# List of people from New Brunswick

This is a list of notable people who are from New Brunswick, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that province.

## By city or town

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People from Bathurst :
| Name | Known for | Birth | Death | Other |
| David Branch | ice hockey | 1948 | | commissioner of the Canadian Hockey League |
| Charlie Chamberlain | entertainer | 1911 | 1972 | a featured entertainer on Don Messer's Jubilee on CBC Television, 1957–1969 |
| Sean Couturier | ice hockey | 1992 | | NHL hockey player currently with the Philadelphia Flyers |
| Joe De Grasse | film director | 1873 | 1940 | pioneer Hollywood film director |
| Sam De Grasse | actor | 1875 | 1953 | known primarily for playing crafty and villainous film roles |
| Lyse Doucet | journalist | 1958 | | BBC journalist |
| James Dunn | industrialist | 1874 | 1956 | banker, art collector, industrialist, philanthropist |
| Robert Frigault | author | 1971 | | author, publisher, activist |
| Herman James Good | soldier | 1887 | 1969 | Bathurst-born recipient of the Victoria Cross for actions during the Battle of Amiens in the First World War |
| W.J. Kent | businessman | 1860 | 1943 | Founding alderman in Bathurst's first town council, mayor of Bathurst for two terms |
| Felix Roland "Rollie" Rossignol | ice hockey | 1921 | 1981 | former NHL forward and local businessman |
| Scott Smith | ice hockey | 1966 | | president of Hockey Canada |
| Bill Hatanaka | Canadian football | 1954 | | serves as the chair of the Ontario Health agency's board of director |
| Natasha St-Pier | singer | 1981 | | francophone chart-topping singer |
People from Campbellton :
| Name | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
| Roy Boudreau | politics | 1946 | | former MLA for Campbellton-Restigouche Centre in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick; President of the Assembly |
| Byron Christopher | journalist | 1949 | | award-winning print, radio, and television news reporter |
| Greg Davis | politics | 1962 | | politician |
| Bill Dickie | sports | 1916 | 1997 | ice hockey goaltender |
| Rayburn Doucett | politics | 1943 | | businessman and politician |
| Jean F. Dubé | politics | 1962 | | former Member of Parliament (Madawaska-Restigouche), former Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick; member of the Parole Board of Canada |
| Patsy Gallant | singer | 1948 | | popular singer and musical theatre actress |
| Chuck Guité | civil servant | 1943 | | civil servant |
| John LeBlanc | sports | 1964 | | former professional hockey player for the Winnipeg Jets, Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers |
| René Lévesque | politics | 1922 | 1987 | Parti québécois Premier of Quebec |
| Brenda Best | music | 1962 | | award-winning songwriter ASCAP Nashville; inducted into the NBCMHF New Brunswick Country Music Hall of Fame (2015) |
| Peter Maher | sports | 1949 | | sports broadcaster for the Calgary Flames; inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame |
| John McAlister | politics | 1842 | 1918 | first mayor of Campbellton, 1888-1889 |
| Bill Miller | sports | 1908 | 1986 | former professional hockey player for the Montreal Maroons |
| Frédéric Niemeyer | sports | 1976 | | former professional tennis player |
| Mike Olscamp | politics | | | professor and politician |
| Gerry Ouellette | sports | 1938 | | former professional hockey player for the Boston Bruins and Campbellton Tigers; won three Hardy Cups |
| Allain Roy | sports | 1970 | | 1994 Canadian Olympian, won NCAA title with Harvard and drafted by the Winnipeg Jets. |
| John Stevens | sports | 1966 | | former hockey head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers; current Assistant Coach of the Los Angeles Kings |
| J.C. Van Horne | politics | 1921 | 2003 | politician |
People from Dieppe :
| Name | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
| Arthur Leblanc [fr] | music | 1906 | 1985 | violinist, composer |
| Adélard Savoie [fr] | politics | 1922 | 2004 | first mayor of the Town of Dieppe |
| Claude Bourque (journalist) [fr] | journalism | 1945 | | |
