List of people from New Brunswick
This is a list of notable people who are from New Brunswick, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that province.
By city or town
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| People from Bathurst | |||||
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| Name | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other | |
| David Branch | sports | 1948 | commissioner of the Canadian Hockey League | ||
| Charlie Chamberlain | entertainer | 1911 | 1972 | a featured entertainer on Don Messer's Jubilee on CBC Television, 1957-1969 | |
| Sean Couturier | 1992 | NHL hockey player currently with the Philadelphia Flyers | |||
| Joe De Grasse | 1873 | 1940 | pioneer Hollywood film director | ||
| Sam De Grasse | actor | 1875 | 1953 | ||
| Lyse Doucet | 1958 | BBC journalist | |||
| James Dunn | industrialist | 1874 | 1956 | banker, art collector, industrialist, philanthropist | |
| Robert Frigault | 1971 | author, publisher, activist | |||
| Herman James Good | 1887 | 1969 | Bathurst-born recipient of the Victoria Cross for actions during the Battle of Amiens in the First World War | ||
| Phyllis Grant | 1972 | Mi'kmaq artist, animator and director (National Film Board of Canada) | |||
| W.J. Kent | businessman | 1860 | 1943 | ||
| Felix Roland "Rollie" Rossignol | 1921 | 1981 | former NHL forward and local businessman | ||
| Natasha St-Pier | singer | 1981 | francophone chart-topping singer | ||
| Nathalie Belanger | reality television | 1984 | co-winner of popular Quebec tv show Occupation Double in 2010 | ||
| Janick Arseneau | reality television | 1989 | contestant on tv show So You Think You Can Dance Canada, currently on tour with Jennifer Lopez in Las Vegas | ||
| Joel Aubie | reality television | 1984 | contestant on season two of tv show Top Chef Canada; local business owner, Jobie's Mobile Kitchen | ||
| Leo-Guy Morrisette | businessman | former owner of the Acadie-Bathurst Titan | |||
| People from Campbellton | |||||||||
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| Name | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other | |||||
| Roy Boudreau | politics | 1946 | former MLA for Campbellton-Restigouche Centre in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick; President of the Assembly | ||||||
| Byron Christopher | journalist | 1949 | award-winning print, radio, and television news reporter | ||||||
| Greg Davis | politics | 1962 | politician | ||||||
| Rayburn Doucett | politics | 1943 | businessman and politician | ||||||
| Jean F. Dubé | politics | 1962 | former Member of Parliament (Madawaska-Restigouche), former Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick; member of the Parole Board of Canada | ||||||
| Patsy Gallant | singer | 1948 | popular singer and musical theater actress | ||||||
| Bob Glidden | musician | 1952 | award-winning bluegrass musician, recording studio engineer, and producer | ||||||
| Chuck Guité | civil servant | 1943 | civil servant | ||||||
| John LeBlanc | sports | 1964 | former professional hockey player for the Winnipeg Jets, Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers | ||||||
| René Lévesque | politics | 1922 | 1987 | Parti quebecois Premier of Quebec | |||||
| Peter Maher | sports | 1949 | sports broadcaster for the Calgary Flames; inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame | ||||||
| John McAlister | politics | 1842 | 1918 | first mayor of Campbellton, 1888-1889 | |||||
| Bill Miller | sports | 1908 | 1986 | former professional hockey player for the Montreal Maroons | |||||
| Frédéric Niemeyer | sports | 1976 | former professional tennis player | ||||||
| Mike Olscamp | politics | professor and politician | |||||||
| Gerry Ouellette | sports | 1938 | former professional hockey player for the Boston Bruins and Campbellton Tigers; won three Hardy Cups | ||||||
| John Stevens | sports | 1966 | former hockey head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers; current Assistant Coach of the Los Angeles Kings
Ann-Marie Tingley,O.N.B. , Social Activist, Volunteer,(Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers), 100 Persons Who Made a Difference (Campbellton). Charles Edward Tingley, Mayor of the City of Campbellton (1958-59),Papal Proecclesia et Pontifice Medal 1962, 100 Persons Who Made a Difference (Campbellton). Richard (Dick ) Tingley, Q.C. Councillor & Mayor (1972-1983), Campbellton & UPEI Sports Halls of Fame , 100 Persons Who Made a Difference (Campbellton ), Rotary Paul Harris International Award, Chair of Royal Visit (Charles & Diana) (1983). |
