List of people from Saint John, New Brunswick

The following is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Saint John, New Brunswick.

A

 * John Adams (born 1942) – former Canadian Armed Forces member
 * Francis Alexander Anglin (1865–1933) – Chief Justice of Canada from 1924 to 1933
 * Robert M. Allan (1880–?) – American politician; Los Angeles City Council member
 * John Allore (1964–2023) – actor, victims' rights advocate, podcaster, brother of murder victim Theresa Allore
 * Aaron Alward (1828–1886) – physician, politician; city councillor, mayor and MLA
 * Timothy Anglin (1822–1896) – Irish-born journalist, MLA, Speaker of the House of Commons
 * Jennifer Armstrong (born 1992) – curler
 * Clara Arthur (1858–1929) – American suffragist based in Michigan

B

 * Brent Bambury (born 1960) – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio and television host
 * J. Esmonde Barry (1923–2007) – healthcare activist and political commentator
 * Michael Barry (born 1954) – Olympic wrestler
 * Patricia Martin Bates (born 1927) – artist, educator
 * John Babington Macaulay Baxter (1868–1946) – lawyer, jurist, 19th premier of New Brunswick
 * Arthur Belyea (1885–1968) – Olympic rower
 * Helen Belyea (1913 – 1986) – geologist
 * Craven Langstroth Betts (1853–1941) – poet, author
 * Jared Bezanson (born 1986) – curler
 * Andy Bezeau (born 1970) – professional ice hockey player
 * Carl Biddiscombe (1924–2000) – set decorator
 * Vaughn Blaney (born 1938) – former educator and politician
 * Jonathan Bliss (1742–1822) – American-born lawyer, judge, politician; MLA
 * John Boyd (1826–1893) – Irish-born businessman, school board chairman, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
 * Jane Boyle (born 1973) – curler
 * Miller Brittain (1912–1968) – visual artist
 * Blank Banshee (born 1987) – musician
 * George Butterfield (born 1939) – businessman, philanthropist
 * Mather Byles (1734/35–1814) – Loyalist, clergyman

C

 * Laura Calder – writer
 * William A. Calvin (1898–1962) – labor union leader
 * Robert H. Carlin (1887–1953) – politician, MLA
 * Dyson Carter (1910–1996) – scientist, writer, political activist; president of the Canadian-Soviet Friendship Society
 * Andrew Case (born 1993) – baseball pitcher
 * Charlie Cavanagh (born 2000) – former boxer
 * Kevin Chase (born 1976) – wrestler, singer-songwriter
 * John Alexander Chesley (1837–1922) – businessman, politician; city councillor, mayor, member of Canadian Parliament
 * Ward Chipman Jr. (1787–1851) – lawyer, judge, pre-Confederation politician
 * Gordie Clark (born 1952) – Scottish-born former ice hockey player for the Boston Bruins and the Cincinnati Stingers
 * Robert J. Coffey (1842–1901) – soldier
 * Charles Collingwood (born 1943) – British actor
 * Gerard Collins (born 1957) – painter
 * Anne Compton (born 1947) – poet, anthologist
 * Eddie Connolly (1876–1936) – boxer
 * Thomas-Louis Connolly (1814–1876) – Bishop of Saint John
 * Stompin' Tom Connors (1936–2013) – country and folk singer-songwriter
 * Jane Coop (born 1950) – pianist
 * Paul Corkum (born 1943) – physicist
 * Ivan Court – former Mayor of Saint John
 * William Cox (1921 – 2008) – lawyer
 * Jordon Craft (born 1993) – curler
 * Louis Cuppens (1944–2022) – Royal Canadian Air Force officer, NORAD deputy commander
 * Maxwell Cummings (1898–2001) – real estate builder
 * Nathan Cummings (1896–1985) – businessman
 * Louis Cunningham (1900–1954) – author
 * Richard Currie (born 1937) – businessman

D

 * William H. Dabney (1934–2012) – colonel in the United States Marine Corps
 * Tom Daly (1891–1946) – Major League Baseball player and coach
 * John Waterhouse Daniel (1845–1933) – physician, politician; Mayor of Saint John, member of Canadian Parliament and Senator
 * Don Darling – former Mayor of Saint John
 * Joseph A. Day (born 1945) – former politician, senator
 * James De Mille (1833–1880) – novelist, professor at Dalhousie University
 * Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber (1829–1908) – businessman, politician; Mayor of Saint John, member of Canadian Parliament
 * James Dever (1825–1904) – Irish-born merchant and Canadian Senator
 * Edward I. Devitt (1840–1920) – priest, Jesuit, Catholic historian
 * Paul Dobson (born 1979) – curler
 * Margaret Doody (born 1939) – author, feminist literary critic, professor at the University of Notre Dame
 * Harry Doyle (born 1941) – former educator and MLA
 * William Mark Duke (1879–1971) – prelate

