This is a list of people associated with Université Laval.
Notable alumni Artists and media personalities Victor Bouchard, pianist and composer Édith Butler, Acadian singer Christiane Chabot, artist Claude Lagacé, organist Gaston Miron, poet and author Renée Morisset, pianist Ben Mulroney, television host and son of former prime minister Brian Mulroney Gilles Vigneault, artist
Athletes Boris Bede, gridiron football player Pierre Harvey, Olympic cyclist and cross-country skier Pierre Lavertu, CFL player Ed Millaire, professional hockey player, Montreal Canadiens Abi Tripp, Paralympic swimmer
Business leaders Marcel Aubut, president of the Canadian Olympic Committee Conrad Black, former media magnate Sophie Brochu, President and CEO of Gaz Métro/Énergir and Hydro-Québec. Manon Brouillette, President and CEO of Videotron Richard Fortin (born 1949/50), former chairman of Couche-Tard Louis Garneau, businessman and Olympic cyclist Marc Laliberté, CEO of Via Rail Canada Jean Leclerc, chairman, Leclerc biscuits and former provincial politician Charles Sirois, businessman and venture capitalist Alain Ouzilleau, Owner and President of Cabico & co
Political leaders
Canadian Prime Ministers of Canada Louis St. Laurent, Brian Mulroney and Jean Chrétien Premiers of Quebec Lucien Bouchard, Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Edmund James Flynn, Jean Lesage, René Lévesque, Pauline Marois, Simon-Napoléon Parent and Louis-Alexandre Taschereau Jean-Martin Aussant, former leader of Option nationale party Jean Bazin, senator Louise Beaudoin, former minister in Quebec Lawrence Cannon, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2008–2011 Thomas Chapais, lawyer and federal politician Raoul Dandurand, lawyer, federal politician, diplomat, president of the League of Nations Assembly for 1925 Stéphane Dion, diplomat and former politician; former leader of the Liberal Party of Canada Gilbert Finn, 26th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick Eugène Fiset, former Surgeon General of Canada, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec Michael Fortier, former senator Wilfrid Gariépy, Alberta cabinet minister Clement Gignac, politician, former Quebec Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade and chief economist at Industrial Alliance Daniel Joseph Greene, Premier of Newfoundland, 1894–95 Michael Meighen, former senator Charles Milliard Rodney Ouellette, senator and physician-scientist Christian Paradis Louis J. Robichaud, 24th premier of New Brunswick Raymond C. Setlakwe, senator Arthur Tremblay, senator
Senior public servants Johanne Bélisle, former Commissioner of Patents, Registrar of Trademarks and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) Raymond Chrétien, former diplomat and lawyer Ernest Côté, diplomat and civil servant. Nathalie Drouin, diplomat and civil servant. Marc Lortie, diplomat Gérard Veilleux, former senior civil servant, president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (1989–1993) Jennie Carignan, Chief of the Defence Staff
Foreign Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria (1918–2007) Archduchess Charlotte of Austria, social worker and royal heiress Archduke Rudolf of Austria (1919–2010) Mahamat Ali Adoum, permanent representative of Chad to the United Nations; former Minister of foreign affairs (1992–93) Jacques-Édouard Alexis, prime minister of Haiti, 1999–2001 and 2006–2008 Carme Chacón, Spanish Minister of Defence, 2008–2011 Habiba Zehi Ben Romdhane, Tunisian Minister of health Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg Pearlette Louisy, Governess-General of Saint Lucia, 1997-2017
Jurists Supreme Court Justices Suzanne Côté, Louis LeBel, Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, Charles Fitzpatrick, Arthur Cyrille Albert Malouin, Lawrence Arthur Dumoulin Cannon, Louis-Philippe Pigeon, Julien Chouinard, Robert Taschereau, Henri-Elzéar Taschereau, Thibaudeau Rinfret Marcel Crête (fr), jurist and former Chief Justice of Quebec (1980–88) Léon Gérin, lawyer and president of the Royal Society of Canada Paule Gauthier, lawyer, arbitrator, corporate director, former chair of the Security Intelligence Review Committee 1996–2004 Frederick Edmund Meredith, lawyer and businessman, 8th chancellor of Bishop's University Adolphe-Basile Routhier, judge and writer
