Notable Alumni of University of Quebec in Montreal [Sorted List]

1. Louise Chabot

1955-. (aged 71)

nurse politician trade unionist

Louise Chabot is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Thérèse-De Blainville in the 2019 Canadian federal election as a member of the Bloc Québécois. She was re-elected in the 2021 election. She did not seek re-election in 2025.

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2. Kim O'Bomsawin

1983-. (aged 43)

film director

Kim O’Bomsawin is a writer, film director, and a human rights activist specifically for Indigenous women in Canada and the U.S. O'Bomsawin is of Abenaki origin, which is a First Nation in Quebec, Canada. She is considered a leading indigenous filmmaker.

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3. Michel de Broin

1970-. (aged 56)

sculptor installation artist video artist photographer

Michel de Broin is a Canadian sculptor. De Broin has created numerous public artworks in Canada and Europe, including the Salvador Allende monument in Montreal. He was the recipient of the 2007 Sobey Art Award.

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4. Benoit Dorais

politician

Benoit Dorais is a city councillor from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He served as the borough mayor of Le Sud-Ouest from 2009 to 2025. From his first election to 2013, Dorais was a member of Vision Montreal, before joining Coalition Montréal in 2013 and Projet Montréal before the 2017 municipal election.

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5. Marc-Antoine Gagnon

1991-. (aged 35)

freestyle skier

Marc-Antoine Gagnon is a Canadian freestyle skier. Gagnon represented Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the moguls event. He placed fourth, narrowly losing to Russia's Alexandr Smyshlyaev for the bronze medal. Gagnon won a bronze as part of a Canadian podium sweep in the dual moguls event at the 2015 World Championships.

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6. Kasandra Bradette

1989-. (aged 37)

short-track speed skater

Kasandra Bradette is a Canadian short track speed skater. She has won world championship and World Cup medals.

7. Gabrielle Pilote Fortin

1993-. (aged 33)

sport cyclist

Gabrielle Pilote Fortin is a Canadian former professional racing cyclist and trail runner for Nike Elite, who finished her cycling career in 2023 in UCI Women's World Tour team Cofidis Women Team

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8. Yves Robillard

1942-. (aged 84)

political adviser teacher politician

Yves Robillard is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Marc-Aurèle-Fortin in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 Canadian federal election. He did not seek re-election in 2025.

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9. Isabelle Arsenault

1978-. (aged 48)

comics artist

Isabelle Arsenault is a Canadian award winning illustrator living in Montreal, Quebec. She is known for her elaborate yet simplified artwork in children's literature.

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10. Daniel Green

1955-. (aged 71)

politician

Daniel Green is a Canadian politician, environmentalist and scientific communicator. Since 2000, he has been a consultant for Sierra Club of Canada, Société pour vaincre la pollution (SVP), Coalition Eau Secours, the Rivers Foundation, Nature Québec and Parks Canada.

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11. Joël Arseneau

1965-. (aged 61)

politician

Joël Arseneau is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Îles-de-la-Madeleine as a member of the Parti Québécois.

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12. François Blais

1961-. (aged 65)

university teacher politician

François Blais is a Canadian politician from Quebec, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 election and named Minister of Employment. He represented the electoral district of Charlesbourg as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party. From February 27, 2015, to January 28, 2016, he served as Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports following the...

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13. Eric Girard

1966-. (aged 60)

politician economist

Eric Girard MNA is a Canadian politician who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Groulx as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec and has served as the Minister of Finance since 2018.

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14. Gabriel Ste-Marie

teacher politician journalist research officer economist

Gabriel Ste-Marie MP is a Canadian politician and academic who was elected to represent the riding Joliette in the House of Commons in the 2015 election. He teaches economics at Cégep régional de Lanaudière.

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15. Louis Hamelin

1959-. (aged 67)

novelist literary critic writer

Louis Hamelin is a Canadian journalist and fiction writer. He won the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction in 1989 for his novel La Rage, and was nominated for the same award in 1995 for his novel Betsi Larousse, ou l'ineffable eccéité de la loutre and in 2006 for his short story collection Sauvages.

