List of personalities of the city of Montreal

This list includes people who were born in the Canadian city of Montreal ( Québec ) and those who worked in Montreal but were born elsewhere. The list does not claim to be complete.

17th and 18th centuries

Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville
(1661–1706)

Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (1661–1706), founder of Louisiana
Daniel Liénard de Beaujeu (1711–1755), officer in the French army
Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (1757–1810), French diplomat, man of letters, publicist and draftsman
Frédéric-Auguste Quesnel (1785–1866), politician, lawyer and businessman
Jules-Maurice Quesnel (1786–1842), explorer, businessman and politician
Jacques Viger (1787–1858), politician, journalist, author, officer, archaeologist and the first mayor of the city of Montreal
Charles-Séraphin Rodier (1797–1876), politician; Mayor of Montreal from 1858 to 1862
William Edmond Logan (1798-1875), geologist
Émilie Gamelin (1800-1851), Roman Catholic founder of the order

19th century

1801-1850

Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville
(1822-1915)

Jacob Dolson Cox
(1828-1900)

Henry Ritter (1816–1853), German-Canadian painter
Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville (1822-1915), politician
Rodolphe Laflamme (1827–1893), politician, lawyer and professor
Jacob Dolson Cox (1828–1900), politician
James McShane (1833-1918), politician and entrepreneur
John L. Jolley (1840–1926), American politician
Moïse Saucier (1840–1912), pianist, organist and music teacher
Samuel Prowse Warren (1841–1915), organist and composer
Romain-Octave Pelletier (1843–1927), organist and composer
Charles-Marie Panneton (1845–1890), pianist, music teacher and composer
Victor Alexander Bruce (1849–1917), British politician; Viceroy of India
Robert Crosbie (1849-1919), theosophist
Henrietta Edwards (1849–1931), suffragette and reformer

1851-1880

Montagu Allan
(1860-1951)

Félix Hubert d'Hérelle
(1873-1949)

Guillaume Couture (1851–1915), music teacher, music critic, conductor, choir director, composer, organist and singer
Ernest Lavigne (1851–1909), composer and music publisher
Alexis Contant (1858–1918), composer and organist
Frank Dawson Adams (1859-1942), geologist
Émery Lavigne (1859–1902), pianist, organist and music teacher
Arthur Peuchen (1859–1929), businessman, military man and yacht enthusiast
William Reed (1859–1945), organist and composer
Montagu Allan (1860–1951), banker and shipowner
Eugène Chartier (1861–1932), violinist and conductor
Alexandre-M. Clerk (1861–1932), composer and conductor
Joseph-Daniel Dussault (1864–1921), organist and music teacher
George Washington Stephens (1866–1942), politician and officer
Arthur Letondal (1869–1956), organist and composer
Joseph Saucier (1869–1941), singer, choir director and pianist
Frédéric Pelletier (1870–1944), music critic and composer
Elzéar Hamel (1871–1944), actor
Céline Marier (1871–1940), singer and vocal teacher
Félix Hubert d'Hérelle (1873–1949), British-Canadian biologist and microbiologist
William Sutherland Maxwell (1874-1952), Bahai
Romain Pelletier (1875–1953), organist and composer
Harold Wolferstan Thomas (1875–1931), tropical medicine specialist
Alfred Lamoureux (1876–1954), composer and music teacher
Amédée Tremblay (1876–1949), organist and composer
George Beattie (* 1877), Olympic silver medalist
Joseph Piché (1877–1939), organist
Raoul Duquette (1879–1962), cellist and music teacher
Henry Hoobin (1879–1921), lacrosse player and Olympic champion in 1908
Thibaudeau Rinfret (1879–1962), Chief Justice
Dubbie Bowie (1880–1959), ice hockey player
Alexandre Desmarteaux (around 1880–1926), actor and singer

1881-1890

Pauline Donalda
(1882-1970)

Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve
(1883–1947)

Élie Blanchard (1881–1941), lacrosse player and 1904 Olympic champion

Roméo Beaudry (1882–1932), composer, music critic, producer and publisher

Pauline Donalda (1882–1970), singer and singing teacher

Frederick R. Macaulay (1882-1970), economist

Joseph-Wilfrid Guy (1883–1951), Roman Catholic Bishop of Gravelbourg

Ernest Hamilton (1883–1964), lacrosse player and Olympic champion in 1908

Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve (1883–1947), Roman Catholic Archbishop and Cardinal

Blanche Gauthier (1884–1960), actress and singer

Jean-Josaphat Gagnier (1885–1949), conductor and composer

Conrad Gauthier (1885–1964), actor and singer

Frank Lukeman (1885-1946), athlete

Gerald Murray (1885–1951), Catholic religious chaplain, coadjutor archbishop of Winnipeg

