List of people from Quebec

This is a list of notable people who are from Quebec, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that province. == Anchors == Kim Brunhuber, former CBC anchor / CNN newscaster journalist broadcaster Pierre Bruneau, TVA Nathalie Chung, RDI / SRC Bernard Derome, SRC / RDI Simon Durivage, RDI / SRC Céline Galipeau, SRC / RDI Bill Haugland, CTV Jean-Luc Mongrain, TQS, TVA Pascale Nadeau, SRC Mutsumi Takahashi, CTV Sophie Thibault, TVA Todd van der Heyden, CTV == Artists and entertainers == Angine de Poitrine, experimental rock duo Denys Arcand, screenwriter and director Paul Arcand, radio personality and cinematographer Gilles Archambault, novelist and commentator André Arthur, radio personality, independent federal MP Eva Avila, singer Rachid Badouri, comedian René Balcer, film and TV writer and producer Raoul Barré, inventor, cartoonist and animator of the silent film era Michel Barrette, stand-up comedian, actor Jay Baruchel, actor, director, writer Victor-Lévy Beaulieu, author Daniel Bélanger, singer Marie-Claire Blais, author Paul Bley, jazz pianist and composer Lothaire Bluteau, actor La Bolduc, singer Paul-Émile Borduas, abstract painter Isabelle Boulay, singer Gerry Boulet, singer-songwriter Claudia Bouvette, singer-songwriter and actress Pierre Bouvier, lead singer of Simple Plan Glenda Braganza, actress Michel Brault, cinematographer, pioneer of the esthetic of handheld camera, director, producer Geneviève Bujold, actress Pascale Bussières, actress Win Butler, singer-songwriter Jean Carignan, fiddler Roch Carrier, author Charles Carson, painter Robert Charlebois, singer-songwriter Régine Chassagne, singer-songwriter, and instrumentalist from Arcade Fire Coeur de Pirate born Béatrice Martin, pianist, singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, poet, author and songwriter Steven Crowder, comedian, political commentator, child voice actor (born in Michigan, raised in Quebec; mother is French Canadian) Marie-Josée Croze, actress Peter Cullen, voice actor Chuck Comeau, drummer and singer Elisha Cuthbert, actress (born in Alberta, raised in Quebec) Sylvia Daoust, sculptor Charles Daudelin, sculptor Esther Delisle, historian and author Yvon Deschamps, author and comedian Céline Dion, singer Xavier Dolan, actor, director, screenwriter, editor, costume designer, and voice actor Georges Dor, chansonnier, songwriter, author, playwright Hélène Dorion, poet Fifi D'Orsay, actress Jean Duceppe, comedian Francis Ducharme, actor and dancer Quilla, singer-songwriter Louis Dudek, poet and literary critic Diane Dufresne, singer and painter Roy Dupuis, actor Marcelle Ferron, glazier Jennifer Finnigan, actress Serge Fiori, singer-songwriter Glenn Ford, actor Garou, singer Mitsou Gélinas, pop star, radio and TV host, actress Jean-Claude Germain, playwright, author Huntley Gordon, actor Pierre Granche, sculptor Bruce Greenwood, actor, producer Sylvain Grenier, professional wrestler Anne Hébert, poet and novelist Prudence Heward, painter Airat Ichmouratov, composer and orchestra conductor Pierre Jalbert, actor, champion skier and film editor Will James, artist and writer of the American West René Jodoin, animator, director and producer Oliver Jones, jazz pianist Claude Jutra, director, actor Florence La Badie, actress Éric Lapointe, singer Pierre Lapointe, singer Stéphanie Lapointe, singer Carole Laure, singer, actress Lucie Laurier, actress Daniel Lavoie, singer-songwriter and actor (born in Manitoba, active in Quebec) Louise Lecavalier, dancer Félix Leclerc, poet and songwriter Jean Leloup, singer Félix Lengyel, Twitch streamer and former professional player in the Overwatch League Robert Lepage, playwright, actor and film director Édouard Lock, choreographer Norm Macdonald, actor, comedian Marie-Mai Bouchard, singer Marilou Bourdon, singer André Mathieu, pianist and composer Norman McLaren, director, animator Guido Molinari, abstract painter Edythe Morahan de Lauzon, poet Jean-Paul Mousseau, muralist Ben Mulroney, television personality; son of Brian Émile Nelligan, poet Maryse Ouellet, wrestler P. Reign, hip hop artist (born in Quebec, raised in Ontario) Michel Pagliaro, singer-sonwriter and guitarist Kevin Parent, singer-songwriter Bruno