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16. Marlene Jennings

1951-. (aged 75)

lawyer high civil servant politician

Marlene Jennings PC is a former Canadian politician. She was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the House of Commons of Canada, and represented the riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine from 1997 to 2011.

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17. Nicole Léger

1955-. (aged 71)

politician

Nicole Léger is a former Canadian politician and the former Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the riding of Pointe-aux-Trembles from 1996 to 2006 and elected back as member of the Parti Québécois in a by-election on May 12, 2008, serving until the 2018 Quebec provincial election.

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18. Anique Poitras

1961-2016 (aged 55)

novelist adjunct professor writer children's writer poet

Anique Poitras was an award-winning writer in Quebec, Canada, whose work was aimed mostly at adolescent readers.

19. Angelo Iacono

1965-. (aged 61)

lawyer politician

Angelo G. Iacono MP is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Alfred-Pellan in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.

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20. Steven Bednarski

1973-. (aged 53)

historian actor

Steven Bednarski is a Canadian historian of the Middle Ages who specializes in fourteenth-century environment, crime, sex, gender, and microhistory. He is notable for being awarded an exceptionally high level of public research funding and for piloting a trans-disciplinary international research partnership network. As a child, Bednarski also worked in Montreal, Quebec and Toronto, Ontario as an actor.

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21. Mathieu Traversy

1984-. (aged 42)

politician

Mathieu Traversy is a Canadian politician in the province of Quebec. Since 2021, he has been the mayor of Terrebonne. Previously, he represented the riding of Terrebonne in the National Assembly of Quebec from the 2008 provincial election until his defeat in the 2018 provincial election. He was a member of the Parti Québécois.

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22. Frantz Benjamin

1968-. (aged 58)

novelist politician storyteller writer poet

Frantz Benjamin is a Canadian politician and poet, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Viau as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party. He is the third vice-president of the MNA since 29 November 2022.

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23. Alexandre Leduc

1984-. (aged 42)

politician

Alexandre Leduc is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve as a member of Québec solidaire.

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24. Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard

1994-. (aged 32)

judoka

Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard is a Canadian judoka who competes in the women's 63 kg category. Beauchemin-Pinard won a bronze medal in the 63 kg weight class at the 2020 Summer Olympics, making her the second Canadian woman to win a medal in judo at the Summer Olympics. She has been ranked in the top 10 of the world in her weight...

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25. Lise Roy

1953-. (aged 73)

actor

Lise Roy is a Canadian actress who has appeared in stage productions, film and television.

26. Roxanne Bouchard

1972-. (aged 54)

writer novelist

Roxanne Bouchard is a Canadian writer and educator from Quebec. She is best known for her series of maritime crime fiction novels centred on the investigations of detective Joaquin Moralès in Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula.

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27. Maryse Dubuc

1977-. (aged 49)

comics artist comics colorist

Maryse Dubuc is a Canadian comics writer, known particularly for The Bellybuttons which she created with Marc Delafontaine ("Delaf").

28. Catherine Pogonat

1976-. (aged 50)

television presenter

Catherine Pogonat is a Canadian radio and television host from Montreal, known for her role in musical and cultural events in the province of Quebec.

29. Amina Gerba

1961-. (aged 65)

businessperson

Amina Gerba CQ is a Cameroonian-Canadian businesswoman and entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of Afrique Expansion, Afrique Expansion Forum, and Afrique Expansion magazine. She also founded the beauty care brands Kariliss and Kariderm–the latter being the world's first shea butter product to earn organic certification. In 2014, she was a recipient of the National Order of Quebec. She...

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30. Andrée A. Michaud

1957-. (aged 69)

writer playwright novelist essayist

Andrée A. Michaud is a Canadian novelist and playwright from Quebec. She is a two-time winner of the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction, for Le ravissement at the 2001 Governor General's Awards and for Bondrée at the 2014 Governor General's Awards, and won the Prix Ringuet in 2007 for Mirror Lake. Boundary, translated by Donald Winkler, was longlisted for...

