MONTREAL FAMOUS PEOPLE |
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Notable Montrealers
Gilles Archambault, novelist
Jacob Dolson Cox, soldier and politician in the USA
Melissa Auf Der Maur, rock musician (Hole, Smashing Pumpkins)
Leonard Cohen, poet and singer
Ernest Cormier, engineer and architect
Fifi D'Orsay, actress
Mylène Farmer, singer
Marc Gagnon, Olympic Gold Metal speed skater
Huntley Gordon, actor
Corey Hart, singer
Prudence Heward, Beaver Hall Group artist
Andy Kim, singer/songwriter
Florence La Badie, actress |
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Mario Lemieux, ice hockey player
Émile Nelligan, poet
Oscar Peterson, jazz pianist
Maurice Richard, ice hockey player
Lili St. Cyr, strip-tease artist
Mordecai Richler, writer
Roméo Sabourin, SOE agent, WW II hero executed by the Nazis
Douglas Shearer, Oscar winning motion picture sound engineer
Norma Shearer, Academy Award winning actress
William Shatner, actor
Charles Taylor (philosopher), emeritus at McGill
Diane Tremblay, artist, painter
Michel Tremblay, novelist, playwright
Pierre Trudeau, former prime minister of Canada
Rufus Wainwright, singer/songwriter
Cairine Wilson, first woman to serve in the Senate of Canada
Chris Benoit, pro-wrestler (born in Montréal, but raised in Edmonton,
Alberta) |
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