E

 * Lawrence Earl (1915–2005) – photojournalist, author
 * Sylvester Zobieski Earle (1822–1888) – physician, coroner, politician; Mayor of Saint John
 * Eldridge Eatman (1880–1960) – sprinter, First World War soldier
 * Jerrod Edson (born 1974) – novelist
 * Stanley Edward Elkin (1880–1960) – businessman, politician, House of Commons of Canada member
 * John Valentine Ellis (1835–1913) – journalist, parliamentarian, senator
 * Angelo Evelyn (born 1942) – painter

F

 * Roxanne Fairweather – businesswoman, co-CEO of Innovatia
 * Harold Fanjoy (1939–2008) – politician
 * Mark Fawcett (born 1972) – Olympic snowboarder
 * May Agnes Fleming (1840–1880) – novelist
 * Myra Freeman (born 1949) – teacher, politician; first female Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
 * Ryan Freeze (born 1995) – curler
 * Madeleine Fritz (1896–1990) – paleontologist

G

 * Susan B. Ganong (1873–1961) – educator
 * William Francis Ganong (1864–1941) – botanist, historian, cartographer, Smith College professor
 * Ian Gardner (born 1981) – boxer
 * Mort Garson (1924–2008) – electronic musician
 * Abraham Pineo Gesner (1797–1864) – physician, geologist, inventor of kerosene
 * Bradford Gilbert (ca. 1746–1814) – Loyalist merchant, MLA
 * Charles Gorman (1898–1940) – top-ranking speed skater
 * Hilliard Graves (born 1950) – former professional ice hockey player
 * Philippe Guertin (born 1991) – long-distance swimmer

H

 * Heidi Hanlon (born 1958) – curler
 * Elisabeth Harvor (born 1936) – novelist, poet
 * Gavin Hassett (born 1973) – Olympic rower
 * William C. Heine (1919–1991) – newspaper writer, author, University of Western Ontario journalism teacher
 * Anna Minerva Henderson (1887–1987) – teacher, poet, civil servant
 * Paul Higgins (born 1962) – former professional ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs
 * Fred Hodges (1918–1999) – labour leader, civil rights activist, city councillor
 * Bruce Holder (1905–1987) – violinist
 * Thomas Holderness (1849–1924) – Indian Civil Service member
 * John J. Holland (1843–1893) – shipbuilder
 * Stuart Howe (born 1967) – operatic tenor
 * William Lloyd Hoyt (born 1930) – lawyer, judge; Chief Justice of New Brunswick, member of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry
 * Jack Humphrey (1901–1967) – watercolour painter
 * John Horbury Hunt (1838–1904) – Australian architect
 * Stephen Humbert (ca. 1766–1849) – merchant, politician

I

 * Arthur Irving (born 1930) – billionaire businessman, owner of Irving Oil
 * John E. Irving (1932–2010) – businessman
 * Jay Isaac (born 1975) – artist

J

 * Frances James (1903–1988) – soprano
 * Kim Jardine (born 1966) – politician
 * Edward James Jarvis (1788–1852) – politician, lawyer, judge; Chief Justice of Prince Edward Island
 * Munson Jarvis (1742–1824) – American-born merchant, MLA
 * Ryan Jimmo (1981–2016) – mixed martial artist
 * Gina Jordan (1929–2013) – pilot and Christian missionary
 * Bob Joyce (born 1966) – former professional ice hockey player

K

 * Herzl Kashetsky (born 1950) – painter
 * Jackie Keating (1908–1984) – professional ice hockey player for the New York Americans
 * Ethel Knight Kelly (1875–1949) – Australian actress, writer
 * Flora Kidd (1926–2008) – romance novelist
 * Carl Killen – former politician, city councillor and MLA
 * George Edwin King (1839–1901) – lawyer, politician; second and fourth premier of New Brunswick, puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada

L

 * Mark Lackie (born 1967) – Olympic speed skater
 * Thomas Leavitt (1795–1850) – businessman, banker, president of the Bank of New Brunswick
 * Abel LeBlanc (born 1934 or 1935) – politician
 * Colin H. Livingstone (1863–1943) – banker, businessman, first national president of the Boy Scouts of America
 * Bob Lockhart (1931–2023) – radio journalist, news director, Mayor of Saint John
 * Charles B. Lockhart (1855–1948) – merchant, politician; MLA and city councillor
 * Willy Logan (1907–1955) – Olympic speed skater
 * Wayne Long (born 1963) – politician, Member of Parliament for the riding of Saint John—Rothesay
 * Gerry Lowe – politician; city councillor and MLA

