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* Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott – prime minister of Canada * Scott Abbott – co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit *

David Acer David Acer (; born 27 February 1970) is a Canadian author, stand-up comedian, close-up illusionist, inventor of magic tricks, and co-host/co-writer of the syndicated television series Mystery Hunters. His writing on the Canadian documentary s ...

– magician and comedian, star of ''

Mystery Hunters ''Mystery Hunters'' is a Canadian documentary television series aimed at a young audience. It aired on YTV in Canada and on Discovery Kids and MeTV in the United States. It was also dubbed in Japanese and aired in Japan on NHK. Teenage hosts ...

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Marie-Yasmine Alidou Marie-Yasmine "Mimi" Alidou d'Anjou (born April 28, 1995) is a Canadian professional Association football, soccer player who plays as a midfielder for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Portland Thorns FC, Portland Thorns and the Canada ...

– soccer player for the Canada national team * Andrew Allan – Allan Shipping Line * Sir

Hugh Allan Sir Hugh Allan (September 29, 1810 – December 9, 1882) was a Scottish-Canadian shipping magnate, financier and capitalist. By the time of his death, the Allan Line Royal Mail Steamers, Allan Shipping Line had become the largest privately o ...

– Allan Shipping Line *

Martha Allan Marguerite Martha Allan (August 5, 1894 – April 4, 1942) was the founder of the Montreal Repertory Theatre and co-founder of the Dominion Drama Festival. She loathed amateur theatre, but her energies spearheaded the Canadian Little Theatre Mov ...

– founder of the Montreal Repertory Theatre * Sir Montague Allan – businessman, donated the

Allan Cup The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the senior ice hockey champions of Canada. It was donated by Sir Montagu Allan of Ravenscrag, Montreal, and has been competed for since 1909. It was most recently won by the Wentworth Gryphins ...

Paul Almond Paul Almond (April 26, 1931 – April 9, 2015) was a Canadian television and motion picture screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist. He is most known for being the director of the first film in the '' Up'' series. Life and career Paul A ...

– film director *

Sidney Altman Sidney Altman (May 7, 1939 – April 5, 2022) was a Canadian-American molecular biologist, who was the Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Chemistry at Yale University. In 1989, he shared the Nobel Prize in ...

– Nobel Laureate in Chemistry *

Melissa Sue Anderson Melissa Sue Anderson (born September 26, 1962) is an American-Canadian actress. She began her career as a child actress after appearing in several commercials in Los Angeles. Anderson is known for her role as Mary Ingalls in the NBC drama series ...

– American-Canadian actress, known for her role as

Mary Ingalls Mary Amelia Ingalls (January 10, 1865 – October 20, 1928) was born near the town of Pepin, Wisconsin. She was the first child of Caroline and Charles Ingalls and older sister of writer Laura Ingalls Wilder, known for her '' Little House'' boo ...

on ''

Little House on the Prairie The ''Little House on the Prairie'' books comprise a series of American children's novels written by Laura Ingalls Wilder (b. Laura Elizabeth Ingalls). The stories are based on her childhood and adulthood in the Midwestern United States, Americ ...

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René Angélil René Angélil (; – ) was a Canadian musical producer, talent manager and singer. He was the husband and manager of singer Celine Dion. Early life Angélil was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to a father of Syrian descent and a mother of ...

– singer, actor, Celine Dion's husband and manager *

Richard Bladworth Angus Richard Bladworth Angus (28 May 1831 – 17 September 1922) was a Scottish-Canadian banker, financier, and philanthropist. He was a co-founder and vice-president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, president of the Bank of Montreal, president of th ...

– founder of the

Canadian Pacific Railway The Canadian Pacific Railway () , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadian Pacific Kansas City, Canadian Pacific Ka ...

Joel Anthony Joel Vincent Anthony (born August 9, 1982) is a Canadian former professional basketball player who played for the Miami Heat, Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons, and San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He won two champion ...

– NBA basketball player *

Alex Anthopoulos Alex Anthopoulos (born May 25, 1977) is a Canadian professional baseball executive, currently working as the general manager and president of baseball operations for the Atlanta Braves. He was the senior vice president of baseball operations and ...

–

general manager A general manager (GM) is an executive who has overall responsibility for managing both the revenue and cost elements of a company's income statement, known as profit & loss (P&L) responsibility. A general manager usually oversees most or all of ...

and president of baseball operations for the

Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Eas ...

Louise Arbour Louise Arbour, (born February 10, 1947) is a Canadian lawyer, prosecutor and jurist. Arbour was the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, a former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and the Court of Appeal for Ontario and a former Chief Pr ...

– lawyer, jurist, prosecutor *

Denys Arcand Georges-Henri Denys Arcand (; born June 25, 1941) is a Canadian filmmaker. During his four decades career, he became one of the most internationally-recognized director from Quebec, earning widespread acclaim and numerous accolades for his "inten ...

– filmmaker *

Gilles Archambault Gilles Archambault (born September 19, 1933 in Montreal, Quebec) is a francophone novelist from Quebec, Canada. He studied at the Université de Montréal in 1957, and then worked at Radio-Canada, while working as a journalist. From 1988 to 19 ...

– novelist * Francois Arnaud – actor *

Jay Aspin Jay Aspin (born August 19, 1949) is a Canadian politician who served as the member of Parliament for the riding of Nipissing—Timiskaming from 2011 to 2015. Aspin was elected to the House of Commons for the Conservative Party of Canada in ...

– former MP * William H. Atherton – historian *

Gabriel Aubry Gabriel Aubry (born August 30, 1976)Date of birth formerly given as January 4, 1976. is a Canadian model. Early life Born in Montreal, Quebec, to French-Canadian parents, Aubry is one of nine siblings. Modeling career He has modeled for Tommy ...

– model *

Melissa Auf der Maur Melissa Gaboriau Auf der Maur (; born March 17, 1972) is a Canadian musician. Auf der Maur began performing in 1993 after forming the indie rock band Tinker (band), Tinker while she was a student at Concordia University. She was recruited ...

– rock musician (

Hole A hole is an opening in or through a particular medium, usually a solid Body (physics), body. Holes occur through natural and artificial processes, and may be useful for various purposes, or may represent a problem needing to be addressed in m ...

The Smashing Pumpkins The Smashing Pumpkins (also simply known as Smashing Pumpkins) are an American alternative rock band formed in Chicago in 1988 by frontman and guitarist Billy Corgan, guitarist James Iha, bassist D'arcy Wretzky and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. The ...

) *

Nick Auf der Maur Nikolaus Erik Auf der Maur (April 10, 1942 – April 7, 1998)Downey, Donn. ''Montreal columnist chronicled cancer fight'', A1. ''The Globe and Mail'', April 9, 1998. was a Canadian journalist and politician from Montreal, Quebec. He was the fa ...

– journalist, municipal politician * Michel C. Auger – journalist * Adam Azimov – film director *

David Azrieli David Joshua Azrieli (; 10 May 1922 – 9 July 2014) was an Israeli-Canadian tycoon, real estate developer, architect, and philanthropist. With an estimated net worth of in March 2013, he was ranked by Forbes as the ninth-wealthiest Canad ...

– real estate developer

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Ralph Backstrom Ralph Gerald Backstrom (September 18, 1937 – February 7, 2021) was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and later a coach, entrepreneur and hockey executive. He played in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens, Los Angeles ...

– former

NHL The National Hockey League (NHL; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ...

player *

Rita Baga Rita Baga (born Jean-François Guevremont) is a Canadian drag queen and television personality from Montreal, Quebec.Hugo Dumas"La future reine québécoise du Nord?". ''La Presse'', August 19, 2020. She is best known as a top three finalist in ...

– drag queen, television personality and host *

René Balcer René Balcer (born February 9, 1954) is a Canadian-American television writer, director, producer, and showrunner, as well as a photographer and documentary film-maker. Early life He was born in Montreal, Quebec, and attended Lower Canada Co ...

– television writer and producer, known for the US television show ''Law and Order'' *

Jean-Paul Banos Jean-Paul Banos (born 27 January 1961) is a Canadian former fencer, who lives in Montreal, Canada. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at four consecutive Olympic Games between 1984 and 1996. At the 1992 Summer Olympics, he def ...

– fencer * Roger Barnes – professional wrestler * Joseph Barsalou – businessman and politician *

Jay Baruchel Jonathan Adam Saunders Baruchel (; born April 9, 1982) is a Canadian actor and director. He is best known for his voice role as Hiccup Haddock in the ''How to Train Your Dragon'' franchise (2010–2019), and for his lead roles in the comedies ' ...