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31. Claudia Larochelle

1978-. (aged 48)

writer children's writer journalist columnist

Claudia Larochelle is a Québécoise journalist, radio host and writer. After a college training in theatre, a bachelor's degree in journalism and a master's degree in creative writing from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), she interned as a cultural columnist for the electronic journal Rue Frontenac (in French) and made appearances on different media, including on Radio-Canada.

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32. Stéphane Lafleur

1976-. (aged 50)

film screenwriter screenwriter film editor songwriter film director

Stéphane Lafleur is a French-Canadian film director, editor and musician.

33. Emmanuel Dubourg

1958-. (aged 68)

Chartered Professional Accountant teacher politician Chartered Cost Accountant accountant

Emmanuel Dubourg is a Canadian politician, chartered accountant and teacher from Quebec. He was the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Viau from 2007 until 2013. On 25 November 2013, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election to become the Liberal Member of Parliament for the Montreal riding of Bourassa....

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34. Marie Montpetit

1979-. (aged 47)

politician

Marie Montpetit is a Canadian former politician in Quebec, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 election as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party. She represented the electoral district of Maurice-Richard (formerly known as Crémazie).

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35. Alain Farah

1979-. (aged 47)

university teacher novelist writer literary scholar poet

Alain Farah is a Canadian writer and academic. Born in Montreal, Quebec in 1979 to Lebanese immigrant parents, he has published two novels and a collection of poetry.

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36. Michel Venne

1960-. (aged 66)

journalist writer

Michel Venne is a Canadian journalist, author and intellectual. He was a columnist for the Montreal newspaper Le Devoir. He is founder and director of the Institut du Nouveau Monde. Venne is a vocal advocate of Quebec independence and of progressive, social democratic politics.

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37. Corno

1952-2016 (aged 64)

painter

Joanne Corneau, better known by the pseudonym Corno, was a Canadian artist from the Saguenay region of Quebec. She achieved international recognition for her large-scale paintings of women's faces and bodies in a "post-pop" style.

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38. Barbada de Barbades

drag queen disc jockey association football player

Barbada de Barbades is the stage name of Sébastien Potvin, a Canadian drag queen and a television host. He is best known as one of the drag house mothers in the reality competition series Call Me Mother.

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39. Nicole Brossard

1943-. (aged 83)

poet director writer women's rights activist novelist

Nicole Brossard OC CQ is a French-Canadian formalist poet and novelist. Her work is known for exploration of feminist themes and for challenging masculine-oriented language and points of view in French literature.

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40. Richard Z. Sirois

1956-. (aged 70)

humorist radio personality

Richard Z. Sirois is a French-speaking Canadian radio and television comedian. He was born in Matane, Quebec. His family moved to Montreal when he was six years old.

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41. Vincent Marissal

1966-. (aged 60)

journalist politician

Vincent Marissal is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election. He was elected in the provincial riding of Rosemont as a member of Québec solidaire. On 22 November 2025, he announced that he was leaving the party to sit as an independent.

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42. François Gravel

1951-. (aged 75)

writer children's writer novelist teacher

François Gravel is a Canadian writer from Quebec. Most noted as an author of literature for children and young adults, he has also published a number of adult novels.

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43. Sébastien Proulx

1975-. (aged 51)

lawyer politician

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.

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44. Michèle Audette

1971-. (aged 55)

consultant politician

Michèle Taïna Audette is a Canadian politician and activist. She served as president of Femmes autochtones du Québec (Quebec Native Women) from 1998 to 2004 and again from 2010 to 2012. She was also the president of Native Women's Association of Canada from 2012 to 2014. From 2004 through 2008, she served as Associate Deputy Minister at the Ministry of...

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45. Stéphane Bergeron

1965-. (aged 61)

political adviser teaching assistant politician

Stéphane Bergeron is a Canadian politician. He served as a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada from 2019 to 2025 and previously served in that office from 1993 to 2005. He served as a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 2005 to 2018. He did not seek re-election in 2025.

