# 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
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* See also
* References

## A

* John Adams (born 1942) – former Canadian Armed Forces member
* Francis Alexander Anglin (1865–1933) – Chief Justice of Canada from 1924 to 1933
* 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
* 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
* 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
* Blank Banshee (born 1987) – musician
* 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
* Louis Cuppens (1944–2022) – Royal Canadian Air Force officer, NORAD deputy commander
* Maxwell Cummings (1898–2001) – real estate builder
* Nathan Cummings (1896–1985) – businessman
* Louis Cunningham (1900–1954) – author
* 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
* Jack Humphrey (1901–1967) – watercolour painter
* John Horbury Hunt (1838–1904) – Australian architect
* Stephen Humbert (ca. 1766–1849) – merchant, politician

## 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 – Mayor of Saint John
* Robert McAllister (1876–1963) – politician
* Shirley McAlary – politician, former mayor of Saint John
* 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
* 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
* John Richard Partelow (1795–1865) – merchant, politician; MLA and Mayor of Saint John
* Robert J. Patterson (1809–1884) – former American slave, restauranteur
* Robert Parker (1796–1865) – lawyer, judge, politician
* 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
* Samuel Leonard Tilley (1818–1896) – politician; Father of Confederation
* Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley (1870–1947) – lawyer, politician; 21st premier of New Brunswick
* Sue Tingley (born 1977) – field hockey player, Yale Bulldogs assistant
* Ken Tobias (born 1945) – 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
* Edward Winchester (1970–2020) – lightweight rower
* Michelle Winters (born 1972) – writer and translator
* 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
* Hugh Winsor (born 1938) – journalist
* 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