Alfred Nohcor (1885–?), Singer, actor and composer

Campbell Stuart (1885–1972), publisher

Nana de Varennes (1885–1981), actress

Cairine Wilson (1885–1962), politician

Albertine Morin-Labrecque (1886–1957), composer and pianist

Bella Ouellette (1886–1945), actress

Fred Barry (1887–1964), actor and singer

Frederick Gilmore (1887–1969), American boxer, bronze medalist in 1904

Hector Pellerin (1887–1953), singer, actor and entertainer

Willie Eckstein (1888–1963), pianist and composer

Armand Leclaire (1888–1931), actor and author

Georges Vanier (1888–1967), legal scholar, major general, ambassador and governor general

Camillien Houde (1889–1958), Mayor of Montreal

Sprague Cleghorn (1890–1956), ice hockey player

Guillaume Gagnier (1890–1962), horn player and double bass player

1891-1900

Odie Cleghorn
(1891-1956)

Thérèse Casgrain
(1896–1981)

Dov Yosef
(1899-1980)

Julie Winnefred Bertrand (1891–2007), from December 11, 2006 to January 18, 2007, the oldest woman in the world
Claude Champagne (1891–1965), composer
Odie Cleghorn (1891–1956), ice hockey player
René Gagnier (1892–1951), composer, conductor and violinist
Honoré Vaillancourt (1892–1933), singer
Jacob Viner (1892–1970), economist
Victor Desautels (1893–1970), singer and impresario
George Hodgson (1893-1983), swimmer
Germaine Lebel (1894–1972), singer
Armand Gagnier (1895–1952), clarinetist and conductor
Henri Lacroix (1895–1962), harmonica player
Thérèse Casgrain (1896–1981), politician
Prudence Heward (1896–1947), painter
Jean Lallemand (1898–1987), art patron
Wilfrid Pelletier (1896–1982), conductor and pianist
Henri Poitras (1896–1971), actor and playwright
Cyril Slater (1897–1969), ice hockey player
Guy Stewart Callendar (1898–1964), engineer and inventor
Adrien Arcand (1899–1967), journalist and right-wing extremist
Léo Deschâtelets (1899–1974), oblate
Antoinette Giroux (1899–1978), actress
Dov Yosef (1899–1980), politician
Lorne Chabot (1900-1946), ice hockey player
Isabelle Delorme (1900–1991), music teacher and composer
Lucien Gagnier (1900–1956), flautist
Colin McPhee (1900–1964), composer

20th century

1901-1910

Nels Stewart
(1902-1957)

Lionel Daunais (1901–1982), singer, opera director and composer
Pauline Garon (1901–1965), actress
Ovila Légaré (1901–1978), actor and singer-songwriter
Norma Shearer (1902-1983), actress
Lucien Sicotte (1902–1943), violinist and music teacher
Nels Stewart (1902–1957), ice hockey player
Paul Doyon (1903–1986), pianist and organist
Rose Ouellette (1903–1996), comedian, singer and actress
Caro Lamoureux (1904–1998), singer
Paul Desmarteaux (1905–1974), actor
Roger Filiatrault (1905–1973), singer and music teacher
Réal Gagnier (1905–1984), oboist and music teacher
Roland Gagnier (1905–1975), bassoonist and music teacher
Léon Mayrand (1905–1975), ambassador
Alex Wilson (1905-1994), track and field athlete
Fleurette Beauchamp-Huppé (1907–2007), pianist, music teacher and singer
Roland Leduc (1907–2001), cellist, conductor and music teacher
Manda Parent (1907–1992), actress
Ignace Colombani (1908–1988), colonial administrator and writer
Paul-Émile Corbeil (1908–1965), singer and singing teacher, radio producer and actor
Alvin Karpis (1908–1979), criminal
Lucien Martin (1908–1950), violinist and conductor
Laurent Morin (1908–1996), Roman Catholic Bishop of Prince Albert
Bernard Piché (1908–1989), organist and composer
Alexander Carter (1909–2002), Roman Catholic Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie
Herman Murray (1909-1998), ice hockey player
Eric Berne (1910–1970), Canadian-American physician and psychiatrist
Paul-Marcel Gauthier (1910–1999), singer and composer
Ethel Stark (1910–2012), conductor and violinist
Hilda Strike (1910-1989), track and field athlete
Albert Viau (1910–2001), singer, composer and music teacher

1911-1920

Joseph Wiseman
(1918-2009)

Pierre Trudeau
(1919-2000)

