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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.
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People from Bathurst | |||||
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Name | Known for | Birth | Death | Other | |
David Branch | ice hockey | 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 | ice hockey | 1992 | NHL hockey player currently with the Philadelphia Flyers | ||
Joe De Grasse | film director | 1873 | 1940 | pioneer Hollywood film director | |
Sam De Grasse | actor | 1875 | 1953 | known primarily for playing crafty and villainous film roles | |
Lyse Doucet | journalist | 1958 | BBC journalist | ||
James Dunn | industrialist | 1874 | 1956 | banker, art collector, industrialist, philanthropist | |
Robert Frigault | author | 1971 | author, publisher, activist | ||
Herman James Good | soldier | 1887 | 1969 | Bathurst-born recipient of the Victoria Cross for actions during the Battle of Amiens in the First World War | |
W.J. Kent | businessman | 1860 | 1943 | Founding alderman in Bathurst's first town council, mayor of Bathurst for two terms | |
Felix Roland "Rollie" Rossignol | ice hockey | 1921 | 1981 | former NHL forward and local businessman | |
Scott Smith | ice hockey | 1966 | president of Hockey Canada | ||
Bill Hatanaka | Canadian football | 1954 | serves as the chair of the Ontario Health agency's board of director | ||
Natasha St-Pier | singer | 1981 | francophone chart-topping singer |
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 | ||
Bill Dickie | sports | 1916 | 1997 | ice hockey goaltender | |
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 theatre actress | ||
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 québécois Premier of Quebec | |
Brenda Best | music | 1962 | award-winning songwriter ASCAP Nashville; inducted into the NBCMHF New Brunswick Country Music Hall of Fame (2015) | ||
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 | ||
Allain Roy | sports | 1970 | 1994 Canadian Olympian, won NCAA title with Harvard and drafted by the Winnipeg Jets. | ||
John Stevens | sports | 1966 | former hockey head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers; current Assistant Coach of the Los Angeles Kings | ||
J.C. Van Horne | politics | 1921 | 2003 | politician |
People from Dieppe | |||||
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Name | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other | |
Arthur Leblanc [fr] | music | 1906 | 1985 | violinist, composer | |
Adélard Savoie [fr] | politics | 1922 | 2004 | first mayor of the Town of Dieppe | |
Claude Bourque (journalist) [fr] | journalism | 1945 | |||
Cy LeBlanc | politics | 1955 | businessman and politician, former MP for Dieppe Centre-Lewisville to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, born in Dieppe | ||
Raymond Guy LeBlanc | music | 1945 | 2021 | musician and poet, born in the Saint-Anselme area | |
Fayo | music | 1977 | songwriter, born in Dieppe | ||
Kamylle Frenette | sports | 1996 | paratriathlete, born and grew up in Dieppe | ||
Corinne Gallant | activism | 1922 | 2018 | professor and feminist activist, a member of the Order of Canada | |
Lorette Gallant [fr] | music | nun and musician, member of the Order of Canada | |||
Bill Malenfant | politics | 1929 | 2016 | former mayor of Dieppe (1971–1977, 1983–1998) | |
Yvon Lapierre | politics | 1964 | current mayor of Dieppe (1998-2005, 2012-Current) | ||
Charlie Gillespie | acting | 1998 | actor, born in Dieppe | ||
Paul LeBlanc | makeup and hairstyling | 1946 | 2019 | Academy Award winning hairstylist (Amadeus, Return of the Jedi, Black Swan) |
People from Edmundston | |||||
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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 | ||
Dave Hilton, Sr. | sports | 1940 | 2023 | 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 | |||||
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Name | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other | |
Lisa Alward | writer | 1962 | nominee for the 2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction | ||
Rebecca Agatha Armour | literature | 1845 | 1891 | novelist and schoolteacher who lived almost her whole life in the town | |
John Babbitt | science | 1845 | 1889 | built the first working phonograph in New Brunswick | |
R. E. Balch | academics | 1894 | 1994 | entomologist | |
J. W. "Bud" Bird | 1932 | Provincial Cabinet Minister and member of the House of Commons of Canada | |||
Troy Brewer | Retail Industry | 1971 | Vice President of Stores GUESS? Inc | ||
Bliss Carman | literature | 1861 | 1929 | poet | |
Herb Curtis | literature | 1946 | author | ||
Mike Eagles | sports | 1963 | former NHL player | ||
Gérard La Forest | law | 1926 | former Supreme Court judge | ||
Julia O. Henson | activist | 1852 | A co-founder of the NAACP and the Harriet Tubman house in Boston | ||
Hugh Havelock McLean | politics | 1854 | 1938 | lawyer, MP, general, and Lieutenant Governor | |
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 | ||
Alden Nowlan | literature | 1933 | 1983 | poet, playwright, journalist | |
Willie O'Ree | sports | 1935 | first black NHL player | ||
Charles G. D. Roberts | literature | 1860 | 1943 | poet, the "father of Canadian poetry" | |
John Saunders | politics | 1754 | 1834 | Chief Justice on N.B. Supreme Court | |
Andy Scott | politics | 1955 | 2013 | former Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development – Fredericton |
People from Miramichi | |||||
