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List of people from Nova Scotia

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List of people from Nova Scotia

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.

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Pre-Confederation people

  • David H. Armstrong, United States Senator from Missouri, born in Nova Scotia
  • 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
  • Angus MacAskill, suffered gigantism, stood 7'9"
  • Joshua Slocum, first to sail solo around the world
  • Richard John Uniacke
  • William Valentine

    • 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

    • See also:

  • George Augustus Westphal - War of 1812

    • Actors

  • August Ames
  • Chuck Campbell
  • Jeff Douglas
  • John Dunsworth
  • Mark Farrell
  • Peter Flemming
  • Lex Gigeroff
  • Jeffrey Hirschfield
  • Leslie Hope
  • Ruby Keeler
  • Murray Langston, aka "The Unknown Comic"
  • Daniel MacIvor
  • David Manners
  • Forbes March
  • Peter North
  • Craig Olejnik
  • Ellen Page
  • Patrick Roach
  • Harold Russell
  • Garwin Sanford
  • Mike Smith
  • John Paul Tremblay
  • Robb Wells
  • Austin Willis

    • Architects

  • Brian MacKay-Lyons

    • Artists

  • Mark A. Brennan
  • Alex Colville
  • William E. deGarthe
  • Maud Lewis
  • Gilbert Stuart Newton
  • Edith Smith
  • Lewis Smith
  • Christopher Webb

    • Filmmakers

  • Mike Clattenburg
  • Phil Comeau
  • Paul Donovan
  • Thom Fitzgerald
  • Andrew Hines
  • Daniel MacIvor
  • Sobaz Benjamin

    • Industry

  • Ezra Churchill
  • Cyrus S. Eaton
  • Alfred Fuller, founder of the Fuller Brush Company
  • Alexander Keith, brewer
  • John W. Sobey

    • Inventors

  • Walter Harris Callow, inventor of wheelchair accessible bus
  • Charles Fenerty, inventor of wood pulp process for papermaking

    • Musicians

    People
  • Gary Beals
  • Buck 65
  • George Canyon,born Fredrick George Lays
  • Wilf Carter
  • Classified
  • Holly Cole
  • J. P. Cormier
  • Melanie Doane
  • Denny Doherty
  • The Ennis Sisters
  • 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 resided in and sang about Nova Scotia
  • Tara Slone
  • Laura Smith
  • Hank Snow
  • Scott Storch
  • Portia White
    • Bands
  • April Wine
  • The Barra MacNeils
  • The Rankin Family
  • Rawlins Cross
  • Sloan

    • Religion

  • Henry Alline, the Apostle of Nova Scotia
  • Moses E. Kiley, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee

    • Scientists

  • Donald O. Hebb
  • Abraham Pineo Gesner
  • Simon Newcomb
  • Willard Boyle

    • Sports announcers

  • Danny Gallivan
  • Paul Hollingsworth

    • Adventurers

  • Howard Blackburn
  • Joshua Slocum

    • Baseball players

  • Vince Horsman
  • Fred Lake

    • Basketball Players

  • Troydangaming*

    • Boat racers

  • Angus Walters

    • Canoeists

  • Richard Dalton
  • Stephen Giles
  • Michael Scarola

    • Kayakers

  • Jillian D'Alessio
  • Karen Furneaux
  • Sue Holloway
  • Ryan Thomas

    • Body builders

  • Cindy Phillips
  • Ryan Thomas

    • Boxers

  • Chris Clarke
  • Buddy Daye
  • George Dixon
  • Ray Downey
  • Bryan Gibson
  • Kirk Johnson
  • Sam Langford
  • Carroll Morgan
  • Marty O'Donnell
  • Randall Thompson

    • Men

  • Shawn Adams
  • Mark Dacey, from Saskatoon but curls out of the Mayflower Curling Club
  • Andrew Gibson
  • Rob Harris
  • Bruce Lohnes

    • Women

  • Mary-Anne Arsenault
  • Nancy Delahunt, a Montrealer who has resided in Halifax for several years
  • Meredith Harrison
  • Colleen Jones
  • Kim Kelly
  • Jill Mouzar

    • Harness racers

  • Bill O'Donnell

    • Show jumping

  • Ian Millar

    • American football people

  • Buck MacDonald
  • Eddie Murray
  • Tyrone Williams

    • Canadian football people

  • Tyrone Williams

    • Rugby union people

  • Morgan Williams

    • Soccer people

  • Stephen Hart
  • Ante Jazic

    • Ice hockey people

  • Paul Andrea, 150 NHL games in the 1960s and 1970s
  • Dennis Bonvie
  • Eric Boulton
  • David Brine
  • John Brophy
  • Sidney Crosby
  • Mal Davis
  • Chad Denny
  • 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

    • Sports journalists

  • Alex J. Walling

    • Skiers

    Connor WIlliams

    Cross-country skiers

  • Sue Holloway

    • Swimmers

  • Nancy Garapick
  • Sandy Goss

    • Track and field athletes

  • Duncan Gillis
  • Aileen Meagher

    • Professional wrestlers

  • Rocky Johnson
  • Great Antonio

    • Writers

  • Ernest Buckler
  • Lesley Choyce
  • George Elliott Clarke
  • Darren Greer
  • Thomas Chandler Haliburton
  • Wendy Lill
  • Hugh MacLennan
  • Leo McKay, Jr.
  • Adriana Porter
  • Thomas Head Raddall
  • Margaret Marshall Saunders
  • John Stiles
  • Budge Wilson
  • Maria Frances Ann Morris

    • References

    List of people from Nova Scotia Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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