List of people from Montreal

This is a list of notable people from Montreal.

A

 * Scott Abbott – co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
 * David Acer – magician and comedian, star of Mystery Hunters
 * 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, actor, 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
 * Gilles Archambault – novelist
 * Francois 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
 * Adam Azimov – film director
 * David Azrieli – real estate developer

B

 * Ralph Backstrom – former NHL player
 * Rita Baga – drag queen, born in Boucherville; born Jean-François Guèvremont
 * René Balcer – television writer and producer, known for the US television show Law and Order
 * Jean-Paul Banos (born 1961) – fencer
 * Roger Barnes – professional wrestler
 * Joseph Barsalou – businessman and politician
 * Jay Baruchel – television and movie actor
 * Doug Beardsley – poet and educator
 * Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien – broadcasting, magazines
 * 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
 * Meaghan Benfeito – diver
 * Chris Benoit – pro wrestler, born in Montreal, raised in Edmonton, Alberta
 * Eric Berne – psychiatrist; creator of Transactional Analysis; author of Games People Play
 * 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
 * Khem Birch – Montreal NBA Player edit by LMR-11
 * 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
 * Sheila Blair – art historian
 * Toe Blake – former NHL player and coach
 * Valérie Blass – artist
 * Paul Bley – jazz pianist
 * La Bolduc – real name Mary Travers, singer
 * Yassine Bounou – footballer
 * Chris Boucher – NBA player
 * Patrick Bordeleau – hockey player
 * Daniel Borsuk – plastic surgeon
 * Mike Bossy – Hockey Hall of Fame member
 * Eugenie Bouchard – tennis player
 * Jean-François Bouchard – photographer and visual designer
 * Louise Anne Bouchard – writer
 * Maurice "Mom" Boucher – ex-leader of Hell's Angels (as of 2014)
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Alma Faye Brooks – disco, soul and R&B singer
 * Edwin Orion Brownell – pianist, vocalist
 * 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
 * Robin Burns – founder and owner, ITECH Hockey Equipment
 * Ernie Butler – comedy club owner
 * Gerard Butler – Scottish actor; lived here briefly as a baby
 * Win Butler – singer-songwriter

C

 * Jesse Camacho – actor
 * Mark Camacho – actor
 * Charles Sandwith Campbell – philanthropist, benefactor of Montreal
 * Paul Cargnello – singer-songwriter
 * Gerald Emmett Carter – former cardinal archbishop of Toronto
 * André Chagnon – cable TV, broadcasting, philanthropist
 * Alex Chiasson – NHL player for the Edmonton Oilers, 2018 Stanley Cup champion
 * Serge Chapleau – political cartoonist
 * Corinne Chaponnière – writer, journalist
 * Robert Charlebois – singer-songwriter
 * Gregory Charles – musician and radio host
 * Dov Charney – entrepreneur and CEO of American Apparel
 * Claude Charron – former politician, now TV host
 * Micheline Chevrier – theatre director
 * Patricia Chica – film and TV director
 * Emmanuelle Chriqui – actress
 * Denny Chronopoulos – Canadian football player
 * Terri Clark – country singer-songwriter
 * Françoise de Clossey – pianist and organist
 * Guy Cloutier – former artist manager
 * Kim Cloutier – fashion model
 * 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
 * Jean Coutu – pharmacist
 * Corey Crawford – NHL starting goaltender for the Chicago Blackhawks
 * Ron Crevier – former NBA basketball player
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Norman Dawe – sports executive
 * 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
 * David Desrosiers – bassist of Simple Plan and vocalist; born in Sept-Îles
 * Sean Devine – playwright, actor, and politician
 * Caroline Dhavernas – actress
 * Domenic Di Rosa – actor
 * Kadie Karen Diekmeyer – Internet personality and activist
 * Céline Dion – singer
 * Stéphane Dion – politician
 * 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
 * Lu Dort – NBA Player
 * 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
 * Jack Dunham – animator, television commercial producer, designer of the St-Hubert rooster mascot
 * Barbara Dunkelman – voice actress for Rooster Teeth
 * Alexandre Dupuis – football player