– television and movie actor *

Doug Beardsley Doug Beardsley (born April 27, 1941) is a Canadian poet and educator. He has collaborated with numerous other writers including Al Purdy, Theresa Kishkan and Charles Lillard. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and studied at Sir George Williams U ...

– poet and educator *

Bianca Beauchamp Bianca Stéphanie Beauchamp (, born October 14, 1977) is a Canadian Pornographic film actor, pornographic actress and fetish model best known for her glamour model, glamour, Erotic photography model, erotic, and Rubber and PVC fetishism, latex F ...

– fetish fashion model * Charles-Odilon Beauchemin – printer and bookseller * Mathieu Beaudoin – football player *

Tanith Belbin Tanith Jessica Louise Belbin White (born July 11, 1984) is a Canadian American ice dancing, ice dancer and Olympic program host for NBC Sports. Though born in Canada, she holds Multiple citizenship, dual citizenship and has competed for the Unite ...

– figure skater, Olympic silver medalist *

Louise Belcourt Louise Belcourt (born 1961) is a Canadian-American artist based in New York, known for elusive, largely abstract paintings that blend modernist formal play, a commitment to the physical world, and a visual language that shifts between landscape ...

– artist *

Jean Béliveau Joseph Jean Arthur Béliveau (August 31, 1931 – December 2, 2014) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played parts of 20 seasons with the National Hockey League's (NHL) Montreal Canadiens from 1950 to 1971. Inducted into the Hoc ...

– former NHL player *

Saul Bellow Saul Bellow (born Solomon Bellows; June 10, 1915April 5, 2005) was a Canadian-American writer. For his literary work, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature, and the National Medal of Arts. He is the only write ...

– novelist *

Meaghan Benfeito Meaghan Benfeito (born March 2, 1989) is a Canadian diver. She used to compete in the 10m synchronized event with Roseline Filion before the latter retired in January 2017. Benfeito and Filion won bronze medals in the 10 m platform synchr ...

– diver *

Chris Benoit Christopher Michael Benoit ( ; May 21, 1967 – June 24, 2007) was a Canadian Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He worked for various pro-wrestling promotions during his 22-year career, but is notorious for Chris Benoit double-murd ...

– pro wrestler, born in Montreal, raised in

Edmonton Edmonton is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Central Alberta ...

Alberta Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...

Jehane Benoît Jehane Benoît (; ; March 21, 1904 – November 24, 1987) was a Canadian culinary author, speaker, commentator, journalist and broadcaster. Benoît was born into a wealthy family in Westmount, Quebec, with a father and grandfather who were ...

– chef, author, tv personality *

Aldo Bensadoun Albert "Aldo" Bensadoun (born 1939), is a Canadian-Moroccan businessman. He is the founder and executive chairman of Aldo, a retail shoe company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Bensadoun's family foundation donated $25 million to McGill Univ ...

– founder of

Aldo Group The Aldo Group, branded and stylised as ALDO, is a Canadian multinational corporation, multinational retailer specializing in shoes and accessories. Established in 1972 in Montreal, Quebec, the company was founded by Aldo Bensadoun. Its corpor ...

Marc Bergevin Marc Bergevin (born August 11, 1965) is a Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player. He is currently senior advisor to the general manager of the Los Angeles Kings. Bergevin played as a defenceman in the NHL. Playing career As ...

– former NHL player, hockey executive *

Eric Berne Eric Berne (May 10, 1910 – July 15, 1970) was a Canadian-born psychiatrist who created the theory of transactional analysis as a way of explaining human behavior. Berne's theory of transactional analysis was based on the ideas of Freud an ...

– psychiatrist; creator of Transactional Analysis; author of ''Games People Play'' *

Janette Bertrand Janette Bertrand (born March 25, 1925) is a Quebec journalist, actress, educator, and writer. Biography She was born in Montreal, grew up there, and studied journalism at the Université de Montréal. She began work at the ''Petit Journal'', w ...

– journalist, broadcaster, actress *

André Besette André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries, as well in Portugal, ...

– CSC

Holy Cross Brother The Congregation of Holy Cross (), abbreviated CSC, is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men founded in 1837 by Basil Moreau, in Le Mans, France. Moreau also founded the Marianites of Holy Cross for women, now d ...

, "miracle worker of Montreal" *

Norman Bethune Henry Norman Bethune (; March 4, 1890 – November 12, 1939; zh, t=白求恩) was a Canadian thoracic surgeon, early advocate of socialized medicine, and member of the Communist Party of Canada. Bethune came to international prominence fi ...

– physician, medical innovator, and political activist *

Tim Biakabutuka Tshimanga "Tim" Biakabutuka (born January 24, 1974) is a former American football running back. He played college football at the University of Michigan from 1993 to 1995, and was drafted with the eight overall pick in the 1996 NFL draft by th ...

– former NFL football player, Carolina Panthers *

Charlie Biddle Charles Reed Biddle, (July 28, 1926 – February 4, 2003) was an American-Canadian jazz bassist. He lived most of his life in Montreal, organizing and performing in jazz music events. Early life and education Biddle was born and grew up in ...

– Montreal Jazz pioneer, Juno Award winner *

Khem Birch Khem Xavier Birch (born September 28, 1992) is a Canadian professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe of the Turkish BSL and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Pittsburgh Panthers and the UNLV Runnin' Rebels. High school c ...

– NBA Player *

Yannick Bisson Yannick Denis Bisson (born May 16, 1969) is a Canadian film and television actor and director. He is famous for playing Detective William Murdoch on the series ''Murdoch Mysteries'' for over 15 years, since 2008. Early life Bisson was born in ...

– actor known for playing Det. Murdoch in ''

Murdoch Mysteries ''Murdoch Mysteries'' is a Canadian television drama series that premiered on Citytv on January 20, 2008, and currently airs on CBC. The series is based on characters from the ''Detective Murdoch'' novels by Maureen Jennings and stars Yannick ...

'' and Jack in '' Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye'' *

Conrad Black Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour (born 25 August 1944), is a Canadian-British writer and former politician, Publishing, newspaper publisher, Investor, financier, and Fraudster, convicted fraudster. Black's father was businessma ...

– financier and newspaper magnate *

Herbert Black Herbert Black is a Canadian businessman, art collector, and philanthropist. He is currently President & CEO of American Iron & Metal Company Inc. American Iron & Metal Company, Inc. (AIM) American Iron & Metal is based in Montreal, Quebec, and c ...

– businessman *

Sheila Blair Sheila S. Blair (born November 26, 1948) is a Canadian-born American art historian and educator. Blair has served as the dual Norma Jean Calderwood University Professor of Islamic and Asian Art at Boston College, along with her husband, Jonath ...

– art historian *

Toe Blake Joseph Hector "Toe" Blake (August 21, 1912 – May 17, 1995) was a Canadian ice hockey Player (game), player and Coach (ice hockey), coach in the National Hockey League (NHL). Blake played in the NHL from 1935 to 1948 with the Montreal Maroons a ...

– former NHL player and coach *

Valérie Blass Valérie Blass (born 1967) is a Canadian artist working primarily in sculpture. She lives and works in her hometown of Montreal, Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Loc ...

– artist *

Paul Bley Paul Bley, Order of Canada, CM (November 10, 1932 – January 3, 2016) was a Canadian jazz pianist known for his contributions to the free jazz movement of the 1960s as well as his innovations and influence on trio playing and his early live per ...

– jazz pianist *

La Bolduc Mary Rose-Anne Bolduc, born Travers, (June 4, 1894 – February 20, 1941) was a musician and singer of French Canadian music. She was known as Madame Bolduc or La Bolduc. During the peak of her popularity in the 1930s, she was known as the ...

– real name Mary Travers, singer * Patrick Bordeleau – hockey player * Daniel Borsuk – plastic surgeon *

Mike Bossy Michael Dean Bossy (January 22, 1957April 15, 2022) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player with the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League. He spent his entire NHL career, which lasted from 1977 to 1987, with the Islanders, and ...

– Hockey Hall of Fame member *

Alain Bouchard Alain Bouchard (born 1949) is a Canadian billionaire businessman. He is co-founder and chairman of Alimentation Couche-Tard, and also serves on the board of directors of Atrium Innovations. Both corporations are based in Quebec. Early life Ala ...

– businessman *

Émile Bouchard Joseph Émile Alcide "Butch" Bouchard (4 September 1919 – 14 April 2012) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played defence with the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League from 1941 to 1956. He is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fa ...

