List of People From Quebec - Artists and Entertainers

Artists and Entertainers

• Denys Arcand, screenwriter and director
• Paul Arcand radio personality and cinematographer
• Gilles Archambault, novelist and commentator
• André Arthur, radio personality, independent federal MP
• Eva Avila, singer
• Raoul Barré, inventor, cartoonist and animator of the silent film era
• Michel Barrette, stand-up comedian, actor
• Jay Baruchel, actor, director, writer
• Victor-Lévy Beaulieu, author
• Daniel Bélanger, singer
• Marie Claire Blais, author
• Paul Bley, jazz pianist and composer
• Lothaire Bluteau, actor
• La Bolduc, singer
• Paul-Émile Borduas, abstract painter
• Marie-Mai Bouchard, singer
• Isabelle Boulay, singer
• Gerry Boulet, singer and songwriter
• Marilou Bourdon, singer
• Pierre Bouvier, lead singer of Simple Plan
• Glenda Braganza,actress
• Michel Brault,cinematographer, pioneer of the esthetic of handheld camera, director, producer
• Geneviève Bujold, actress
• Pascale Bussières, actress
• Win Butler, singer and songwriter
• Roch Carrier, author
• Robert Charlebois, singer, songwriter
• Régine Chassagne, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist from Arcade Fire
• Leonard Cohen, poet, author and songwriter
• Elisha Cuthbert, actress
• Marie-Josée Croze, actress
• Sylvia Daoust, sculptor
• Charles Daudelin, sculptor
• Esther Delisle, historian and author
• Yvon Deschamps, author and comedian
• Céline Dion, singer
• Hélène Dorion, poet
• Georges Dor, chansonnier, songwriter, author, playwright
• Fifi D'Orsay, actress
• Jean Duceppe, comedian
• Diane Dufresne, singer and painter
• Roy Dupuis, actor
• Marcelle Ferron, glazier
• Jennifer Finnigan, actress
• Serge Fiori, singer and songwriter
• Glenn Ford, actor
• Garou, singer
• Mitsou Gélinas, pop star, radio and TV host, actress
• Jean-Claude Germain, playwright, author
• Huntley Gordon, actor
• Pierre Granche, sculptor
• Sylvain Grenier, professional wrestler
• Anne Hébert, poet and novelist
• Prudence Heward, painter
• Pierre Jalbert, actor, champion skier and film editor
• Will James, artist and writer of the American Wes
• René Jodoin, animator, director and producer
• Oliver Jones, jazz pianist
• Claude Jutra, director, actor
• Florence La Badie, actress
• Éric Lapointe, singer
• Stéphanie Lapointe, singer
• Carole Laure, singer, actress
• Lucie Laurier, actress
• Louise Lecavalier, dancer
• Félix Leclerc, poet and songwriter
• Jean Leloup, singer
• Robert Lepage, playwright, actor and film director
• Édouard Lock, choreographer
• Norm Macdonald, actor, comedian
• Norman McLaren, director, animator
• André Mathieu, pianist and composer
• Guido Molinari, abstract painter
• Edythe Morahan de Lauzon, poet
• P. Reign, hip hop artist (born in Quebec, raised in Ontario)
• Jean-Paul Mousseau, muralist
• Émile Nelligan, poet
• Maryse Ouellet, WWE superstar
• Kevin Parent, singer and songwriter
• Pierre Perrault, documentarist, poet
• Oscar Peterson, jazz pianist
• Luc Plamondon, song writer
• Mordecai Richler, author
• Jean-Paul Riopelle, painter
• Michel Rivard, singer and songwriter
• Michael Sarrazin, actor
• Anne Savage, painter
• Mack Sennett, director
• Douglas Shearer, sound director/designer
• Norma Shearer, actress
• William Shatner, actor
• René Simard, singer, TV show host
• Miyuki Tanobe, painter
• Eva Tanguay, singer, vaudeville star
• Marie-Élaine Thibert, singer
• Michel Tremblay, playwright, author
• Roland Michel Tremblay, author, poet, scriptwriter
• Armand Vaillancourt, sculptor, performance artist, social activist
• Pierre Vallières, author, political activist
• Gino Vanelli, singer and composer
• Gilles Vigneault, poet and songwriter
• Annie Villeneuve, singer
• Arthur Villeneuve, painter
• Andrée Watters, singer
• Hal Willis, singer (Leonald Francis Gauthier)