List of people from Nova Scotia

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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.

Pre-Confederation[]

  • 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

Military figures[]

17th-18th century[]

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19th century[]

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Post-Confederation military figures[]

Actors[]

  • Elliot Page
  • Chase Tang
  • Page Fletcher

Architects[]

  • Brian MacKay-Lyons

Artists[]

  • Mark A. Brennan
  • Alex Colville
  • William E. deGarthe
  • Maud Lewis
  • Gilbert Stuart Newton
  • Edith Smith
  • Michael Ernest Sweet
  • Christopher Webb

Cartoonists[]

  • Hal Foster

Diplomats[]

Filmmakers[]

Industry[]

Inventors[]

  • Walter Harris Callow, inventor of wheelchair accessible bus
  • Charles Fenerty, inventor of wood pulp process for papermaking
  • Abraham Pineo Gesner, inventor of kerosene

Media[]

Musicians[]

People
  • Brian Ahern (producer)
  • Carroll Baker (singer) Carroll Baker CM
  • Gary Beals
  • Buck 65
  • George Canyon,born Fredrick George Lays
  • Wilf Carter
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  • Holly Cole
  • J. P. Cormier
  • Melanie Doane
  • Denny Doherty
  • 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 lived 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

Religion[]

  • Henry Alline, the Apostle of Nova Scotia
  • Moses E. Kiley, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee

Scientists[]

  • Donald O. Hebb
  • Abraham Pineo Gesner
  • Thomas Mason
  • Simon Newcomb
  • Willard Boyle

Sports[]

Sports announcers[]

Adventurers[]

  • Howard Blackburn
  • Joshua Slocum

Baseball players[]

Boat racers[]

  • Angus Walters

Canoeists[]

Kayakers[]

Bodybuilders[]

  • Cindy Phillips

Boxers[]

Curlers[]

Men[]

Women[]

Equestrians[]

Harness racing[]

Show jumping[]

  • Ian Millar

Football players[]

NFL players[]

CFL players[]

Marty Martinello born in Sydney, N.S. Played in CFL, won Grey Cup with Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Named to N.S. Ports Hall of Fame.

Rugby union players[]

  • Morgan Williams

Soccer players[]

Gymnasts[]

  • Ellie Black

Ice hockey people[]

Administrators[]

  • Frederick E. Betts, president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association
  • Hanson Dowell, president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association

Men[]

Women[]

Sports journalists[]

  • Alex J. Walling

Cross-country skiers[]

Swimmers[]

Track and field athletes[]

Professional wrestlers[]

  • Rocky Johnson
  • Great Antonio

Powerlifters[]

Suffragettes[]

Writers[]

F.H. Baker, editor of The Mayflower, ca. 1878. The Acadian Recorder gave a length biography of Baker on the occasion of his death.
  • John Boileau (born in New Brunswick, but writing career in Nova Scotia)
  • Ernest Buckler
  • Lesley Choyce
  • George Elliott Clarke
  • Darren Greer
  • Thomas Chandler Haliburton
  • Wendy Lill
  • Hugh MacLennan
  • Alistair MacLeod (born in Saskatchewan, but lived a significant amount of time in, wrote about, and was buried in, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia)
  • Leo McKay, Jr.
  • Adriana Porter
  • Thomas Head Raddall
  • Spider Robinson (1970s and '80s)
  • Margaret Marshall Saunders
  • John Stiles
  • Michael Ernest Sweet
  • Budge Wilson
  • Maria Frances Ann Morris

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 1963.
  2. ^ The Humours of the Fleet. 1749
  3. ^ Halifax Gazette. 1752.
  4. ^ A Voyage to Ipswich. 1744
  5. ^ The Plays of David Garrick: Garrick's own plays, 1767-1775, p. 374
  6. ^ p.757
  7. ^ Image of Fleet Prison
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