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Born in Montréal

Montreal is the second-most populous city in Canada and the most populous city in Quebec. It's the largest Canadian city with French as the city's official language and is a important centre of commerce and art. The city hosted the 1967 Expo and the 1976 Summer Olympics and hosts the largest jazz festival in the world, the largest comedy festival in the world and the largest French-language music festival in the world. Try to name these famous people, who are born in Montreal.
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Last updated: November 22, 2022
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Founder of the French colony of Louisiana
1661
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville
Canada's first woman to become senator, she served from 1930 to 1962
1885
Cairine Wilson
Hockey Hall of Fame member, former centre who played for the Montreal Maroons, New York Americans and Boston Bruins and the first player to win the NHL's Hart Trophy multiple times
1899
Nels Stewart
Mayor of Montreal from 1954 to 1957 and 960 to 1986, his administration was responsible for hosting the 1976 Summer Olympics and Expo 1967, developing the Montreal Metro and securing a MLB franchise for the city
1916
Jean Drapeau
Actor, known for his role as Julius No in the first James Bond film "Dr. No"
1918
Joseph Wiseman
Prime Minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and again from 1980 to 1984
1919
Pierre Trudeau
Deputy Premier of Quebec who was kidnapped and murdered during the October Crisis
1921
Pierre Laporte
Hockey Hall of Fame member, former player for the Montreal Canadiens and first player to reach 500 career goals in NHL history
1921
Maurice Richard
Chemist who received the Nobel Prize for his contributions to the theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems
1923
Rudolph A. Marcus
Hockey Hall of Fame member who played most notably for the Montreal Canadiens and is regarded as one of the greatest defenders in NHL history
1924
Doug Harvey
Actor, known for his role as James T. Kirk in "Star Trek"
1931
William Shatner
Molecular biologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on the catalytic properties of RNA
1939
Sidney Altman
Creator and showrunner of "Law & Order"
1954
René Balcer
Premier of Quebec since 2018
1957
Francois Legault
Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame who played for the New York Islanders
1957
Mike Bossy
Billionaire businessman and owner of the Aston Martin Formula One Team
1959
Lawrence Stroll
Actor, "Zodiac" "The Thin Red Line" "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
1961
Elias Koteas
Canadian-born French singer and best-selling French singer since 1984, "Désenchantée"
1961
Mylène Farmer
Singer, "Sunglasses at Night" "It Ain't Enough" "Never Surrender"
1962
Corey Hart
Director, "Dallas Buyers Club" "Sharp Objects" "Big Little Lies"
1963
Jean-Marc Valée
President of CF Montréal and chairman of Bologna FC
1964
Joey Saputo
Showrunner of the reboot series "Hawaii Five-O" "Magnum P.I." and "MacGyver"
1964
Peter M. Lenkov
Former ice hockey player, wideley regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. He played for the Pittsburgh Penguins and is now one of the owners of the team.
1965
Mario Lemieux
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General manager of the Philadelphia Flyers
1967
Chuck Fletcher
Director, "Night at the Museum" "Free Guy" "The Adam Project"
1968
Shawn Levy
Head coach of the Boston Bruins
1969
Jim Montgomery
Co-owner and president of the Montreal Canadiens
1971
Geoff Molson
Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and former goaltender who played for the New Jersey Devils
1972
Martin Brodeur
British-Canadian tennis player and 1997 US Open finalist
1973
Greg Rusedski
Lead vocalist of Billy Talent
1975
Benjamin Kowalewicz
Actress, "You Don't Mess with the Zohan" "Entourage" "Superman & Lois"
1975
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Former pitcher who played most notably for the Los Angeles Dodgers and NL Cy Young Award winner 2003
1976
Éric Gagné
General manager of the Atlanta Braves and former general manager of the Toronto Blue Jays
1977
Alex Anthopoulos
Director, "Juno" "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" "Up in the Air"
1977
Jason Reitman
Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2021
1979
Mélanie Joly
Hockey Hall of Fame member and former goaltender who played for the New York Islanders, Florida Panthers and Vancouver Canucks
1979
Roberto Luongo
Actress, known for her role as Megan Calvet Draper in "Mad Men"
1980
Jessica Paré
Actress, known for her roles as Tani Rey on "Hawaii Five-O" and Sally Malik on "Being Human"
1986
Meaghan Rath
Director and actor, "Mommy" "I Killed My Mother" "The Death and Life of John F. Donovan"
1989
Xavier Dolan
Tennis player and 2014 Wimbledon finalist
1994
Eugenie Bouchard
Actor, known for his role as Bernardo in Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story"
1994
David Alvarez
Formula One racing driver who competes for Williams Racing
1995
Nicholas Latifi
Formula One racing driver who competes for Aston Martin
1998
Lance Stroll
First baseman and designated hitter who plays for the Toronto Blue Jays and MLB home run leader 2021
1999
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Tennis player and 2021 US Open Semifinalist
2000
Félix Auger-Aliassime
Tennis player and US Open finalist 2021
2002
Leylah Fernandez
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