E

 * Keith Eaman – Canadian football player
 * Iwan Edwards – conductor, Member of the Order of Canada
 * 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
 * Denise Filiatrault – actress and director
 * Jennifer Finnigan – Hollywood actress
 * Marc-André Fleury – ice hockey goalkeeper; three-time Stanley Cup champion with the Pittsburgh Penguins
 * Louis-Joseph Forget – stockbroker, financier, statesman
 * Rodolphe Forget – businessman, politician, philanthropist
 * Samuel Fournier – former CFL football player, Montreal Alouettes, Edmonton Eskimos, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
 * Kathleen Fox (born 1951) – flight instructor, air traffic controller, business executive
 * René-Arthur Fréchet – architect
 * Pauline Fréchette (1889–1943) – poet, dramatist, journalist, Catholic nun
 * David Freiheit – lawyer and YouTuber
 * Gottfried Fuchs (1889–1972) – German-Canadian Olympic soccer player

G

 * Alfonso Gagliano – politician
 * André Gagné – professor and scholar, Concordia University
 * Éric Gagné – pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers
 * André Gagnon – composer, pianist
 * Marc Gagnon – Olympic gold medal speed skater
 * Marc-Antoine Gagnon – moguls skier
 * Howard Galganov – anglophone rights activist, radio personality
 * Céline Galipeau – anchorwoman
 * Mavis Gallant – author
 * Patsy Gallant – pop singer
 * Mitch Garber – gaming, hotel executive, philanthropist, broadcaster
 * Kathleen Gati – actress
 * Arturo Gatti – professional boxer, world champion
 * Daniel Gauthier – co-founder of the Cirque du Soleil
 * James Gelfand – pianist, composer, arranger
 * Gettomasa – Finnish rapper; born Aleksi Lehikoinen
 * Yasmeen Ghauri – supermodel
 * Ralph Gilles – designer of the Chrysler 300c
 * Jessalyn Gilsig – actress
 * Hilda Goldblatt Gorenstein (Hilgos) – artist and inspiration for the documentary I Remember Better When I Paint
 * Jonathan Goldstein – author, humourist and radio producer
 * Anne-France Goldwater – lawyer and TV court show personality
 * John Gomery – jurist
 * Brian Goodwin – biologist
 * Adam Gopnik – writer, essayist
 * Henry Gordon (1919–2009) – magician, journalist, CSI Fellow
 * Huntley Gordon – actor
 * Shaul Gordon (born 1994) – Canadian-Israeli Olympic sabre fencer
 * Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan – newspaper publisher
 * Stewart Francis Granger – former NBA basketball player
 * W. R. Granger (William Rowen Granger) – president of the Montreal AAA, Canadian and Quebec Amateur Hockey Associations
 * Howard Grant – former Canadian Olympics and Commonwealth boxer; trainer, UFC welterweight champion, Georges St-Pierre
 * Otis Grant – Jamaican-born former WBO Middleweight boxing champion
 * Hulda Regina Graser – customs house broker
 * Harold Greenberg – movie producer, founder of Astral Media
 * Frank Greenleaf – president of the Canadian and Quebec Amateur Hockey Associations
 * Sylvain Grenier – WWE wrestler
 * Irving Grundman – businessman, hockey executive
 * Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays
 * Quincy Guerrier – college basketball player for the Oregon Ducks
 * Philip Guston – painter and printmaker