1911-1915

Hugh Farquharson (1911–1985), ice hockey player and coach
Joseph Giunta (1911–2001), painter
Gerald Emmett Carter (1912-2003), Roman Catholic Archbishop
Jean-Paul Deschatelets (1912–1986), politician
Juliette Huot (1912-2001), actress
André Laurendeau (1912–1968), writer, essayist, journalist and politician
Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau (1912–1943), poet and essayist
Marcel Saucier (1912–1997), violinist, composer and music teacher
Violet Archer (1913–2000), composer
Henry Brant (1913–2008), American composer
Isadore Nathan Dubin (1913–1980), Canadian-American pathologist
Philip Guston (1913–1980), American painter
Robert Lawrence (1913-2004), film editor
Mark Robson (1913–1978), film director and producer
Marvin Duchow (1914–1979), composer and musicologist
Horace L. Gold (1914-1996), science fiction writer
Olivier Guimond (1914–1971), Tizoune Jr. , actor
Eric Kierans (1914-2004), politician
Louis Lecompte (1914–1970), ice hockey player and referee
Phil Watson (1914–1991), ice hockey player and coach
Saul Bellow (1915-2005), writer
Alexander Brott (1915–2005), composer
Charles Jordan (1915–1986), singer and vocal teacher
Arthur H. Robinson (1915-2004), cartographer
Jean Vallerand (1915–1994), composer and conductor

1916-1920

Jean Drapeau (1916–1999), Mayor of Montreal
Paul Dupuis (1916–1976), actor
Buddy O'Connor (1916–1977), ice hockey player
Jean Papineau-Couture (1916–2000), composer
Obie Baizley (1917-2000), politician
Samuel Dolin (1917–2002), composer and music teacher
Guy Favreau (1917-1967), politician
Marcelle Martin (1917–2014), organist, pianist and music teacher
Louis Dudek (1918-2001), poet
Sidney Harman (1918–2011), American entrepreneur and politician
John Kennett Starnes (1918-2014), diplomat
Ian Stevenson (1918-2007), parapsychologist
Gérard Tremblay (1918–2019), Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Montreal
Joseph Wiseman (1918–2009), actor
Émile Bouchard (1919–2012), ice hockey player
Maurice Dela (1919–1978), composer and organist
Roger Doucet (1919-1981), singer
Gilles Lamontagne (1919–2016), politician
Gérard Pelletier (1919–1997), politician
Robert Gordon Rogers (1919–2010), manager and lieutenant governor of British Columbia
Pierre Trudeau (1919-2000), politician
Joe Weider (1919–2013), strength athlete and entrepreneur
Chico Alvarez (1920–1992), American jazz musician
René Audet (1920–2011), Roman Catholic bishop
Paul-Maurice Choquet (1920–1996), Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Cap-Haïtien
Henry Corden (1920–2005), actor
Selma Diamond (1920–1985), actress and screenwriter
Anita Ellis (1920–2015), singer
George London (1920–1985), opera singer
Fernand Nault (1920–2006), ballet dancer and choreographer
Melville Schachter (1920-2000), medic
Daisy Peterson Sweeney (1920–2017), piano teacher and organist
Robert Turner (1920–2012), composer and music teacher

1921-1930

Maurice Richard
(1921-2000)

Edgar Miles Bronfman Sr.
(1929-2013)

Gump Worsley
(1929-2007)

1921

Pierrette Alarie (1921–2011), singer and vocal teacher
Pierre Laporte (1921–1970), politician
Gerald A. Leonards (1921–1997), civil engineer
Maurice Richard (1921–2000), ice hockey player

1922

Mavis Gallant (1922–2014), journalist and writer
Mildred Goodman (* 1922), violinist
Rafael Masella (1922–2006), clarinetist, music teacher and composer
Muriel Millard (1922–2014), actress, singer, dancer and painter
Madeleine Sherwood (1922-2016), actress
Rhona Wurtele (1922–2020), ski racer

1923

André Asselin (1923–2012), pianist and composer
Rudolph Arthur Marcus (* 1923), chemist
Raymonde Martin (* 1923), cellist and music teacher
Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923–2002), painter and sculptor
Jean-Louis Roux (1923–2013), theater director, actor, translator and politician
Maurice Sauvé (1923–1992), politician

1924

Gilmour Boa (1924-1973), marksman
Colleen Dewhurst (1924–1991), actress
Claire Gagnier (* 1924), soprano
Doug Harvey (1924–1989), ice hockey player
Jean-Pierre Hurteau (1924–2009), singer
Germain Lefebvre (1924–2008), singer, choir director and music teacher
Dorothy Morton (1924–2008), pianist and music teacher
Mimi Parent (1924–2005), artist
Charles-Omer Valois (1924–2013), Roman Catholic Bishop of Saint-Jérôme

1925

Marie-Andrée Bertrand (1925–2011), criminologist, feminist and anti-prohibitionist activist
Pierre Daignault (1925–2003), actor, folk singer and writer
Claude Gauvreau (1925–1971), writer
Henri-André Laperrière (1925–2015), ice hockey player
Michel Perrault (* 1925), composer, conductor, timpanist and music teacher
Oscar Peterson (1925-2007), jazz pianist
Françoise Sullivan (* 1925), artist

