List of Famous people born in Quebec, Canada
Patrice Michaud
Patrice Michaud is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Cap-Chat, Quebec. He won the SOCAN Songwriting Prize in the French division in 2014 for his song "Mécaniques générales", and his 2017 album Almanach was a Juno Award finalist for Francophone Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2018.
Simon Durivage
Simon Durivage is a Canadian French language television news anchor for RDI en direct. He was recruited by Radio-Canada in 1969 and has since hosted several newscasts and public affairs programs: Consommateurs avertis, Enjeux, Le Point, Montréal-Express, Montréal ce soir and Rédacteur en chef.
Sébastien Proulx
Sébastien Proulx is a Canadian politician. He was an Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ) Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the electoral district of Trois-Rivières from 2007 to 2008. He is a lawyer and was the main political consultant to ADQ leader Mario Dumont until his election.
Jacques Demers
Jacques Demers is a former Canadian Senator, former broadcaster and former professional ice hockey head coach. After a lengthy coaching career in the World Hockey Association and in the National Hockey League, Demers became an analyst for Montreal Canadiens games on RDS. On August 27, 2009, he was nominated by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to fill the Canadian Senate seat vacated by Yoine Goldstein. Senator Demers represented the Conservative Party in the Senate until December 2015 when he resigned from the Conservative caucus in order to sit as an Independent. On his 75th birthday on August 25th, 2019 Senator Demers left his position as Senator.
Émilie Bierre
Émilie Bierre is a Canadian actress from Quebec. She is most noted for her performance in the film A Colony , for which she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.
Enrico Ciccone
Enrico Pasquale Ciccone is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He currently represents Marquette as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party.
Louise Arbour
Louise Arbour, is a Canadian lawyer, prosecutor and jurist. She is currently the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for International Migration.
Dorothée Berryman
Dorothée Berryman is a Canadian actress and singer from Quebec.
Martin Laurendeau
Martin Laurendeau is a former touring professional tennis player, the present coach and (non-playing) captain of the Canada Davis Cup team
Arnaud Gascon-Nadon
Arnaud Gascon-Nadon is a Canadian football defensive lineman who played for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 2018. He was selected 17th overall by the Tiger-Cats in the 2012 CFL Draft. After the 2011 CIS season, he was ranked as the 13th best player in the Canadian Football League's Amateur Scouting Bureau January rankings for players eligible in the 2012 CFL Draft, and ninth by players in Canadian Interuniversity Sport. Gascon-Nadon played CIS football with the Laval Rouge et Or and for the Rice University Owls in 2008. Before Playing for Edmonton, Gascon-Nadon was with the Hamilton Tiger Cats from 2013 to 2015 and with the Ottawa Red and Blacks in 2016 and 2017, winning the Grey Cup with them in 2016.He officially announced his retirement in the summer of 2019.