This is a list of notable people from Montreal. Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
- Scott Abbott, co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
- Ramzi Abid NHL hockey player
- Hugh Allan, financier and shipping magnate
- H. Montagu Allan, businessman, Hockey Hall of Fame member
- Paul Almond, director
- René Angélil, singer, actor, husband/manager of Celine Dion
- Richard Bladworth Angus, banker
- The Great Antonio, strongman
- Gilles Archambault, novelist
- Melissa Auf Der Maur, rock musician (Hole, Smashing Pumpkins)
- Nick Auf der Maur, journalist, municipal politician
- Michel C. Auger, journalist
- David Azrieli, real estate magnate
B
- Ovidiu Baciu, former mayor of Roxboro
- René Balcer, television writer and producer, famous for the US television show: Law and Order
- Lanny Barbie, porn star.
- Roger Barnes, professional wrestler
- Jay Baruchel, television/movie actor
- Doug Beardsley, poet and educator
- Tanith Belbin, Figure Skater, Olympic Silver medalist
- Jean Béliveau, former NHL hockey player
- Chris Benoit, pro-wrestler (born in Montreal, but raised in Edmonton, Alberta)
- André Besette, CSC Holy Cross Brother, Miracle Worker of Montreal
- Tim Biakabutuka, former NFL football player/Carolina Panthers
- Charlie Biddle, Montreal Jazz pioneer and Juno award winner
- Yannick Bisson, actor mostly known for playing Jack in the Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye series
- Sacha Dean Biyan, noted fashion photographer raised in Montreal but now based in Los Angeles
- Conrad Black, controversial financier and newspaper magnate
- Toe Blake, Montreal Canadiens hockey Legend
- Mike Bossy, Hockey Hall of Fame member
- Maurice "Mom" Boucher, leader Hells Angels
- Henri Bourassa, political leader and publisher
- Robert Bourassa, former Quebec premier
- Pierre Bourque (mayor)
- Raymond Bourque, former NHL hockey player
- Pierre Bouvier, frontman of Simple Plan and songwriter
- Scotty Bowman, hockey coach
- Justin Bradley, actor, Based out of Montreal and Toronto. Sometimes works in Los Angeles
- Glenda Braganza, Hollywood actress, recently starred in 10.5: Apocalypse (2006)
- Patrice Brisebois, NHL hockey player, Montreal Canadiens
- Martin Brodeur, NHL hockey player/goaltender, New Jersey Devils
- Charles Bronfman, business man and philanthropist
- Edgar Bronfman, Sr., businessman
- Edward Bronfman, was a Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and member of the Bronfman family.
- Peter Bronfman, was a Canadian businessman and member of the Bronfman family
- Saidye Rosner Bronfman, philanthropist, and wife of Samuel Bronfman.
- Samuel Bronfman, liquor magnate
- Mario Bunge, philosoher, Frothingham chair of Logic and Metaphysics at McGill University
- Gerard Butler, Scottish actor. Grew up in Montreal before moving back to his native Scotland.
- Win Butler, frontman of Arcade Fire
C
- Serge Chapleau, political cartoonist
- Robert Charlebois, singer/songwriter
- Gregory Charles, musician and radio host
- Claude Charron, former politician, now tv host
- Régine Chassagne, singer, musician
- Emanuelle Chriqui, actress
- Guy Cloutier, former artist manager
- G.A. Cohen, political philosopher
- Leonard Cohen, poet and singer
- Sidney M. Cohen, television director
- Steven Cojocaru, fashion critic
- Charles Comeau, drummer of Simple Plan and songwriter
- Ernest Cormier, engineer and architect
- Corneille, singer
- Jacques Cossette-Trudel, terrorist
- Irwin Cotler, law professor, politician
- Jean Coutu, pharmacist
- Ron Crevier, former NBA basketball player
- Peter Cullen, voice actor (voice of Optimus Prime from the film Transformers)
- Elisha Cuthbert, actress
D
- Samuel Dalembert, NBA basketball player, Philadelphia 76ers