– NHL Hall of Famer *

Eugenie Bouchard Eugenie "Genie" Bouchard (; , ; born February 25, 1994) is a Canadian professional tennis and pickleball player. At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 2014 Wimbledon Championships, she became the first Canadian-born player repr ...

– tennis player * Jean-François Bouchard – photographer and visual designer * Louise Anne Bouchard – writer * Chris Boucher – NBA player * Maurice "Mom" Boucher – ex-leader of Hell's Angels (as of 2014) *

Yassine Bounou Yassine Bounou (, ; born 5 April 1991), also known as Bono, is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Saudi Pro League club Al Hilal and the Morocco national team. Bono began his youth career in Morocco, playing for W ...

– footballer *

Henri Bourassa Joseph-Napoléon-Henri Bourassa (; September 1, 1868 – August 31, 1952) was a French Canadian political leader and publisher. In 1899, Bourassa was outspoken against the Government of the United Kingdom, British government's request for Cana ...

– political leader and publisher *

Robert Bourassa Robert Bourassa (; July 14, 1933 – October 2, 1996) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 22nd premier of Quebec from 1970 to 1976 and from 1985 to 1994. A member of the Liberal Party of Quebec, he served a total of just ...

– former Quebec premier * Pierre Bourque – mayor *

Raymond Bourque Raymond Jean Bourque (born December 28, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He holds records for most career goals, assists, and points by a defenceman in the National Hockey League (NHL). He won the James Norris Memorial ...

– former NHL player, Hockey Hall of Fame member *

Pierre Bouvier Pierre Bouvier (born May 9, 1979) is a Canadian singer and musician best known for being the lead vocalist and studio bassist of the rock band Simple Plan. He hosted the MTV reality show '' Damage Control''. Filmography Discography ...

– frontman of

Simple Plan Simple Plan is a Canadian rock band formed in Montreal, Quebec, in 1999. The band's current lineup consists of Pierre Bouvier (lead vocals, studio bass guitar), Chuck Comeau (drums), Jeff Stinco (lead guitar), and Sébastien Lefebvre (rhyt ...

; songwriter *

Scotty Bowman William Scott Bowman (born September 18, 1933) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey head coach. He holds the record for most wins in National Hockey League (NHL) history, with 1,244 wins in the regular season and 223 in the Stanley Cup ...

– hockey coach *

Justin Bradley Justin Bradley is a Canadian actor. Early life Bradley was born to Barbara (née Hellings) and Jonathan Bradley, who was born in British Guiana. He started his career at the age of six, modelling in various department store advertisements. Bradle ...

– actor, based out of Montreal and Toronto, sometimes works in Los Angeles *

Tim Brady Timothy Wesley John Brady (born 11 July 1956) is a Canadian composer, electric guitarist, improvising musician, concert producer, record producer and cultural activist. Working in the field of contemporary classical music, experimental music, a ...

– guitarist, composer *

Glenda Braganza Glenda Braganza is a Canadian television and stage actress who has appeared in several Canadian and American television shows and films. Braganza was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia to Indian-Goan parents, and was raised in Ottawa, Ontario. She liv ...

– Hollywood actress, '' 10.5: Apocalypse'' *

Gilles Brassard Gilles Brassard is a faculty member of the Université de Montréal, where he has been a Full Professor since 1988 and Canada Research Chair since 2001. Education and early life Brassard received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Cornell Univers ...

– computer scientist * Nigel Braun – YouTuber and chemist *

Adam Braz Adam Braz (born June 7, 1981) is a Canadian former professional soccer player who last served as Technical Director of the Montreal Impact of Major League Soccer. Braz played on the Canada national team and in stints with Toronto FC in the Majo ...

– former soccer defender *

Patrice Brisebois Joseph Patrice Brisebois (born January 27, 1971) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman for the Montreal Canadiens and Colorado Avalanche, playing nearly 900 games with the former and 1,009 games overall. Brisebois was recently th ...

– NHL player,

Montreal Canadiens The Montreal Canadiens (), officially ' ( Canadian Hockey Club) and colloquially known as the Habs, are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal. The Canadiens compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic D ...

Annie Brocoli Annie Grenier (born January 22, 1971) is a singer whose alter ego Annie Brocoli is a children's character in Quebec. Inspired by Grenier's childhood experiences as well as by her two children, Annie Brocoli has adventures while traveling around in ...

– real name Annie Grenier, children's performer *

Martin Brodeur Martin Pierre Brodeur (; born May 6, 1972) is a Canadian–American former professional ice hockey goaltender and current team executive. He played 22 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), 21 of them for the New Jersey Devils, with whom ...

– NHL player, goaltender, New Jersey Devils *

Charles Bronfman Charles Bronfman, (born June 27, 1931) is a Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist and is a member of the Canadian Jewish Bronfman family. With an estimated net worth of $2.5 billion in 2023, Bronfman was ranked by ''Forbes'' as the ...

– businessman and philanthropist * Edgar Bronfman, Sr. – businessman *

Edward Bronfman Edward Maurice Bronfman (November 1, 1927 – April 4, 2005) was a Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and member of the Bronfman family. Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Allan Bronfman and the nephew of Samuel Bronfman, founder of Se ...

– businessman, philanthropist, member of the Bronfman family *

Peter Bronfman Peter Frederick Bronfman OC (October 2, 1929 – December 1, 1996) was a Canadian businessman and entrepreneur, born in Montreal, and member of the Toronto branch of Canada's wealthy Bronfman family. He attended Selwyn House School in Montrea ...

– businessman, member of the Bronfman family *

Saidye Rosner Bronfman Saidye Rosner Bronfman (9 December 1896 – 6 July 1995) was a Canadian-Jewish philanthropist. Her husband, Samuel Bronfman (1891–1971), purchased Joseph E. Seagram and Sons Limited, that became the Seagram Company. The family took a leading ...

– philanthropist, wife of Samuel Bronfman *

Samuel Bronfman Samuel Bronfman, (February 27, 1889 – July 10, 1971) was a Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and member of the Canadian Bronfman family. He founded Distillers Corporation Limited and purchased the Seagram Company, that became the world’ ...

– liquor magnate *

Stephen Bronfman Stephen Rosner Bronfman (born 23 January 1964) is a Canadian businessperson, philanthropist, environmental activist and scion of the Bronfman family. He is the Chief Revenue Officer of the Liberal Party of Canada and a senior advisor to Prime Mi ...

– philanthropist * Alma Faye Brooks – disco, soul and R&B singer * Harriet Brooks – nuclear physicist, researcher *

Nicole Brossard Nicole Brossard (born November 27, 1943) 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. She lives i ...

– author, poet *

Alexander Brott Alexander Brott, , born Joël Brod (March 14, 1915April 1, 2005),

– conductor, composer *

Edwin Orion Brownell Edwin Orion Brownell (born November 30, 1964, in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian musician and author. He is a neo-classical composer and concert pianist whose original music has been described as highly melodic; exhibiting an improvisational blu ...

– pianist, vocalist * Kim Brunhuber – journalist newscaster *

Geneviève Bujold Geneviève Bujold (; born July 1, 1942) is a Canadian actress. For her portrayal of Anne Boleyn in the period drama film '' Anne of the Thousand Days'' (1969), Bujold received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her other film cr ...

– actress *

Hy Buller Hyman Buller (March 15, 1926 – August 3, 1968) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman. Nicknamed the "Blueline Blaster" because of his penchant for hitting opposing players above the skate toe and below the pads, Buller was one of two Jewish profe ...

– former NHL All-Star player *

Mario Bunge Mario Augusto Bunge ( ; ; September 21, 1919 – February 24, 2020) was an Argentine-Canadian philosopher and physicist. His philosophical writings combined scientific realism, systemism, materialism, emergentism, and other principles. He was a ...

– philosopher, Frothingham Chair of Logic and Metaphysics at McGill University *

Stéphan Bureau Stéphan Bureau (born July 2, 1964) is a Canadian journalist, TV interviewer and producer of TV shows and documentary series. Life and career Bureau was born in Montreal, Quebec. He successfully auditioned at Télévision de Radio-Canada, a ...

– journalist * Robin Burns – founder and owner, ITECH Hockey Equipment *

Pascale Bussières Pascale Bussières (born June 27, 1968) is a French Canadian actress. Her credits include ''Sonatine (1984 film), Sonatine'' (1984), ''Eldorado (1995 film), Eldorado'' (1995), ''When Night Is Falling'' (1995), ''August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août s ...

