What is "trudeau"

Trudeau is a surname that is used primarily in Quebec, Canada.

Trudeau may also refer to:

• Trudeau family, the Canadian political family of Montreal, Quebec origins
• Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, in Montreal
• Trudeau Landing, an archaeological site in Louisiana
• Mount Pierre Elliott Trudeau, mountain in British Columbia
• 747 Montreal-Trudeau/Downtown, the Trudeau bus, Montreal public bus service
• Trudeau Sanitorium, former New York tuberculosis sanitorium
• Trudeau Institute, New York biomedical institute
• Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, Canadian charity
• Trudeau Corporation, a North American housewares and kitchenwares company
• Trudeau (film), 2002 television miniseries on Pierre Trudeau

Trudeau is a 2002 television miniseries dramatizing the life of former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. It aired on CBC Television and was written by Wayne Grigsby and directed by Jerry Ciccoritti.

The miniseries was one of the highest-rated Canadian television programs of the year. It won several Gemini Awards, including Best Actor, Best Writing and Best Direction.

It follows Pierre Trudeau through the major events of his political mandates up to the patriation of the Canadian Constitution. A few of the major characters in the film (notably "Greenbaum" and "Duncan") are fictional, or composite characters.

A prequel, Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making, came out in 2005, examining Trudeau's early life.

Trudeau is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Trudeau family, a notable Canadian family known in politics, business and film, including:
  • Charles Trudeau (businessman) (1887–1935), Canadian businessman and father of Pierre Trudeau
  • Pierre Trudeau (1919–2000), 15th Prime Minister of Canada
  • Margaret Trudeau (b. 1948), divorced wife of Pierre Trudeau
  • Justin Trudeau (b. 1971), 23rd and current Prime Minister of Canada
  • Alexandre Trudeau (b. 1973), Canadian film-maker, son of Pierre and Margaret
  • Michel Trudeau (1975–1998), son of Pierre and Margaret who died in an avalanche
• Arthur Trudeau (1902–1991), Lieutenant General in the United States Army
• Catherine Trudeau (b. 1975), Quebec actress
• Charles Trudeau (politician) (1743–1816), 5th mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Colette Trudeau (b. 1985), Canadian born Métis singer/songwriter
• Dennis Trudeau, CBC Television journalist
• Edward Livingston Trudeau (1848–1915), American physician
• Garry Trudeau (b. 1948), American cartoonist of Doonesbury
• Jack Trudeau (b. 1962), is a former professional American football player
• John Trudeau (1927–2008), American musician
• Kevin Trudeau (b. 1963), American author, convicted felon and infomercial salesman
• Sophie Trudeau, Canadian post-rock musician
• Stephanie Trudeau (b. 1986), Miss USA beauty queen from St. Ignatius, Montana
• Yves Trudeau (artist) (b. 1930), Quebec sculptor
• Yves Trudeau (biker) (1946–2008), Quebec biker
• Zénon Trudeau, Commandant Governor of Illinois between 1793 and 1799