List of Famous people born in Quebec, Canada
Mario Saint-Amand
Mario Saint-Amand is a Canadian singer and actor from Quebec.
Sandrine Bisson
Sandrine Bisson is a Canadian actress from Quebec. She won the Jutra Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 12th Jutra Awards in 2010 for her performance in 1981, and was a nominee in the same category at the 14th Jutra Awards in 2012 for Fear of Water and at the 17th Jutra Awards in 2015 for 1987, and a Canadian Screen Award nominee at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015 for 1987.
Raynald Desjardins
Raynald Desjardins is a prominent organized crime figure in Montreal, and a former associate of the Rizzuto crime family. In 2010, he was part of a violent effort to take control of the Rizzuto's operations. He is currently serving a 14-year prison sentence for his role in the 2011 murder of the acting boss of New York's Bonanno crime family, Salvatore Montagna. The French-Canadian Desjardins has been described as "the most influential non-Italian in the Montreal Mafia since William Obront and Armand Courville". Despite sharing the same surname, Desjardins is not related to André Desjardins, a notoriously corrupt union boss turned loan shark.
Vanessa Gilles
Vanessa Brigitte Gilles is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Angel City FC in the NWSL and the Canada national team.
Peter Simons
Peter D. Simons, is a Canadian businessman. He currently serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of La Maison Simons.
Aurelie Rivard
Aurélie Rivard is a Canadian swimmer. After winning three Paralympics gold medals, claiming a silver Paralympic medal and setting two World Records and a Paralympic Record at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the Paraswimmer was named Canada's flag-bearer for the closing ceremony.
Pierre Harvey
Pierre Harvey, is a Canadian sports athlete. He was the first Canadian male athlete to compete in both the 1984 Summer Olympics (cycling) and 1984 Winter Olympics.
Margie Gillis
Margie Gillis is a Canadian dancer and choreographer. Gillis has been creating original works of modern dance for over thirty-five years. Her repertoire includes more than one hundred pieces, which she performs as solos, duets, and group pieces.
Jean-Michel Blais
Jean-Michel Blais is a composer and pianist from Québec, Canada. He currently resides in Montreal.
Cedric Paquette
Cédric Paquette is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). Paquette was selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the fourth round, 101st overall, of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. Paquette won the Stanley Cup as a member of the Lightning in 2020.