– actress *

Ernie Butler Ernie Butler (died August 29, 2007) was a stand-up comedian and comedy impresario in Montreal, Quebec for 30 years. He was the proprietor of the Comedy Nest at the Pepsi Forum, and supported top-notch skill from the time he started Stitches o ...

– comedy club owner *

Gerard Butler Gerard James Butler (born 13 November 1969) is a Scottish actor and film producer. After studying law, he turned to acting in the mid-1990s with small roles in productions such as '' Mrs Brown'' (1997), the James Bond film ''Tomorrow Never ...

– Scottish actor; lived here briefly as a baby *

Win Butler Edwin Farnham Butler III (born April 14, 1980) is an American-Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, and multi-instrumentalist. He co-founded the Montreal-based indie rock band Arcade Fire with Josh Deu and his wife Régine Chassagne. Early l ...

– singer-songwriter

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Anne-Marie Cadieux Anne-Marie Cadieux (born September 23, 1963) is a Canadian actress, film director and screenwriter. She has won a Jutra Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in '' Streetheart (Le Cœur au poing)'' and in 2008 was nominated for a Genie A ...

– actress *

Ghitta Caiserman-Roth Ghitta Caiserman-Roth (March 2, 1923 – November 25, 2005) was a Canadian painter and printmaker. She was a founder of the Montreal Artist School and her work is in the National Gallery of Canada. Caiserman-Roth was also an associate member of th ...

– painter, printmaker *

Jesse Camacho Jesse Camacho (born May 29, 1991) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Sheldon Blecher in the television series '' Less Than Kind''.Mark Camacho Mark Camacho is a Canadian character actor. Career He has starred in live-action films, but is best known for his voice acting roles, such as Oliver Frensky in ''Arthur'', Lyle in '' Animal Crackers'', Dad in '' Rotten Ralph'', George Martin in ...

– actor * Charles Sandwith Campbell – businessman, philanthropist *

Charlotte Cardin Charlotte Cardin (born November 9, 1994) is a Canadian singer. She has been nominated for 14 Juno Awards. In 2022, she received four awards for Artist of the Year, Single of the Year for her song "Meaningless", Pop Album of the Year and Albu ...

– singer, songwriter * Paul Cargnello – singer-songwriter *

Jean Carignan Jean Carignan, (December 7, 1916 – February 16, 1988) was a Canadian fiddler from Quebec. Carignan was born in Lévis, Quebec, on December 7, 1916, later moving to Sherbrooke and then Trois-Rivières with his family; the family moved to Mont ...

– fiddler *

Alexandre Carrier Alexandre Carrier (born October 8, 1996) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the fourth round, 115th overall, by the Nashville Predators in the 2015 ...

– NHL player *

Gerald Emmett Carter Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter (March 1, 1912 – April 6, 2003) was a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Toronto from 1978 to 1990, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1979. Biography Youth and ordi ...

– former cardinal archbishop of Toronto *

Thérèse Casgrain Marie Thérèse Casgrain (; 10 July 1896 – 3 November 1981) was a French-Canadian feminist, reformer, politician and senator. She was a leader in the fight for women's right to vote in the province of Quebec, as well as the first woman t ...

– politician, suffragist *

Jean Charest John James "Jean" Charest (; born June 24, 1958) is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the 29th premier of Quebec from 2003 to 2012. Prior to that, he was a member of Parliament (MP) between 1984 and 1998. After holding se ...

– former Québec premier and onetime leader of the federal Progressive Conservatives *

André Chagnon André Chagnon (March 17, 1928 – October 8, 2022) was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He was noted for being the founder of telecommunications company Vidéotron. Early life Chagnon was born in the Ahuntsic neighbourhood of Montr ...

– cable TV, broadcasting, philanthropist *

Serge Chapleau Serge Chapleau (; born 5 December 1945 in Montreal) is a Canadian political cartoonist. Biography Born in Montreal, Quebec, the youngest in a family of seven children, Chapleau grew up in a blue collar neighbourhood in Montréal, where his chi ...

– political cartoonist * Corinne Chaponnière – writer, journalist *

Robert Charlebois Robert Charlebois (born June 25, 1944) is a Canadian author, composer, musician, performer and actor. Charlebois was born in Montreal, Quebec. Among his best known songs are ''Lindberg'' (the duo with Louise Forestier in particular), ''Ordi ...

– singer-songwriter *

Gregory Charles Gregory Charles (born February 12, 1968) is a Canadian performing artist of Trinidadian origin. Biography Charles' father Lennox was a black anglophone of Trinidadian origin; his mother was a white francophone Canadian. Charles was born in Mo ...

– musician and radio host *

Dov Charney Dov Charney (born January 31, 1969) is a Canadian entrepreneur and clothing manufacturer. He is the founder of American Apparel, which was one of the largest garment manufacturers in the United States until its bankruptcy in 2015. Charney was ...

– entrepreneur and CEO of American Apparel * Melvin Charney – artist, sculptor, architect *

Claude Charron Claude Charron (born October 22, 1946, in L'Île-Bizard, Quebec) is a former CEGEP teacher, provincial politician, writer and broadcaster. He became Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and the youngest Member of the National Assembly of Quebec. ...

– former politician, now TV host *

Régine Chassagne Régine Alexandra Chassagne (; born 19 August 1976) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, and multi-instrumentalist, and is a member of the band Arcade Fire. She is married to co-founder Win Butler. Early life and career Régine Alexandr ...

– musician, singer, member of Arcade Fire *

Micheline Chevrier Micheline Chevrier (born 1958) is a bilingual Canadian theatre director, artistic director, dramaturge, mentor and teacher in Montreal. Early life Born in Val-d'Or, Quebec to Franco-Ontarian parents, Chevrier moved to Montreal in 1963. She grad ...

– theatre director *

Alex Chiasson Alex Chiasson ( , , born October 1, 1990) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. He has previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Dallas Stars, Ottawa Senators, Calgary Flames, Washington Capitals, Edmonton O ...

– NHL player for the

Edmonton Oilers The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton. The Oilers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference. Th ...

Patricia Chica Patricia Chica also known as Chicatronica is a Canadian film and television director, producer and writer. The American horror movie site Dread Central referenced her in their list of the "Rising Female Filmmakers" to watch along other notable f ...

– film and TV director *

Emmanuelle Chriqui Emmanuelle Sophie Anne Chriqui ( ; born 10 December 1975) is a Canadian actress. She is known for playing Sloan McQuewick on HBO's '' Entourage'' (2004–11), Claire Bonner in '' Snow Day'' (2000), Dalia in ''You Don't Mess with the Zohan'' (200 ...

– actress * Denny Chronopoulos – CFL player *

Terri Clark Terri Lynn Sauson, known professionally as Terri Clark (born August 5, 1968) is a Canadian country music singer who has had success in both Canada and the United States. Signed to Mercury Records in 1995, she released her self-titled debut that ...

– country singer-songwriter *

Patricia Claxton Patricia Claxton (born 1929) is a Canadian translator, primarily of Quebec literature. A native of Kingston, Ontario, Patricia Claxton spent most of her childhood in India. Upon returning to Canada, she has made Montreal, Quebec's largest city, ...

– literary translator * Françoise de Clossey – pianist and organist *

Guy Cloutier Guy Cloutier (born 11 February 1940 in Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian music producer and talent manager. Cloutier adapted reality TV to the Quebec market. Entertainers Stéphanie Cloutier and Véronique Cloutier are his daughters. his d ...

– former artist manager *

Véronique Cloutier Véronique Cloutier (born December 31, 1974), also known as Véro, is a Canadian TV and radio personality. She is the daughter of Guy Cloutier and the sister of Stéphanie Cloutier. She has hosted various programs on Radio-Canada, including '' L ...

– radio and television personality * Kim Cloutier – fashion model *

Cœur de pirate Béatrice Mireille Martin (; born 22 September 1989), better known by her stage name Cœur de pirate (; French for ''Pirate's Heart''), is a Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist. A francophone from Montreal, she sings mostly in French and has ...

– singer, songwriter *

G. A. Cohen Gerald Allan Cohen ( ; 14 April 1941 – 5 August 2009) was a Canadian political philosophy, political philosopher who held the positions of Quain Professor, Quain Professor of Jurisprudence, University College London and Chichele Professor of ...

– political philosopher *

Leonard Cohen Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934November 7, 2016) was a Canadian songwriter, singer, poet, and novelist. Themes commonly explored throughout his work include faith and mortality, isolation and depression, betrayal and redemption, soc ...

