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 biblical scholar whose works include study of the Song of Songs. Life Pelletier was born in Paris on 13 June 1946.Anne-Sophie Pelletier Anne-Sophie Pelletier (born 5 February 1976) is a French politician who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobe ...

, French politician *

Annie Pelletier Annie Pelletier (born December 22, 1973) is a retired female diver from Canada, who won the bronze medal in the women's 3 metres springboard event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She was affiliated with the ''Club Aquatique Mon ...

, 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 government ...

, Quebec Liberal Party minister and MNA in the National Assembly *

Bronson Pelletier Bronson Pelletier (born December 31, 1986) is a Canadian actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Jack Sinclair in '' renegadepress.com'' (2004–2008) and as Jared Cameron in ''The Twilight Saga'' film series. Life and career Bronson ...

, Canadian actor *

Bruno Pelletier Bruno Pelletier (born August 7, 1962) is a Canadian singer. Life Pelletier was born in Charlesbourg, a suburb of Quebec City. In 1983 Pelletier performed in the bands Amanite and Sneak Preview, which sang in English. He later started a group ...

, 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 Jacques Pelletier du Mans, also spelled Peletier ( la, Iacobus Peletarius Cenomani, 25 July 1517 – 17 July 1582) was a humanist, poet and mathematician of the French Renaissance. Born in Le Mans into a bourgeois family, he studied at the Col ...

, 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 J. D. Denis Pelletier (born December 4, 1948) is a judge currently serving on the Federal Court of Appeal (Canada), Canadian Federal Court of Appeal.Federal Court of AppealJudges Biographies References

;Sources 1948 births Living ...

, judge serving on the

Canadian Federal Court of Appeal The Federal Court of Appeal (french: Cour d'appel fédérale) is a Canadian appellate court that hears cases concerning federal matters. History Section 101 of the Constitution Act, 1867 empowers the Parliament of Canada to establish "addit ...

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 Libe ...

, Canadian politician *

Jean-Jacques Pelletier Jean-Jacques Pelletier (born 1947 in Montreal, Quebec) is a French Canadian philosophy professor and author. Pelletier was a long-time philosophy teacher with the Lévis-Lauzon post-secondary school, but is best known in several media as an autho ...

, Canadian philosopher and author *

Jean-Marc Pelletier Jean-Marc Pelletier (born March 4, 1978) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender who played seven National Hockey League (NHL) games over parts of three seasons for the Philadelphia Flyers and Phoenix Coyotes between 1999 and 200 ...

, Canadian hockey goaltender * Joel Pelletier, American artist, musician and writer *

Madeleine Pelletier Madeleine Pelletier (18 May 1874 – 29 December 1939) was a French psychiatrist, first-wave feminist, and political activist. Born in Paris, Pelletier frequented socialist and anarchist groups in her adolescence. She became a doctor in her twe ...

, 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 Narcisse Pelletier (1 January 1844 – 28 September 1894), born in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie in the Vendée was a French sailor. He was abandoned in 1858 at the age of 14 on the Cape York Peninsula, in Australia, during the dry season (late Septem ...

, 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: Agrupación ...

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 governi ...

, 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 a ...

, 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 Ist ...

, 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 the ...

, 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 municipality (Canada), Rural municipalities in Canada, a Lists of municipalities in Canada, type of municipa ...

in the

Canadian province Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North ...

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada, 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 t ...

. * 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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