H

 * Dayle Haddon – model and actress
 * Marc-André Hamelin – pianist and composer
 * Chris Haney – co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
 * Dan Hanganu – architect
 * Louise Harel – politician
 * Corey Hart – singer
 * Doug Harvey – Hall of Fame ice hockey player
 * Jacques Hébert – statesman
 * Thomas Hellman – pop singer
 * Carl Henry – 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 – actor
 * Ian Hodgkinson – professional wrestler, lived in Montreal while in WCW
 * Thomas William Holmes – winner of the Victoria Cross
 * Herbert Samuel Holt – financier
 * Steve Holt – jazz pianist, AC singer-songwriter
 * William Hope – actor
 * Anna Hopkins – actress
 * Camillien Houde – former mayor of Montreal
 * Alice Houghton – broker
 * Anthony Housefather (born 1971) – Member of Canadian Parliament

I

 * Norman Iceberg – singer-songwriter

J

 * Louis Jaque, modernist painter
 * Marlene Jennings – politician
 * René Jodoin – film animator and producer
 * Daniel Johnson, Jr. – former premier of Quebec
 * Oliver Jones – jazz pianist
 * Sass Jordan – singer
 * Kris Joseph – basketball player
 * Robert Joy – actor
 * Alexander Julien – musician, member of Vision Eternel
 * Claude Jutra – filmmaker

K

 * Emilie Kahn – musician also known as Emilie & Ogden
 * Garry Kallos (born 1956) – wrestler and sambo competitor
 * Tommy Kane – former NFL football player, Seattle Seahawks
 * Daniel Kash – actor
 * Kenneth Kaushansky – Dean of the Stony Brook University School of Medicine, hematologist, Master of the American College of Physicians
 * Kaytranada – electronic musician, producer, DJ
 * Michael A. Kelen – former judge of the Federal Court of Canada
 * George Kennedy – owner of Montreal Canadiens hockey team
 * Amir Khadir – physician and politician
 * Kid Koala – DJ
 * Franklin Kiermyer – drummer, composer
 * Andy Kim – singer-songwriter
 * A. M. Klein – author
 * Naomi Klein – author and activist
 * Leo Kolber – senator, de facto family member of the Bronfman family and empire
 * Benjamin Kowalewicz – singer of Billy Talent
 * Vanessa Kraven – professional wrestler
 * David Kristian – electronic musician
 * Sid and Marty Krofft – producers/creators of H.R. Pufnstuf, The Bugaloos, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, Land of the Lost, The Lost Saucer
 * Joseph Kruger – founder of Kruger Inc.

L

 * Florence La Badie – actress
 * Michel Maray de La Chauvignerie – 18th century French military officer and interpreter
 * Zoe Laurier – wife of Sir Wilfrid Laurier
 * La Zarra – singer-songwriter
 * Charline Labonté – hockey player, Canadian Olympic women's team, gold medalist in 2006, 2010, 2014
 * Hubert Lacroix – CBC president and CEO
 * Oleg Ladik (born 1971) – Olympic wrestler
 * Dany Laferrière – author
 * Alexis Lafrenière – NHL player, New York Rangers
 * Guy Lafleur – NHL player, Montreal Canadiens
 * Corky Laing – musician
 * Jon Lajoie – comedian
 * Guy Laliberté – founder and CEO of Cirque de Soleil
 * Paul Lambert – left guard, Montreal 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
 * Edmond Lapierre – former MPP
 * Jean Lapierre – politician
 * Éric Lapointe – CFL running back for the Montreal Alouettes
 * Pierre Laporte – politician
 * Georges Laraque – NHL player
 * Ryan Larkin – animator
 * Nicholas Latifi – racing driver currently driving for Williams Racing
 * Lisa Lavie – singer-songwriter
 * Irving Layton – poet, essayist, short story writer
 * Jack Layton – politician, leader of the federal New Democratic Party
 * Irina Lăzăreanu – fashion model
 * Louise Lecavalier – dancer
 * Vincent Lecavalier – NHL player
 * Jos LeDuc – professional wrestler
 * Ranee Lee – jazz singer
 * Sébastien Lefebvre – guitarist of Simple Plan and vocalist
 * Rachelle Lefevre – actress
 * Jean Leloup – musician
 * Mario Lemieux (born 1965) – NHL player
 * Vanessa Lengies – actress
 * Guy A. Lepage – television personality
 * Marc Lépine – mass murderer
 * René Lépine – real-estate developer
 * Chris Leroux – MLB pitcher (Florida Marlins, Pittsburgh Pirates)
 * Pierre Leroux – novelist, journalist and screenwriter
 * Jean Lesage – lawyer, politician
 * Kris Letang – QMJHL player, NHL player, three-time Stanley Cup champion with the Pittsburgh Penguins
 * André Éric Létourneau – intermedia artist, composer
 * Jean-Louis Lévesque – stockbroker, horse racing builder
 * Devon Levi – goaltender drafted by Florida Panthers in the 7th round, 212th overall in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, current Northeastern Huskies, Canada men's national junior ice hockey team
 * Shawn Levy – director and actor
 * Jaclyn Linetsky – actress
 * David Lipper – actor
 * Liu Fang – musician
 * Pascal Lochard – CFL player
 * William Edmond Logan – geologist
 * Jennifer Lonergan – educator, nonprofit executive, promoter of third-world women's craftmanship
 * Colin Low – filmmaker
 * Lunice – musician
 * Roberto Luongo – NHL goaltender
 * Yves A. Lussier – physician-scientist in translational bioinformatics

