List of people from Nova Scotia
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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.
Contents
- 1 Pre-Confederation people
- 2 Post Confederation military figures
- 3 Actors
- 4 Architects
- 5 Artists
- 6 Filmmakers
- 7 Industry
- 8 Inventors
- 9 Musicians
- 10 Religion
- 11 Scientists
- 12 Sportspeople
- 12.1 Sports announcers
- 12.2 Adventurers
- 12.3 Baseball people
- 12.4 Basketball people
- 12.5 Boat racers
- 12.6 Body builders
- 12.7 Boxers
- 12.8 Curlers
- 12.9 Equestrians
- 12.10 Football people
- 12.11 Ice hockey people
- 12.12 Sports journalists
- 12.13 Skiers
- 12.14 Swimmers
- 12.15 Track and field athletes
- 12.16 Professional wrestlers
- 13 Suffragettes
- 14 Writers
- 15 See also
- 16 References
Pre-Confederation people[edit]
- David H. Armstrong, United States Senator from Missouri, born in Nova Scotia[1]
- 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
- Angus MacAskill, suffered gigantism, stood 7'9"
- Joshua Slocum, first to sail solo around the world
- Richard John Uniacke
- William Valentine
Military figures[edit]
17th-18th century[edit]
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Françoise-Marie Jacquelin - Civil War in Acadia
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Father Sébastien Rale - Father Rale's War
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[edit]
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Nova Scotian Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet, of Kars by William Gush - Crimean War
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Major Augustus F. Welsford - Crimean War
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Captain William B.C.A. Parker - Crimean War
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Nova Scotian Sir John Eardley Inglis by William Gush - Indian Mutiny
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William Hall (VC) - Indian Mutiny
See also:
- George Augustus Westphal - War of 1812
Post Confederation military figures[edit]
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Walter Harris Callow -World War I, disabled veterans advocate
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Philip Bent, VC - World War I
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John Bernard Croak, VC - WWI
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John Chipman Kerr, VC - WWI
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James Peter Robertson, VC - WWI
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Actors[edit]
- 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[edit]
Artists[edit]
- Mark A. Brennan
- Alex Colville
- William E. deGarthe
- Maud Lewis
- Gilbert Stuart Newton
- Edith Smith
- Lewis Smith
- Christopher Webb
Filmmakers[edit]
Industry[edit]
- Ezra Churchill
- Cyrus S. Eaton
- Alfred Fuller, founder of the Fuller Brush Company
- Alexander Keith, brewer
- John W. Sobey
Inventors[edit]
- Walter Harris Callow, inventor of wheelchair accessible bus
- Charles Fenerty, inventor of wood pulp process for papermaking
Musicians[edit]
- People
- 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
- Jimmy Rankin
- Stan Rogers, from Ontario but resided in and sang about Nova Scotia
- Tara Slone
- Laura Smith
- Hank Snow
- Scott Storch
- Portia White
- Bands
Religion[edit]
- Henry Alline, the Apostle of Nova Scotia
- Moses E. Kiley, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee
Scientists[edit]
Sportspeople[edit]
Sports announcers[edit]
Adventurers[edit]
Baseball people[edit]
Basketball people[edit]
Boat racers[edit]
Canoeists[edit]
Kayakers[edit]
Body builders[edit]
Boxers[edit]
- Chris Clarke
- Buddy Daye
- George Dixon
- Ray Downey
- Bryan Gibson
- Kirk Johnson
- Sam Langford
- Carroll Morgan
- Marty O'Donnell
- Randall Thompson
Curlers[edit]
Men[edit]
- Shawn Adams
- Mark Dacey, from Saskatoon but curls out of the Mayflower Curling Club
- Andrew Gibson
- Rob Harris
- Bruce Lohnes
Women[edit]
- Mary-Anne Arsenault
- Nancy Delahunt, a Montrealer who has resided in Halifax for several years
- Meredith Harrison
- Colleen Jones
- Kim Kelly
- Jill Mouzar
Equestrians[edit]
Harness racers[edit]
Show jumping[edit]
Football people[edit]
American football people[edit]
Canadian football people[edit]
Rugby union people[edit]
Soccer people[edit]
Ice hockey people[edit]
- Paul Andrea, 150 NHL games in the 1960s and 1970s
- Dennis Bonvie
- Eric Boulton
- David Brine
- John Brophy
- Sidney Crosby
- Mal Davis
- Chad Denny
- Ryan Flinn
- Danny Gallivan
- William Hollett
- Don Koharski
- Craig 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
Sports journalists[edit]
Skiers[edit]
Connor WIlliams
Cross-country skiers[edit]
Swimmers[edit]
Track and field athletes[edit]
Professional wrestlers[edit]
Suffragettes[edit]
-
Laura Borden - wife of Prime minister Robert Borden
Writers[edit]
F.H. Baker, editor of The Mayflower, ca. 1878. The Acadian Recorder gave a length biography of Baker on the occasion of his death.
- 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
- Budge Wilson
See also[edit]
- Black Nova Scotians
- List of people from the Halifax Regional Municipality
- List of people from Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia
References[edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to People of Nova Scotia. |
- ^ Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 1963.
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