Trisha Shetty (Editor)Im a simple gal who loves adventure, nature and dogs Im a perfectionist tooList of people from MontrealUpdated on Sep 29, 2024EditLikeCommentShareShare on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on RedditSign inThis is a list of notable people from Montreal.ContentsABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWYZReferencesAScott Abbott – co-inventor of Trivial PursuitRamzi Abid – NHL playerDavid Acer – magician and comedian, star of Mystery HuntersAndrew Allan – Allan Shipping LineSir Hugh Allan – Allan Shipping LineMartha Allan – founder of the Montreal Repertory TheatreSir Montague Allan – businessman, donated the Allan CupPaul Almond – directorSidney Altman – Nobel Laureate in ChemistryRené Angélil – singer, actor, Celine Dion's husband and managerRichard Bladworth Angus – founder of the Canadian Pacific RailwayJoel Anthony – NBA basketball playerGilles Archambault – novelistFrancois Arnaud – actorSam Arif – founder of La DiperieGabriel Aubry – modelMelissa Auf der Maur – rock musician (Hole, The Smashing Pumpkins)Nick Auf der Maur – journalist, municipal politicianMichel C. Auger – journalistDavid Azrieli – real estate developer; bulldozed the Van Horne MansionBRené Balcer – television writer and producer, known for the US television show Law and OrderRoger Barnes – professional wrestlerJay Baruchel – television and movie actorDoug Beardsley – poet and educatorPhilippe de Gaspé Beaubien – broadcasting, magazinesBianca Beauchamp – fetish fashion modelMathieu Beaudoin – football playerTanith Belbin – figure skater, Olympic silver medalistJean Béliveau – former NHL playerSaul Bellow – novelistChris Benoit – pro wrestler, born in Montreal, raised in Edmonton, AlbertaEric Berne – psychiatrist; creator of Transactional Analysis; author of Games People PlayAndré Besette – CSC Holy Cross Brother, Miracle Worker of MontrealNorman Bethune – physician, medical innovator, and political activistTim Biakabutuka – former NFL football player, Carolina PanthersCharlie Biddle – Montreal Jazz pioneer, Juno Award winnerYannick Bisson – actor known for playing Det. Murdoch in Murdoch Mysteries and Jack in Sue Thomas: F.B. EyeSacha Dean Biyan – fashion photographer, raised in Montreal, now based in New YorkConrad Black – financier and newspaper magnateToe Blake – Montreal Canadiens hockey LegendBless – hip-hop artistPaul Bley – jazz pianistLa Bolduc – real name Mary Travers, singerPatrick Bordeleau – hockey playerMike Bossy – Hockey Hall of Fame memberEugenie Bouchard – tennis playerLouise Anne Bouchard – writerMaurice "Mom" Boucher – ex-leader of Hell's Angels (as of 2014)Henri Bourassa – political leader and publisherRobert Bourassa – former Quebec premierPierre Bourque – mayorRaymond Bourque – former NHL playerPierre Bouvier – frontman of Simple Plan; songwriterScotty Bowman – hockey coachJustin Bradley – actor, based out of Montreal and Toronto, sometimes works in Los AngelesTim Brady – guitarist, composerGlenda Braganza – Hollywood actress, 10.5: ApocalypseKenneth "Kenny" Brain – Big Brother Canada contestantAdam Braz – soccer defender, Montreal Impact and national teamPatrice Brisebois – NHL player, Montreal CanadiensAnnie Brocoli – reaL name Annie Grenier, children's performerMartin Brodeur – NHL player, goaltender, New Jersey DevilsCharles Bronfman – businessman and philanthropistEdgar Bronfman, Sr. – businessmanEdward Bronfman – businessman, philanthropist, member of the Bronfman familyPeter Bronfman – businessman, member of the Bronfman familySaidye Rosner Bronfman – philanthropist, wife of Samuel BronfmanSamuel Bronfman – liquor magnateEdwin Orion Brownell – pianist, vocalistGeneviève Bujold – actressHy Buller – former NHL All-Star playerMario Bunge – philosopher, Frothingham Chair of Logic and Metaphysics at McGill