The French dictionnary team *Le Petit Larousse illustré* has recently announced the 40 new personalities who will be welcomed in 2021. Montreal conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin is part of this prestigious list. Present in 2015 in the Petit Robert of proper names, then in 2018 in the illustrated Robert, the name of Yannick Nézet-Séguin will be immortalized in the Larousse collection. This great honor will be the pride of his compatriots in Montréal, Québec and Canada, while arousing admiration in the United States and in Europe, especially among the many orchestras he leads now and has led in the past, thanks to which he has become reknowned into four of the five continents of the planet. The newspaper Le Devoir has announced the news on May 29.