Pelletier, singer Pierre Perrault, documentarist, poet Oscar Peterson, jazz pianist Luc Plamondon, songwriter Mordecai Richler, author Jean-Paul Riopelle, painter Michel Rivard, singer-songwriter Michael Sarrazin, actor Anne Savage, painter Mack Sennett, director William Shatner, actor Douglas Shearer, sound director, designer Norma Shearer, actress René Simard, singer, TV show host Devon Soltendieck, television personality Eva Tanguay, singer, vaudeville star Miyuki Tanobe, painter Diane Tell, singer-songwriter Marie-Élaine Thibert, singer Michel Tremblay, playwright, author Roland Michel Tremblay, author, poet, scriptwriter Armand Vaillancourt, sculptor, performance artist, social activist Pierre Vallières, author, political activist Gino Vannelli, singer and composer Gilles Vigneault, poet and songwriter Annie Villeneuve, singer Arthur Villeneuve, painter Denis Villeneuve, director Mike Ward, comedian Andrée Watters, singer Hal Willis born Leonald Francis Gauthier, singer == Business == H. Montagu Allan, businessman Hugh Allan, shipping company operator Laurent Beaudoin, CEO of Bombardier Conrad Black, media mogul Charles Bronfman, investor, developer Edgar Bronfman, Sr., investor, distiller Samuel Bronfman, distiller Donald J. Carty, airline executive André Chagnon, entrepreneur and philanthropist Thomas Cleeve, food producer Jean Coutu, retail pharmacy chain Alphonse Desjardins, father of credit unions in America Marie-Josée Drouin, economist Alexander Galt, businessman, statesman Mitch Garber, gaming, hotel executive, philanthropist Guy Laliberté, founder of Cirque du Soleil Bernard Lemaire, businessman and engineer Jean-Louis Lévesque, financier William Christoper Macdonald, tobacco manufacturer, philanthropist John Wilson McConnell, publisher, philanthropist James McGill, fur trader, real estate investor Hartland Molson, brewer, sportsman, statesman John Molson, brewer, transportation pioneer Pierre Péladeau, media mogul John Redpath, developer, opened first sugar refinery in Canada Denis Stairs, Chairman, Montreal Engineering Co.

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List of people from Quebec

This is a list of notable people who are from Quebec, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that province. == Anchors == Kim Brunhuber, former CBC anchor / CNN newscaster journalist broadcaster Pierre Bruneau, TVA Nathalie Chung, RDI / SRC Bernard Derome, SRC / RDI Simon Durivage, RDI / SRC Céline Galipeau, SRC / RDI Bill Haugland, CTV Jean-Luc Mongrain, TQS, TVA Pascale Nadeau, SRC Mutsumi Takahashi, CTV Sophie Thibault, TVA Todd van der Heyden, CTV == Artists and entertainers == Angine de Poitrine, experimental rock duo Denys Arcand, screenwriter and director Paul Arcand, radio personality and cinematographer Gilles Archambault, novelist and commentator André Arthur, radio personality, independent federal MP Eva Avila, singer Rachid Badouri, comedian René Balcer, film and TV writer and producer Raoul Barré, inventor, cartoonist and animator of the silent film era Michel Barrette, stand-up comedian, actor Jay Baruchel, actor, director, writer Victor-Lévy Beaulieu, author Daniel Bélanger, singer Marie-Claire Blais, author Paul Bley, jazz pianist and composer Lothaire Bluteau, actor La Bolduc, singer Paul-Émile Borduas, abstract painter Isabelle Boulay, singer Gerry Boulet, singer-songwriter Claudia Bouvette, singer-songwriter and actress Pierre Bouvier, lead singer of Simple Plan Glenda Braganza, actress Michel Brault, cinematographer, pioneer of the esthetic of handheld camera, director, producer Geneviève Bujold, actress Pascale Bussières, actress Win Butler, singer-songwriter Jean Carignan, fiddler Roch Carrier, author Charles Carson, painter Robert Charlebois, singer-songwriter Régine Chassagne, singer-songwriter, and instrumentalist from Arcade Fire Coeur de Pirate born Béatrice Martin, pianist, singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, poet, author and songwriter Steven Crowder, comedian, political commentator, child voice actor (born in Michigan, raised in Quebec; mother is French Canadian) Marie-Josée Croze, actress Peter Cullen, voice actor Chuck Comeau, drummer and singer Elisha Cuthbert, actress (born in Alberta, raised in