M

 * David Laurence MacLaren (1893–1960) – politician; Minister of National Revenue, 20th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick and Mayor of Saint John
 * Kevin MacMichael (1951–2002) – guitarist, original Cutting Crew band member
 * Sarah Mallais (born 1989) – curler
 * Margo Malowney (born 1967) – Olympic beach volleyball player
 * Laurence Manning (1899–1972) – science fiction author
 * Frederick Francis Mathers (1871–1947) – 18th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
 * Matty Matheson (born 1982) – chef, restauranteur, actor, internet personality
 * George Frederick Matthew (1837–1923) – botanist, geologist
 * William Diller Matthew (1871–1930) – vertebrate paleontologist, curator of the American Museum of Natural History
 * Spencer Mawhinney (born 1977) – curler
 * Louis B. Mayer (1884–1957) – American film producer, co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) studios
 * William Maynes (1902–1966) – Olympic sprinter
 * Shirley McAlary – Mayor of Saint John
 * Robert McAllister (1876–1963) – politician
 * Shirley McAlary – politician, former Mayor of Saint John
 * Norm McFarlane – politician, former Mayor of Saint John
 * Art McGovern (1882–1915) – catcher for the Boston Americans
 * Dan McIntyre (1950–2001) – human rights activist, race relations commissioner for Ontario
 * Jim McKeever (1861–1897) – catcher for the Boston Reds
 * Neil McKelvey (1925–2011) – lawyer
 * Andrew McKim (born 1970) – former professional ice hockey player
 * Catherine McKinnon (born 1944) – singer, actress
 * David McKnight (1935–2006) – anthropologist and ethnographer
 * Joseph Medill (1823–1899) – newspaper editor and publisher
 * Brian Merrett (1945–2023) photographer, architectural activist
 * Gerald Merrithew (1931–2004) – federal, provincial and municipal politician
 * Eleanor Milne (1935–2014) – sculptor
 * Willard M. Mitchell (1879–1955) – artist, architect
 * Henry Mullin (1862–1937) – Major League Baseball outfielder
 * James Mullinger (born 1978) – English-born comedian
 * William Murdoch (1823–1887) – Scottish-born poet, journalist
 * Jamie Murphy (born 1981) – curler
 * Steve Murphy (born 1960) – news anchor
 * Frances Elizabeth Murray (ca. 1831–1901) – writer, charity worker
 * Billy Myers (1923–2019) – Canadian football player for the Toronto Argonauts

N

 * Arthur James Nesbitt (1880–1954) – businessman
 * Saul B. Newton (1906–1991) – psychotherapist
 * Neil Nicholson (born 1949) – former National Hockey League defenseman for the Oakland Seals and the New York Islanders
 * Mel Norton – former Mayor of Saint John
 * Alden Nowlan (1933–1983) – poet, novelist, playwright, editor for the Telegraph-Journal

O

 * John O'Brien (1866–1913) – Major League Baseball player
 * Bill O'Neill (1880–1920) – Major League Baseball outfielder
 * Chauncey O'Toole (born 1986) – former rugby union player and firefighter
 * Jordan Owens (born 1986) – former professional ice hockey player

P

 * George Pack Jr. (1794–1875) – businessman
 * William Paine (1750–1833) – United Empire Loyalist physician, politician; city councillor and MLA
 * John Richard Partelow (1795–1865) – merchant, politician; MLA and Mayor of Saint John
 * Robert J. Patterson (1809–1884) – former American slave, restauranteur
 * Robert Parker (1796–1865) – lawyer, judge, politician
 * Lawrence Paul (1934–2014) – Millbrook First Nation Chief
 * Bill Phillips (1857–1900) – professional baseball player
 * George Frederick Phillips (1862–1904) – U.S. Navy Machinist, Spanish–American War veteran
 * Walter Pidgeon (1897–1984) – American stage and film actor
 * Young Pluto (1872–1931) – South African-born Australian boxer
 * John Alexander Porteous (1932–1995) – columnist, journalist, broadcaster
 * Frank L. Potts (1867–1926) – Mayor of Saint John

Q

 * Jim Quinn (born 1957) – former Saint John Port Authority president, politician; senator

R

 * Nelson Rattenbury (1907–1973) – businessman, member of the Senate of Canada
 * Donna Reardon – current Mayor of Saint John
 * Daniel Aloysius Riley (1916–1984) – politician; Member of Parliament, MLA, and member of the Senate of Canada
 * Robert J. Ritchie – politician
 * Darren Roach (born 1986) – curler
 * Jason Roach (born 1984) – curler
 * John Robertson (1799–1876) – Scottish-born businessman, Mayor of Saint John, member of the Senate of Canada
 * John Robinson (1762–1828) – American-born merchant, Mayor of Saint John, MLA
 * Fred Ross (1927–2014) – artist
 * W. E. D. Ross (1912–1995) – actor, playwright, writer
 * William Ryan (1887–1938) – barrister, journalist, politician

