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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Allen | sports | 1990 | ice hockey goaltender, Stanley Cup winner | |
| Lisa Alward | literature | 1962 | author | |
| 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 |
| Gerard Beirne | literature | 1962 | author, fiction editor of The Fiddlehead | |
| J. W. "Bud" Bird | politics | 1932 | provincial cabinet minister and member of the House of Commons of Canada | |
| Bruno Bobak | art | 1923 | 2012 | painter, Canadian official war artist |
| Molly Lamb Bobak | art | 1920 | 2014 | painter,Canadian official war artist |
| Measha Brueggergosman | opera | 1977 | operatic soprano | |
| Bliss Carman | literature | 1861 | 1929 | poet |
| Eilish Cleary | medicine | 1963 | 2024 | physician, epidemiologist, chief medical health officer of New Brunswick |
| David Coon | politics | 1956 | conservationist, politician, Leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick | |
| Herb Curtis | literature | 1949 | author | |
| Mike Eagles | sports | 1963 | former NHL player | |
| Raymond Fraser | literature | 1941 | 2018 | author |
| Julia O. Henson | activism | 1852 | 1922 | co-founder of the NAACP and the Harriet Tubman house in Boston |
| Mark Anthony Jarman | literature | 1955 | author, fiction editor of The Fiddlehead | |
| Gérard La Forest | law | 1926 | 2025 | puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada |
| Hugh Havelock McLean | politics | 1854 | 1938 | general, politician, lieutenant governor of New Brunswick |
| 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 | |
| David Myles | music | 1981 | musician | |
| Alden Nowlan | literature | 1933 | 1983 | poet, playwright, journalist |
| Willie O'Ree | sports | 1935 | first Black NHL player | |
| David Adams Richards | literature | 1950 | author, senator | |
| Charles G. D. Roberts | literature | 1860 | 1943 | poet, the "father of Canadian poetry" |
| Goodridge Roberts | art | 1904 | 1974 | painter, Canadian official war artist |
| Theodore Goodridge Roberts | literature | 1877 | 1953 | author |
| Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald | literature | 1864 | 1922 | author, suffragette |
| John Saunders | politics | 1754 | 1834 | chief justice on N.B. Supreme Court |
| Andy Scott | politics | 1955 | 2013 | Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development |
| Anna Silk | television | 1974 | actor, starred as Bo Dennis on Lost Girl | |
| Matt Stairs | sports | 1968 | Major League Baseball player |