List of Montrealers

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This is a list of notable people from Montreal.

A

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
René Angélil, singer, actor, husband/manager of Celine Dion
Richard Bladworth Angus, banker
The Great Antonio, strongman
Gilles Archambault, novelist
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

Ovidiu Baciu, former mayor of Roxboro
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
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)
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 Los Angeles
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)
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, was a Canadian businessman and member of the Bronfman family
Saidye Rosner Bronfman, philanthropist, and wife of Samuel Bronfman.
Samuel Bronfman, liquor magnate
Mario Bunge, philosoher, Frothingham chair of Logic and Metaphysics at McGill University
Gerard Butler, Scottish actor. Grew up in Montreal before moving back to his native Scotland.
Win Butler, frontman of Arcade Fire

C

Serge Chapleau, political cartoonist
Robert Charlebois, singer/songwriter
Gregory Charles, musician and radio host
Claude Charron, former politician, now tv host
Régine Chassagne, singer, musician
Emanuelle Chriqui, actress
Guy Cloutier, former artist manager
G.A. Cohen, political philosopher
Leonard Cohen, poet and singer
Sidney M. Cohen, television director
Steven Cojocaru, fashion critic
Charles Comeau, drummer of Simple Plan and songwriter
Ernest Cormier, engineer and architect
Corneille, singer
Jacques Cossette-Trudel, terrorist
Irwin Cotler, law professor, politician
Jean Coutu, pharmacist
Stephane Coutu, physics professor at Penn State, actor
Ron Crevier, former NBA basketball player
Peter Cullen, voice actor (voice of Optimus Prime from the film Transformers)
Elisha Cuthbert, actress

D

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
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, Hollywood 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
Gilles Duceppe, politician
Jean Duceppe, actor

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, Montréal Alouettes, St. Louis Cardinals
Terry Evanshen, former CFL football player, Montréal Alouettes, Calgary Stampeders

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
Adam Forsythe, Businessman, Rsian, D2ian, inventor of the Gobstopper

G

Alfonso Gagliano, politician
Éric Gagné, pitcher/ Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers
Marc Gagnon, Olympic Gold Metal speed skater
Howard Galganov, anglophone rights activist, radio personality
Céline Galipeau, anchorwoman
Patsy Gallant, pop singer
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
John Gomery, jurist
Huntley Gordon, actor
David Gow, writer/director/producer "*Steel Toes", internationally produced playwright, character actor
Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan, newspaper publisher
Stewart Francis Granger, former NBA basketball player
Annie Grenier, AKA "Annie Brocoli"(Children's performer)
Sylvain Grenier, WWE wrestler

H

Dayle Haddon, model and actress
Chris Haney, co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
Dan Hanganu, famous architect
Louise Harel, politician
Corey Hart, singer
Doug Harvey, Hall of Fame ice hockey player
Jacques Hébert, statesman
Carl Henry, RandB 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, Hollywood actor
Ian Hodgkinson, professional wrestler (lived in Montreal while in WCW)
Herbert Samuel Holt, financier
Camillien Houde, former mayor of Montreal
John Caswell Davis,politician

I

Norman Iceberg, singer/songwriter

J

René Jodoin, film animator and producer
Daniel Johnson, Jr., former premier of Quebec
Oliver Jones, Jazz pianist
Sass Jordan, rock singer
Robert Joy, actor
Claude Jutra, filmmaker

K

Tommy Kane, former NFL football player/Seattle Seahawks
James E.C. Kawecki, Electrical Engineer for the U.S Air Force, Game Designer
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
Joseph Kruger, business tycoon founder of Kruger Inc.

