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
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
Phyllis Grant	artist	1972		Mi'kmaq artist, animator and director (National Film Board of Canada)
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
Natasha St-Pier	singer	1981		francophone chart-topping singer

People from Campbellton
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 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
Name	Famous for	Birth	Death	Other
[fr]	music	1906	1985	violinist, composer
[fr]	politics	1922	2004	first mayor of the Town of Dieppe
[fr]	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	1922	2018	professor and feminist activist, a member of the Order of Canada
[fr]	music			nun and musician, member of the Order of Canada
Bill Malenfant	politics	1929	2016	former mayor of Dieppe (1971–1977, 1983–1998)
	politics	1964		current mayor of Dieppe (1998-2005, 2012-Current)
Charlie Gillespie	acting	1998		actor, born in Dieppe

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
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)
	adult actor	1986		Internationally recognized adult film actor (born and raised in Edmundston)

People from Fredericton
Name	Famous for	Birth	Death	Other
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
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
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
Brad Woodside	politics	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, 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
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
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		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
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		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		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
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

People from Saint John
Full name	Field	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert M. Allan	Politics and law	1880	?	Member of the Los Angeles City Council, Commissioner of the Board of Public Works of Los Angeles[2]
Clara Arthur	Politics and law	1858	1929	Suffragist
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
Blank Banshee	Arts	1987		Vaporwave musician, real name Patrick Driscoll
Jonathan Bliss	Politics and law	1742	1822	United Empire Loyalist, Chief Justice of New Brunswick
Miller Brittain	Arts	1912	1968	Painter and member of the Canadian official war artists program during the Second World War
Laura Calder	Culinary	1970		Writer and chef
Anne Compton	Arts	1947		Poet and winner of the Governor General's Award for poetry
Stompin' Tom Connors	Arts	1936	2013	Folk musician
James De Mille	Arts	1833	1880	Novelist and educator
Jerrod Edson	Arts	1974		Novelist
Myra Freeman	Philanthropy and politics	1949		First female Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
Mort Garson	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
Charles Gorman	Sports	1898	1940	Speed skater
Hilliard Graves	Sports	1950		NHL player
Anna Minerva Henderson	Literature	1887	1987	Poet and civil servant[3]
Paul Higgins	Sports	1962		NHL player
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
Randy Jones	Sports	1981		NHL player
Bob Joyce	Sports	1966		NHL player
Ethel Knight Kelly	Arts	1875	1949	Australian actor and writer[4]
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 and finance	1795	1850	Banker, diplomat
Kevin MacMichael	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
Andrew McKim	Sports	1970		NHL 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
Frances Elizabeth Murray	Arts	ca 1831	1901	Writer
Arthur J. Nesbitt	Business	1880	1954	Co-founder of Nesbitt, Thomson & Co. and Power Corporation of Canada
Neil Nicholson	Sports	1949		NHL player
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	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, founded Reid & Reid in San Francisco
Merritt J. Reid	Architecture	1855	1942	Architect, founded Reid & Reid in San Francisco
Daniel A. Riley	Politics	1916	1984	Member of Federal Parliament, Member of Federal Senate, Cabinet Minister in New Brunswick Provincial Legislature.
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	Arts	1915	1994	Theatre and film producer; co-producer of the James Bond film series; born in Sherbrooke, Quebec but raised in Saint John
Loretta Leonard Shaw	Education	1872	1940	Missionary teacher in Osaka, Japan, 1905-1939, born/died in Saint John
Kay Smith	Arts	1911	2004	Writer and poet
Brett Somers	Arts	1924	2007	Actor
Matt Stairs	Sports	1968		Major League Baseball player
Donald Sutherland	Arts	1935		Theatre, film, and television actor
Fred W. Thompson	Labour	1900	1987	Born in Saint John, Thompson was an organizer with the Socialist Party of Canada in the city. He later was involved in radical labour organizing in Winnipeg and the United States, especially with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)[5]
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	Arts	1945		Singer-songwriter, producer
Yvon Vautour	Sports	1956		NHL player
Lyman Ward	Arts	1941		Actor and author
Matty Matheson	Culinary	1982		Chef and Internet Personality

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		Politics	1906	2008
Fred Colpitts		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		Education	1846	1922
Cyrus Wesley Peck	Hopewell Hill	Military	1871	1956	Victoria Cross recipient
Freddie Prosser		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		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
Harrison McCain	Florenceville	Entrepreneur	1927	2004
Wallace McCain	Florenceville	Entrepreneur	1930	2011
Andy Tommy	Hartland/Woodstock	Pro Football player	1911	1972
	Centreville	Fairfax Financial Holdings	1939		Hamblin Watsa Investments

People from Charlotte County
Full name	Community	Notable for	Birth	Death	Other
Alexander Gibson	Oak Bay, New Brunswick	Industrialist	1819	1913	Founder of Marysville
Hardy N. Ganong	St. Stephen	Sportsman, soldier, businessman	1890	1963
Gilbert Ganong	Springfield	Cofounder of Ganong Bros. Limited	1851	1917	Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
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
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
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
Christian Kit Goguen	Saint-Charles	Singer-songwriter	1978
K. C. Irving	Bouctouche	Industrialist	1899	1992
Bonar Law	Rexton	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

People from Kings County
Full 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
Hugh J. McCormick		Speed Skater	1854	1910	World Professional Speed Skater 1890-1892
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	-
		Wrestler	1987	-

People from Northumberland County
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		Serial Killer	1948		[6]
Raymond Fraser	Black River-Hardwicke	Author	1941	2018	[7]
Melissa Ann Shepard	Burnt Church	Criminal	1935		[8]

People from Queens County
Full Name	Community	Famous for	Birth	Death	Other
Henry A. Austin		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		Film composer	1916	2008
	Hampstead	Boxer	1925	1994

People from Restigouche County
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
Jason Babin	Eel River	Content creator and film editor for Mike_Ward_(comedian)	June 15, 1983

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	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	Horticulturists	1858	1915
Henry Emmerson	Maugerville	Lawyer	1853	1914
August Ames	Maugerville	Pornographic film actor	1994	2017

People from Victoria County
Full Name	Community	Famous for	Birth	Death	Other
Ron Turcotte	Drummond	Sports	1941
Wayne Maunder	Four Falls	Actor	1937

People from Westmorland County
Full Name	Community	Famous for	Birth	Death	Other
Christian Cardell Corbet	Middle Sackville	Sculptor	1966
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
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	[9]
Casey LeBlanc	Nackawic	Singer	1987
Adam Oliver		Lumberman, mill owner, contractor, and politician	1823	1882	[10]
Dr. Chris Simpson	Nackawic	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

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