people from Quebec

This is a list of notable people who are from Quebec, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that province.

Anchors

 * Debra Arbec, [CBC Television Network]
 * Pierre Bruneau, TVA
 * Nathalie Chung, RDI / SRC
 * Bernard Derome, SRC / RDI
 * Simon Durivage, RDI / SRC$$
 * Céline Galipeau, SRC / RDI
 * Bill Haugland, CTV
 * Jean-Luc Mongrain, TQS, TVA
 * Pascale Nadeau, SRC
 * Mutsumi Takahashi, CTV
 * Sophie Thibault, TVA
 * Dennis Trudeau, former CBC anchor
 * Todd van der Heyden, CTV

Artists and entertainers

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

Business

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

Politicians

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

Sciences

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

Sports

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

Other

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