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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, practised law there | |
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 | ||
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 | ||
Joseph Leonard O'Brien | 1895 | 1973 | politician and businessman, former Lieutenant-Governor | ||
Anne Quinlan | educator | 1839 | 1923 | head of St. Michael's Academy | |
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 | |
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 | |
Duane Rousselle | educator, psychoanalyst | 1982 | educator, author, activist, and psychoanalyst |
People from Moncton | |||||
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Name | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other | |
George Carroll | athlete | 1897 | 1939 | NHL defenceman | |
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 | ||
Frederick W. Sumner | was a merchant and political figure | 1855 | 1919 | was a merchant and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada[1] | |
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 | ||
Phil Comeau | film director | 1956 | directed first theatrical Acadian feature Le secret de Jérôme (Jerome's Secret) | ||
Rhéal Cormier | athlete | 1968 | 2021 | baseball player | |
René-Arthur Fréchet | architect | 1879 | 1950 | originally from Montreal | |
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 | 2023 | stage actress and retired Canadian Senator, known for her role as La Sagouine | |
Gordie Drillon | athlete | 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 | ||
Sonja Lang | linguist | c. 1978 | linguist and translator | ||
Sandy Ferguson | athlete | 1879 | 1919 | heavyweight boxer; fought Jack Johnson five times | |
Russ Howard | athlete | 1956 | two-time world champion and Olympic gold medalist men's curler | ||
Travis Jayner | athlete | 1982 | Olympic bronze and World Championship silver medal-winning short track speed skater | ||
Terry Moore | athlete | 1958 | soccer player; NASL, Irish League, Olympics, played for Canada at the 1986 World Cup | ||
Daniel Gaudet | athlete | 1959 | represented Canada in artistic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles | ||
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 | 2022 | former federal Minister of Labour (1998–2004) | |
Herménégilde Chiasson | government | 1946 | artist, academic, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick 2003-2009 | ||
Reuben Cohen | business | 1921 | 2014 | 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 | 2018 | 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 | 2020 | 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 (2014–2018) | ||
Bill "Spaceman" Lee | athlete | 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 | |||||
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Full name | Known for | Birth | Death | Other | |
Charles Foster | Writer | 1923 | 2017 | ||
Travis Jayner | Sports | 1982 | |||
Michael LeBlanc | Sports | 1987 | |||
Mike Miller | Sports | 1989 | |||
Jordan Murray | Sports | 1992 | |||
Todd Smith | Politics | 1971 | |||
Yvette Victoria Angela Swan | Minister | 1945 | 2021 |
The following is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Saint John, New Brunswick.
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People from Albert County | |||||
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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 | |
Fred Colpitts | Colpitts Settlement | Politics; Business | 1887 | 1963 | Fur farmer |
Harry O. Downey | Curryville | Politics | 1897 | 1974 | |
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 | Lieutenant-Governor |
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 | ||
Mike Deuce | Videographer and Comedian | 1981 | |||
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 | ||||||
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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 | ||
Myles Goodwyn | Woodstock | Musician | 1948 | Frontman of April Wine | ||
Richard Hatfield | Hartland | Premier of New Brunswick | 1931 | 1991 | Canadian Senator | |
Harrison McCain | Florenceville | Entrepreneur | 1927 | 2004 | ||
Wallace McCain | Florenceville | Entrepreneur | 1930 | 2011 | ||
Andy Tommy | Hartland/Woodstock | Pro Football player | 1911 | 1972 | ||
Anthony Hamblin | Centreville | Fairfax Financial Holdings | 1939 | Hamblin Watsa Investments |
People from Charlotte County | |||||
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Full name | Community | Notable for | Birth | Death | Other |
Norman Buchanan (MC) | St. Stephen | Military | 1915 | 2008 | Member of the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame, politician, businessman |
J. Howard Crocker | St. Stephen | Educator and sports executive | 1870 | 1959 | Physical education director for the YMCA and University of Western Ontario, Executive with the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee[1] |
Gilbert Ganong | Springfield | Cofounder of Ganong Bros. Limited | 1851 | 1917 | Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick |
Hardy N. Ganong | St. Stephen | Sportsman, soldier, businessman | 1890 | 1963 | |
Alexander Gibson | Oak Bay, New Brunswick | Industrialist | 1819 | 1913 | Founder of Marysville |
Richard Hanson | Bocabec, Charlotte County, New Brunswick | Politician | 1879 | 1948 | |
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 |
People from Gloucester County | |||||
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Full Name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
