Post: Who's the most famous person(s) from your city?
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04-17-2011, 05:44 PM
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04-17-2011, 05:44 PM
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A
* Scott Abbott, co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
* Ramzi Abid, NHL hockey player
* Hugh Allan, financier and shipping magnate
* H. Montagu Allan, businessman, Hockey Hall of Fame member
* Paul Almond, director
* Sidney Altman, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
* René Angélil, singer, actor, husband/manager of Celine Dion
* Richard Bladworth Angus, banker
* Joel Anthony, NBA basketball player
* The Great Antonio, strongman
* Gilles Archambault, novelist
* Gabriel Aubry, male model
* Melissa Auf der Maur, rock musician (Hole, Smashing Pumpkins)
* Nick Auf der Maur, journalist, municipal politician
* Michel C. Auger, journalist
* David Azrieli, real estate magnate
[edit] B
* René Balcer, television writer and producer, famous for the US television show Law and Order
* Lanny Barbie, porn star
* Roger Barnes, professional wrestler
* Jay Baruchel, television/movie actor
* Doug Beardsley, poet and educator
* Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien broadcasting, magazines
* Bianca Beauchamp, fetish fashion model
* Tanith Belbin, Figure Skater, Olympic Silver medalist
* Jean Béliveau, former NHL hockey player
* Chris Benoit, pro-wrestler (born in Montreal, but raised in Edmonton, Alberta)
* Eric Berne, psychiatrist, creator of Transactional Analysis, and author of Games People Play
* André Besette, CSC Holy Cross Brother, Miracle Worker of Montreal
* Tim Biakabutuka, former NFL football player/Carolina Panthers
* Charlie Biddle, Montreal Jazz pioneer and Juno award winner
* Yannick Bisson, actor mostly known for playing Jack in the Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye series
* Sacha Dean Biyan, noted fashion photographer raised in Montreal but now based in New York
* Conrad Black, controversial financier and newspaper magnate
* Toe Blake, Montreal Canadiens hockey Legend
* Mike Bossy, Hockey Hall of Fame member
* Maurice "Mom" Boucher, leader Hells Angels
* Henri Bourassa, political leader and publisher
* Robert Bourassa, former Quebec premier
* Pierre Bourque (mayor)
* Raymond Bourque, former NHL hockey player
* Pierre Bouvier, frontman of Simple Plan and songwriter
* Scotty Bowman, hockey coach
* Justin Bradley, actor, Based out of Montreal and Toronto. Sometimes works in Los Angeles
* Glenda Braganza, Hollywood actress, recently starred in 10.5: Apocalypse (2006)
* Adam Braz, soccer defender (Montreal Impact & national team)
* Patrice Brisebois, NHL hockey player, Montreal Canadiens
* Martin Brodeur, NHL hockey player/goaltender, New Jersey Devils
* Charles Bronfman, business man and philanthropist
* Edgar Bronfman, Sr., businessman
* Edward Bronfman, was a Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and member of the Bronfman family.
* Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman and member of the Bronfman family
* Saidye Rosner Bronfman, philanthropist, and wife of Samuel Bronfman.
* Samuel Bronfman, liquor magnate
* Hy Buller, former NHL All-Star hockey player
* Mario Bunge, philosopher, Frothingham chair of Logic and Metaphysics at McGill University
* Robin Burns, founder and owner ITECH Hockey equipment
* Gerard Butler, Scottish actor. Grew up in Montreal before moving back to his native Scotland.
[edit] C
* Charles Sandwith Campbell, philanthropist benefactor of Montreal
* Paul Cargnello,singer/songwriter
* Gerald Emmett Carter, former cardinal archbishop of Toronto
* André Chagnon, Cable TV, broadcasting, philanthropist
* Serge Chapleau, political cartoonist
* Robert Charlebois, singer/songwriter
* Gregory Charles, musician and radio host
* Dov Charney, entrepreneur and CEO of American Apparel
* Claude Charron, former politician, now TV host
* Régine Chassagne, singer, musician
* Patricia Chica, film and TV director
* Emanuelle Chriqui, actress
* Françoise de Clossey, pianist and organist
* Guy Cloutier, former artist manager
* G.A. Cohen, political philosopher
* Leonard Cohen, poet and singer
* Sidney M. Cohen, television director
* Steven Cojocaru, fashion critic
* John Colicos, actor
* Charles Comeau, drummer of Simple Plan and songwriter
* Phil Comeau, film and TV director
* Ernest Cormier, engineer and architect
* Corneille, singer
* Irwin Cotler, law professor, politician
* Jean Coutu, pharmacist
* Ron Crevier, former NBA basketball player
* Peter Cullen, voice actor (voice of Optimus Prime from the film Transformers)
* Elisha Cuthbert, actress
* Mark Cohen (surgeon), ophthalmologist, co-founder LASIK MD
* May Cutler, publisher and journalist, founder of Tundra Books and the first Canadian woman to publish children's books. First woman to serve as Mayor of Westmount, Quebec.[1]
[edit] D
* Samuel Dalembert, NBA basketball player, Philadelphia 76ers
* Peter Dalla Riva, football player Montreal Alouettes
* Roméo Dallaire, senator, Lieutenant-General
* Vincent Damphousse, Former NHL hockey player
* J. P. Darche, NFL football player, Seattle Seahawks
* Françoise David, politician
* John Caswell Davis,politician
* Mitch Davis, film programmer, filmmaker, journalist
* Stéphane Demers, actor
* Bernard Derome, anchorman
* Pierre Desjardins, football player Montreal Alouettes
* Paul Desmarais, Sr., businessman
* Paul Desmarais, Jr., businessman
* André Desmarais, businessman
* David Desrosiers, bassist of Simple Plan and vocalist. Birth place is Sept-Îles
* Caroline Dhavernas, actress
* Celine Dion, singer
* Stéphane Dion, politician
* Jacob Dolson Cox, soldier and politician in the USA
* Jean Doré, former mayor of Montreal
* Fifi D'Orsay, actress
* William Dow, brewer
* Jean Drapeau, mayor of Montreal during Expo '67 and the 1976 Olympic Games.