1926

Réjane Cardinal (1926–2000), singer
Jean-Pierre Côté (1926–2002), politician
Yvon Dupuis (1926–2017), politician
Gérald Gagnier (1926–1961), composer and trumpeter
John Edgar Colwell Hearne (1926-1994), writer
François Morel (1926–2018), composer and conductor

1927

Gabriel Gascon (1927-2018), actor
Gerard Gratton (1927-1963), weightlifter
Phyllis Lambert (* 1927), architect, planner and philanthropist
Pierre Mercure (1927–1966), composer and television producer
Jean-Paul Mousseau (1927–1991), painter and sculptor
Silvio Narizzano (1927–2011), film director, screenwriter and producer
Bernie Piltch (1927–1983), jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist
Mort Sahl (* 1927), American stand-up comedian and political satirist
Robert Savoie (1927–2007), singer and music teacher
Fernando Soucy (1927–1975), singer and fiddle player

1928

Michel Brault (1928–2013), cameraman and director
Norman Brooks (1928-2006), singer
Maynard Ferguson (1928–2006), jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player
Samuel O. Freedman (* 1928), immunologist
Heward Grafftey (1928-2010), politician
Hélène Loiselle (1928–2013), actress
Galt MacDermot (1928–2018), composer
Ronald St. John Macdonald (1928–2006), lawyer and judge at the European Court of Human Rights
Nachum Elieser Rabinovitch (1928–2020), Israeli Jewish theologian and rabbi
Jacqueline Richard (1928–2015), pianist, répétiteur and conductor
Milton Sealey (* 1928), American pianist
Jacob Siskind (1928-2010), music critic

1929

Hubert Aquin (1929–1977), French-Canadian writer
Edgar Miles Bronfman Sr. (1929-2013), Canadian-American entrepreneur; President of the World Jewish Congress (1981-2007)
Clarice Carson (1929-2015), singer
Fernande Chiocchio (* 1929), singer and music teacher
Hal Gaylor (1929-2015), jazz musician
Arthur Kerman (1929–2017), Canadian-American nuclear physicist
André Mathieu (1929–1968), pianist and composer
Ronald Melzack (1929–2019), psychologist and pain researcher
Jim Ritchie (* 1929), sculptor
Peter Dale Scott (* 1929), author, diplomat and English specialist
Gump Worsley (1929-2007), ice hockey player

1930

Anthony Abbott (born 1930), politician
George Bloomfield (1930-2011), director
Denis Brodeur (1930–2013), ice hockey player and photographer
Samson Burke (* 1930), bodybuilder and actor
John Coquillon (1930–1987), cinematographer
Maureen Forrester (1930-2010), opera singer
Ève Gagnier (1930–1984), soprano and actress
Joanne Hewson (* 1930), ski racer
Ruth Lomon (1930–2017), composer and pianist
John Lynch-Staunton (1930–2012), politician
Monique Mercure (1930–2020), actress
Jacques Parizeau (1930–2015), politician and economist
Jude Saint-Antoine (* 1930), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Montréal
André Saint-Cyr (* 1930), Benedictine monk and choirmaster
Charles Scriver (* 1930), pediatrician and human geneticist

1931-1940

William Shatner
(* 1931)

Leonard Cohen
(1934-2016)

1931

Paul Almond (1931–2015), screenwriter, film director and film producer
Charles Bronfman (born 1931), entrepreneur
Yolande Dulude (1931-2003), singer
Bernie Geoffrion (1931-2006), ice hockey player
Kenneth Gilbert (1931-2020), harpsichordist
Brian Goodwin (1931–2009), mathematician and biologist
Peter Kirby (* 1931), bobsledder
Robert MacNeil (* 1931), Canadian-American journalist, author and television presenter
Dickie Moore (1931-2015), ice hockey player
Mordecai Richler (1931-2001), writer
William Shatner (* 1931), actor, singer and author
Charles Taylor (* 1931), political scientist and philosopher

1932

Warren Allmand (1932-2016), politician
Paul Bley (1932-2016), jazz pianist
John Emery (* 1932), bobsledder
René Major (* 1932), French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst of Canadian origin
Hubert Reeves (* 1932), astrophysicist and non-fiction author
Victor Harold Vroom (* 1932), business psychologist

1933

Gilles Archambault (* 1933), writer
Scotty Bowman (born 1933), ice hockey coach
Victor Emery (* 1933), bobsledder
Phil Goyette (born 1933), ice hockey player
Charlie Hodge (1933-2016), ice hockey player
David L. Jacobs (* 1933), ski racer
Antonio Lamer (1933–2007), Chief Justice
Guido Molinari (1933–2004), painter and graphic artist
Claude Provost (1933–1984), ice hockey player

