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Quebec City (can)

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Quebec City ranks 539th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Heian-kyō, Pune, and Reading, Berkshire. Memorable people born in Quebec City include Napoleon Sarony, Louis Jolliet, and Marie-Claire Blais. Memorable people who died in Quebec City include Samuel de Champlain, Richard Montgomery, and Louis St. Laurent. Quebec City has been the birth place of many actors, and athletes and the death place of many religious figures, and explorers. Quebec City is located in Canada.

Quebec City is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Census Metropolitan Area had a population of 839,311. It is the twelfth-largest city and the seventh-largest metropolitan area in Canada. It is also the second-largest city in the province, after Montreal. It has a humid continental climate with warm summers coupled with cold and snowy winters. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1645 and 1998, Quebec City was the birth place of 31 globally memorable people, including Napoleon Sarony, Louis Jolliet, and Marie-Claire Blais. Additionaly, 9 globally memorable people have passed away in Quebec City including Samuel de Champlain, Richard Montgomery, and Louis St. Laurent.

People Born in Quebec City

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People Deceased in Quebec City

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Quebec City were actors (6), athletes (6), politicians (4), rugby players (2), and photographers (1),  while most who died were religious figures (3), explorers (1), military personnels (1), politicians (1), and writers (1).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Quebec City, including Caroline Brunet, Marie-Hélène Prémont, and Kim Lamarre. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Quebec City, including Pom Klementieff, Michael Sarrazin, and Lucile Watson.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 7 globally memorable people born in Quebec City since 1700.