* Glen Drover, guitarist for Megadeth
* Shawn Drover, drummer for Megadeth
* Steve Dubinsky, former NHL hockey player
* Gilles Duceppe, politician
* Jean Duceppe, actor
* Louis Dudek, poet
* Jack Dunham, animator, television commercial producer, designer of the St-Hubert rooster mascot.[2]
[edit] E
* Iwan Edwards, conductor, Member of the Order of Canada
* Vic Emery, Olympic bobsleigh Gold Medalist
* Anke Engelke, German comedienne (birthplace)
* Angelo Esposito, Hockey player
* Cyrille Estève, Cyrille the Spoonman
* Sam Etcheverry, former CFL & NFL football quarterback, Montreal Alouettes, St. Louis Cardinals
* Terry Evanshen, former CFL football player, Montreal Alouettes, Calgary Stampeders
* Ken Evoy, founder of Sitesell, creator of SiteBuildIt! (SBI!)
[edit] F
* Lara Fabian, singer
* Mylène Farmer, singer
* Lila Feng, weather presenter
* David Fennario, playwright
* Maynard Ferguson, jazz trumpet player and bandleader
* Jennifer Finnigan, Hollywood actress
* Louis Joseph Forget, stockbroker, financier, statesman
* Rodolphe Forget, businessman, politician, philanthropist
* Chad Erickson, Ringette coach
* Marc-Andre Fleury, NHL Goalie
[edit] G
* Alfonso Gagliano, politician
* André Gagné, professor and scholar, Concordia University
* Éric Gagné, pitcher/ Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers
* Marc Gagnon, Olympic Gold Medal speed skater
* Howard Galganov, anglophone rights activist, radio personality
* Céline Galipeau, anchorwoman
* Patsy Gallant, pop singer
* Mitch Garber, international business executive, lawyer, broadcaster
* Arturo Gatti, professional boxer, world champion
* Daniel Gauthier, co-founder of the Cirque du Soleil
* Yasmeen Ghauri, supermodel during 1990s
* Ralph Gilles, designer of the chrysler 300c
* Hilda Goldblatt Gorenstein (Hilgos), artist and inspiration for the documentary I Remember Better When I Paint[3]
* Jonathan Goldstein, author, humourist and radio producer
* John Gomery, jurist
* Brian Goodwin, biologist
* Adam Gopnik, award winning writer, essayist
* Huntley Gordon, actor
* David Gow, writer/director/producer "*Steel Toes", internationally produced playwright, character actor
* Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan, newspaper publisher
* Stewart Francis Granger, former NBA basketball player
* Howard Grant, former Canadian Olympics and Commonwealth boxer; trainer, UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre
* Otis Grant, former Jamaican born, WBO Middleweight boxing champion
* Harold Greenberg, Movie producer, Founder of Astral Media
* Annie Grenier, AKA "Annie Brocoli"(Children's performer)
* Sylvain Grenier, WWE wrestler
* Irving Grundman, businessman, hockey executive
* Philip Guston, painter and printmaker
[edit] H
* Dayle Haddon, model and actress
* Chris Haney, co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
* Dan Hanganu, famous architect
* Louise Harel, politician
* Corey Hart, singer
* Doug Harvey, Hall of Fame ice hockey player
* Jacques Hébert, statesman
* Carl Henry, RnB / Soul singer
* Prudence Heward, Beaver Hall Group artist
* Alonzo Highsmith, former NFL football player
* Dave Hilton, Jr., World Champion boxer
* Matthew Hilton, World Champion boxer
* David Julian Hirsh, Hollywood actor
* Ian Hodgkinson, professional wrestler (lived in Montreal while in WCW)
* William Hope, actor
* Herbert Samuel Holt, financier
* Camillien Houde, former mayor of Montreal
[edit] I
* Norman Iceberg, singer/songwriter
[edit] J
* Marlene Jennings, PC, MP, Canadian politician
* René Jodoin, film animator and producer
* Daniel Johnson, Jr., former premier of Quebec
* Oliver Jones, Jazz pianist
* Sass Jordan, rock singer
* Robert Joy, actor
* Claude Jutra, filmmaker
* Kris Joseph, basketball player
* Jay Baruchel, actor
[edit] K
* Henry Kaiser, Comedian now based in New York, New York.
* Tommy Kane, former NFL football player/Seattle Seahawks
* Daniel Kash, actor
* George Kennedy, owner of Montreal Canadiens hockey team
* Amir Khadir, physician and politician
* Andy Kim, singer/songwriter
* A. M. Klein, author
* Naomi Klein, author and activist
* Leo Kolber, senator, de facto family member of Bronfman family and Empire.
* Benjamin Kowalewicz, singer of Billy Talent
* Sid and Marty Krofft, producers/creators of H.R. Pufnstuf, The Bugaloos, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, Land of the Lost and so on.
* Joseph Kruger, business tycoon founder of Kruger Inc.
[edit] L
* Florence La Badie, actress
* Charline Labonté, hockey player Canadian Olympic women's team, Gold medalists 2006
* Hubert Lacroix, CBC President and CEO
* Dany Laferrière, author
* Guy Lafleur, NHL Hockey Player, Montreal Canadiens
* Jon Lajoie, comedian
* Guy Laliberté, founder and CEO of Cirque de Soleil
* Paul Lambert, left guard Montreal Alouettes
* Phyllis Lambert, architect and member of the Bronfman family.
