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12 famous people found
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Louis JOLLIET
French-Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North America
1645 - 1700 -
Jean-Baptiste GAULTIER DE LA VERENDRYE
French explorer, founder of Fort St. Charles on Lake of the Woods and of Fort Maurepas on the Red River
1713 - 1736 -
John MOLSON
English-speaking Quebecer who was a major brewer and entrepreneur in Canada, starting the Molson Brewing Company
1763 - 1836 -
Pierre GAULTIER DE VARENNES
French Canadian military officer, fur trader and explorer
1685 - 1749 -
Michel CHARTIER DE LOTBINIERE
Quebec soldier
1723 - 1798 -
Philippe Joseph AUBERT DE GASPé
French Canadian writer and seigneur
1786 - 1871 -
John Frothingham
Canadian merchant
1788 - 1870 -
Marie Madeleine DE LA PELTRIE
French woman who started the Order of Ursulines of Quebec
1603 - 1671 -
Charles-François BAILLY DE MESSEIN
Priest active in the British province of Quebec during the American Revolutionary War
1740 - 1794 -
Marguerite D'YOUVILLE
French Canadian widow who founded the religious order the Order of Sisters of Charity of Montreal
1701 - 1771 -
Norbert PROVENCHER
Canadian clergyman and missionary and one of the founders of the modern province of Manitoba
1787 - 1853 -
Solomon JUNEAU
Canadian fur trader, land speculator and politician who helped found the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1793 - 1856