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Encyclopedia > List of Quebecers

List of famous Quebecers: citizens of the Canadian province of Quebec. Quebecers was a tag team in the WWE (then WWF) from late 1993 to mid-1994. ... Motto: Je me souviens (French: I remember) Official languages French Capital Quebec City Largest city Montreal Lieutenant-Governor Lise Thibault Premier Jean Charest (PLQ) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 75 24 Area Total  â€¢ Land  â€¢ Water    (% of total)  Ranked 1st 1,542,056 km² 1,183,128 km² 176,928...

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Artists and entertainers

Denys Arcand recieving the Order of Canada from Governor General Adrienne Clarkson in a ceremony performed at Rideau Hall on Friday, June 10, 2005. ... Paul Arcand (born in St. ... Gilles Archambault (September 19, 1933 - ) is a Canadian/Québécois novelist born in Montreal, Quebec. ... André Arthur André Arthur, is a radio host and politician from Quebec City. ... Marie-Claire Blais is a Canadian author. ... Mary Rose-Anna Travers, born June 4, 1894 in Newport in the Gaspé region of Quebec, Canada – died February 21, 1941, was a Quebecois singer best known as La Bolduc. ... Paul-Émile Borduas (November 1, 1905 - February 22, 1960) was a Canadian painter known for his abstract paintings. ... Les Automatistes were a group of Quebecois artistic dissidents from Montreal, Quebec. ... Geneviève Bujold (born July 1, 1942 in Montréal, Quebec) is a Canadian actress. ... Pascale Bussières (born June 27, 1968 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Québécoise actress. ... Roch Carrier (born May 13, 1937) is a celebrated French-Canadian novelist and author of contes (a very brief form of the short story). ... Leonard Norman Cohen, CC (born September 21, 1934 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian poet, novelist, and singer-songwriter. ... Marie-Josée Croze (born February 23, 1970 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian actress. ... Sylvia Daoust (24 May 1902 - July 19, 2004), born in Montreal, was one of the first female sculptors in Quebec. ... Charles Daudelin (October 1, 1920_April 2, 2001) was a Canadian sculptor and painter, a major Quebec artist. ... Esther Delisle (born 1954) is a French-Canadian political scientist and author of historical works. ... Céline Marie Claudette Dion, OC, OQ (born March 30, 1968) is a Canadian Grammy, Juno, and Oscar award-winning pop singer and occasional songwriter[1] and actress. ... Georges Dor (March 10, 1931-2001) (born Georges-Henri Dore) was a Quebecois author, composer, playwright, singer, poet, translator, and theatrical producer and director. ... Fifi DOrsay (April 16, 1904 - December 2, 1983) was an actress. ... Diane Dufresne (born 30 September 1944 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Quebec singer and painter. ... Stained-glass window by Marcelle Ferron, at Champ-de-Mars metro station in Montreal Marcelle Ferron (January 29, 1924-November 19, 2001), a Québécoise painter and stained glass artist, was a major figure in the Quebec contemporary art scene. ... Jean-Claude Germain (born in Montreal, 18 June 1939) is a playwright, author, journalist and historian. ... Huntley Gordon (October 8, 1887 - December 7, 1956) was an actor born in Montreal, Quebec. ... Pierre Granche (1948-1997) was a French-Canadian sculptor. ... Anne Hebert Anne Hébert (August 1, 1916 - January 22, 2000) was a Canadian author and poet. ... Prudence Heward, born July 2, 1896 - died March 19, 1947, was a Canadian painter. ... Florence M.L. La Badie (born possibly April 27, 1888 - October 13, 1917) was the daughter of Joseph E. La Badie and his wife Amanda from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... 1999 Canada Post stamp Félix Leclerc (August 2, 1914-August 8, 1988) was a Québécois folk singer, poet, writer, actor and political activist. ... Robert Lepage (born December 12, 1957 in Quebec City) is a playwright, actor and film director from Quebec City, Quebec, and is one of Canadas most honoured theatre artists. ... Norm MacDonald Norman Gene MacDonald (born October 17, 1962) is a Canadian-born American actor and comedian. ... Guido Molinari (October 12, 1933 - February 21, 2004) was a Canadian artist, known for his abstract paintings. ... Edythe Morahan de Lauzon (or Morahan-de Lauzon) was a Canadian poet who published Angels Songs from the Golden City of the Blessed in 1918 and From The Kingdom Of The Stars in 1922. ... Jean-Paul Mousseau (January 1, 1927-February 7, 1991) was a student of Paul-Émile Borduas and a member of the Automatist school of Quebec artists. ... // Biography Émile Nelligan (December 24, 1879 - November 18, 1941) was a French language poet from Quebec, Canada. ... Mordecai Richler Mordecai Richler (January 27, 1931 - July 3, 2001) was a Canadian author, scriptwriter and essayist. ... La Joute, by Jean-Paul Riopelle Jean-Paul Riopelle (7 October 1923 - 12 March 2002) was a painter and sculptor from Quebec. ... Anne Savage, born July 27, 1896 – died March 25, 1971, was a Canadian painter and art teacher. ... Mack Sennett Mack Sennett (January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was an innovator of slapstick comedy in film. ... Douglas G. Shearer (November 17, 1899 - January 5, 1971) was a pioneer sound designer and director who played a key role in the advancement of sound technology for motion pictures. ... Norma Shearer in Romeo and Juliet (1936) Norma Shearer (August 10, circa 1902 – June 12, 1983) was a naturalized U.S. citizen actress who had been born in Montreal, Quebec, the daughter of a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman. ... William Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is an actor, writer and musical performer who gained fame for his starring role as Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the television show Star Trek from 1966 to 1969 and in seven of the subsequent movies. ... Miyuki Tanobe (born 1937 in Morioka, Japan) is a Canadian painter. ... Eva Tanguay (born August 1, 1879 in Marbleton, Québec, Canada – died January 11, 1947 in Hollywood, California, United States) was a singer and entertainer known as the girl who made vaudeville famous. ... Michel Tremblay (born June 25, 1942) is an important Quebec novelist and playwright. ... Pierre Vallières Pierre Vallières (February 22, 1938 – December 23, 1998), was a founding member and intellectual leader of the terrorist group, the Front de libération du Québec and a journalist and writer of militantly polemical essays and books in support of the Quebec sovereignty movement. ... Gilles Vigneault (born 27 October 1928) is a poet, publisher and singer-songwriter from Quebec, and well-known Quebec nationalist and sovereigntist. ...