J.C. Van Horne | politics | 1921 | 2003 | politician | |
| People from Dieppe | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other | |
| Arthur Leblanc | music | 1906 | 1985 | violinist, composer | |
| Jordan Nowlan | politics | 1993 | Dieppe City Council since 2012 | ||
| Adélard Savoie | politics | 1922 | 2004 | first mayor of the Town of Dieppe | |
| Claude Bourque (journalist) | journalism | 1945 | |||
| Cy LeBlanc | politics | 1945 | businessman and politician, former MP for Dieppe Centre-Lewisville to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, born in Dieppe | ||
| Raymond Guy LeBlanc | music | 1945 | musician and poet, born in the Saint-Anselme area | ||
| Fayo | music | 1977 | songwriter, born in Dieppe | ||
| Corinne Gallant | activism | professor and feminist activist, a member of the Order of Canada | |||
| Lorette Gallant | music | nun and musician, member of the Order of Canada | |||
| Bill Malenfant | politics | 1929 | former mayor of Dieppe (1971-77, 1983-1998) | ||
| People from Edmundston | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other | |
| Joseph Bérubé | government service (judge and Ombudsman) | Longest-serving Ombudsman of New Brunswick (1976-1993). | |||
| Maurice Bolyer | music | 1920 | 1978 | banjo player who appeared on The Tommy Hunter Show | |
| John Carl Murchie | military | 1895 | 1966 | Commander of the Canadian Army from 1943 to 1945 | |
| Cédrick Desjardins | sports | 1985 | hockey goaltender, plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning affiliate in the AHL | ||
| Suzanne Hébert | music | 1956 | singer, songwriter, famous for the song 'Ode à l'Acadie' from the album of the same name | ||
| Dave Hilton, Sr. | sports | 1940 | professional boxer who won a Canadian championship in three different weight divisions | ||
| Ty LaForest | sports | 1917 | 1947 | Major League Baseball player who played with the Boston Red Sox | |
| Maryse Ouellet | sports | 1983 | professional wrestler and former two-time WWE Divas Champion | ||
| Natasha St-Pier | music | 1981 | singer, better known in France | ||
| Shawn Sawyer | sports | 1985 | figure skater, finished 12th overall at the XXth Winter Olympics held in Turin, Italy | ||
| Bernard Valcourt | politics | 1952 | federal politician | ||
| Roch Voisine | music | 1963 | singer, actor (born and raised in St-Basile) | ||
| People from Fredericton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other | |
| Jake Allen | sports | 1990 | ice hockey player for the St. Louis Blues | ||
| Benedict Arnold | 1740 | 1801 | resided in Fredericton for a period of time | ||
| Rebecca Agatha Armour | literature | 1845 | 1891 | novelist and schoolteacher who lived almost her whole life in the town | |
| R. E. Balch | academics | 1894 | 1994 | entomologist | |
| Lord Beaverbrook | 1879 | 1964 | Canadian-British business tycoon and politician | ||
| J. W. "Bud" Bird | 1932 | Provincial Cabinet Minister and member of the Canadian House of Commons | |||
| Measha Brueggergosman | 1977 | opera singer | |||
| Ambrose Everett Burnside | 1824 | 1881 | U.S. Senator, spent time in Fredericton | ||
| Bliss Carman | 1861 | 1929 | poet | ||
| Thomas Carleton | 1735 | 1817 | first lieutenant-governor of the colony of New Brunswick | ||
| Herb Curtis | 1946 | author | |||
| William Davidson | shipbuilder | 1740 | 1790 | ||
| Dave Durepos | sports | 1968 | Paralympic and World Champion wheelchair basketball player; three-time gold medalist (2000, 2004, 2012), silver medalist (2008) in five Paralympic Games; World Championship gold medalist in 2006 and bronze medalist in 1994, 1998 and 2002[1] | ||
| Mike Eagles | 1963 | former NHL player | |||
| Peter Fraser | politics | 1765 | 1840 | ||
| Raymond Fraser | 1941 | novelist, poet, biographer | |||
| Stanton T. Friedman | academics | 1934 | ufologist, nuclear physicist | ||
| Alexander "Boss" Gibson | 1819 | 1913 | industrialist, entrepreneur, mill owner in Marysville | ||
| Stephen Gough | sports | 1972 | bronze medal - 5000m relay, 1994 World Short Track Championships; 4th - 5000m relay, 1994 Winter Olympic Games; Coach, 2010 Canadian Olympic short track team; Head Coach, 2014 US Olympic short track team | ||
