List of Famous people born in Quebec, Canada
Valérie Plante
Valérie Plante is a Canadian politician serving as the 45th and current Mayor of Montreal since 2017. First elected to Montreal City Council in the 2013 election, she has served as leader of the Projet Montréal party since December 2016.
David Lemieux
David Lemieux is a Canadian professional boxer who held the IBF middleweight title in 2015.
Sean Patrick Maloney
Sean Patrick Maloney is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for New York's 18th congressional district since 2013. The district serves a large swath of exurban territory north of New York City, including Poughkeepsie and Newburgh. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was a candidate for New York Attorney General in the 2018 election, losing to Letitia James in the Democratic primary.
Serge Thériault
Serge Thériault is a Canadian comedian and actor from Quebec. He is best known for his collaborations with Claude Meunier, including the Ding et Dong comedy duo and the spinoff television series La Petite Vie, in which he played the role of Môman.
Lynda Lemay
Lynda Lemay is a Canadian francophone singer-songwriter. Through her mother she is a descendant of Zacharie Cloutier.
Jean Chrétien
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien is a Canadian politician who served as the 20th prime minister of Canada from 1993 to 2003.
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Emmanuelle Sophie Anne Chriqui is a Moroccan-Canadian actress and model. She is known for her performance on HBO's Entourage as Sloan McQuewick, as well as Dalia, the love interest of Adam Sandler's character in You Don't Mess with the Zohan. She is also known for her role on The Mentalist as Lorelei Martins. In May 2010, she topped the AskMen.com Most Desirable Women of 2010 list.
Richard Darbois
Richard Darbois is a Quebecois and French actor. He is especially known for his voice: he is the French dub voice of Harrison Ford, Danny Glover, Richard Gere, Jeff Goldblum and others in some of their films; he has also dubbed for animations such as Captain Harlock. He is also the voice-over artist of the radio station NRJ Radio.
Luguentz Dort
Luguentz “Lu” Dort is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Arizona State Sun Devils. He completed his high school career at the Athlete Institute in Mono, Ontario, where he was rated as high as a five-star recruit and was one of the top high school players in Canada. In his first year with Arizona State, he earned second-team All-Pac-12 Conference honors and was named to the all-defensive team in the Pac-12. He was also voted the conference’s freshman of the year.
Bruce Greenwood
Stuart Bruce Greenwood is a Canadian actor and producer. He is known for his role as the American president John F. Kennedy in Thirteen Days, for which he won the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, and as Captain Christopher Pike in J. J. Abrams's Star Trek reboot series. He has been nominated for three Canadian Screen Awards, once for Best Actor and twice for Best Supporting Actor. In television, Greenwood starred as Gil Garcetti in The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story, and has appeared in Mad Men, St. Elsewhere, Knots Landing, and John from Cincinnati. He currently stars as Dr. Randolph Bell in the medical drama The Resident.