Business

Sir Hugh Allan Sir Hugh Allan (September 29, 1810 – December 9, 1882) was a Scottish-born Canadian financier and shipowner. ... H. Montagu Allan (October 13, 1860 - September 26, 1951) was a Canadian banker, ship owner, and a sportsman who donated the Allan Cup, the trophy symbolic of mens amateur ice hockey supremacy in Canada. ... Laurent Beaudoin, C.C., O.Q., M.Comm. ... Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour OC, PC, (born August 25, 1944, in Montreal, Quebec), is a British biographer, financier and newspaper magnate. ... Charles Rosner Bronfman, PC , CC (born June 27, 1931 in Montreal) is a Canadian business man and philanthropist. ... Edgar Miles Bronfman (born June 20, 1929) is a Canadian businessman and a member of the Bronfman dynasty, and the father of Edgar Bronfman, Jr. ... Samuel Bronfman, CC (February 27, 1891 - July 10, 1971) was the founder of Seagrams and a Canadian family dynasty the Bronfman family. ... Donald J. Carty (born 1946) was the chairman and CEO of AMR, the parent company of American Airlines, from 1998 to 2003. ... For the 19th-century former mayor of Montreal, see Alphonse Desjardins (politician) Gabriel-Alphonse Desjardins (November 5, 1854 _ October 30, 1920) was born in Lévis, Quebec. ... Marie-Josée Kravis, born Drouin (born September 11, 1949) is an economist from Montreal, Quebec. ... Alexander Tilloch Galt Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt (September 6, 1822-September 19, 1911) was an English-born Canadian politician, and a father of Canadian Confederation. ... Sir William C. Macdonald (born February 10, 1831 - died June 4, 1917) was a Scots-Quebecer tobacco manufacturer and major education philanthropist in Canada. ... John Wilson McConnell (July 1, 1877 - November 6, 1963) was an Anglo-Quebecer businessman, newspaper publisher, humanitarian, and the most significant philanthropist in the history of the Province of Quebec, Canada. ... Categories: Canadian people stubs | 1744 births | 1813 deaths | Canadian historical figures | McGill University | People from Quebec | Philanthropists ... John Molson John Molson (December 28, 1763 – January 11, 1836) was an was Anglo-Quebecer who was a major brewer and entrepreneur in Canada, starting the Molson Brewing Company. ... The Honourable Senator Hartland de Montarville Molson OBE , OC , DCL , CA (May 29, 1907 - September 28, 2002) was an Anglo-Quebecer statesman, and a member of the prominent Molson family of brewers. ... Pierre Péladeau (April 11, 1925 – December 24, 1997) was a Canadian businessman. ... John Redpath (1796–March 5, 1869) was a Scots-Quebecer businessman and philanthropist who helped pioneer the industrial movement that made Montreal, Quebec the largest and most prosperous city in Canada. ...

