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    François Girard

    François Girard, filmmaker, screenwriter (b Saint-Félicien, Qué 12 Jan 1963). Following studies in music, Girard turned to audiovisual techniques and in the mid-1980s began a career as a video producer without, however, turning his back completely on music videos and publicity.

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    François Héraly

    (J.A.) François Héraly. Clarinetist, bandmaster, teacher, b Flavin, near Namur, Belgium, 1856, d Montreal between 20 and 22 Jul 1920. In 1867 he began music study in Brussels, and in 1873 he attended the conservatory at Namur, where he joined a regimental band.

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    François Hertel

    François Hertel, pseudonym of Rodolphe Dubé (b at Rivière-Ouelle, Qué 31 May 1905; d at Montréal 4 Oct 1985). At 20 he entered the Jesuits and he was ordained in 1938.

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    François Legault

    François Legault, premier of Quebec 2018–26, Quebec politician, businessman (born 26 May 1957 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC). Co-founder of Air Transat, François Legault was a minister in the Parti Québécois (PQ) governments of Lucien Bouchard and Bernard Landry. In 2011, he founded the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ). He became premier of Quebec after the 2018 general election and led the first ever CAQ government. Some of his accomplishments are the adoption of Bill 21 (An Act Respecting the Laicity of the State), Bill 96, which made several amendments to the Charter of the French Language, and the management of the COVID-19 pandemic. On 14 January 2026, Legault announced his plan to resign as premier once the CAQ has a new leader. In April 2026, he was replaced as CAQ leader and premier by Christine Fréchette.

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    François-Louis Lessard

    François-Louis Lessard, army officer (b at Québec C 9 Dec 1860; d at Meadowvale, Ont 7 Aug 1927).

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    François Magnan

    François Magnan, violinist, administrator (born 11 May 1929 in St-Casimir, QC; died 16 January 2020).

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    François Morel

    François Morel, composer, pianist, professor, conductor (born 14 March 1926 in Montréal; died 14 January 2018). François Morel was one of the few composers to have received his education predominantly in Québec, where he studied with Claude CHAMPAGNE and Jean PAPINEAU-COUTURE.

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    François Morel

    François (d'Assise) Morel, composer, pianist, conductor (born 14 March 1926 in Montréal; died 14 January 2018), lauréat piano (AMQ) 1947, piano-teaching diploma (AMQ) 1950, deuxième prix piano (CMM) 1951, premier prix fugue (CMM) 1953.

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    François Papineau-Couture

    François Papineau-Couture. Instrument builder, flutist, b Montreal 1 Apr 1953; BA teaching (Montreal) 1972, B MUS (Montreal) 1977. After studying the flute, he undertook a one-year stay in London studying the building of plucked keyboard instruments with John Rawson.

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    François-Philippe Champagne

    François-Philippe Champagne, Member of Parliament 2015–present, Cabinet minister, politician, businessman, lawyer (born 25 June 1970 in Greenfield Park, QC). François-Philippe Champagne worked as a prominent international corporate lawyer before entering politics in his hometown of Shawinigan, Quebec. Mentored by former prime minister Jean Chrétien, the erudite and articulate Champagne was elected to Parliament in 2015. He became the minister of both International Trade and Infrastructure and Communities in 2018, Canada’s foreign minister in 2021, and minister of Innovation, Science and Industry in 2021. Prime Minister Mark Carney appointed him finance minister in early 2025.

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    François Ricard

    François Ricard, O.Q., literary critic, essayist, editor, professor of literature (born 4 June 1947 in Shawinigan, QC; died 17 February 2022 in Montreal, QC). Noted for his writings on Gabrielle Roy and Milan Kundera, François Ricard is the recipient of a Governor General's Literary Award. A professor at McGill University, he has left a profound mark on French-language book publishing in Canada.

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    François Saillant

    François Saillant, activist, community worker, politician, author (born 15 June 1951 in Quebec City, QC). Coordinator and spokesperson for the Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain (Popular Action Front for Urban Planning) from 1979 to 2016, he was also a candidate for Québec solidaire in three provincial elections. He is the author of three books on the right to housing.

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    François Tousignant

    François Tousignant, composer, teacher (born 26 Apr 1955 in Montreal, QC; died 26 March 2019 in Montreal). François Tousignant’s catalogue of compositions includes some 30 works, in which serialism is a dominant influence. Among these are La Chevelure... for three sopranos and electric piano (1978), a commission from the French government on the occasion of the centenary of Alfred Cortot's birth and the 50th anniversary of the hall named after him; Portrait, a music-theater work inspired by Beaudelaire (1984); Concerto for piano and orchestra (1985); and Diptyque for orchestra (1988).

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    François Vézina

    (Xavier) François Vézina. Master painter, bassoonist, clarinetist, conductor, b Quebec City 10 May 1812, d there 12 Feb 1891.

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    François-Xavier-Antoine Labelle

    An ardent supporter of building the CPR in 1872, he was sent as an envoy to Europe by the Canadian government in 1885 and the Québec government in 1890. In 1888 Premier Honoré MERCIER appointed him deputy minister of agriculture and colonization.

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