1934

Joby Baker (born 1934), actor
Jacques Berthelet (1934–2019), Roman Catholic Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil
Leonard Cohen (1934–2016), writer, composer and singer
Jean-Guy Gendron (* 1934), ice hockey player and coach
John Heward (1934–2018), jazz musician and artist
Stephen Hymer (1934–1974), economist
Erik Jayme (* 1934), legal scholar
Oliver Jones (* 1934), jazz pianist
Ronald Lee (* 1934), Roma author, linguist and activist
Dorothea Rockburne (* 1934), painter
Bill Torrey (1934-2018), ice hockey official

1935

Marvin Cohen (* 1935), American physicist
Cliff Fletcher (* 1935), ice hockey official
Rita Gombrowicz (* 1935), literary scholar
Yvon Mallette (born 1935), animator
Vic Vogel (1935–2019), jazz pianist, arranger and band leader
Lucille Wheeler (* 1935), ski racer

1936

Phil Gold (* 1936), cancer researcher and oncologist
Ruta Lee (born 1936), actress
Guido Plante (1936–2015), Roman Catholic Bishop of Choluteca in Honduras
Henri Richard (1936-2020), ice hockey player
David Rimoin (1936–2012), doctor and geneticist
August Schellenberg (1936–2013), actor
Jean-Claude Turcotte (1936–2015), Roman Catholic Archbishop and Cardinal

1937

Monique Landry (* 1937), politician
Gilles Latulippe (1937–2014), theater director, actor; Director and playwright
Lionel Tiger (born 1937), anthropologist
Neil E. Willard (1937–1998), Auxiliary Bishop in Montreal

1938

Martin Raff (* 1938), neurologist
Robert Silverman (* 1938), pianist and music teacher
Huguette Tourangeau (1938-2018), opera singer
John Warren (* 1938), jazz musician
Pierre Vallières (1938–1998), journalist, author and politician
Gordon Wasserman (* 1938), British-Canadian economist and politician

1939

Sidney Altman (* 1939), physicist and chemist
Michael Richard Bell (* 1939), ambassador
Francis Fox (born 1939), politician
William Graham (* 1939), politician
Bernard Primeau (1939–2006), jazz drummer and band leader
Alexandra Stewart (born 1939), actress

1940

Irwin Cotler (* 1940), politician
Gilles Lussier (* 1940), Roman Catholic Bishop of Joliette (1991-2015)
Daniel Pilon (1940-2018), actor
Bobby Rousseau (born 1940), ice hockey player

1941-1950

Conrad Black
(born 1944)

Carol Vadnais
(1945-2014)

Pierre Curzi
(* 1946)

Dayle Haddon
(born 1949)

Jack Layton
(1950-2011)

1941

Gerald A. Cohen (1941-2009), Professor
Peter Cullen (* 1941), voice actor
Willie Dunn (1941–2013), songwriter and filmmaker
Jake Eberts (1941–2012), film producer
Rod Gilbert (born 1941), ice hockey player
John Hardy (* 1941), experimental nuclear physicist
Rodney Irwin (born 1941), ambassador
Iain Quarrier (born 1941), actor
Pat Patterson (born 1941), wrestler
Claude Savard (1941–2003), pianist and music teacher

1942

René Angélil (1942–2016), singer and manager
Michael Bordo (* 1942), American economist
Geneviève Bujold (* 1942), film actress
Matt Cohen (1942-1999), writer
Michel Donato (* 1942), jazz bassist and pianist
Nancy Holland (* 1942), ski racer
Jeremy KB Kinsman (* 1942), ambassador
Marie-Thérèse Lefebvre (* 1942), musicologist
Frank Mills (* 1942), pianist
Michel Tremblay (* 1942), writer
Christopher William Westdal (* 1942), ambassador

1943

Bob Berry (born 1943), ice hockey player
André Boudrias (1943–2019), ice hockey player, coach, functionary and scout
Nicole Brossard (* 1943), writer, essayist, editor and director
Gil Courtemanche (1943–2011), journalist and writer
Rosemary Forsyth (born 1943), American actress
Ryan Larkin (1943–2007), animator and animation director
Ralph M. Steinman (1943–2011), immunologist and Nobel Prize winner
Paul Terrio (* 1943), Roman Catholic Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta

1944

Conrad Black (born 1944), publisher
Robert Charlebois (* 1944), author, composer, musician and actor
Pierre David (* 1944), film producer
Jacques Demers (* 1944), ice hockey coach
Richard Grégoire (* 1944), composer
Robert Harris (born 1944), Roman Catholic Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick
John Hawkins (1944–2007), composer and pianist
Louise Marleau (born 1944), actress
Pierre Mignot (* 1944), cameraman
Richard Monette (1944–2008), actor and director
Terrence Thomas Prendergast (* 1944), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Ottawa-Cornwall

