Pelletier is a common surname of French origin. Notable people with this surname include: *

Anne-Marie Pelletier Anne-Marie Pelletier (born 1946) is a noted Catholic biblical scholar whose works include study of the Song of Songs. Life Pelletier was born in Paris on 13 June 1946.Anne-Sophie Pelletier Anne-Sophie Pelletier (born 5 February 1976) is a French politician who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pande ...

, French politician * Annie Pelletier, Canadian diver *

Benoît Pelletier Benoît Pelletier (10 January 1960 – 30 March 2024) was a Canadian lawyer, academic, and politician in the province of Quebec. He was a Liberal member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1998 to 2008 and was a prominent cabinet ministe ...

, Quebec Liberal Party minister and MNA in the National Assembly *

Bronson Pelletier Bronson Pelletier (born December 31, 1986) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his roles as Jack Sinclair in ''renegadepress.com'' (2004–2008) and as List of Twilight characters#Jared Cameron, Jared Cameron in The Twilight Saga (film seri ...

, Canadian actor *

Bruno Pelletier Bruno Pelletier (; born August 7, 1962) is a Canadian singer, musician, and actor who is known as the “Genius of French Music”, and for playing Pierre Gringoire alongside Daniel Lavoie as Frollo, in English and French. Life Pelletier was ...

, Canadian musician *

David Pelletier David Jacques Pelletier (born November 22, 1974) is a Canadian pairs figure skater. With his former wife Jamie Salé, he was the co-gold medal winner at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. They shared the gold medal with the Russian pair Elena B ...

, Canadian figure skater * Delphine Pelletier, French triathlete *

Gérard Pelletier Gérard Pelletier (; June 21, 1919 – June 22, 1997) was a Canadian journalist and politician. Career Pelletier initially worked as a journalist for ''Le Devoir'', a French-language newspaper in Montreal, Quebec. In 1961 he became editor-i ...

, Canadian journalist *

Hélène Pelletier-Baillargeon Hélène Pelletier-Baillargeon (1932 – February 14, 2025) was a Canadian ''femme de lettres'', journalist, essayist, and biographer from Québec. Background Hélène Pelletier was born in Montreal in 1932, the daughter of Dominique Pelletier, ...

, Canadian journalist and writer *

Irvin Pelletier Irvin Pelletier (born May 28, 1946 in Sayabec, Quebec) is a Quebec politician and notary. He was the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Rimouski for the Parti Québécois. Pelletier went to Université Laval and received a ...

, Canadian politician *

Jacques Peletier du Mans Jacques Pelletier du Mans, also spelled Peletier (, 25 July 1517 – 17 July 1582) was a humanist, poet and mathematician of the French Renaissance. Life Born in Le Mans into a bourgeois family, he studied at the Collège de Navarre in Paris, ...

, French humanist, poet and mathematician *

Jakob Pelletier Jakob Pelletier (born March 7, 2001) is a Canadian professional ice hockey Winger (ice hockey), left winger for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Calgary Flames with the 26th overall pick in the ...

, Canadian ice hockey player *

Jared Pelletier Jared Pelletier (born 29 November 1990) is a Canadian director, responsible for a number of short films including ''In the Hearts of Men'' and the Machinima series ''Omega''. Early life Pelletier was born and raised in Aurora, Ontario, where ...

, Canadian film director * J.D. Denis Pelletier, judge serving on the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal *

Jean Pelletier Jean Pelletier, (; February 21, 1935 – January 10, 2009) was a Canadian politician who served as the 37th mayor of Quebec City, Chief of Staff in the Prime Minister's Office, and chairman of Via Rail. He was a leading organizer of the Libe ...

, Canadian politician * Jean-Jacques Pelletier, Canadian philosopher and author *

Jean-Marc Pelletier Jean-Marc Pelletier (born March 4, 1978) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender who played seven National Hockey League (NHL) games over parts of three seasons for the Philadelphia Flyers and Phoenix Coyotes between 1999 and 20 ...

, Canadian hockey goaltender *

Joel Pelletier Joel Pelletier (born 1961) is an American contemporary musician, painter, actor and political commentator. He is known for his version of James Ensor, Ensor's ''Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889''. Life Born in Massachusetts, Pelletier rece ...

, American artist, musician and writer * Madeleine Pelletier, French feminist and psychiatrist *

Marie Denise Pelletier Marie Denise Pelletier (born 3 April 1960) is a francophone Canadian singer. She served as President of Artisti, a copyright collective for music artists operated by Quebec's l'Union des artistes (UDA). Biography While studying literature and c ...

, francophone Canadian singer *

Mary Euphrasia Pelletier Mary Euphrasia Pelletier, RGS, religious name Mary of Saint Euphrasia, born as Rose Virginie Pelletier (31 July 1796 in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île – 24 April 1868 in Angers), was a French religious sister. She founded the Congregation of Our Lady of ...

, French religious sister and saint *

Marie-Ève Pelletier Marie-Ève Pelletier (; born May 18, 1982) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 106 in singles and 54 in doubles. Tennis career 1998–2013 Marie-Ève played ...

, Canadian former tennis player *

Maurice Pelletier Maurice Pelletier (May 11, 1896 – March 22, 1971) was a Canadian politician in Quebec from the Union Nationale. He was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec representing the district of Lotbinière from 1936 to his defeat in 1939. He was ...

(1896–1971), Canadian politician * Narcisse Pelletier, Cabin boy abandoned on the coast of

Cape York Peninsula The Cape York Peninsula is a peninsula located in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is the largest wilderness in northern Australia.Mittermeier, R.E. et al. (2002). Wilderness: Earth's last wild places. Mexico City: Agrupación Sierra Madre, ...

in Australia in 1857 and spent 17 years among the Aborigines. * Nicolas Jacques Pelletier, French highwayman, first person executed by guillotine in France * Pedro Eugenio Pelletier, French-born Dominican Republic independence war commandant and national heroe. * Pierre-Joseph Pelletier, French chemist *

Pol Pelletier Pol Pelletier (born Nicole Pelletier, November 6, 1947) is a Canadian actor, director, and playwright. Pelletier is an influential figure in experimental and feminist theatre in Quebec. Early life and education Nicole Pelletier was born on Nove ...

, Canadian actor, director, and playwright *

Wilfrid Pelletier Joseph Louis Wilfrid Pelletier (sometimes spelled Wilfred), (20 June 1896 – 9 April 1982) was a Canadian conductor, pianist, composer, and arts administrator. He was instrumental in establishing the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, serving ...

, Canadian orchestra conductor *

Yannick Pelletier Yannick Pelletier (born September 22, 1976, in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland) is a Swiss chess Grandmaster and a six-time Swiss Champion currently living in Luxembourg. Career He completed his final Grandmaster norm at the 2000 Chess Olympiad in Ist ...

, Swiss chess player * Yves P. Pelletier, Quebec actor and comedian Place names * Lac Pelletier No. 107, a

rural municipality A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries. These include: * Rural municipality (Canada), Rural municipalities in Canada, a Lists of municipalities in Canada, type of municipa ...

in the

Canadian province Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Constitution of Canada, Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North Amer ...

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...

. * Lac Pelletier,

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...

in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

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