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46. Paul Doucet

1970-. (aged 56)

actor television actor

Paul Doucet is a Canadian actor known for his portrayal of Jean Duceppe in Jean Duceppe.

47. Joseph Facal

1961-. (aged 65)

politician sociologist

Joseph Facal is a Canadian politician, academic, and journalist in the province of Quebec. He was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1994 to 2003 and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Lucien Bouchard and Bernard Landry.

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48. Gilles Proulx

1940-. (aged 86)

television presenter author radio personality

Gilles Proulx is a Canadian radio and television host in the province of Quebec. His radio career began in 1962, notably working for CHMP-FM and currently for Quebecor and Radio Ville-Marie. A strong Quebec nationalist, known for his conservative views and criticism of the anglophone community, he’s published 153 opinion columns in the Le Journal de Montréal as of 2020.

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49. Guy Caron

1968-. (aged 58)

public relations officer politician journalist researcher economist

Guy Caron is a Canadian politician who was elected the mayor of Rimouski, Quebec in 2021 and re-elected in 2025. He was previously a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 2011 to 2019, and served as the federal parliamentary leader of the New Democratic Party from 2017 to 2019, substituting for party leader Jagmeet Singh who during...

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50. Misstress Barbara

1975-. (aged 51)

record producer disc jockey songwriter

Barbara Bonfiglio, better known as Misstress Barbara, is an Italian-born Canadian producer, DJ and singer-songwriter. Born in Catania, Italy, she moved to Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the age of eight and has resided in the city ever since. She has DJed around the globe and has an extensive discography as a producer.

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51. Sylvie Bernier

1964-. (aged 62)

competitive diver

Sylvie Bernier, CM, CQ is an Olympic athlete from Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada. She won the gold medal in the Women's 3m Springboard Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

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52. Simon Plouffe

1956-. (aged 70)

mathematician

Simon Plouffe is a Canadian mathematician who discovered the Bailey–Borwein–Plouffe formula (BBP algorithm) which permits the computation of the nth binary digit of π, in 1995. His other 2022 formula allows extracting the nth digit of π in decimal. He was born in Saint-Jovite, Quebec.

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53. Marie-France Bazzo

1961-. (aged 65)

television presenter producer radio personality

Marie-France Bazzo is a Canadian broadcaster, who has hosted television programming for Télé-Québec and radio programming for the Ici Radio-Canada Première network.

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54. Émilie Heymans

1981-. (aged 45)

competitive diver

Émilie-Joane Heymans is a Canadian diver. She was born in Brussels, Belgium and raised in Greenfield Park, a suburb of Montreal. Heymans has won four Olympic medals, two bronze and two silver. She was the first female diver to win medals in four consecutive Olympic games and the first Canadian to win medals in four consecutive Olympics. Heymans also is...

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55. Arlette Cousture

1948-. (aged 78)

screenwriter radio employee writer novelist opinion journalist

Arlette Cousture, OC CQ is a Canadian writer. She writes historical fiction, often depicting the lives of women in Quebec. Many of her novels have become best-sellers in the French language.

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56. Caroline St-Hilaire

1969-. (aged 57)

administrator executive director consultant politician

Caroline St-Hilaire is a Canadian politician, who served as Mayor of Longueuil under the banner of Action Longueuil from November 10, 2009, to November 5, 2017. She was previously a Member of Parliament, representing the Bloc Québécois for the riding of Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher.

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57. Romeo Saganash

1961-. (aged 65)

jurist lawyer businessperson politician

Diom Roméo Saganash is a Cree lawyer and former politician from Canada. Saganash served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou in Quebec from 2011 to 2019. A member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), he was first elected to the House of Commons in the 2011 federal election and was re-elected in the 2015 federal election. He did...

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58. Larry Tremblay

1954-. (aged 72)

novelist writer playwright actor poet

Larry Tremblay is a Canadian writer from Quebec. He is a two-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction, for Le Mangeur de bicyclette at the 2003 Governor General's Awards and for L'Orangeraie at the 2014 Governor General's Awards, and a nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language drama at the 1997 Governor General's Awards for the...