* Mado Lamotte, drag queen and author
* Jacques Lanctôt, FLQ member convicted terrorist
* Louise Lanctôt, FLQ member convicted terrorist
* Jean Lapierre, politician
* Éric Lapointe, CFL running back for the Montreal Alouettes
* Pierre Laporte, politician
* Georges Laraque, NHL hockey player
* Ryan Larkin, animator
* Lisa Lavie, independent singer-songwriter, Internet personality
* Irving Layton, poet, essayist, short story writer
* Jack Layton, politician, Leader of the federal New Democratic Party (NDP)
* Irina Lazareanu, fashion model
* Louise Lecavalier, dancer
* Vincent Lecavalier, NHL player
* Jos LeDuc, professional wrestler
* Ranee Lee, Jazz singer
* Sébastien Lefebvre, guitarist of Simple Plan and vocalist
* Jean Leloup, musician
* Mario Lemieux, NHL hockey player
* Vanessa Lengies, Hollywood actress
* Guy A. Lepage, television personality
* Rene Lepine, real-estate developer
* Jean Lesage, lawyer, politician
* Kristopher Letang, QMJHL hockey player, NHL hockey player [Pittsburgh Penguins]
* André Éric Létourneau, intermedia artist, composer
* Jean-Louis Lévesque, stockbroker, horse racing builder
* Daniel Levitin, cognitive psychologist, musician, best-selling author
* Shawn Levy, director and actor
* Liu Fang, musician
* William Edmond Logan, geologist
* Colin Low, filmmaker
* Roberto Luongo, NHL goaltender
* Yves A. Lussier, Physician-scientist in translational bioinformatics
[edit] M
* William C. Macdonald, tobacco manufacturer, philanthropist
* Danny Maciocia, CFL football coach
* Nicolas Macrozonaris, sprinter, Canadian track and field
* Don MacPherson, journalist
* Arnaud Maggs artist, photographer
* Jeanne Mance, founder of first hospital in North America, l'Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, 1645
* Rudolph A. Marcus, Nobel laureate of chemistry
* Lou Marinoff, Ph.D, philosopher at City college of New York
* Yann Martel, writer, Man Booker Prize 2002
* Paul Martin, former Prime Minister of Canada
* Russell Martin, baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers
* Massari
* Diego G. Mazzone, sales management professional
* John McCallum, politician
* John Wilson McConnell, businessman, publisher, philanthropist
* David Ross McCord, lawyer, philanthropist
* Kevin McDonald, actor/comedian/voice actor, member of The Kids in the Hall
* Thomas D'Arcy McGee, politician
* Duncan McIntyre, businessman
* Scott McKay, former city counsellor and leader of the Green Party of Quebec
* Patricia McKenzie, actress
* Norman McLaren, film animation pioneer
* Simon McTavish, businessman
* Juan Mendez, former NCAA basketball player, Niagara University
* Charles Meredith, president of the Montreal Stock Exchange
* Frederick Edmund Meredith, lawyer, chancellor of Bishop's University
* Vincent Meredith, 1st and last Baronet of Montreal, President of the Bank of Montreal
* William Collis Meredith Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec
* Luck Mervil, singer/ actor
* Brenda Milner, neuropsychologist
* Hartland Molson, brewing magnate, World War II fighter pilot, statesman
* John Molson, brewing tycoon, railway and steamhip line builder
* Percival Molson, athlete, soldier
* Édouard Montpetit was a lawyer, economist and academic
* Henry Morgan, department store founder
* Henry Morgentaler, physician advocate for women's rights to abortion
* Terry Mosher, editorial cartoonist
* Ben Mulroney, Canadian television host/son of Brian Mulroney
* Brian Mulroney, former Prime Minister of Canada
* Mila Mulroney, wife of the 18th Prime Minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney
[edit] N
* Émile Nelligan, poet
* Kai Nielsen, famous contemporary atheist/naturalist philosopher at Concordia University
* Craig Norman, Head Basketball coach McGill Redman, for basketball player, Concordia University
[edit] O
* Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, politician, parti patriote member
* Alexander Walker Ogilvie, miller, statesman
* Maryse Ouellet, glamour model, WWE Diva and WWE Diva Champion
* Caroline Ouellette, hockey player Canadian women's Olympic team, Gold medalist 2002, and 2006
[edit] P
* Frank L. Packard, novelist
* Michel Pagliaro, Musician
* Jessica Paré, Hollywood actress
* Jacques Parizeau, politician, former Premier of Quebec
* Julie Payette, scientist, astronaut
* Trevor W. Payne, founder and music director of the Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir
* Cory Pecker, right wing (EHC Visp), drafted 6th round by Calgary Flames in 1999
* Érik Péladeau, businessman (Québecor)
* Pierre Péladeau, founder of Quebecor
* Pierre Karl Péladeau, CEO of Quebecor Media
* Wilfrid Pelletier, symphony conductor
* Dr. Wilder Penfield, Pioneering Neurosurgeon, founder of the Montreal Neurological Institute
* Missy Peregrym, Hollywood actress
* Oscar Peterson, jazz pianist
* Autumn Phillips, wife of Peter Phillips, eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II
* Mary Pierce, tennis player
* André Pijet, artist
* Steven Pinker, linguist and evolutionary psychologist
* Susan Pinker, journalist and psychologist
* Christopher Plummer, actor
* Dick Pound, lawyer, Olympic Games executive