| Danny Grant | 1945 | Calder Memorial Trophy winner and 50-goal scorer in the NHL | |||
| James R. Hartley | politics | 1833 | 1868 | Carleton MLA and UNB senator | |
| Walter A. Hurley | 1937 | Roman Catholic bishop | |||
| Philip Iverson | 1965 | 2006 | painter | ||
| Joan Kennedy | country music singer | ||||
| Noël Kinsella | 1939 | leader of the Conservative Party in the Canadian Senate | |||
| Gérard La Forest | politics | 1926 | former Supreme Court judge | ||
| Walter Learning | 1938 | actor, director, and founder of Theatre New Brunswick | |||
| Marianne Limpert | 1972 | 1996 summer Olympics silver medalist, swimming, 200 individual medley | |||
| George Duncan Ludlow | academics, politics | 1734 | 1808 | first Chief Justice of New Brunswick | |
| Alistair MacLeod | 1936 | 2014 | author of No Great Mischief | ||
| Manny McIntyre | sports | 1918 | 2011 | only professional hockey player to also play in baseball's Negro Leagues | |
| Hugh Havelock McLean | politics | 1854 | 1938 | lawyer, MP, general, and Lieutenant Governor | |
| Joe Medjuck | 1943 | Hollywood film producer (Ghostbusters, Twins, Kindergarten Cop) | |||
| Hal Merrill | sports | 1964 | three-time bronze medalist at the Paralympic Games, two in the 1992 Summer Paralympics and one in the 1996 Summer Paralympics | ||
| Anne Murray | 1945 | vocalist, graduate of the University of New Brunswick | |||
| Alden Nowlan | 1933 | 1983 | poet, playwright | ||
| Johnathan O'Dell | poet, loyalist, arranged Benedict Arnold's negotiations with the English | ||||
| Willie O'Ree | 1935 | first black NHL player | |||
| Catharine Pendrel | sports | 1980 | 2011 World Mountain Biking Champion | ||
| Nick Piers | author | 1978 | author of The Armadillo Mysteries | ||
| Mary Pratt | 1935 | artist | |||
| Charles G. D. Roberts | 1860 | 1943 | poet, the "father of Canadian poetry" | ||
| John Saunders | politics | 1754 | 1834 | Chief Justice on N.B. Supreme Court | |
| Andy Scott | 1955 | 2013 | former Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development - Fredericton | ||
| Anna Silk | entertainment | 1974 | actress best known for work on the television show Lost Girl | ||
| Matt Stairs | 1968 | Major League Baseball player | |||
| Isaac Stephenson | 1829 | 1918 | U.S. Senator from Wisconsin | ||
| Alexander Stewart | 1829 | 1912 | U.S. Representative from Wisconsin | ||
| Mary Matilda Winslow | academics | first Black Canadian woman to graduate from UNB | |||
| Brad Woodside | 1948 | longest-serving mayor in the City of Fredericton's history | |||
| People from Miramichi | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other | |
| George P. Burchill | politics | 1889 | 1977 | shipbuilding and lumber operations, Senator of Canada 1945–1977 | |
| John Ralston | actor | 1964 | "George Venturi" from Life with Derek | ||
| Max Aitken | politics | 1879 | 1964 | 1st Baron Beaverbrook, business tycoon, politician, writer and philanthropist | |
| Richard Bedford Bennett | politics | 1870 | 1947 | 1st Viscount Bennett, 11th Prime Minister of Canada, practiced law there | |
| Susan Butler | folk singer and recipient of the Order of Canada | ||||
| Martin Cranney | 1795 | 1870 | pioneer Irish leader on the Miramichi | ||
| Joseph Cunard | 1799 | 1865 | politician, shipbuilder and businessman; former MLA; brother of Samuel Cunard | ||
| William Davidson | 1740 | 1790 | First Permanent English speaking resident businessman, shipbuilder, politician, MLA | ||
| Nicolas Denys | 1598? | 1688 | with his son Richard Denys, pioneer fur traders | ||
| Jason Dickson | 1973 | former baseball player | |||
| Yvon Durelle | 1929 | 2007 | British Empire Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion | ||
| Frances Fish | 1888 | 1975 | |||
| Raymond Fraser | author | 1941 | author and poet | ||
| James Gilmour | 1782 | 1858 | |||
| Alfred A. Green | politician | 1824 | 1899 | early California pioneer | |
| Richard Hutchison | 1812 | 1891 | businessman, former MLA and Member of Parliament | ||
| Allan Legere | 1948 | murderer and arsonist | |||
| W. S. Loggie | 1850 | 1944 | politician and businessman. | ||
| Brad Malone | 1989 | ice hockey player | |||
| Greg Malone | 1956 | former ice hockey player | |||
| Jim Malone | 1962 | former ice hockey player | |||
| Louise Manny | 1890 | 1970 | folklorist and historian | ||