Quebec) Sylvia Daoust, sculptor Charles Daudelin, sculptor Esther Delisle, historian and author Yvon Deschamps, author and comedian Céline Dion, singer Xavier Dolan, actor, director, screenwriter, editor, costume designer, and voice actor Georges Dor, chansonnier, songwriter, author, playwright Hélène Dorion, poet Fifi D'Orsay, actress Jean Duceppe, comedian Francis Ducharme, actor and dancer Quilla, singer-songwriter Louis Dudek, poet and literary critic Diane Dufresne, singer and painter Roy Dupuis, actor Marcelle Ferron, glazier Jennifer Finnigan, actress Serge Fiori, singer-songwriter Glenn Ford, actor Garou, singer Mitsou Gélinas, pop star, radio and TV host, actress Jean-Claude Germain, playwright, author Huntley Gordon, actor Pierre Granche, sculptor Bruce Greenwood, actor, producer Sylvain Grenier, professional wrestler Anne Hébert, poet and novelist Prudence Heward, painter Airat Ichmouratov, composer and orchestra conductor Pierre Jalbert, actor, champion skier and film editor Will James, artist and writer of the American West René Jodoin, animator, director and producer Oliver Jones, jazz pianist Claude Jutra, director, actor Florence La Badie, actress Éric Lapointe, singer Pierre Lapointe, singer Stéphanie Lapointe, singer Carole Laure, singer, actress Lucie Laurier, actress Daniel Lavoie, singer-songwriter and actor (born in Manitoba, active in Quebec) Louise Lecavalier, dancer Félix Leclerc, poet and songwriter Jean Leloup, singer Félix Lengyel, Twitch streamer and former professional player in the Overwatch League Robert Lepage, playwright, actor and film director Édouard Lock, choreographer Norm Macdonald, actor, comedian Marie-Mai Bouchard, singer Marilou Bourdon, singer André Mathieu, pianist and composer Norman McLaren, director, animator Guido Molinari, abstract painter Edythe Morahan de Lauzon, poet Jean-Paul Mousseau, muralist Ben Mulroney, television personality; son of Brian Émile Nelligan, poet Maryse Ouellet, wrestler P. Reign, hip hop artist (born in Quebec, raised in Ontario) Michel Pagliaro, singer-sonwriter and guitarist Kevin Parent, singer-songwriter Bruno Pelletier, singer Pierre Perrault, documentarist, poet Oscar Peterson, jazz pianist Luc Plamondon, songwriter Mordecai Richler, author Jean-Paul Riopelle, painter Michel Rivard, singer-songwriter Michael Sarrazin, actor Anne Savage, painter Mack Sennett, director William Shatner, actor Douglas Shearer, sound director, designer Norma Shearer, actress René Simard, singer, TV show host Devon Soltendieck, television personality Eva Tanguay, singer, vaudeville star Miyuki Tanobe, painter Diane Tell, singer-songwriter Marie-Élaine Thibert, singer Michel Tremblay, playwright, author Roland Michel Tremblay, author, poet, scriptwriter Armand Vaillancourt, sculptor, performance artist, social activist Pierre Vallières, author, political activist Gino Vannelli, singer and composer Gilles Vigneault, poet and songwriter Annie Villeneuve, singer Arthur Villeneuve, painter Denis Villeneuve, director Mike Ward, comedian Andrée Watters, singer Hal Willis born Leonald Francis Gauthier, singer == Business == H. Montagu Allan, businessman Hugh Allan, shipping company operator Laurent Beaudoin, CEO of Bombardier Conrad Black, media mogul Charles Bronfman, investor, developer Edgar Bronfman, Sr., investor, distiller Samuel Bronfman, distiller Donald J. Carty, airline executive André Chagnon, entrepreneur and philanthropist Thomas Cleeve, food producer Jean Coutu, retail pharmacy chain Alphonse Desjardins, father of credit unions in America Marie-Josée Drouin, economist Alexander Galt, businessman, statesman Mitch Garber, gaming, hotel executive, philanthropist Guy Laliberté, founder of Cirque du Soleil Bernard Lemaire, businessman and engineer Jean-Louis Lévesque, financier William Christoper Macdonald, tobacco manufacturer, philanthropist John Wilson McConnell, publisher, philanthropist James McGill, fur trader, real estate investor Hartland Molson, brewer, sportsman, statesman John Molson, brewer, transportation pioneer Pierre Péladeau, media mogul John Redpath, developer, opened first sugar refinery in Canada Denis Stairs, Chairman, Montreal Engineering Co.

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