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List of people from Fredericton

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This is a list of notable people from Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. Although not everyone in this list was born in Fredericton, they all live or have lived there, and have had significant connections to the community.

Name Famous for Birth Death Other
Lisa Alward writer 1962 nominee for the 2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
Rebecca Agatha Armour literature 1845 1891 novelist and schoolteacher who lived almost her whole life in the town
John Babbitt science 1845 1889 built the first working phonograph in New Brunswick
R. E. Balch academics 1894 1994 entomologist
J. W. "Bud" Bird 1932 Provincial Cabinet Minister and member of the House of Commons of Canada
Troy Brewer Retail Industry 1971 Vice President of Stores GUESS? Inc
Bliss Carman literature 1861 1929 poet
Herb Curtis literature 1946 author
Mike Eagles sports 1963 former NHL player
Gérard La Forest law 1926 former Supreme Court judge
Julia O. Henson activist 1852 A co-founder of the NAACP and the Harriet Tubman house in Boston
Hugh Havelock McLean politics 1854 1938 lawyer, MP, general, and Lieutenant Governor
Hal Merrill sports 1964 three-time bronze medalist at the Paralympic Games, two in the 1992 Summer Paralympics and one in the 1996 Summer Paralympics
Alden Nowlan literature 1933 1983 poet, playwright, journalist
Willie O'Ree sports 1935 first black NHL player
Charles G. D. Roberts literature 1860 1943 poet, the "father of Canadian poetry"
John Saunders politics 1754 1834 Chief Justice on N.B. Supreme Court
Andy Scott politics 1955 2013 former Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development – Fredericton

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