UniversityRobin Burns – founder and owner, ITECH Hockey EquipmentGerard Butler – Scottish actor; lived here briefly as a babyWin Butler – singer/songwriterCMark Camacho – actorCharles Sandwith Campbell – philanthropist, benefactor of MontrealPaul Cargnello – singer/songwriterGerald Emmett Carter – former cardinal archbishop of TorontoAndré Chagnon – Cable TV, broadcasting, philanthropistSerge Chapleau – political cartoonistCorinne Chaponnière – writer, journalistRobert Charlebois – singer/songwriterGregory Charles – musician and radio hostDov Charney – entrepreneur and CEO of American ApparelClaude Charron – former politician, now TV hostRégine Chassagne – singer, musicianPatricia Chica – film and TV directorEmmanuelle Chriqui – actressDenny Chronopoulos – Canadian football playerTerri Clark – country singer/songwriterFrançoise de Clossey – pianist and organistGuy Cloutier – former artist managerKim Cloutier – fashion modelG. A. Cohen – political philosopherLeonard Cohen – poet and singerMark Cohen – ophthalmologist, co-founder of LASIK MDSidney M. Cohen – television directorSteven Cojocaru – fashion criticJohn Colicos – actorCharles Comeau – drummer of Simple Plan and songwriterPhil Comeau – film and TV directorErnest Cormier – engineer and architectCorneille – singerIrwin Cotler – law professor, politicianJean Coutu – pharmacistCorey Crawford – NHL starting goaltender for the Chicago BlackhawksRon Crevier – former NBA basketball playerPeter Cullen – voice actor (voice of Optimus Prime in the film Transformers)Elisha Cuthbert – actressMay Cutler – publisher and journalist; founder of Tundra Books; first Canadian woman to publish children's books; first woman to serve as Mayor of Westmount, QuebecDSamuel Dalembert – NBA basketball player, Philadelphia 76ersPeter Dalla Riva – football player, Montreal AlouettesRoméo Dallaire – senator, Lieutenant-GeneralVincent Damphousse – former NHL playerShawn Daniels – Canadian football playerJ. P. Darche – NFL football player, Seattle SeahawksMathieu Darche – NHL player, Tampa Bay Lightning, Montreal CanadiensFrançoise David – politicianJohn Caswell Davis – politicianMitch Davis – film programmer, filmmaker, journalistStéphane Demers – actorBernard Derome – anchormanPierre Desjardins – football player, Montreal AlouettesAndré Desmarais – businessmanPaul Desmarais, Sr. – businessmanPaul Desmarais, Jr. – businessmanDavid Desrosiers – bassist of Simple Plan and vocalist; born in Sept-ÎlesCaroline Dhavernas – actressSara Diamond – member of the American girl group Clique GirlzCéline Dion – singerStéphane Dion – politicianXavier Dolan – actor, director, screenwriter, editor, costume director, producerJacob Dolson Cox – U.S. soldier and politicianAudrey Capel Doray – artistJean Doré – former mayor of MontrealFifi D'Orsay – actressWilliam Dow – brewerJean Drapeau – mayor of Montreal during Expo '67 and the 1976 Olympic GamesGlen Drover – guitarist for MegadethShawn Drover – drummer for MegadethSteve Dubinsky – former NHL playerGilles Duceppe – politicianJean Duceppe – actorLouis Dudek – poetJack Dunham – animator, television commercial producer, designer of the St-Hubert rooster mascotAlexandre Dupuis – football playerEKeith Eaman – Canadian football playerIwan Edwards – conductor, Member of the Order of CanadaVic Emery – Olympic bobsleigh gold medalistEmpire ISIS – pop and dancehall singer, songwriterAnke Engelke – German comedian, born in MontrealChad Erickson – Ringette coachAngelo Esposito – hockey playerCyrille Estève – Cyrille the SpoonmanSam Etcheverry – former CFL and NFL football quarterback, Montreal Alouettes, St. Louis CardinalsTerry Evanshen – former CFL football player, Montreal Alouettes, Calgary StampedersKen Evoy – founder of Sitesell; creator of SiteBuildIt!FMylène Farmer – singerLila Feng – weather