- Peter Dalla Riva, football player Montreal Alouettes
- Roméo Dallaire, senator, Lieutenant-General
- Vincent Damphousse, Former NHL hockey player
- J. P. Darche, NFL football player, Seattle Seahawks
- Françoise David, politician
- Mitch Davis, film programmer, filmmaker, journalist
- Bernard Derome, anchorman
- Pierre Desjardins, football player Montreal Alouettes
- Paul Desmarais, Sr., businessman
- Paul Desmarais, Jr., businessman
- André Desmarais, businessman
- David Desrosiers, bassist of Simple Plan and vocalist. Birth place is Sept-Îles
- Caroline Dhavernas, Hollywood actress
- Celine Dion, singer
- Stéphane Dion, politician
- Jacob Dolson Cox, soldier and politician in the USA
- Jean Doré, former mayor of Montreal
- Fifi D'Orsay, 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
- Gilles Duceppe, politician
- Jean Duceppe, actor
E
- Iwan Edwards, conductor, Member of the Order of Canada
- Vic Emery, Olympic bobsleigh Gold Medalist
- Anke Engelke, German comedienne (birthplace)
- Angelo Esposito, Hockey player
- Cyrille Estève, Cyrille the Spoonman
- Sam Etcheverry, former CFL & NFL football quarterback, Montréal Alouettes, St. Louis Cardinals
- Terry Evanshen, former CFL football player, Montréal Alouettes, Calgary Stampeders
F
- Lara Fabian, singer
- Mylène Farmer, singer
- Lila Feng, weather presenter
- David Fennario, playwright
- Maynard Ferguson, jazz trumpet player and bandleader
- Jennifer Finnigan, Hollywood actress
- Louis Joseph Forget, stockbroker, financier, statesman
- Adam Forsythe, Businessman, Rsian, D2ian, inventor of the Gobstopper
G
- Alfonso Gagliano, politician
- Éric Gagné, pitcher/ Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers
- Marc Gagnon, Olympic Gold Metal speed skater
- Howard Galganov, anglophone rights activist, radio personality
- Céline Galipeau, anchorwoman
- Patsy Gallant, pop singer
- Arturo Gatti, professional boxer, world champion
- Daniel Gauthier, co-founder of the Cirque du Soleil
- Yasmeen Ghauri, supermodel during 1990s
- Ralph Gilles, designer of the chrysler 300c
- John Gomery, jurist
- Huntley Gordon, actor
- David Gow, writer/director/producer "*Steel Toes", internationally produced playwright, character actor
- Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan, newspaper publisher
- Stewart Francis Granger, former NBA basketball player
- Annie Grenier, AKA "Annie Brocoli"(Children's performer)
- Sylvain Grenier, WWE wrestler
- oh boy gaucher, rap group from st-michel montreal.
H
- Dayle Haddon, model and actress
- Chris Haney, co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
- Dan Hanganu, famous architect
- Louise Harel, politician
- Corey Hart, singer
- Doug Harvey, Hall of Fame ice hockey player
- Jacques Hébert, statesman
- Carl Henry, RandB singer
- Prudence Heward, Beaver Hall Group artist
- Alonzo Highsmith, former NFL football player
- Dave Hilton, Jr., World Champion boxer
- Matthew Hilton, World Champion boxer
- David Julian Hirsh, Hollywood actor
- Ian Hodgkinson, professional wrestler (lived in Montreal while in WCW)
- Herbert Samuel Holt, financier
- Camillien Houde, former mayor of Montreal
- John Caswell Davis,politician
I
- Norman Iceberg, singer/songwriter
J
- René Jodoin, film animator and producer
- Daniel Johnson, Jr, former premier of Quebec
- Oliver Jones, Jazz pianist
- Sass Jordan, rock singer
- Robert Joy, actor
- Claude Jutra, filmmaker
K
- Tommy Kane, former NFL football player/Seattle Seahawks
- Amir Khadir, physician and politician
- Andy Kim, singer/songwriter
- A. M. Klein, author
- Naomi Klein, author and activist
- Leo Kolber, senator, de facto family member of Bronfman family and Empire.
- Benjamin Kowalewicz, singer of Billy Talent
- Joseph Kruger, business tycoon founder of Kruger Inc.
