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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisa Alward | writer | 1962 | nominee for the 2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction | |
| 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 |
| J. W. "Bud" Bird | 1932 | Provincial Cabinet Minister and member of the House of Commons of Canada | ||
| Troy Brewer | Retail Industry | 1971 | Vice President of Stores GUESS? Inc | |
| Bliss Carman | literature | 1861 | 1929 | poet |
| Herb Curtis | literature | 1946 | author | |
| Mike Eagles | sports | 1963 | former NHL player | |
| Gérard La Forest | law | 1926 | former Supreme Court judge | |
| Julia O. Henson | activist | 1852 | A co-founder of the NAACP and the Harriet Tubman house in Boston | |
| Hugh Havelock McLean | politics | 1854 | 1938 | lawyer, MP, general, and Lieutenant Governor |
| 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 | |
| Alden Nowlan | literature | 1933 | 1983 | poet, playwright, journalist |
| Willie O'Ree | sports | 1935 | first black NHL player | |
| 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 |