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Victor-Lévy Beaulieu
Victor-Lévy Beaulieu, journalist, novelist, essayist, playwright, publisher, polemicist (born 2 September 1945 in Saint-Paul-de-la-Croix, QC; died 9 June 2025 in Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, QC). Victor-Lévy Beaulieu is one of Quebec’s most prolific and groundbreaking writers. In addition to winning three prix Gémeaux for his television writing, Victor-Lévy Beaulieu was awarded several literary prizes over the course of his career, such as the Governor General's Award (1975), the prix Ludger-Duvernay (1982), the prix Belgique-Canada (1982), the prix Athanase-David (2001) and the prix Gilles-Corbeil (2011) from the Fondation Émile-Nelligan for his outstanding contribution to francophone literature in Quebec.
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Victor Li
Victor Li, business tycoon (born 1 August 1964 in British Hong Kong), studied at Stanford University in California earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil and structural engineering. He is the son of business tycoon Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong’s richest man, who has a net worth of US$31.8 billion, according to Forbes (March 2017). Li is best known in Canadian business circles as the co-chairman of Calgary-based Husky Energy, and also for his attempt to bail out Air Canada in 2004. He currently serves as the chairman of CKI, an infrastructure conglomerate with holdings in Canada, Europe, Asia, New Zealand and Australia. Li holds citizenship in both Canada and China.
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Victor Prus
Victor Marius Prus, architect (born 24 April 1917 in Minsk Mazowiecki, Poland; died 21 January 2017 in Montréal, QC).
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Victor Martens
Victor Martens. Tenor, teacher, conductor, b Yarrow, east of Vancouver, 18 Feb 1931; ARCT 1955, BA (Waterloo Lutheran) 1963.
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Victor Melnikoff
Victor Michael Melnikoff, lawyer, dance gala impresario (born at Shanghai, China 10 Feb 1944, died at Montréal 6 April 2010). Victor Melnikoff was the second of 3 sons born to Mikhail Melnikoff and Faina Rubin, Russian émigrés in Shanghai, where Mikhail operated a photography studio.
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Victor Occellier
Victor Occellier. Baritone, teacher, b Italy, d Quebec City 3 Dec 1916. He studied in France and began his operatic career there. He visited Canada in October 1899 as a member of the Durieu-Nicosias company, to which Salvator Issaurel also belonged.
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Victor Quijada
Victor Quijada, dancer, choreographer, director (born at Los Angeles, Ca 15 Apr 1976). Victor Quijada, as a child in the barrios of Los Angeles, was deeply influenced by hip hop culture.
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Victor Schultz
Victor Schultz. Violinist, b Winnipeg 3 Jun 1959. He began his musical studies in Winnipeg at seven with Jeanette and Marilyn Slipetz, and was a pupil of Francis Chaplin 1969-71.
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Victor White
Victor White. Tenor, administrator, b London 7 Aug 1918, d Vancouver 20 Sep 1984. Raised in Prince Albert, Sask, and in the Fraser Valley, BC, he studied during World War II with Ernesto Vinci in Halifax and Pauline Donalda in Montreal. Studies continued 1947-52 with Vinci at the RCMT.
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Queen Victoria
Victoria, queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India (born 24 May 1819 at Kensington Palace, London; died 22 January 1901 at Osborne House, Isle of Wight).
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Victoria Cartier
Victoria (Prudença Victorine) Cartier. Pianist, organist, teacher, b Sorel, Que, 4 Apr 1867, d Montreal 1 Jan 1955. She was a niece of Sir George-Étienne Cartier.
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Victoria Grace Blackburn
Victoria Grace Blackburn, journalist, poet, playwright, novelist (b at Quebec City, 17 Apr 1865; d at London, Ont 4 Mar 1928). Born in Quebec City, Blackburn attended Hellmuth Ladies' College in London, Ontario.
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Victoria Kaspi
Victoria Michelle (Vicky) Kaspi, CC, FRSC, FRS, astrophysicist (born 30 June 1967 in Austin, Texas). Kaspi is best known for her studies of collapsed stars such as neutron stars and pulsars. In 2016, she became the first woman to win the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal, the country’s top science prize awarded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council.
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Victoria Meredith
Victoria Meredith (b Steward). Mezzo-soprano, teacher, choir conductor, organist, b Berkeley, Cal, 27 Apr 1949, B MUS ED (Indiana) 1972, M MUS (Northern Colorado) 1975.
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Victoria Pioneer Rifle Corps
The Victoria Pioneer Rifle Corps was a Black militia unit in British Columbia. It is considered the first British or Canadian military unit formed west of Ontario and was one of several Black militia units in Canada in the 19th century. Formed by immigrants from California in 1860, the Pioneer Rifles dissolved by 1866.
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