- Pierre Trudeau
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau, PC, CC, CH, QC, MA, LLD, FRSC (18 October, 1919 – 28 September, 2000), usually known as Pierre Trudeau or Pierre Elliott Trudeau, was the fifteenth Prime Minister of Canada from 20 April, 1968 to 4 June, 1979, and from 3 March, 1980 to 30 June, 1984. Trudeau was a charismatic figure who, from the late 1960s until the mid-1980s, … - 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, … - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - Pauline Marois
Pauline Marois is the current leader of the Parti Québécois in Quebec as of June 27, 2007. In a political career spanning some 30 years, she has held a total of 15 ministerial titles in Quebec politics. She is married to Claude Blanchet, former head of Quebec's Société générale de financement, and is the mother of four children (Catherine, Félix, François-Christophe and Jean-Sébastien). She currently resides on Ile-Bizard. - Marc Garneau
Marc Garneau was famous for being the first male Canadian astronaut to spent time in space. Marc was born in Quebec city on February 13, 1949. When Marc grew up, he wanted to learn more about the Canadian Forces Command. So, he attended the Canadian forces Command and Staff college of Toronto. Later, Marc had a space training and trained for one year and went in space in march 1984. Up in space, Marc did not go to the moon but had two missions. - Patrick Roy
Patrick Jacques Roy, (born October 5, 1965, in Sainte Foy, Quebec, Canada — a suburb of Quebec City) is a retired ice hockey goaltender. He is currently the co-owner, general manager, and head coach of the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Nicknamed "St. Patrick," he is popular among fans of the Montreal Canadiens and Colorado Avalanche. In 2004, Roy was selected as the greatest goaltender in NHL history by a panel of 41 writers, … - 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. - Martin Deschamps
Martin Deschamps is a Canadian rock singer from Quebec. He records and performs both as a solo artist and as the lead vocalist for the reunited Offenbach. - 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. - Louis St. Laurent
Louis Stephen St. Laurent, was the twelfth Prime Minister of Canada from November 15, 1948, to June 21, 1957. - Guy Bertrand
Guy Bertrand is a Canadian linguist and radio personality. Guy Bertrand has written the linguistic standards and practices for the French CBC services. His daily broadcasts are heard from coast to coast on La Première Chaîne and Télévision de Radio-Canada. Guy Bertrand has written two best-sellers, "400 capsules linguistiques" and "400 capsules linguistiques II". - Esther Delisle
Esther Delisle Ph.D. (born 1954) is a French Canadian historian and author of historical works from Quebec. Born and raised in Quebec City, she completed her BA and MA in political science at Université Laval in Sainte-Foy, Quebec, and taught political theory at a Quebec CEGEP and worked as a researcher for the CBC news show "the fifth estate". She then studied for three years at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem before returning to Laval to complete her doctorate, … - 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. - Claude Ryan
Claude Ryan, CC, D.h.c. (January 26, 1925 - February 9, 2004) 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. Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was the director of "Le Devoir", a French-language newspaper available in the province of Quebec, from 1964 to 1978. - Jean Béliveau
Jean Kelly Béliveau, CC, CQ (b. August 31, 1931 in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada) was a professional ice hockey player, who played parts of 20 seasons with the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens. A star at an early age, he was spotted by Canadiens general manager Frank Selke at the age of 15. Selke tried to get him to sign a "C-form," the usual form by which NHL teams bound young players to them. - 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. - Chris Benoit
Christopher Michael Benoit (May 21, 1967 – June 24, 2007) was a Canadian professional wrestler who wrestled for Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, and World Wrestling Entertainment. A two-time World Heavyweight Champion, he was widely regarded as one of the best technical professional wrestlers of his generation. Chris Benoit, his wife Nancy, and their 7-year-old son Daniel were found dead in their Fayetteville, Georgia home on June 25, 2007. - 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, … - Adrien Arcand
Adrien Arcand, was a McGill University educated Montreal journalist, federalist and self-proclaimed "Canadian führer". Arcand led a series of far right political movements in the 1930s and 1940s. - 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. - 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. - Louise Arbour
Louise Arbour is the current UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and a former judge of the Supreme Court of Canada. Born in Montreal to Bernard Arbour (deceased) and Rose Ravary, the owners of a hotel chain, she attended convent school, during which time her parents divorced. As editor of the school magazine, she earned a reputation for irreverence. In 1967, she graduated from College Regina Assumpta, … - 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. - Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau (May 30, 1820 - April 4, 1890), born in Charlesbourg, near Quebec City, was the first premier of the Canadian province of Quebec following Canadian Confederation in 1867. He led a Conservative Party government. He was also the Minister of Education and Provincial Secretary. Also during this period, he was the federal Member of Parliament for the riding of Quebec County (1867-1873) In 1873, … - Hubert Aquin
Hubert Aquin, was chosen for the 2003 edition of CBC Radio's "Canada Reads" competition, where it was championed by journalist Denise Bombardier. It was the winning title. An earlier English translation by Penny Williams, keeping the French title, was published in 1967. The self-destructive thoughts of the novel's narrator foreshadow Aquin's own death: On 15 March 1977, Aquin shot himself in the head. - 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. - 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, … - Émile Nelligan
Émile Nelligan was a francophone poet from Quebec, Canada. - Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau (born December 25, 1971 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is the eldest son of the late former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Sinclair Trudeau Kemper. Trudeau has recently won the federal Liberal Party nomination in the Montreal riding of Papineau. - 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 - Aline Chrétien
Aline Chrétien is the wife of Canada's twentieth Prime Minister, Jean Chrétien. Born Aline Chaîné, she married lawyer Jean Chrétien on September 10, 1957. They have two sons and one daughter: * France Chrétien Desmarais * Hubert Chrétien * Michel Chrétien Fluent in Italian, Spanish, English, and French, …
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