Renée Blanchar | Caraquet | Filmmaker | 1964 | ||
Luc Bourdon | Shippagan | Athlete | 1987 | 2008 | NHL player |
Jean-François Breau | Tracadie | Musician | 1978 | Acadian singer | |
Edith Butler | Hautes-Terres | 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 | |
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 | |||||
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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 | ||
Christian Kit Goguen | Saint-Charles | Singer-songwriter | 1978 | ||
K. C. Irving | Bouctouche | Industrialist | 1899 | 1992 | |
Bonar Law | Five Rivers | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | 1858 | 1923 | First British Prime Minister born outside the British Isles |
Mia Martina | Saint-Ignace | Singer | 1982 | ||
Antonine Maillet | Bouctouche | Author | 1929 | Prix Goncourt winner | |
Robert Maillet | Sainte-Marie-de-Kent | Wrestler/Actor | 1969 | ||
Louis Robichaud | Champdoré | Premier of New Brunswick | 1925 | 2005 | |
Margery Ward | Bass River | Politician | 1942 | 1993 |
People from Kings County | |||||
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Name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
Winston Bronnum | Sussex | Sculptor | 1929 | 1991 | |
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 |
Anna Ruth Lang | Nauwigewauk | Recipient of the Canadian Cross of Valour (1982) | |||
Hugh J. McCormick | Kennebecasis Island | Speed Skater | 1854 | 1910 | World professional speed skater 1890-1892 |
George McCready Price | Havelock | Creationist | 1870 | 1963 | |
Anna McNulty | Grand Bay-Westfield | YouTuber | 2002 |
People from Madawaska County | |||||
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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 | - | |
Natasha St-Pier | Saint-Hilaire | Singer | 1981 | - |
People from Northumberland County | |||||
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Full Name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
Joe Mike Augustine | Metepenagiag Mi'kmaq Nation | Discoverer of the Augustine Mound | 1911 | 1995 | |
Noah Augustine | Metepenagiag Mi'kmaq Nation | Native activist and former Chief | 1971 | 2010 | |
R. B. Bennett | Chatham | Prime Minister of Canada | 1870 | 1947 | |
Yvon Durelle | Baie-Ste-Anne | Boxer | 1929 | 2007 | |
Lisa LeBlanc | Rosaireville | Singer-songwriter | 1990 | ||
Allan Legere | Chatham Head (Miramichi) | Serial Killer | 1948 | ||
Raymond Fraser | Black River-Hardwicke | Author | 1941 | 2018 | |
Melissa Ann Shepard | Burnt Church | Criminal | 1935 | [4] |
People from Queens County | |||||
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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 | |
Don Mogard | Hampstead | Boxer | 1925 | 1994 |
People from Restigouche County | |||||
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Full name | Community | Known for | Birth | Death | Other |
Pamela Palmater | Eel River | Mi'kmaq lawyer, professor, activist, author | 1970 | ||
Hubert Marcoux | Charlo | French-Canadian solo sailor and author | February 12, 1941 | November 2009 | |
Guy Arseneault | Dalhousie | Former member of the House of Commons of Canada | May 11, 1952 | ||
Gord Titcomb | Dalhousie | Ice hockey player in the WHA | September 3, 1953 |
People from Saint John County | |||||
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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 | |||||
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Full name | Community | Notable for | Birth | Death | Other |
Jenica Atwin | Oromocto | Politician (Member of Parliament) | 1987 | She ran as a provincial candidate under the Green Party ticket, in the 2018 general election. | |
Washington Atlee Burpee | Sheffield | Horticulturist | 1858 | 1915 | |
Henry Emmerson | Maugerville | Lawyer | 1853 | 1914 | |
August Ames | Maugerville | Pornographic film actor | 1994 | 2017 |
People from Victoria County | |||||
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Full Name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
Ron Turcotte | Drummond | Sports | 1941 | ||
Wayne Maunder | Four Falls | Actor | 1937 | 2018 |
People from Westmorland County | |||||
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Full Name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
Léonce Cormier | Dorchester | Wrestler | 1948 | ||
Emile Goguen | Pointe-du-Chene | Wrestler | 1936 | ||
Douglas How | Dorchester | Reporter and Author | 1919 | 2001 | |
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 |
People from York County | |||||
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Full name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
Sarah Emma Edmonds | Magaguadavic | Soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War | 1841 | 1898 | |
Roland H. Hartley | Shogomoc | Governor of the U.S. state of Washington | 1864 | 1952 | [5] |
Casey LeBlanc | Nackawic-Millville | Singer | 1987 | ||
Adam Oliver | Lumberman, mill owner, contractor, and politician | 1823 | 1882 | [6] | |
Dr. Chris Simpson | Nackawic-Millville | President of the Canadian Medical Association | 1967 | ||
Jake Thomas | Douglas | CFL defensive lineman and 107th Grey Cup champion | 1990 | ||
Edward Winslow | Kingsclear | UE Loyalist and part founder of New Brunswick | 1746/7 | 1815 | |
Matthew Wuest | Stanley | Reporter and creator of CapGeek | 1979 | 2015 | |
Troy Brewer | Beaverdam | Vice President of stores GUESS? Inc. [] | 1971 |
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.