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Lucien Plamondon

Lucien Plamondon. Cellist, teacher, b Paris ca 1907. He studied the cello with Francis Touche at the Paris Conservatory and appeared as soloist at the Touche concerts and with the Paris Symphony Orchestra.

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Lucien Poirier

Lucien Poirier. Organist, musicologist, teacher, (St-Alphonse-Rodriguez, near Joliette, Que, Nov 29, 1943, - Loretteville, Que, June 7, 1997); BA (Séminaire de Joliette) 1965, premier prix organ (CMM) 1969, L LITT (Strasbourg) 1971, M MUS (Strasbourg) 1972, D MUS (ibid) 1980.

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Lucien Sicotte

Sicotte, Lucien. Violinist, teacher, b Montreal 22 Sep 1902, d there 23 Sep 1943. He studied violin in turn with Émile Taranto, Alfred De Sève, and Maurice Onderet and theory with Oscar O'Brien and Claude Champagne.

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Lucienne L'Heureux-Arel

Lucienne L'Heureux-Arel (b L'Heureux, m Arel). Organist, teacher, b St-Jude, near St-Hyacinthe, Que, 6 Jan 1931; lauréat organ (AMQ) 1953. She studied piano 1948-52 with Aline Letendre and organ 1948-52 with Conrad Letendre and 1952-3 with Raymond Daveluy.

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Lucile Wheeler

Lucile Wheeler, alpine skier (b at Montréal 14 Jan 1935). Wheeler started skiing at age 2, growing up on her family's ski resort at St-Jovite.

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Lucille Dumont

Lucille Dumont, OC, OOQ, singer, teacher (born 20 January 1919 in Montréal, QC; died 29 July 2016 in Montréal).

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Lucille Hunter

Lucille Hunter (sometimes spelled Lucile), prospector (born 13 January c. 1874–1882 in the United States; died 10 June 1972 in Whitehorse, YT). Lucille and her husband Charles were among the first Black people to settle in the Yukon. They arrived in 1897 as part of the Klondike Gold Rush. The couple staked claims to mine for gold in Dawson City and silver in Mayo. Lucille Hunter remained in the Yukon for the rest of her life, later moving to Whitehorse.

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Lucille Starr

Lucille Raymonde Marie Savoie (later Regan and Cunningham), popular singer, country singer (born 13 May 1938 in St. Boniface, MB; died 4 September 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada). Lucille Starr was an internationally successful pop music and country singer, and one of a handful of Canadian popular musicians to record in both English and French. Her biggest hit was “The French Song” (“Quand le soleil dit bonjour aux montagnes”). It sold more than 7 million copies in 1964–65, making her the first Canadian woman to sell 1 million records. She was also the first Canadian woman to perform at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville and the first Canadian woman inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Country Music Association Hall of Honour.

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Lucille Teasdale

Lucille Teasdale Corti, CM, GOQ, surgeon, humanitarian (born 30 January 1929 in Montreal, QC; died 1 August 1996 in Lombardy, Italy). Humanitarian and visionary Lucille Teasdale was one of Canada's first female surgeons. She travelled to Gulu, Uganda, to practice medicine and to help those in need. By the time of her death in 1996, she had received numerous international honours, including being named a Grand Officer of the National Order of Québec and a Member of the Order of Canada. Lucille Teasdale's extraordinary selflessness and humanitarian determination make her one of Canada's most remarkable women.

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Lucille Teasdale, Feature

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Lucio Agostini

Lucio Agostini, conductor, composer, arranger (b at Fano, Italy 30 Dec 1913; d at Markham, Ont 15 Feb 1996).

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Lucio Agostini

Lucio Agostini. Conductor, composer, arranger, b Fano, Italy, 30 Dec 1913, naturalized Canadian 1926, d Toronto 15 Feb 1996.

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Lucius O'Brien

Lucius Richard O'Brien, painter (born 15 August 1832 in Shanty Bay, Upper Canada; died 13 December 1899 in Toronto, ON). Lucius O’Brien was considered the country's most proficient landscape painter in both oil and watercolour.

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Lucy Maud Montgomery (Plain-Language Summary)

Lucy Maud Montgomery, OBE, writer (born 30 November 1874 in Clifton (now New London), PEI; died 24 April 1942 in Toronto, ON). Lucy Maud Montgomery is perhaps Canada’s most widely read author. Her first novel, Anne of Green Gables (1908), was an instant best-seller. It has remained in print for more than 100 years. Montgomery wrote more than 500 short stories and 21 novels. She also authored two poetry collections and numerous journal and essay collections. Her body of work has sold around 50 million copies worldwide. Montgomery was named an Officer of both the Order of the British Empire and the Literary and Artistic Institute of France. She was the first Canadian woman to be made a member of the British Royal Society of Arts. She was declared a Person of National Historic Significance in Canada in 1943. This article is a plain-language summary of Lucy Maude Montgomery. If you are interested in reading about this topic in more depth, please see our full-length entry: Lucy Maude Montgomery.

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Lucy Qinnuayuak

Lucy Qinnuayuak, artist (b near Sugluk, Qué 1915?; d at Cape Dorset, NWT 10 Sept 1982). One of the most popular Inuit graphic artists, noted primarily for fanciful arctic birds, Lucy began to draw in the late 1950s at the time James Houston started Inuit Printmaking experiments at Cape Dorset.