List of people from Saint John, New Brunswick
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This is a list of notable people from Saint John, New Brunswick. Although not everyone in this list was born in Saint John, they all live or have lived in Saint John and have had significant connections to the community.
| Full name | Field | Birth | Death | Known For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert M. Allan | Politics | 1880 | Member of the Los Angeles City Council, Commissioner of the Board of Public Works of Los Angeles [1] | |
| John Babington Macaulay Baxter | Politics and law | 1868 | 1946 | Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue (Canada), Premier of New Brunswick, Chief Justice of New Brunswick |
| Jonathan Bliss | Politics and law | 1742 | 1822 | United Empire Loyalist, Chief Justice of New Brunswick |
| Miller Brittain | The arts | 1912 | 1968 | Painter and member of the Canadian official war artists program during the Second World War |
| Art Burns | Philanthropy | 1954 | Philanthropist | |
| Laura Calder | Culinary | 1970 | Writer and chef | |
| Anne Compton | The arts | 1947 | Poet and winner of the Governor General's Award for poetry | |
| Stompin' Tom Connors | The arts | 1936 | 2013 | Folk musician |
| James De Mille | The arts | 1833 | 1880 | Novelist and educator |
| Jerrod Edson | the Arts | 1974 | Novelist | |
| Myra Freeman | Philanthropy and politics | 1949 | First female Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia | |
| Mort Garson | The arts | 1924 | 2008 | Electronic musician |
| Abraham Pineo Gesner | Science and technology | 1797 | 1864 | Inventor of kerosene; founder of Gesner's Museum in 1842, the precursor to the New Brunswick Museum |
| Stuart Howe | The arts | 1967 | Operatic tenor | |
| William Hoyt | Law | 1930 | Justice of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal, Member of the Saville Inquiry into the events of Bloody Sunday | |
| John Horbury Hunt | Architecture | 1838 | 1904 | Australian architect |
| Ryan Jimmo | Sports | 1981 | 2016 | Mixed martial artist, UFC fighter |
| Ethel Knight Kelly | The arts | 1875 | 1949 | Australian actor and writer [2] |
| George Edwin King | Politics | 1839 | 1901 | Premier of New Brunswick, Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada |
| Thomas Leavitt | Politics | 1795 | 1850 | Banker, diplomat |
| Kevin MacMichael | The arts | 1951 | 2002 | Musician and guitarist of Cutting Crew |
| Bill Magee | Sports | 1875 | Major League Baseball player | |
| Louis B. Mayer | Arts | 1884 | 1957 | Film producer; co-founder of MGM; born in the Russian Empire but raised in Saint John |
| Art McGovern | Sports | 1882 | 1915 | Major League Baseball player |
| Catherine McKinnon | Arts | 1944 | Folk singer | |
| Joseph Medill | Politics and Publishing | 1823 | 1899 | Mayor of Chicago; co-owner of the Chicago Tribune |
| Gerald Merrithew | Politics | 1931 | 2004 | Member of Parliament; Minister of Veterans Affairs (Canada); Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick; provincial cabinet minister |
| James Mullinger | Arts | 1978 | - | English-born comedian |
| William Murdoch | Arts | 1823 | 1887 | Poet |
| Arthur J. Nesbitt | Business | 1880 | 1954 | Co-founder of Nesbitt, Thomson & Co. and Power Corporation of Canada |
| Alden Nowlan | Arts | 1933 | 1983 | Poet, essayist, and journalist; born in Stanley, Nova Scotia but lived in Saint John |
| John O'Brien | Sports | 1886 | 1913 | Major League Baseball player |
| Bill O'Neil | Sports | 1880 | 1920 | Major League Baseball player |
| Bill Phillips | Sports | 1857 | 1900 | Major League Baseball player |
| George Frederick Phillips | Military | 1862 | 1904 | Member of the U.S. Navy; Medal of Honor recipient; veteran of the Spanish-American War |
| Walter Pidgeon | The arts | 1897 | 1984 | Stage and film actor; two time Academy Award nominee |
| Young Pluto | Sports | 1871 | 1931 | Professional boxer |
| James W. Reid | Architecture | 1851 | 1943 | Architect, with his brothers founded Reid & Reid in San Francisco |
| John Robinson | Business and Politics | 1762 | 1828 | Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick; Mayor of Saint John; President of the Bank of New Brunswick |
| Harry Saltzman | The arts | 1915 | 1994 | Theatre and film producer; co-producer of the James Bond film series; born in Sherbrooke, Quebec but raised in Saint John |
| Brett Somers | The arts | 1924 | 2007 | Actor |
| Matt Stairs | Sports | 1968 | Major League Baseball player | |
| Donald Sutherland | The arts | 1935 | Theatre, film, and television actor | |
| Samuel Leonard Tilley | Politics | 1818 | 1896 | Father of Confederation; Premier of New Brunswick; Minister of Finance (Canada); Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick; born in Gagetown, New Brunswick but lived in Saint John |
| Ken Tobias | The arts | 1945 | Singer-songwriter, producer | |
| Lyman Ward | The arts | 1941 | actor |
See also
References
- ^ Los Angeles Public Library reference file
- ^ Rutledge, Martha (1983). "Kelly, Ethel Knight (1875–1949)". Australian Dictionary of National Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 17 January 2015.