List of people from Fredericton

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

Full Name	Famous for	Birth	Death	Other
Gérard La Forest	Politics	1926		former Supreme Court judge
R. E. Balch	Academics	1894	1994	entomologist
George Duncan Ludlow	Academics	1734	1808	first Chief Justice of New Brunswick
Mary Matilda Winslow	Academics			the first Black Canadian woman to graduate from UNB
Stanton T. Friedman	Academics	1934		ufologist, nuclear physicist
Alexander "Boss" Gibson		1819	1913	industrialist, entrepreneur, mill owner in Marysville
Joe Medjuck		1943		Hollywood film producer (Ghostbusters, Twins, Kindergarten Cop)
Danny Grant		1945		Calder Memorial Trophy winner and 50-goal scorer in the NHL
Marianne Limpert		1972		1996 summer Olympics silver medalist, swimming, 200 individual medley
Willie O'Ree		1935		first black NHL player
Matt Stairs		1968		Major League Baseball player
Mike Eagles		1963		former NHL player
Lord Beaverbrook		1879	1964	Canadian-British business tycoon and politician
J. W. "Bud" Bird		1932		Provincial Cabinet Minister and member of the Canadian House of Commons
Andy Scott		1955	2013	former Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development - Fredericton
Noël Kinsella		1939		Leader of the Conservative Party in the Canadian Senate
Brad Woodside		1948		longest-serving mayor in the City of Fredericton's history
Benedict Arnold		1740	1801	resided in Fredericton for a period of time
Thomas Carleton		1735	1817	first lieutenant-governor of the colony of New Brunswick
Ambrose Everett Burnside		1824	1881	US Senator, spent time in Fredericton
Isaac Stephenson		1829	1918	U.S. Senator from Wisconsin
Alexander Stewart		1829	1912	U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
Measha Brueggergosman		1977		opera singer
Joan Kennedy				country music singer
Walter Learning		1938		actor, director, and founder of Theatre New Brunswick
Anne Murray		1945		vocalist, graduate of the University of New Brunswick
Walter A. Hurley		1937		Roman Catholic bishop
Alden Nowlan		1933	1983	poet, playwright
Bliss Carman		1861	1929	poet
Charles G. D. Roberts		1860	1943	poet, the "father of Canadian poetry"
Herb Curtis		1946		author
Johnathan O'Dell				poet, Loyalist, arranged Benedict Arnold's negotiations with the English
Raymond Fraser		1941		novelist, poet, biographer
Alistair MacLeod		1936	2014	author of No Great Mischief
Philip Iverson		1965	2006	painter
Mary Pratt		1935		artist
Nick Piers	Author			author of The Armadillo Mysteries
William Davidson	Shipbuilder	1740	1790
Peter Fraser	Politician	1765	1840
George Duncan Ludlow	Politics	1734	1808
Manny McIntyre	Sports	1918	2011	only professional hockey player to also play in baseball's Negro Leagues
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
Catharine Pendrel	Sports	1980		2011 World Mountain Biking Champion
Drew Josselyn	Entertainment			MTV reality star
Jake Allen	Sports	1990		ice hockey player for the St. Louis Blues
Stephen Gough	Sports	1972		Bronze Medal - 5000m Relay, 1994 World Short Track Championships; 4th - 5000m Relay, 1994 Winter Olympic Games; Coach, 2010 Canadian Olympic Short Track Team; Head Coach, 2014 US Olympic Short Track Team;
John Saunders	Politics	1754	1834	Chief Justice on N.B. Supreme Court
Dave Durepos	Sports	1968		Paralympic and World Champion wheelchair basketball player; three-time gold medalist (2000, 2004, 2012), silver medalist (2008) in five Paralympic Games; World Championship gold medalist in 2006 and bronze medalist in 1994, 1998 and 2002
James R. Hartley	Politics	1833	1868	Carleton MLA and UNB senator
Hugh Havelock McLean	Politics	1854	1938	lawyer, MP, general, and Lieutenant Governor.
Anna Silk	Entertainment	1974		actress best known for work on Canadian television show Lost Girl
Rebecca Agatha Armour	Literature	1845	1891	novelist and schoolteacher who lived almost her whole life in the town

See also

• List of people from New Brunswick