- Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion Angélil, OC, OQ, (born March 30 1968) is a Canadian pop vocalist and occasional songwriter. Born to a large, impoverished family in Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion became a young star in francophone Canada after her manager and would-be husband, René Angélil, mortgaged his home to finance her first record. - Lucien Bouchard
Lucien Bouchard, PC, B.Sc, LL.B (born December 22, 1938 in Saint-Coeur-de-Marie, Quebec, Canada) is a Quebec lawyer, diplomat and politician. He was the Leader of Opposition in the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 1996, and Premier of Quebec from January 29, 1996 to March 8, 2001. He became a central figure for the "oui" side in the 1995 Quebec referendum. He is the brother of noted historian Gérard Bouchard, … - Stéphane Dion
Stéphane Maurice Dion, PC, MP, Ph.D., (born September 28, 1955 in Quebec City, Quebec) is the current leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian House of Commons. Since 1996, he has been the Member of Parliament for the riding of Saint-Laurent–Cartierville in Montreal. Dion is a former academic who served as a cabinet minister under Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin. - Gilles Duceppe
Gilles Duceppe, MP (born July 22, 1947 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Quebec nationalist and social democratic politician in Canada. He is a Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons and the leader of the separatist "Bloc Québécois" party. He is the son of a well-known Québécois actor, Jean Duceppe, and Hélène Rowley. His maternal grandfather was John James Rowley, a Briton by birth. - Jean Chrétien
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien, usually known as Jean Chrétien, PC, CC, QC, BA, BCL, LLD (h.c.) (born January 11, 1934), served as the twentieth Prime Minister of Canada from November 4, 1993 to December 12, 2003. He was also the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 1990 to 2003. - Bianca Beauchamp
Bianca Beauchamp (born October 14, 1977 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian "adult" model, known for her glamour and latex modeling. - Robert Bourassa
Robert Bourassa (July 14, 1933 - October 2, 1996) was a politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as Liberal 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. - Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, PC, GCMG, KC, BCL, DCL, LLD, DLitt, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier (November 20, 1841 - February 17, 1919) was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from July 11, 1896, to October 5, 1911. Canada's first francophone prime minister, Laurier is often considered one of the country's greatest statesmen. He is well known for his policies of conciliation, nation building, and compromise between French and English Canada. - Denys Arcand
Georges-Henri Denys Arcand, C.C., O.Q. born June 25, 1941 in Deschambault, Quebec, Canada is an Academy Award winning film director, screenwriter and producer. - Maurice Richard
Joseph-Henri-Maurice "Rocket" Richard PC, CC, OQ (August 4, 1921 - May 27, 2000) was a professional ice hockey player who played for the Montreal Canadiens from 1942 to 1960. The "Rocket" was the most prolific goal-scorer of his era, achieving the fabled feat of 50 goals in 50 games. He lived most of his life in Ahuntsic, Montreal. - Guy Lafleur
Guy Damien Lafleur, OC, CQ, (born September 20, 1951 in Thurso, Quebec), is a former professional ice hockey player and is popularly regarded as one of the most natural and most popular players ever to play professional ice hockey. Between 1971 and 1991, he played for the Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers and Quebec Nordiques in an NHL career spanning 17 seasons and five Stanley Cup championships. - Vincent Lecavalier
Vincent Lecavalier (born April 21, 1980 in Ile Bizard, Quebec) is a Canadian professional hockey player who currently plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League. - Jacques Parizeau
Jacques Parizeau, (born August 9, 1930) is an economist and noted Quebec sovereignist who served as Premier of Quebec, Canada, from September 26, 1994 to January 29, 1996. - Mario Lemieux
Mario Lemieux (born October 5, 1965, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey centre who played 17 seasons for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League between 1984 and 2006. He is also the Penguins' principal owner and chairman of the board, having bought the team out of bankruptcy in 1999. Lemieux is generally regarded as one of the greatest players to ever play in the NHL. - René Lévesque
René Lévesque (August 24, 1922 - November 1, 1987) was a reporter, a minister of the government of Quebec, Canada, (1960 - 1966), the founder of the Parti Québécois political party, and 23rd Premier of Quebec (November 25, 1976 - October 3, 1985). He was the first French-Canadian political leader since confederation to attempt, through a referendum, to negotiate political independence for Quebec. - Martin Brodeur