* Cheryl Pounder, hockey player Canadian Olympic women's team, Gold medalist 2002, and 2006
* André Pratte, journalist and economist
[edit] Q
* Sara Quin (Born in Alberta, currently resides in Montreal), musician
[edit] R
* Claude Raymond, former baseball player and coach
* Ariel Rebel, pornographic model
* John Redpath, businessman, philanthropist
* Ginette Reno, singer
* Ahmed Ressam, al-Qaeda member
* Caroline Rhea, actress
* Mike Ribeiro, NHL Hockey player
* Henri Richard, former NHL hockey player
* Maurice Richard, former NHL hockey player //LEGEND//
* Mordecai Richler, writer
* Vito Rizzuto, mobster
* Alphonso Theodore Roberts, political activist and cricketer
* Sam Roberts, musician
* Percy Rodrigues, actor
* Paul Rose, political figure
* J.K.L. Ross, racehorse owner, philanthropist
* Greg Rusedski, tennis player
* Claude Ryan, publisher, statesman
* Frank "Dunie" Ryan, mobster
[edit] S
* Roméo Sabourin, SOE agent, WW II hero executed by the Nazis
* Martin St. Louis, NHL hockey player
* Kim St-Pierre, hockey goaltender Canadian Olympic women's team
* Georges St. Pierre, Professional MMA fighter
* Lino Saputo, businessman
* Anne Savage, artist
* Paul Schoeffler, voice actor, broadway
* Joseph A. Schwarcz, doctor of chemistry and professor at McGill University and formerly at Vanier College
* Cynthia Scott, Academy Award-winner
* Frank Scott, scholar, poet, professor, lawyer
* Marla Shapiro, CTV medical reporter and physician
* William Shatner, Hollywood actor, best known for playing Captain Kirk in Star Trek
* Douglas Shearer, Oscar winning motion picture sound engineer
* Norma Shearer, Academy Award winning actress
* Madeleine Sherwood, Hollywood actress, played Mother Superior in The Flying Nun
* Karen Simpson, actress and fashion designer
* Jaspreet Singh, author
* Charles Sirois, telecommunications
* Jeff Skoll, Internet billionaire
* Donald Smith, railway executive
* George M. Smith, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
* Larry Smith, former CFL football player, current president of the Montreal Alouettes
* Sam Steinberg, supermarket founder
* George Stephen, banker, railway executive
* Jeff Stinco, lead guitarist of Simple Plan
* P.J. Stock, NHL Hockey player
* Bruny Surin, track and field athlete
* Sylvia Sweeney, former basketball player for the Canadian women's national team, TV journalist
* Michael Ernest Sweet, founder of Learning for a Cause, award-winning educator and writer
* Jack W. Szostak, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
[edit] T
* Charles Taylor, philosopher emeritus at McGill
* Maxime Talbot, NHL Hockey Player
* José Théodore, NHL hockey player
* David Thompson, explorer
* Ryan Thorne, head basketball coach for the McGill Martlets, former CIAU champion in basketball with Bishop's University
* Daniel Tracey, journalist, politician
* Mary Travers (La Bolduc), singer
* Gerald Tremblay, Mayor of Montreal
* Michel Tremblay, novelist, playwright
* Tony Tremblay, poet, radio personality
* Alexandre Trudeau, journalist, son of Pierre Trudeau the former Prime Minister of Canada
* Dennis Trudeau, journalist
* Justin Trudeau, Member of Parliament, son of Pierre Trudeau the former Prime Minister of Canada
* Pierre Trudeau, former Prime Minister of Canada
* Jean-Claude Turcotte, Roman Catholic Cardinal
* George Tutunjian, Armenian Revolutionary Songs performer
* David Tyler, voice actor
[edit] U
* David Usher, singer/songwriter
[edit] V
* Maurice Vachon, also known as Mad Dog Vachon – wrestling champion
* Ernie Vandeweghe, former NBA basketball player, New York Knicks
* Gino Vannelli, singer/songwriter
* Jacques Vieau, fur trader and early Wisconsin settler
* Jacques Villeneuve, Formula One driver (1997 World Champion) and 1995 IndyCar champion. Son of Gilles Villeneuve.
* Gilles Villeneuve, Formula One driver
* Marc-Édouard Vlasic, NHL hockey player, currently playing for the San Jose Sharks.
* Roch Voisine, singer
[edit] W
* Martha Wainwright, singer/songwriter
* Rufus Wainwright, singer/songwriter
* Amanda Walsh, Hollywood actress
* Dwight Walton, professional Basketball player/Canadian Olympian
* Ben Weider, co-founder of the IFBB (International Federation of BodyBuilders)
* Joe Weider, creator of the Mr. Olympia and Ms. Olympia bodybuilding contests
* Danny Wells, Hollywood actor, was the bartender on The Jeffersons and Luigi in The Super Mario Brothers Super Show
* Bill Wennington, former NBA basketball player, Chicago Bulls
* Max Werner, Founder, Montreal Pastry, world class pastry chef
* Trevor C. Williams, former member of the Canadian national basketball team, philanthropist
* Joseph Wiseman, actor, best known for playing Dr. Julius No in the first James Bond film Dr. No
* Cairine Wilson, first woman to serve in the Senate of Canada
* William Workman, businessman and municipal politician
* Peter Worrell, former NHL hockey player
* Aleksandra Wozniak, tennis player
* Avi Wallerstein (surgeon), ophthalmologist, co-founder LASIK MD
* Karl Wolf, singer
[edit] Y
* Joel Yanofsky, writer.
* Nikki Yanofsky, jazz singer
* Wayne Yearwood, former professional basketball player/Canadian Olympian
[edit] Z
* Larry Zeidel, NHL ice hockey player
* Moses Znaimer, co-founder of Toronto's CityTV.
