Samuel de Champlain

Samuel de Champlain

male, deceased (1635)
Samuel de Champlain , the "father of New France," was born between 1567 and 1570 in the town of Brouage, a seaport on France's west coast and died...
Jean Talon

Jean Talon

male, deceased (1694)
Jean Talon, Comte d'Orsainville (1625, baptised 8 January 1626 - November 1694) was a French colonial administrator who was the first and most...
Louis Hennepin

Louis Hennepin

male, deceased (1705)
Father Louis Hennepin, baptized Antoine was a Catholic priest and missionary of the Franciscan Recollect order (French: "Récollets") and an e...
Jeanne Mance

Jeanne Mance

female, deceased (1673)
Jeanne Mance was a French settler in Montreal. She was born in Langres, in eastern France. From the very beginning, Jeanne believed that God...
Isaac Jogues

Isaac Jogues

male, deceased (1646)
Saint Isaac Jogues was a Jesuit missionary who travelled and worked among the Native Americans in North America. He gave the original European name...

Donnacona

male
Chief Donnacona was the chief of Stadacona, a St. Lawrence Iroquoian village located at the present site of Quebec City, Canada. Donnacona and his...
Pierre-Esprit Radisson

Pierre-Esprit Radisson

male, deceased (1710)
Pierre-Esprit Radisson was a French-born explorer and fur trader. His exploits in 1668 were instrumental in the formation of the Hudson's Bay...

François de Laval

male, deceased (1708)
François-Xavier de Montmorency-Laval was the first Roman Catholic bishop of New France and was one of the most influential men of his day. He was a...

Étienne Brûlé

male, deceased (1633)
Étienne Brûlé (c. 1592 (Champigny-sur-Marne, France) - c. June 1633 (Toanche, on the Penetanguishene peninsula, Ontario)) was a French explorer in...
Marcel Trudel

Marcel Trudel

male, 92 years old
Marcel Trudel is a Canadian historian and author. Born in Saint-Narcisse-de-Champlain, north east of Trois-Rivières, Quebec, the son of Hermyle T...