| Frank McKenna | 1948 | businessman and politician, former Premier of NB, former ambassador to the United States | |||
| George Roy McWilliam | 1905 | 1977 | longtime Member of Parliament | ||
| Peter Mitchell | 1824 | 1899 | politician, Father of Confederation, former Premier of NB (as a British Province) and MP | ||
| Matilda Murdoch | fiddle player, composer, teacher; member of the Order of Canada and Order of New Brunswick | ||||
| Joseph Leonard O'Brien | 1895 | 1973 | politician and businessman, former Lieutenant-Governor | ||
| Alexander Rankin | 1788 | 1852 | politician and businessman | ||
| David Adams Richards | author | 1950 | award-winning writer | ||
| James Rogers | 1826 | 1903 | bishop | ||
| Joseph Russell | 1786 | 1855 | former shipbuilder | ||
| Valerie Sherrard | author | 1957 | award-winning author | ||
| Jabez Bunting Snowball | politician | 1837 | 1907 | politician and businessman, former Lieutenant-Governor | |
| Bradley Stewart | fly fisherman | 1959 | scored winning goal to send his bantam hockey team to North Medford Mass. | ||
| Tyson Dux | pro wrestler | 1978 | former TNA wrestler | ||
| Lemuel John Tweedie | politician | 1849 | 1917 | politician and lawyer, former Premier and Lieutenant-Governor of NB | |
| Quinson Valentino | professional wrestler | 1970 | former international pro wrestling star | ||
| Kevin Vickers | 1956 | Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons | |||
| Michael Whelan | poet | 1858 | 1937 | poet | |
| People from Moncton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other | |
| Julie Doiron | musician | 1972 | indie rock musician with Eric's Trip | ||
| France Daigle | Acadian novelist | 1953 | winner of the Governor General's Literary Prize for French fiction in 2012 | ||
| Olivier Jarda | musician | singer-songwriter | |||
| Roger Lord | musician | professional pianist, brother of former premier Bernard Lord | |||
| Matt Minglewood | musician | 1947 | rock musician | ||
| Marg Osburne | musician | 1927 | 1977 | country and gospel singer, television and radio personality; featured on Don Messer's Jubilee and That Maritime Feeling | |
| Mike Plume | musician | 1968 | country singer | ||
| Rheal Cormier | athletics | 1968 | baseball player | ||
| Rick White | musician | 1970 | indie rock musician (Eric's Trip, Elevator | ||
| Jasper Wood | musician | 1974 | concert violinist | ||
| Holly Elissa | thespian | 1979 | film actor | ||
| Viola Léger | thespian | 1930 | stage actress and retired Canadian Senator, known for her role as La Sagouine | ||
| Gordie Drillon | athletics | 1913 | 1986 | hockey player | |
| Robert Maillet | thespian | 1969 | film actor, played "Uber Immortal" in 300; played "Dredger" in 2009's Sherlock Holmes | ||
| Robb Wells | thespian | 1971 | comic actor, played "Ricky" on TV's Trailer Park Boys | ||
| Michael de Adder | cartoonist | 1967 | political cartoonist | ||
| Sheree Fitch | writer | 1956 | children's author | ||
| Gérald Leblanc | writer | 1945 | 2005 | author and poet | |
| Don Jardine | professional wrestler | 1940 | 2006 | known as "The Spoiler" and "The Super Destroyer"; trainer of WWE wrestler The Undertaker | |
| Antonine Maillet | writer | 1929 | novelist, recipient of the Prix Goncourt, the highest honour in francophone literature | ||
| George Steeves | writer | c. 1945 | contemporary photographer | ||
| Christian Cardell Corbet | writer | 1966 | portrait sculptor, painter, forensic artist and patron | ||
| Rick Bowness | athletics | 1955 | former NHL player and former head coach of five different NHL teams, most recently the Phoenix Coyotes; currently assistant head coach for the Tampa Bay Lightning | ||
| Sandy Ferguson | athletics | 1879 | 1919 | heavyweight boxer; fought Jack Johnson five times | |
| Russ Howard | athletics | 1956 | two-time world champion and Olympic gold medalist men's curler | ||
| Travis Jayner | athletics | 1982 | Olympic bronze and World Championship silver medal-winning short track speed skater | ||
| Terry Moore | athletics | 1958 | soccer player; NASL, Irish League, Olympics, played for Canada at the 1986 World Cup | ||
| Northrop Frye | writer | 1912 | 1991 | literary critic and academic; continues to be a prominent figure in Moncton culture, with The Frye Festival, an annual literary festival, bearing his name | |
| James E. Lockyer | government | 1949 | law professor and former New Brunswick Minister of Justice | ||