presenterDavid Fennario – playwrightMaynard Ferguson – jazz trumpet player and bandleaderJennifer Finnigan – Hollywood actressMarc-André Fleury – NHL GoalieLouis-Joseph Forget – stockbroker, financier, statesmanRodolphe Forget – businessman, politician, philanthropistSamuel Fournier – former CFL football player, Montreal Alouettes, Edmonton Eskimos, Hamilton Tiger-CatsRené-Arthur Fréchet, architectGAlfonso Gagliano – politicianAndré Gagné – professor and scholar, Concordia UniversityÉric Gagné – pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas RangersAndré Gagnon – composer, pianistMarc Gagnon – Olympic gold medal speed skaterHoward Galganov – anglophone rights activist, radio personalityCéline Galipeau – anchorwomanPatsy Gallant – pop singerMitch Garber – gaming, hotel executive, philanthropist, broadcasterArturo Gatti – professional boxer, world championDaniel Gauthier – co-founder of the Cirque du SoleilJames Gelfand – pianist, composer, arrangerYasmeen Ghauri – supermodelRalph Gilles – designer of the Chrysler 300cJessalyn Gilsig – actressHilda Goldblatt Gorenstein (Hilgos) – artist and inspiration for the documentary I Remember Better When I PaintJonathan Goldstein – author, humourist and radio producerJohn Gomery – juristBrian Goodwin – biologistAdam Gopnik – writer, essayistHuntley Gordon – actorHugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan – newspaper publisherStewart Francis Granger – former NBA basketball playerHoward Grant – former Canadian Olympics and Commonwealth boxer; trainer, UFC welterweight champion, Georges St-PierreOtis Grant – Jamaican-born former WBO Middleweight boxing championHarold Greenberg – movie producer, founder of Astral MediaSylvain Grenier – WWE wrestlerIrving Grundman – businessman, hockey executivePhilip Guston – painter and printmakerHDayle Haddon – model and actressMarc-André Hamelin – pianist and composerChris Haney – co-inventor of Trivial PursuitDan Hanganu – architectLouise Harel – politicianCorey Hart – singerDoug Harvey – Hall of Fame ice hockey playerJacques Hébert – statesmanThomas Hellman – pop singerCarl Henry – singerPrudence Heward – Beaver Hall Group artistAlonzo Highsmith – former NFL football playerDave Hilton, Jr. – World Champion boxerMatthew Hilton – World Champion boxerDavid Julian Hirsh – actorIan Hodgkinson – professional wrestler, lived in Montreal while in WCWThomas William Holmes – winner of the Victoria CrossHerbert Samuel Holt – financierSteve Holt – jazz pianist, AC singer-songwriterWilliam Hope – actorAnna Hopkins – actressCamillien Houde – former mayor of MontrealINorman Iceberg – singer/songwriterJMarlene Jennings – politicianRené Jodoin – film animator and producerDaniel Johnson, Jr. – former premier of QuebecOliver Jones – jazz pianistSass Jordan – singerKris Joseph – basketball playerRobert Joy – actorClaude Jutra – filmmakerKTommy Kane – former NFL football player, Seattle SeahawksDaniel Kash – actorKenneth Kaushansky – Dean of the Stony Brook University School of Medicine, hematologist, Master of the American College of PhysiciansKaytranada – electronic musician, producer, DJGeorge Kennedy – owner of Montreal Canadiens hockey teamAmir Khadir – physician and politicianKid Koala – DJFranklin Kiermyer – drummer, composerAndy Kim – singer/songwriterA. M. Klein – authorNaomi Klein – author and activistLeo Kolber – senator, de facto family member of the Bronfman family and empireBenjamin Kowalewicz – singer of Billy TalentDavid Kristian – electronic musicianSid and Marty Krofft – producers/creators of H.R. Pufnstuf, The Bugaloos, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, Land of the Lost, The Lost SaucerJoseph Kruger – of Kruger Inc.LFlorence La Badie – actressCharline Labonté – hockey player, Canadian Olympic women's team, gold medalist in 2006, 2010, 