List of Famous people born in Quebec, Canada
Pénélope McQuade
Pénélope McQuade is a French Canadian radio and television host.
Samian
Samuel Tremblay, better known by his stage name Samian, is a Canadian rapper who performs in both French and Algonquian.
Antoine Olivier Pilon
Antoine Olivier Pilon is a Canadian actor.
Fabien Cloutier
Fabien Cloutier is a Canadian actor and playwright from Quebec. He is best known for his play Pour réussir un poulet, which won the Governor General's Award for French language drama at the 2015 Governor General's Awards. He was previously shortlisted for the same award at the 2012 Governor General's Awards, and won the Prix Gratien-Gélinas in 2011, for Billy .
Simon Olivier Fecteau
Simon-Olivier Fecteau is a Canadian director, actor, producer and screenwriter. He was nominated in 2008 for a Genie Award for Best Original Screenplay for Bluff with Marc-André Lavoie and David Gauthier. He was also the creator, writer, director, and star of the webseries "En audition avec Simon", where he plays an arrogant director who is auditioning actors. In 2014, he starred in the TV series "Ces gars-là" along with fellow Canadian comedian Sugar Sammy.
Ricardo Larrivée
Ricardo is a television host and a food writer who lives in Quebec, Canada. He hosts the television show Ricardo on Radio-Canada and previously hosted Ricardo and Friends which was broadcast on Food Network Canada.
Françoise David
Françoise David is a former spokesperson of Québec solidaire – a left-wing, feminist, and sovereigntist political party in the province of Quebec, Canada. She was elected to serve as the Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Gouin in the 2012 Quebec election, and then again in the 2014 Quebec election. Quebec Solidaire was born from the merger of Option Citoyenne with l'Union des Forces Progressistes. She is the author of the book/manifesto Bien commun recherché – une option citoyenne which attempts to combine the concepts of "common good", social justice, ecology and economic democracy into a coherent political doctrine. On January 19, 2017, Françoise David announced her immediate retirement as both party spokesperson and as a Member of the National Assembly due to her health.
Chloé Dufour-Lapointe
Chloé Dufour-Lapointe is a Canadian freestyle skier. She was the 2013 FIS World Champion in dual moguls with her winning run at the 2013 World Championships. Dufour-Lapointe was the runner-up and silver medalist at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2011 as well and placed fifth at the 2010 Olympic Games. She won silver at the 2014 Olympic Games behind her sister Justine.
Henry Mintzberg Storch
Henry Mintzberg is a Canadian academic and author on business and management. He is currently the Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at the Desautels Faculty of Management of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where he has been teaching since 1968.
Lewis Furey
Lewis Furey, born Lewis Greenblatt is a Canadian composer, singer, violinist, pianist, actor and director.