| Cy LeBlanc | politics | 1955 | | businessman and politician, former MP for Dieppe Centre-Lewisville to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, born in Dieppe |
| Raymond Guy LeBlanc | music | 1945 | 2021 | musician and poet, born in the Saint-Anselme area |
| Fayo | music | 1977 | | songwriter, born in Dieppe |
| Kamylle Frenette | sports | 1996 | | paratriathlete, born and grew up in Dieppe |
| Corinne Gallant | activism | 1922 | 2018 | professor and feminist activist, a member of the Order of Canada |
| Lorette Gallant [fr] | music | | | nun and musician, member of the Order of Canada |
| Bill Malenfant | politics | 1929 | 2016 | former mayor of Dieppe (1971–1977, 1983–1998) |
| Yvon Lapierre | politics | 1964 | | current mayor of Dieppe (1998-2005, 2012-Current) |
| Charlie Gillespie | acting | 1998 | | actor, born in Dieppe |
| Paul LeBlanc | makeup and hairstyling | 1946 | 2019 | Academy Award winning hairstylist (Amadeus, Return of the Jedi, Black Swan) |
People from Edmundston :
| Name | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
| Joseph Bérubé | government service (judge and Ombudsman) | | | Longest-serving Ombudsman of New Brunswick (1976–1993). |
| Maurice Bolyer | music | 1920 | 1978 | banjo player who appeared on The Tommy Hunter Show |
| John Carl Murchie | military | 1895 | 1966 | Commander of the Canadian Army from 1943 to 1945 |
| Cédrick Desjardins | sports | 1985 | | hockey goaltender, plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning affiliate in the AHL |
| Dave Hilton, Sr. | sports | 1940 | 2023 | professional boxer who won a Canadian championship in three different weight divisions |
| Ty LaForest | sports | 1917 | 1947 | Major League Baseball player who played with the Boston Red Sox |
| Maryse Ouellet | sports | 1983 | | professional wrestler and former two-time WWE Divas Champion |
| Natasha St-Pier | music | 1981 | | singer, better known in France |
| Shawn Sawyer | sports | 1985 | | figure skater, finished 12th overall at the XXth Winter Olympics held in Turin, Italy |
| Bernard Valcourt | politics | 1952 | | federal politician |
| Roch Voisine | music | 1963 | | singer, actor (born and raised in St-Basile) |
People from Fredericton :
| Name | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
| Lisa Alward | writer | 1962 | | nominee for the 2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction |
| Rebecca Agatha Armour | literature | 1845 | 1891 | novelist and schoolteacher who lived almost her whole life in the town |
| John Babbitt | science | 1845 | 1889 | built the first working phonograph in New Brunswick |
| R. E. Balch | academics | 1894 | 1994 | entomologist |
| J. W. "Bud" Bird | | 1932 | | Provincial Cabinet Minister and member of the House of Commons of Canada |
| Troy Brewer | Retail Industry | 1971 | | Vice President of Stores GUESS? Inc |
| Bliss Carman | literature | 1861 | 1929 | poet |
| Herb Curtis | literature | 1946 | | author |
| Mike Eagles | sports | 1963 | | former NHL player |
| Gérard La Forest | law | 1926 | | former Supreme Court judge |
| Julia O. Henson | activist | 1852 | | A co-founder of the NAACP and the Harriet Tubman house in Boston |
| Hugh Havelock McLean | politics | 1854 | 1938 | lawyer, MP, general, and Lieutenant Governor |
| Hal Merrill | sports | 1964 | | three-time bronze medalist at the Paralympic Games, two in the 1992 Summer Paralympics and one in the 1996 Summer Paralympics |
| Alden Nowlan | literature | 1933 | 1983 | poet, playwright, journalist |
| Willie O'Ree | sports | 1935 | | first black NHL player |
| Charles G. D. Roberts | literature | 1860 | 1943 | poet, the "father of Canadian poetry" |
| John Saunders | politics | 1754 | 1834 | Chief Justice on N.B. Supreme Court |
| Andy Scott | politics | 1955 | 2013 | former Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development – Fredericton |
People from Miramichi :
| Name | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
| George P. Burchill | politics | 1889 | 1977 | shipbuilding and lumber operations, Senator of Canada 1945–1977 |
| John Ralston | actor | 1964 | | "George Venturi" from Life with Derek |
| Max Aitken | politics | 1879 | 1964 | 1st Baron Beaverbrook, business tycoon, politician, writer and philanthropist |
