List of people from Sherbrooke
The following is a list of people from Sherbrooke, Quebec.
A
- Douglas Abbott
- George Oscar Alcorn
- Maurice Allard
- Edmund Tobin Asselin
- Patrick Tobin Asselin
- Josée Auclair
B
- John Bassett, started his career as media baron as co-owner of the Sherbrooke Record
- Matt Beaudoin
- Philippe Beaudry
- Éric Bélanger, NHL hockey player for the Edmonton Oilers
- Claude Bertrand
- Conrad Black, started his career as media baron as co-owner of the Sherbrooke Record
- Steven Blaney
- Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu
- Joseph-Armand Bombardier hailed from the Sherbrooke area.
- François Bouchard
- Pierre-Marc Bouchard, NHL hockey player for the Minnesota Wild
- Benoît Boulanger
- John Samuel Bourque
- Robert A. Boyd
- Stéphane Brochu
- Edward Towle Brooks
- Samuel Brooks
- Alexis Bwenge
C
- Serge Cardin, former Bloc Québécois MP for Sherbrooke
- Jacques Chapdelaine
- Jean Charest, federal cabinet minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Progressive Conservative Party leader; Quebec Liberal Party leader and Premier of Quebec
- Dan Chicoine
- Joseph-Armand Choquette
- Jim Corcoran, singer-songwriter
- Marc-André Craig
D
- Sylvie Daigle
- Éric Dandenault
- Mathieu Dandenault, former NHL ice hockey player for the Montreal Canadiens and Detroit Red Wings
- Robert Davidson
- Delaf
- Jayson Dénommée
- Sonia Denoncourt
- Paul Desruisseaux
- Pierre DesRuisseaux
- Rita Dionne-Marsolais
- Christian Dubé, ice hockey player for SC Bern
- Gilles Dubé
- Norm Dubé
- Pierre-Luc Dusseault, current NDP MP for Sherbrooke; youngest MP in Canadian history
E
- William Henry Pferinger Elkins, commandant of the Royal Military College of Canada (1930-1935); commander of Atlantic Command (1940-1943)
F
- Carole Facal
- Reginald Fessenden
- Yves Forest
- George Foote Foss, builder of the first Canadian gasoline powered automobile (1897)[1]
- Northrop Frye, literary critic
G
- Garou, singer
- André Gaudette
- Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu
- Marc Gervais, Jesuit and film professor
- Paul Mullins Gervais
- Sam Giguère
- Maurice Gingues
- Susan Goyette
H
- Archibald C. Hart
- Bill Heindl, Jr.
- I. F. Hellmuth
- William Heneker, commander of the 8th Infantry Division in the First World War
J
K
- Yousuf Karsh, photographer
L
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P
- Pascal-Pierre Paillé
- Marc Parenteau
- Donald Patriquin
- Yanic Perreault, former NHL ice hockey player
- David Perron, NHL hockey player for the Pittsburgh Penguins
- Michael L. Phelan
- Jacinthe Pineau
- Gerry Plamondon
- Arch Presby
- David Price
R
- Bobby Rivard
- Stéphane Robidas, NHL hockey player for the Dallas Stars
- Alfred Rouleau
- Claude Ruel
S
- Harry Saltzman, film producer
- Eric Saucke-Lacelle
- Christian Savoie, winner of Canada's Strongest Man; entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition
- Reed Scowen
- Hollis Smith
- Ralph M. Steinman, immunologist, 2011 Nobel Prize in Medicine
T
- Louis Taillefer, Killiam Award-winning superconductivity physicist
- Guy Tousignant
- Maryse Turcotte
- Mathieu Turcotte