# List of Acadians

This is a list of notable Acadians, and people of Acadia origins.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Acadian or must have references showing they are Acadian and are notable.

## Actors

* Matthew Steven LeBlanc – actor, known for TV show Friends. Both of his father's parents are of Acadian ancestry. Descendant of Daniel LeBlanc.
* Robert Maillet – actor, professional wrestler from Sainte-Marie-de-Kent, New Brunswick
* Patricia McKenzie – actress born in Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine (Painchaud family)
* Philip Bourneuf – actor born in Somerville, Massachusetts. His parents, Ambrose Bourneuf and Josephine Comeau, are of Acadian ancestry. His mother was born in Clare, Nova Scotia as were his paternal grandparents.
* Ryan Doucette – actor from Clare, Nova Scotia

## Law and politics

* Aubin-Edmond Arsenault – former Premier of Prince Edward Island (1917–1919)
* Joseph-Octave Arsenault – first Acadian Prince Edward Island member of the Canadian Senate
* Télésphore Arsenault – Canadian politician, business manager and farmer
* Marcel Arsenault – philanthropist billionaire, donated all his wealth to charity
* Guy Arseneault – Provincial MLA and former Member of the House of Commons of Canada (1988–1997)
* Michel Bastarache – Supreme Court of Canada (1997–2008)
* Léopold Belliveau – first Acadian mayor of Moncton, New Brunswick
* Edmond Blanchard – chief justice of the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada, former politician
* Gérald Clavette – New Brunswick politician
* Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau – first Acadian from Nova Scotia to be a member of the Canadian Senate
* Gerald Comeau – former member of the Canadian Senate
* Chris d'Entremont – Nova Scotia MLA, Minister of Health and Acadian Affairs
* Ray Frenette – former Premier of New Brunswick (1997–1998)
* Brian Gallant – former Premier of New Brunswick (2014–2018)
* Arthur J. LeBlanc – former Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (1998–2017) and Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia (2017–2024)
* Dominic LeBlanc — Canadian MP and cabinet minister (son of Roméo LeBlanc)
* Neil LeBlanc – Consul General to Boston, Massachusetts, and former Nova Scotia MLA, Minister of Finance
* Roméo LeBlanc – politician and journalist, former Governor-General of Canada (1995–1999)
* Viola Léger – former senator and actress
* Pascal Poirier – first Acadian member of the Canadian Senate (1885–1933)
* Louis Robichaud – former Premier of New Brunswick (1960–1970)
* Camille Thériault – former Premier of New Brunswick (1998–1999)
* Robert Thibault – Canadian Liberal MP
* Peter J. Veniot – former Premier of New Brunswick (1923–1925)

## Military veterans

* Pierre Maisonnat dit Baptiste
* Alexandre Bourg
* Joseph Broussard (Beausoleil)
* Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour
* Bernard-Anselme d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin
* Jean-Vincent d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin
* Joseph d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin
* François Dupont Duvivier
* Joseph-Nicolas Gautier and his wife
* Joseph Godin dit Bellefontaine, Sieur de Beauséjour – Commander of the Acadian Militia of the St-John River valley (St. John River Campaign)
* William Johnson (Guillaume Jeanson) – Battle of Bloody Creek (1757)
* Bernard Marres 'Marc' dit La Sonde – fought the British at Canso, Nova Scotia (1718)
* Abel LeBlanc – Petit de Grat, NS, West Nova Scotia Regiment, wounded while in combat in Italy.
* Joseph LeBlanc, dit Le Maigre
* Charles Raymond
* Pierre II Surette
* Joseph Winniett – supported the British; grandchild of Pierre Maisonnat dit Baptiste

