List of personalities of the city of Quebec
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This list includes people who were born in the Canadian city of Québec and those who worked in Québec but were born elsewhere. The list does not claim to be complete.
sons and daughters of the town
1651-1850
- Louis Joliet (1645–1700), explorer and cartographer
- Pierre de Rigaud (1698–1778), Governor General
- Gordon Drummond (1772-1854), colonial administrator
- Charles-Michel de Salaberry (1778–1829), officer and politician
- Thomas David Morrison (1796-1856), politician
- Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau (1808-1894), politician
- Jean-Chrysostome Brauneis Jr. (1814–1871), composer and organist
- Joseph-Édouard Cauchon (1816–1885), politician
- Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau (1820–1890), politician
- Hector-Louis Langevin (1826-1906), politician
- John Jones Ross (1831-1901), politician
- Edward Routh (1831–1907), English mathematician and natural philosopher
- Auguste-Réal Angers (1837-1919), politician
- Josiah Grout (1841-1925), politician
- Adolphe-Philippe Caron (1843–1908), politician
- William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie (1847–1924), shipbuilder and politician
1851-1900
- Charles Huot (1855–1930), painter and illustrator
- Simon-Napoléon Parent (1855–1920), politician
- George Comer (1858–1937), whale hunter, polar explorer, ethnologist, cartographer and photographer
- François-Xavier Mercier (1867–1932), singer, music teacher and composer
- Charles Macpherson Dobell (1869–1954), British Army officer
- Camille Couture (1876–1961), violinist and violin maker
- Blanche DuBuisson (* 1879; † after 1952), singer and actress
- Damase DuBuisson (1879–1945), singer and actor
- Lucile Watson (1879–1962), actress
- Orphée Langevin (* around 1880, † after 1920), singer
- Antonio Létourneau (1885–1948), organist
- Albert Chamberland (1886–1975), violinist and composer
- Placide Morency (1887-1980), singer
- Omer Létourneau (1891–1983), organist and pianist
- Edmond Trudel (1892–1977), conductor and pianist
- Georges-Émile Tanguay (1893–1964), organist, music teacher and composer
- Robert Taschereau (1896–1970), politician and judge
- Rolland-Georges Gingras (1899–1964), organist and composer
1901-1930
- Robert LeBel (1905–1999), ice hockey official
- Maurice Roy (1905–1985), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Québec
- René Bégin (1912–1980), politician
- Jean Lesage (1912–1980), politician
- Henri Brouillet (1915-2010), medic
- Yves Theriault (1915–1983), writer
- Pierre Sévigny (1917–2004), politician
- Fernand Lacroix (1919–1994), Roman Catholic Bishop of Edmundston
- Émile Genest (1921–2003), actor and comedian
- Bryce Mackasey (1921-1999), politician
- Jean Benoît (1922-2010), artist
- Jacques Normand (1922–1998), singer and entertainer
- Alys Robi (1923-2011), singer
- Gerry McNeil (1926-2004), ice hockey player
- Serge Garant (1929–1986), composer and conductor
- Marcel Pronovost (1930–2015), ice hockey player
1931-1950
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- Camille Henry (1933–1997), ice hockey player
- Ginette Seguin (* 1934), ski racer
- Fernand Labrie (1937-2019), medical doctor
- Jacques Bienvenue (* 1938), racing car driver
- Marie-Claire Blais (* 1939), writer
- Michael Sarrazin (1940-2011), actor
- Lawrence Cannon (born 1947), politician
- Marc Garneau (* 1949), astronaut
- Pauline Marois (* 1949), politician
- Denis Bédard (* 1950), organist and composer
1951-1960
- Jacques Richard (1952–2002), ice hockey player
- Gaëtan Dugas (1953–1984), Air Canada steward, former AIDS patient
- Serge Houde (born 1953), actor
- Réjean Lemelin (* 1954), ice hockey player
- Marie Chouinard (* 1955), dancer and choreographer
- Stéphane Dion (* 1955), politician, sociologist and author
- Robert Normandeau (* 1955), composer
- Yves Simoneau (* 1955), film director and screenwriter
- Guy Chouinard (* 1956), ice hockey player, coach and official
- Rick Martel (born 1956), wrestler
- Pierre Tanguay (* 1956), jazz and improvisation musician
- Robert Lepage (* 1957), theater director
