List of people from Montreal

This is a list of notable people from Montreal.

Contents: Top · 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

Melissa Auf der Maur

David Azrieli

• Scott Abbott, co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
• Ramzi Abid, NHL hockey player
• Hugh Allan, financier and shipping magnate
• H. Montagu Allan, businessman, Hockey Hall of Fame member
• Paul Almond, director
• Sidney Altman, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
• René Angélil, singer, actor, husband/manager of Celine Dion
• Richard Bladworth Angus, banker
• Joel Anthony, NBA basketball player
• The Great Antonio, strongman
• Gilles Archambault, novelist
• Gabriel Aubry, male model
• Melissa Auf der Maur, rock musician (Hole, Smashing Pumpkins)
• Nick Auf der Maur, journalist, municipal politician
• Michel C. Auger, journalist
• David Azrieli, real estate magnate

B

Tanith Belbin

Adam Braz

• René Balcer, television writer and producer, famous for the US television show Law and Order
• Lanny Barbie, porn star
• Roger Barnes, professional wrestler
• Jay Baruchel, television/movie actor
• Doug Beardsley, poet and educator
• Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien broadcasting, magazines
• Bianca Beauchamp, fetish fashion model
• Tanith Belbin, Figure Skater, Olympic Silver medalist
• Jean Béliveau, former NHL hockey player
• Chris Benoit, pro-wrestler (born in Montreal, but raised in Edmonton, Alberta)
• Eric Berne, psychiatrist, creator of Transactional Analysis, and author of Games People Play
• André Besette, CSC Holy Cross Brother, Miracle Worker of Montreal
• Tim Biakabutuka, former NFL football player/Carolina Panthers
• Charlie Biddle, Montreal Jazz pioneer and Juno award winner
• Yannick Bisson, actor mostly known for playing Jack in the Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye series
• Sacha Dean Biyan, noted fashion photographer raised in Montreal but now based in New York
• Conrad Black, controversial financier and newspaper magnate
• Toe Blake, Montreal Canadiens hockey Legend
• Mike Bossy, Hockey Hall of Fame member
• Maurice "Mom" Boucher, leader Hells Angels
• Henri Bourassa, political leader and publisher
• Robert Bourassa, former Quebec premier
• Pierre Bourque (mayor)
• Raymond Bourque, former NHL hockey player
• Pierre Bouvier, frontman of Simple Plan and songwriter
• Scotty Bowman, hockey coach
• Justin Bradley, actor, Based out of Montreal and Toronto. Sometimes works in Los Angeles
• Glenda Braganza, Hollywood actress, recently starred in 10.5: Apocalypse (2006)
• Adam Braz, soccer defender (Montreal Impact & national team)
• Patrice Brisebois, NHL hockey player, Montreal Canadiens
• Martin Brodeur, NHL hockey player/goaltender, New Jersey Devils
• Charles Bronfman, business man and philanthropist
• Edgar Bronfman, Sr., businessman
• Edward Bronfman, was a Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and member of the Bronfman family.
• Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman and member of the Bronfman family
• Saidye Rosner Bronfman, philanthropist, and wife of Samuel Bronfman.
• Samuel Bronfman, liquor magnate
• Hy Buller, former NHL All-Star hockey player
• Mario Bunge, philosopher, Frothingham chair of Logic and Metaphysics at McGill University
• Robin Burns, founder and owner ITECH Hockey equipment
• Gerard Butler, Scottish actor. Grew up in Montreal before moving back to his native Scotland.