– poet and singer * Mark Cohen – ophthalmologist, co-founder of LASIK MD * Sidney M. Cohen – television director *

Steven Cojocaru Steven Cojocaru (; ; born July 4, 1972), is a Canadian television fashion critic. He was born in Montreal, Quebec to Romanian parents. Cojocaru started out as a magazine columnist and eventually began working on American television shows as a c ...

– fashion critic *

John Colicos John Colicos (December 10, 1928 – March 6, 2000) was a Canadian actor. He performed on stage and on television in the United States and Canada. Early life Colicos was born in Toronto, Ontario, to a Greek father and a Canadian mother. Career ...

– actor *

Charles Comeau Charles-André "Chuck" Comeau (born 17 September 1979) is a Canadian musician and drummer, best known for being the drummer of the rock band Simple Plan. He also founded the apparel company Role Model Clothing along with his bandmate Pierre Bouvi ...

– drummer of

and songwriter *

Phil Comeau Phil Comeau (born 1956) is a Canadian film and television director, born in Saulnierville, Nova Scotia. He lives in Moncton, New Brunswick and Montreal, Quebec. Biography Phil Comeau is a film and television director and scriptwriter, based i ...

– film and TV director *

Antonio Cordasco Antonio Cordasco (5 June 186319 April 1921) was an Italian-Canadian labourer, employment agent, banker, and newspaper owner. He was a well-known padrone (migrant labour recruiter and contractor) based in Montreal. He emigrated to the city in 1886 ...

– Italian-Canadian migrant labour recruiter *

Ernest Cormier Ernest Cormier (December 5, 1885 – January 1, 1980) was a Canadian engineer and architect. He spent much of his career in the Montreal area, designing notable examples of Art Deco architecture, including the Université de Montréal ...

– engineer and architect *

Marc Costanzo Marc Francis Costanzo (born August 1, 1972) is a Canadian singer, musician, music publishing executive and the co-lead vocalist of the alternative rock group Len. Costanzo and his older sister, Sharon Costanzo, formed Len in 1991, although the gr ...

– singer *

Corneille Pierre Corneille (; ; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great 17th-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. As a young man, he earned the valuable patronage o ...

– singer *

Irwin Cotler Irwin Cotler (born 8 May 1940) is a retired Canadian politician who was Member of Parliament for Mount Royal from 1999 to 2015. He served as the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada from 2003 until the Liberal government of Paul ...

– law professor, politician * Vincenzo Cotroni – mobster * Jean Coutu – pharmacist *

Corey Crawford Corey Crawford (born December 31, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Nicknamed "Crow" by teammates and fans, he played his entire professional career with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL), w ...

–

starting goaltender for the

Chicago Blackhawks The Chicago Blackhawks (spelled Black Hawks until 1986, and known colloquially as the Hawks) are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago. The Blackhawks compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (N ...

* Ron Crevier – former NBA basketball player *

Marie-Josée Croze Marie-Josée Croze (; born February 23, 1970) is a Canadian actress. She also holds French nationality, which she obtained in December 2012. Early life Croze was born in Montreal, Quebec, was adopted, and grew up in Longueuil with four other c ...

– actress *

Katalin Cseh Katalin Cseh (born 29 June 1988) is a Canadian-born Hungarian physician and politician. She was elected as a Momentum Movement (part of the Renew Europe party group) Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the 2019 parliamentary election ...

– Hungarian politician *

Beto Cuevas Luis Alberto Cuevas Olmedo (born September 12, 1967), better known as Beto Cuevas (), is a Chilean-Canadian singer, songwriter, plastic artist, painter, and actor. He is the lead singer for the Chilean band La Ley. In 2008 he launched his solo ...

– Chilean-Canadian lead singer of band La Ley *

Peter Cullen Peter Claver Cullen (born July 28, 1941) is a Canadian voice actor. He voiced Optimus Prime in the original 1980s ''The Transformers (TV series), Transformers'' animated series, later returning to the role in ''Transformers'' media in 2007, sta ...

– voice actor; voice of Optimus Prime in the film ''Transformers (film), Transformers'' * Maxwell Cummings – businessman, philanthropist * Nathan Cummings – businessman * Elisha Cuthbert – actress * Louis Cyr – Strongman (strength athlete), strongman * May Cutler – publisher and journalist; founder of Tundra Books; first Canadian woman to publish children's books; first woman to serve as Mayor of Westmount, Quebec

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* Samuel Dalembert – NBA basketball player, Philadelphia 76ers * Peter Dalla Riva – football player, Montreal Alouettes * Roméo Dallaire – Senate of Canada, senator, Lieutenant-General * Vincent Damphousse – former NHL player * Shawn Daniels (Canadian football), Shawn Daniels – Canadian football player * Catherine Daoust – Professional ice hockey defenceman for the Montreal Victoire in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). * J. P. Darche – NFL football player, Seattle Seahawks * Mathieu Darche – NHL player, Tampa Bay Lightning, Montreal Canadiens * Françoise David – politician * John Caswell Davis – politician * Mitch Davis – film programmer, filmmaker, journalist * Mortimer Davis – businessman, philanthropist * Norman Dawe – sports executive * Michel de Broin – sculptor * Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien – broadcasting, magazines * Stéphane Demers – actor * Bernard Derome – anchorman * Pierre Desjardins – football player, Montreal Alouettes * Roxane Desjardins – writer * André Desmarais – businessman * Paul Desmarais, Sr. – businessman * Paul Desmarais, Jr. – businessman * Alexandre Despatie – diver, television personality * David Desrosiers – bassist of

and vocalist; born in Sept-Îles * Sean Devine (playwright), Sean Devine – playwright, actor, and politician * Colleen Dewhurst – actress * Caroline Dhavernas – actress * Domenic Di Rosa – actor * That Vegan Teacher, Kadie Karen Diekmeyer – Internet personality and activist * Céline Dion – singer * Stéphane Dion – politician * Christopher DiRaddo – writer * Xavier Dolan – actor, director, screenwriter, editor, costume director, producer * Jacob Dolson Cox – U.S. soldier and politician * Audrey Capel Doray – artist * Jean Doré – former mayor of Montreal * Ivan Doroschuk – singer * Fifi D'Orsay – actress * Luguentz Dort – NBA Player * Anne Dorval – 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 player * Gilles Duceppe – politician * Jean Duceppe – actor * Louis Dudek – poet * Jack Dunham – animator, television commercial producer, designer of the St-Hubert rooster mascot * Barbara Dunkelman – voice actress for Rooster Teeth * Alexandre Dupuis – football player * Laurent Duvernay-Tardif – NFL player, physician

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* Keith Eaman – Canadian football player * Henrietta Edwards – women’s rights activist, suffragist * Iwan Edwards – conducting, conductor, Member of the Order of Canada * Elisapie – singer, broadcaster, activist * Vic Emery – Olympic bobsleigh gold medalist * Empire I – pop and dancehall singer, songwriter * Anke Engelke – German comedian, born in Montreal * Chad Erickson – Ringette coach * Angelo Esposito – hockey player * Sam Etcheverry – former Canadian Football League, CFL and National Football League, 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!

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* Lara Fabian – operatic singer * Mylène Farmer – singer * Leylah Fernandez – tennis player * David Fennario – playwright * Greg Fergus – Member of Parliament; 38th Speaker of the House of Commons * Maynard Ferguson – jazz trumpet player and bandleader * Marcelle Ferron – painter, stained glass artist * Denise Filiatrault – actress and director * Jennifer Finnigan – Hollywood actress * Sheila Finestone – MP, senator * Marc-André Fleury – NHL goaltender, three-time Stanley Cup champion with the Pittsburgh Penguins * Louis-Joseph Forget – stockbroker, financier, statesman * Rodolphe Forget – businessman, politician, philanthropist * Samuel Fournier – former CFL football player, Montreal Alouettes, Edmonton Eskimos, Hamilton Tiger-Cats * Kathleen Fox (aviator), Kathleen Fox – flight instructor, air traffic controller, business executive * René-Arthur Fréchet – architect * Pauline Fréchette – poet, dramatist, journalist, Catholic nun *Josh Freed – writer, humourist, filmmaker * David Freiheit – lawyer and YouTuber * Gottfried Fuchs (1889–1972) – German-Canadian Olympic soccer player