Inventors

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Criminals

Marie-Joseph Angélique (died June 21, 1734) was the name given by the French authorities to a Portuguese-born black slave in New France (later Quebec, Canada). ... World map showing location of Africa A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second_largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ... The Buxton Memorial Fountain, celebrating the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, London. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Richard Blass (1945-January 24, 1975) was an infamous Canadian gangster. ... A Kiddy Raper ... Hells Angels logo (Smithsonian Institution) The Hells Angels is a motorcycle club formed in 1948 in Fontana, California (where the local chapter remains active), taking the name of the movie Hells Angels based on the Royal Flying Corps directed by Howard Hughes. ... Marc Carbonneau Marc Carbonneau (born May 29, 1933) is a convicted terrorist and taxi driver. ... The Front de Libération du Québec (Quebec Liberation Front), commonly known as the FLQ, was a separatist group founded in the 1960s and based primarily in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Jacques Cossette-Trudel Jacques Cossette-Trudel (born 1948 in Mount Royal, Quebec, Canada) is a convicted terrorist and a filmmaker. ... The Front de Libération du Québec (Quebec Liberation Front), commonly known as the FLQ, was a separatist group founded in the 1960s and based primarily in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Louise Lanctôt, born March 24, 1947 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is a convicted terrorist and writer. ... The Front de Libération du Québec (Quebec Liberation Front), commonly known as the FLQ, was a separatist group founded in the 1960s and based primarily in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Fabrikant taken to a hospital because of chest pain. ... A spree killer is someone who embarks on a murderous rampage. ... Jacques Lanctôt (born November 5, 1945, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) was an important member of the Quebec terrorist group the FLQ. Lanctôt joined the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) group in 1963 at the age of 17 and was involved in several violent demonstrations in Quebec... The Front de Libération du Québec (Quebec Liberation Front), commonly known as the FLQ, was a separatist group founded in the 1960s and based primarily in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... There are three Yves Langlois on the public scene in Canada: one is a film director, the second is a film editor, and the third has been a member of the Front de Libération du Quebec (FLQ). ... The Front de Libération du Québec (Quebec Liberation Front), commonly known as the FLQ, was a separatist group founded in the 1960s and based primarily in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Marc Lépine (October 26, 1964 – December 6, 1989) was a Canadian mass murderer who killed 14 women in what is known as the École Polytechnique massacre. ... The École Polytechnique massacre or Montreal massacre was a gun massacre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Bernard Lortie Bernard Lortie (born c. ... The Front de Libération du Québec (Quebec Liberation Front), commonly known as the FLQ, was a separatist group founded in the 1960s and based primarily in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Denis Lortie is a Canadian murderer, who killed three Quebec government employees in 1984. ... The Quebec Parliament Building at night The National Assembly of Québec (French: Assemblée nationale du Québec) is the legislative body of the Province of Quebec, Canada. ... Rhéal Mathieu (born 1947) is a French-Canadian convicted murderer and a member of the Quebec terrorist group, the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ). ... Allan The Weasel Ross b. ... The West End Gang is one of Canadas most influential criminal groups. ... Portrait of Paul Rose from 1990. ... The Front de Libération du Québec (Quebec Liberation Front), commonly known as the FLQ, was a separatist group founded in the 1960s and based primarily in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Jacques Rose of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, was a member of the Chenier cell of the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ). ... The Front de Libération du Québec (Quebec Liberation Front), commonly known as the FLQ, was a separatist group founded in the 1960s and based primarily in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Frank Peter Dunie Ryan (1942-1984) was a prominent underworld figure who before his death was the reputed leader of the Montréal West End Gang. ... The West End Gang is one of Canadas most influential criminal groups. ... Francis Simard Francis Simard, born 1946, of Montreal, Quebec, was a member of the Chenier Cell of the terrorist group, the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ). ... The Front de Libération du Québec (Quebec Liberation Front), commonly known as the FLQ, was a separatist group founded in the 1960s and based primarily in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Raymond Villeneuve (born September 11, 1943) was a founding member of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ). ...

