Rev. William McLeod Barbour was born on May 31, 1827, in Fochabers, Scotland.

He was a minister who emigrated from Scotland to the United States in 1851. He graduated from Oberlin College and Andover Theological Seminary and was ordained as a pastor in 1861. He served as a minister of the Congregational church in Peabody, Massachusetts, from 1861 to 1868. From 1868 to 1877, he was a professor at Bangor Theological Seminary. He then became a Professor of Divinity and College pastor at Yale University from 1877 to 1887. During the period from 1879 to 1885, he held the position of Professor of Homiletics and Pastoral Charge at Yale Divinity School. Subsequently, from 1887 to 1897, he served as Principal of the Congregational College of Canada at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. Barbour received honorary degrees of D.D. from Bowdoin College in 1870 and M.A. from Yale in 1877. Many of his discourses were published.

In 1857, he married Eliza Ann Ransom (1831-1908). He died on December 5, 1899, in Malden, Massachusetts.

Michel Barcelo was born on October 14, 1938.

He was a Canadian architect, urbanist, painter, and honorary professor in the Faculty of Environmental Design and Institut d’urbanisme at Université de Montréal. He was also a Member Emeritus of the Ordre des Urbanistes du Québec (2012). He studied computer graphics at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. Throughout his career, he served as a city planner for Montreal, conducted research, and was a guest lecturer at universities all over the world including Germany, China, the United States, France, and Vietnam. In 2013, he showcased his talents as a painter by publishing his book "Rues de Montréal," featuring watercolour illustrations and accompanying text that captures the richness and diversity of Montreal's streets, inviting readers to explore them.

He died on October 26, 2013, in Montreal, Quebec.

French music producer Eddie Barclay, whose clients included Jacques Brel, Dalida and Charles Aznavour, was born Édouard Ruault in Paris. His father and mother, a waiter and a postal worker, bought the Café de la Poste opposite the Gare de Lyon in the late 1920s. His grandmother in the suburb of Tavernay helped look after him and his brother as youngsters, but when he was 15 he quit school to help at the café. Especially enamored of jazz, he taught himself music and piano, and became skilled enough to be hired as a pianist at L’Étape club, where another performer then was Louis de Funès, later a movie star. During the war in occupied Paris, he and his young “zazou” friends would gather at his home to listen to jazz (forbidden by the Nazis) and other illegal radio programs. His next piano job was for Pierre-Louis Guerin (later owner of the famous Lido cabaret). In the wake of the American liberation of Paris, he changed his name to American-sounding “Eddie Barclay” and opened “Eddie’s Club.” In 1947, he launched a band with his second wife Nicole doing the vocals (under the stage name “Eve Williams”). The two founded “Blue Star Records,” using their home to store the 78s and Eddie’s scooter, which was used for delivering them. Among their musicians were Don Byas and Eddie Constantine. Barclay also co-wrote some songs with Charles Aznavour and Boris Vian, including “Quand tu m’embrasse,” later recorded by Josephine Baker. In addition, he wrote several film soundtracks. During this time, he also co-edited Jazz Magazine with Vian. In 1952 he traveled to the US where he was inspired by the new technology for 45s and LPs. Back in France, he started manufacturing and distributing for Mercury Records; he promoted the microgroove format to the French market, bringing 60 masters to Pathé-Marconi for reproduction. He released records by Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, Sammy Davis, Junior, and Duke Ellington. Barclay Records was soon the top music-producing company in France with quality sound from the German sound engineer he hired, Gerhard Lehner. Another hire was 24-year-old Quincy Jones as musical director. The company’s release of the Platters’ “Only You,” sold 1.5 million copies. He “discovered” the Egyptian sensation “Dalida” in 1956, as well as Mireille Mathieu and Johnny Halliday. Many famous singers joined Barclay’s clientele, some, like Jacques Brel and Juliette Greco, abandoning his competitor, Philips. It was Barclay who gave Brel and Aznavour their real start. Brel’s last album, before he died in 1978, sold 650,000 copies the day it was released. In the early 1980s Barclay sold his company to Polygram and retired to Saint-Tropez where he had been building a house, Maison de Cap Ramauelle, for 25 years. Always dressed in his trademark white suit, he spent the next decades partying and marrying; he had a total of nine wives, earning the nickname “Bluebeard” from some paparazzi.

