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    Jules Jacob

    Jules Jacob. Tenor, record dealer, b St-Prosper-de-Champlain, near Trois-Rivières, Que, 1906, d Town of Mount Royal, Montreal, 16 Jan 1969. In 1930, while studying voice in Montreal with Salvator Issaurel, he became a member of the Alouette Vocal Quartet.

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    Jules Martel

    Jules Martel. Choir conductor, musicologist, historian, editor, b Acton Vale, near St-Hyacinthe, Que, 23 Feb 1905, d Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, Que, 8 May 1981; honorary D MUS (Ottawa) 1974.

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    Jules-Paul Tardivel

    Jules-Paul Tardivel, journalist, novelist (b at Covington, Ky 2 Sept 1851; d at Québec C 24 Apr 1905). Tardivel came to Québec in 1868 to study French.

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    Julia Catherine Hart

    Julia Catherine Hart, née Beckwith (b at Fredericton 10 Mar 1796; d there 28 Nov 1867). Hart wrote the first work of fiction by a native-born Canadian to be published in Canada.

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    Julian Armour

    Julian Armour. Cellist, arts administrator, educator, conductor, b Missoula, MT, of Canadian parents, 29 Sep 1960; B MUS (McGill) 1985. Armour's family relocated to Canada when he was an infant.

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    Viscount Byng of Vimy

    Field Marshall Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, Commander of the Canadian Corps from 1915 to 1917 and Governor General of Canada from 1921 to 1926 (born 11 September 1862 in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom; died 6 June 1935 in Essex, United Kingdom). Byng led the Canadian Corps to victory at the Battle of Vimy Ridge during the First World War. As governor general, he is best known for his role in the King-Byng Affair, when he formally refused Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King’s advice to dissolve Parliament and call a federal election.

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    Julie Holtzman

    Julie (Julie Heathers) Holtzman. Pianist, jazz singer, teacher, b Montreal, of Polish parentage, 13 Jul 1945; Première médaille ear training (Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal [CMM]) 1955, Premier prix piano (CMM) 1956, Premier prix chamber music (CMM) 1957, diploma (Juilliard) 1961.

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    Julie Payette

    Julie Payette, CC, CMM, COM, CQ, CD, astronaut, engineer, jet pilot, musician (born 20 October 1963 in Montréal, QC). Julie Payette is the first Canadian astronaut to board the International Space Station, which she went to twice (1999, 2009). She served as the chief astronaut for the Canadian Space Agency from 2000 to 2007. From 2013 to 2016, she was chief operating officer for the Montreal Science Centre and vice president of the Canada Lands Company. An accomplished scientific authority, musician and athlete, Payette is a board member of Own the Podium and a member of the Canadian Olympic Committee’s board of directors. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recommended Payette as Canada’s 29th Governor General. She served in the role from 2 October 2017 until 21 January 2021, when she resigned following allegations that she was abusive toward her staff.

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    Julie Payette (Profile)

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on May 17, 1999. Partner content is not updated. Things just hit home big time when I flew a Dash-4 over the pad this evening at Kennedy Space Center. There it was - Discovery, all of white shining under the late afternoon sun. I just couldn't believe my eyes.

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    Julie Saint-Laurent

    Alphonsine-Thérèse-Bernardine-Julie de Montgenêt, Baronne de Fortisson, Comtesse de Montgenêt (born 30 September 1760 in Besançon, France; died 8 August 1830 in Paris, France). Known as Julie Saint-Laurent, de Montgenêt was the long-term partner of King George III’s fourth son, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (the father of Queen Victoria), and accompanied him to Quebec and Nova Scotia in the 1790s.

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    Julien Hébert

    Julien Hébert, visual artist and designer (born 19 August 1917 in Rigaud, Québec; died 24 May 1994 in Montréal). Hébert is considered the father of modern design in Québec. Inspired by the Scandinavian modernism movement, which unites design, industry and craft (see Industrial Design), he dedicated his career to creating objects and environments that were organic, simple and functional, to encouraging local industry, and to developing industrial design teaching in his home province. 

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    Julien Poulin

    Julien Poulin, actor (born 20 April 1946 in Montreal, QC; died 4 January 2025). An actor by training, Julien Poulin has been involved in many spheres of the world of entertainment. He has worked not only as an actor but also as a director, producer, and screenwriter in Quebec film and television. He is known especially for playing the comic character Elvis Gratton in a series of films that he co-wrote and co-directed with Pierre Falardeau. In the course of his career, Poulin has appeared in over 100 films.

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    Juliette

    Juliette Augustina Cavazzi (née Sysak), CM, singer, entertainer, television host (born 26 August 1927 at St. Vital, MB; died 26 October 2017 in Vancouver, BC). With her folksy pop style and easy rapport with an audience, big band and country singer Juliette made her CBC Saturday night music variety program Juliette (1956–66) one of Canada’s most popular television shows. Known as “our pet Juliette,” she was the country's most successful television entertainer for more than a decade. She was a Member of the Order of Canada, the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame and Canada’s Walk of Fame.

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    Juliette Bourassa-Trépanier

    Juliette Bourassa-Trépanier (born Bourassa), musicologist, teacher (born 22 February 1918 in Saint-Raymond de Portneuf, near Quebec City, QC; died 3 February 2024 in Quebec City). B.A. (Laval) 1938, B MUS (Laval) 1965, D MUS (Laval) 1972.

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    Juliette Gaultier de la Verendrye

    Juliette Gaultier de la Vérendrye (b Gauthier). Mezzo-soprano, ethnomusicologist, violinist, b Ottawa 7 Aug 1888, d there 21 Aug 1972. She was a younger sister of Eva Gauthier, and her professional name was derived from that of her supposed forebears.

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