C

Francoise de Clossey

• Charles Sandwith Campbell, philanthropist benefactor of Montreal
• Paul Cargnello,singer/songwriter
• Gerald Emmett Carter, former cardinal archbishop of Toronto
• André Chagnon, Cable TV, broadcasting, philanthropist
• Serge Chapleau, political cartoonist
• Robert Charlebois, singer/songwriter
• Gregory Charles, musician and radio host
• Dov Charney, entrepreneur and CEO of American Apparel
• Claude Charron, former politician, now TV host
• Régine Chassagne, singer, musician
• Patricia Chica, film and TV director
• Emanuelle Chriqui, actress
• Françoise de Clossey, pianist and organist
• Guy Cloutier, former artist manager
• G.A. Cohen, political philosopher
• Leonard Cohen, poet and singer
• Sidney M. Cohen, television director
• Steven Cojocaru, fashion critic
• John Colicos, actor
• Charles Comeau, drummer of Simple Plan and songwriter
• Phil Comeau, film and TV director
• Ernest Cormier, engineer and architect
• Corneille, singer
• Irwin Cotler, law professor, politician
• Jean Coutu, pharmacist
• Ron Crevier, former NBA basketball player
• Peter Cullen, voice actor (voice of Optimus Prime from the film Transformers)
• Elisha Cuthbert, actress
• Mark Cohen (surgeon), ophthalmologist, co-founder LASIK MD
• May Cutler, publisher and journalist, founder of Tundra Books and the first Canadian woman to publish children's books. First woman to serve as Mayor of Westmount, Quebec.^[1]

D

Celine Dion

• Samuel Dalembert, NBA basketball player, Philadelphia 76ers
• Peter Dalla Riva, football player Montreal Alouettes
• Roméo Dallaire, senator, Lieutenant-General
• Vincent Damphousse, Former NHL hockey player
• J. P. Darche, NFL football player, Seattle Seahawks
• Françoise David, politician
• John Caswell Davis,politician
• Mitch Davis, film programmer, filmmaker, journalist
• Stéphane Demers, actor
• Bernard Derome, anchorman
• Pierre Desjardins, football player Montreal Alouettes
• Paul Desmarais, Sr., businessman
• Paul Desmarais, Jr., businessman
• André Desmarais, businessman
• David Desrosiers, bassist of Simple Plan and vocalist. Birth place is Sept-Îles
• Caroline Dhavernas, actress
• Celine Dion, singer
• Stéphane Dion, politician
• Jacob Dolson Cox, soldier and politician in the USA
• Jean Doré, former mayor of Montreal
• Fifi D'Orsay, actress
• William Dow, brewer
• Jean Drapeau, mayor of Montreal during Expo '67 and the 1976 Olympic Games.
• Glen Drover, guitarist for Megadeth
• Shawn Drover, drummer for Megadeth
• Steve Dubinsky, former NHL hockey player
• Gilles Duceppe, politician
• Jean Duceppe, actor
• Louis Dudek, poet
• Jack Dunham, animator, television commercial producer, designer of the St-Hubert rooster mascot.^[2]

E

• Iwan Edwards, conductor, Member of the Order of Canada
• Vic Emery, Olympic bobsleigh Gold Medalist
• Anke Engelke, German comedienne (birthplace)
• Angelo Esposito, Hockey player
• Cyrille Estève, Cyrille the Spoonman
• Sam Etcheverry, former CFL & NFL football quarterback, Montreal Alouettes, St. Louis Cardinals
• Terry Evanshen, former CFL football player, Montreal Alouettes, Calgary Stampeders
• Ken Evoy, founder of Sitesell, creator of SiteBuildIt! (SBI!)

F

• Lara Fabian, singer
• Mylène Farmer, singer
• Lila Feng, weather presenter
• David Fennario, playwright
• Maynard Ferguson, jazz trumpet player and bandleader
• Jennifer Finnigan, Hollywood actress
• Louis Joseph Forget, stockbroker, financier, statesman
• Rodolphe Forget, businessman, politician, philanthropist
• Chad Erickson, Ringette coach
• Marc-Andre Fleury, NHL Goalie