James Barcley was born on June 19, 1844, in Paisley, Scotland.

He was a Scottish clergyman who studied divinity at the University of Glasgow (M.A., 1865) and was called to St. Michael’s Church in Dumfries in 1870. After that, Rev. Barclay served in Canobie, Dumfries, and, in 1876, preached in Linlithgow. He was chosen as a colleague of Rev. McGregor at St. Cuthbert’s Church in Edinburgh, where he became one of the most popular preachers in the city. Following this, St. Paul’s Church in Montreal, Quebec, invited Rev. Barclay to become its pastor. He accepted the call and was inducted as its minister on October 11, 1883. He remained as the minister of St. Paul's until 1910. His ministry in Montreal was highly successful, and he had a significant influence on the young men of the city, who flocked to his church, considering him as their friend. Rev. Barclay was known for his great mental qualities and independent thinking. He was not afraid to express the scientific and theological thoughts of his times. His sermons were carefully prepared and delivered with earnestness and force. He was a skilled reader and an impressive public speaker.

Rev. Barclay was also known for his love of outdoor activities and sports, excelling in cricket, golf, and curling. He had the honour of preaching before Queen Victoria on several occasions. The congregation of St. Paul’s Church was large and influential, and Rev. Barclay received a salary of $7,300.00, the highest paid to any minister in the Dominion. In 1892, he received an honorary doctorate (D.D.) from Glasgow University and in 1902, an honorary doctorate (LL.D.) from McGill University.

In 1873, he married Marion Simpson (1852–1942). He died on March 18, 1920, in Keswick, England and is buried in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Robert Barclay, Esq., was born on April 22, 1816, in Montrose, Angus, Scotland.

In the mid to late 1800s, he served as the Honorary Secretary of the Montrose Natural History and Antiquarian Society. He is also known for inventing a method of displaying coins in museums and other locations. This method allowed coins to be safely preserved under glass cases while enabling easy inspection of both sides at any time.

In 1848, he married Robertina Mcculloch Watson (1823–1901). He died on May 8, 1896, in Inchbrayock, Craig, Montrose, Angus, Scotland.

Catalonian arranger, conductor and composer Juan Barcons, born in Barcelona, studied piano and his favorite instrument, the oboe, at the Barcelona Conservatory of Music. Some of his better known songs are “En un lugar de la Manga (1970), Entre dos amores (1972) and La mujer es un buen negocio (1977). Some of his songwriting was done under the pseudonym “Jobam.” Most of his work on orchestrations was done while he worked for Belter Records in Barcelona where he rose from arranger to musical director. A little-known group named Trigal signed with Belter in 1975 after spending a decade playing at resorts and army camps; with the help of Barcons, however, their fusion of flamenco and gypsy rumba-funk became popular. It was Barcons who collaborated with “El Turronero,” and wrote songs for the popular Spanish cantaor’s album “New Hondo” in 1980. They intended for the album to transform El Turronero’s style and modernize traditional flamenco music; it was not a success, but, ironically, in 2020 it was rediscovered and received critical recognition, becoming a sort of cult classic. Barcons has also earned fame for his work on several songs in the Eurovision song contest. In 1969 he was co-credited for the re-worked French version of the winning Spanish entry that year: “Vivo cantando.” In 1976 he conducted the orchestra with singer “Braulio” (Braulio Antonio García Bautista) for the Spanish entry “Sobran las Palabras;” in 1981, he did the same for “Y solo tú ” sung by Bacchelli (José María Bacchelli Ortega). Later he became conductor of the Barcelona Municipal Conservatory Choir; he also became professor of oboe at the Barcelona Conservatory of Music and a lecturer on the history of music. He twice directed programs of Catalan music with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London.