* Mortimer Zuckerman, American billionaire magazine editor, publisher, and real estate tycoon.
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* Scott Abbott, co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
* Ramzi Abid, NHL hockey player
* Hugh Allan, financier and shipping magnate
* H. Montagu Allan, businessman, Hockey Hall of Fame member
* Paul Almond, director
* Sidney Altman, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
* René Angélil, singer, actor, husband/manager of Celine Dion
* Richard Bladworth Angus, banker
* Joel Anthony, NBA basketball player
* The Great Antonio, strongman
* Gilles Archambault, novelist
* Gabriel Aubry, male model
* Melissa Auf der Maur, rock musician (Hole, Smashing Pumpkins)
* Nick Auf der Maur, journalist, municipal politician
* Michel C. Auger, journalist
* David Azrieli, real estate magnate
[edit] B
* René Balcer, television writer and producer, famous for the US television show Law and Order
* Lanny Barbie, porn star
* Roger Barnes, professional wrestler
* Jay Baruchel, television/movie actor
* Doug Beardsley, poet and educator
* Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien broadcasting, magazines
* Bianca Beauchamp, fetish fashion model
* Tanith Belbin, Figure Skater, Olympic Silver medalist
* Jean Béliveau, former NHL hockey player
* Chris Benoit, pro-wrestler (born in Montreal, but raised in Edmonton, Alberta)
* Eric Berne, psychiatrist, creator of Transactional Analysis, and author of Games People Play
* André Besette, CSC Holy Cross Brother, Miracle Worker of Montreal
* Tim Biakabutuka, former NFL football player/Carolina Panthers
* Charlie Biddle, Montreal Jazz pioneer and Juno award winner
* Yannick Bisson, actor mostly known for playing Jack in the Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye series
* Sacha Dean Biyan, noted fashion photographer raised in Montreal but now based in New York
* Conrad Black, controversial financier and newspaper magnate
* Toe Blake, Montreal Canadiens hockey Legend
* Mike Bossy, Hockey Hall of Fame member
* Maurice "Mom" Boucher, leader Hells Angels
* Henri Bourassa, political leader and publisher
* Robert Bourassa, former Quebec premier
* Pierre Bourque (mayor)
* Raymond Bourque, former NHL hockey player
* Pierre Bouvier, frontman of Simple Plan and songwriter
* Scotty Bowman, hockey coach
* Justin Bradley, actor, Based out of Montreal and Toronto. Sometimes works in Los Angeles
* Glenda Braganza, Hollywood actress, recently starred in 10.5: Apocalypse (2006)
* Adam Braz, soccer defender (Montreal Impact & national team)
* Patrice Brisebois, NHL hockey player, Montreal Canadiens
* Martin Brodeur, NHL hockey player/goaltender, New Jersey Devils
* Charles Bronfman, business man and philanthropist
* Edgar Bronfman, Sr., businessman
* Edward Bronfman, was a Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and member of the Bronfman family.
* Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman and member of the Bronfman family
* Saidye Rosner Bronfman, philanthropist, and wife of Samuel Bronfman.
* Samuel Bronfman, liquor magnate
* Hy Buller, former NHL All-Star hockey player
* Mario Bunge, philosopher, Frothingham chair of Logic and Metaphysics at McGill University
* Robin Burns, founder and owner ITECH Hockey equipment
* Gerard Butler, Scottish actor. Grew up in Montreal before moving back to his native Scotland.
[edit] C
* Charles Sandwith Campbell, philanthropist benefactor of Montreal
* Paul Cargnello,singer/songwriter
* Gerald Emmett Carter, former cardinal archbishop of Toronto
* André Chagnon, Cable TV, broadcasting, philanthropist
* Serge Chapleau, political cartoonist
* Robert Charlebois, singer/songwriter
* Gregory Charles, musician and radio host
* Dov Charney, entrepreneur and CEO of American Apparel
* Claude Charron, former politician, now TV host
* Régine Chassagne, singer, musician
* Patricia Chica, film and TV director
* Emanuelle Chriqui, actress
* Françoise de Clossey, pianist and organist
* Guy Cloutier, former artist manager
* G.A. Cohen, political philosopher
* Leonard Cohen, poet and singer
* Sidney M. Cohen, television director
* Steven Cojocaru, fashion critic
* John Colicos, actor
* Charles Comeau, drummer of Simple Plan and songwriter
* Phil Comeau, film and TV director
* Ernest Cormier, engineer and architect
* Corneille, singer
* Irwin Cotler, law professor, politician
* Jean Coutu, pharmacist
* Ron Crevier, former NBA basketball player
* Peter Cullen, voice actor (voice of Optimus Prime from the film Transformers)
* Elisha Cuthbert, actress
* Mark Cohen (surgeon), ophthalmologist, co-founder LASIK MD
* May Cutler, publisher and journalist, founder of Tundra Books and the first Canadian woman to publish children's books. First woman to serve as Mayor of Westmount, Quebec.[1]
[edit] D
* Samuel Dalembert, NBA basketball player, Philadelphia 76ers
* Peter Dalla Riva, football player Montreal Alouettes
* Roméo Dallaire, senator, Lieutenant-General
* Vincent Damphousse, Former NHL hockey player
* J. P. Darche, NFL football player, Seattle Seahawks
* Françoise David, politician
* John Caswell Davis,politician
* Mitch Davis, film programmer, filmmaker, journalist
* Stéphane Demers, actor
* Bernard Derome, anchorman
* Pierre Desjardins, football player Montreal Alouettes
* Paul Desmarais, Sr., businessman
* Paul Desmarais, Jr., businessman
* André Desmarais, businessman
* David Desrosiers, bassist of Simple Plan and vocalist. Birth place is Sept-Îles
* Caroline Dhavernas, actress
* Celine Dion, singer
* Stéphane Dion, politician
* Jacob Dolson Cox, soldier and politician in the USA
* Jean Doré, former mayor of Montreal
* Fifi D'Orsay, actress
* William Dow, brewer
* Jean Drapeau, mayor of Montreal during Expo '67 and the 1976 Olympic Games.
