Pelletier is a common surname of French origin. Notable people with this surname include: *

Anne-Marie Pelletier Anne-Marie Pelletier (born 1946) is a noted Catholic Church, Catholic biblical scholar whose works include study of the Song of Songs. Life Pelletier was born in Paris on 13 June 1946.Anne-Sophie Pelletier, French politician * Annie Pelletier, Canadian diver *

Benoît Pelletier Benoît Pelletier (born 10 January 1960) is lawyer, academic, and politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was a Liberal member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1998 to 2008 and was a prominent cabinet minister in the governmen ...

, Quebec Liberal Party minister and MNA in the National Assembly * Bronson Pelletier, Canadian actor * Bruno Pelletier, Canadian musician *

David Pelletier David Jacques Pelletier (born November 22, 1974) is a Canadian pairs figure skater. With his former wife Jamie Salé, he was the co-gold medal winner at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. They shared the gold medal with the Russian pair Elena Ber ...

, Canadian figure skater *

Delphine Pelletier Delphine Pelletier (born 16 June 1977 in Bourges) is an athlete from France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in t ...

, French triathlete *

Gérard Pelletier Gérard Pelletier, (June 21, 1919 – June 22, 1997) was a Canadian journalist and politician. Career Pelletier initially worked as a journalist for ''Le Devoir'', a French-language newspaper in Montreal, Quebec. In 1961 he became editor-i ...

, Canadian journalist *

Irvin Pelletier Irvin Pelletier (born May 28, 1946 in Sayabec, Quebec) is a Quebec politician and notary. He was the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Rimouski for the Parti Québécois. Pelletier went to Université Laval and received a ...

, Canadian politician * Jacques Peletier du Mans, French humanist, poet and mathematician *

Jared Pelletier Jared Pelletier (born 29 November 1990) is a Canadian director, responsible for a number of short films including ''In the Hearts of Men'' and the Machinima series ''Omega''. Early life Pelletier was born and raised in Aurora, Ontario, where ...

, Canadian film director * J.D. Denis Pelletier, judge serving on the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal *

Jean Pelletier Jean Pelletier, (; February 21, 1935 – January 10, 2009) was a Canadian politician who served as the 37th mayor of Quebec City, Chief of Staff in the Prime Minister's Office, and chairman of Via Rail. He was a leading organizer of the Liber ...

, Canadian politician * Jean-Jacques Pelletier, Canadian philosopher and author * Jean-Marc Pelletier, Canadian hockey goaltender * Joel Pelletier, American artist, musician and writer * Madeleine Pelletier, French feminist and psychiatrist *

Marie Denise Pelletier Marie Denise Pelletier (born 3 April 1960) is a francophone Canadian singer. She served as President of Artisti, a copyright collective for music artists operated by Quebec's l'Union des artistes (UDA). Biography While studying literature and ...

, francophone Canadian singer *

Marie-Ève Pelletier Marie-Ève Pelletier (; born May 18, 1982) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 106 in singles on June 20, 2005 and 54 in doubles on April 12, 2010. Tennis c ...

, Canadian former tennis player * Narcisse Pelletier, Cabin boy abandoned on the coast of

Cape York Peninsula Cape York Peninsula is a large peninsula located in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is the largest unspoiled wilderness in northern Australia.Mittermeier, R.E. et al. (2002). Wilderness: Earth’s last wild places. Mexico City: Agrupació ...

in Australia in 1857 and spent 17 years among the Aborigines. *

Nicolas Jacques Pelletier Nicolas Jacques Pelletier (c. 175625 April 1792) was a French highwayman who was the first person to be executed by guillotine. Robbery and subsequent sentencing Pelletier routinely associated with a group of known criminals. On the night of 1 ...

, French highwayman, first person executed by guillotine in France *

Pedro Eugenio Pelletier General Pedro Eugenio Pelletier was a French-born Dominican military figure. He served in the Dominican War of Independence Biography In the Battle of March 30, 1844 in the city of Santiago, he had a prominent role after the Dominican govern ...

, French-born Dominican Republic independence war commandant and national heroe. *

Pierre-Joseph Pelletier Pierre-Joseph Pelletier (, , ; 22 March 1788 – 19 July 1842) was a French chemist and pharmacist who did notable research on vegetable alkaloids Alkaloids are a class of basic, naturally occurring organic compounds that contain at leas ...

, French chemist *

Wilfrid Pelletier Joseph Louis Wilfrid Pelletier (sometimes spelled Wilfred), (20 June 1896 – 9 April 1982) was a Canadian conductor, pianist, composer, and arts administrator. He was instrumental in establishing the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, serving ...

, Canadian orchestra conductor *

Yannick Pelletier Yannick Pelletier (born September 22, 1976, in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland) is a Swiss chess Grandmaster and a six-time Swiss Champion currently living in Luxembourg. Career He completed his final Grandmaster norm at the 2000 Chess Olympiad in Is ...

, Swiss chess player *

Yves P. Pelletier Yves P. Pelletier (born January 15, 1961) (also credited as Yves Pelletier) is a Canadian film director, actor and comedian. Born in Laval, Quebec, Pelletier first began to work for the comedy troupe "Rock et Belles Oreilles" (R.B.O.) from th ...

, Quebec actor and comedian Place names * Lac Pelletier No. 107, a

rural municipality A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries. These include: * Rural municipalities in Canada, a type of municipal status in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, ...

in the Canadian province of

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...

. * Lac Pelletier,

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

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