This is a list of notable people from Bathurst, New Brunswick. Although not everyone in this list was born in Bathurst, they all live or have lived in Bathurst and have had significant connections to the community.
This article does not include the List of people from Gloucester County, New Brunswick as they have their own section.
This list of mayors of Bathurst may be found in MacMillan (reference below, to 1983) or at the City Hall where the mayoral photographic portrait array is to the left of chambers.
| Name | Yr in | Mo in | Yr out | Mo out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | October | 1915 | April | |
| J.N. Michaud, MD | 1915 | April | 1917 | April |
| W.H. Coffyn | 1917 | April | 1919 | April |
| 1919 | April | 1921 | April | |
| J.B. Hachey | 1921 | April | 1923 | April |
| W.J. Kent | 1923 | April | 1925 | April |
| J.L. Ryan, QC | 1925 | April | 1927 | April |
| A. Landry | 1927 | April | 1929 | April |
| G. Gilbert, KC | 1929 | April | 1931 | April |
| 1931 | April | 1933 | April | |
| C.I. Veniot, MD | 1933 | April | 1935 | April |
| R.G. Duncan, MD | 1935 | April | 1937 | April |
| 1937 | April | 1939 | April | |
| M.H. Poirier | 1939 | April | 1941 | April |
| E.H. Chalmers | 1941 | April | 1943 | April |
| 1943 | April | 1945 | April | |
| A.M. Robichaud, QC | 1945 | April | 1947 | April |
| G.A. MacDonald | 1947 | April | 1949 | April |
| 1949 | April | 1951 | April | |
| S.L. Frenette, MD | 1951 | April | 1953 | February |
| M. Smith | 1953 | February | 1955 | February |
| L.G. Riordon | 1955 | February | 1957 | February |
| R.J. Cormier | 1957 | February | 1959 | February |
| G.A. MacDonald | 1959 | February | 1961 | February |
| V.J. Whelton | 1961 | February | 1963 | February |
| G. Vantassel | 1963 | ? | 1965 | ? |
| D. Young | 1965 | 1967 | ||
| J.A. Picot | 1967 | 1969 | ||
| H. Ferguson | 1969 | 1971 | ||
| W.B. Orser, MD | 1971 | 1974 | ||
| J.A. Duffy | 1974 | 1980 | ||
| R. Clinch | 1980 | 1983 | ||
| P. McLaughlin | 1983 | ? | ||
| Name | Known for | Birth | Death | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | commissioner of the Canadian Hockey League | |||
| entertainer | 1911 | 1972 | a featured entertainer on Don Messer's Jubilee on CBC Television, 1957–1969 | |
| ice hockey | 1992 | NHL hockey player currently with the Philadelphia Flyers | ||
| film director | 1873 | 1940 | pioneer Hollywood film director | |
| Sam De Grasse | actor | 1875 | 1953 | known primarily for playing crafty and villainous film roles |
| journalist | 1958 | BBC journalist | ||
| industrialist | 1874 | 1956 | banker, art collector, industrialist, philanthropist | |
| author | 1971 | author, publisher, activist | ||
| soldier | 1887 | 1969 | Bathurst-born recipient of the Victoria Cross for actions during the Battle of Amiens in the First World War | |
| businessman | 1860 | 1943 | Founding alderman in Bathurst's first town council, mayor of Bathurst for two terms | |
| ice hockey | 1921 | 1981 | former NHL forward and local businessman | |
| ice hockey | 1966 | president of Hockey Canada | ||
| 1954 | serves as the chair of the Ontario Health agency's board of director | |||
| singer | 1981 | francophone chart-topping singer | ||