* Glen Drover, guitarist for Megadeth
* Shawn Drover, drummer for Megadeth
* Steve Dubinsky, former NHL hockey player
* Gilles Duceppe, politician
* Jean Duceppe, actor
* Louis Dudek, poet
* Jack Dunham, animator, television commercial producer, designer of the St-Hubert rooster mascot.[2]
[edit] E
* Iwan Edwards, conductor, Member of the Order of Canada
* Vic Emery, Olympic bobsleigh Gold Medalist
* Anke Engelke, German comedienne (birthplace)
* Angelo Esposito, Hockey player
* Cyrille Estève, Cyrille the Spoonman
* Sam Etcheverry, former CFL & NFL football quarterback, Montreal Alouettes, St. Louis Cardinals
* Terry Evanshen, former CFL football player, Montreal Alouettes, Calgary Stampeders
* Ken Evoy, founder of Sitesell, creator of SiteBuildIt! (SBI!)
[edit] F
* Lara Fabian, singer
* Mylène Farmer, singer
* Lila Feng, weather presenter
* David Fennario, playwright
* Maynard Ferguson, jazz trumpet player and bandleader
* Jennifer Finnigan, Hollywood actress
* Louis Joseph Forget, stockbroker, financier, statesman
* Rodolphe Forget, businessman, politician, philanthropist
* Chad Erickson, Ringette coach
* Marc-Andre Fleury, NHL Goalie
[edit] G
* Alfonso Gagliano, politician
* André Gagné, professor and scholar, Concordia University
* Éric Gagné, pitcher/ Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers
* Marc Gagnon, Olympic Gold Medal speed skater
* Howard Galganov, anglophone rights activist, radio personality
* Céline Galipeau, anchorwoman
* Patsy Gallant, pop singer
* Mitch Garber, international business executive, lawyer, broadcaster
* Arturo Gatti, professional boxer, world champion
* Daniel Gauthier, co-founder of the Cirque du Soleil
* Yasmeen Ghauri, supermodel during 1990s
* Ralph Gilles, designer of the chrysler 300c
* Hilda Goldblatt Gorenstein (Hilgos), artist and inspiration for the documentary I Remember Better When I Paint[3]
* Jonathan Goldstein, author, humourist and radio producer
* John Gomery, jurist
* Brian Goodwin, biologist
* Adam Gopnik, award winning writer, essayist
* Huntley Gordon, actor
* David Gow, writer/director/producer "*Steel Toes", internationally produced playwright, character actor
* Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan, newspaper publisher
* Stewart Francis Granger, former NBA basketball player
* Howard Grant, former Canadian Olympics and Commonwealth boxer; trainer, UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre
* Otis Grant, former Jamaican born, WBO Middleweight boxing champion
* Harold Greenberg, Movie producer, Founder of Astral Media
* Annie Grenier, AKA "Annie Brocoli"(Children's performer)
* Sylvain Grenier, WWE wrestler
* Irving Grundman, businessman, hockey executive
* Philip Guston, painter and printmaker
[edit] H
* Dayle Haddon, model and actress
* Chris Haney, co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
* Dan Hanganu, famous architect
* Louise Harel, politician
* Corey Hart, singer
* Doug Harvey, Hall of Fame ice hockey player
* Jacques Hébert, statesman
* Carl Henry, RnB / Soul singer
* Prudence Heward, Beaver Hall Group artist
* Alonzo Highsmith, former NFL football player
* Dave Hilton, Jr., World Champion boxer
* Matthew Hilton, World Champion boxer
* David Julian Hirsh, Hollywood actor
* Ian Hodgkinson, professional wrestler (lived in Montreal while in WCW)
* William Hope, actor
* Herbert Samuel Holt, financier
* Camillien Houde, former mayor of Montreal
[edit] I
* Norman Iceberg, singer/songwriter
[edit] J
* Marlene Jennings, PC, MP, Canadian politician
* René Jodoin, film animator and producer
* Daniel Johnson, Jr., former premier of Quebec
* Oliver Jones, Jazz pianist
* Sass Jordan, rock singer
* Robert Joy, actor
* Claude Jutra, filmmaker
* Kris Joseph, basketball player
* Jay Baruchel, actor
[edit] K
* Henry Kaiser, Comedian now based in New York, New York.
* Tommy Kane, former NFL football player/Seattle Seahawks
* Daniel Kash, actor
* George Kennedy, owner of Montreal Canadiens hockey team
* Amir Khadir, physician and politician
* Andy Kim, singer/songwriter
* A. M. Klein, author
* Naomi Klein, author and activist
* Leo Kolber, senator, de facto family member of Bronfman family and Empire.
* Benjamin Kowalewicz, singer of Billy Talent
* Sid and Marty Krofft, producers/creators of H.R. Pufnstuf, The Bugaloos, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, Land of the Lost and so on.
* Joseph Kruger, business tycoon founder of Kruger Inc.
[edit] L
* Florence La Badie, actress
* Charline Labonté, hockey player Canadian Olympic women's team, Gold medalists 2006
* Hubert Lacroix, CBC President and CEO
* Dany Laferrière, author
* Guy Lafleur, NHL Hockey Player, Montreal Canadiens
* Jon Lajoie, comedian
* Guy Laliberté, founder and CEO of Cirque de Soleil
* Paul Lambert, left guard Montreal Alouettes
* Phyllis Lambert, architect and member of the Bronfman family.