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* Alfonso Gagliano – politician * André Gagné – professor and scholar, Concordia University * Éric Gagné – pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers * André Gagnon – composer, pianist * Marc Gagnon – Olympic gold medal speed skater * Marc-Antoine Gagnon – moguls skier * Howard Galganov – anglophone rights activist, radio personality * Céline Galipeau – anchorwoman * Mavis Gallant – author * Patsy Gallant – pop singer * Mitch Garber – gaming, hotel executive, philanthropist, broadcaster * Marc Garneau – astronaut, federal politician, cabinet minister * Kathleen Gati – actress * Arturo Gatti – professional boxer, world champion * Daniel Gauthier – co-founder of the Cirque du Soleil * James Gelfand – pianist, composer, arranger *Bernie Geoffrion – hockey player for Montréal Canadiens * Gettomasa – Finnish rapper; born Aleksi Lehikoinen * Yasmeen Ghauri – supermodel * Ralph Gilles – designer of the Chrysler 300c * Margie Gillis – dancer, choreographer * Jessalyn Gilsig – actress * Jacques Godbout – writer, poet, filmmaker * Phil Gold – researcher, physician * Hilda Goldblatt Gorenstein (Hilgos) – artist and inspiration for the documentary ''I Remember Better When I Paint'' * Victor Goldbloom – politician, physician * Jonathan Goldstein (author), Jonathan Goldstein – author, humourist and radio producer * Anne-France Goldwater – lawyer and TV court show personality * John Gomery – jurist * Brian Goodwin – biologist * Adam Gopnik – writer, essayist * Henry Gordon (magician), Henry Gordon (1919–2009) – magician, journalist, Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, CSI Fellow * Huntley Gordon – actor * Shaul Gordon (born 1994) – Canadian-Israeli Olympic Sabre (fencing), sabre fencer * Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan – newspaper publisher * Stewart Francis Granger – former NBA basketball player * W. R. Granger (William Rowen Granger) – president of the Montreal AAA, Canadian and Quebec Amateur Hockey Associations * Howard Grant (boxer), Howard Grant – former Canadian Olympics and Commonwealth boxer; trainer, UFC welterweight champion, Georges St-Pierre * Otis Grant – Jamaican-born former WBO Middleweight boxing champion * Hulda Regina Graser – customs house broker * Harold Greenberg – movie producer, founder of Astral Media * Frank Greenleaf – president of the Canadian and Quebec Amateur Hockey Associations * Sylvain Grenier – WWE wrestler * Irving Grundman – businessman, hockey executive * Geneviève Guérard – ballerina * Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays * Quincy Guerrier – college basketball player for the Oregon Ducks men's basketball, Oregon Ducks * Philip Guston – painter and printmaker

H

* Dayle Haddon – model and actress * Marc-André Hamelin – pianist and composer * Emily Hampshire – actress * Chris Haney – co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit * Dan Hanganu – architect * Louise Harel – politician * Corey Hart (singer), Corey Hart – singer * Doug Harvey (ice hockey), Doug Harvey – Hall of Fame ice hockey player * Jacques Hébert (Canadian politician), Jacques Hébert – statesman * Thomas Hellman – pop singer * Carl Henry (singer), Carl Henry – singer * Prudence Heward – Beaver Hall Group artist * Alonzo Highsmith – former NFL football player * Dave Hilton, Jr. – world champion boxer * Matthew Hilton (boxer), Matthew Hilton – world champion boxer * William Hales Hingston – mayor of Montreal, senator, physician * David Julian Hirsh – actor * Ian Hodgkinson – professional wrestler, lived in Montreal while in WCW * Thomas William Holmes – winner of the Victoria Cross * Herbert Samuel Holt – financier * Steve Holt (Canadian musician), Steve Holt – jazz pianist, AC singer-songwriter * William Hope (actor), William Hope – actor * Anna Hopkins – actress * Camillien Houde – former mayor of Montreal * Alice Houghton – broker * Anthony Housefather – member of Canadian Parliament *Kent Hughes – hockey executive

I

* Norman Iceberg – singer-songwriter

J

* A. Y. Jackson – artist, member of the Group of Seven * Édouard Jasmin – ceramic artist * Louis Jaque, modernist painter * Marlene Jennings – politician * René Jodoin – film animator and producer * Daniel Johnson, Jr. – former Liberal premier of Quebec * Pierre Marc Johnson – former PQ premier of Quebec * Mélanie Joly – politician * Oliver Jones (pianist), Oliver Jones – jazz pianist * Sass Jordan – singer * Kris Joseph – basketball player * Robert Joy – actor * Alexander Julien – musician, member of Vision Eternel * Pierre Juneau – film and broadcasting executive * Claude Jutra – filmmaker

K

* Emilie Kahn – musician also known as Emilie & Ogden * Garry Kallos – wrestler and sambo competitor * Tommy Kane – former NFL football player, Seattle Seahawks * Daniel Kash – actor *Nicholas Kasirer – supreme court justice * Victoria Kaspi – astrophysicist and McGill professor * Naïm Kattan – author, essayist * Kenneth Kaushansky – Dean of the Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Hematology, hematologist, Master of the American College of Physicians * Kaytranada – electronic musician, producer, DJ * Michael A. Kelen – former judge of the Federal Court of Canada * George Kennedy (sports promoter), George Kennedy – owner of

hockey team * Amir Khadir – physician and politician * Marie-Claire Kirkland-Casgrain – politician, judge * Franklin Kiermyer – drummer, composer, bandleader * Andy Kim (singer), Andy Kim – singer-songwriter * A. M. Klein – poet, author * Naomi Klein – author and activist * Kid Koala – DJ * Leo Kolber – senator, businessman * Benjamin Kowalewicz – singer of Billy Talent * Vanessa Kraven – professional wrestler * David Kristian – electronic musician * Sid and Marty Krofft – producers/creators of ''H.R. Pufnstuf'', ''The Bugaloos'', ''Sigmund and the Sea Monsters'', ''Land of the Lost (1974 TV series), Land of the Lost'', ''The Lost Saucer'' * Joseph Kruger – founder of Kruger Inc.

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* Florence La Badie – actress * Charline Labonté – hockey player, Canadian Olympic women's team, gold medalist in 2006, 2010, 2014 * Elmer Lach – NHL player, Hall of Famer * Michel Maray de La Chauvignerie – 18th century French military officer and interpreter * Daniel Langlois – businessman, producer * Hubert Lacroix – CBC president and CEO * Oleg Ladik – Olympic wrestler * Dany Laferrière – author * Guy Lafleur –

player,

* Alexis Lafrenière –

player, New York Rangers * François Legault – businessman, politician, premier of Québec * Corky Laing – musician * Jon Lajoie – comedian * Guy Laliberté – founder and CEO of Cirque de Soleil * Pierre Lalonde – singer, tv host * Paul Lambert (Canadian football), 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 * Edmond Lapierre – former MPP * Jean Lapierre – politician, broadcaster * Éric Lapointe (Canadian football), Éric Lapointe – CFL running back for the Montreal Alouettes * Pierre Laporte – politician * Georges Laraque – NHL player * Ryan Larkin – animator * Pat Larochelle – professional ice hockey player * Ricardo Larrivée – chef, tv host, cookbook author, businessman * Nicholas Latifi – racing driver currently driving for Williams Racing * Zoé Laurier – wife of Sir Wilfrid Laurier * Lisa Lavie – singer-songwriter * Irving Layton – poet, essayist, short story writer * Jack Layton – politician, leader of the federal New Democratic Party * Irina Lăzăreanu – fashion model * La Zarra – singer-songwriter * Charlotte Le Bon – actress * Louise Lecavalier – dancer * Vincent Lecavalier – NHL player * Fernand Leduc – painter * Jos LeDuc – professional wrestler * Ranee Lee – jazz singer * Sébastien Lefebvre – guitarist of

and vocalist * Alain Lefèvre – pianist and composer * Rachelle Lefevre – actress * Jean Leloup – musician * Jean-Paul Lemieux $ndash; painter * Mario Lemieux (born 1965) – NHL player * Vanessa Lengies – actress * Guy A. Lepage – television personality * Marc Lépine – École Polytechnique massacre, mass murderer * René Lépine – real-estate developer * Chris Leroux – MLB pitcher (Florida Marlins, Pittsburgh Pirates) * Pierre Leroux (author), Pierre Leroux – novelist, journalist and screenwriter * Jean Lesage – lawyer, politician * Kris Letang – QMJHL player, NHL player, three-time Stanley Cup champion with the Pittsburgh Penguins * André Éric Létourneau – intermedia artist, composer * Jean-Louis Lévesque – stockbroker, horse racing builder * Devon Levi – goaltender drafted by Florida Panthers in the 7th round, 212th overall in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, current Northeastern Huskies men's ice hockey, Northeastern Huskies, Canada men's national junior ice hockey team * Shawn Levy – director and actor * Jaclyn Linetsky – actress * David Lipper – actor * Arthur Lismer – painter, member of the Group of Seven * Liu Fang – musician * Pascal Lochard – CFL player * Édouard Lock – choreographer * William Edmond Logan – geologist * Jennifer Lonergan – educator, nonprofit executive, promoter of third-world women's craftmanship * Loud (rapper) – rapper, songwriter * Colin Low (filmmaker), Colin Low – filmmaker * Luba (singer) – recording artist * Lunice – musician * Roberto Luongo – NHL goaltender * Yves A. Lussier – physician-scientist in translational bioinformatics * John Goodwin Lyman – modernist painter