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59. Jean-François Roberge

1974-. (aged 52)

writer children's writer novelist politician

Jean-François Roberge MNA is a Canadian politician who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 election. He represents the electoral district of Chambly as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec and is the former Education Minister. He was replaced by Bernard Drainville in October 2022.

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60. Charlotte Aubin

1991-. (aged 35)

actor

Charlotte Aubin is a Canadian actress from Quebec. She is most noted for her performance in the film Isla Blanca, for which she received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Actress at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2018.

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61. Julie Doucet

1965-. (aged 61)

comics artist

Julie Doucet is a Canadian underground cartoonist and artist, best known for her autobiographical works such as Dirty Plotte and My New York Diary. Her work is concerned with such topics as "sex, violence, menstruation and male/female issues."

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62. Pierre-Luc Brillant

1978-. (aged 48)

songwriter television actor actor film actor

Pierre-Luc Brillant is a Canadian actor and musician. He is best known for his performance in the film C.R.A.Z.Y., for which he received a Prix Jutra nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 2006.

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63. Bryan Perro

1968-. (aged 58)

writer playwright children's writer novelist

Bryan Perro is the author of the children's fantasy fiction series Amos Daragon, a series of twelve novels that focus on the adventurous young adult Amos Daragon and his quest to become the 'Mask Wearer'.

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64. Léa Clermont-Dion

1991-. (aged 35)

researcher film director

Léa Clermont-Dion is a Canadian author, feminist, television and radio host, and body image advocate. She was a co-facilitator, with Jacinthe Veillette, and spokesperson of the Québec Charter for a Healthy and Diverse Body Image. Clermont-Dion came to public attention during an appearance on the television programme Tout le monde en parle in October 2009. She is a doctoral student...

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65. Marguerite Blais

1950-. (aged 76)

television presenter politician journalist

Marie Josephine Marguerite Blais is a Canadian politician, journalist, radio host and television host from Quebec. She was a Coalition Avenir Québec Member of the National Assembly of Québec and a previous Minister Responsible for Seniors and Informal Caregivers and Member of the Comité ministériel des services aux citoyens. She was a Liberal Member of the National Assembly of Quebec...

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66. Peter Julian

1962-. (aged 64)

manual worker politician executive director

Peter S. Julian is a Canadian politician who was a Member of Parliament for the New Democratic Party (NDP) from 2004 to 2025. He represented the ridings of Burnaby—New Westminster from 2004 to 2015 and New Westminster—Burnaby from 2015 to 2025. He also served as the house leader for the NDP for much of his political career. He was defeated...

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67. Amandine Gay

1984-. (aged 42)

screenwriter film director afrofeminist actor

Amandine Gay is a French feminist, filmmaker, researcher and actress. Her first film Ouvrir la Voix is a documentary giving voice to Black women in France that aims to give an other approach of feminist movements.

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68. Geneviève Pettersen

1982-. (aged 44)

screenwriter novelist writer blogger film screenwriter

Geneviève Pettersen is a Canadian writer from Quebec. Her debut novel, La déesse des mouches à feu (2014), was awarded the Grand Prix littéraire Archambault.

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69. Sylvie Moreau

1964-. (aged 62)

actor

Sylvie Moreau, is a Canadian actress.

70. Patrick Pichette

businessperson chief financial officer

Patrick Pichette CQ is a Canadian business executive and venture capitalist who was the senior vice president and the chief financial officer of Google from 2008 until 2015. He then became a venture capital fund manager, and is a director for several companies and a foundation.

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71. Antoine Vézina

1973-. (aged 53)

actor television actor

Antoine Vézina is a Canadian actor and television personality.

72. Daniel Langlois

1957-2023 (aged 66)

business magnate inventor philanthropist animator

Daniel Langlois OC CQ was a Canadian businessman who was the president and founder of the Daniel Langlois Foundation, Ex-Centris, and Media Principia Inc.

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73. Guy A. Lepage

1960-. (aged 66)

television presenter film director comedian actor television producer

Guy A. Lepage is a Canadian comedian, actor, talk show host, and producer.

