List of people from Cape Breton
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The following a list of names of people who have become famous and were born, raised, or resided on Cape Breton Island:
- The Barra MacNeils — Folk music group
- Alexander Graham Bell — Inventor kept a summer home in Baddeck
- John George Bourinot — 19th century politician and Senator
- John George Bourinot — Late 19th century Canadian historian, son of Senator John George Bourinot
- Peggy Butts — Canadian senator
- Mayann E. Francis — African Canadian public servant
- Danny Gallivan — NHL hockey television/radio announcer
- Angus MacAskill — Giant
- Nathan MacDonald — Celtic music singer-songwriter
- Ashley MacIsaac — Alternative music fiddler
- Daniel MacIvor — Playwright and movie director
- Alistair MacLeod — Writer
- Al MacInnis — Ice hockey defenseman
- Hugh MacLennan — Writer
- Buddy MacMaster — Fiddler
- Natalie MacMaster — Fiddler
- Rita MacNeil — Country/folk singer
- Donald Marshall — Wrongly convicted of murder
- Daniel Petrie — Film director
- The Rankin Family — Country/Celtic music group
- Bobby Smith — NHL ice hockey forward
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