G

• Alfonso Gagliano, politician
• André Gagné, professor and scholar, Concordia University
• Éric Gagné, pitcher/ Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers
• Marc Gagnon, Olympic Gold Medal speed skater
• Howard Galganov, anglophone rights activist, radio personality
• Céline Galipeau, anchorwoman
• Patsy Gallant, pop singer
• Mitch Garber, international business executive, lawyer, broadcaster
• Arturo Gatti, professional boxer, world champion
• Daniel Gauthier, co-founder of the Cirque du Soleil
• Yasmeen Ghauri, supermodel during 1990s
• Ralph Gilles, designer of the Chrysler 300c
• Jessalyn Gilsig, actress
• Hilda Goldblatt Gorenstein (Hilgos), artist and inspiration for the documentary I Remember Better When I Paint^[3]
• Jonathan Goldstein, author, humourist and radio producer
• John Gomery, jurist
• Brian Goodwin, biologist
• Adam Gopnik, writer, essayist
• Huntley Gordon, actor
• David Gow, writer/director/producer "*Steel Toes", playwright, character actor
• Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan, newspaper publisher
• Stewart Francis Granger, former NBA basketball player
• Howard Grant, former Canadian Olympics and Commonwealth boxer; trainer, UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre
• Otis Grant, former Jamaican born, WBO Middleweight boxing champion
• Harold Greenberg, Movie producer, Founder of Astral Media
• Annie Grenier, AKA "Annie Brocoli"(Children's performer)
• Sylvain Grenier, WWE wrestler
• Irving Grundman, businessman, hockey executive
• Philip Guston, painter and printmaker

H

• Dayle Haddon, model and actress
• Chris Haney, co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
• Dan Hanganu, architect
• Louise Harel, politician
• Corey Hart, singer
• Doug Harvey, Hall of Fame ice hockey player
• Jacques Hébert, statesman
• Carl Henry, singer
• Prudence Heward, Beaver Hall Group artist
• Alonzo Highsmith, former NFL football player
• Dave Hilton, Jr., World Champion boxer
• Matthew Hilton, World Champion boxer
• David Julian Hirsh, actor
• Ian Hodgkinson, professional wrestler (lived in Montreal while in WCW)
• William Hope, actor
• Herbert Samuel Holt, financier
• Camillien Houde, former mayor of Montreal

I

• Norman Iceberg, singer/songwriter

J

• Marlene Jennings, PC, MP, Canadian politician
• René Jodoin, film animator and producer
• Daniel Johnson, Jr., former premier of Quebec
• Oliver Jones, Jazz pianist
• Sass Jordan, singer
• Robert Joy, actor
• Claude Jutra, filmmaker
• Kris Joseph, basketball player
• Jay Baruchel, actor

K

• Henry Kaiser, Comedian now based in New York, New York.
• Tommy Kane, former NFL football player/Seattle Seahawks
• Daniel Kash, actor
• George Kennedy, owner of Montreal Canadiens hockey team
• Amir Khadir, physician and politician
• Andy Kim, singer/songwriter
• A. M. Klein, author
• Naomi Klein, author and activist
• Leo Kolber, senator, de facto family member of Bronfman family and Empire.
• Benjamin Kowalewicz, singer of Billy Talent
• Sid and Marty Krofft, producers/creators of H.R. Pufnstuf, The Bugaloos, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, Land of the Lost, The Lost Saucer and so on.
• Joseph Kruger, of Kruger Inc.

