List of Acadians

This is a list of members of the Acadian people, and people of Acadian origins.

Actors

• Patricia McKenzie - actress born in Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine (Painchaud family)

Education

• Barbara Le Blanc

Barbara Rogers Bridges (mother was LeBlanc) Professor http://bridgescreate.com

Law and Politics

• Aubin-Edmond Arsenault - former Premier of Prince Edward Island
• Télésphore Arsenault - Canadian politician, business manager and farmer.
• Joseph-Octave Arsenault - first Acadian Prince Edward Island member of the Canadian Senate
• Allen J. Babineaux - District Judge, 15 JDC, Louisiana-deceased; honorary President Congres mondial acadien-1999
• Kathleen Babineaux Blanco - former (and first female) Governor of Louisiana 2004-2008
• Michel Bastarache - Supreme Court of Canada
• Edmond Blanchard - chief justice of the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada, former politician
• Ernest Cottreau - former senator
• Chris d'Entremont - Nova Scotia MLA, Minister of Health and Acadian Affairs
• Paul Octave Hébert - Governor of Louisiana 1853-1856
• Neil LeBlanc - Consul General to Boston, Massachusetts, and former Nova Scotia MLA, Minister of Finance
• Roméo LeBlanc - politician and journalist, former Governor-General of Canada
• Viola Léger - former senator and actress
• Alexandre Mouton - Governor of Louisiana 1842-1846
• Warren Perrin - Louisiana attorney, President-CODOFIL, instituted Acadian petition to British Crown for apology for Acadian deportation
• Louis Robichaud - former Premier of New Brunswick
• Michel Samson - Nova Scotia MLA, Liberal Party of Nova Scotia
• John Sevier - served four years (1785–1789) as the only governor of the State of Franklin and twelve years (1796–1801 and 1803–1809) as Governor of Tennessee, and as a U.S. Representative from Tennessee
• Camille Thériault - former Premier of New Brunswick
• Robert Thibault - Canadian Liberal MP
• Peter J. Veniot - former Premier of New Brunswick
• John D.Comeau - Chief Judge of the Family Court of Nova Scotia 1999 to present
• John Breaux - United States Senator from Louisiana

Musicians

• Marcel Aymar - singer
• Angèle Arsenault - singer-songwriter, media host
• Jean-François Breau - singer
• Joshua Boudreaux - musician, songwriter, composer
• Édith Butler - singer-songwriter
• Cayouche - Country singer and songwriter
• Jesse Daigle - singer - songwriter - guitarist
• Julie Doiron - singer-songwriter
• Michael Doucet - singer - songwriter - Beausoleil
• Patsy Gallant - singer and actress
• Carolyne Jomphe - Country singer and songwriter
• Donat Lacroix - singer-songwriter
• Wilfred Le Bouthillier - singer
• Gilles Losier - musician, singer, composer, arranger
• Natasha St-Pier - singer
• Marie-Jo Thério - singer-songwriter
• Roch Voisine - singer-songwriter
• Zachary Richard - singer - songwriter
• Marc Savoy - singer - accordion maker
• Aliza Weller (Boudreau) - Michelle Boudreau's cousin - singer-songwriter-guitarist
• Michelle Boudreau (Aliza Weller's cousin) - singer-songwriter-musician
• Radio Radio - Rap group

Sports

• Luc Bourdon - NHL hockey player
• Rheal Cormier - Major League Baseball pitcher
• Yvon Durelle - Boxer
• René Duprée - Wrestler
• Suzanne Gaudet - curler
• Cassidy O'Reilly - professional wrestler
• Ron Guidry - Major League baseball pitcher
• Ryan Theriot - Major League Baseball infielder

Roger Chiasson - Major Hockey Player Chad Ogea -Major league baseball pitcher

Writers

• Georges Arsenault - PEI Acadian Historian
• Jeannette Belliveau - Writer, publisher, cultural geographer
• Régis Brun - Acadian Historian and Researcher at the U de Moncton
• Herménégilde Chiasson - Writer, lieutenant-governor of New-Brunswick
• Joey Comeau - Writer, comic creator
• Clive Doucet - Writer
• Sheila Collins Hebert - Writer
• Kimberly Landry Richards - Scientific writer, counseling/psychology, identity development, education, HIV/AIDS, Acadian/Metis
• Barbara Le Blanc - Writer & Historian
• Claude Le Bouthillier - historian writer acadie.ca list of novels
• Justin Guitard - Writer, poet & playwright
• Gérald Leblanc - Poet
• Antonine Maillet - Writer and playwright (Prix Goncourt 1979)
• Colin Doucette - Short story writer

Raymond Guy Leblanc - Poet Paul Bossé - Poet Fredrick Gary Comeau - Poet Sarah Marylou Brideau - Poet Marc Arseneau - Poet Guy Arseneau - Poet

Misc

• Robert Aubie - Marshal McLuhan Distinguished Teacher Award 1987 - First in Canada
• Louis J. Belliveau - Nuclear physicist
• Phil Comeau - Film and television director (26 film awards)
• Kimberley d'Eon - Producer, writer, reporter and Gemini Award nominee
• Saunsuray Muis d'Entremont Govere - Recognized as an international humanitarian and HIV/AIDS activist
• Blake O. Escudier - Entrepreneur and Professor
• Lyse Doucet - news correspondent & presenter, BBC World
• Leo Touchet - Photographer/Photojournalist
• Michel Doucet - Painter

See also

• List of French Canadian writers from outside Quebec
• List of Quebecers
• List of Cajuns
• List of people by nationality