| Julian LeBlanc | thespian | 1989 | actor | ||
| Michel Bastarache | government | 1947 | Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada | ||
| Claudette Bradshaw | government | 1949 | former federal Minister of Labour (1998–2004) | ||
| Herménégilde Chiasson | government | 1946 | artist, academic, current Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick | ||
| Reuben Cohen | business | 1921 | lawyer and business magnate | ||
| Allison Dysart | government | 1880 | 1960 | Premier of New Brunswick (1935–1940) | |
| Henry Emmerson | government | 1853 | 1914 | Premier of New Brunswick (1897–1900), Federal Minister of Railways and Canals (1904–1907) | |
| Ray Frenette | government | 1935 | Premier of New Brunswick (1997–1998) | ||
| Roméo LeBlanc | government | 1927 | 2009 | former federal Minister of Fisheries, Senator and Speaker of the Canadian Senate; Governor-General of Canada (1995–1999) | |
| Bernard Lord | government | 1965 | Premier of New Brunswick (1999–2006) | ||
| Frank McKenna | government | 1948 | Premier of New Brunswick (1987–1997), former Canadian ambassador to the United States of America | ||
| James Alexander Murray | government | 1864 | 1960 | Premier of New Brunswick (1917) | |
| Ivan Rand | government | 1884 | 1969 | Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada; creator of the Rand formula, which allows union dues to be automatically subtracted from workers' salaries; member of the UNSCOP, which oversaw the partition of Palestine in 1947 | |
| Brenda Robertson | government | 1929 | first female member of the New Brunswick legislature and the first female cabinet minister in New Brunswick, Canadian Senator (1984–2004) | ||
| Brian Gallant | government | 1982 | Premier of New Brunswick (2014–present) | ||
| Bill "Spaceman" Lee | athletics | 1946 | American pro baseball pitcher; played four years with the Moncton Mets (1984–1987) | ||
| Clifford William Robinson | government | 1866 | 1944 | Premier of New Brunswick (1907–1908), Canadian Senator | |
| People from Riverview | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other | |
| Charles Foster | Writer | 1923 | |||
| Travis Jayner | Sports | 1982 | |||
| Michael LeBlanc | Sports | 1987 | |||
| Benjamin Trickett Mercer | Arts | 1991 | |||
| Mike Miller | Sports | 1989 | |||
| Todd Smith | Politics | 1971 | |||
| People from Saint John | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Field | Birth | Death | Known For | |
| Robert M. Allan | Politics | 1880 | Member of the Los Angeles City Council, Commissioner of the Board of Public Works of Los Angeles [2] | ||
| John Babington Macaulay Baxter | Politics and law | 1868 | 1946 | Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue (Canada), Premier of New Brunswick, Chief Justice of New Brunswick | |
| Jonathan Bliss | Politics and law | 1742 | 1822 | United Empire Loyalist, Chief Justice of New Brunswick | |
| Miller Brittain | The arts | 1912 | 1968 | Painter and member of the Canadian official war artists program during the Second World War | |
| Art Burns | Philanthropy | 1954 | Philanthropist | ||
| Laura Calder | Culinary | 1970 | Writer and chef | ||
| Anne Compton | The arts | 1947 | Poet and winner of the Governor General's Award for poetry | ||
| Stompin' Tom Connors | The arts | 1936 | 2013 | Folk musician | |
| James De Mille | The arts | 1833 | 1880 | Novelist and educator | |
| Jerrod Edson | the Arts | 1974 | Novelist | ||
| Myra Freeman | Philanthropy and politics | 1949 | First female Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia | ||
| Mort Garson | The arts | 1924 | 2008 | Electronic musician | |
| Abraham Pineo Gesner | Science and technology | 1797 | 1864 | Inventor of kerosene; founder of Gesner's Museum in 1842, the precursor to the New Brunswick Museum | |
| Stuart Howe | The arts | 1967 | Operatic tenor | ||
| William Hoyt | Law | 1930 | Justice of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal, Member of the Saville Inquiry into the events of Bloody Sunday | ||
| John Horbury Hunt | Architecture | 1838 | 1904 | Australian architect | |
| Ryan Jimmo | Sports | 1981 | 2016 | Mixed martial artist, UFC fighter | |
| Ethel Knight Kelly | The arts | 1875 | 1949 | Australian actor and writer [3] | |
| George Edwin King | Politics | 1839 | 1901 | Premier of New Brunswick, Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada | |
