List of people from Saint John, New Brunswick
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This is a list of notable people from Saint John, New Brunswick. Although not everyone in this list was born in Saint John, they all live or have lived in Saint John and have had significant connections to the community.
Full name | Field | Birth | Death | Known for |
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Robert M. Allan | Politics and law | 1880 | ? | Member of the Los Angeles City Council, Commissioner of the Board of Public Works of Los Angeles[1] |
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[2] |
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[3] |
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)[4] |
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 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Los Angeles Public Library reference file
- ^ Wright, Julia (7 February 2021). "Restoring the legacy of a 'trailblazing' Black Saint John writer". CBC News.
- ^ Rutledge, Martha (1983). "Kelly, Ethel Knight (1875–1949)". Australian Dictionary of National Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "THOMPSON, Frederick Willard". novascotiaroots.ca.
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