| Richard Bedford Bennett | politics | 1870 | 1947 | 1st Viscount Bennett, 11th Prime Minister of Canada, practised law there |
| Martin Cranney | | 1795 | 1870 | pioneer Irish leader on the Miramichi |
| Joseph Cunard | | 1799 | 1865 | politician, shipbuilder and businessman; former MLA; brother of Samuel Cunard |
| William Davidson | | 1740 | 1790 | First Permanent English speaking resident businessman, shipbuilder, politician, MLA |
| Nicolas Denys | | 1598? | 1688 | with his son Richard Denys, pioneer fur traders |
| Jason Dickson | | 1973 | | former baseball player |
| Yvon Durelle | | 1929 | 2007 | British Empire Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion |
| Frances Fish | | 1888 | 1975 | |
| Raymond Fraser | author | 1941 | | author and poet |
| James Gilmour | | 1782 | 1858 | |
| Alfred A. Green | politician | 1824 | 1899 | early California pioneer |
| Richard Hutchison | | 1812 | 1891 | businessman, former MLA and Member of Parliament |
| W. S. Loggie | | 1850 | 1944 | politician and businessman. |
| Brad Malone | | 1989 | | ice hockey player |
| Greg Malone | | 1956 | | former ice hockey player |
| Jim Malone | | 1962 | | former ice hockey player |
| Louise Manny | | 1890 | 1970 | folklorist and historian |
| Frank McKenna | | 1948 | | businessman and politician, former Premier of NB, former ambassador to the United States |
| George Roy McWilliam | | 1905 | 1977 | longtime Member of Parliament |
| Peter Mitchell | | 1824 | 1899 | politician, Father of Confederation, former Premier of NB (as a British Province) and MP |
| Joseph Leonard O'Brien | | 1895 | 1973 | politician and businessman, former Lieutenant-Governor |
| Anne Quinlan | educator | 1839 | 1923 | head of St. Michael's Academy |
| Alexander Rankin | | 1788 | 1852 | politician and businessman |
| David Adams Richards | author | 1950 | | award-winning writer |
| James Rogers | | 1826 | 1903 | bishop |
| Joseph Russell | | 1786 | 1855 | former shipbuilder |
| Valerie Sherrard | author | 1957 | | award-winning author |
| Jabez Bunting Snowball | politician | 1837 | 1907 | politician and businessman, former Lieutenant-Governor |
| Tyson Dux | pro wrestler | 1978 | | former TNA wrestler |
| Lemuel John Tweedie | politician | 1849 | 1917 | politician and lawyer, former Premier and Lieutenant-Governor of NB |
| Quinson Valentino | professional wrestler | 1970 | | former international pro wrestling star |
| Kevin Vickers | | 1956 | | Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons |
| Michael Whelan | poet | 1858 | 1937 | poet |
| Duane Rousselle | educator, psychoanalyst | 1982 | | educator, author, activist, and psychoanalyst |
People from Moncton :
| Name | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
| George Carroll | athlete | 1897 | 1939 | NHL defenceman |
| Julie Doiron | musician | 1972 | | indie rock musician with Eric's Trip |
| France Daigle | Acadian novelist | 1953 | | winner of the Governor General's Literary Prize for French fiction in 2012 |
| Frederick W. Sumner | was a merchant and political figure | 1855 | 1919 | was a merchant and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada |
| Roger Lord | musician | | | professional pianist, brother of former premier Bernard Lord |
| Matt Minglewood | musician | 1947 | | rock musician |
| Marg Osburne | musician | 1927 | 1977 | country and gospel singer, television and radio personality; featured on Don Messer's Jubilee and That Maritime Feeling |
| Mike Plume | musician | 1968 | | country singer |
| Phil Comeau | film director | 1956 | | directed first theatrical Acadian feature Le secret de Jérôme (Jerome's Secret) |
| Rhéal Cormier | athlete | 1968 | 2021 | baseball player |
| René-Arthur Fréchet | architect | 1879 | 1950 | originally from Montreal |
| Rick White | musician | 1970 | | indie rock musician (Eric's Trip, Elevator |
| Jasper Wood | musician | 1974 | | concert violinist |
| Holly Elissa | thespian | 1979 | | film actor |
| Viola Léger | thespian | 1930 | 2023 | stage actress and retired Canadian Senator, known for her role as La Sagouine |
| Gordie Drillon | athlete | 1913 | 1986 | hockey player |