| Thomas Leavitt | Politics | 1795 | 1850 | Banker, diplomat | |
| Kevin MacMichael | The arts | 1951 | 2002 | Musician and guitarist of Cutting Crew | |
| Bill Magee | Sports | 1875 | Major League Baseball player | ||
| Louis B. Mayer | Arts | 1884 | 1957 | Film producer; co-founder of MGM; born in the Russian Empire but raised in Saint John | |
| Art McGovern | Sports | 1882 | 1915 | Major League Baseball player | |
| Catherine McKinnon | Arts | 1944 | Folk singer | ||
| Joseph Medill | Politics and Publishing | 1823 | 1899 | Mayor of Chicago; co-owner of the Chicago Tribune | |
| Gerald Merrithew | Politics | 1931 | 2004 | Member of Parliament; Minister of Veterans Affairs (Canada); Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick; provincial cabinet minister | |
| James Mullinger | Arts | 1978 | - | English-born comedian | |
| William Murdoch | Arts | 1823 | 1887 | Poet | |
| Arthur J. Nesbitt | Business | 1880 | 1954 | Co-founder of Nesbitt, Thomson & Co. and Power Corporation of Canada | |
| Alden Nowlan | Arts | 1933 | 1983 | Poet, essayist, and journalist; born in Stanley, Nova Scotia but lived in Saint John | |
| John O'Brien | Sports | 1886 | 1913 | Major League Baseball player | |
| Bill O'Neil | Sports | 1880 | 1920 | Major League Baseball player | |
| Bill Phillips | Sports | 1857 | 1900 | Major League Baseball player | |
| George Frederick Phillips | Military | 1862 | 1904 | Member of the U.S. Navy; Medal of Honor recipient; veteran of the Spanish-American War | |
| Walter Pidgeon | The arts | 1897 | 1984 | Stage and film actor; two time Academy Award nominee | |
| Young Pluto | Sports | 1871 | 1931 | Professional boxer | |
| James W. Reid | Architecture | 1851 | 1943 | Architect, with his brothers founded Reid & Reid in San Francisco | |
| John Robinson | Business and Politics | 1762 | 1828 | Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick; Mayor of Saint John; President of the Bank of New Brunswick | |
| Harry Saltzman | The arts | 1915 | 1994 | Theatre and film producer; co-producer of the James Bond film series; born in Sherbrooke, Quebec but raised in Saint John | |
| Brett Somers | The arts | 1924 | 2007 | Actor | |
| Matt Stairs | Sports | 1968 | Major League Baseball player | ||
| Donald Sutherland | The arts | 1935 | Theatre, film, and television actor | ||
| Samuel Leonard Tilley | Politics | 1818 | 1896 | Father of Confederation; Premier of New Brunswick; Minister of Finance (Canada); Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick; born in Gagetown, New Brunswick but lived in Saint John | |
| Ken Tobias | The arts | 1945 | Singer-songwriter, producer | ||
| Lyman Ward | The arts | 1941 | actor | ||
By county
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| People from Albert County | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
| R. B. Bennett | Hopewell Hill | Politics | 1870 | 1947 | lawyer, businessman, politician, philanthropist, Prime Minister |
| W. A. C. Bennett | Hastings | Politics | 1900 | 1979 | |
| John Coleman Calhoun | Politics | 1871 | 1950 | ||
| A. Russell Colpitts | Colpitts Settlement | Politics | 1906 | 2008 | |
| Harry O. Downey | Curryville | Politics | 1897 | ||
| Molly Kool | Alma | Sea Captain | 1916 | 2009 | |
| William James Lewis | Hillsborough | Politics | 1830 | 1910 | |
| Malcolm MacLeod | Politics | ||||
| Abner Reid McClelan | Riverside-Albert | Politics | 1831 | 1917 | |
| Hugh McMonagle | Hillsborough | Politics | 1817 | 1889 | |
| Neil McNeil | Hillsborough | Religion | 1851 | 1934 | |
| Charles J. Osman | Hillsborough | Politics | 1851 | 1922 | |
| George Robert Parkin | Parkindale | Education | 1846 | 1922 | |
| Cyrus Wesley Peck | Hopewell Hill | Military | 1871 | 1956 | Victoria Cross recipient |
| Freddie Prosser | Shenstone | Wrestling | 1938 | 1974 | |
| James W. Reid | Harvey | Architect | 1851 | 1943 | |
| Watson Elkinah Reid | Harvey | Architect | 1858 | 1944 | |
| Wayne Steeves | Lower Coverdale | Politician | 1944 | ||
| William Steeves | Hillsborough | Politician | 1814 | 1873 | |
| Claude D. Taylor | Edgetts Landing | Politics | 1911 | 1970 | |
| Harold A. Terris | Politics | 2001 | |||
| Gaius S. Turner | Harvey | Politics | 1838 | 1892 | |
| John D. Wallace | Politics | 1949 | |||
| People from Carleton County | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other | |
| Earle Avery | Woodstock | Harness racing | 1894 | 1977 | Canada & U.S. Hall of Fame | |
