List of people from Saint John, New Brunswick

The following is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Saint John, New Brunswick.

A

• John Adams (born 1942) – former Canadian Armed Forces member
• Robert M. Allan (1880–?) – American politician; Los Angeles City Council member
• John Allore (1964–2023) – actor, victims' rights advocate, podcaster, brother of murder victim Theresa Allore
• Aaron Alward (1828–1886) – physician, politician; city councillor, mayor and MLA
• Francis Alexander Anglin (1865–1933) – chief justice of Canada 1924–1933
• Timothy Anglin (1822–1896) – Irish-born journalist, MLA, Speaker of the House of Commons
• Jennifer Armstrong (born 1992) – curler
• Clara Arthur (1858–1929) – American suffragist based in Michigan

B

• Brent Bambury (born 1960) – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio and television host
• Blank Banshee (born 1987) – musician
• J. Esmonde Barry (1923–2007) – healthcare activist and political commentator
• Michael Barry (born 1954) – Olympic wrestler
• Patricia Martin Bates (born 1927) – artist, educator
• John Babington Macaulay Baxter (1868–1946) – lawyer, jurist, 19th premier of New Brunswick
• Arthur Belyea (1885–1968) – Olympic rower
• Helen Belyea (1913–1986) – geologist
• Craven Langstroth Betts (1853–1941) – poet, author
• Jared Bezanson (born 1986) – curler
• Andy Bezeau (born 1970) – professional ice hockey player
• Carl Biddiscombe (1924–2000) – set decorator
• Vaughn Blaney (born 1938) – former educator and politician
• Jonathan Bliss (1742–1822) – American-born lawyer, judge, politician; MLA
• John Boyd (1826–1893) – Irish-born businessman, school board chairman, lieutenant governor of New Brunswick
• Jane Boyle (born 1973) – curler
• Miller Brittain (1912–1968) – visual artist
• George Butterfield (born 1939) – businessman, philanthropist
• Mather Byles (1734/35–1814) – Loyalist, clergyman

C

• Laura Calder – writer
• William A. Calvin (1898–1962) – labor union leader
• Robert H. Carlin (1887–1953) – politician, MLA
• Dyson Carter (1910–1996) – scientist, writer, political activist; president of the Canadian-Soviet Friendship Society
• Andrew Case (born 1993) – baseball pitcher
• Charlie Cavanagh (born 2000) – former boxer
• Kevin Chase (born 1976) – wrestler, singer-songwriter
• John Alexander Chesley (1837–1922) – businessman, politician; city councillor, mayor, member of Canadian Parliament
• Ward Chipman Jr. (1787–1851) – lawyer, judge, pre-Confederation politician
• Gordie Clark (born 1952) – Scottish-born former ice hockey player for the Boston Bruins and the Cincinnati Stingers
• Robert J. Coffey (1842–1901) – soldier
• Charles Collingwood (born 1943) – British actor
• Gerard Collins (born 1957) – painter
• Anne Compton (born 1947) – poet, anthologist
• Eddie Connolly (1876–1936) – boxer
• Thomas-Louis Connolly (1814–1876) – bishop of Saint John
• Stompin' Tom Connors (1936–2013) – country and folk singer-songwriter
• Jane Coop (born 1950) – pianist
• Paul Corkum (born 1943) – physicist
• Ivan Court – former mayor of Saint John
• William Cox (1921–2008) – lawyer
• Jordon Craft (born 1993) – curler
• Maxwell Cummings (1898–2001) – real estate builder
• Nathan Cummings (1896–1985) – businessman
• Louis Cunningham (1900–1954) – author
• Louis Cuppens (1944–2022) – Royal Canadian Air Force officer, NORAD deputy commander
• Richard Currie (born 1937) – businessman

D

• William H. Dabney (1934–2012) – colonel in the United States Marine Corps
• Tom Daly (1891–1946) – Major League Baseball player and coach
• John Waterhouse Daniel (1845–1933) – physician, politician; mayor of Saint John, member of Canadian Parliament and Senator
• Don Darling – former mayor of Saint John
• Joseph A. Day (born 1945) – former politician, senator
• James De Mille (1833–1880) – novelist, professor at Dalhousie University
• Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber (1829–1908) – businessman, politician; mayor of Saint John, member of Canadian Parliament
• James Dever (1825–1904) – Irish-born merchant and Canadian senator
• Edward I. Devitt (1840–1920) – priest, Jesuit, Catholic historian
• Paul Dobson (born 1979) – curler
• Margaret Doody (born 1939) – author, feminist literary critic, professor at the University of Notre Dame
• Harry Doyle (born 1941) – former educator and MLA
• William Mark Duke (1879–1971) – prelate

