List of people from Montreal

This is a list of notable people from Montreal.

A

Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott – prime minister of Canada Scott Abbott – co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit Jennifer Abel – diver, Olympic medalist David Acer – magician and comedian, star of Mystery Hunters Frances Payne Adler – American and Canadian poet Marie-Yasmine Alidou – soccer player for the Canada national team Andrew Allan – Allan Shipping Line Sir Hugh Allan – Allan Shipping Line Martha Allan – founder of the Montreal Repertory Theatre Sir Montague Allan – businessman, donated the Allan Cup Paul Almond – film director Sidney Altman – Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Melissa Sue Anderson – American-Canadian actress, known for her role as Mary Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie René Angélil – singer, Celine Dion's husband and manager Richard Bladworth Angus – founder of the Canadian Pacific Railway Joel Anthony – NBA basketball player Alex Anthopoulos – general manager and president of baseball operations for the Atlanta Braves Louise Arbour – lawyer, jurist, prosecutor Nelly Arcan – writer Denys Arcand – filmmaker Gilles Archambault – novelist François Arnaud – actor Jay Aspin – former MP William H. Atherton – historian Gabriel Aubry – model Melissa Auf der Maur – rock musician (Hole, The Smashing Pumpkins) Nick Auf der Maur – journalist, municipal politician Michel C. Auger – journalist Félix Auger-Aliassime – tennis player Adam Azimov – film director David Azrieli – real estate developer

B

Ralph Backstrom – former NHL player Rita Baga – drag queen, television personality and host Joby Baker – actor, painter René Balcer – television writer and producer, known for the US television show Law and Order Jean-Paul Banos – fencer Roger Barnes – professional wrestler Joseph Barsalou – businessman and politician Jay Baruchel – television and movie actor Doug Beardsley – poet and educator Bianca Beauchamp – fetish fashion model Charles-Odilon Beauchemin – printer and bookseller Mathieu Beaudoin – football player Tanith Belbin – figure skater, Olympic silver medalist Louise Belcourt – artist Jean Béliveau – former NHL player Saul Bellow – novelist Mercédes Benegbi – disabilities activist Sonia Benezra – broadcaster, television host Meaghan Benfeito – diver, Olympic medalist Chris Benoit – pro wrestler and double-murderer Jehane Benoît – chef, author, TV personality Aldo Bensadoun – founder of Aldo Group Marc Bergevin – former NHL player, hockey executive Eric Berne – psychiatrist; creator of Transactional Analysis; author Janette Bertrand – journalist, broadcaster, actress André Besette – CSC Holy Cross Brother, "miracle worker of Montreal" Norman Bethune – physician, medical innovator, and political activist Tim Biakabutuka – former NFL football player, Carolina Panthers Charlie Biddle – Montreal Jazz pioneer, Juno Award winner Dan Bilefsky – journalist, author Alexandre Bilodeau – skier, Olympic gold medalist Khem Birch – NBA Player Yannick Bisson – actor known for playing Det. Murdoch in Murdoch Mysteries and Jack in Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye Conrad Black – financier and newspaper magnate Herbert Black – businessman Sheila Blair – art historian Toe Blake – former NHL player and coach Valérie Blass – artist Paul Bley – jazz pianist Bob Blumer – tv personality La Bolduc – real name Mary Travers, singer Moïse Bombito – soccer player Patrick Bordeleau – hockey player Daniel Borsuk – plastic surgeon Mike Bossy – Hockey Hall of Fame member Alain Bouchard – billionaire businessman Émile Bouchard – NHL Hall of Famer Eugenie Bouchard – 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 – footballer Henri Bourassa – political leader and publisher Robert Bourassa – former Quebec premier Pierre Bourque – mayor Raymond Bourque – former NHL player, Hockey Hall of Fame member Pierre Bouvier – frontman of Simple Plan; songwriter Scotty Bowman – hockey coach Stan Bowman – NHL general manager Justin Bradley – actor, based out of Montreal and Toronto, sometimes works in Los Angeles Tim Brady – guitarist, composer Glenda Braganza – Hollywood actress, 10.5: Apocalypse Gilles Brassard – computer scientist Nigel Braun – YouTuber and chemist Adam Braz – former soccer defender Patrice Brisebois – NHL player, Montreal Canadiens Annie Brocoli – real name Annie Grenier, children's performer Martin Brodeur – NHL player, goaltender, New Jersey Devils Charles Bronfman – businessman and philanthropist Edgar Bronfman, Sr. – businessman Edward Bronfman – businessman, philanthropist, member of the Bronfman family Peter Bronfman – businessman, member of the Bronfman family Saidye Rosner Bronfman – philanthropist, wife of Samuel Bronfman Samuel Bronfman – liquor magnate Stephen Bronfman – philanthropist Alma Faye Brooks – disco, soul and R&B singer Harriet Brooks – nuclear physicist, researcher Nicole Brossard – author, poet Alexander Brott – conductor, composer Edwin Orion Brownell – pianist, vocalist John Brownstein – epidemiologist, professor Francine Brunel-Reeves - singer, caller and researcher Kim Brunhuber – journalist newscaster Geneviève Bujold – actress Hy Buller – former NHL All-Star player Mario Bunge – philosopher, Frothingham Chair of Logic and Metaphysics at McGill University Stéphan Bureau – journalist Pat Burns – NHL head coach Robin Burns – founder and owner, ITECH Hockey Equipment Pascale Bussières – actress Ernie Butler – comedy club owner Gerard Butler – Scottish actor; lived here briefly as a baby Win Butler – singer-songwriter