| Robert Begg | Florenceville | Researcher | 1914 | 1982 | ||
| Dianne Brushett | Bath | Researcher | 1942 | |||
| Judy Clendening | Judge | |||||
| Fred Cogswell | East Centreville | Poet | 1917 | 2004 | ||
| Charles Connell | Northampton | Politics | 1810 | 1873 | ||
| Frank Copp | Bristol | Judge | 1881 | 1959 | ||
| Horace Victor Dalling | Richmond | Inventor | 1854 | 1931 | ||
| Aida McAnn Flemming | Victoria Corner | Premier's Wife | 1896 | 1944 | wife of Hugh John Flemming | |
| Hugh John Flemming | Peel | Premier of New Brunswick | 1899 | 1982 | ||
| Harrison McCain | Florenceville | Entrepreneur | 1927 | 2004 | ||
| Wallace McCain | Florenceville | Entrepreneur | 1930 | 2011 | ||
| People from Charlotte County | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Community | Notable for | Birth | Death | Other |
| Benjamin Milliken | Bocabec | Shipyard owner and American Loyalist | 1728 | 1791 | |
| Benjamin Milliken II | Bocabec, New Brunswick | Officer in York Militia Upper Canada Rebellion | 1794 | 1863 | |
| Alexander Gibson | Oak Bay, New Brunswick | Industrialist | 1819 | 1913 | Founder of Marysville |
| William Carson | Elmsville | Lumberman | 1825 | 1912 | Discovered and exploited massive timber at Humboldt Bay, California (1849) |
| Edward Mitchell Bannister | St. Andrews | Artist | 1828 | 1901 | |
| Thomas Storrow Brown | St. Andrews | Businessman | 1803 | 1888 | Officer of the 1837 Rebellion |
| Don Sweeney | St. Stephen | Hockey player | 1966 | ||
| David Walker | St. Stephen | Writer | 1911 | 1992 | Born in Scotland; two of his novels were made into feature films |
| Norman Buchanan (MC) | St. Stephen | Military | 1915 | 2008 | Member of the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame, politician, businessman |
| People from Gloucester County | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
| Luc Bourdon | Shippagan | Athlete | 1987 | 2008 | NHL player |
| Jean-François Breau | Tracadie | Musician | 1978 | Acadian singer | |
| Edith Butler | Paquetville | Musician | 1942 | Acadian singer | |
| Herménégilde Chiasson | Saint-Simon | Poet | 1946 | 29th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick | |
| Tom Culligan | Belledune | Businessman | 1945 | co-founder of the Second Cup franchise company | |
| Jason Godin | Maisonnette | Politics | 1993 | Mayor of Maisonnette since 2012 and NDP candidate for the riding of Acadie-Bathurst in 2015 federal election | |
| Wilfred LeBouthillier | Tracadie | Musician | 1978 | Acadian singer and 2003 winner of Star Academie (a Quebec reality show for aspiring singers) | |
| Denis Losier | Tracadie | Politician | 1952 | New Brunswick Liberal MLA (Tracadie) and Minister from 1988 to 1994 | |
| Rose-Marie Losier-Cool | Tracadie | Politician | 1937 | Senator 1995-2012 | |
| Serge Rousselle | Tracadie | Politics | 19xx | New Brunswick Attorney General; Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development; Liberal MLA for the riding of Tracadie-Sheila | |
| Rejean Thomas | Tracadie | Health care | 1955 | pioneer in AIDS health care, founder of Doctors of the World Canada, Member of the Order of Canada (2009), and Chevalier of the Ordre national du Québec (2005) | |
| Doug Young | Tracadie | Politician | 1940 | New Brunswick MLA from 1978-1983, New Brunswick Minister of Fisheries in 1987, Liberal MP and Minister from 1993-1997 | |
| Robert Young | Caraquet | Politician | 1834 | 1904 | great-uncle of Doug Young |
| People from Kent County | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
| Joël Bourgeois | Grande-Digue | Sports | 1971 | 3000m steeplechase runner, gold medalist at the 1999 Pan American Games, silver medalist at the 2003 Pan American Games, and two time Olympian, in the 1996 and 2000 editions of the Games | |
| Donald J. Savoie | Bouctouche | Political analyst | 1947 | ||
| K. C. Irving | Bouctouche | Industrialist | 1899 | 1992 | |
| Andrew Bonar Law | Rexton | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | 1858 | 1923 | |
| Mia Martina | Saint-Ignace | Singer | 1982 | ||
| Antonine Maillet | Bouctouche | Author | 1929 | Prix Goncourt winner | |
| Robert Maillet | Sainte-Marie-de-Kent | Wrestler/Actor | 1969 | ||
| People from Kings County | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other | |
| Winston Bronnum | Sussex | Sculptor | 1975 | |||
