List of people from Fredericton

This is a list of notable people from Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. Although not everyone in this list was born in Fredericton, they all live or have lived there, and have had significant connections to the community.

NameFamous forBirthDeathOther
Jake Allensports1990ice hockey goaltender, Stanley Cup winner
Lisa Alwardliterature1962author
Rebecca Agatha Armour[1]literature18451891novelist and schoolteacher who lived almost her whole life in the town
John Babbittscience18451889built the first working phonograph in New Brunswick
R. E. Balchacademics18941994entomologist
Gerard Beirneliterature1962author, fiction editor of The Fiddlehead
J. W. "Bud" Birdpolitics1932provincial cabinet minister and member of the House of Commons of Canada
Bruno Bobakart19232012painter, Canadian official war artist
Molly Lamb Bobakart19202014painter,Canadian official war artist
Measha Brueggergosmanopera1977operatic soprano
Bliss Carmanliterature18611929poet
Eilish Clearymedicine19632024physician, epidemiologist, chief medical health officer of New Brunswick
David Coonpolitics1956conservationist, politician, Leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick
Herb Curtisliterature1949author
Mike Eaglessports1963former NHL player
Raymond Fraserliterature19412018author
Julia O. Hensonactivism18521922co-founder of the NAACP and the Harriet Tubman house in Boston
Mark Anthony Jarmanliterature1955author, fiction editor of The Fiddlehead
Gérard La Forestlaw19262025puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Hugh Havelock McLeanpolitics18541938general, politician, lieutenant governor of New Brunswick
Hal Merrillsports1964three-time bronze medalist at the Paralympic Games, two in the 1992 Summer Paralympics and one in the 1996 Summer Paralympics
David Mylesmusic1981musician
Alden Nowlanliterature19331983poet, playwright, journalist
Willie O'Reesports1935first Black NHL player
David Adams Richardsliterature1950author, senator
Charles G. D. Robertsliterature18601943poet, the "father of Canadian poetry"
Goodridge Robertsart19041974painter, Canadian official war artist
Theodore Goodridge Robertsliterature18771953author
Elizabeth Roberts MacDonaldliterature18641922author, suffragette
John Saunderspolitics17541834chief justice on N.B. Supreme Court
Andy Scottpolitics19552013Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Anna Silktelevision1974actor, starred as Bo Dennis on Lost Girl
Matt Stairssports1968Major League Baseball player

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Feminist Companion to Literature in English, eds Virginia Blain, Patricia Clements and Isobel Grundy (London: Batsford, 1990), p. 30.
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