- Andres Türler (* 1957), politician
- Guy Laliberté (* 1959), entrepreneur
- Michel Lambert (* 1959), musician
- Yves Laroche (* 1959), freestyle skier
- Norm MacDonald (* 1959), actor and screenwriter
1961-1970
- Dominique Laroche (* 1960s), freestyle skier
- Jean Leloup (* 1961), rock musician
- Normand Rochefort (born 1961), ice hockey player
- Alain Vigneault (born 1961), ice hockey player
- Gaétan Duchesne (1962–2007), ice hockey player
- Pierre Rioux (* 1962), ice hockey player and coach
- Kevin Dineen (born 1963), ice hockey player
- François Giguère (born 1963), ice hockey player
- Alain Laroche (* 1963), freestyle skier
- Jean-Yves Duclos (* 1965), economist and politician
- Patrick Roy (* 1965), ice hockey player
- Sylvain Côté (* 1966), ice hockey player
- Philippe Laroche (* 1966), freestyle skier
- Mario Doyon (* 1968), ice hockey player and coach
- Jean-Nicolas Verreault (* 1968), actor
- Myriam Bédard (* 1969), biathlete
- Michel Picard (* 1969), ice hockey player
- Martin Deschamps (* 1970), rock singer
- Stéphane Robitaille (* 1970), ice hockey player
- David Saint-Jacques (* 1970), astronaut
1971-1980
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- Francis Leclerc (born 1971), director
- Robert Guillet (* 1972), ice hockey player
- Patrick Fillion (* 1973), illustrator and comic book author
- Pascal Rhéaume (* 1973), ice hockey player
- Ben Mulroney (born 1976), television presenter
- Martin Biron (* 1977), ice hockey player
- Marc Chouinard (born 1977), ice hockey player
- Louis-José Houde (* 1977), humorist
- Maxim Boilard (* 1978), canoeist
- Pierre-Yves Cardinal (* 1978), actor
- Patrick Couture (* 1978), ice hockey player
- François Fortier (* 1979), ice hockey player
- Anne Maltais (* 1979), short tracker
- Jame Pollock (* 1979), ice hockey player
- Mathieu Biron (born 1980), ice hockey player
- Simon Gagné (* 1980), ice hockey player
1981-1990
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- Geneviève Castrée (1981–2016), cartoonist
- Alexandre Giroux (born 1981), ice hockey player
- Maxime Ouellet (* 1981), ice hockey player
- Jean-Philippe Côté (* 1982), ice hockey player
- Yan Stastny (* 1982), ice hockey player
- Kathy Tremblay (* 1982), triathlete
- Pierre-Olivier Beaulieu (* 1984), ice hockey player
- François Coulombe-Fortier (* 1984), Taekwondoin
- Vincent Marquis (* 1984), freestyle skier
- Patrice Bergeron (* 1985), ice hockey player
- Steve Bernier (* 1985), ice hockey player
- Marc-Antoine Pouliot (* 1985), ice hockey player
- Dany Roussin (* 1985), ice hockey player
- Paul Stastny (* 1985), ice hockey player
- Marie-Pier Beaudet (* 1986), archer
- David Desharnais (* 1986), ice hockey player
- Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (* 1986), tennis player
- Pom Klementieff (* 1986), French actress
- Karen Paquin (* 1987), rugby player
- David Veilleux (* 1987), racing cyclist
- Kim Lamarre (* 1988), freestyle skier
- Élise Marcotte (* 1988), synchronized swimmer
- Audrey Robichaud (* 1988), freestyle skier
- Philippe Marquis (* 1989), freestyle skier
- Jonathan Marchessault (* 1990), ice hockey player
1991-2000
- Marie-Philip Poulin (* 1991), ice hockey player
- Audrey Vaillancourt (* 1991), biathlete
- Anthony Jackson-Hamel (* 1993), football player
- Alexandre St-Jean (* 1993), speed skater
- Alex Beaulieu-Marchand (* 1994), freestyle skier
- Lewis Irving (* 1995), Canadian freestyle skier
- Adam Lamhamedi (* 1995), Canadian-Moroccan ski racer
- Alexandre Carrier (born 1996), ice hockey player
People connected to the city
- Cornelius David Krieghoff (1815–1872), one of the most famous Canadian painters of the 19th century, lived here
- Erik Guay (* 1981), ski racer
- Maryse Ouellet (born 1983), wrestler
- Hugo Houle (* 1990), road cyclist
Web links
Commons : People of Quebec - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ginette Seguin in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Maxim Boilard in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Pierre-Yves Cardinal , imdb.com
- ↑ Karen Paquin in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Élise Marcotte in the database of Sports-Reference (English)