L

• Florence La Badie, actress
• Charline Labonté, hockey player Canadian Olympic women's team, Gold medalists 2006
• Hubert Lacroix, CBC President and CEO
• Dany Laferrière, author
• Guy Lafleur, NHL Hockey Player, Montreal Canadiens
• Jon Lajoie, comedian
• Guy Laliberté, founder and CEO of Cirque de Soleil
• Paul Lambert, left guard Montreal Alouettes
• Phyllis Lambert, architect and member of the Bronfman family.
• Mado Lamotte, drag queen and author
• Jacques Lanctôt, FLQ member, convicted terrorist
• Louise Lanctôt, FLQ member, convicted terrorist
• Jean Lapierre, politician
• Éric Lapointe, CFL running back for the Montreal Alouettes
• Pierre Laporte, politician
• Georges Laraque, NHL hockey player
• Ryan Larkin, animator
• Lisa Lavie, independent singer-songwriter, Internet personality
• Irving Layton, poet, essayist, short story writer
• Jack Layton, politician, Leader of the federal New Democratic Party (NDP)
• Irina Lazareanu, fashion model
• Louise Lecavalier, dancer
• Vincent Lecavalier, NHL player
• Jos LeDuc, professional wrestler
• Ranee Lee, jazz singer
• Sébastien Lefebvre, guitarist of Simple Plan and vocalist
• Jean Leloup, musician
• Mario Lemieux, NHL hockey player
• Vanessa Lengies, actress
• Guy A. Lepage, television personality
• Rene Lepine, real-estate developer
• Chris Leroux, MLB pitcher (Florida Marlins, Pittsburgh Pirates)
• Jean Lesage, lawyer, politician
• Kristopher Letang, QMJHL hockey player, NHL hockey player [Pittsburgh Penguins]
• André Éric Létourneau, intermedia artist, composer
• Jean-Louis Lévesque, stockbroker, horse racing builder
• Daniel Levitin, cognitive psychologist, musician, author
• Shawn Levy, director and actor
• Liu Fang, musician
• William Edmond Logan, geologist
• Colin Low, filmmaker
• Roberto Luongo, NHL goaltender
• Yves A. Lussier, Physician-scientist in translational bioinformatics

M

• William C. Macdonald, tobacco manufacturer, philanthropist
• Danny Maciocia, CFL football coach
• Nicolas Macrozonaris, sprinter, Canadian track and field
• Don MacPherson, journalist
• G.R.Maddison, composer, poet, novelist
• Arnaud Maggs artist, photographer
• Jeanne Mance, founder of first hospital in North America, l'Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, 1645
• Rudolph A. Marcus, Nobel laureate of chemistry
• Lou Marinoff, Ph.D, philosopher at City college of New York
• Yann Martel, writer, Man Booker Prize 2002
• Paul Martin, former Prime Minister of Canada
• Russell Martin, baseball player for the New York Yankees
• Massari, singer
• Diego G. Mazzone, sales management professional
• John McCallum, politician
• John Wilson McConnell, businessman, publisher, philanthropist
• David Ross McCord, lawyer, philanthropist
• Kevin McDonald, actor/comedian/voice actor, member of The Kids in the Hall
• Thomas D'Arcy McGee, politician
• Duncan McIntyre, businessman
• Scott McKay, former city counsellor and leader of the Green Party of Quebec
• Patricia McKenzie, actress
• Norman McLaren, film animation pioneer
• Simon McTavish, businessman
• Juan Mendez, former NCAA basketball player, Niagara University
• Charles Meredith, president of the Montreal Stock Exchange
• Frederick Edmund Meredith, lawyer, chancellor of Bishop's University
• Vincent Meredith, 1st and last Baronet of Montreal, President of the Bank of Montreal
• William Collis Meredith Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec
• Luck Mervil, singer, actor
• Brenda Milner, neuropsychologist
• Hartland Molson, brewer, World War II fighter pilot, statesman
• John Molson, brewer, railway and steamship line builder
• Percival Molson, athlete, soldier
• Édouard Montpetit, lawyer, economist, academic
• Henry Morgan, department store founder
• Henry Morgentaler, physician, advocate for women's rights to abortion
• Terry Mosher, editorial cartoonist
• Ben Mulroney, Canadian television host, son of Brian Mulroney
• Brian Mulroney, former Prime Minister of Canada
• Mila Mulroney, wife of the 18th Prime Minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney

