Title: List of people from Nova Scotia Content: This is a list of notable people who are from Nova Scotia, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that province. ==Pre- Confederation== *David H. Armstrong, United States Senator from Missouri, born in Nova Scotia *Alexander Graham Bell *Samuel Cunard *Noel Doiron *Charles Fenerty, inventor of wood pulp process for papermaking *Rose Fortune *Abraham Pineo Gesner, discovered kerosene oil *Jerome of Sandy Cove *Joseph Howe *Gordon Benjamin Isnor * William PagetThe Humours of the Fleet. 1749Halifax Gazette. 1752.A Voyage to Ipswich. 1744 The Plays of David Garrick: Garrick's own plays, 1767-1775, p. 374 p.757 *Angus MacAskill, suffered gigantism, stood 7'9" *Joshua Slocum, first to sail solo around the world * Richard John Uniacke *William Valentine ===Military Figures=== ==== 17th-18th century ==== File:Charles d'Aulnay.jpg|Charles de Menou d'Aulnay - Acadian Civil War File:Portrait Françoise-Marie Jacquelin.jpg| Françoise-Marie Jacquelin - Civil War in Acadia File:BaronDeStCastin1881byWill H Lowe Wilson Museum Archives.jpg|Baron de St. Castin - Castin's War File: Old Point Monument, Madison, ME.jpg|Father Sébastien Rale - Father Rale's War File:Jean- BaptisteCopeSignatureJPEG.jpg| Chief Jean-Baptiste Cope - Father Le Loutre's War File:Abbe Le Loutre.jpg| Father Jean-Louis Le Loutre- Father Le Loutre's War File:GovernorOfNovaScotiaCharlesLawrence.jpg|Charles Lawrence - Father Le Loutre's War File:SylvanusCobbMonumentLiverpoolNS.png|Silvanus Cobb File:ColonelJonathanEddyFromWilliamDWilliamsonHistoryofPenobscotCountyMaine.jpg|Jonathan Eddy - American Revolution See also: * John Allan - American Revolution * Pierre Maisonnat dit Baptiste - Queen Anne's War * Joseph-Nicolas Gautier - Father Le Loutre's War * John Gyles - King William's War * John Handfield - Fort Vieux Logis * Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour - Acadian Civil War * Chief Madockawando - King William's War * Father Pierre Maillard - Father Le Loutre's War * Charles Morris - King George's War * Pierre II Surette - French and Indian War ==== 19th Century ==== File:John Charles Beckwith.png|John Charles Beckwith - Battle of Waterloo File:Sir Edward Belcher by Stephen Pearce.jpg|Edward Belcher by Stephen Pearce - Franklin's lost expedition File:WilliamFenswickWilliamsNSHouseOfAssembleyByWilliam Gush.jpg| Nova Scotian Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet, of Kars by William Gush - Crimean War File:Welsford- Parker_Monument_at_the_entrance_to_the_Old_Burying_Ground_in_Halifax,_Nova_Scotia,_Canada.jpg|Major Augustus F. Welsford - Crimean War File:Welsford- Parker_Monument_at_the_entrance_to_the_Old_Burying_Ground_in_Halifax,_Nova_Scotia,_Canada.jpg|Captain William B.C.A. Parker - Crimean War File:JohnInglisByWilliamGushNSProvinceHouse.JPG|Nova Scotian Sir John Eardley Inglis by William Gush - Indian Mutiny File:William Hall VC.jpg|William Hall (VC) - Indian Mutiny File:Lieutenant-Colonel James J. Bremner.png| Lieutenant- Colonel James J. Bremner - Northwest Rebellion See also: * George Augustus Westphal - War of 1812 == Post Confederation Military Figures == File:Harold Lothrop Borden.jpg|Harold Lothrop Borden - Second Boer War File:Margaret Marjory (Pearl) Fraser.png|Margaret Marjory Fraser -World War I File:WalterCallow (1917).png|Walter Harris Callow -World War I, disabled veterans advocate File:James Peter Robertson.jpg|James Peter Robertson, VC - WWI File:MonaLouiseParsons1929.jpg|Mona Louise Parsons - World War II File:Murry, Admiral L.W..jpg|Leonard W. Murray - World War II ==Actors== *Frankie MacDonald *Chuck Campbell *Jeff Douglas *John Dunsworth *Mark Farrell *Peter Flemming *Lex Gigeroff *Jeffrey Hirschfield *Leslie Hope *Ruby Keeler *Murray Langston, aka "The Unknown Comic" *Daniel MacIvor *David Manners *Forbes March *Peter North *Craig Olejnik *Ellen Page *Patrick Roach *Harold Russell *Garwin Sanford *Mike Smith *John Paul Tremblay *Robb Wells *Austin Willis ==Architects== *Brian MacKay-Lyons ==Artists== *Mark