List of Famous people born in Canada
Johanne Blouin
Johanne Blouin, is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She won the Félix Award twice for her albums Merci Félix (1988) and Johanne Blouin (1989).
Antoine L'Écuyer
Antoine L'Écuyer is a French Canadian actor known for his lead role of Léon Doré in It's Not Me, I Swear! for which he won the Best Actor Award at the Atlantic Film Festival. He is also known for his role as Daniel Delage, a sick Montreal Canadiens fan in the film Pour toujours, les Canadiens!.
Normand D'Amour
Normand D'Amour is a Canadian actor. D'Amour won a Jutra Award for his supporting role in Everything Is Fine as well as a Genie Award nomination for the same role. D'Amour has also appeared in other works including Cheech, Maman Last Call, Ice Cream, Chocolate and Other Consolations , Piché: The Landing of a Man , Adrien , Les Salopes, or the Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin, Looking for Alexander and Goddess of the Fireflies .
Daniel Bélanger
Daniel Bélanger is a Canadian singer-songwriter. His music is eclectic, inspired by alternative rock, folk and electronic music, sometimes humorous, sometimes wistful.
Marie-Josephte Corriveau
Marie-Josephte Corriveau, better known as "la Corriveau", is a well-known figure in Québécois folklore. She lived in New France, and was sentenced to death by a British court martial for the murder of her second husband, was hanged for it and her body hanged in chains. Her story has become a legend in Quebec, and she is the subject of many books and plays.
Gaétan Gervais
Gaétan Gervais was a Canadian author, historian and university professor, most noted as a prominent figure in Franco-Ontarian culture. With a group of university students at Laurentian University, he designed the Franco-Ontarian flag, and was a founding member of the Franco-Ontarian Institute.
Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu
Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu is a Canadian politician and victim's rights activist, who was appointed to the Senate of Canada on January 29, 2010 on the advice of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, representing the province of Quebec under the banner of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Rogatien Vachon
Rogatien Rosaire "Rogie" Vachon is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Montreal Canadiens, Los Angeles Kings, Detroit Red Wings and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League.
Fernand Daoust
Fernand Daoust was a trade unionist in Quebec. He was the secretary general of the Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec from 1969 to 1991 and its president from 1991 to 1993.
Guy Carbonneau
Joseph Harry Guy Carbonneau is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, coach and executive in the National Hockey League. He was also the president of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Chicoutimi Saguenéens. Carbonneau was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in November 2019.