1945

Donald Alarie (* 1945), author
Miquel Brown (* 1945), American singer and actress
Yvon DesRochers (1945–2005), sports official
David Emerson (* 1945), politician
Jack Goldstein (1945–2003), concept and performance artist
Serge Joyal (* 1945), politician
Bernie Parent (born 1945), ice hockey player
Beverly Shaffer (* 1945), director and producer
Donald Steven (* 1945), composer
Nadia Turbide (* 1945), musicologist
Carol Vadnais (1945–2014), ice hockey player and coach
Mark Wainberg (1945–2017), medical doctor
David Walsh (1945–1998), businessman

1946

Guy Charbonneau (* 1946), Roman Catholic Bishop of Choluteca in Honduras
Pierre Curzi (* 1946), actor
Louis Dicaire (1946-2020), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop
Pierre Falardeau (1946–2009), director
Louise Fréchette (* 1946), politician and diplomat
André Gazaille (* 1946), Roman Catholic Bishop of Nicolet
Andy Kim (* 1946), singer and composer
Michel Longtin (* 1946), composer
Kate McGarrigle (1946-2010), singer
Serge Savard (born 1946), ice hockey player

1947

Louise Arbor (* 1947), judge and UN High Commissioner
Walter Boudreau (* 1947), composer
Jacques Bougie (born 1947), manager
Joseph Dejean (1947–1976), French jazz guitarist
Gilles Duceppe (* 1947), politician

1948

Lynda Bellingham (1948-2014), actress
Rey Comeau (born 1948), ice hockey player
Bob Girard (1948-2017), ice hockey player
Pierre Lacroix (* 1948), ice hockey official
Laurence Laing (born 1948), rock drummer
Guy Lapointe (born 1948), ice hockey player
David H. Levy (* 1948), astronomer
Michel Parizeau (* 1948), ice hockey player and coach
David G. Roskies (* 1948), literary scholar
Claude Vivier (1948–1983), composer

1949

Mark Aronoff (* 1949), linguist
Jim Flaherty (1949-2014), politician
Dayle Haddon (born 1949), actress
Mike McNamara (* 1949), ice hockey player and coach
Michel Plasse (1949–2006), ice hockey player

1950

Pierre-Yves Asselin (* 1950), organist and music teacher
Peter Benison (* 1950), cameraman
Wayne Eagling (born 1950), ballet dancer and choreographer
Hélène Gagné (* 1950), cellist and music teacher
Michel Gonneville (* 1950), composer
Jack Layton (1950–2011), politician

1951-1960

Greg Holst
(* 1954)

Steven Pinker
(born 1954)

Mike Bossy
(born 1957)

Philippe Couillard
(* 1957)

Glen Murray
(born 1957)

Geoff Davis
(born 1958)

Lise Anne Couture
(* 1959)

1951

Alan Belkin (* 1951), composer and organist
Len Blum (* 1951), screenwriter, musician and columnist
Janina Fialkowska (* 1951), pianist
Robert Joy (born 1951), actor
Alain Lalonde (* 1951), composer
Bobby Lalonde (born 1951), ice hockey player
Christian Lépine (* 1951), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Montréal
Rick Martin (1951–2011), ice hockey player
Robert Polidori (* 1951), architectural photographer and photojournalist
Karen Young (born 1951), singer, songwriter

1952

Pat Burns (1952-2010), ice hockey coach
Danielle Proulx (born 1952), actress
Richard Spénard (* 1952), racing car driver
Gino Vannelli (* 1952), singer and songwriter

1953

Phil Carmen (* 1953), Swiss musician and producer
Alar Kivilo (* 1953), cameraman
Jean-Claude Lauzon (1953-1997), director
Daniel Louis (* 1953), film producer
Marjo (* 1953), rock singer and composer
Gerry Roufs (1953-1997), sailor
Pierre Trochu (* 1953), composer
Ian Turnbull (born 1953), ice hockey player
Brahm Wenger (* 1953), composer
Mark Wise (* 1953), Canadian-American theoretical physicist

1954

Thomas Burstyn (* 1954), cameraman
Greg Holst (* 1954), ice hockey player and coach
Pierre Lebeau (born 1954), actor
Frank Marino (* 1954), rock musician
Isabelle McEwen (* 1954), opera and theater director and artist
Janet Perlman (* 1954), animator and author and illustrator of children's books
Steven Pinker (* 1954), psychologist
Kevin Spraggett (born 1954), chess master

1955

Gilles Brassard (* 1955), physicist
Geneviève Cadieux (* 1955), photographer
Jeremiah S. Chechik (born 1955), director
Jean Derome (* 1955), musician and composer
Claude Foisy (* 1955), film composer
William Hope (born 1955), actor
Bob Sauvé (born 1955), ice hockey player
Michele Scarabelli (born 1955), actress
Gino Soccio (* 1955), disco producer
François Tousignant (1955–2019), composer and music critic

