List of people from Nova Scotia explained

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^[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
• William Paget^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}
• 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

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

See also:

• George Augustus Westphal - War of 1812

Actors

• Elliot Page
• Chase Tang
• Page Fletcher

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

Diplomats

• Audri Mukhopadhyay

• Clement Ligoure, first Black physician in Nova Scotia

Filmmakers

• Mike Clattenburg
• Phil Comeau
• Paul Donovan
• Jason Eisener
• Thom Fitzgerald
• Andrew Hines
• Daniel MacIvor
• Noah Pink

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
• Abraham Pineo Gesner, inventor of kerosene

Media

• William Coates Borrett, founder of CHNS-FM, the province's first commercial radio station

Musicians

See main article: List of musicians from Nova Scotia.

People

• Brian Ahern (producer)
• Carroll Baker (singer) Carroll Baker CM
• Gary Beals
• Buck 65
• George Canyon,born Fredrick George Lays
• Wilf Carter
• Classified
• Holly Cole
• J. P. Cormier
• Melanie Doane
• Denny Doherty
• 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 lived in and sang about Nova Scotia
• Gordie Sampson
• Tara Slone
• Laura Smith
• Hank Snow
• Scott Storch
• Portia White
• JRDN
• Jody Upshaw

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
• Thomas Mason
• 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
• Anne Dodge

Bodybuilders

• Cindy Phillips

Boxers

• Chris Clarke
• Buddy Daye
• George Dixon
• Ray Downey
• Bryan Gibson
• Kirk Johnson
• Sam Langford
• Carroll Morgan
• Marty O'Donnell
• Randall Thompson

Curlers

Men’s Curling

• Shawn Adams
• Mark Dacey, from Saskatoon but curls out of the Mayflower Curling Club
• Andrew Gibson
• Rob Harris
• Bruce Lohnes

Women’s Curling

• Mary-Anne Arsenault
• Nancy Delahunt, a Montrealer who has lived 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

Marty Martinello born in Sydney, N.S. Played in CFL, won Grey Cup with Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Named to N.S. Ports Hall of Fame.

Rugby union players

• Morgan Williams

Soccer players

• Stephen Hart
• Ante Jazic
• Jacob Shaffelburg

Gymnasts

• Ellie Black

Ice hockey people

Administrators

• Frederick E. Betts, president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association
• Hanson Dowell, president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association

Men

• Paul Andrea, 150 NHL games in the 1960s and 1970s
• Drake Batherson
• 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
• Paul 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
• Carly Jackson

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

Powerlifters

• John "Jackie" Barrett

Writers

• John Boileau (born in New Brunswick, but writing career in Nova Scotia)
• Ernest Buckler
• Lesley Choyce
• George Elliott Clarke
• Darren Greer
• Thomas Chandler Haliburton
• Wendy Lill
• Hugh MacLennan
• Alistair MacLeod (born in Saskatchewan, but lived a significant amount of time in, wrote about, and was buried in, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia)
• Leo McKay Jr.
• Adriana Porter
• Thomas Head Raddall
• Spider Robinson (1970s and '80s)
• Margaret Marshall Saunders
• John Stiles
• Michael Ernest Sweet
• Budge Wilson
• Maria Frances Ann Morris

See also

• Black Nova Scotians
• List of people from the Halifax Regional Municipality
• List of people from Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia
• Christopher Cross Griffin

References

1. Book: Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896 . Marquis Who's Who . Chicago . 1963.
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=BsFlAAAAcAAJ&dq=%22The+Humours+of+the+Fleet%22&pg=PR3 The Humours of the Fleet. 1749
3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=4p3FJGzxjgAC&dat=17520330&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Halifax Gazette. 1752.
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=xaZYAAAAcAAJ&dq=%22W.+paget%22+comedian+london&pg=PA18 A Voyage to Ipswich. 1744
5. https://books.google.com/books?id=aV82iCGPv-UC&dq=david+garrick+william+paget&pg=PA374 The Plays of David Garrick: Garrick's own plays, 1767–1775, p. 374
6. https://books.google.com/books?id=MitwAAAAMAAJ&dq=lord+castlemaine+house+epping+forest&pg=PA758 p.757
7. Web site: Image of Fleet Prison . 2016-07-13 . 2016-09-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160918071537/http://www.18thc-cities.paris-sorbonne.fr/Crime-in-London-65?lang=fr . dead .