List of people from New Brunswick

List of people from New Brunswick

The Province of New Brunswick, Canada gave the world:
*William Maxwell Aitken, aka Lord Beaverbrook, Fleet Street publishing baron
*Richard Bedford Bennett, Canadian Prime Minister
*W. A. C. Bennett, British Columbia politician and premier
*Henry A. Braithwaite, noted woodsman and guide
*Thomas Storrow Brown businessman, journalist, officer of the 1837 Rebellion
*Bliss Carman, poet
*Rheal Cormier, Major League Baseball pitcher
*Tom Culligan, co-founder of the Second Cup franchise company
*William Davidson (1740-1790), lumber merchant, shipbuilder
*Sam De Grasse, actor
*Gordie Drillon, Hall of Fame ice hockey player
*Sir James Dunn, financier, industrialist
*Yvon Durelle, champion boxer
*Raymond Fraser, author
*Peter Fraser (1765-1840), merchant, politician
*Emile Goguen, former professional wrestler
*René Goguen, WWE wrestler
*Danny Grant, hockey player
*William Hoyt (b. 1930), judge, served on the Saville Inquiry into the events of Bloody Sunday. Born in Saint John
*John Peters Humphrey (1905-1995), lawyer, diplomat, scholar and principal author of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
*K.C. Irving, Industrialist
*Andrew Bonar Law, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
*Julian LeBlanc, actor
*Roméo LeBlanc, former Governor-General of Canada
*George Duncan Ludlow (1734-1808), politician, judge
*Mary MacIsaac, Canadian supercentenarian; died, aged 112.
*Catherine McKinnon, Singer who popularized many Canadian folk songs such as "Farewell to Nova Scotia".
*Antonine Maillet, Acadian author, Prix Goncourt winner
*Robert Maillet, professional wrestler, actor
*Guéganne Martin Doucet, First Nations Mi'kmaq Artist,who popularized her heritage in Europe.
*Louis B. Mayer, a founder of Hollywood's MGM Studios
*Harrison McCain, frozen food business
*Wallace McCain, food business
*Manny McIntyre, sports star
*Willie O'Ree, first Black NHL player
*Walter Pidgeon, actor
*Ivan Cleveland Rand, Supreme Court Justice, creator of the Rand Formula, served on the UN commission which oversaw the creation of the state of Israel.
*David Adams Richards, author
*Charles G. D. Roberts, poet
*John Robinson (1762-1818), businessman, politician
*Shane Ruttle Martinez, Human rights journalist
*Natasha Saint-Pier, Francophone chart-topping singer
*John Saunders (1754-1834), Chief Justice on N.B. Supreme Court
*Matt Stairs, Major League Baseball player
*Donald Sutherland, actor
*Ron Turcotte, Secretariat's Hall of Fame jockey
*Roch Voisine, singer
*Lyman Ward, actor
*Robb Wells, actor ("Ricky" from "Trailer Park Boys")
*John Ralston, actor ("George Venturi" from "Life with Derek")


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