Politicians

The Hon. ... Adrien Arcand in 1933. ... Official leadership campaign picture of André Boisclair. ... The Honourable Lucien Bouchard, PC , B.Sc , LL.B (born December 22, 1938 in Saint-Coeur-de-Marie, Quebec, Canada) is a Quebec lawyer, diplomat and politician. ... Henri Bourassa Joseph-Napoléon-Henri Bourassa (September 1, 1868- August 30, 1952) was a French Canadian political leader and publisher. ... A portrait of Robert Bourassa, taken during his second term as premier of Quebec (1985–1994). ... George-Étienne Cartier The Honourable Sir George-Étienne Cartier, KCMG, PC (September 6, 1814 – May 20, 1873) was a French-Canadian statesman and Father of Confederation. ... We dont have an article called Canadian-confederation Start this article Search for Canadian-confederation in. ... The Honourable John James Jean Charest (sha-ræ), PC, MNA (born June 24, 1958) is a Quebecois lawyer and politician. ... Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien, PC, QC, BA, LL.L, LL.D (born January 11, 1934) was the twentieth Prime Minister of Canada, serving from November 4, 1993, to December 12, 2003. ... Jean Drapeau, mayor of Montreal Jean Drapeau CC , GOQ (February 18, 1916 – August 12, 1999) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as mayor of Montreal from 1954 to 1957 and 1960 to 1986. ... Pierre Ducasse (born August 18, 1972), a Canadian politician, is a prominent New Democratic Party activist. ... Gilles Duceppe Gilles Duceppe, M.P. (born July 22, 1947 in Montreal) is a Quebec nationalist and social democratic politician in Canada. ... Duplessis and the Clergy. ... Ludger Duvernay (January 22, 1799 - November 28, 1852) was born in Verchères, Quebec. ... Lomer Gouin The Honourable Sir Jean Lomer Gouin (March 19, 1861 - March 28, 1929) was born in Grondines, Quebec. ... Daniel Johnson, Sr. ... Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine. ... Sir Wilfrid Laurier, PC, KC, GCMG, BCL, DCL, LLD, DLitt (November 20, 1841 – February 17, 1919) was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from July 11, 1896, to October 7, 1911. ... Jean-Bernard Landry, born March 9, 1937 in Saint-Jacques, Quebec, (near Joliette), is a Quebec lawyer, teacher, politician, past Premier of Quebec, Canada, (2001–2003), former leader of the Opposition (2003–2005) and former leader of the Parti Québécois (2001–2005). ... Sir Hector-Louis Langevin The Honourable Sir Hector-Louis Langevin, PC , QC , KCB (August 25, 1826 – June 11, 1906) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. ... We dont have an article called Canadian-confederation Start this article Search for Canadian-confederation in. ... Pierre Laporte (February 25, 1921 - October 1970), was a Canadian politician who was assassinated by members of the terrorist group, the Front de Libération du Québec (Quebec Liberation Front). ... The Honourable Jean Lesage, PC , CC , CD (June 10, 1912–December 12, 1980) was a lawyer and politician in Quebec, Canada. ... René Lévesque (pronounced ) (August 24, 1922 – November 1, 1987) was a reporter, a minister of the government of Quebec, Canada, (1960 – 1966), the founder of the Parti Québécois political party, and 23rd Premier of Quebec (November 25, 1976 – October 3, 1985). ... McGee in 1868 Thomas DArcy McGee, PC, (April 13, 1825 – April 7, 1868) was a Canadian journalist and Father of Confederation. ... We dont have an article called Canadian-confederation Start this article Search for Canadian-confederation in. ... Honoré-Mercier is the name of a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada. ... Yves Michaud Yves Michaud, born February 13, 1930 in Acton Vale, near Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada is a prominent sovereignist public figure and member of the Parti Québécois. ... Brian Mulroney (born March 20, 1939) was the eighteenth Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993. ... Robert Nelson - Lopinion publique, Vol. ... Wolfred Nelson, (July 10, 1791 – June 17, 1863) was from 1854 – 1856 the mayor of Montreal, Quebec. ... Edmund Bailey OCallaghan, (probably 27 February 1797 – 29 May 1880) born in Mallow, Ireland, was a doctor and journalist. ... Portrait of Louis-Joseph Papineau. ... Jacques Parizeau, Ph. ... Claude Ryan, CC, D.h. ... Louis Stephen St. ... Étienne-Paschal Taché Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché (5 September 1795 – 30 July 1865) was a Canadian doctor and politician. ... We dont have an article called Canadian-confederation Start this article Search for Canadian-confederation in. ... Louis-Alexandre Taschereau (March 5, 1867 - July 6, 1952) was a Liberal Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from 1920 to 1936. ... Dr. Daniel Tracey, M.D. (1795-July 19th, 1832) was born in Rosecrea, Tipperary County, Ireland, a doctor, journalist and Canadian politician. ... Name Pierre Elliott Trudeau Number Fifteenth First term April 20, 1968–June 4,1979 Second term March 3, 1980–June 30, 1984 Predecessor Lester Bowles Pearson Successors Joe Clark John Napier Turner Date of birth October 18, 1919 Place of birth Montreal, Quebec Date of death September 28, 2000 Spouse...