M

 * Tom Maayan (born 1993) – Canada-born Israeli basketball player in the Israeli National League
 * L. Ian MacDonald (born 1947) – author, columnist, broadcaster, and diplomat
 * William C. Macdonald – tobacco manufacturer, philanthropist
 * Danny Maciocia – CFL football coach
 * Don Macpherson – journalist
 * Nicolas Macrozonaris – sprinter, track and field
 * Arnaud Maggs – artist, photographer
 * Sean Patrick Maloney – Canadian-American politician and U.S. Representative for the state of New York since 2013
 * Jeanne Mance – founder of first hospital in North America, l'Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, 1645
 * Frederic Marcotte – poet and musician
 * Rudolph A. Marcus – Nobel laureate of chemistry
 * Lou Marinoff – 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 Toronto Blue Jays
 * Massari – singer
 * Charles Mayer – journalist, sportsperson and politician
 * John McCallum – politician
 * John Wilson McConnell – businessman, publisher, philanthropist
 * David Ross McCord – lawyer, philanthropist
 * Kevin McDonald – actor/comedian/voice actor, member of The Kids in the Hall
 * Thomas D'Arcy McGee – politician
 * Molly McGlynn – film and television director and screenwriter
 * Ken McGoogan – writer
 * Duncan McIntyre – businessman
 * Scott McKay – former city counsellor and leader of the Green Party of Quebec
 * Patricia McKenzie – actress
 * Norman McLaren – film animation pioneer
 * Simon McTavish – businessman
 * Juan Mendez – former NCAA basketball player, Niagara University
 * Charles Meredith – president of the Montreal Stock Exchange
 * Frederick Edmund Meredith – lawyer, chancellor of Bishop's University
 * Vincent Meredith – first and last Baronet of Montreal; president of the Bank of Montreal
 * William Collis Meredith – Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec
 * Luck Mervil – singer, actor
 * Jim Miller – Canadian football player
 * Marc Miller – politician
 * Brenda Milner – neuropsychologist
 * Andrew Molson – businessman, member of the Molson family, eldest son of Eric Molson
 * Eric Molson – brewer, businessman, member of the Molson family
 * Geoff Molson – businessman, member of the Molson family, son of Eric Molson
 * Hartland Molson – brewer, World War II fighter pilot, statesman, member of the Molson family
 * John Molson – brewer, railway and steamship line builder, member of the Molson family
 * Percival Molson – athlete, soldier, member of the Molson family
 * Robert Moncel – commander of the 4th Canadian Armoured Brigade in the Second World War
 * Édouard Montpetit – lawyer, economist, academic
 * Henry Morgan – department store founder
 * Henry Morgentaler – physician, advocate for women's rights to abortion
 * Terry Mosher – editorial cartoonist
 * Ben Mulroney – 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