S

 * Harry Saltzman (1915–1994) – theatre and film producer
 * Jean-Claude Sawyer (born 1986) – former professional ice hockey player
 * Carl Schell (1924–2020) – judoka
 * Loretta Leonard Shaw (1872–1940) – teacher, missionary
 * Ryan Sherrard (born 1986) – curler
 * Charles Simonds (1783–1859) – merchant, politician, MLA
 * James Simonds (1735–1831) – merchant, judge, MLA for Sunbury County, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
 * Richard Simonds (1789–1836) – merchant, politician, MLA
 * Bernard Skinner (1930–2016) – sailor
 * Chris Skinner (born 1961) – former Canadian Football League player
 * Clara Kathleen Smith (1911–2004) – poet
 * Elizabeth J. Smith (1842–1900) – American social reformer, newspaper editor and publisher
 * Elmer Boyd Smith (1860–1943) – writer and illustrator of children's books
 * Jack Stafford (1879–1946) – professional baseball umpire
 * Matt Stairs (born 1968) – former Major League Baseball player
 * Bob Stephen (1958–2009) – Canadian Football League player
 * Charlie Sullivan (born 1968) – curler
 * Jim Sullivan (1968–2011) – curler
 * Donald Sutherland (1935–2024) – actor
 * John Sweeny (1821–1901) – Irish-born priest and Bishop of Saint John
 * Andrew Swim (born 1961) – Olympic bobsledder

T

 * Glen Tait – politician; MLA and former city councillor
 * Eric Teed (1926–2010) – lawyer, Mayor of Saint John
 * Nancy Teed (1949–1993) – politician; MLA, senator
 * George McCall Theal (1837–1919) – South African historian
 * Ralph Thomas – human rights activist and former boxer
 * Fred W. Thompson (1900–1987) – labor organizer, historian
 * William Henry Thorne (1844–1923) – businessman, politician; senator
 * Samuel Leonard Tilley (1818–1896) – politician; Father of Confederation
 * Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley (1870–1947) – lawyer, politician; 21st premier of New Brunswick
 * Sue Tingley (born 1977) – field hockey player, Yale Bulldogs assistant
 * Ken Tobias (born 1945) – singer-songwriter
 * Clark Todd (1944–1983) – London bureau chief for the CTV Television Network
 * Peter Trites (1946–2010) – teacher, politician; MLA and city councillor
 * Stuart Trueman (1911–1995) – journalist, humorist
 * Walter Harley Trueman (1870–1951) – lawyer, judge
 * Joseph John Tucker (1832–1914) – English-born politician, newspaper president and Saint John Railway Company director
 * John E. Turnbull – inventor
 * Wallace Rupert Turnbull (1870–1954) – engineer, inventor

V

 * Yvon Vautour (born 1956) – former ice hockey coach, former National Hockey League player
 * R. M. Vaughan (1965–2020) – writer and artist
 * Frank L. Vernon (1873–1944) – priest, author

W

 * Charles Caleb Ward (1831–1896) – painter
 * John Ward (1753–1846) – loyalist, businessman, politician; MLA
 * Lyman Ward (born 1941) – actor
 * Kent Warnock (born 1964) – former Canadian football player, defensive line coach for the Calgary Dinos
 * Elsie Wayne (1932–2016) – politician; Mayor of Saint John and member of Parliament
 * Carol Webb (born 1982) – curler
 * Maestro Fresh Wes (born 1968) – rapper
 * Walter W. White (1862–1952) – physician, politician; Mayor of Saint John, MLA
 * Rupert Wilson Wigmore (1873–1939) – politician
 * Edward Winchester (1970–2020) – lightweight rower
 * Michelle Winters (born 1972) – writer and translator
 * John McNeil Wilmot (1775–1847) – American-born businessman, judge, politician; MLA, Mayor of Saint John
 * Robert Duncan Wilmot (1809–1891) – municipal, provincial and federal politician; Mayor of Saint John, Father of Confederation
 * Hugh Winsor (born 1938) – journalist
 * Ardeth Wood (1975–2003) – murder victim
 * Susan Wood (1953–2018) – artist, educator
 * William J. Woodroffe (1933–2003) – politician; MLA and city councillor
 * Gordon Wry (1910–1985) – tenor, conductor

Y

 * Heather Young – filmmaker

Z

 * Joseph Zatzman (1912–2007) – businessman, politician, Mayor of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia