Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec

1. Dave Keon (1940)

Canadian Ice Hockey Player

NHL Hall of Fame center who spent 15 seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

2. Bruce Greenwood (1956)

Actor Musician

Captain Christopher Pike in the new Star Trek films, and voice of Bruce Wayne/Batman in the animated series, Young Justice.

3. Pierre Turgeon (1969)

Canadian Ice Hockey Player

Former NHL center who was a five-time All-Star with the Buffalo Sabres, New York Islanders, Montreal Canadiens and St. Louis Blues.

4. Anne Dorval (1960)

Canadian Actor

Quebecois screen actress known for her roles in such Canadian television series as Les Parent and Le Coeur a ses raisons. She won a 2010 International Federation of Film Critics...

5. Annie Guay (1985)

Canadian Ice Hockey Player

Annie Guay is a Canadian ice hockey player. She is a member of the Canadian national women's hockey team and a member of Montreal Stars. Her first tournament for the...

6. Jacques Caron (1940)

Canadian Ice Hockey Player

Jacques Joseph Caron is a former assistant coach for the National Hockey League's Hartford Whalers and is the outgoing goaltending coach for the National Hockey League's New Jersey Devils. He...

7. Allan Furlong (1942)

Canadian Politician

Allan Furlong is a former politician in Ontario Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1990.

8. Jacques Laperrière (1941)

Canadian Ice Hockey Defenceman

Joseph Jacques Hughes Laperrière is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. Laperrière played for the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League from 1962 until 1974. As...

9. Gilles Caouette (1940)

Canadian Politician

Gilles Caouette was a Canadian politician and Member of Parliament. Caouette was born in Rouyn Quebec. His father Réal Caouette was a prominent Social Credit politician and leader of the...

10. André St. Laurent (1953)

Canadian Ice Hockey Player

André St. Laurent is a retired Canadian ice hockey forward. St. Laurent started his National Hockey League career with the New York Islanders in 1974. He also played for the...

11. Paulin Bordeleau (1953)

Canadian Ice Hockey Player

Paulin Joseph Bordeleau is a retired Canadian and French ice hockey forward. Bordeleau started his National Hockey League career with the Vancouver Canucks in 1973. He spent his entire NHL...

12. Lise Bissonnette (1945)

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Lise Bissonnette OQ is a Canadian writer and journalist. Born in Rouyn Quebec Bissonnette studied education science at the Université de Montréal from 1965 to 1970. She later pursed doctoral...

13. Hal Willis (1933)

Canadian Singer

Hal Willis is a Canadian country singer living in Nashville Tennessee USA. He was born Leonald Francis Gauthier in Rouyn-Noranda Quebec on July 15 1933. He is the youngest son...

14. Guylaine Saucier (1946)

Canadian Business Executive

Guylaine Saucier CM and a Canadian is the CEO of Gérard Saucier Ltée a major group specialing in forestry products was Chairperson of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

15. Bob Blanchet (1954)

Canadian Ice Hockey Player

Robert Bertrand Bob Blanchet is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the World Hockey Association. Drafted in the seventeenth round of the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft...

16. Réjean Houle (1949)

Canadian Ice Hockey Player

Réjean Houle is a retired Canadian ice hockey forward who played most of his career for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League. He also served a controversial stint...

17. Jacques Cossette (1954)

Canadian Ice Hockey Player

Jacques Cossette is a retired Canadian ice hockey right winger. He played for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL. Jacques Cossete had a highly productive junior career twice being named...

18. Dale Tallon (1950)

Ice Hockey Player Nhl Executive

Michael Dale Tallon is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and current general manager for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League. After playing junior with the Oshawa...

19. Gilles Perron (1940)

Canadian Politician

Gilles A. Perron is a Canadian politician. Perron was a Bloc Québécois Member of the Canadian House of Commons first elected to the House in the Canadian federal election of...

20. John Turmel (1951)

Perennial Candidate For Election

John Turmel is a perennial candidate for election in Canada and according to the Guinness Book of Records holds the records for the most elections contested and for the most...

21. Christie Blatchford (1951)

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Christie Blatchford is a Canadian newspaper columnist journalist and broadcaster. She has published four non-fiction books.

22. Sylvain Turgeon (1965)

Canadian Ice Hockey Player

Joseph Sylvain Dorilla Turgeon is a Canadian retired NHL player and the older brother of retired NHL player Pierre Turgeon.

23. Marc Bureau (politician) (1955)

Canadian Politician

Marc Bureau is a Canadian politician who was the mayor of the city of Gatineau Quebec from 2005 to 2013. Born in Rouyn-Noranda Quebec he was elected mayor of Gatineau...

24. Armand Caouette (1945)

Canadian Politician

Armand Caouette was a Social Credit Party member of the Canadian House of Commons. His career included the fields of sales and air-conditioning. He was first elected to Parliament in...

25. Denyse Julien (1960)

Canadian Badminton Player

Denyse Julien is a female badminton player from Canada notable for her versatility and longevity.

26. Jacques Cloutier (1960)

Canadian Ice Hockey Goaltender A

Jacques Cloutier is a retired Canadian ice hockey goaltender. He is currently the associate coach with the Calgary Flames. Selected in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Sabres...

27. André Racicot (1969)

Canadian Ice Hockey Player

André Racicot Jr. nicknamed Red Light is a retired ice hockey goaltender. Racicot started his National Hockey League career with the Montreal Canadiens for whom he played from 1989 to...

28. Éric Desjardins (1969)

American Football Player

Éric Desjardins is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens and Philadelphia Flyers. He won the Stanley...

29. Marc Bureau (ice hockey) (1966)

Canadian Ice Hockey Player

Marc Bureau is a Canadian retired ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League for the Calgary Flames Minnesota North Stars Tampa Bay Lightning Montreal Canadiens and Philadelphia...

30. Anodajay (1977)

Canadian Rapper

Steve Jolin better known as Anodajay is a rapper from Rouyn-Noranda Quebec in Canada. Discovering hip hop at the age of twelve and from the age of sixteen became more...

31. Steve Larouche (1971)

Canadian Ice Hockey Player

Steve Larouche is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Larouche played two seasons in the National Hockey League split between the Ottawa Senators New York Rangers and Los Angeles Kings...

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