Sciences

Sidney Altman (born May 7, 1939) is a Canadian-born molecular biologist, who is currently the Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Chemistry at Yale University. ... Pierre Dansereau (born October 5, 1911) is a Canadian ecologist and is known as one of the fathers of ecology. Born in Outremont on the island of Montreal, Quebec, he received a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (B.Sc. ... (Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada PA-26889) George Mercer Dawson (August 1, 1849 – March 2, 1901) was a Canadian scientist and surveyor. ... Reginald Aubrey Fessenden (October 6, 1866 - July 22, 1932) was a Canadian inventor born in East Bolton, Quebec, the son of a Protestant minister. ... Armand Frappier and his motto, “You will be the voice, not the echo” Armand Frappier (November 26, 1904 – December 17, 1991) was a Canadian physician, microbiologist and expert on tuberculosis. ... David H. Levy (born 1948) is a Canadian astronomer and science writer most famous for his co-discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which collided with the planet Jupiter in 1994. ... Sir William Edmond Logan (April 20, 1798 – June 22, 1875) was a noted 19th century Canadian geologist. ... Rudolph Rudy Arthur Marcus (born July 21, 1923) received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his theory of Electron transfer. ... Dr Wilder Graves Penfield, CC, OM, CMG, MD, FRS (January 25/26, 1891 – April 5, 1976) was a American-born Canadian neurosurgeon. ... Simon Plouffe is a Quebec mathematician born on June 11, 1956 in St-Jovite. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hubert Reeves (born July 13, 1932 in Montreal, Quebec) is an astrophysicist and a well-known science popularizer. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Marc Garneau Captain (N) Dr. Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau CC, CD, Ph. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Julie Payette (NASA) Julie Payette (born October 20, 1963 in Montréal, Québec) is an astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) who currently works primarily with the United Statess National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ...