Martin Pierre Brodeur (born May 6, 1972, in Montreal, Quebec) is a professional ice hockey goaltender who has played his entire National Hockey League career with the New Jersey Devils. In his 13-year tenure, he has led the team to three Stanley Cup championships and has taken them to the playoffs all but once. In addition to holding over thirty Devils franchise records, he is on pace to surpass Patrick Roy's career records for wins, games played and minutes played, … - Jean Paul Lemieux
Jean Paul Lemieux, CC, GOQ (18 November, 1904 - 7 December, 1990) is one of the foremost painters of twentieth century Québec. He was born in Québec City, where he also died (Colin S. Macdonald claims he died in Montréal). He was raised in Québec City until 1916, when his family moved to Berkeley, California. In 1917, the family returned to Québec and settled in Montréal. - Gaétan Boucher
Gaétan Boucher is a former Speed skating Olympic champion from Canada. A four-time Olympic medalist, Boucher was awarded the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's outstanding male athlete of 1984. He was named number 10 on the list of Canada's Athletes of the 20th Century. In 1983, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Officer in 1984. In 1985, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec. - Maxim Lapierre
Maxim Lapierre (born March 29, 1985 in Saint Leonard, Quebec) is a Canadian ice hockey forward. Lapierre currently plays for the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens. He was drafted in the 2nd round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Canadiens. Lapierre played his first NHL game on November 15, 2005 against the Florida Panthers. That was the only NHL game he played in that season. - Pierre Vercheval
Pierre Vercheval (b. November 22, 1964, Quebec City, Quebec) is a former all star offensive lineman in the Canadian Football League. Vercheval played his university football at the University of Western Ontario, where he won the J.P. Metras Trophy top lineman in Canadian university football in 1987. He tried out with the New England Patriots of the NFL, unsuccessfully, and signed with the Edmonton Eskimos in 1988, beginning a 14-year CFL career. - Daniel Lanois
Daniel Lanois is a Canadian record producer and singer-songwriter. He has released a number of albums of his own work and has produced albums for a wide variety of artists including Bob Dylan, The Parachute Club, U2, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, Emmylou Harris, Robbie Robertson, the Neville Brothers, Chris Whitley, Ron Sexsmith and Nash the Slash. - André Boisclair
André Boisclair is a politician in Quebec, Canada. He was the leader of the Parti Québécois, a social democratic and sovereigntist party in Quebec. Between January 1996 and March 2003, Boisclair served as Citizenship and Immigration Minister and Social Solidarity Minister under former Premier of Quebec Lucien Bouchard and as Environment Minister under former Premier Bernard Landry. He won the Parti Québécois leadership election on November 15, 2005. - Gilles Vigneault
Gilles Vigneault is a "Québécois" poet, publisher and singer-songwriter, and well-known Quebec nationalist and sovereigntist. A poet deeply rooted in his native Quebec, Vigneault has become an icon at home and Quebec ambassador abroad. He was one of the principal figures of the generation of "chansonniers" who helped the Quebec "chanson" find its own identity, even while helping it find a universal dimension. - Marcelle Ferron
Marcelle Ferron, a "Québécoise" painter and stained glass artist, was a major figure in the Quebec contemporary art scene. Jacques Ferron, a famous Quebec writer, is her elder brother, while Madeleine Ferron, another writer, is also their sister. Born in Louiseville (Mauricie), Quebec, she was an early member of Paul-Émile Borduas's "Automatistes" art movement. She signed the manifesto "Refus global", a watershed event in the Quebec cultural scene, … - Denyse Julien
Denyse Julien (born July 22, 1960 in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec) is a female badminton player from Canada, who won three gold medals in the inaugural badminton competition at the 1995 Pan American Games. Julien competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Anna Rice. They were defeated by Saralee Thungthongkam and Sathinee Chankrachangwong of Thailand in the round of 32. In mixed doubles, … - Alexandre Despatie
Alexandre Despatie (born June 8, 1985 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a French Canadian diver. He is the current World champion at the 1 and 3m springboard and is the first diver to have been World champion in the three categories (1, 3, 10m platform). - Roch Carrier