74. Catherine Dorion

1982-. (aged 44)

novelist film director actor political scientist politician

Catherine Dorion is a Canadian politician from Quebec, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election. She represented the electoral district of Taschereau as a member of Québec solidaire from 2018 to 2022.

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75. Jean-François Lisée

1958-. (aged 68)

writer journalist essayist politician

Jean-François Lisée is a Canadian politician who served as the leader of the Parti Québécois from October 2016 until October 2018. He was first elected a member of the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2012 Quebec election in the electoral district of Rosemont.

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76. Ken Scott

1970-. (aged 56)

screenwriter film director actor film actor

Ken Scott is a Canadian screenwriter, actor, director, and comedian. He is best known as a member of the comedy group Les Bizarroïdes with Martin Petit, Stéphane E. Roy and Guy Lévesque, and as screenwriter of the films Seducing Doctor Lewis, The Little Book of Revenge (Guide de la petite vengeance), and Starbuck, as well as television series Le Plateau.

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77. Pierre Lapointe

1981-. (aged 45)

singer-songwriter singer

Pierre Lapointe is a Canadian singer-songwriter. His work largely follows the tradition of French chanson, though he is influenced by modern pop music. Defining himself as a "popular singer", he has built an egocentric persona of a dandy onstage, but says he does this mostly to deflect attention from himself. His records have found critical and commercial success in Canada....

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78. Pierre Karl Péladeau

1961-. (aged 65)

chairman of the executive board businessperson chief executive officer politician

Pierre Karl Péladeau OQ, also known by his initials PKP, is a Canadian businessman, billionaire and former politician. He was also the MNA (Member of the National Assembly) for Saint-Jérôme. Péladeau is the president and CEO of Quebecor Inc. He is seen as a "strong Quebec nationalist" and who has wielded his media properties to influence Quebec politics. Péladeau used...

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79. Martin Villeneuve

1978-. (aged 48)

screenwriter writer film director

Martin Villeneuve is a Canadian screenwriter, producer, director, actor, and art director. He was nominated at the Canadian Screen Award (formerly Genie Award) in 2013 for Best Adapted Screenplay, for Mars et Avril, his feature film debut. He is also known for The 12 Tasks of Imelda, his second feature film released in 2022, in which he portrays his own...

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80. Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois

1990-. (aged 36)

politician

Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois is a Canadian politician who was the co-spokesperson of the party Québec solidaire from 2017 to 2025, and was elected as a member of the provincial legislative assembly on 29 May 2017. Before his arrival in active politics, he was well known for his role during the 2012 Quebec student protests as co-spokesperson of the Coalition large de...

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81. Martin Matte

1970-. (aged 56)

screenwriter actor comedian film actor

Martin Matte is a Canadian stand-up comedian and actor from Laval, Quebec. He created and starred in the television sitcom Les Beaux malaises, and is the current spokesperson for Quebec grocery store chain Maxi, a position he has held since 2016.

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82. Mathieu Bock-Côté

1980-. (aged 46)

columnist essayist

Mathieu Bock-Côté, often referred to by his initials MBC, is a Canadian sociologist, essayist, public intellectual, and conservative political commentator who resides in Paris, where he appears as a television and radio personality.

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83. Nelly Arcan

1973-2009 (aged 36)

children's writer novelist writer

Nelly Arcan was a Canadian novelist. Arcan was born Isabelle Fortier at Lac-Mégantic in the Eastern Townships of Quebec.

84. Jean-Marc Vallée

1963-2021 (aged 58)

film screenwriter film producer film actor film director film editor

Jean-Marc Vallée OC OQ was a Canadian filmmaker, film editor, and screenwriter. After studying film at the Université de Montréal, Vallée went on to make a number of critically acclaimed short films, including Stéréotypes (1991), Les Fleurs magiques (1995), and Les Mots magiques (1998).

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85. Christy Chung

1970-. (aged 56)

restaurateur model businessperson actor film actor

Christy Chung is a Canadian actress. She is best known for starring in films Mermaid Got Married, The Bodyguard from Beijing, Love on Delivery and Jan Dara.