## Musicians

* Angèle Arsenault – singer-songwriter, media host
* Marcel Aymar – singer
* Édith Butler – singer-songwriter
* Zachary Richard – singer-songwriter
* Julie Doiron – singer-songwriter
* Patsy Gallant – singer and actress
* Boozoo Chavis – singer-songwriter
* Wilfred Le Bouthillier – singer
* Lisa LeBlanc – singer-songwriter
* Anna Malenfant – contralto and composer
* Natasha St-Pier – singer
* Radio Radio – hip hop group; Jacques Doucet, Alexandre Bilodeau, Gabriel Malenfant
* Fayo – singer-songwriter
* Yvette Tollar – jazz singer, composer
* Roch Voisine – singer-songwriter
* P'tit Belliveau – singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer
* Clarence White – guitarist

## Sports

* Louis Cyr – weightlifter, "Strongest Man in the World"
* Eric Cyr – MLB player
* Paul Cyr – NHL player
* Jean Béliveau – Hockey Hall of Fame, Montreal Canadiens
* Luc Bourdon – NHL player
* Leo Burke (Leonce Cormier) – wrestler
* Jean-Louis Cormier (Rudy Kay) – wrestler
* Rhéal Cormier – Major League Baseball pitcher
* Yvon Cormier (The Beast) – wrestler
* René Duprée – wrestler
* Yvon Durelle – boxer
* Suzanne Gaudet – curler
* Ron Guidry – Major League Baseball pitcher
* Lance Cormier – Major League Baseball pitcher
* Bobby Hebert – NFL Quarterback New Orleans Saints
* Camille Henry – NHL player, winner of the Lady Byng Trophy and the Calder Memorial Trophy
* Bobby Kay (Romeo Cormier) – wrestler
* Jacques LeBlanc – boxer
* Robert Maillet – wrestler
* Roland Melanson – NHL goalie
* Chad Ogea – Major League Baseball pitcher
* Dustin Poirier – Mixed martial arts fighter
* Henri Richard – Hockey Hall of Fame, Montreal Canadiens
* Maurice Richard – Hockey Hall of Fame, Montreal Canadiens
* Ryan Theriot – Major League Baseball infielder

## Visual artists

* Anne-Marie Sirois – artist

## Writers

* Gilbert Buote – educator, publisher and author
* Anselme Chiasson – Catholic priest, educator, writer
* Herménégilde Chiasson – writer, ex-lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick
* Joey Comeau – writer, comic creator
* France Daigle – writer and playwright
* Andrea Doucet – sociologist and writer
* Clive Doucet – writer
* Placide Gaudet – historian, educator, genealogist and journalist. His research and papers play an important role in the preservation of the Acadian history.
* Valentin Landry – journalist and educator
* Émilie Leblanc – Acadian activist and educator
* Gérald Leblanc – poet
* Louis Haché – writer, translator, historian
* Antonine Maillet – writer and playwright; Prix Goncourt 1979
* Alden Nowlan – poet, novelist, and playwright
* Marie-Colombe Robichaud – writer and playwright

## Media

* Phil Comeau – film and television director; 92 film awards, Order of Canada, Order of New Brunswick
* Lyse Doucet – news correspondent and presenter, BBC World

## Pre-deportation

* David Basset – trader and privateer
* Joseph Broussard (Beausoleil)
* Noel Doiron – leader of the Acadians; died in the single greatest tragedy of the Expulsion, the sinking of the Duke William
* Joseph-Nicolas Gautier – merchant trader and Acadian militia leader
* Daniel LeBlanc – immigrant and progenitor of the LeBlanc family, the largest Acadian family at the time of the deportation
* Pierre LeBlanc – early settler of Pointe-de-l'Église, Nova Scotia
* Bernard Marot (fl. 1590–1650) – French surgeon and ship's captain.
* Philippe Mius d'Entremont – lieutenant-major under Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour, who, in 1653, awarded him the first fief in Acadia, the Barony of Pobomcoup (currently Pubnico, Nova Scotia). He later became the King's Attorney in Acadia.
* Joseph d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin – military officer and Abenaki chief
* Pierre II Surette – Acadian resistance leader and co-founder of Ste. Anne du Ruisseau, Nova Scotia
* Jeanne Dugas – wife of Pierre Bois, one of the co-founders of Chéticamp, Nova Scotia