E

• Lawrence Earl (1915–2005) – photojournalist, author
• Sylvester Zobieski Earle (1822–1888) – physician, coroner, politician; mayor of Saint John
• Eldridge Eatman (1880–1960) – sprinter, First World War soldier
• Jerrod Edson (born 1974) – novelist
• Stanley Edward Elkin (1880–1960) – businessman, politician, House of Commons of Canada member
• John Valentine Ellis (1835–1913) – journalist, parliamentarian, senator
• Angelo Evelyn (born 1942) – painter

F

• Roxanne Fairweather – businesswoman, co-CEO of Innovatia
• Harold Fanjoy (1939–2008) – politician
• Mark Fawcett (born 1972) – Olympic snowboarder
• May Agnes Fleming (1840–1880) – novelist
• Myra Freeman (born 1949) – teacher, politician; first female lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia
• Ryan Freeze (born 1995) – curler
• Madeleine Fritz (1896–1990) – paleontologist

G

• Susan B. Ganong (1873–1961) – educator
• William Francis Ganong (1864–1941) – botanist, historian, cartographer, Smith College professor
• Ian Gardner (born 1981) – boxer
• Mort Garson (1924–2008) – electronic musician
• Abraham Pineo Gesner (1797–1864) – physician, geologist, inventor of kerosene
• Bradford Gilbert (ca. 1746–1814) – Loyalist merchant, MLA
• Charles Gorman (1898–1940) – top-ranking speed skater
• Hilliard Graves (born 1950) – former professional ice hockey player
• Philippe Guertin (born 1991) – long-distance swimmer

H

• Heidi Hanlon (born 1958) – curler
• Elisabeth Harvor (born 1936) – novelist, poet
• Gavin Hassett (born 1973) – Olympic rower
• William C. Heine (1919–1991) – newspaper writer, author, University of Western Ontario journalism teacher
• Anna Minerva Henderson (1887–1987) – teacher, poet, civil servant
• Paul Higgins (born 1962) – former professional ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs
• Fred Hodges (1918–1999) – labour leader, civil rights activist, city councillor
• Bruce Holder (1905–1987) – violinist
• Thomas Holderness (1849–1924) – Indian Civil Service member
• John J. Holland (1843–1893) – shipbuilder
• Stuart Howe (born 1967) – operatic tenor
• William Lloyd Hoyt (born 1930) – lawyer, judge; chief justice of New Brunswick, member of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry
• Stephen Humbert (ca. 1766–1849) – merchant, politician
• Jack Humphrey (1901–1967) – watercolour painter
• John Horbury Hunt (1838–1904) – Australian architect

I

• Arthur Irving (1930–2024) – billionaire businessman, owner of Irving Oil
• John E. Irving (1932–2010) – businessman
• Jay Isaac (born 1975) – artist

J

• Frances James (1903–1988) – soprano
• Kim Jardine (born 1966) – politician
• Edward James Jarvis (1788–1852) – politician, lawyer, judge; chief justice of Prince Edward Island
• Munson Jarvis (1742–1824) – American-born merchant, MLA
• Ryan Jimmo (1981–2016) – mixed martial artist
• Gina Jordan (1929–2013) – pilot and Christian missionary
• Bob Joyce (born 1966) – former professional ice hockey player

K

• Herzl Kashetsky (born 1950) – painter
• Jackie Keating (1908–1984) – professional ice hockey player for the New York Americans
• Ethel Knight Kelly (1875–1949) – Australian actress, writer
• Flora Kidd (1926–2008) – romance novelist
• Carl Killen – former politician, city councillor and MLA
• George Edwin King (1839–1901) – lawyer, politician; second and fourth premier of New Brunswick, puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada

L

• Mark Lackie (born 1967) – Olympic speed skater
• Thomas Leavitt (1795–1850) – businessman, banker, president of the Bank of New Brunswick
• Abel LeBlanc (born 1934/1935) – politician
• Colin H. Livingstone (1863–1943) – banker, businessman, first national president of the Boy Scouts of America
• Bob Lockhart (1931–2023) – radio journalist, news director, mayor of Saint John
• Charles B. Lockhart (1855–1948) – merchant, politician; MLA and city councillor
• Willy Logan (1907–1955) – Olympic speed skater
• Wayne Long (born 1963) – politician, member of Parliament for the riding of Saint John—Rothesay
• Gerry Lowe – politician; city councillor and MLA

