This is a list of notable people who are from Nova Scotia, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that province.
Provincial flag of Nova Scotia
- David H. Armstrong, United States Senator from Missouri, born in Nova Scotia[1]
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Samuel Cunard
- Noel Doiron
- Charles Fenerty, inventor of wood pulp process for papermaking
- Rose Fortune
- Abraham Pineo Gesner, discovered kerosene oil
- Jerome of Sandy Cove
- Joseph Howe
- Gordon Benjamin Isnor
- William Paget[2][3][4] [5] [6][7]
- Angus MacAskill, suffered gigantism, stood 7'9"
- Joshua Slocum, first to sail solo around the world
- Richard John Uniacke
- William Valentine
17th-18th century
Charles de Menou d'Aulnay - Acadian Civil War
Françoise-Marie Jacquelin - Civil War in
Acadia Baron de St. Castin - Castin's War
Father Sébastien Rale - Father Rale's War
Chief Jean-Baptiste Cope - Father Le Loutre's War
Father Jean-Louis Le Loutre- Father Le Loutre's War
Charles Lawrence - Father Le Loutre's War
Silvanus Cobb
See also:
- John Allan - American Revolution
- Pierre Maisonnat dit Baptiste - Queen Anne's War
- Joseph-Nicolas Gautier - Father Le Loutre's War
- John Gyles - King William's War
- John Handfield - Fort Vieux Logis
- Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour - Acadian Civil War
- Chief Madockawando - King William's War
- Father Pierre Maillard - Father Le Loutre's War
- Charles Morris - King George's War
- Pierre II Surette - French and Indian War
19th Century
John Charles Beckwith -
Battle of Waterloo Edward Belcher by
Stephen Pearce -
Franklin's lost expedition Nova Scotian
Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet, of Kars by
William Gush -
Crimean WarMajor Augustus F. Welsford - Crimean War
Captain William B.C.A. Parker - Crimean War
Nova Scotian Sir
John Eardley Inglis by
William Gush -
Indian MutinyWilliam Hall (VC) - Indian Mutiny
Lieutenant-Colonel James J. Bremner - Northwest Rebellion
See also:
- George Augustus Westphal - War of 1812
- Mark A. Brennan
- Alex Colville
- William E. deGarthe
- Maud Lewis
- Gilbert Stuart Newton
- Edith Smith
- Michael Ernest Sweet
- Christopher Webb
- Mike Clattenburg
- Phil Comeau
- Paul Donovan
- Jason Eisener
- Thom Fitzgerald
- Andrew Hines
- Daniel MacIvor
- Ezra Churchill
- Cyrus S. Eaton
- Alfred Fuller, founder of the Fuller Brush Company
- Alexander Keith, brewer
- John W. Sobey
- Walter Harris Callow, inventor of wheelchair accessible bus
- Charles Fenerty, inventor of wood pulp process for papermaking
- People
- Brian Ahern (producer)
- Gary Beals
- Buck 65
- George Canyon,born Fredrick George Lays
- Wilf Carter
- Classified
- Holly Cole
- J. P. Cormier
- Melanie Doane
- Denny Doherty
- The Ennis Sisters
- Todd Fancey
- Leslie Feist
- J.D. Fortune
- Bruce Guthro
- Rebekah Higgs
- Ashley MacIsaac
- Natalie MacMaster
- Kevin MacMichael
- Rita MacNeil
- Matt Mays
- Sarah McLachlan
- Matt Minglewood
- Anne Murray
- Joel Plaskett
- Steve Poltz
- Heather Rankin
- Jimmy Rankin
- Stan Rogers, from Ontario but resided in and sang about Nova Scotia
- Gordie Sampson
- Tara Slone
- Laura Smith
- Hank Snow
- Scott Storch
- Portia White
- Bands
- April Wine
- The Barra MacNeils
- The Rankin Family
- Rawlins Cross
- Sloan
- The Trews
- Henry Alline, the Apostle of Nova Scotia
- Moses E. Kiley, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee
- Danny Gallivan
- Paul Hollingsworth
Adventurers
- Howard Blackburn
- Joshua Slocum
- Richard Dalton
- Stephen Giles
- Michael Scarola
- Jillian D'Alessio
- Karen Furneaux
- Sue Holloway
- Ryan Thomas
- Chris Clarke
- Buddy Daye
- George Dixon
- Ray Downey
- Bryan Gibson
- Kirk Johnson
- Sam Langford
- Carroll Morgan
- Marty O'Donnell
- Randall Thompson
Men
- Shawn Adams
- Mark Dacey, from Saskatoon but curls out of the Mayflower Curling Club
- Andrew Gibson
- Rob Harris
- Bruce Lohnes
Women
- Mary-Anne Arsenault
- Nancy Delahunt, a Montrealer who has resided in Halifax for several years
- Meredith Harrison
- Colleen Jones
- Kim Kelly
- Jill Mouzar
- Buck MacDonald
- Eddie Murray
- Tyrone Williams
Men
- Paul Andrea, 150 NHL games in the 1960s and 1970s
- Dennis Bonvie
- Eric Boulton
- David Brine
- John Brophy
- Sidney Crosby
- Mal Davis
- Ryan Flinn
- Danny Gallivan
- William Hollett
- Don Koharski
- Craig MacDonald
- Lowell MacDonald
- Parker MacDonald
- Al MacInnis, Hall of Famer
- Nathan MacKinnon
- Cail MacLean
- Al MacNeil
- Brad Marchand
- Mike McPhee
- Dean Melanson
- Glen Murray
- Pokey Reddick
- Bill Riley
- Jody Shelley
- James Sheppard
- Zach Sill
- Jon Sim
- Bobby Smith
- Colin White
- Matthew Highmore
- Ryan Graves
Women
- Jillian Saulnier
- Blayre Turnbull
- Nancy Garapick
- Sandy Goss
- Duncan Gillis
- Aileen Meagher
Edith Archibald
Eliza Ritchie
Laura Borden - wife of Prime minister
Robert Borden
F.H. Baker, editor of The Mayflower, ca. 1878. The Acadian Recorder gave a length biography of Baker on the occasion of his death.
- Ernest Buckler
- Lesley Choyce
- George Elliott Clarke
- Darren Greer
- Thomas Chandler Haliburton
- Wendy Lill
- Hugh MacLennan
- Leo McKay, Jr.
- Adriana Porter
- Thomas Head Raddall
- Margaret Marshall Saunders
- John Stiles
- Michael Ernest Sweet
- Budge Wilson
- Maria Frances Ann Morris
Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 1963.
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