| Chris Cummings | Norton | Country music singer | 1975 | |||
| John Peters Humphrey | Hampton | Lawyer | 1905 | 1995 | diplomat, scholar and principal author of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights | |
| George McCready Price | Havelock | Creationist | 1870 | 1963 | ||
| Anna Ruth Lang | Nauwigewauk | Recipient of the Canadian Cross of Valour (1982) | ||||
| People from Madawaska County | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
| Pius Michaud | St. Leonard | Politics | 1870 | 1956 | |
| Irénée Pelletier | Saint-Andre | Politics | 1939 | 1994 | |
| Joseph-Aurèle Plourde | Saint-François-de-Madawaska | Religion | 1915 | 2013 | |
| Jocelyne Saucier | Clair | writer | 1948 | - | |
| Serge Patrice Thibodeau | Rivière-Verte | writer | 1959 | - | |
| People from Northumberland County | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
| Yvon Durelle | Baie-Ste-Anne | Boxer | 1929 | 2007 | |
| Lisa LeBlanc | Rosaireville | Singer-songwriter | 1990 | ||
| Allan Legere | Black River-Hardwicke | Serial Killer | 1948 | ||
| Raymond Fraser | Black River-Hardwicke | Author | 1941 | ||
| Melissa Ann Shepard | Burnt Church | Criminal | 1935 | [6] | |
| People from Queens County | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
| Henry A. Austin | Scotchtown | Politics | 1833 | 1911 | |
| Elizabeth Brewster | Chipman | Author | 1922 | 2012 | |
| Marjorie Taylor Morell | Minto | Author of Of Mines and Men; 1995 recipient of United Nations Community Service Award | 1918 | 2004 | |
| Eldon Rathburn | Queenstown | Film composer | 1916 | 2008 | |
| Dylan Northrup | Chipman | Slaying poon | 1993 | " | |
| People from Restigouche County | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
| Pamela Palmater | Eel River | Mi'kmaq lawyer, professor, activist, author | 1970 | N/A | |
| People from Saint John County | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
| Judson Burpee Black | St. Martins | Physician | 1842 | 1924 | |
| Walter Edward Foster | St. Martins | Politics | 1873 | 1947 | |
| People from Sunbury County | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
| Washington Atlee Burpee | Sheffield | Horticulturists | 1858 | 1915 | |
| Henry Emmerson | Maugerville | Lawyer | 1853 | 1914 | |
| People from Victoria County | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
| Ron Turcotte | Drummond | Sports | 1941 | ||
| Wayne Maunder | Four Falls | Actor | 1938 | ||
| People from Westmorland County | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
| Emile Goguen | Pointe-du-Chene | Wrestler | 1936 | ||
| K. V. Johansen | Sackville | Writer | 1968 | ||
| Roméo LeBlanc | Memramcook | Governor-General of Canada | 1927 | 2009 | |
| Douglas Lochhead | Sackville | Poet | 1922 | 2011 | |
| Arthur Motyer | Sackville | Professor, author, playwright | 1925 | 2011 | |
| Charles G. D. Roberts | Westcock | Poet | 1860 | 1943 | |
| Claude Roussel | Cap-Pelé | Sculptor | 1930 | ||
| Janiva Willis | Irishtown | Softball Player & Philanthropist | 1983 | 2016 | |
| People from York County | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
| Krista Black | Kingsclear | Canadian women's ice hockey | 1980 | ||
| Roland H. Hartley | Shogomoc | Governor | 1864 | 1952 | [7] |
| Casey LeBlanc | Nackawic | Singer | 1987 | ||
| Adam Oliver | Lumberman, mill owner, contractor, and politician | 1823 | 1882 | [8] | |
| Edward Winslow | Kingsclear | UE Loyalist and part founder of New Brunswick | 1746/7 | 1815 | |
| Matthew Wuest | Stanley | Reporter and creator of CapGeek | 1979 | 2015 | |
References
- ↑ http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/Dave_Durepos_Retirement.aspx
- ↑ Los Angeles Public Library reference file
- ↑ Rutledge, Martha (1983). "Kelly, Ethel Knight (1875–1949)". Australian Dictionary of National Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ↑ 2001 CNews article profiling five SHU inmates, including Legere archived at douglaschristie.com
- ↑
- ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/internet-black-widow-prison-release-1.3473214
- ↑ "Washington Governor Louis Folwell Hart". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
- ↑ Emery, George (2002). Adam Oliver of Ingersoll, 1823-1882: Lumberman, Millowner, Contractor, and Politician. Western University, London: Ingersoll Historical Society. pp. 1–179. ISBN 0-9688876-1-9.
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