| Robert Maillet | thespian | 1969 | | film actor, played "Uber Immortal" in 300; played "Dredger" in 2009's Sherlock Holmes |
| Robb Wells | thespian | 1971 | | comic actor, played "Ricky" on TV's Trailer Park Boys |
| Michael de Adder | cartoonist | 1967 | | political cartoonist |
| Sheree Fitch | writer | 1956 | | children's author |
| Gérald Leblanc | writer | 1945 | 2005 | author and poet |
| Don Jardine | professional wrestler | 1940 | 2006 | known as "The Spoiler" and "The Super Destroyer"; trainer of WWE wrestler The Undertaker |
| Antonine Maillet | writer | 1929 | | novelist, recipient of the Prix Goncourt, the highest honour in francophone literature |
| George Steeves | writer | c. 1945 | | contemporary photographer |
| Sonja Lang | linguist | c. 1978 | | linguist and translator |
| Sandy Ferguson | athlete | 1879 | 1919 | heavyweight boxer; fought Jack Johnson five times |
| Russ Howard | athlete | 1956 | | two-time world champion and Olympic gold medalist men's curler |
| Travis Jayner | athlete | 1982 | | Olympic bronze and World Championship silver medal-winning short track speed skater |
| Terry Moore | athlete | 1958 | | soccer player; NASL, Irish League, Olympics, played for Canada at the 1986 World Cup |
| Daniel Gaudet | athlete | 1959 | | represented Canada in artistic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles |
| Northrop Frye | writer | 1912 | 1991 | literary critic and academic; continues to be a prominent figure in Moncton culture, with The Frye Festival, an annual literary festival, bearing his name |
| James E. Lockyer | government | 1949 | | law professor and former New Brunswick Minister of Justice |
| Julian LeBlanc | thespian | 1989 | | actor |
| Michel Bastarache | government | 1947 | | Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada |
| Claudette Bradshaw | government | 1949 | 2022 | former federal Minister of Labour (1998–2004) |
| Herménégilde Chiasson | government | 1946 | | artist, academic, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick 2003-2009 |
| Reuben Cohen | business | 1921 | 2014 | lawyer and business magnate |
| Allison Dysart | government | 1880 | 1960 | Premier of New Brunswick (1935–1940) |
| Henry Emmerson | government | 1853 | 1914 | Premier of New Brunswick (1897–1900), Federal Minister of Railways and Canals (1904–1907) |
| Ray Frenette | government | 1935 | 2018 | Premier of New Brunswick (1997–1998) |
| Roméo LeBlanc | government | 1927 | 2009 | former federal Minister of Fisheries, Senator and Speaker of the Canadian Senate; Governor-General of Canada (1995–1999) |
| Bernard Lord | government | 1965 | | Premier of New Brunswick (1999–2006) |
| Frank McKenna | government | 1948 | | Premier of New Brunswick (1987–1997), former Canadian ambassador to the United States of America |
| James Alexander Murray | government | 1864 | 1960 | Premier of New Brunswick (1917) |
| Ivan Rand | government | 1884 | 1969 | Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada; creator of the Rand formula, which allows union dues to be automatically subtracted from workers' salaries; member of the UNSCOP, which oversaw the partition of Palestine in 1947 |
| Brenda Robertson | government | 1929 | 2020 | first female member of the New Brunswick legislature and the first female cabinet minister in New Brunswick, Canadian Senator (1984–2004) |
| Brian Gallant | government | 1982 | | Premier of New Brunswick (2014–2018) |
| Bill "Spaceman" Lee | athlete | 1946 | | American pro baseball pitcher; played four years with the Moncton Mets (1984–1987) |
| Clifford William Robinson | government | 1866 | 1944 | Premier of New Brunswick (1907–1908), Canadian Senator |
People from Riverview :
| Full name | Known for | Birth | Death |
| Charles Foster | Writer | 1923 | 2017 |
| Travis Jayner | Sports | 1982 | |
| Michael LeBlanc | Sports | 1987 | |
| Mike Miller | Sports | 1989 | |
| Jordan Murray | Sports | 1992 | |
| Todd Smith | Politics | 1971 | |
| Yvette Victoria Angela Swan | Minister | 1945 | 2021 |
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 (born 1930) – 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 or 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
* 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