List of people from Moncton
This is a list of notable people from Moncton, New Brunswick. Although not everyone in this list was born in Moncton, they all live or have lived there, and have had significant connections to the community.
| Name | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Carroll | athlete | 1897 | 1939 | NHL defenceman |
| Julie Doiron | musician | 1972 | indie rock musician with Eric's Trip | |
| France Daigle | Acadian novelist | 1953 | winner of the Governor General's Literary Prize for French fiction in 2012 | |
| Frederick W. Sumner | was a merchant and political figure | 1855 | 1919 | was a merchant and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada[1] |
| Roger Lord | musician | professional pianist, brother of former premier Bernard Lord | ||
| Matt Minglewood | musician | 1947 | rock musician | |
| Marg Osburne | musician | 1927 | 1977 | country and gospel singer, television and radio personality; featured on Don Messer's Jubilee and That Maritime Feeling |
| Mike Plume | musician | 1968 | country singer | |
| Phil Comeau | film director | 1956 | directed first theatrical Acadian feature Le secret de Jérôme (Jerome's Secret) | |
| Rhéal Cormier | athlete | 1968 | 2021 | baseball player |
| René-Arthur Fréchet | architect | 1879 | 1950 | originally from Montreal |
| Rick White | musician | 1970 | indie rock musician (Eric's Trip, Elevator | |
| Jasper Wood | musician | 1974 | concert violinist | |
| Holly Elissa | thespian | 1979 | film actor | |
| Viola Léger | thespian | 1930 | 2023 | stage actress and retired Canadian Senator, known for her role as La Sagouine |
| Gordie Drillon | athlete | 1913 | 1986 | hockey player |
| Robert Maillet | thespian | 1969 | film actor, played "Uber Immortal" in 300; played "Dredger" in 2009's Sherlock Holmes | |
| Robb Wells | thespian | 1971 | comic actor, played "Ricky" on TV's Trailer Park Boys | |
| Michael de Adder | cartoonist | 1967 | political cartoonist | |
| Sheree Fitch | writer | 1956 | children's author | |
| Gérald Leblanc | writer | 1945 | 2005 | author and poet |
| Don Jardine | professional wrestler | 1940 | 2006 | known as "The Spoiler" and "The Super Destroyer"; trainer of WWE wrestler The Undertaker |
| Antonine Maillet | writer | 1929 | novelist, recipient of the Prix Goncourt, the highest honour in francophone literature | |
| George Steeves | writer | c. 1945 | contemporary photographer | |
| Sonja Lang | linguist | c. 1978 | linguist and translator | |
| Sandy Ferguson | athlete | 1879 | 1919 | heavyweight boxer; fought Jack Johnson five times |
| Russ Howard | athlete | 1956 | two-time world champion and Olympic gold medalist men's curler | |
| Travis Jayner | athlete | 1982 | Olympic bronze and World Championship silver medal-winning short track speed skater | |
| Terry Moore | athlete | 1958 | soccer player; NASL, Irish League, Olympics, played for Canada at the 1986 World Cup | |
| Daniel Gaudet | athlete | 1959 | represented Canada in artistic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles | |
| Northrop Frye | writer | 1912 | 1991 | literary critic and academic; continues to be a prominent figure in Moncton culture, with The Frye Festival, an annual literary festival, bearing his name |
| James E. Lockyer | government | 1949 | law professor and former New Brunswick Minister of Justice | |
| Julian LeBlanc | thespian | 1989 | actor | |
| Michel Bastarache | government | 1947 | Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada | |
| Claudette Bradshaw | government | 1949 | 2022 | former federal Minister of Labour (1998–2004) |
| Herménégilde Chiasson | government | 1946 | artist, academic, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick 2003-2009 | |
| Reuben Cohen | business | 1921 | 2014 | lawyer and business magnate |
| Allison Dysart | government | 1880 | 1960 | Premier of New Brunswick (1935–1940) |
| Henry Emmerson | government | 1853 | 1914 | Premier of New Brunswick (1897–1900), Federal Minister of Railways and Canals (1904–1907) |
| Ray Frenette | government | 1935 | 2018 | Premier of New Brunswick (1997–1998) |
| Roméo LeBlanc | government | 1927 | 2009 | former federal Minister of Fisheries, Senator and Speaker of the Canadian Senate; Governor-General of Canada (1995–1999) |
| Bernard Lord | government | 1965 | Premier of New Brunswick (1999–2006) | |
| Frank McKenna | government | 1948 | Premier of New Brunswick (1987–1997), former Canadian ambassador to the United States of America | |
| James Alexander Murray | government | 1864 | 1960 | Premier of New Brunswick (1917) |
| Ivan Rand | government | 1884 | 1969 | Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada; creator of the Rand formula, which allows union dues to be automatically subtracted from workers' salaries; member of the UNSCOP, which oversaw the partition of Palestine in 1947 |
| Brenda Robertson | government | 1929 | 2020 | first female member of the New Brunswick legislature and the first female cabinet minister in New Brunswick, Canadian Senator (1984–2004) |
| Brian Gallant | government | 1982 | Premier of New Brunswick (2014–2018) | |
| Bill "Spaceman" Lee | athlete | 1946 | American pro baseball pitcher; played four years with the Moncton Mets (1984–1987) | |
| Clifford William Robinson | government | 1866 | 1944 | Premier of New Brunswick (1907–1908), Canadian Senator |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Marjorie J. Sumner - 1906". On the Rocks: Shipwrecks of Nova Scotia - Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Retrieved 19 July 2015.