Louis Joseph de Montcalm-Gozon, marquis de Saint-Véran, dit de Montcalm (1712-1759), commanded the French army in 1759. He lost his life in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
James Wolfe (1727-1759) commanded the British forces in 1759. He lost his life in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry (1682-1756) was the French military engineer responsible for building the still-standing 1745 ramparts.
Sir Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Lord Dufferin (1826-1902), was Governor General of Canada and is considered the chief proponent for saving the fortifications from destruction following the withdrawal of the British army in 1871.