List of people from Dieppe, New Brunswick
Appearance
This is a list of notable people from Dieppe, New Brunswick. Although not everyone in this list was born in Dieppe, they all live or have lived in Dieppe and have had significant connections to the community.
Name | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
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Arthur Leblanc | music | 1906 | 1985 | violinist, composer |
Adélard Savoie | politics | 1922 | 2004 | first mayor of the Town of Dieppe |
Claude Bourque (journalist) | journalism | 1945 | ||
Cy LeBlanc | politics | 1955 | businessman and politician, former MP for Dieppe Centre-Lewisville to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, born in Dieppe | |
Raymond Guy LeBlanc | music | 1945 | 2021 | musician and poet, born in the Saint-Anselme area |
Fayo | music | 1977 | songwriter, born in Dieppe | |
Kamylle Frenette | sports | 1996 | paratriathlete, born and grew up in Dieppe | |
Corinne Gallant | activism | 1922 | 2018 | professor and feminist activist, a member of the Order of Canada |
Lorette Gallant | music | nun and musician, member of the Order of Canada | ||
Bill Malenfant | politics | 1929 | 2016 | former mayor of Dieppe (1971–1977, 1983–1998) |
Yvon Lapierre | politics | 1964 | current mayor of Dieppe (1998-2005, 2012-Current) | |
Charlie Gillespie | acting | 1998 | actor, born in Dieppe | |
Paul LeBlanc | makeup and hairstyling | 1946 | 2019 | Academy Award winning hairstylist (Amadeus, Return of the Jedi, Black Swan) |
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