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* Tom Maayan (born 1993) – Canada-born Israeli basketball player in the Liga Leumit (basketball), Israeli National League * L. Ian MacDonald (born 1947) – author, columnist, broadcaster, and diplomat * William Christopher Macdonald, William C. Macdonald – tobacco manufacturer, philanthropist * Danny Maciocia – CFL football coach * Don Macpherson (journalist), Don Macpherson – journalist * Nicolas Macrozonaris – sprinter, track and field * Arnaud Maggs – artist, photographer * André Major – author * Sean Patrick Maloney – Canadian-American politician and United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative for the state of New York (state), New York since 2013 * Jeanne Mance – founder of first hospital in North America, l'Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, 1645 * Frederic Marcotte – poet and musician * Rudolph A. Marcus – Nobel laureate of chemistry * Lou Marinoff – philosopher at City College of New York * Yann Martel – writer, Man Booker Prize 2002 * Paul Martin – former prime minister of Canada * Russell Martin (baseball), Russell Martin – baseball player for the Toronto Blue Jays * Massari – singer * Mike Matheson – NHL player for the Montreal Canadiens * Bennedict Mathurin – NBA player * Charles Mayer (journalist), Charles Mayer – journalist, sportsperson and politician * 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 *Anna McGarrigle – singer, songwriter *Kate McGarrigle – singer, songwriter * Thomas D'Arcy McGee – politician * Molly McGlynn – film and television director and screenwriter * Ken McGoogan – writer * Duncan McIntyre (businessman), Duncan McIntyre – businessman * Scott McKay (Canadian politician), Scott McKay – former city counsellor and leader of the Green Party of Quebec * Patricia McKenzie – actress * Norman McLaren – film animation pioneer * Stuart McLean – humourist, broadcaster * Simon McTavish (fur trader), Simon McTavish – businessman * Ronald Melzack – psychologist, professor * Juan Mendez (basketball), Juan Mendez – former NCAA basketball player, Niagara University * Monique Mercure – actress * Charles Meredith (banker), Charles Meredith – president of the Montreal Stock Exchange * Frederick Edmund Meredith – lawyer, chancellor of Bishop's University * Vincent Meredith – first 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 * Jim Miller (end), Jim Miller – Canadian football player * Marc Miller (politician), Marc Miller – politician * Robert Miller (Canadian businessman), Robert Miller – businessman, founder of Future Electronics * Brenda Milner – neuropsychologist * Andrew Molson – businessman, member of the Molson family, eldest son of Eric Molson * Eric Molson – brewer, businessman, member of the Molson family * Geoff Molson – businessman, member of the Molson family, son of Eric Molson * Hartland Molson – brewer, World War II fighter pilot, statesman, member of the Molson family * John Molson – brewer, railway and steamship line builder, member of the Molson family * Percival Molson – athlete, soldier, member of the Molson family * Robert Moncel – commander of the 4th Canadian Armoured Brigade in the Second World War * Raymond de Montmorency – recipient of the Victoria Cross * Édouard Montpetit – lawyer, economist, academic * Dickie Moore (ice hockey) – NHL player, Hall of Famer * Henry Morgan (merchant), Henry Morgan – department store founder * Henry Morgentaler – physician, advocate for women's rights to abortion * Marjolène Morin – singer * James Wilson Morrice – landscape artist * Terry Mosher – editorial cartoonist * Ben Mulroney – television host; son of Brian Mulroney * Brian Mulroney – former prime minister of Canada * Caroline Mulroney – politician * Mila Mulroney – wife of the 18th prime minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney

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*Ruba Nadda – producer *Pierre Nadeau – journalist, television presenter and producer * Narcy (rapper), Narcy – hip hop artist * Émile Nelligan – poet * Sophie Nélisse – actress * Hillel Neuer – human rights lawyer, executive director UN Watch * Yannick Nézet-Séguin – conductor * Kai Nielsen (philosopher), Kai Nielsen – naturalist philosopher at Concordia University * Craig Norman – head basketball coach of McGill University Redmen; former basketball player for Concordia University * Aldo Nova – singer, musician, producer

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* Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan – politician, Parti patriote member * Alexander Walker Ogilvie – miller, statesman * Heather O'Neill – author * Erin O'Toole – politician, Conservative Party of Canada member * Maryse Ouellet – glamour model and former WWE wrestler * Caroline Ouellette – hockey player, Canadian women's Olympic team, gold medalist in 2002 and 2006

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* P. Reign – hip hop artist, born in Montreal, raised in Toronto * Frank L. Packard – novelist * Michel Pagliaro – musician * Vernon Pahl – Canadian football player * Jean Jacques Paradis – Commander of the Canadian Army * Jessica Paré – actress * Jacques Parizeau – politician, former premier of Quebec * Julie Payette – astronaut, governor general * Trevor W. Payne – founder and music director of the Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir * Cory Pecker (born 1981) – hockey player, right wing (EHC Visp) * Érik Péladeau – businessman (Québecor) * Pierre Péladeau – founder of Quebecor * Pierre Karl Péladeau – CEO of Quebecor Media * Alfred Pellan – painter * Gérard Pelletier – journalist and politician * Wilfrid Pelletier – symphony conductor * Wilder Penfield, Dr. Wilder Penfield – pioneering neurosurgeon, founder of the Montreal Neurological Institute * David De La Peralle – football player * Missy Peregrym – actress * Oscar Peterson – jazz pianist * Autumn Phillips – former 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 * Valérie Plante – mayor of Montreal * Christopher Plummer – actor * Judes Poirier – university professor * Camille Poliquin – musician * Antoni Porowski – chef, actor, and television personality * Dick Pound – lawyer, Olympic Games executive * Cheryl Pounder – hockey player, Canadian Olympic women's team, gold medalist in 2002 and 2006 * André Pratte – journalist, economist * Olivier-Maxence Prosper – NBA player

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* Nathalie Quagliotto – visual artist * Tegan and Sara, Sara Quin – musician

R

*Zotique Racicot – auxiliary bishop of Montreal from 1905 to 1915 * Jesse Rath (born 1989) – actor * Meaghan Rath – actress * Claude Raymond (baseball), Claude Raymond – former baseball player and coach * Jade Raymond – video game designer and producer * John Redpath – businessman, philanthropist * Hubert Reeves – astrophysicist * Eliza Ann McIntosh Reid – social reformer, church worker, clubwoman * Heather Reisman – businesswoman * Ginette Reno – singer * Caroline Rhea – actress * Mike Ribeiro – NHL player * Henri Richard – former NHL player * Maurice Richard – former NHL player * Mordecai Richler – writer * Nancy Richler – novelist * Helen Richmond Young Reid – social worker * Jean-Paul Riopelle – painter, sculptor * Vito Rizzuto – mobster * Léa Roback – trade union organizer, activist * Alphonso Theodore Roberts – political activist, cricketer * Sam Roberts (singer-songwriter), Sam Roberts – musician * Marc Robillard – musician, composer and songwriter * Braulio Rocha – photographer * Percy Rodrigues – actor * Sasha Roiz (born 1973) – Israeli-born Canadian actor * Cristina Rosato – actress * Fred Rose (politician), Fred Rose – trade union organiser, politician * Paul Rose (Quebec), Paul Rose – terrorist, political figure * Ari Rosenberg (born 1964) – Israeli basketball player * Ethel Rosenfield (1910–2000) – sculptor * Charlie J. Ross – vaudeville performer * J.K.L. Ross – racehorse owner, philanthropist * Allan Roth – baseball statistics, baseball statistician for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers * Patrice Roy – news anchor * Albert S. Ruddy – film and television producer, known for producing ''The Godfather'' and ''Million Dollar Baby'', which won him two Academy Awards for Best Picture * Greg Rusedski – tennis player * Allison Russell – singer songwriter * Claude Ryan – publisher, statesman * Frank "Dunie" Ryan – mobster

