15 Notable alumni of Polytechnic School of Montreal
Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
Polytechnic School of Montreal is 744st in the world, 1st in North America, and 28st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 15 notable alumni from Polytechnic School of Montreal sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Polytechnic School of Montreal won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Joseph-Odilon Duval
1895-1966 (aged 71)
politician
Joseph-Odilon Duval was a Canadian politician.
2. Jean-Georges Garneau
1864-1944 (aged 80)
university teacher
politician
Sir Jean-Georges Garneau was a Canadian politician, the mayor of Quebec City from 1906 to 1910.
3. Richard Campeau
1954-. (aged 72)
chemical engineer
politician
Richard Campeau is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Bourget as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec until the 2022 election, where he was defeated by Parti Québecois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon.
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4. Aristide Beaugrand-Champagne
1876-1950 (aged 74)
architect
Aristide Beaugrand-Champagne was a Canadian landscape architect and architect based in Montreal, Quebec.
5. Claude Lajeunesse
1941-. (aged 85)
Claude Lajeunesse is a Canadian engineer and corporate executive. Since 30 November 2007, he has been the president and chief executive officer of the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada. He is the former president and vice-chancellor of Concordia University in Quebec.
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6. MarieChantal Chassé
1966-. (aged 60)
politician
Marie-Chantal Chassé, born on October 20, 1966, in Montreal, is an entrepreneur, mentor, corporate director, engineer, and Canadian politician.
7. Pierre Lassonde
1947-. (aged 79)
board member
philanthropist
business executive
Pierre Lassonde OC GOQ is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist.
8. Bernard Lamarre
1931-2016 (aged 85)
engineer
Bernard Lamarre, OC GOQ was a Canadian engineer and businessman.
9. Sophie D'Amours
1966-. (aged 60)
engineer
university teacher
Sophie D'Amours OC is a Canadian engineer and a professor at Université Laval. On April 26, 2017, she was elected the 26th rector of Université Laval, the first woman to hold the position.
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10. Harout Chitilian
1980-. (aged 46)
engineer
politician
Harout Chitilian is a former city councillor from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, former chairman of the council, he held the position of vice president of the executive committee of Montreal city until his electoral defeat in November 2017. Originally elected as a member of Union Montreal, Chitilian sat as an independent councillor from December 2012 to August 2013, when he reaffiliated...
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11. Djibo Salamatou Gourouza Magagi
politician
minister
Djibo Salamatou Gourouza Magagi is a government official in Niger.
12. Dominique Anglade
1974-. (aged 52)
businessperson
politician
Dominique Anglade is a Canadian engineer, businesswoman and former politician who served as the leader of the Quebec Liberal Party and leader of the Opposition of Quebec from May 11, 2020 to December 1, 2022. She has served as a member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 2015 to 2022, representing Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne. She is the first woman to lead...
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13. Justin Picard
entrepreneur
engineer
Justin Picard is a Swiss-Canadian engineer and entrepreneur who currently serves as the chief technology officer of Scantrust, a company he co-founded in 2013. He is the inventor of the copy detection pattern, a digital authentication technology for detecting product and document counterfeiting.
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14. Thomas Pesquet
1978-. (aged 48)
amateur radio operator
military flight engineer
aircraft pilot
engineer
astronaut
Thomas Gautier Pesquet is a French aerospace engineer, pilot, European Space Agency astronaut, actor, musician, and writer. He was selected by ESA as a candidate in May 2009, and successfully completed his basic training in November 2010. From November 2016 to June 2017, he was part of Expedition 50 and Expedition 51 on the International Space Station (ISS) as a...
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15. Taraneh Javanbakht
1974-. (aged 52)
photographer
literary critic
playwright
essayist
translator
Taraneh Javanbakht is an Iranian-Canadian scientist and polymath.