Sports

Myriam Bédard (born December 22, 1969) is a Canadian biathlete (ret), winner of two Olympic gold medals. ... Jean Arthur Béliveau, CC , CQ , D.h. ... Mike Bossy (born in Montreal, Quebec, on January 22, 1957) was an ice hockey player who played for the New York Islanders during their four-year reign as Stanley Cup champions in the early 1980s. ... Gaétan Boucher (born May 10, 1958 in Charlesbourg, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian male prostittute. ... Raymond Jean Bourque (born December 28, 1960 at Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Hockey Hall of Famer who currently holds the records for most goals, assists and points by a defenseman in the National Hockey League. ... Martin Brodeur (born May 6, 1972, in Montreal, Quebec) is an ice hockey goaltender. ... Patrick Carpentier (born on August 13, 1971 in Ville Lasalle, Quebec, Canada) is a Canada racing driver from Quebec. ... Alexandre Despatie (born June 8, 1985 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a French Canadian diver. ... Marcel Little Beaver Dionne (born August 3, 1951, in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada) was a professional ice hockey centre in the NHL, and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. ... Éric Gagné Éric Serge (Game Over) Gagné (born January 7, 1976 in Montreal, Québec, Canada) is a right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. ... Major league affiliations National League (1890-present) West Division (1969-present) American Association (1884-1889) Major league titles World Series titles (6) 1988 â€¢ 1981 â€¢ 1965 â€¢ 1963 1959 â€¢ 1955 NL Pennants (21) 1988 â€¢ 1981 â€¢ 1978 â€¢ 1977 1974 â€¢ 1966 â€¢ 1965 â€¢ 1963 1959 â€¢ 1956 â€¢ 1955 â€¢ 1953 1952 â€¢ 1949 â€¢ 1947 â€¢ 1941 1920 â€¢ 1916 â€¢ 1900... In baseball, a closer is a relief pitcher who specializes in closing games, i. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article refers to the American baseball league. ... In baseball, the Cy Young Award is an honor given annually to the best pitchers in the Major Leagues. ... Marc Gagnon (born May 24, 1975) is a Canadian short track speed skater. ... For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ... Arturo Thunder Gatti (born April 15, 1972), is a professional boxer. ... Bernard Joseph André Boom Boom Geoffrion (born February 14, 1931 in Montreal, Quebec, died March 11, 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a former professional ice hockey player and coach. ... For the article on the baseball umpire, see: Doug Harvey (umpire) Douglas Norman Harvey (December 19, 1924 - December 26, 1989) was a star player in the National Hockey League (NHL). ... Dave Hilton, Jr. ... Matthew Hilton (born December 17, 1965) was a Canadian fighter from Montreal, Quebec and one of the three brothers from the Fighting Hilton Family. ... Guy Damien Lafleur, OC, born September 20, 1951 in Thurso, Quebec, is one of the greatest and most popular players ever to play professional ice hockey. ... Sébastien Lareau (born April 27, 1973 in Montreal) is a former touring professional tennis player. ... Vincent Lecavalier (born April 21, 1980 in Ile Bizard, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian professional hockey player who currently plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning. ... Mario Lemieux (born October 5, 1965) is a retired professional ice hockey centre who played seventeen seasons for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League between 1984 and 2005. ... Maurice Joseph Phantom Joe Malone (born in Quebec City, Quebec February 28, 1890 - died, Montreal, Quebec, May 15, 1969) was a professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey Association National Hockey League, notable for his scoring feats and his clean play, and who scored the second most... Jacques Plante Joseph Jacques Plante (Born January 17, 1929 in Shawinigan Falls, Québec; died February 27, 1986) was a Canadian ice hockey player. ... Manon Rhéaume at the 1998 Winter Olympics. ... Joseph Henri Richard (born February 29, 1936 in Montreal, Quebec) is a former professional ice hockey player who played centre with the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1955 to 1975. ... The Honourable Maurice Rocket Richard The Honourable Joseph-Henri-Maurice Rocket Richard PC, CC, OQ (born August 4, 1921 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, died May 27, 2000 in Montreal, Quebec) was a professional ice hockey player, and played for the Montreal Canadiens from 1942 to 1960. ... Patrick Roy playing for the Colorado Avalanche in 1999 Patrick Roy (pronounced Rwah, IPA: [ɹwÉ‘]) (born October 5, 1965, in Quebec City, Quebec) is a retired ice hockey goaltender. ... Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve (January 18, 1950 – May 8, 1982) was a world-renowned Formula One racing driver. ... Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve (born April 9, 1971) is a Canadian automobile racing driver, and winner of Formula One and Champ Car championships and the Indianapolis 500, one of only two drivers to accomplish all three feats (the other being Emerson Fittipaldi). ...

