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. Sam Steinberg, grocery store magnate Donald Tarlton, record producer, promoter
Politicians John Abbott Adrien Arcand André Boisclair Lucien Bouchard Andrée Boucher Henri Bourassa Robert Bourassa Pierre Bourgault George-Étienne Cartier, a father of the Canadian Confederation Thérèse Casgrain Jean Charest Jean Chrétien, 20th Prime Minister of Canada Irwin Cotler Jean Drapeau Pierre Ducasse Gilles Duceppe Maurice Duplessis Ludger Duvernay Francis Fox Steven Guilbeault Lomer Gouin Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada Daniel Johnson, Sr. Régis Labeaume Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bernard Landry Hector-Louis Langevin, a father of the Canadian Confederation Pierre Laporte Wilfrid Laurier Jean Lesage René Lévesque Yolette Lévy John Lynch-Staunton Sean Patrick Maloney, Canadian/American politician and U.S. Representative for the state of New York since 2013; naturalized U.S. citizen Pauline Marois Manon Massé Thomas D'Arcy McGee, a father of the Canadian Confederation Honoré Mercier Yves Michaud Brian Mulroney, 18th Prime Minister of Canada and father of etalk host Ben Mulroney Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois John Neilson Robert Nelson Wolfred Nelson Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan Louis-Joseph Papineau Jacques Parizeau Claude Ryan Louis Stephen St-Laurent Étienne-Paschal Taché, a father of the Canadian Confederation Louis-Alexandre Taschereau Daniel Tracey Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 15th Prime Minister of Canada; father of 23rd Prime Minister Justin Trudeau François Legault
Sciences Sidney Altman, Nobel Prize winner Daniel Borsuk, plastic surgeon, first Canadian to perform face transplant Pierre Dansereau, father of ecology Paul David, cardiologist George Mercer Dawson, scientist Reginald Fessenden, inventor Armand Frappier, researcher in microbiology and immunology Marc Garneau, astronaut, first Quebecer and Canadian in space, Minister of Transportation, Minister of Foreign Affairs David H. Levy, astronomer William Edmond Logan, geologist Rudolph A. Marcus, 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Henry Morgentaler, physician, abortion-rights activist, president of Humanist Association of Canada Julie Payette, astronaut, first Quebec woman in space, Governor General of Canada Wilder Penfield, neurosurgeon, medical scientist Simon Plouffe, mathematician and discoverer of the BBP formula Hubert Reeves, astrophysicist Hans Selye, inventor of the concept of physiological stress Henri Wittmann, linguist David Saint-Jacques, astronaut
Sports Jennifer Abel, diver Dave Abelson (born 1975), tennis player Jasey-Jay Anderson, snowboarder Sebastien Toutant, snowboarder Joel Anthony, basketball player Alex Anthopoulos, baseball manager Myriam Bédard, biathlete, Olympic gold medalist Josée Bélanger, soccer player, Olympic bronze medalist Tanith Belbin, figureskater Jean Béliveau, ice hockey player Chris Benoît, professional wrestler Khem Birch, basketball player Mike Bossy, ice hockey player Eugenie Bouchard (born 1994), professional tennis player Gaétan Boucher, speed skater Ray Bourque, ice hockey player Patrice Bergeron-Cleary, ice hockey player Adam Braz (born 1981), soccer player and Technical Director of the Montreal Impact of Major League Soccer Martin Brodeur, ice hockey goalie Marc-Olivier Brouillette, professional football player Hy Buller (1926–1968), All Star NHL ice hockey player Dayana Cadeau, Haitian-born Canadian American professional bodybuilder Gabrielle Carle soccer player Patrick Carpentier, IRL race car driver Maude Charron, weightlifter Samuel Dalembert, basketball player Jason Demers (born 1988), ice hockey player Éric Desjardins, ice hockey player Étienne Desmarteau, Olympic athlete Alexandre Despatie, diver Marcel Dionne, ice hockey player Luguentz Dort, basketball player Chris Duarte Steve Dubinsky (born 1970), ice hockey player Terry Farnsworth (born 1942), Olympic judoka Leylah Fernandez, tennis player Marc-André Fleury, ice hockey player Gottfried Fuchs (1889–1972), German-Canadian Olympic soccer player Éric Gagné, baseball player Marc Gagnon, short-track speed skater Arturo Gatti, boxer Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, ice hockey player Doug Harvey, ice hockey player Émilie Heymans, diver Alex Hilton, boxer Dave Hilton Jr., boxer Matthew Hilton, boxer Garry Kallos (born 1956), wrestler and sambo competitor Guy Lafleur (1951–2022), ice hockey player Sébastien Lareau, professional tennis player René Lecavalier, broadcaster Vincent Lecavalier, ice hockey player Cathy LeFrançois, IFBB professional bodybuilder Mario Lemieux, ice hockey player Kris Letang, ice hockey player Roberto Luongo, ice hockey player Joe Malone, ice hockey player Rick Martel, professional wrestler Rick Martin, ice hockey player Russell Martin, baseball player Marie-Eve Nault, soccer player, olympic bronze medalist Maryse Ouellet, professional wrestler, Former WWE Divas Champion Kevin Owens, professional wrestler, Former WWE Universal Champion Cory Pecker (born 1981), ice hockey player Gilbert Perreault, ice hockey player Chantal Petitclerc, wheelchair racer Rocco Placentino, soccer player Jacques Plante, ice hockey goalie Manon Rhéaume, ice hockey goalie Henri Richard, ice hockey player Maurice Richard, ice hockey player René Robert, ice hockey player Yvon Robert, professional wrestler Jacques Rougeau, professional wrestler Patrick Roy, ice hockey goalie Eliezer Sherbatov (born 1991), Canadian-Israeli ice hockey player Martin St. Louis, ice hockey player Lance Stroll (born 1998), Formula 1 Driver Georges St-Pierre, former UFC Welterweight Champion of the world Ronnie Stern (born 1967), ice hockey player Howard Stupp (born 1955), Olympic wrestler Ari Taub (born 1971), Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler Donald Theetge, racecar driver