L
- Florence La Badie, actress
- Charline Labonté, hockey player Canadian Olympic women's team, Gold medalists 2006
- Dany Laferrière, author
- Guy Lafleur, Legendary NHL Hockey Player, Montreal Canadiens
- Guy Laliberté, founder and CEO of Cirque de Soleil
- Paul Lambert, left guard Montréal 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
- Jean Lapierre, politician
- Éric Lapointe, CFL runningback for the Montréal Alouettes
- Pierre Laporte, politician
- Georges Laraque, NHL hockey player
- Ryan Larkin, animator
- Irving Layton, poet, essayist, short story writer
- Jack Layton, politician, Leader of the federal New Democratic Party (NDP)
- Louise Lecavalier, dancer
- Vincent Lecavalier, NHL player
- Ranee Lee, Jazz singer
- Sébastien Lefebvre, guitarist of Simple Plan and vocalist
- Jean Leloup, musician
- Mario Lemieux, NHL hockey player
- Vanessa Lengies, Hollywood actress
- Guy A. Lepage
- Jean Lesage, lawyer, politician
- Kristopher Letang, QMJHL hockey player, NHL hockey player [Pittsburgh Penguins]
- André Éric Létourneau, intermedia artist, composer
- Jean-Louis Lévesque, stockbroker, horse racing builder
- Daniel Levitin, cognitive psychologist, musician, best-selling author
- Shawn Levy, director and actor
- William Edmond Logan, geologist
- Colin Low, filmmaker
- Roberto Luongo, NHL goaltender
M
- William C. Macdonald, tobacco manufacturer, philanthropist
- Danny Maciocia, CFL football coach
- Nicolas Macrozonaris, sprinter, Canadian track and field
- Don MacPherson, journalist
- Jeanne Mance, founder of first hospital in North America, l'Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, 1645
- Rudolph A. Marcus, Nobel laureate of chemistry
- Lou Marinoff, Ph.D, Philosopher at City college of New York
- Yann Martel, writer, Man Booker Prize 2002
- Paul Martin, Former Prime Minister of Canada
- Russell Martin, Baseball Player for the Los Angeles Dodgers
- Massari
- John McCallum, politician
- John Wilson McConnell, businessman, publisher, philanthropist
- David Ross McCord, lawyer, philanthropist
- Thomas D'Arcy McGee, politician
- Duncan McIntyre, businessman
- Scott McKay, former city counsellor and leader of the Green Party of Quebec
- Norman McLaren, film animation pioneer
- Simon McTavish, businessman
- Juan Mendez, former NCAA basketball player, Niagara University
- Luck Mervil, singer/ actor
- Adrian Micu, mayor of Roxboro
- Brenda Milner, neuropsychologist
- Hartland Molson, brewing magnate, World War II fighter pilot, statesman
- John Molson, brewing tycoon, railway and steamhip line builder
- Percival Molson, athlete, soldier
- Édouard Montpetit
- Henry Morgan, department store founder
- Henry Morgentaler, physician advocate for women's rights to abortion
- Terry Mosher, editorial cartoonist
- Ben Mulroney, Canadian television host/son of Brian Mulroney
- Brian Mulroney, former Prime Minister of Canada
- Mila Mulroney, wife of the 18th Prime Minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney
N
- Émile Nelligan, poet
- Kai Nielsen, famous contemporary atheist/naturalist philosopher at Concordia University
- Craig Norman, Head Basketball coach McGill Redman, for basketball player, Concordia University
O
- Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, politician, parti patriote member
- Alexander Walker Ogilvie, miller, statesman
- Maryse Ouellet, glamour model, WWE Diva
- Caroline Ouellette, hockey player Canadian women's Olympic team, Gold medalist 2002, and 2006
P
- Frank L. Packard, novelisp
- Michel Pagliaro, Musician
- Jessica Paré, Hollywood actress
- Jacques Parizeau, politician, former Premier of Quebec
- Julie Payette, scientist, astronaut
- Trevor W. Payne, founder and music director of the Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir
- Dr. Wilder Penfield, Pioneering Neurosurgeon, founder of the Montreal Neurological Institute
- Missy Peregrym, Hollywood actress
- Oscar Peterson, jazz pianist
- Mary Pierce, tennis player
- André Pijet, artist
- Steven Pinker, linguist and evolutionary psychologist
- Dick Pound, lawyer, Olympic Games executive
- Cheryl Pounder, hockey player Canadian Olympic women's team, Gold medalist 2002, and 2006
- André Pratte
R
- Claude Raymond, former baseball player/coach Montreal Expos
- John Redpath, businessman, philanthropist
- Ginette Reno, singer
- Caroline Rhea, actress
- Mike Ribeiro, NHL Hockey player
- Henri Richard, former NHL hockey player
- Maurice Richard, former NHL hockey player
- Mordecai Richler, writer
- Vito Rizzuto, mobster
- Alphonso Theodore Roberts, political activist and cricketer.