* Mado Lamotte, drag queen and author
* Jacques Lanctôt, FLQ member convicted terrorist
* Louise Lanctôt, FLQ member convicted terrorist
* Jean Lapierre, politician
* Éric Lapointe, CFL running back for the Montreal Alouettes
* Pierre Laporte, politician
* Georges Laraque, NHL hockey player
* Ryan Larkin, animator
* Lisa Lavie, independent singer-songwriter, Internet personality
* Irving Layton, poet, essayist, short story writer
* Jack Layton, politician, Leader of the federal New Democratic Party (NDP)
* Irina Lazareanu, fashion model
* Louise Lecavalier, dancer
* Vincent Lecavalier, NHL player
* Jos LeDuc, professional wrestler
* Ranee Lee, Jazz singer
* Sébastien Lefebvre, guitarist of Simple Plan and vocalist
* Jean Leloup, musician
* Mario Lemieux, NHL hockey player
* Vanessa Lengies, Hollywood actress
* Guy A. Lepage, television personality
* Rene Lepine, real-estate developer
* Jean Lesage, lawyer, politician
* Kristopher Letang, QMJHL hockey player, NHL hockey player [Pittsburgh Penguins]
* André Éric Létourneau, intermedia artist, composer
* Jean-Louis Lévesque, stockbroker, horse racing builder
* Daniel Levitin, cognitive psychologist, musician, best-selling author
* Shawn Levy, director and actor
* Liu Fang, musician
* William Edmond Logan, geologist
* Colin Low, filmmaker
* Roberto Luongo, NHL goaltender
* Yves A. Lussier, Physician-scientist in translational bioinformatics
[edit] M
* William C. Macdonald, tobacco manufacturer, philanthropist
* Danny Maciocia, CFL football coach
* Nicolas Macrozonaris, sprinter, Canadian track and field
* Don MacPherson, journalist
* Arnaud Maggs artist, photographer
* Jeanne Mance, founder of first hospital in North America, l'Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, 1645
* Rudolph A. Marcus, Nobel laureate of chemistry
* Lou Marinoff, Ph.D, philosopher at City college of New York
* Yann Martel, writer, Man Booker Prize 2002
* Paul Martin, former Prime Minister of Canada
* Russell Martin, baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers
* Massari
* Diego G. Mazzone, sales management professional
* John McCallum, politician
* John Wilson McConnell, businessman, publisher, philanthropist
* David Ross McCord, lawyer, philanthropist
* Kevin McDonald, actor/comedian/voice actor, member of The Kids in the Hall
* Thomas D'Arcy McGee, politician
* Duncan McIntyre, businessman
* Scott McKay, former city counsellor and leader of the Green Party of Quebec
* Patricia McKenzie, actress
* Norman McLaren, film animation pioneer
* Simon McTavish, businessman
* Juan Mendez, former NCAA basketball player, Niagara University
* Charles Meredith, president of the Montreal Stock Exchange
* Frederick Edmund Meredith, lawyer, chancellor of Bishop's University
* Vincent Meredith, 1st and last Baronet of Montreal, President of the Bank of Montreal
* William Collis Meredith Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec
* Luck Mervil, singer/ actor
* Brenda Milner, neuropsychologist
* Hartland Molson, brewing magnate, World War II fighter pilot, statesman
* John Molson, brewing tycoon, railway and steamhip line builder
* Percival Molson, athlete, soldier
* Édouard Montpetit was a lawyer, economist and academic
* Henry Morgan, department store founder
* Henry Morgentaler, physician advocate for women's rights to abortion
* Terry Mosher, editorial cartoonist
* Ben Mulroney, Canadian television host/son of Brian Mulroney
* Brian Mulroney, former Prime Minister of Canada
* Mila Mulroney, wife of the 18th Prime Minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney
[edit] N
* Émile Nelligan, poet
* Kai Nielsen, famous contemporary atheist/naturalist philosopher at Concordia University
* Craig Norman, Head Basketball coach McGill Redman, for basketball player, Concordia University
[edit] O
* Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, politician, parti patriote member
* Alexander Walker Ogilvie, miller, statesman
* Maryse Ouellet, glamour model, WWE Diva and WWE Diva Champion
* Caroline Ouellette, hockey player Canadian women's Olympic team, Gold medalist 2002, and 2006
[edit] P
* Frank L. Packard, novelist
* Michel Pagliaro, Musician
* Jessica Paré, Hollywood actress
* Jacques Parizeau, politician, former Premier of Quebec
* Julie Payette, scientist, astronaut
* Trevor W. Payne, founder and music director of the Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir
* Cory Pecker, right wing (EHC Visp), drafted 6th round by Calgary Flames in 1999
* Érik Péladeau, businessman (Québecor)
* Pierre Péladeau, founder of Quebecor
* Pierre Karl Péladeau, CEO of Quebecor Media
* Wilfrid Pelletier, symphony conductor
* Dr. Wilder Penfield, Pioneering Neurosurgeon, founder of the Montreal Neurological Institute
* Missy Peregrym, Hollywood actress
* Oscar Peterson, jazz pianist
* Autumn Phillips, wife of Peter Phillips, eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II
* Mary Pierce, tennis player
* André Pijet, artist
* Steven Pinker, linguist and evolutionary psychologist
* Susan Pinker, journalist and psychologist
* Christopher Plummer, actor
* Dick Pound, lawyer, Olympic Games executive
* Cheryl Pounder, hockey player Canadian Olympic women's team, Gold medalist 2002, and 2006
* André Pratte, journalist and economist
