List of Famous people born in Quebec, Canada

Norm Macdonald

Norman Gene Macdonald
First Name Norm
Born on October 17, 1959
Died on September 14, 2021 (aged 61)
Born in Canada, Quebec
Height 187 cm | 6'2

Norman Gene Macdonald is a Canadian stand-up comedian, writer, and actor, known for his deadpan style. Early in his career, he wrote for the sitcom Roseanne, and made guest appearances on shows such as The Drew Carey Show and NewsRadio. Macdonald was then a cast member on Saturday Night Live (SNL) for five years, including anchoring the Weekend Update segment for three seasons. After leaving SNL, he starred in the 1998 film Dirty Work and in his own sitcom, The Norm Show, from 1999 to 2001.

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Denis Villeneuve

First Name Denis
Last Name Villeneuve
Born on October 3, 1967 (age 57)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Denis Villeneuve is a French Canadian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is a four-time recipient of the Canadian Screen Award for Best Direction, for Maelström in 2001, Polytechnique in 2009, Incendies in 2011 and Enemy in 2013. The first three of these films also won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture, while the latter was awarded the prize for best Canadian film of the year by the Toronto Film Critics Association.

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William Shatner

First Name William
Last Name Shatner
Born on March 22, 1931 (age 93)
Born in Canada, Quebec
Height 175 cm | 5'9

William Shatner is a Canadian actor, author, producer, director, screenwriter, and singer. In his seven decades of acting, Shatner became a cultural icon for his portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the Star Trek franchise. He has written a series of books chronicling his experiences playing Captain Kirk, being a part of Star Trek, and life after Star Trek. Shatner has also co-written several novels set in the Star Trek universe, and a series of science fiction novels called TekWar, that were adapted for television.

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Celine Dion

Céline Marie Claudette Dion
First Name Celine
Last Name Dion
Born on March 30, 1968 (age 56)
Born in Canada, Quebec
Height 170 cm | 5'7

Céline Marie Claudette Dion is a Canadian singer. She is renowned for her powerful, technically skilled vocals, and remains the best-selling Canadian recording artist and one of the best-selling artists of all time with record sales of over 200 million worldwide. Born into a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, she emerged as a teen star in her home country with a series of French-language albums during the 1980s. She first gained international recognition by winning both the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, where she represented Switzerland. After learning to speak English, she signed on to Epic Records in the United States. In 1990, Dion released her debut English-language album, Unison, establishing herself as a viable pop artist in North America and other English-speaking areas of the world.

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Leylah Fernandez

Leylah Annie Fernandez
First Name Leylah
Born on September 6, 2002 (age 22)
Born in Canada, Quebec
Height 163 cm | 5'4

Leylah Annie Fernandez is a Canadian tennis player. Born to an Ecuadorian father and a Filipino Canadian mother, she currently trains in Florida. She won her first WTA Tour singles title at the 2021 Monterrey Open.

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Anke Engelke

Anke Christina Engelke
First Name Anke
Last Name Engelke
Born on December 21, 1965 (age 58)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Anke Christina Fischer is a Canadian-German comedian, actress and voice-over actress born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Erin O'Toole

First Name Erin
Last Name O'Toole
Born on January 22, 1973 (age 51)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Erin Michael O'Toole is a Canadian politician serving as the leader of the Official Opposition of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party of Canada since August 24, 2020.

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Mort Sahl

First Name Mort
Last Name Sahl
Born on May 11, 1927
Died on October 26, 2021 (aged 94)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Morton Lyon Sahl is an American comedian, actor, and social satirist, considered the first modern stand-up comedian since Will Rogers. Sahl pioneered a style of social satire which pokes fun at political and current event topics using improvised monologues and only a newspaper as a prop.

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Georges St-Pierre

First Name Georges
Last Name St-Pierre
Born on May 19, 1981 (age 43)
Born in Canada, Quebec
Height 178 cm | 5'10

Georges St-Pierre is a Canadian former professional mixed martial artist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fighters in mixed martial arts (MMA) history. St-Pierre was a two-division champion in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), having won titles in the welterweight and middleweight divisions.

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Jason Reitman

First Name Jason
Last Name Reitman
Born on October 19, 1977 (age 47)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Jason R. Reitman is a Canadian-American film director, screenwriter, and producer, best known for directing the films Thank You for Smoking (2005), Juno (2007), Up in the Air (2009), and Young Adult (2011). He has received one Grammy Award, one Golden Globe, and four Academy Award nominations, two of which are for Best Director. Reitman is a dual citizen of Canada and the United States. He is the son of director Ivan Reitman.

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