M

• David Laurence MacLaren (1893–1960) – politician; Minister of National Revenue, 20th lieutenant governor of New Brunswick and mayor of Saint John
• Kevin MacMichael (1951–2002) – guitarist, original Cutting Crew band member
• Sarah Mallais (born 1989) – curler
• Margo Malowney (born 1967) – Olympic beach volleyball player
• Laurence Manning (1899–1972) – science fiction author
• Frederick Francis Mathers (1871–1947) – 18th lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia
• Matty Matheson (born 1982) – chef, restauranteur, actor, internet personality
• George Frederick Matthew (1837–1923) – botanist, geologist
• William Diller Matthew (1871–1930) – vertebrate paleontologist, curator of the American Museum of Natural History
• Spencer Mawhinney (born 1977) – curler
• Louis B. Mayer (1884–1957) – American film producer, co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) studios
• William Maynes (1902–1966) – Olympic sprinter
• Shirley McAlary – politician, former mayor of Saint John
• Robert McAllister (1876–1963) – politician
• Norm McFarlane – politician, former mayor of Saint John
• Art McGovern (1882–1915) – catcher for the Boston Americans
• Dan McIntyre (1950–2001) – human rights activist, race relations commissioner for Ontario
• Jim McKeever (1861–1897) – catcher for the Boston Reds
• Neil McKelvey (1925–2011) – lawyer
• Andrew McKim (born 1970) – former professional ice hockey player
• Catherine McKinnon (born 1944) – singer, actress
• David McKnight (1935–2006) – anthropologist and ethnographer
• Joseph Medill (1823–1899) – newspaper editor and publisher
• Brian Merrett (1945–2023) photographer, architectural activist
• Gerald Merrithew (1931–2004) – federal, provincial and municipal politician
• Eleanor Milne (1935–2014) – sculptor
• Willard M. Mitchell (1879–1955) – artist, architect
• J. Frank Morrison (1841–1916) – Baltimore electric company founder and political boss
• Henry Mullin (1862–1937) – Major League Baseball outfielder
• James Mullinger (born 1978) – English-born comedian
• William Murdoch (1823–1887) – Scottish-born poet, journalist
• Jamie Murphy (born 1981) – curler
• Steve Murphy (born 1960) – news anchor
• Frances Elizabeth Murray (ca. 1831–1901) – writer, charity worker
• Billy Myers (1923–2019) – Canadian football player for the Toronto Argonauts

N

• Arthur James Nesbitt (1880–1954) – businessman
• Saul B. Newton (1906–1991) – psychotherapist
• Neil Nicholson (born 1949) – former National Hockey League defenseman for the Oakland Seals and the New York Islanders
• Mel Norton – former mayor of Saint John
• Alden Nowlan (1933–1983) – poet, novelist, playwright, editor for the Telegraph-Journal

O

• John O'Brien (1866–1913) – Major League Baseball player
• Bill O'Neill (1880–1920) – Major League Baseball outfielder
• Chauncey O'Toole (born 1986) – former rugby union player and firefighter
• Jordan Owens (born 1986) – former professional ice hockey player

P

• George Pack Jr. (1794–1875) – businessman
• William Paine (1750–1833) – United Empire Loyalist physician, politician; city councillor and MLA
• Robert Parker (1796–1865) – lawyer, judge, politician
• John Richard Partelow (1795–1865) – merchant, politician; MLA and mayor of Saint John
• Robert J. Patterson (1809–1884) – former American slave, restauranteur
• Lawrence Paul (1934–2014) – Millbrook First Nation chief
• Bill Phillips (1857–1900) – professional baseball player
• George Frederick Phillips (1862–1904) – U.S. Navy machinist, Spanish–American War veteran
• Walter Pidgeon (1897–1984) – American stage and film actor
• Young Pluto (1872–1931) – South African-born Australian boxer
• John Alexander Porteous (1932–1995) – columnist, journalist, broadcaster
• Frank L. Potts (1867–1926) – mayor of Saint John

Q

• Jim Quinn (born 1957) – former Saint John Port Authority president, politician; senator

R

• Nelson Rattenbury (1907–1973) – businessman, member of the Senate of Canada
• Donna Reardon – current mayor of Saint John
• Helen Leah Reed (1861/62–1926) – writer
• Daniel Aloysius Riley (1916–1984) – politician; member of Parliament, MLA, and member of the Senate of Canada
• Robert J. Ritchie – politician
• Darren Roach (born 1986) – curler
• Jason Roach (born 1984) – curler
• John Robertson (1799–1876) – Scottish-born businessman, mayor of Saint John, member of the Senate of Canada
• John Robinson (1762–1828) – American-born merchant, mayor of Saint John, MLA
• Fred Ross (1927–2014) – artist
• W. E. D. Ross (1912–1995) – actor, playwright, writer
• William Ryan (1887–1938) – barrister, journalist, politician