2014Hubert Lacroix – CBC President and CEODany Laferrière – authorGuy Lafleur – NHL player, Montreal CanadiensJon Lajoie – comedianGuy Laliberté – founder and CEO of Cirque de SoleilPaul Lambert – left guard, Montreal AlouettesPhyllis Lambert – architect and member of the Bronfman familyMado Lamotte – drag queen and authorJacques Lanctôt – FLQ member, convicted terroristLouise Lanctôt – FLQ member, convicted terroristPascal Languirand – electronic music producer, founder of Trans-XJean Lapierre – politicianÉric Lapointe – CFL running back for the Montreal AlouettesPierre Laporte – politicianGeorges Laraque – NHL playerRyan Larkin – animatorLisa Lavie – singer-songwriterIrving Layton – poet, essayist, short story writerJack Layton – politician, leader of the federal New Democratic PartyIrina Lăzăreanu – fashion modelLouise Lecavalier – dancerVincent Lecavalier – NHL playerJos LeDuc – professional wrestlerRanee Lee – jazz singerSébastien Lefebvre – guitarist of Simple Plan and vocalistJean Leloup – musicianMario Lemieux – NHL playerVanessa Lengies – actressGuy A. Lepage – television personalityRené Lépine – real-estate developerChris Leroux – MLB pitcher (Florida Marlins, Pittsburgh Pirates)Jean Lesage – lawyer, politicianKristopher Letang – QMJHL player, NHL player, Pittsburgh PenguinsAndré Éric Létourneau – intermedia artist, composerJean-Louis Lévesque – stockbroker, horse racing builderShawn Levy – director and actorLiu Fang – musicianPascal Lochard – CFL playerWilliam Edmond Logan – geologistJennifer Lonergan – educator, nonprofit executive, promoter of third-world women's craftmanshipColin Low – filmmakerLunice – musicianRoberto Luongo – NHL goaltenderYves A. Lussier – physician-scientist in translational bioinformaticsMWilliam C. Macdonald – tobacco manufacturer, philanthropistDanny Maciocia – CFL football coachDon Macpherson – journalistNicolas Macrozonaris – sprinter, track and fieldArnaud Maggs – artist, photographerSean Patrick Maloney – Canadian-American politician and U.S. Representative for the state of New York since 2013Jeanne Mance – founder of first hospital in North America, l'Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, 1645Rudolph A. Marcus – Nobel laureate of chemistryLou Marinoff – philosopher at City College of New YorkYann Martel – writer, Man Booker Prize 2002Paul Martin – former Prime Minister of CanadaRussell Martin – baseball player for the Toronto Blue JaysMassari – singerJohn McCallum – politicianJohn Wilson McConnell – businessman, publisher, philanthropistDavid Ross McCord – lawyer, philanthropistKevin McDonald – actor/comedian/voice actor, member of The Kids in the HallThomas D'Arcy McGee – politicianKen McGoogan – writerDuncan McIntyre – businessmanScott McKay – former city counsellor and leader of the Green Party of QuebecPatricia McKenzie – actressNorman McLaren – film animation pioneerSimon McTavish – businessmanJuan Mendez – former NCAA basketball player, Niagara UniversityCharles Meredith – president of the Montreal Stock ExchangeFrederick Edmund Meredith – lawyer, chancellor of Bishop's UniversityVincent Meredith – first and last Baronet of Montreal; President of the Bank of MontrealWilliam Collis Meredith – Chief Justice of the Superior Court of QuebecLuck Mervil – singer, actorJim Miller – Canadian football playerBrenda Milner – neuropsychologistHartland Molson – brewer, World War II fighter pilot, statesmanJohn Molson – brewer, railway and steamship line builderPercival Molson – athlete, soldierRobert Moncel – commander of the 4th Canadian Armoured Brigade in the Second World WarÉdouard Montpetit – lawyer, economist, academicHenry Morgan – department store founderHenry Morgentaler – physician, advocate for women's rights to abortionTerry Mosher – editorial cartoonistBen Mulroney – television host; son