Roch Carrier, OC, (born 13 May 1937) is a celebrated Canadian novelist and author of "contes" (a very brief form of the short story). He is among the best known Quebec writers in English Canada. He was born in Sainte-Justine, Quebec and studied at the Collège St-Louis in New Brunswick, the Université de Montréal in Quebec, and at the Sorbonne, in Paris, France, where he received a doctorate in literature. From 1994 to 1997, he served as head of the Canada Council. - Lyse Lemieux
Lyse Lemieux is the Chief Justice of the Quebec Superior Court who resigned on August 19, 2004 as a result of criminal charges. The Honorable Lyse Lemieux studied law at the Université de Montréal and was admitted to the Bar of Quebec in 1962. She held a variety of positions in the provincial government, becoming a specialist in expropriation. Lemieux was appointed a justice of the Superior Court of Quebec in 1978 and in 1994 was named an Associate Chief Justice. - George-Étienne Cartier
Sir George-Étienne Cartier, Bart., KCMG, PC (September 6, 1814 - May 20, 1873) was a French-Canadian statesman and Father of Confederation. The English spelling of the name, George, instead of Georges, the usual French spelling, is explained by his having been named in honour of King George III. In the years leading up to Confederation, Cartier was a dominant figure in the politics of Canada East. - Pierre Mailloux
Dr. Pierre Mailloux (better known as Doc Mailloux or Docteur Mailloux) (born January 14, 1949) is a psychiatrist hosting a long-running French-language talk show with Janine Ross on CKAC radio in Montreal, with a large audience. - Guillaume Latendresse
Guillaume Latendresse is a professional ice hockey player. He currently plays at forward position for the Montreal Canadiens, having been drafted by them in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, 2nd round (45th overall). His older brother, Olivier plays for the San Antonio Rampage and is a draft pick of the Phoenix Coyotes. He is dating Maika Desnoyers the winner of miss Quebec 2007 and was in nomination for Miss Canada. - Eva Avila
Eva Avila is a Canadian singer from Gatineau, Quebec and the winner of the 2006 season of "Canadian Idol", the fourth year or installment of the show. Avila is the second female winner. She auditioned for the competition in Ottawa. Her father introduced her to music and she has been singing in public since the age of 2, and at the age of 9 was a winner on "Homegrown Cafe", a talent show on CJOH-TV, in Ottawa. - Marc Lalonde
Marc Lalonde, PC, OC, QC, LLL, MA (born July 26 1929) is a retired Canadian politician and Cabinet minister. Marc Lalonde obtained a Master of Laws degree from the Université de Montréal, a Master's degree from Oxford University, and a Diplôme d'études supérieures en droit (D.E.S.D) from the University of Ottawa. In 1959, he worked in Ottawa as a special advisor to Progressive Conservative Justice Minister E. Davie Fulton. - Michel Gauthier
Michel Gauthier is a Quebecois politician and former leader of the Bloc Québécois for one year (1996–1997). He was Leader of the Opposition during this time. - Sylvain Grenier
Sylvain Grenier, (born March 26, 1977), is a Quebecois professional wrestler, who is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment and performs on its SmackDown! brand - Martin Biron
Martin Biron (born August 15, 1977 in Lac-St-Charles, Quebec, Canada) is a French Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who currently plays for the Philadelphia Flyers. His younger brother Mathieu Biron plays for the Hamilton Bulldogs. - Roy Dupuis
Roy Dupuis is a French-Canadian (Québécois) actor. Internationally, he is renowned for his role as counter-terrorism operative Michael Samuelle in the television series "La Femme Nikita". He is one of the most famous movie stars throughout French-speaking Canada, while, throughout English-speaking Canada, he has become well known also for portraying hockey legend Maurice Richard on television and, most recently, in film. - Guy Laliberté
Guy Laliberté (born September 2, 1959 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada) is the founder and chief executive officer of Cirque du Soleil. Starting out as an accordion player, stiltwalker and fire-eater; Laliberté created his circus which is a synthesis of all circus styles around the world. In 2006, this 95% share holder of the 1.2 billion dollar Cirque Du Soleil was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. - Lionel Groulx
Lionel-Adolphe Groulx, often called by his priestly titles "Abbé Groulx" or "Chanoine Groulx" (Canon Groulx), was a Roman Catholic priest, historian, nationalist, and traditionalist. - Maxime Bernier
Maxime Bernier, PC, MP (born January 18, 1963) is Canada's Minister of Industry and Registrar General. A businessman and lawyer, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the January 2006 federal election to represent the riding of Beauce with 67% of the vote, the highest in a Quebec riding. The riding had previously been won by the Liberal Party. His father, Gilles Bernier, represented the riding from 1984 to 1997.
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