[edit] Q
* Sara Quin (Born in Alberta, currently resides in Montreal), musician
[edit] R
* Claude Raymond, former baseball player and coach
* Ariel Rebel, pornographic model
* John Redpath, businessman, philanthropist
* Ginette Reno, singer
* Ahmed Ressam, al-Qaeda member
* Caroline Rhea, actress
* Mike Ribeiro, NHL Hockey player
* Henri Richard, former NHL hockey player
* Maurice Richard, former NHL hockey player //LEGEND//
* Mordecai Richler, writer
* Vito Rizzuto, mobster
* Alphonso Theodore Roberts, political activist and cricketer
* Sam Roberts, musician
* Percy Rodrigues, actor
* Paul Rose, political figure
* J.K.L. Ross, racehorse owner, philanthropist
* Greg Rusedski, tennis player
* Claude Ryan, publisher, statesman
* Frank "Dunie" Ryan, mobster
[edit] S
* Roméo Sabourin, SOE agent, WW II hero executed by the Nazis
* Martin St. Louis, NHL hockey player
* Kim St-Pierre, hockey goaltender Canadian Olympic women's team
* Georges St. Pierre, Professional MMA fighter
* Lino Saputo, businessman
* Anne Savage, artist
* Paul Schoeffler, voice actor, broadway
* Joseph A. Schwarcz, doctor of chemistry and professor at McGill University and formerly at Vanier College
* Cynthia Scott, Academy Award-winner
* Frank Scott, scholar, poet, professor, lawyer
* Marla Shapiro, CTV medical reporter and physician
* William Shatner, Hollywood actor, best known for playing Captain Kirk in Star Trek
* Douglas Shearer, Oscar winning motion picture sound engineer
* Norma Shearer, Academy Award winning actress
* Madeleine Sherwood, Hollywood actress, played Mother Superior in The Flying Nun
* Karen Simpson, actress and fashion designer
* Jaspreet Singh, author
* Charles Sirois, telecommunications
* Jeff Skoll, Internet billionaire
* Donald Smith, railway executive
* George M. Smith, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
* Larry Smith, former CFL football player, current president of the Montreal Alouettes
* Sam Steinberg, supermarket founder
* George Stephen, banker, railway executive
* Jeff Stinco, lead guitarist of Simple Plan
* P.J. Stock, NHL Hockey player
* Bruny Surin, track and field athlete
* Sylvia Sweeney, former basketball player for the Canadian women's national team, TV journalist
* Michael Ernest Sweet, founder of Learning for a Cause, award-winning educator and writer
* Jack W. Szostak, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
[edit] T
* Charles Taylor, philosopher emeritus at McGill
* Maxime Talbot, NHL Hockey Player
* José Théodore, NHL hockey player
* David Thompson, explorer
* Ryan Thorne, head basketball coach for the McGill Martlets, former CIAU champion in basketball with Bishop's University
* Daniel Tracey, journalist, politician
* Mary Travers (La Bolduc), singer
* Gerald Tremblay, Mayor of Montreal
* Michel Tremblay, novelist, playwright
* Tony Tremblay, poet, radio personality
* Alexandre Trudeau, journalist, son of Pierre Trudeau the former Prime Minister of Canada
* Dennis Trudeau, journalist
* Justin Trudeau, Member of Parliament, son of Pierre Trudeau the former Prime Minister of Canada
* Pierre Trudeau, former Prime Minister of Canada
* Jean-Claude Turcotte, Roman Catholic Cardinal
* George Tutunjian, Armenian Revolutionary Songs performer
* David Tyler, voice actor
[edit] U
* David Usher, singer/songwriter
[edit] V
* Maurice Vachon, also known as Mad Dog Vachon – wrestling champion
* Ernie Vandeweghe, former NBA basketball player, New York Knicks
* Gino Vannelli, singer/songwriter
* Jacques Vieau, fur trader and early Wisconsin settler
* Jacques Villeneuve, Formula One driver (1997 World Champion) and 1995 IndyCar champion. Son of Gilles Villeneuve.
* Gilles Villeneuve, Formula One driver
* Marc-Édouard Vlasic, NHL hockey player, currently playing for the San Jose Sharks.
* Roch Voisine, singer
[edit] W
* Martha Wainwright, singer/songwriter
* Rufus Wainwright, singer/songwriter
* Amanda Walsh, Hollywood actress
* Dwight Walton, professional Basketball player/Canadian Olympian
* Ben Weider, co-founder of the IFBB (International Federation of BodyBuilders)
* Joe Weider, creator of the Mr. Olympia and Ms. Olympia bodybuilding contests
* Danny Wells, Hollywood actor, was the bartender on The Jeffersons and Luigi in The Super Mario Brothers Super Show
* Bill Wennington, former NBA basketball player, Chicago Bulls
* Max Werner, Founder, Montreal Pastry, world class pastry chef
* Trevor C. Williams, former member of the Canadian national basketball team, philanthropist
* Joseph Wiseman, actor, best known for playing Dr. Julius No in the first James Bond film Dr. No
* Cairine Wilson, first woman to serve in the Senate of Canada
* William Workman, businessman and municipal politician
* Peter Worrell, former NHL hockey player
* Aleksandra Wozniak, tennis player
* Avi Wallerstein (surgeon), ophthalmologist, co-founder LASIK MD
* Karl Wolf, singer
[edit] Y
* Joel Yanofsky, writer.
* Nikki Yanofsky, jazz singer
* Wayne Yearwood, former professional basketball player/Canadian Olympian
[edit] Z
* Larry Zeidel, NHL ice hockey player
* Moses Znaimer, co-founder of Toronto's CityTV.
* Mortimer Zuckerman, American billionaire magazine editor, publisher, and real estate tycoon.
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