A. Brennan *Alex Colville *William E. deGarthe *Maud Lewis *Gilbert Stuart Newton *Edith Smith *Michael Ernest Sweet *Christopher Webb ==Cartoonists== *Hal Foster ==Filmmakers== *Mike Clattenburg *Phil Comeau *Paul Donovan *Jason Eisener *Thom Fitzgerald *Andrew Hines *Daniel MacIvor ==Industry== * Ezra Churchill * Cyrus S. Eaton * Alfred Fuller, founder of the Fuller Brush Company * Alexander Keith, brewer * John W. Sobey ==Inventors== * Walter Harris Callow, inventor of wheelchair accessible bus *Charles Fenerty, inventor of wood pulp process for papermaking ==Musicians== ;People *Brian Ahern (producer) *Gary Beals *Buck 65 *George Canyon,born Fredrick George Lays *Wilf Carter *Classified *Holly Cole *J. P. Cormier *Melanie Doane *Denny Doherty *The Ennis Sisters *Todd Fancey *Leslie Feist *J.D. Fortune *Bruce Guthro *Rebekah Higgs *Ashley MacIsaac *Natalie MacMaster *Kevin MacMichael *Rita MacNeil *Matt Mays *Sarah McLachlan *Matt Minglewood *Anne Murray *Joel Plaskett *Steve Poltz *Heather Rankin *Jimmy Rankin *Stan Rogers, from Ontario but resided in and sang about Nova Scotia *Gordie Sampson *Tara Slone *Laura Smith *Hank Snow *Scott Storch *Portia White ;Bands *April Wine *The Barra MacNeils *The Rankin Family *Rawlins Cross *Sloan *The Trews ==Religion== *Henry Alline, the Apostle of Nova Scotia *Moses E. Kiley, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee ==Scientists== *Donald O. Hebb *Abraham Pineo Gesner *Simon Newcomb *Willard Boyle ==Sports== ===Sports Announcers=== *Danny Gallivan *Paul Hollingsworth ===Adventurers=== *Howard Blackburn *Joshua Slocum ===Baseball Players=== *Vince Horsman *Fred Lake ===Boat Racers=== *Angus Walters ===Canoeists=== *Richard Dalton *Stephen Giles *Michael Scarola ===Kayakers=== *Jillian D'Alessio *Karen Furneaux *Sue Holloway *Ryan Thomas ===Body Builders=== *Cindy Phillips *Ryan Thomas ===Boxers=== *Chris Clarke *Buddy Daye *George Dixon *Ray Downey *Bryan Gibson *Kirk Johnson *Sam Langford *Carroll Morgan *Marty O'Donnell *Randall Thompson ===Curlers=== ====Men==== *Shawn Adams *Mark Dacey, from Saskatoon but curls out of the Mayflower Curling Club *Andrew Gibson *Rob Harris *Bruce Lohnes ====Women==== *Mary-Anne Arsenault *Nancy Delahunt, a Montrealer who has resided in Halifax for several years *Meredith Harrison *Colleen Jones *Kim Kelly *Jill Mouzar ===Equestrians=== ====Harness Racing==== *Bill O'Donnell ====Show Jumping==== *Ian Millar ===Football Players=== ====NFL Players==== *Buck MacDonald *Eddie Murray *Tyrone Williams ====CFL Players==== *Tyrone Williams ===Rugby Union Players=== *Morgan Williams ===Soccer Players=== *Stephen Hart *Ante Jazic ===Gymnasts=== *Ellie Black ===Ice Hockey Players=== ==== Men ==== *Paul Andrea, 150 NHL games in the 1960s and 1970s *Dennis Bonvie *Eric Boulton *David Brine *John Brophy *Sidney Crosby *Mal Davis *Ryan Flinn *Danny Gallivan *William Hollett *Don Koharski *Craig MacDonald *Lowell MacDonald *Parker MacDonald *Al MacInnis, Hall of Famer *Nathan MacKinnon *Cail MacLean *Al MacNeil *Brad Marchand *Mike McPhee *Dean Melanson *Glen Murray *Pokey Reddick *Bill Riley *Jody Shelley *James Sheppard *Zach Sill *Jon Sim *Bobby Smith *Colin White *Matthew Highmore *Ryan Graves ==== Women ==== *Jillian Saulnier *Blayre Turnbull ===Sports Journalists=== *Alex J. Walling ====Cross-Country Skiers==== *Sue Holloway ===Swimmers=== *Nancy Garapick *Sandy Goss ===Track and Field Athletes=== *Duncan Gillis *Aileen Meagher ===Professional Wrestlers=== *Rocky Johnson *Great Antonio ==Suffragettes== File:Leonowens Portrait.jpg|Anna Leonowens File:EdithArchibald.JPG|Edith Archibald File:ElizaRitchieLibraryArchivesCanada.jpg|Eliza Ritchie File:Mrs Louise Borden.jpg|Laura Borden - wife of Prime minister Robert Borden ==Writers== *Ernest Buckler *Lesley Choyce *George Elliott Clarke *Darren Greer *Thomas Chandler Haliburton *Wendy Lill *Hugh MacLennan *Leo McKay, Jr. *Adriana Porter *Thomas Head Raddall *Margaret Marshall Saunders *John Stiles *Michael Ernest Sweet *Budge Wilson *Maria Frances Ann Morris