- Jacques Rose, terrorist
- Paul Rose, convicted murderer, FLQ Chenier Cell, politician
- Allan Ross, mobster
- Greg Rusedski, tennis player
- Claude Ryan, publisher, statesman
- Frank "Dunie" Ryan, mobster
- Sam Roberts, musician
S
- Roméo Sabourin, SOE agent, WW II hero executed by the Nazis
- Martin St. Louis, NHL hockey player
- Kim St-Pierre, hockey goaltender Canadian Olympic women's team
- Georges St. Pierre, Professional MMA fighter
- Lino Saputo, businessman
- Anne Savage, artist
- Joseph A. Schwarcz, doctor of chemistry and professor at McGill University and formerly at Vanier College
- Cynthia Scott, Academy Award-winner
- Frank Scott, scholar, poet, professor, lawyer
- Marla Shapiro, CTV medical reporter and physician
- William Shatner, Hollywood actor, best known for playing Captain Kirk in Star Trek
- Douglas Shearer, Oscar winning motion picture sound engineer
- Norma Shearer, Academy Award winning actress
- Karen Simpson, actress and fashion designer
- Jaspreet Singh, Author
- Jeff Skoll, Internet billionaire
- Donald Smith, railway executive
- Larry Smith, former CFL football player, current president of the Montréal Alouettes
- Sam Steinberg, supermarket founder
- George Stephen, banker, railway executive
- Jeff Stinco, lead guitarist of Simple Plan
- P.J. Stock, NHL Hockey player
- Bruny Surin, track and field athlete
- Sylvia Sweeney, former basketball player for the Canadian women's national team, TV journalist
T
- Charles Taylor, philosopher emeritus at McGill
- José Théodore, NHL hockey player
- David Thompson, explorer
- Ryan Thorne, Head Basketball coach McGill Martlets, former CIAU champion in basketball, Bishops University
- Daniel Tracey, journalist, politician
- Mary Travers (La Bolduc), singer
- Gerald Tremblay, Mayor of Montreal
- Michel Tremblay, novelist, playwright
- Tony Tremblay, poet, radio personality
- Alexandre Trudeau, journalist, son of Pierre Trudeau the former Prime Minister of Canada
- Dennis Trudeau, journalist
- Justin Trudeau, educator, volunteer, fundraiser, statesman, and son of Pierre Trudeau the former Prime Minister of Canada
- Pierre Trudeau, former Prime Minister of Canada
- Jean-Claude Turcotte, Roman Catholic Cardinal
- George Tutunjian, Famous Armenian Revolutionary Songs performer.
U
- David Usher, Singer/songwriter
V
- Ernie Vandeweghe, former NBA basketball player, New York Knicks
- Gino Vannelli, singer/songwriter
- Traian Vasai, painter
- Jacques Vieau, fur trader and early Wisconsin settler
- Jacques Villeneuve, Formula One driver (1997 World Champion) and 1995 IndyCar champion. Son of Gilles Villeneuve.
- Gilles Villeneuve, Formula One driver
- Marc-Edouard Vlasic, NHL hockey player, currently playing for the San Jose Sharks.
- Roch Voisine, singer
W
- Martha Wainwright, singer/songwriter
- Rufus Wainwright, singer/songwriter
- Amanda Walsh, Hollywood actress
- Dwight Walton, professional Basketball player/Canadian Olympian
- Ben Weider, co-founder of the IFBB (International Federation of BodyBuilders)
- Joe Weider, creator of the Mr. Olympia and Ms. Olympia bodybuilding contests
- Bill Wennington, former NBA basketball player, Chicago Bulls
- Max Werner, Founder, Montreal Pastry, world class pastry chef
- Andrew White, building contractor
- Nigel Williams, former CFL football player
- Trevor C. Williams, former member of the Canadian national basketball team, philanthropist
- Joseph Wiseman, actor, best known for playing Dr. Julius No in the first James Bond film Dr. No
- Cairine Wilson, first woman to serve in the Senate of Canada
- William Workman, businessman and municipal politician
Y
- Wayne Yearwood, former professional basketball player/Canadian Olympian
Z
- Moses Znaimer, co-founder of Toronto's CityTV.
- Mortimer Zuckerman, American billionaire magazine editor, publisher, and real estate tycoon.
See also
- List of Montreal actors
- List of Montreal athletes
- List of Montreal musicians
- List of Montreal philosophers
- List of Montreal business people