C

Anne-Marie Cadieux – actress Ghitta Caiserman-Roth – painter, printmaker Jesse Camacho – actor Mark Camacho – actor Charles Sandwith Campbell – businessman, philanthropist Charlotte Cardin – singer, songwriter Paul Cargnello – singer-songwriter Jean Carignan – fiddler Alexandre Carrier – NHL player Gerald Emmett Carter – former cardinal archbishop of Toronto Thérèse Casgrain – politician, suffragist André Chagnon – telecommunications and broadcasting executive, philanthropist Gretta Chambers – journalist Serge Chapleau – political cartoonist Corinne Chaponnière – writer, journalist Jean Charest – former Québec premier and onetime leader of the federal Progressive Conservatives Robert Charlebois – singer-songwriter Gregory Charles – musician and radio host Dov Charney – entrepreneur and CEO of American Apparel Melvin Charney – artist, sculptor, architect Claude Charron – former politician, now TV host Régine Chassagne – musician, singer, member of Arcade Fire Micheline Chevrier – theatre director Alex Chiasson – NHL player for the Edmonton Oilers Patricia Chica – film and TV director Emmanuelle Chriqui – actress Denny Chronopoulos – CFL player Terri Clark – country singer-songwriter Patricia Claxton – literary translator Françoise de Clossey – pianist and organist Guy Cloutier – former artist manager Véronique Cloutier – radio and television personality Kim Cloutier – fashion model Cœur de pirate – singer, songwriter G. A. Cohen – political philosopher Leonard Cohen – poet and singer Mark Cohen – ophthalmologist, co-founder of LASIK MD Sidney M. Cohen – television director Steven Cojocaru – fashion critic John Colicos – actor Charles Comeau – drummer of Simple Plan and songwriter Phil Comeau – film and TV director Antonio Cordasco – Italian-Canadian migrant labour recruiter Ernest Cormier – engineer and architect Marc Costanzo – singer Corneille – singer Irwin Cotler – law professor, politician Vincenzo Cotroni – mobster Jean Coutu – pharmacist Corey Crawford – NHL starting goaltender for the Chicago Blackhawks Ron Crevier – former NBA basketball player Marie-Josée Croze – actress Katalin Cseh – Hungarian politician Beto Cuevas – Chilean-Canadian lead singer of band La Ley Peter Cullen – voice actor; voice of Optimus Prime in the film Transformers Maxwell Cummings – businessman, philanthropist Nathan Cummings – businessman Elisha Cuthbert – actress Louis Cyr – 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

D

Samuel Dalembert – NBA basketball player, Philadelphia 76ers Peter Dalla Riva – football player, Montreal Alouettes Roméo Dallaire – senator, Lieutenant-General Vincent Damphousse – former NHL player Shawn Daniels – Canadian football player Catherine Daoust – Professional ice hockey defenceman for the Montreal Victoire in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).Vierzba, Neil (September 29, 2023). "Report: Former Bulldog Catherine Daoust Joins PWHL Montreal on Camp Invite". Fox21Online. Retrieved February 26, 2025. 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, Olympic medalist, television personality David Desrosiers – bassist of Simple Plan and vocalist; born in Sept-Îles Sean Devine – playwright, actor, and politician Colleen Dewhurst – actress Caroline Dhavernas – actress Domenic Di Rosa – actor 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 Chloé Dufour-Lapointe – skier, Olympic medalist Justine Dufour-Lapointe – skier, Olympic gold medalist 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

E

Keith Eaman – Canadian football player Henrietta Edwards – women’s rights activist, suffragist Iwan Edwards – 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 CFL and 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!

F

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