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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michel Bastarache | government | 1947 | justice of the Supreme Court of Canada | |
| Claudette Bradshaw | government | 1949 | 2022 | former federal Minister of Labour (1998–2004) |
| George Carroll | athlete | 1897 | 1939 | NHL defenceman |
| Herménégilde Chiasson | government | 1946 | artist, academic, lieutenant governor of New Brunswick 2003–2009 | |
| Reuben Cohen | business | 1921 | 2014 | lawyer and business magnate |
| Phil Comeau | film director | 1956 | directed first theatrical Acadian feature Le secret de Jérôme (Jerome's Secret) | |
| Rhéal Cormier | athlete | 1967 | 2021 | baseball player |
| France Daigle | Acadian novelist | 1953 | winner of the Governor General's Literary Prize for French fiction in 2012 | |
| Michael de Adder | cartoonist | 1967 | political cartoonist | |
| Holly Elissa Dignard | thespian | 1979 | film actor | |
| Julie Doiron | musician | 1972 | indie rock musician with Eric's Trip | |
| Gordie Drillon | athlete | 1913 | 1986 | hockey player |
| Allison Dysart | government | 1880 | 1962 | 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) |
| Sandy Ferguson | athlete | 1879 | 1919 | heavyweight boxer; fought Jack Johnson five times |
| Sheree Fitch | writer | 1956 | children's author | |
| René-Arthur Fréchet | architect | 1879 | 1950 | originally from Montreal |
| Ray Frenette | government | 1935 | 2018 | premier of New Brunswick (1997–1998) |
| 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 |
| Brian Gallant | government | 1982 | premier of New Brunswick (2014–2018) | |
| Daniel Gaudet | athlete | 1959 | represented Canada in artistic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles | |
| Russ Howard | athlete | 1956 | two-time world champion and Olympic gold medalist men's curler | |
| Don Jardine | professional wrestler | 1940 | 2006 | known as "The Spoiler" and "The Super Destroyer"; trainer of WWE wrestler The Undertaker |
| Travis Jayner | athlete | 1982 | Olympic bronze and World Championship silver medal-winning short track speed skater | |
| Sami Landry | drag artist and social media personality | 1998/1999 | ||
| Sonja Lang | linguist | c. 1978 | linguist and translator, creator of the conlang Toki Pona | |
| Gérald Leblanc | writer | 1945 | 2005 | author and poet |
| Roméo LeBlanc | government | 1927 | 2009 | former federal Minister of Fisheries, senator and speaker of the Canadian Senate; governor-general of Canada (1995–1999) |
| Bill "Spaceman" Lee | athlete | 1946 | American pro baseball pitcher; played four years with the Moncton Mets (1984–1987) | |
| Viola Léger | thespian | 1930 | 2023 | stage actress and retired Canadian senator, known for her role as La Sagouine |
| James E. Lockyer | government | 1949 | law professor and former New Brunswick Minister of Justice | |
| Bernard Lord | government | 1965 | premier of New Brunswick (1999–2006) | |
| Roger Lord | musician | professional pianist, brother of former premier Bernard Lord | ||
| Antonine Maillet | writer | 1929 | 2025 | novelist, recipient of the Prix Goncourt, the highest honour in francophone literature |
| Robert Maillet | thespian | 1969 | film actor, played "Uber Immortal" in 300; played "Dredger" in 2009's Sherlock Holmes | |
| Frank McKenna | government | 1948 | premier of New Brunswick (1987–1997), former Canadian ambassador to the United States | |
| Matt Minglewood | musician | 1947 | rock musician | |
| Terry Moore | athlete | 1958 | soccer player; NASL, Irish League, Olympics, played for Canada at the 1986 World Cup | |
| James Alexander Murray | government | 1864 | 1960 | premier of New Brunswick (1917) |
| 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 | |
| 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, first female cabinet minister in New Brunswick, Canadian senator (1984–2004) |
| Clifford William Robinson | government | 1866 | 1944 | premier of New Brunswick (1907–1908), Canadian senator |
| George Steeves | writer | c. 1945 | contemporary photographer | |
| Frederick W. Sumner | merchant and political figure | 1855 | 1919 | merchant and political figure in New Brunswick[1] |
| Robb Wells | thespian | 1971 | comic actor, played "Ricky" on TV's Trailer Park Boys | |
| Rick White | musician | 1970 | indie rock musician (Eric's Trip, Elevator) | |
| Jasper Wood | musician | 1974 | concert violinist |
See also
References
- ^ "Marjorie J. Sumner - 1906". On the Rocks: Shipwrecks of Nova Scotia - Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Retrieved 19 July 2015.