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    Jacques Languirand

    Jacques Languirand, dramatist, essayist (born 1 May 1931 in Montréal, Québec; died 26 January 2018). In the 1950s and 1960s he was Canada's most important exponent of the theatre of the absurd, having been much influenced by playwrights in vogue during his stay in Paris, 1949-53.

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    Jacques Lavigne

    Jacques Lavigne, philosopher (b 1919-d 1999). Educated at Montréal's Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf and the U de Montréal, he was primarily a professor in the Faculty of Social Science (chair of philosophy and political theory), then in the Philosophy Department.

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    Jacques LeComte

    Joseph Gustave Jacques LeComte, trumpeter, teacher (born 15 May 1924 in Montreal, QC; died 25 January 1987 in Montreal). Premier prix trumpet (CMM) 1948.

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    Jacques Leduc

    Jacques Leduc, film director, cameraman (b at Montréal 25 Nov 1941). A writer for the magazine Objectif (1961-67), Leduc joined the National Film Board during that period. He worked as a cameraman until 1967 when he began directing.

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    Jacques L'Heureux

    Jacques L'Heureux, actor (b at Sillery, Qc 10 Feb 1953). Jacques L'Heureux was propelled to stardom on the small screen in his role as Passe-Montagne in the children's cult classic Passe-Partout.

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    Jacques Marquette

    Jacques Marquette, Jesuit priest, missionary, explorer (b at Laon, France 10 June 1637; d at the mouth of a river later called the Père Marquette R, Mich 18 May 1675).

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    Jacques Ménard (Profile)

    For one example of the remarkable range of acquaintances enjoyed by Jacques Ménard, the newly minted ex-chairman of the Montreal Expos, consider his role in the salvation of Felipe Alou.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on January 1, 2000

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    Jacques Michel

    Jacques Rodrigue (a.k.a. Jacques Michel), CQ, singer-songwriter (born 27 June 1941 in Ste-Agnès-de-Bellecombe (near Rouyn), QC; died 5 March 2026). In language that can be tender or violent, Jacques Michel's songs evoke love, friendship, freedom, life, and childhood. In 2007 he was made Chevalier of the National Order of Québec (Ordre national du Québec), and in 2020 he was awarded the Sylvain-Lelièvre Award from the Société professionnelle des auteurs et des compositeurs du Québec (SPACQ) for lifetime achievement.

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    Jacques Parizeau

    Jacques Parizeau, GOQ, economist, professor, senior public servant, politician and premier of Québec (born 9 August 1930 in Montréal, QC; died 1 June 2015 in Montréal, QC).

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    Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de La Jonquière, Marquis de La Jonquière

    Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de La Jonquière, Marquis de La Jonquière, naval officer, governor general of New France, appointed 1746, served 1749-52 (b near Albi, France 18 Apr 1685; d at Québec 17 Mar 1752). In 1746 La Jonquière was a veteran of 49 years in the French navy.

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    Jacques Plante

    Jacques Plante, hockey goaltender (b near Mont Carmel, Qué 17 Jan 1929; d at Geneva, Switz 26 Feb 1986). He began playing goal for a factory team in Shawinigan and played junior for Québec Citadels before turning professional with Montreal Royals at age 22.

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    Jacques Poulin

    Jacques Poulin, novelist, translator (born 23 September 1937 in Saint-Gédéon de Beauce, QC; died 21 August 2025). Author of 14 novels, winner of several literary awards including the Governor General's Literary Award (1978), the Molson Prize (1990) and the Athanase-David Prize (1995), Jacques Poulin is one of the most widely read and critically acclaimed Quebec novelists of his generation. With an understated writing style, stripped down in both syntax and style, seemingly simple and even light, Poulin's novels tell the story of characters in search of themselves and others, wounded rather than torn apart by the desire to rediscover themselves and the almost absolute impossibility of doing so. Meditative solitude, love marked by tenderness and ambiguity, and the desperate gentleness that inhabits the characters in their quests are the favourite themes of a writer concerned with recounting the fragility of beings even in the banality of everyday life.

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    Jacques Raudot

    Jacques Raudot, intendant of New France from 1705 to 1711 (born 1638 or 1647; died 1728 in Paris, France). 

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    Jacques Renaud

    Jacques Renaud, novelist, poet (b at Montréal 10 Nov 1943). Associated in the 1960s with the radical journal PARTI PRIS, Renaud also worked as a journalist and television researcher for Radio-Canada.

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    Jacques-René de Brisay, Marquis de Denonville

    Jacques-René de Brisay Denonville, Marquis de, governor general of New France, 1685-89 (b at Denonville, France 10 Dec 1637; d there 22 Sept 1710). He arrived at Québec 1 August 1685 at a dangerous point in the colony's conflict with the IROQUOIS and English.

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