of Brian MulroneyBrian Mulroney – former Prime Minister of CanadaMila Mulroney – wife of the 18th Prime Minister of Canada, Brian MulroneyNThe Narcicyst – hip hop artistÉmile Nelligan – poetHillel Neuer – human rights lawyer, Executive Director UN WatchKai Nielsen – naturalist philosopher at Concordia UniversityCraig Norman – head basketball coach of McGill University Redmen; former basketball player for Concordia UniversityOEdmund Bailey O'Callaghan – politician, Parti patriote memberAlexander Walker Ogilvie – miller, statesmanMaryse Ouellet – glamour model and former WWE wrestlerCaroline Ouellette – hockey player, Canadian women's Olympic team, gold medalist in 2002 and 2006PP. Reign – hip hop artist, born in Montreal, raised in TorontoFrank L. Packard – novelistMichel Pagliaro – musicianVernon Pahl – Canadian football playerJean Jacques Paradis – Commander of the Canadian ArmyJessica Paré – actressJacques Parizeau – politician, former Premier of QuebecJulie Payette – scientist, astronautTrevor W. Payne – founder and music director of the Montreal Jubilation Gospel ChoirCory Pecker – hockey player, right wing (EHC Visp)Érik Péladeau – businessman (Québecor)Pierre Péladeau – founder of QuebecorPierre Karl Péladeau – CEO of Quebecor MediaWilfrid Pelletier – symphony conductorDr. Wilder Penfield – pioneering neurosurgeon, founder of the Montreal Neurological InstituteDavid De La Peralle – football playerMissy Peregrym – actressOscar Peterson – jazz pianistAutumn Phillips – wife of Peter Phillips, eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth IIMary Pierce – tennis playerAndré Pijet – artistSteven Pinker – linguist and evolutionary psychologistSusan Pinker – journalist and psychologistChristopher Plummer – actorDick Pound – lawyer, Olympic Games executiveCheryl Pounder – hockey player, Canadian Olympic women's team, gold medalist in 2002 and 2006André Pratte – journalist, economistQSara Quin – musicianRJesse Rath – actorMeaghan Rath – actressClaude Raymond – former baseball player and coachAriel Rebel – pornographic modelJohn Redpath – businessman, philanthropistGinette Reno – singerAhmed Ressam – al-Qaeda memberCaroline Rhea – actressMike Ribeiro – NHL playerHenri Richard – former NHL playerMaurice Richard – former NHL playerMordecai Richler – writerVito Rizzuto – mobsterAlphonso Theodore Roberts – political activist, cricketerSam Roberts – musicianPercy Rodrigues – actorSasha Roiz – actorCristina Rosato – actressPaul Rose – political figureCharlie J. Ross – vaudeville performerJ.K.L. Ross – racehorse owner, philanthropistGreg Rusedski – tennis playerClaude Ryan – publisher, statesmanFrank "Dunie" Ryan – mobsterSRoméo Sabourin – SOE agent, WW II hero executed by the NazisMartin St. Louis – NHL playerGeorges St-Pierre – professional MMA fighterKim St-Pierre – hockey goaltender, Canadian Olympic women's teamLino Saputo – businessmanAnne Savage – artistGiancarlo Scalia – pianist and composerPaul Schoeffler – voice actor, actorJoseph A. Schwarcz – doctor of chemistry and professor at McGill University, formerly at Vanier CollegeCynthia Scott – Academy Award-winning directorFrank Scott – scholar, poet, professor, lawyerFrancis Alexander Caron Scrimger – winner of the Victoria Cross in World War IMarla Shapiro – CTV medical reporter and physicianWilliam Shatner – actor, best known for playing Captain Kirk in Star TrekDouglas Shearer – Academy Award-winning motion picture sound engineerNorma Shearer – Academy Award-winning actressMadeleine Sherwood – actress, played Mother Superior in The Flying NunKaren Simpson – actress and fashion designerJaspreet Singh – authorCharles Sirois – telecommunicationsJeff Skoll – Internet entrepreneurDonald Smith – railway executiveGeorge M. Smith – Lieutenant Governor of WisconsinLarry Smith – former CFL football