S

• Harry Saltzman (1915–1994) – theatre and film producer
• Jean-Claude Sawyer (born 1986) – former professional ice hockey player
• Carl Schell (1924–2020) – judoka
• Loretta Leonard Shaw (1872–1940) – teacher, missionary
• Ryan Sherrard (born 1986) – curler
• Charles Simonds (1783–1859) – merchant, politician, MLA
• James Simonds (1735–1831) – merchant, judge, MLA for Sunbury County, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
• Richard Simonds (1789–1836) – merchant, politician, MLA
• Bernard Skinner (1930–2016) – sailor
• Chris Skinner (born 1961) – former Canadian Football League player
• Clara Kathleen Smith (1911–2004) – poet
• Elizabeth J. Smith (1842–1900) – American social reformer, newspaper editor and publisher
• Elmer Boyd Smith (1860–1943) – writer and illustrator of children's books
• Jack Stafford (1879–1946) – professional baseball umpire
• Matt Stairs (born 1968) – former Major League Baseball player
• Bob Stephen (1958–2009) – Canadian Football League player
• Charlie Sullivan (born 1968) – curler
• Jim Sullivan (1968–2011) – curler
• Donald Sutherland (1935–2024) – actor
• John Sweeny (1821–1901) – Irish-born priest and bishop of Saint John
• Andrew Swim (born 1961) – Olympic bobsledder

T

• Glen Tait – politician; MLA and former city councillor
• Eric Teed (1926–2010) – lawyer, mayor of Saint John
• Nancy Teed (1949–1993) – politician; MLA, senator
• George McCall Theal (1837–1919) – South African historian
• Ralph Thomas – human rights activist and former boxer
• Fred W. Thompson (1900–1987) – labor organizer, historian
• William Henry Thorne (1844–1923) – businessman, politician; senator
• Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley (1870–1947) – lawyer, politician; 21st premier of New Brunswick
• Samuel Leonard Tilley (1818–1896) – politician; Father of Confederation
• Sue Tingley (born 1977) – field hockey player, Yale Bulldogs assistant
• Ken Tobias (1945–2024) – singer-songwriter
• Clark Todd (1944–1983) – London bureau chief for the CTV Television Network
• Peter Trites (1946–2010) – teacher, politician; MLA and city councillor
• Stuart Trueman (1911–1995) – journalist, humorist
• Walter Harley Trueman (1870–1951) – lawyer, judge
• Joseph John Tucker (1832–1914) – English-born politician, newspaper president and Saint John Railway Company director
• John E. Turnbull – inventor
• Wallace Rupert Turnbull (1870–1954) – engineer, inventor

V

• Yvon Vautour (born 1956) – former ice hockey coach, former National Hockey League player
• R. M. Vaughan (1965–2020) – writer and artist
• Frank L. Vernon (1873–1944) – priest, author

W

• Charles Caleb Ward (1831–1896) – painter
• John Ward (1753–1846) – loyalist, businessman, politician; MLA
• Lyman Ward (born 1941) – actor
• Kent Warnock (born 1964) – former Canadian football player, defensive line coach for the Calgary Dinos
• Elsie Wayne (1932–2016) – politician; mayor of Saint John and member of Parliament
• Carol Webb (born 1982) – curler
• Maestro Fresh Wes (born 1968) – rapper
• Walter W. White (1862–1952) – physician, politician; mayor of Saint John, MLA
• Rupert Wilson Wigmore (1873–1939) – politician
• John McNeil Wilmot (1775–1847) – American-born businessman, judge, politician; MLA, mayor of Saint John
• Robert Duncan Wilmot (1809–1891) – municipal, provincial and federal politician; mayor of Saint John, Father of Confederation
• Edward Winchester (1970–2020) – lightweight rower
• Hugh Winsor (born 1938) – journalist
• Michelle Winters (born 1972) – writer and translator
• Ardeth Wood (1975–2003) – murder victim
• Susan Wood (1953–2018) – artist, educator
• William J. Woodroffe (1933–2003) – politician; MLA and city councillor
• Gordon Wry (1910–1985) – tenor, conductor

Y

• Heather Young – filmmaker

Z

• Joseph Zatzman (1912–2007) – businessman, politician, mayor of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

See also

• List of people from New Brunswick

References