Other

Louise Arbour The Honourable Madam Justice Louise Arbour (born February 10, 1947 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is the current UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and a former Supreme Court of Canada judge. ... Arms of The Hague The Hague (with capital T; Dutch: officially s-Gravenhage, commonly Den Haag) is the third-largest city in the Netherlands after Amsterdam and Rotterdam, with a population of 472,087 (January 1, 2005) (700,000 in the larger metropolitan area) and an area of approximately 100... Aline Chrétien (born May 14, 1936 in Saint-Boniface-de-Shawinigan, Quebec) is the wife of Canadas twentieth Prime Minister, Jean Chrétien. ... Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien, PC, QC, BA, LL.L, LL.D (born January 11, 1934) was the twentieth Prime Minister of Canada, serving from November 4, 1993, to December 12, 2003. ... Michel Chartrand (born in Montréal, Québec on June 16, 1916), is a former Quebec militant union leader and politician. ... In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms which refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially in the American sense of the word), or with opposition... Ernest Cormier (December 5, 1885-January 1, 1980) was a Quebec engineer and architect who spent much of his career in the Montreal area, erecting notable examples of Art Deco and International style architecture. ... ... Louis Joliet, also known Louis Jolliet (September 21, 1645–May 1700), was a Canadian explorer born in Quebec who is important for his discoveries in North America. ... Jean-Baptiste Kelly, as he appeared during his time in Saint-Basile, New Brunswick. ... Paul-Émile Cardinal Léger (April 25, 1904-November 13, 1991) was a Canadian clergyman. ... Lyse Lemieux (born 1936) is the Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec who resigned on August 19, 2004 as a result of criminal charges. ... Bernard Lonergan, S.J. (1904 - 1984) was a Canadian Thomist philosopher, Jesuit theologian, and economist from Buckingham, Quebec who taught at Loyola College (Montreal), the University of Toronto, the Pontifical Gregorian University and Boston College. ... Édouard Montpetit, (1881–1954), was a Quebec lawyer, economist and academic. ... 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pacifique Plante was a crime fighting lawyer from the 1940s to the 1950s. ... A lawyer is a person who advises clients in legal matters and represents them in courts of law and in other forms of dispute resolution. ... Plessis in 1806. ... Roméo Sabourin (January 1, 1923, Montreal, Quebec, Canada - September 14, 1944, Weimar, Thuringia, Germany) is a Canadian hero of World War II. Lieutenant Sabourin joined the Canadian Army, serving in the Canadian Intelligence Corps. ... The Special Operations Executive (SOE), sometimes referred to as the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmess fictional group of spies, was a World War II organisation initiated by Winston Churchill and Hugh Dalton in July 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than direct military engagement. ... Charles-Michel dIrumberry de Salaberry Lieutenant Colonel Charles-Michel dIrumberry de Salaberry (1778 - 1829) was a French-Canadian nobleman who served as an officer of the British army in Lower Canada (now Quebec) and won distinction for repelling the American advance on Montreal during the War of 1812. ... Ghyslain Raza (born circa 1988) is a teenager from Trois-Rivières, Quebec (Canada) who, at the age of 15, became known throughout the Internet in late April 2003 and May 2003 as the Star Wars Kid. ...

See also

Anglo-Quebecers (also Anglo-Quebeckers) are anglophone (English-speaking) residents of the Canadian province of Quebec. ... The Scot-Quebecers (French language: Écossais-Québécois), were pioneer settlers who emigrated from their native Scotland to Quebec in British North America beginning in the late 1700s. ... This is a list of people from the Gaspé Peninsula region of Quebec. ... This is a list of people from the Mauricie region of Quebec. ... This is a list of people from the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of the Canadian province of Quebec. ... This is a list of members of the Acadian people, and people of Acadian and Cajun links and origins. ... This is a list of Quebec authors. ... This is a list of singers, bands, composers and other musicians from Quebec. ... This is a list of Quebec film directors. ... This is a list of actresses and actors from the Province of Quebec, Canada. ... This is a list of Quebec comedians and comedy groups. ... This is a list of people in the Canadian province of Quebec with Irish ancestry. ... The National Order of Quebec (in French Ordre national du Québec) is an order of merit bestowed by the government of Quebec, Canada. ... There are a variety of articles listing people of a particular nationality. ...

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  • Television series about the 100 Quebecers who made the 20th century

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Consumers say 'oui' to Quebec's cheeses - The Boston Globe (1198 words)
Quebecers are near-obsessive about a substance called "daily fresh curds." Found in small plastic bags beside cash registers everywhere, these irregular nibbles of firm, fresh cheese are the dry curds used to make cheddar, sold fresh and unmolded.
Eggena arrived in Quebec 30 years ago via Berkeley, Calif., and Boulder, Colo. He and Tournevent owner Rene Marceau, who founded the cheese company in 1979, were part of the back-to-the-land movement in Quebec at the time, says Eggena.
Made by one of the oldest and best-known artisanal cheesemakers in Quebec, Fromagerie du Champ a la meule, it is a raw cow's milk cheese, with a rich and mellow flavor that becomes clean and focused alongside its high acid content.
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