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Jean Flatt Davey
Jean Flatt Davey, OC, OBE, physician, air force officer (born 16 March 1909 in Hamilton, ON; died 13 March 1980). Davey was the first woman medical doctor to become a commissioned officer in the Canadian armed forces. From 1950 to 1965, she was chief physician in the department of medicine at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, Ontario.
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Jean-François de La Rocque, Sieur de Roberval
Jean-François de La Rocque, Sieur de Roberval, also called the “Élu de Poix,” lieutenant-general of Canada between 1541 and 1543 (born c. 1495 in Carcassonne, France; died 1560 in Paris, France).
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Jean-François Denis
Denis, Jean-François. Composer, b Montreal 24 Feb 1960; BA communications (Concordia) 1982, MFA (Oakland) 1984. Under David Rosenboom, he studied (1982-4) electronic music and recording techniques at Mills College in Oakland, Cal.
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Jean-François Du Verger de Verville
Jean-François Du Verger de Verville, military engineer (b at Paris, France c 1670-75; d at Valenciennes or Paris, France 1729).
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Jean-François Gaultier
Jean-François Gaultier, king's physician, naturalist (b at La Croix-Avranchin, France 6 Oct 1708; d at Québec C 10 July 1756). Appointed king's physician of New France, he arrived in Québec in 1742. There he took over M.
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Jean-François Hubert
Jean-François Hubert, Roman Catholic bishop (b at Québec City 23 Feb 1739; d there 17 Oct 1797).
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Jean-François Sénart
Jean-François Sénart. Conductor, b Anglet, France, 27 Apr 1943; BA (Montreal) 1962. He moved to Canada in 1952 and later studied literature at the University of Montreal.
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Jean Gascon
Jean Gascon, CC., actor, theatre and opera director (born 21 December 1921 in Montréal, QC; died 20 April 1988 in Stratford, ON).
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Jean Girard
Jean Girard. Organist, serpent player, schoolmaster (b Bourges, France, 8 Aug 1696, d Montreal 23 Feb 1765). The son of a master baker, he was admitted 5 May 1704 to the choir school of Bourges' Sainte-Chapelle, where for eight years he received a thorough training as a church musician.
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Jean Goulet
Jean (Antoine Joseph) Goulet. Violinist, conductor, teacher, b Liège 17 Apr 1877, naturalized Canadian 1919, d Montreal 23 Sep 1965. He studied violin at the Liège Conservatoire and, while working as a printer, was a member of that city's opera orchestra.
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Jean Grenier
Jean Grenier, doctor, sports administrator (born 18 January 1937 in Quebec City; died 20 September 2025 in Quebec City). Jean Grenier's contributions to the field of speed skating through the years have encouraged the development of several Canadian skaters, the most talented later becoming Olympic winners and world champions. He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, the Québec Sports Hall of Fame, the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame, the Quebec Speed Skating Federation's Hall of Fame. He received the Olympic Order in 1998 and the Canadian Olympic Order in 2009.
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Jean-Guy Moreau
Jean-Guy Moreau, CM, impressionist, comedian, writer, singer and musician (born 29 October 1943 in Montréal, QC; died 1 May 2012 in Montréal).
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Jean-Guy Pilon
Jean-Guy Pilon, writer (b at Saint-Polycarpe, Qué 12 Nov 1930). He studied at the Valleyfield (now Salaberry-de-Valleyfield) seminary (1943-48) and the College Bourget in Rigaud (BA 1951); he received his LLL (1954) from Université de Montréal.
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Jean-Guy Proulx
Jean-Guy Proulx. Organist, teacher, b Sudbury, Ont, 6 Jun 1949; B MUS organ (Laval) 1972, B MUS piano (Laval) 1976, M MUS (Laval) 1981. His teachers were Sister Pauline Charron, Antoine Bouchard, Antoine Reboulot, Robert Weisz, and Jeanne Landry.
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Jean Guyon
Jean Guyon, priest, artist (b at Château-Richer, Qué 5 Oct 1659; d at Paris, France 10 Jan 1687). Bishop LAVAL had great hopes for this young Canadian priest, who died before he could create any significant body of work.
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