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    Claude de Ramezay

    Claude de Ramezay, (born 15 June 1659 in La Gesse, France; died 31 July 1724 in Quebec City). Claude de Ramezay came to New France as an officer in the troupes de la marine. He served as governor of Trois-Rivières (1690–99), commander of Canadian troops (1699–1704), governor of Montreal (1704–24), and as acting governor general of New France (1714–16). Throughout his time in New France, he pursued fur trade and lumber interests. He is also remembered for his home, Château Ramezay. Built in 1705, it is now a museum and one of Montreal’s landmark historical buildings.

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    Claude Dubois

    Claude (André) Dubois. Singer-songwriter, born Montréal 24 Apr 1947.

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    Claude Ferragne

    ​Claude Ferragne (born 14 October 1952 in Montréal, Québec) is an athlete who competed in the high jump at the track and field events of the Olympic Summer Games.

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    Claude Frenette

    Frenette, Claude. Composer, b Montreal 10 Dec 1955, B MUS (Montreal) 1981, M MUS (Montreal) 1984, Teachers' certificate (Montreal) 1987, D MUS (Montreal) 1991. His composition teachers have been Michel Longtin, André Prévost, Jacques Hétu, Serge Garant, and Marcelle Deschênes.

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    Claude Gauthier

    ​Joseph Pierre Claude Gauthier, singer, songwriter and actor (born 31 January 1939 in Lac-Saguay, Québec). 

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    Claude Gauvreau

    Claude Gauvreau, poet and playwright (b at Montréal 19 Aug 1925; d at Montréal 7 July 1971). An unusual character, visionary, iconoclast, polemist and militant AUTOMATISTES, this writer, whose vast body of work was neglected during his lifetime, was a pioneer of modernity in Québec theatre.

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    Claude Gingras

    Claude Gingras. Critic, author, b Sherbrooke, Que, 1 Jul 1931. He began his career as a journalist in 1952 with the Sherbrooke daily newspaper La Tribune.

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    Claude-Henri Grignon

    Claude-Henri Grignon, OC, journalist, critic, novelist, author of radio and TV serials (born 8 July 1894 in Sainte-Adèle, QC; died 3 April 1976 in Sainte-Adèle).

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    Claude Herbert Breeze

    Claude Herbert Breeze, painter (b at Nelson, BC 9 Oct 1938). Breeze was taught by Ernest LINDNER in Saskatoon (1954-55) and then studied at Regina with Kenneth LOCHHEAD and Arthur MCKAY. After graduating in 1958, he spent a year at the Vancouver School of Art.

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    Claude Jasmin

    Claude Jasmin, novelist, playwright, essayist, arts columnist and set decorator (born 10 November 1930 in Montreal, QC; died 28–29 April 2021).

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    Claude Jutra

    Claude Jutra (born Jutras), director, writer, actor, editor, cinematographer (born 11 March 1930 in Montréal, QC; died 5 November 1986 in Montréal).

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    Claude Kenneson

    Claude (Emile) Kenneson, cellist, writer, teacher (born 11 April 1935 in Port Arthur, Texas; died 9 October 2013 in Edmonton, AB). Naturalized Canadian 1973; B MUS (Texas) 1957, M MUS (Texas) 1959.

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    Claude Lagacé

    Claude Pierre Édouard Lagacé, organist, choirmaster, educator (born 1 May 1917 in Sorel, QC; died 7 February 2019 in Quebec City). BA (Laval) 1938, B PH (Laval) 1939, B MUS (Laval) 1954, Associate American Guild of Organists 1957.

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    Claude Lavoie

    Claude Lavoie. Organist, teacher, composer, b Rivière-du-Loup, Que, 19 Jul 1918. He began studying piano and organ in 1933 at the Collège de Lévis with Father Alphonse Tardif. A winner in 1942 of the Prix d'Europe, he studied 1942-5 at the Longy School in Boston with Nadia Boulanger, E.

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    Claude Létourneau

    Claude Létourneau, baritone, choirmaster, educator (born 26 May 1923 in Montréal, QC; died 2 December 2012 in Montréal). 

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