List of people from Fredericton




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
Jake Allen sports 1990 ice hockey player for the St. Louis Blues
Benedict Arnold loyalist 1740 1801 resided in Fredericton for a period of time
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
Lord Beaverbrook 1879 1964 Canadian-British business tycoon and politician
J. W. "Bud" Bird 1932 Provincial Cabinet Minister and member of the House of Commons of Canada
Measha Brueggergosman arts and entertainment 1977 opera singer
Ambrose Everett Burnside 1824 1881 U.S. Senator, spent time in Fredericton[citation needed]
Bliss Carman literature 1861 1929 poet
Thomas Carleton politics 1735 1817 first lieutenant-governor of the colony of New Brunswick
Herb Curtis literature 1946 author
William Davidson business 1740 1790 shipbuilder
Mike Eagles sports 1963 former NHL player
Peter Fraser politics 1765 1840 merchant
Raymond Fraser literature 1941 novelist, poet, biographer
Stanton T. Friedman academics 1934 ufologist, nuclear physicist
Alexander "Boss" Gibson business 1819 1913 industrialist, entrepreneur, mill owner in Marysville
Danny Grant sports 1945
Calder Memorial Trophy winner and 50-goal scorer in the NHL
James R. Hartley politics 1833 1868 Carleton MLA and UNB senator
Walter A. Hurley religion 1937 Roman Catholic bishop
Philip Iverson visual arts 1965 2006 painter
Joan Kennedy arts and entertainment country music singer
Noël Kinsella politics 1939 leader of the Conservative Party in the Senate of Canada
Gérard La Forest law 1926 former Supreme Court judge
Walter Learning arts and entertainment 1938 actor, director, and founder of Theatre New Brunswick
Marianne Limpert sports 1972 1996 summer Olympics silver medalist, swimming, 200 individual medley
George Duncan Ludlow academics, politics 1734 1808 first Chief Justice of New Brunswick
Manny McIntyre sports 1918 2011 only professional hockey player to also play in baseball's Negro Leagues
Hugh Havelock McLean politics 1854 1938 lawyer, MP, general, and Lieutenant Governor
Joe Medjuck arts and entertainment 1943
Hollywood film producer (Ghostbusters, Twins, Kindergarten Cop)
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
Anne Murray arts and entertainment 1945 singer, graduate of the University of New Brunswick
Alden Nowlan literature 1933 1983 poet, playwright, journalist
Willie O'Ree sports 1935 first black NHL player
Catharine Pendrel sports 1980
2011 World Mountain Biking Champion
Mary Pratt visual arts 1935 2018 realist painter
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
Anna Silk entertainment 1974 arts and entertainment actress best known for work on the television show Lost Girl
Matt Stairs sports 1968
Major League Baseball player
Isaac Stephenson politics 1829 1918 U.S. Senator from Wisconsin
Alexander Stewart politics 1829 1912 U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
Mary Matilda Winslow academics first Black Canadian woman to graduate from UNB
Brad Woodside politics 1948 longest-serving mayor in the City of Fredericton's history


See also


  • List of people from New Brunswick


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