 * Ruba Nadda – producer
 * Pierre Nadeau – journalist, television presenter and producer
 * Narcy – hip hop artist
 * Émile Nelligan – poet
 * Hillel Neuer – human rights lawyer, executive director UN Watch
 * Kai Nielsen – naturalist philosopher at Concordia University
 * Craig Norman – head basketball coach of McGill University Redmen; former basketball player for Concordia University

O

 * Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan – politician, Parti patriote member
 * Alexander Walker Ogilvie – miller, statesman
 * Erin O'Toole – politician, Conservative Party of Canada member
 * Maryse Ouellet – glamour model and former WWE wrestler
 * Caroline Ouellette – hockey player, Canadian women's Olympic team, gold medalist in 2002 and 2006

P

 * P. Reign – hip hop artist, born in Montreal, raised in Toronto
 * Frank L. Packard – novelist
 * Michel Pagliaro – musician
 * Vernon Pahl – Canadian football player
 * Jean Jacques Paradis – Commander of the Canadian Army
 * Jessica Paré – 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
 * Cory Pecker (born 1981) – hockey player, right wing (EHC Visp)
 * Érik Péladeau – businessman (Québecor)
 * Pierre Péladeau – founder of Quebecor
 * Pierre Karl Péladeau – CEO of Quebecor Media
 * Wilfrid Pelletier – symphony conductor
 * Dr. Wilder Penfield – pioneering neurosurgeon, founder of the Montreal Neurological Institute
 * David De La Peralle – football player
 * Missy Peregrym – actress
 * Oscar Peterson – jazz pianist
 * Autumn Phillips – former wife of Peter Phillips, eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II
 * Mary Pierce – tennis player
 * André Pijet – artist
 * Steven Pinker – linguist and evolutionary psychologist
 * Susan Pinker – journalist and psychologist
 * Christopher Plummer – actor
 * Judes Poirier – university professor
 * Camille Poliquin – musician
 * Antoni Porowski – chef, actor, and television personality
 * Dick Pound – lawyer, Olympic Games executive
 * Cheryl Pounder – hockey player, Canadian Olympic women's team, gold medalist in 2002 and 2006
 * André Pratte – journalist, economist

Q

 * Nathalie Quagliotto – visual artist
 * Sara Quin – musician

R

 * Zotique Racicot – auxiliary bishop of Montreal from 1905 to 1915
 * Jesse Rath (born 1989) – actor
 * Meaghan Rath – actress
 * Claude Raymond – former baseball player and coach
 * Jade Raymond – video game designer and producer
 * John Redpath – businessman, philanthropist
 * Eliza Ann McIntosh Reid – social reformer, church worker, clubwoman
 * Helen Richmond Young Reid – social worker
 * Ginette Reno – singer
 * Caroline Rhea – actress
 * Heather Reisman – businesswoman
 * Mike Ribeiro – NHL player
 * Henri Richard – former NHL player
 * Maurice Richard – former NHL player
 * Mordecai Richler – writer
 * Vito Rizzuto – mobster
 * Alphonso Theodore Roberts – political activist, cricketer
 * Sam Roberts – musician
 * Marc Robillard – musician, composer and songwriter
 * Braulio Rocha – photographer
 * Percy Rodrigues – actor
 * Sasha Roiz (born 1973) – Israeli-born Canadian actor
 * Cristina Rosato – actress
 * Paul Rose – political figure
 * Ari Rosenberg (born 1964) – Israeli basketball player
 * Ethel Rosenfield (1910–2000) – sculptor
 * Charlie J. Ross – vaudeville performer
 * J.K.L. Ross – racehorse owner, philanthropist
 * Allan Roth – baseball statistician for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers
 * Albert S. Ruddy – film and television producer, known for producing The Godfather and Million Dollar Baby, which won him two Academy Awards for Best Picture
 * Greg Rusedski (born 1973) – tennis player
 * Claude Ryan – publisher, statesman
 * Frank "Dunie" Ryan – mobster

S

 * Roméo Sabourin – SOE agent, WW II hero executed by the Nazis
 * Moshe Safdie – architect, urban designer
 * Peter Sagar – multi-instrumentalist, known for his band HOMESHAKE and former touring guitarist for Mac DeMarco
 * Martin St. Louis – NHL player
 * Georges St-Pierre – professional MMA fighter
 * Kim St-Pierre – hockey goaltender, Canadian Olympic women's team
 * Lino Saputo – businessman
 * Anne Savage – artist
 * Marco Scandella – NHL player
 * Paul Schoeffler – voice actor, actor
 * Joseph A. Schwarcz – doctor of chemistry and professor at McGill University, formerly at Vanier College
 * Cynthia Scott – Academy Award-winning director
 * Frank Scott – scholar, poet, professor, lawyer
 * Francis Alexander Caron Scrimger – winner of the Victoria Cross in World War I
 * Mark Shainblum – comics writer and co-creator of Northguard
 * Marla Shapiro – CTV medical reporter and physician
 * William Shatner – actor, best known for playing Captain Kirk in Star Trek
 * Douglas Shearer – Academy Award-winning motion picture sound engineer
 * Norma Shearer – Academy Award-winning actress
 * Eliezer Sherbatov (born 1991) – Canadian-Israeli ice hockey player
 * Madeleine Sherwood – actress, played Mother Superior in The Flying Nun
 * Karen Simpson – actress and fashion designer
 * Jaspreet Singh – author
 * Charles Sirois – telecommunications
 * David Six – artist
 * Skiifall – rapper
 * Jeff Skoll – Internet entrepreneur
 * Donald Smith – railway executive
 * George M. Smith – Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
 * Larry Smith – former CFL football player; former president of the Montreal Alouettes
 * Nahum Sonenberg – biochemist, professor at McGill University
 * Wonny Song – classical concert pianist
 * Kwasi Songui – actor
 * Alex Soria – singer-guitarist (The Nils, Chino)
 * Benjamin St-Juste – American football player
 * Kevin Steen – professional wrestler
 * Sam Steinberg – supermarket founder
 * Ralph M. Steinman – 2011 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine
 * George Stephen – banker, railway executive
 * Peter Stearns – historian, honorary knight
 * Jeff Stinco – lead guitarist of Simple Plan
 * P.J. Stock – NHL player
 * Lance Stroll (born 1998) – Belgian-Canadian racing driver
 * Lawrence Stroll (born 1959) – owner of Circuit Mont-Tremblant, Racing Point F1 Team, major shareholder/executive chairman in Aston Martin and father to Formula One driver Lance Stroll
 * Howard Stupp (born 1955) – Olympic wrestler
 * Bruny Surin – track and field athlete
 * Robert Augustus Sweeney – only African American double recipient of the American Medal of Honor
 * Sylvia Sweeney – former basketball player for the Canadian women's national team; TV journalist
 * Jack W. Szostak – Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine

T

 * Maxime Talbot – NHL player
 * Ari Taub (born 1971) – Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler
 * Charles Taylor – philosopher emeritus at McGill
 * José Théodore – NHL player
 * David Thompson – explorer
 * Ryan Thorne – head basketball coach for the McGill Martlets, former CIAU champion in basketball with Bishop's University
 * Tiga – electronic musician, singer, DJ
 * Josh Tordjman – NHL player
 * Ibrahim Tounkara – Canadian football player
 * Daniel Tracey – journalist, politician
 * Gérald Tremblay – former mayor of Montreal
 * Michel Tremblay – novelist, playwright
 * Tony Tremblay – poet, radio personality
 * Clem Trihey – professional ice hockey player
 * Alexandre Trudeau – journalist; son of Pierre Trudeau, the former prime minister of Canada
 * Justin Trudeau – Member of Parliament; 23rd prime minister of Canada, son of Pierre Trudeau, a former prime minister of Canada
 * Pierre Trudeau (1919–2000) – 15th prime minister of Canada
 * Sophie Grégoire Trudeau – spouse of the 23rd prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau
 * Alain Trudel – conductor
 * Jean-Claude Turcotte – Roman Catholic cardinal
 * Roxane Turcotte – author of children's and youth literature
 * George Tutunjian – performer of Armenian revolutionary songs
 * Rachel Tyndale – pharmacogeneticist

U

 * David Usher – singer-songwriter

V

 * Maurice Vachon – also known as Mad Dog Vachon; wrestling champion
 * Stevie Vallance – also known as Louise Vallance; singer, musician, actress, voice actress and director
 * Jean-Marc Vallée – filmmaker
 * Ernie Vandeweghe – former NBA basketball player, New York Knicks
 * Gino Vannelli – singer-songwriter
 * Chris Velan – singer-songwriter
 * Joe Veleno – NHL prospect for the Detroit Red Wings
 * Jacques Vieau – fur trader and early Wisconsin settler
 * Gilles Villeneuve – Formula One driver
 * Jacques Villeneuve – Formula One driver (1997 World Champion); 1995 IndyCar champion; son of Gilles Villeneuve
 * Claude Vivier – contemporary classical composer, ethnomusicologist and poet
 * Marc-Édouard Vlasic – NHL player, currently playing for the San Jose Sharks
 * Roch Voisine – singer

W

 * Martha Wainwright – singer-songwriter
 * Rufus Wainwright – singer-songwriter
 * Avi Wallerstein – ophthalmologist, co-founder of LASIK MD
 * Amanda Walsh – actress
 * Dwight Walton – professional basketball player, Canadian Olympian
 * Patrick Watson – singer-songwriter
 * Ben Weider – co-founder of the IFBB (International Federation of BodyBuilders)
 * Joe Weider – creator of the Mr. Olympia and Ms. Olympia bodybuilding contests
 * William Weintraub – author, filmmaker
 * Danny Wells – actor; played bartender on The Jeffersons and Luigi in The Super Mario Brothers Super Show
 * Bill Wennington – former NBA basketball player, Chicago Bulls
 * Max Werner – founder of Montreal Pastry, world class pastry chef
 * Alissa White-Gluz – singer-songwriter; former vocalist of The Agonist; current vocalist of Arch Enemy
 * Trevor C. Williams – former member of the Canadian national basketball team; philanthropist
 * Cairine Wilson – first woman to serve in the Senate of Canada
 * Joseph Wiseman – actor, known for playing Dr. Julius No in the first James Bond film Dr. No
 * Karl Wolf – singer
 * Bernie Wolfe (born 1951) – NHL hockey player
 * William Workman – businessman and municipal politician
 * Peter Worrell – former NHL player
 * Aleksandra Wozniak – tennis player

X

 * Xue Yiwei – writer – Côte-des-Neiges

Y

 * Joel Yanofsky – writer
 * Nikki Yanofsky – jazz singer
 * Wayne Yearwood – former professional basketball player; Canadian Olympian

Z

 * Sami Zayn – professional wrestler currently signed to the WWE
 * Larry "Rock" Zeidel (1928–2014) – NHL player
 * Joel Zifkin – electric violinist, singer-songwriter
 * David Zilberman – Olympic heavyweight wrestler
 * Moses Znaimer – co-founder of Toronto's CityTV
 * Mortimer Zuckerman – magazine editor, publisher, real estate tycoon