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    Claude Léveillée

    Joseph Gérard Adolphe Claude Léveillée, OC, OQ, singer, songwriter, pianist, actor (born 16 October 1932 in Montréal, QC; died 9 June 2011 in Saint-Benoit-de-Mirabel, QC).

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    Claude Morin

    Claude Morin, professor, government official, politician (born 16 May 1929 in Montmorency, QC; died 5 May 2026 in Quebec City). Claude Morin was one of the most influential advisers in Jean Lesage’s administration and one of the primary thinkers behind the Quiet Revolution. He was also the principal strategist of the 1980 referendum on sovereignty-association held by René Lévesque’s provincial government.

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    Claude Raymond

    Claude Raymond, baseball player (b at Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Qué 7 May 1937). He played 17 seasons of professional baseball, 12 of them in the majors. "Frenchy," as his teammates called him, went to the MONTREAL EXPOS on 19 Aug 1969 when they bought his contract from the Atlanta Braves.

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    Claude Ryan

    In 1978 he was chosen to succeed Robert BOURASSA as leader of the Québec Liberal Party and entered the National Assembly the next year as the member for Argenteuil.

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    Claude Sauvage

    ​Claude Sauvage, author and professor (born in 1938 in Mascara, Algeria) immigrated to Québec in 1967. 

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    Claude Savard

    Claude Savard. Pianist, teacher, b Montreal 16 Oct 1941, d there 13 Feb 2003; premier prix piano (CMM) 1963. He studied in Montreal with Marie-Louise Boisvert and 1959-63 at the CMM with Germaine Malépart. On a Canada Council grant he worked 1963-9 in Paris with Vlado Perlemuter and Suzanne Roche.

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    Claude-Thomas Dupuy

    Claude-Thomas Dupuy, lawyer, intendant of NEW FRANCE 1725-28 (b at Paris, France 10 Dec 1678; d near Rennes, France 15 Sept 1738). From a bourgeois family Dupuy became a lawyer in the parlement of Paris and in 1720 purchased the office of maître des requêtes.

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    Claude Thompson

    Claude Thompson, choir conductor, teacher, composer (born 14 January 1927 in Trois-Rivières, QC; died 20 February 2013). He was awarded the gold medal from the sovereign pontiff (1970), the Arlequin trophy (1981), the Ordre de la Vérendrye (1988), and the Prix du patrimoine Benjamin-Sulte (1990). He was also made an honorary citizen of the city of Carcassonne, France (1987) and a Chevalier of the National Order of Quebec (1995). His name appears in a class action lawsuit of approximately 60 victims against the Diocese of Trois-Rivières. (See: Sexual Assault; Sexual Abuse of Children.)

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    Claude Tousignant

    Tousignant was a member of the Association des artistes non-figuratifs de Montréal and, with MOLINARI and LEDUC, was a major force in the continuing development of abstraction in Montréal. His work has been shown extensively in Canada and internationally.

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    Claude Vivier

    Claude Vivier, composer (born 14 April 1948 in Montreal; died 12 March 1983 in Paris, France). He studied 1967-71 at the CMM with Gilles Tremblay (composition) and Irving Heller (piano). His first publicly performed works - a String Quartet in two movements and Ojikawa for soprano, clarinet and percussion (1986), as well as Prolifération (1969) - attracted the attention of the public and the critics. 

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    Claude Wagner

    Claude Wagner, lawyer, judge, politician (b at Shawinigan, Qué 4 Apr 1925; d at Montréal 11 July 1979).

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    Claude Webster

    Claude Webster. Pianist, vocal coach, b Roberval, Lac-St-Jean, Que, 5 Sep 1961; B MUS (Montreal) 1983, M MUS (Montreal) 1985.

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    Claudette Bradshaw

    Claudette Bradshaw, community activist, politician (born 8 April 1949 in Moncton, NB; died 26 March 2022 in Moncton). Claudette Bradshaw’s early career was spent in nonprofit social work. She founded Moncton Headstart, an early family intervention centre, and advocated for at-risk youth. She was Member of Parliament for Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe from 1997 to 2006 and served in several ministerial roles in the Liberal governments of Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin, including Minister of Labour and Minister of State (Human Resources Development). She then became a major advocate for mental health, literacy and affordable housing.

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    Claudia Moore

    Claudia Moore, dancer, choreographer, artistic director (born at Buffalo, NY 14 April 1953). Claudia Moore's exploration of performance and choreography began in the early 1970s and resulted in her creating and becoming artistic director of the Toronto-based MOonhORsE dance theatre in 1996.

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    Tla-o-qui-aht (Clayoquot)

    The Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation (meaning the “people from Clayoqua” or the people from “Tla-o-qui”) are a member of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council. Tla-o-qui-aht territory is located on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. As of November 2025, the nation has a registered population of 1,245 members.

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