L

Florence La Badie, actress
Charline Labonté, hockey player Canadian Olympic women's team, Gold medalists 2006
Dany Laferrière, author
Guy Lafleur, Legendary NHL Hockey Player, Montreal Canadiens
Guy Laliberté, founder and CEO of Cirque de Soleil
Paul Lambert, left guard Montréal 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 runningback for the Montréal Alouettes
Pierre Laporte, politician
Georges Laraque, NHL hockey player
Ryan Larkin, animator
Irving Layton, poet, essayist, short story writer
Jack Layton, politician, Leader of the federal New Democratic Party (NDP)
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, Hollywood actress
Guy A. Lepage
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, best-selling author
Shawn Levy, director and actor
William Edmond Logan, geologist
Colin Low, filmmaker
Roberto Luongo, NHL goaltender

M

William C. Macdonald, tobacco manufacturer, philanthropist
Danny Maciocia, CFL football coach
Nicolas Macrozonaris, sprinter, Canadian track and field
Don MacPherson, journalist
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 Los Angeles Dodgers
Massari
John McCallum, politician
John Wilson McConnell, businessman, publisher, philanthropist
David Ross McCord, lawyer, philanthropist
Thomas D'Arcy McGee, politician
Duncan McIntyre, businessman
Scott McKay, former city counsellor and leader of the Green Party of Quebec
Norman McLaren, film animation pioneer
Simon McTavish, businessman
Juan Mendez, former NCAA basketball player, Niagara University
Luck Mervil, singer/ actor
Adrian Micu, mayor of Roxboro
Brenda Milner, neuropsychologist
Hartland Molson, brewing magnate, World War II fighter pilot, statesman
John Molson, brewing tycoon, railway and steamhip line builder
Percival Molson, athlete, soldier
Édouard Montpetit
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, famous contemporary atheist/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
Caroline Ouellette, hockey player Canadian women's Olympic team, Gold medalist 2002, and 2006

P

Frank L. Packard, novelisp
Michel Pagliaro, Musician
Jessica Paré, Hollywood 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
Dr. Wilder Penfield, Pioneering Neurosurgeon, founder of the Montreal Neurological Institute
Missy Peregrym, Hollywood actress
Oscar Peterson, jazz pianist
Mary Pierce, tennis player
André Pijet, artist
Steven Pinker, linguist and evolutionary psychologist
Dick Pound, lawyer, Olympic Games executive
Cheryl Pounder, hockey player Canadian Olympic women's team, Gold medalist 2002, and 2006
André Pratte

R

Claude Raymond, former baseball player/coach Montreal Expos
John Redpath, businessman, philanthropist
Ginette Reno, singer
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 and cricketer.
Jacques Rose, terrorist
Paul Rose, convicted murderer, FLQ Chenier Cell, politician
Allan Ross, mobster
Greg Rusedski, tennis player
Claude Ryan, publisher, statesman
Frank "Dunie" Ryan, mobster
Sam Roberts, musician

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
Joseph A. Schwarcz, doctor of chemistry and professor at McGill University and formerly at Vanier College
Cynthia Scott, Academy Award-winner
Frank Scott, scholar, poet, professor, lawyer
Marla Shapiro, CTV medical reporter and physician
William Shatner, Hollywood actor, best known for playing Captain Kirk in Star Trek
Douglas Shearer, Oscar winning motion picture sound engineer
Norma Shearer, Academy Award winning actress
Karen Simpson, actress and fashion designer
Jaspreet Singh, Author
Jeff Skoll, Internet billionaire
Donald Smith, railway executive
Larry Smith, former CFL football player, current president of the Montréal Alouettes
George Stamatis, Children's Rights Activist
Sam Steinberg, supermarket founder
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

T

Charles Taylor, philosopher emeritus at McGill
José Théodore, NHL hockey player
David Thompson, explorer
Ryan Thorne, Head Basketball coach McGill Martlets, former CIAU champion in basketball, Bishops University
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, educator, volunteer, fundraiser, statesman, and 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, Famous Armenian Revolutionary Songs performer.

U

David Usher, Singer/songwriter

V

Ernie Vandeweghe, former NBA basketball player, New York Knicks
Gino Vannelli, singer/songwriter
Traian Vasai, painter
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, Hollywood 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
Bill Wennington, former NBA basketball player, Chicago Bulls
Max Werner, Founder, Montreal Pastry, world class pastry chef
Andrew White, building contractor
Nigel Williams, former CFL football player
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

Y

Wayne Yearwood, former professional basketball player/Canadian Olympian

Z

Moses Znaimer, co-founder of Toronto's CityTV.
Mortimer Zuckerman, American billionaire magazine editor, publisher, and real estate tycoon.

List of Montrealers

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See also