player; former president of the Montreal AlouettesNahum Sonenberg – biochemist, professor at McGill UniversityWonny Song – classical concert pianistSam Steinberg – supermarket founderRalph M. Steinman – 2011 Nobel laureate in Physiology or MedicineGeorge Stephen – banker, railway executiveJeff Stinco – lead guitarist of Simple PlanP.J. Stock – NHL playerBruny Surin – track and field athleteRobert Augustus Sweeney – only African American double recipient of the American Medal of HonorSylvia Sweeney – former basketball player for the Canadian women's national team; TV journalistJack W. Szostak – Nobel Laureate in Physiology or MedicineTMaxime Talbot – NHL playerCharles Taylor – philosopher emeritus at McGillJosé Théodore – NHL playerVincenzo Thoma – singer, songwriterDavid Thompson – explorerRyan Thorne – head basketball coach for the McGill Martlets, former CIAU champion in basketball with Bishop's UniversityTiga – electronic musician, singer, DJJosh Tordjman – NHL playerIbrahim Tounkara – Canadian football playerDaniel Tracey – journalist, politicianGérald Tremblay – former mayor of MontrealMichel Tremblay – novelist, playwrightTony Tremblay – poet, radio personalityAlexandre Trudeau – journalist; son of Pierre Trudeau, the former Prime Minister of CanadaDennis Trudeau – journalistJustin Trudeau – Member of Parliament; 23rd Prime Minister of Canada, son of Pierre Trudeau, a former Prime Minister of CanadaPierre Trudeau – 15th Prime Minister of CanadaAlain Trudel – conductorJean-Claude Turcotte – Roman Catholic CardinalGeorge Tutunjian – performer of Armenian revolutionary songsDavid Tyler – voice actorUDavid Usher – singer/songwriterVMaurice Vachon – also known as Mad Dog Vachon; wrestling championErnie Vandeweghe – former NBA basketball player, New York KnicksGino Vannelli – singer/songwriterChris Velan – singer/songwriterJacques Vieau – fur trader and early Wisconsin settlerGilles Villeneuve – Formula One driverJacques Villeneuve – Formula One driver (1997 World Champion); 1995 IndyCar champion; son of Gilles VilleneuveMarc-Édouard Vlasic – NHL player, currently playing for the San Jose SharksRoch Voisine – singerWMartha Wainwright – singer/songwriterRufus Wainwright – singer/songwriterAvi Wallerstein – ophthalmologist, co-founder of LASIK MDAmanda Walsh – actressDwight Walton – professional basketball player, Canadian OlympianBen Weider – co-founder of the IFBB (International Federation of BodyBuilders)Joe Weider – creator of the Mr. Olympia and Ms. Olympia bodybuilding contestsWilliam Weintraub – author, filmmakerDanny Wells – actor; played bartender on The Jeffersons and Luigi in The Super Mario Brothers Super ShowBill Wennington – former NBA basketball player, Chicago BullsMax Werner – founder of Montreal Pastry, world class pastry chefAlissa White-Gluz – singer-songwriter; former vocalist of The Agonist; current vocalist of Arch EnemyTrevor C. Williams – former member of the Canadian national basketball team; philanthropistCairine Wilson – first woman to serve in the Senate of CanadaJoseph Wiseman – actor, known for playing Dr. Julius No in the first James Bond film Dr. NoKarl Wolf – singerWilliam Workman – businessman and municipal politicianPeter Worrell – former NHL playerAleksandra Wozniak – tennis playerYJoel Yanofsky – writerNikki Yanofsky – jazz singerWayne Yearwood – former professional basketball player; Canadian OlympianZSami Zayn – professional wrestler currently signed to the WWELarry Zeidel – NHL playerJoel Zifkin – electric violinist, singer/songwriterDavid Zilberman – Olympic heavyweight wrestlerMoses Znaimer – co-founder of Toronto's CityTVMortimer Zuckerman – magazine editor, publisher, real estate tycoonMore Alchetron TopicsReferencesList of people from Montreal Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SASimilar Topics