1956

Maurice Barrette (1956-2018), ice hockey player
Normand Corbeil (1956–2013), composer
Lorraine Desmarais (* 1956), pianist, composer and university professor
Franklin Kiermyer (* 1956), jazz drummer
Aldo Nova (* 1956), musician, singer and producer
Charles Papasoff (* 1956), jazz musician

1957

Lothaire Bluteau (born 1957), actor
Mike Bossy (born 1957), ice hockey player
Philippe Couillard (* 1957), politician
Christian Duguay (* 1957), director
Normand Dupont (born 1957), ice hockey player
Clara Furse (* 1957), manager
Jacques Hurtubise (* 1957), mathematician
Marilyn Lerner (* 1957), jazz musician
René Lussier (* 1957), guitarist and composer
Glen MacPherson (born 1957), cameraman
Glen Murray (born 1957), politician
Robert Picard (born 1957), ice hockey player
Susan Pinker (* 1957), psychologist, journalist and columnist
Jean-François Pouliot (* 1957), director
Richard Sévigny (* 1957), ice hockey goalkeeper
Rafal Zielinski (* 1957), director

1958

Jonathan Asselin (* 1958), show jumper
Paul Cameron (* 1958), cameraman
Geoff Davis (* 1958), American politician
Barclay Hope (born 1958), actor
Linda Jackson (* 1958), racing cyclist
Richard Jutras (born 1958), actor
Louise Lecavalier (* 1958), dancer
Tony McKegney (born 1958), ice hockey player
Marie L. Yovanovitch (* 1958), American diplomat and ambassador

1959

Lise Anne Couture (* 1959), architect
Marie Goyette (* 1959), musician and performance artist
Roland Heer (* 1959), Swiss writer and mountaineer
Daniel Kash (* 1959), actor and director
Jeremy Narby (born 1959), anthropologist
Lysanne Thibodeau (1959–2018), film director and musician
Ross Yates (born 1959), ice hockey player

1960

Ray Bourque (born 1960), ice hockey player
Chester Brown (* 1960), comic book artist
Dan Daoust (* 1960), ice hockey player and coach
Jayne Heitmeyer (* 1960), actress
Jean-Yves Klein (* 1960), Canadian-German painter and sculptor
Mike Krushelnyski (* 1960), Ukrainian-Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Benoît Laporte (* 1960), French ice hockey player
Jonathan Mann (* 1960), journalist
Geoffrey Mess (1960–2014), mathematician
Don Ross (* 1960), composer and guitarist

1961-1970

Elias Koteas
(* 1961)

Isabelle Gélinas
(* 1963)

Julie Payette
(born 1963)

Anke Engelke
(* 1965)

Sylvie Fréchette
(* 1967)

Shawn Levy
(born 1967)

Eric Lamaze
(* 1968)

Yannick Bisson
(* 1969)

Marie-Josée Croze
(* 1970)

1961

Jacques Distler (* 1961), theoretical physicist
Mylène Farmer (* 1961), French singer and artist
Marc-André Hamelin (* 1961), French-Canadian pianist and composer
Steve Kasper (born 1961), ice hockey player
Marc Kissóczy (* 1961), Swiss conductor
Elias Koteas (born 1961), actor
Alain Lemieux (* 1961), ice hockey player and coach
Jim Watson (born 1961), politician

1962

Marie-Claude Asselin (* 1962), freestyle skier
Gregory Chamitoff (* 1962), American astronaut
Corey Hart (* 1962), pop musician
Réal Ménard (* 1962), politician

1963

Paul Bloom (* 1963), American psychologist
Benoît Doucet (* 1963), ice hockey player
Isabelle Gélinas (* 1963), Canadian-French actress
France Joli (born 1963), singer
Benoît Jutras (* 1963), composer
Josée Lacasse (* 1963), ski racer
Julie Payette (* 1963), astronaut and governor general
Patricia Puntous (* 1963), triathlete
Sylviane Puntous (* 1963), triathlete
François Théberge (* 1963), jazz musician
Michel Therrien (* 1963), ice hockey player and coach
Jean-Marc Vallée (* 1963), director and actor

1964

Michael Blake (* 1964), jazz musician
Eric Canuel (born 1964), director
Pat Cortina (* 1964), ice hockey coach
Bob Errey (born 1964), ice hockey player
Pierre Gill (* 1964), cameraman and director
Ian Halperin (* 1964), author, journalist, director and film producer
Sir Henry (* 1964), musician, composer and actor
Marc Lépine (1964–1989), gunman
David Rakoff (1964–2012), Canadian-American comedian
Caroline Rhea (* 1964), comedian, actress
Carolyn Waldo (* 1964), synchronized swimmer

