Charles Taylor living
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Billionaire, former President & CEO of Seagram's distillery, brother of Charles Bronfman, son of Sam Bronfman, sold the Seagram's distillery to Vivendi in 2000
Guy Boulianne living
Poet, writer of The Fanciful Prince
1962- (63)
guyboulianne.com
Henri Richard
professional NHL ice hockey player aka Pocket Rocket for the Montreal Canadiens from 1955-1975, his older brother was Maurice Richard
1936-2020 (84)
Jared Keeso
Actor, 19-2, The Don Cherry Story, Godzilla, TV producer, Letterkenny
Julie Payette living
29th Governor General of Canada from 2017-2021, jet pilot, electrical engineer, chief astronaut of the Canadian Space Agency, VP for the Canada Lands Company and COO of Montreal Science Centre from 2013-2016
1963- (62)
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
Mort Zuckerman living
Billionaire media mogul, real estate tycoon, former chairman and CEO of Boston Properties
1937- (88)
Nicolo Rizzuto
Crime boss, gangster, head of the Rizzutos crime family based out of Montreal
Oscar Peterson
Jazz pianist, musician, 7x Grammy Awards, music composer
1925-2007 (82)
canadianmusichalloffame.ca
Paul Desmarais, III
Financier, chairman and CEO at Sagard Holdings, businessman, philanthropist, his grandfather founded Power Corp
Paul Desmarais Jr.
Financier, chairman and co-CEO of Power Corporation of Canada since 1996, his father started Power Corp
Pierre Trudeau
19th and 21th prime minister of Canada from 1968-1979 and 1980-1984 (roughly 16 years), politician
1919-2000 (81)
britannica.com
Raël (Claude Vorilhon) living
Journalist, author of Intelligent Design, pioneer of the Raëlian movement (part of the New Age movement), founder of Raëlism, Clonaid (human cloning)
1946- (79)
Salvatore Montagna
Crime boss aka Sal the Iron Worker of the Bonanno crime family, later the Rizzuto crime family
1971-2011 (40)
Sam Bronfman
anti-prohibitionist, entrepreneur aka Mr. Sam, The Whisky Man, founder of Distillers Corporation Ltd. in Montreal which bought out Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Ltd., philanthropist at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts
Saul Bellow
Pulitzer Prize writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, novelist, author of Ravelstein, Letters
1915-2005 (90)