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- (62)
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- (61)
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
Mort Zuckerman living
Billionaire media mogul, real estate tycoon, former chairman and CEO of Boston Properties
1937- (87)
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
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- (78)
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)