1965

Marc Bergevin (* 1965), ice hockey player and official
Jean-Jacques Daigneault (born 1965), ice hockey player
Bobby Dollas (born 1965), ice hockey player
Julie Doucet (* 1965), comic book artist
Anke Engelke (* 1965), German comedian and actress
Alain Faubert (* 1965), Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Montreal
Mario Lemieux (* 1965), ice hockey player
Joseph Mallozzi (* 1965), director, producer and screenwriter
Sergio Momesso (born 1965), ice hockey player
Russell Yuen (born 1965), actor

1966

André Boisclair (* 1966), politician
Gordon Hynes (born 1966), ice hockey player
Charlotte Laurier (born 1966), actress
Scott Mellanby (born 1966), ice hockey player
Luc Robitaille (* 1966), ice hockey player

1967

Brigitte Bako (* 1967), actress and voice actress
Chris Benoit (1967-2007), wrestler
Vincent Damphousse (* 1967), ice hockey player
Gerry Fleming (* 1967), ice hockey player and coach
Chuck Fletcher (* 1967), ice hockey official
Sylvie Fréchette (* 1967), synchronized swimmer
Jill Greenberg (* 1967), American photographer
Linda Kash (born 1967), actress
Dominic Lavoie (* 1967), ice hockey player
Patrice Lefebvre (* 1967), Italian-Canadian ice hockey player
Shawn Levy (* 1967), Canadian-American director, actor and producer
Jean-Guihen Queyras (* 1967), cellist

1968

Shawn Anderson (born 1968), ice hockey player
Sylvain Bellemare (* 1968), sound engineer
Pascale Bussières (* 1968), actress
Terri Clark (* 1968), country singer
Ed Courtenay (* 1968), Canadian-British ice hockey player and coach
William deVry (born 1968), American actor
Mike Dopud (born 1968), football player
Macha Grenon (* 1968), actress
Doug Honegger (born 1968), ice hockey player
Eric Lamaze (* 1968), show jumper
Daniel Marois (* 1968), ice hockey player
Joanne Vannicola (* 1968), actress

1969

Yannick Bisson (born 1969), actor
Andrew Borodow (born 1969), wrestler
Caroline Brunet (* 1969), canoeist
Patrick Huard (born 1969), actor
Dan Lee (1969-2005), animator
Jim Montgomery (born 1969), ice hockey player
Stéphane Morin (1969–1998), ice hockey player
Peter Reid (* 1969), triathlete
Anne Samplonius (* 1969), racing cyclist

1970

Denis Chassé (* 1970), ice hockey player
Enrico Ciccone (* 1970), Italian-Canadian ice hockey player
Marie-Josée Croze (* 1970), actress
Thomas Dowd (* 1970), Roman Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop in Montréal
Stéphane Fiset (* 1970), ice hockey player
Naomi Klein (* 1970), writer
Mark Lutz (* 1970), actor
Logan Mader (* 1970), guitarist and music producer
Efrim Menuck (* 1970), musician and singer
Walter Nudo (* 1970), film actor
Adrien Plavsic (* 1970), Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player and coach
Christian Riesbeck (* 1970), Roman Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick
Yanic Truesdale (born 1970), actor
Patrice Vermette (* 1970), production designer and art director

1971-1980

Jessalyn Gilsig
(* 1971)

Colin Ferguson
(born 1972)

Greg Rusedski
(* 1973)

Job from Telmessos
(* 1974)

Mary Pierce
(* 1975)

Jade Raymond
(* 1975)

Georges Laraque
(* 1976)

Bianca Beauchamp
(* 1977)

Caroline Dhavernas
(* 1978)

Mylène Dinh-Robic
(* 1979)

Rachelle Lefèvre
(* 1979)

Jessica Paré
(* 1980)

1971

Christophe Beck (* 1971), film composer
Patrice Brisebois (* 1971), ice hockey player
Jessalyn Gilsig (* 1971), actress
Éric Lacroix (* 1971), ice hockey player and official
Eric Lucas (born 1971), boxer
Stephanie Nolen (* 1971), journalist and author
Julie Parisien (* 1971), American ski racer
Emma Robinson (* 1971), rower
Matt Salsberg (* 1971), television producer, screenwriter and poker player
Kathryn Zenna (* 1971), actress

1972

Melissa Auf der Maur (* 1972), Canadian rock musician and occasional photo model of Swiss origin
Martin Brodeur (* 1972), ice hockey goalkeeper
Wolf Edwards (* 1972), composer
Colin Ferguson (born 1972), actor
John Fust (* 1972), Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player and coach
Arturo Gatti (1972-2009), boxer
Nicolas Gill (* 1972), judoka
Brad Purdie (born 1972), ice hockey player
Alex Tagliani (* 1972), racing driver