List of famous Quebecers: citizens of Quebec.
Artists and entertainers
- Denys Arcand, cinematographer
- Gilles Archambault, novelist and commentator
- Victor-Lévy Beaulieu, author
- Marie Claire Blais, author
- La Bolduc, singer
- Paul-Émile Borduas, abstract painter (Les Automatistes)
- Genevieve Bujold, actress
- Pascale Bussières, actress
- Roch Carrier, author
- Jean Cartier, muralist
- Leonard Cohen, poet, author and songwriter
- Ernest Cormier, architect
- Marie-Josée Croze, actress
- Sylvia Daoust, sculptor
- Charles Daudelin, sculptor
- Céline Dion, singer
- Georges Dor, chansonnier, songwriter, author, playwright
- Fifi D'Orsay, actress
- Diane Dufresne, singer and painter
- Marcelle Ferron, glazier
- Jean-Claude Germain, playwright, author
- Huntley Gordon, actor
- Pierre Granche, sculptor
- Anne Hébert, poet and novelist
- Florence La Badie, actress
- Félix Leclerc, poet and songwriter
- Robert Lepage, playwright, actor and film director
- Guido Molinari, abstract painter
- Edythe Morahan de Lauzon, poet
- Jean-Paul Mousseau, muralist
- Émile Nelligan, poet
- Mordecai Richler, author
- Jean-Paul Riopelle, painter
- Mack Sennett , director
- Douglas Shearer , sound director/designer
- Norma Shearer, actress
- William Shatner, actor
- Miyuki Tanobe, painter
- Eva Tanguay, singer, vaudeville star
- Michel Tremblay, playwright, author
- Pierre Vallières, author, political activist
- Gilles Vigneault, poet and songwriter
- Hal Willis, singer (Leonald Francis Gauthier)
Inventors
Criminals
- Marie-Joseph Angélique - African slave
- Richard Blass - mass murderer
- Maurice "Mom" Boucher, - "Hells Angels" leader
- Marc Carbonneau, - FLQ Terrorist
- Jacques Cossette-Trudel, - FLQ Terrorist
- Louise Cossette-Trudel, - FLQ Terrorist
- Jacques Lanctôt, - FLQ Terrorist
- Yves Langlois, - FLQ Terrorist
- Marc Lépine, - École Polytechnique Massacre
- Bernard Lortie, - FLQ Terrorist
- Denis Lortie, - National Assembly gunman
- Paul Rose, - FLQ Terrorist
- Jacques Rose, - FLQ Terrorist
- Francis Simard, - FLQ Terrorist
Politicians
- Sir John Abbott
- Lucien Bouchard
- Henri Bourassa
- Robert Bourassa
- Sir George-Étienne Cartier
- Jean Charest
- Jean Chrétien
- Jean Drapeau
- Pierre Ducasse
- Maurice Duplessis
- Ludger Duvernay
- Lomer Gouin
- Daniel Johnson Sr.
- Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine
- Sir Wilfrid Laurier
- Bernard Landry
- Hector-Louis Langevin, a father of the Canadian Confederation
- Pierre Laporte
- Jean Lesage
- René Lévesque
- Honoré Mercier
- Yves Michaud
- Brian Mulroney
- Robert Nelson
- Wolfred Nelson
- Louis-Joseph Papineau
- Jacques Parizeau
- Louis Stephen St. Laurent
- Étienne-Paschal Taché, a father of the Canadian Confederation
- Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
- Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Sciences
- Pierre Dansereau, father of ecology
- Armand Frappier, researcher in microbiology and immunology
- Simon Plouffe (1956- ), mathematician & discoverer of the BBP formula
- Hubert Reeves (1932- ), astrophysicist
- Frère Marie-Victorin, creator of Montreal's botanical gardens
- Marc Garneau (1949- ), astronaut, first Quebecer & Canadian in space
- Édouard Montpetit (1881-1954), lawyer, economist, scholar
- Julie Payette (1963- ), astronaut, first Quebec woman in space
Sports
- Myriam Bédard, biathelete, Olympic Gold medalist
- Jean Béliveau, ice hockey player
- Michel Bossy, ice hockey player
- Gaetan Boucher, speed skater
- Ray Bourque, ice hockey player
- Martin Brodeur, ice hockey player
- Patrick Carpentier, race car driver
- Marcel Dionne, ice hockey player
- Eric Gagné, Los Angeles Dodgers closer, 2003 National League Cy Young Award
- Marc Gagnon, short-track speed skater, Olympic Gold medalist
- Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, ice hockey player
- Doug Harvey, ice hockey player
- René Lecavalier, broadcaster
- Mario Lemieux, ice hockey player
- Jacques Plante, pioneer ice hockey goalie
- Maurice Richard, ice hockey player
- Patrick Roy, ice hockey player
- Gilles Villeneuve, race car driver
- Jacques Villeneuve, race car driver, son of Gilles
Other
- Frédéric Jeanbart, one of the main promoters and thinkers of IT/Internet in Quebec
- Sidney Altman, Nobel Prize winner
- Louise Arbour, Supreme Court Justice (The Hague & Canada)
- Henri Raymond Casgrain, priest, author, historian
- Aline Chainé, wife of former prime minister Jean Chrétien
- Michel Chartrand, union leader and left-wing activist
- Alphonse Desjardins, father of Credit Unions in America
- Lionel Groulx, priest, historian
- Louis Joliet, explorer
- Lyse Lemieux, Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec
- Bernard Lonergan, theologian
- Rudolph Marcus, Nobel Prize winner
- Pax Plante, crime fighting lawyer
- Roméo Sabourin, SOE agent, executed by the Nazis
- Charles de Salaberry, soldier
See also
- List of Gaspésiens
- List of Mauriciens
- List of Saguenéens
- List of Acadians
- List of Quebec authors
- List of Quebec musicians
- List of Quebec film directors
- List of Quebec actors and actresses
- List of Quebec comedians
- List of Irish Quebecers
- National Order of Quebec
- List of people by nationality
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