Public intellectuals and academics Fabrisia Ambrosio, academic Gérard Bouchard, academic and public intellectual Thomas De Koninck, philosopher Micheline Dumont (historian), historian Gustave Guillaume, linguist, philologist and Volney Prize laureate Valérie Harvey, writer and sociologist Yolande Henderson, Pakistani high school teacher Richard Hotte, professor of information technology at Université TÉLUQ and current UNESCO Chair in Global Smart Disruptive Learning Luc Langlois, philosopher, Ordre des Palmes Académiques laureate, Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, 2002-2010 Georges Larivière, researcher, writer, ice hockey coach Laurent Picard, academic, former president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Rodrigue Tremblay, economist Niklaus Wirth, computer scientist, Turing Award winner
Religious leaders Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church Charles Sandwith Campbell, benefactor of Montreal; Governor of McGill University Gérald Lacroix, ISPX, cardinal, archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec and Primate of Canada Marc Ouellet, cardinal, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
Scientists and physicians Albéric Boivin, physicist known for his work in optics and lasers Claire Deschênes, mechanical engineer and professor of engineering at Laval Paul Fiset, microbiologist and developer of the Q fever vaccine Paul-Antoine Giguère, physical chemist Jean-Charles Gille, engineer, psychiatrist and professor of medicine. Larkin Kerwin, physicist, first president of the Canadian Space Agency, 1989–1992 Fernand Labrie, physician and medical researcher Louis de Lotbiniere-Harwood, Dean of Medicine at Université de Montréal; President of the Hôpital Notre-Dame Paul Marmet, physicist Aimé Pelletier, surgeon; under pen name Bertrand Vac, influential Quebec novelist, particularly in the 1950s Ouida Ramón-Moliner, first female anaesthetist at Université Laval Franco Rasetti, physicist and founding chairman of the Laval physics department, 1939–1947 Jean-Paul Richard, physicist, academic and researcher Nicole Roy, professor of human nutrition in New Zealand David Saint-Jacques, astrophysicist and astronaut for the Canadian Space Agency David Servan-Schreiber, physician and author Réjean Thomas (fr), physician and founder of the Canadian division of Médecins du Monde
Rhodes Scholars Marius Barbeau 1910 Edgar Rochette 1914 Roger Gaudry 1937 Julien Chouinard 1951 Thomas De Koninck 1956 Gregory Kates 1966 Jean-François Garneau 1982 Leo Bureau-Blouin 2016
Recipients of honorary degrees Approximately 1100 honorary doctorates have been granted since 1864. Some notable recipients are: Janette Bertrand, journalist and feminist Lise Bissonnette, journalist and civil servant Marie-Claire Blais, writer Henri-Raymond Casgrain, historian and priest Céline Dion, singer Maurice Duplessis, 16th Premier of Quebec Germaine Guèvremont, writer Adélard Godbout, 15th Premier of Quebec Marc-André Hamelin, pianist Anne Hébert, writer Guy Laliberté, Cirque du Soleil founder Jean Lesage, 19th Premier of Quebec Julie Payette, astronaut Paul Sauvé, 17th Premier of Quebec Yoav Talmi, conductor Gilles Vigneault, poet and singer
Rectors There has been 25 rectors since the granting of university status in 1852. 1852–1860 M. l'abbé Louis-Jacques Casault 1860–1866 M. l'abbé Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau 1866–1869 Mgr Michel-Édouard Méthot 1869–1871 M. l'abbé Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau 1871–1880 Mgr Thomas-Étienne Hamel 1880–1883 Mgr Michel-Édouard Méthot 1883–1886 Mgr Thomas-Étienne Hamel 1886–1887 Mgr Michel-Édouard Méthot 1887–1893 Mgr Benjamin Pâquet 1893–1899 Mgr Joseph-Clovis-Kemner Laflamme 1899–1908 Mgr Olivier-E. Mathieu 1908–1909 Mgr Joseph-Clovis-Kemner Laflamme 1909–1915 Mgr Amédée-Edmond Gosselin 1915–1921 Mgr François Pelletier 1921 M. l'abbé Pierre Hébert 1921–1924 Mgr Charles-Napoléon Gariépy 1924–1927 Mgr Camille Roy 1927–1929 Mgr Amédée-Edmond Gosselin 1929 Mgr Camille Roy 1929–1932 Mgr Philéas-J. Filion 1932–1938 Mgr Camille Roy 1938–1939 Mgr Arthur Robert 1939–1940 Mgr Alexandre Vachon 1940–1943 Mgr Camille Roy 1943–1945 Mgr Cyrille Gagnon 1945–1954 Mgr Ferdinand Vandry 1954–1960 Mgr Alphonse-Marie Parent 1960–1972 Mgr Louis-Albert Vachon 1972–1977 Larkin Kerwin 1977–1987 Jean-Guy Paquet 1987–1997 Michel Gervais 1997–2002 François Tavenas 2002–2007 Michel Pigeon 2007–2017 Denis Brière 2017–present Sophie D'Amours
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