N

• Émile Nelligan, poet
• Kai Nielsen, naturalist philosopher at Concordia University
• Craig Norman, Head Basketball coach McGill Redman, for basketball player, Concordia University

O

• Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, politician, Parti patriote member
• Alexander Walker Ogilvie, miller, statesman
• Maryse Ouellet, glamour model, WWE Diva and WWE Diva Champion
• Caroline Ouellette, hockey player Canadian women's Olympic team, Gold medalist 2002, and 2006

P

• Frank L. Packard, novelist
• Michel Pagliaro, musician
• Jessica Paré, actress
• Jacques Parizeau, politician, former Premier of Quebec
• Julie Payette, scientist, astronaut
• Trevor W. Payne, founder and music director of the Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir
• Cory Pecker, hockey player, right wing (EHC Visp)
• Érik Péladeau, businessman (Québecor)
• Pierre Péladeau, founder of Quebecor
• Pierre Karl Péladeau, CEO of Quebecor Media
• Wilfrid Pelletier, symphony conductor
• Dr. Wilder Penfield, pioneering neurosurgeon, founder of the Montreal Neurological Institute
• Missy Peregrym, actress
• Oscar Peterson, jazz pianist
• Autumn Phillips, wife of Peter Phillips, eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II
• Mary Pierce, tennis player
• André Pijet, artist
• Steven Pinker, linguist and evolutionary psychologist
• Susan Pinker, journalist and psychologist
• Christopher Plummer, actor
• Dick Pound, lawyer, Olympic Games executive
• Cheryl Pounder, hockey player Canadian Olympic women's team, Gold medalist 2002, and 2006
• André Pratte, journalist, economist

Q

• Sara Quin (born in Alberta, currently resides in Montreal), musician

R

• Claude Raymond, former baseball player and coach
• Ariel Rebel, pornographic model
• John Redpath, businessman, philanthropist
• Ginette Reno, singer
• Ahmed Ressam, al-Qaeda member
• Caroline Rhea, actress
• Mike Ribeiro, NHL Hockey player
• Henri Richard, former NHL hockey player
• Maurice Richard, former NHL hockey player
• Mordecai Richler, writer
• Vito Rizzuto, mobster
• Alphonso Theodore Roberts, political activist, cricketer
• Sam Roberts, musician
• Percy Rodrigues, actor
• Paul Rose, political figure
• J.K.L. Ross, racehorse owner, philanthropist
• Greg Rusedski, tennis player
• Claude Ryan, publisher, statesman
• Frank "Dunie" Ryan, mobster

S

• Roméo Sabourin, SOE agent, WW II hero executed by the Nazis
• Martin St. Louis, NHL hockey player
• Kim St-Pierre, hockey goaltender, Canadian Olympic women's team
• Georges St. Pierre, professional MMA fighter
• Lino Saputo, businessman
• Anne Savage, artist
• Paul Schoeffler, voice actor, actor
• Joseph A. Schwarcz, doctor of chemistry and professor at McGill University and formerly at Vanier College
• Cynthia Scott, Academy Award-winning director
• Frank Scott, scholar, poet, professor, lawyer
• Marla Shapiro, CTV medical reporter and physician
• William Shatner, actor, best known for playing Captain Kirk in Star Trek
• Douglas Shearer, Oscar winning motion picture sound engineer
• Norma Shearer, Academy Award winning actress
• Madeleine Sherwood, actress, played Mother Superior in The Flying Nun
• Karen Simpson, actress and fashion designer
• Jaspreet Singh, author
• Charles Sirois, telecommunications
• Jeff Skoll, Internet entrepreneur
• Donald Smith, railway executive
• George M. Smith, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
• Larry Smith, former CFL football player, current president of the Montreal Alouettes
• Sam Steinberg, supermarket founder
• Ralph M. Steinman, 2011 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine
• George Stephen, banker, railway executive
• Jeff Stinco, lead guitarist of Simple Plan
• P.J. Stock, NHL Hockey player
• Bruny Surin, track and field athlete
• Sylvia Sweeney, former basketball player for the Canadian women's national team, TV journalist
• Michael Ernest Sweet, founder of Learning for a Cause, educator and writer
• Jack W. Szostak, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine

T

• Charles Taylor, philosopher emeritus at McGill
• Maxime Talbot, NHL Hockey Player
• José Théodore, NHL hockey player
• David Thompson, explorer
• Ryan Thorne, head basketball coach for the McGill Martlets, former CIAU champion in basketball with Bishop's University
• Josh Tordjman, NHL ice hockey player
• Daniel Tracey, journalist, politician
• Mary Travers (La Bolduc), singer
• Gerald Tremblay, Mayor of Montreal
• Michel Tremblay, novelist, playwright
• Tony Tremblay, poet, radio personality
• Alexandre Trudeau, journalist, son of Pierre Trudeau the former Prime Minister of Canada
• Dennis Trudeau, journalist
• Justin Trudeau, Member of Parliament, son of Pierre Trudeau the former Prime Minister of Canada
• Pierre Trudeau, former Prime Minister of Canada
• Jean-Claude Turcotte, Roman Catholic Cardinal
• George Tutunjian, Armenian Revolutionary Songs performer
• David Tyler, voice actor

U

• David Usher, singer/songwriter

V

• Maurice Vachon, also known as Mad Dog Vachon – wrestling champion
• Ernie Vandeweghe, former NBA basketball player, New York Knicks
• Gino Vannelli, singer/songwriter
• Jacques Vieau, fur trader and early Wisconsin settler
• Jacques Villeneuve, Formula One driver (1997 World Champion) and 1995 IndyCar champion. Son of Gilles Villeneuve.
• Gilles Villeneuve, Formula One driver
• Marc-Édouard Vlasic, NHL hockey player, currently playing for the San Jose Sharks.
• Roch Voisine, singer

W

• Martha Wainwright, singer/songwriter
• Rufus Wainwright, singer/songwriter
• Amanda Walsh, actress
• Dwight Walton, professional Basketball player/Canadian Olympian
• Ben Weider, co-founder of the IFBB (International Federation of BodyBuilders)
• Joe Weider, creator of the Mr. Olympia and Ms. Olympia bodybuilding contests
• Danny Wells, actor, was the bartender on The Jeffersons and Luigi in The Super Mario Brothers Super Show
• Bill Wennington, former NBA basketball player, Chicago Bulls
• Max Werner, Founder, Montreal Pastry, world class pastry chef
• Trevor C. Williams, former member of the Canadian national basketball team, philanthropist
• Joseph Wiseman, actor, best known for playing Dr. Julius No in the first James Bond film Dr. No
• Cairine Wilson, first woman to serve in the Senate of Canada
• William Workman, businessman and municipal politician
• Peter Worrell, former NHL hockey player
• Aleksandra Wozniak, tennis player
• Avi Wallerstein (surgeon), ophthalmologist, co-founder LASIK MD
• Karl Wolf, singer

Y

• Joel Yanofsky, writer.
• Nikki Yanofsky, jazz singer
• Wayne Yearwood, former professional basketball player/Canadian Olympian

Z

• Larry Zeidel, NHL ice hockey player
• David Zilberman, Olympic heavyweight wrestler
• Moses Znaimer, co-founder of Toronto's CityTV.
• Mortimer Zuckerman, magazine editor, publisher, and real estate tycoon.

See also

List of Montreal athletes List of Montreal musicians

List of people from Quebec List of people from Quebec City List of people from Laval, Quebec List of people from Ontario List of people from Toronto List of people from Calgary List of people from Edmonton List of people from British Columbia List of people from Vancouver

References

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3. ^ "Hilda Gorenstein by Meg McSherry Breslin,Chicago Tribune". February 7, 1998. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-02-07/news/9802070100_1_art-institute-painting-brushes.