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* Roméo Sabourin – Special Operations Executive, SOE agent, World War II, WW II hero executed by the Nazis * Moshe Safdie – architect, urban designer * Peter Sagar – multi-instrumentalist, known for his band HOMESHAKE and former touring guitarist for Mac DeMarco * Idola Saint-Jean – journalist, educator, feminist * Benjamin St-Juste – American football player * Martin St. Louis – NHL player * Georges St-Pierre – professional MMA fighter * Kim St-Pierre – hockey goaltender, Canadian Olympic women's team * Sugar Sammy – stand-up comedian * Lino Saputo – businessman * Jeanne Sauvé – 23rd governor general of Canada * Serge Savard – NHL player * Anne Savage (artist), Anne Savage – artist * Derek Seguin – comic * Marco Scandella – NHL player * Arnold Scaasi – fashion designer * Aliocha Schneider – singer, actor * Paul Schoeffler – voice actor, actor * Seymour Schulich – businessman, philanthropist * Joseph A. Schwarcz – doctor of chemistry and professor at McGill University, formerly at Vanier College * Cynthia Scott – Academy Award-winning director * F. R. Scott, Frank Scott – scholar, poet, professor, lawyer * Francis Alexander Caron Scrimger – winner of the Victoria Cross in World War I * Mark Shainblum – comics writer and co-creator of Northguard * Marla Shapiro – CTV Television Network, CTV medical reporter and physician * Omar Sharif Jr. – actor, author, activist * William Shatner – actor, best known for playing Captain Kirk in ''Star Trek'' * Douglas Shearer – Academy Award-winning motion picture sound engineer * Norma Shearer – Academy Awards, Academy Award-winning actress * Eliezer Sherbatov (born 1991) – Canadian-Israeli ice hockey player * Madeleine Sherwood – actress, played Mother Superior in ''The Flying Nun'' * Sir George Simpson – explorer, governor of HBC * Karen Simpson – actress and fashion designer * Jaspreet Singh – author * Charles Sirois – telecommunications * David Six (artist), David Six – artist * Skiifall – rapper * Jeff Skoll – Internet entrepreneur * Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, Donald Smith – railway executive * George M. Smith – Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin * Larry Smith (Canadian football), Larry Smith – former CFL football player; former president of the Montreal Alouettes * Nahum Sonenberg – biochemist, professor at McGill University * Wonny Song – classical concert pianist * Kwasi Songui – actor * Alex Soria – singer-guitarist (The Nils, Chino) * Peter Stearns – historian, honorary knight * H. Arnold Steinberg – businessman, philanthropist, chancellor of McGill University * Sam Steinberg – supermarket founder * Tobie Steinhouse – artist * Ralph M. Steinman – 2011 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine * George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen, George Stephen – banker, railway executive * Jeff Stinco – lead guitarist of

* P.J. Stock – NHL player, broadcaster * Lance Stroll (born 1998) – Formula One racing driver * Lawrence Stroll (born 1959) – owner of Circuit Mont-Tremblant, Racing Point F1 Team, major shareholder/executive chairman in Aston Martin and father to Formula One driver Lance Stroll * Howard Stupp (born 1955) – Olympic wrestler * Bruny Surin – track and field athlete * Daisy Sweeney – pianist, music teacher * Robert Augustus Sweeney – only African American double recipient of the American Medal of Honor * Sylvia Sweeney – former basketball player for the Canadian women's national team; TV journalist * Jack W. Szostak – Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine

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* Mutsumi Takahashi – journalist * Maxime Talbot – NHL player * Ari Taub (wrestler), Ari Taub (born 1971) – Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler * Charles Taylor (philosopher), Charles Taylor – philosopher emeritus at McGill University, McGill * Lucille Teasdale-Corti – physician, humanitarian * Iro Tembeck – ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher * José Théodore – NHL player * David Thompson (explorer), David Thompson – explorer * Ryan Thorne – head basketball coach for the McGill Martlets, former CIAU champion in basketball with Bishop's University * Kim Thúy – author * Jacob Tierney – actor, director, screenwriter, producer * Kevin Tierney – movie producer * Tiga (musician), Tiga – electronic musician, singer, DJ * Josh Tordjman – NHL player * Ibrahim Tounkara – Canadian football player * Daniel Tracey – journalist, politician * Gérald Tremblay – former mayor of Montreal * Michel Tremblay – novelist, playwright * Tony Tremblay – poet, radio personality * Clem Trihey – professional ice hockey player * Alexandre Trudeau – journalist; son of Pierre Trudeau, the former prime minister of Canada * Justin Trudeau – 23rd prime minister of Canada, son of Pierre Trudeau, a former prime minister of Canada * Pierre Trudeau (1919–2000) – List of Prime Ministers of Canada, 15th prime minister of Canada * Sophie Grégoire Trudeau – former spouse of the 23rd prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau * Yves Trudeau (biker) – contract killer, gangster * Alain Trudel – conductor * Yanic Truesdale – actor * Jean-Claude Turcotte – Roman Catholic cardinal * Roxane Turcotte – author of children's and youth literature * George Tutunjian – performer of Armenian revolutionary songs * Rachel Tyndale – pharmacogeneticist

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* Maurice Vachon – also known as Mad Dog Vachon; wrestling champion * Armand Vaillancourt – sculptor * Stevie Vallance – also known as Louise Vallance; singer, musician, actress, voice actress and director * Jean-Marc Vallée – filmmaker * Karine Vanasse – actress, tv host * Ernie Vandeweghe – former NBA basketball player, New York Knicks * Georges Vanier – governor general * Gino Vannelli – singer-songwriter * Chris Velan – singer-songwriter * Joe Veleno – NHL prospect for the Detroit Red Wings * Jacques Vieau – fur trader and early Wisconsin settler * Denis Villeneuve – filmmaker * Gilles Villeneuve – Formula One driver * Jacques Villeneuve – Formula One driver (1997 World Champion); 1995 IndyCar champion; son of Gilles Villeneuve * Claude Vivier – contemporary classical music, contemporary classical composer, ethnomusicologist and poet * Marc-Édouard Vlasic – NHL player, currently playing for the San Jose Sharks * Roch Voisine – singer

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* Eleanor Wachtel – writer and broadcaster *Richard Wagner – Chief Justice of Canada * Mark Wainberg – AIDS researcher * Martha Wainwright – singer-songwriter * Rufus Wainwright – singer-songwriter * Avi Wallerstein (surgeon), Avi Wallerstein – ophthalmologist, co-founder of LASIK MD * Amanda Walsh – actress * Dwight Walton – professional basketball player, Canadian Olympian * Patrick Watson (musician), Patrick Watson – singer-songwriter * Ben Weider – co-founder of the IFBB (International Federation of BodyBuilders) * Joe Weider – creator of the Mr. Olympia and Ms. Olympia bodybuilding contests * William Weintraub – author, filmmaker * Danny Wells – actor; played bartender on ''The Jeffersons'' and Luigi in ''The Super Mario Brothers Super Show'' * Bill Wennington – former NBA basketball player, Chicago Bulls * Max Werner – founder of Montreal Pastry, world class pastry chef * Esther Wertheimer – sculptor and educator * Alissa White-Gluz – singer-songwriter; former vocalist of The Agonist; current vocalist of Arch Enemy * Trevor C. Williams – former member of the Canadian national basketball team; philanthropist * Cairine Wilson – first woman to serve in the Senate of Canada * Joseph Wiseman – actor, known for playing Dr. Julius No in the first James Bond film ''Dr. No'' * Karl Wolf – singer * Bernie Wolfe (hockey), Bernie Wolfe (born 1951) – NHL hockey player * William Workman (Canadian politician), William Workman – businessman and municipal politician * Peter Worrell – former NHL player * Aleksandra Wozniak – tennis player

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* Joel Yanofsky – writer * Nikki Yanofsky – jazz singer * Wayne Yearwood – former professional basketball player; Canadian Olympian

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* Sami Zayn – professional wrestler currently signed to the WWE * Larry Zeidel, Larry "Rock" Zeidel (1928–2014) – NHL player * Joel Zifkin – electric violinist, singer-songwriter * David Zilberman (wrestler), David Zilberman – Olympic heavyweight wrestler * Moses Znaimer – co-founder of Toronto's CityTV * Mortimer Zuckerman – magazine editor, publisher, real estate tycoon

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