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86. Maxime Bernier

1963-. (aged 63)

businessperson lawyer diplomat politician

Maxime Bernier PC is a Canadian politician who is the founder and leader of the People's Party of Canada (PPC). Formerly a member of the Conservative Party, Bernier left the caucus in 2018 to form the PPC. He was the member of Parliament (MP) for Beauce from 2006 to 2019 and served as a Cabinet minister in the Harper government.

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87. Denis Villeneuve

1967-. (aged 59)

film director screenwriter

Denis Villeneuve is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He has received seven Canadian Screen Awards as well as nominations for four Academy Awards, five BAFTA Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Villeneuve's films have grossed more than $1.8 billion worldwide.

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88. Claude Beausoleil

1948-2020 (aged 72)

literary critic university teacher writer essayist poet

Claude Beausoleil was a Canadian writer, poet, and essayist.

89. Élise Turcotte

1957-. (aged 69)

literary scholar university teacher writer children's writer poet

Élise Turcotte is a Canadian writer. She completed her BA and MA in literary studies at the University of Quebec and later received her doctorate at the Université de Sherbrooke. She now teaches literature at a CEGEP in Montreal, where she currently resides. Her writing has won much praise, and among other things she has won the Grand Prix de...

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90. Alexandre Baril

1979-. (aged 47)

researcher

Alexandre Baril, is a Canadian writer and since 2018 an associate professor at the School of Social Work, at the University of Ottawa. He researches sexual and gender diversity, bodily diversity ((dis)ability and health), and linguistic diversity. He considers his work to be intersectional, involving queer, trans, feminist and gender studies, as well as sociology of the body, health, social...

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91. Steven Blaney

1965-. (aged 61)

environmental consultant engineer politician

Steven Blaney PC is a Canadian businessman and politician who has been the mayor of Lévis, Quebec, since 2025. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Minister of Public Safety Canada from 2013 to 2015 and previously as the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister of State for La Francophonie in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen...

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92. Élaine Zakaïb

1959-2018 (aged 59)

politician

Élaine Zakaïb was a Canadian politician. She was member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Richelieu, first elected in the 2012 election and re-elected in 2014.

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93. Daniel Paillé

1950-. (aged 76)

management assistant economist university teacher director general financial analyst

Daniel Paillé is a Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Prévost in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1994 to 1996 as a member of the Parti Québécois, and represented the district of Hochelaga in the House of Commons of Canada as a member of the Bloc Québécois. He was elected leader of the Bloc Québécois with 62 percent...

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94. Matthias Rioux

1934-. (aged 92)

journalist politician radio personality trade unionist

Matthias Rioux is a Canadian politician who represented the electoral district of Matane in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1994 to 2003 as a member of the Parti Québécois.

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95. Anissa Khelfaoui

1991-. (aged 35)

fencer

Anissa Khelfaoui Nassonenko is an Algerian female fencer.

96. Laure Waridel

1973-. (aged 53)

writer environmentalist

Laure Waridel, CM is a social activist, a writer, an associate professor of environmental studies and sociology at the Université du Québec à Montréal, and a radio and TV commentator.

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97. Taraneh Javanbakht

1974-. (aged 52)

photographer literary critic playwright essayist translator

Taraneh Javanbakht is an Iranian-Canadian scientist and polymath.

98. Abla Farhoud

1945-2021 (aged 76)

novelist playwright writer

Abla Farhoud was a Lebanese-born Canadian writer and playwright who lived in Quebec.

99. Fernando Barrios Ipenza

1959-. (aged 67)

businessperson politician

Fernando Barrios Ipenza was born in Andahuaylas – Peru, he is an entrepreneur, engineer and Peruvian politician, member of the Peruvian Aprista Party. He was president of the social security health Peru and Minister of the Interior of Peru from September 14 to November 22, 2010.

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100. Raquel Peña

1966-. (aged 60)

academic politician

Raquel Peña Rodríguez de Antuña is a Dominican politician and academic who has served as the 40th Vice President of the Dominican Republic under President Luis Abinader since 2020.

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