This is a list of notable Acadians , and people of Acadia origins.
Present-day Acadian communities (in yellow).
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Acadian or must have references showing they are Acadian and are notable.
Ray Frenette – former Premier of New Brunswick (1997–1998)Brian Gallant – former Premier of New Brunswick (2014–2018)Arthur J. LeBlanc – former Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (1998–2017) and Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia (2017)Dominic LeBlanc — Canadian MP and cabinet minister (son of Roméo LeBlanc)Neil LeBlanc – Consul General to Boston, Massachusetts, and former Nova Scotia MLA, Minister of FinanceRoméo LeBlanc – politician and journalist, former Governor-General of Canada (1995–1999)Viola Léger – former senator and actressPascal Poirier – first Acadian member of the Canadian Senate (1885–1933)Louis Robichaud – former Premier of New Brunswick (1960–1970)Camille Thériault – former Premier of New Brunswick (1998–1999)Robert Thibault – Canadian Liberal MPPeter J. Veniot – former Premier of New Brunswick (1923–1925)
Gilbert Buote – educator, publisher and author[4] Anselme Chiasson – Catholic priest, educator, writerHerménégilde Chiasson – writer, ex-lieutenant-governor of New BrunswickJoey Comeau – writer, comic creatorFrance Daigle – writer and playwrightAndrea Doucet – sociologist and writerClive Doucet – writerPlacide Gaudet – historian, educator, genealogist and journalist. His research and papers play an important role in the preservation of the Acadian history.Valentin Landry – journalist and educator[5] Émilie Leblanc – Acadian activist and educator[6] Gérald Leblanc – poetLouis Haché – writer, translator, historianAntonine Maillet – writer and playwright; Prix Goncourt 1979Alden Nowlan – poet, novelist, and playwrightMarie-Colombe Robichaud – writer and playwright[7]
Phil Comeau – film and television director; 92 film awards, Order of Canada, Order of New BrunswickLyse Doucet – news correspondent and presenter, BBC World
David Basset – trader and privateerJoseph Broussard (Beausoleil)Noel Doiron – leader of the Acadians; died in the single greatest tragedy of the Expulsion, the sinking of the Duke William Joseph-Nicolas Gautier – merchant trader and Acadian militia leaderDaniel LeBlanc – immigrant and progenitor of the LeBlanc family, the largest Acadian family at the time of the deportationPierre LeBlanc – early settler of Pointe-de-l'Église, Nova Scotia Bernard Marot (fl. 1590–1650) – French surgeon and ship's captain.Philippe Mius d'Entremont – lieutenant-major under Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour , who, in 1653, awarded him the first fief in Acadia, the Barony of Pobomcoup (currently Pubnico, Nova Scotia ). He later became the King's Attorney in Acadia.Joseph d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin – military officer and Abenaki chiefPierre II Surette – Acadian resistance leader and co-founder of Ste. Anne du Ruisseau, Nova Scotia Jeanne Dugas – wife of Pierre Bois, one of the co-founders of Chéticamp, Nova Scotia 
