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-ConfederationEdit
- 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 figuresEdit
17th-18th centuryEdit
Françoise-Marie Jacquelin - Civil War in Acadia
Father Sébastien Rale - Father Rale's War
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 centuryEdit
Nova Scotian Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet, of Kars by William Gush - Crimean War
Major Augustus F. Welsford - Crimean War
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Captain William B.C.A. Parker - Crimean War
Nova Scotian Sir John Eardley Inglis by William Gush - Indian Mutiny
William Hall (VC) - Indian Mutiny
See also:
- George Augustus Westphal - War of 1812
Post-Confederation military figuresEdit
Walter Harris Callow -World War I, disabled veterans advocate
Philip Bent, VC - World War I
John Bernard Croak, VC - WWI
James Peter Robertson, VC - WWI
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ActorsEdit
ArchitectsEdit
ArtistsEdit
CartoonistsEdit
DiplomatsEdit
DoctorsEdit
- Clement Ligoure, first Black physician in Nova Scotia
FilmmakersEdit
IndustryEdit
- Ezra Churchill
- Cyrus S. Eaton
- Alfred Fuller, founder of the Fuller Brush Company
- Alexander Keith, brewer
- John W. Sobey
InventorsEdit
- Walter Harris Callow, inventor of wheelchair accessible bus
- Charles Fenerty, inventor of wood pulp process for papermaking
- Abraham Pineo Gesner, inventor of kerosene
MediaEdit
- William Coates Borrett, founder of CHNS-FM, the province's first commercial radio station
MusiciansEdit
- 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
- Quake Matthews
- JayTheKidd
- Jody Upshaw
- Bands
ReligionEdit
- Henry Alline, the Apostle of Nova Scotia
- Moses E. Kiley, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee
ScientistsEdit
SportsEdit
Sports announcersEdit
AdventurersEdit
Baseball playersEdit
Boat racersEdit
CanoeistsEdit
KayakersEdit
BodybuildersEdit
- Cindy Phillips
BoxersEdit
- Chris Clarke
- Buddy Daye
- George Dixon
- Ray Downey
- Bryan Gibson
- Kirk Johnson
- Sam Langford
- Carroll Morgan
- Marty O'Donnell
- Randall Thompson
CurlersEdit
NastiesEdit
- Shawn Adams
- Mark Dacey, from Saskatoon but curls out of the Mayflower Curling Club
- Andrew Gibson
- Rob Harris
- Bruce Lohnes
HottiesEdit
- Mary-Anne Arsenault
- Nancy Delahunt, a Montrealer who has lived in Halifax for several years
- Meredith Harrison
- Colleen Jones
- Kim Kelly
- Jill Mouzar
EquestriansEdit
Harness racingEdit
Show jumpingEdit
Football playersEdit
NFL playersEdit
CFL playersEdit
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 playersEdit
Soccer playersEdit
GymnastsEdit
Ice hockey peopleEdit
AdministratorsEdit
- Frederick E. Betts, president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association
- Hanson Dowell, president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association
MenEdit
- 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
- 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
WomenEdit
Sports journalistsEdit
Cross-country skiersEdit
SwimmersEdit
Track and field athletesEdit
Professional wrestlersEdit
PowerliftersEdit
SuffragettesEdit
Laura Borden - wife of Prime minister Robert Borden
WritersEdit
F.H. Baker, editor of The Mayflower, ca. 1878. The Acadian Recorder gave a length biography of Baker on the occasion of his death.
- 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 alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to People of Nova Scotia.
- ^ Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 1963.
- ^ The Humours of the Fleet. 1749
- ^ Halifax Gazette. 1752.
- ^ A Voyage to Ipswich. 1744
- ^ The Plays of David Garrick: Garrick's own plays, 1767-1775, p. 374
- ^ p.757
- ^ Image of Fleet Prison