List of Acadians
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This is a list of members of the Acadian people, and people of Acadian origins.
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[edit] Education
- Barbara Le Blanc
[edit] Law and Politics
- Aubin-Edmond Arsenault - former Premier of Prince Edward Island
- Joseph-Octave Arsenault - first Acadian Prince Edward Island member of the Canadian Senate
- Edmond Blanchard - chief justice of the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada, former politician
- Ernest Cottreau - former senator
- Chris d'Entremont - Nova Scotia MLA, Minister of Health and Acadian Affairs
- Roméo LeBlanc - politician and journalist, former Governor-General of Canada
- Neil LeBlanc - Consul General to Boston, Massachussetts, and former Nova Scotia MLA, Minister of Finance
- Viola Léger - former senator and actress
- Louis Robichaud - former Premier of New Brunswick
- Camille Thériault - former Premier of New Brunswick
- Robert Thibault - Canadian Liberal MP
- Peter J. Veniot - former Premier of New Brunswick
- Michel Samson - Nova Scotia MLA, Liberal Party of Nova Scotia
[edit] Military
- John A. LeJeune - former Commandant of the Marine Corps
[edit] Musicians
- Marcel Aymar - singer
- Angèle Arsenault - singer-songwriter, media host
- Jean-François Breau - singer
- Édith Butler - singer-songwriter
- Cayouche - Country singer and songwriter
- Patsy Gallant - singer and actress
- Carolyne Jomphe - Country singer and songwriter
- Wilfred Le Bouthillier - singer
- Natasha St-Pier - singer
- Marie-Jo Thério - singer-songwriter
- Roch Voisine - singer-songwriter
- Zachary Richard - singer - songwriter
- Michael Doucet - singer - songwriter - Beausoliel
- Marc Savoy - singer - accordion maker
- Jesse Daigle - singer - songwriter - guitarist
[edit] Sports
- Jean Béliveau - Hockey Hall of Famer
- Ray Bourque - Hockey Hall of Famer
- Rheal Cormier - Major League Baseball pitcher
- Yvon Durelle - Boxer
- René Duprée - Wrestler
- Suzanne Gaudet - curler
- Cassidy O'Reilly - professional wrestler
- Maurice Richard - Hockey Hall of Famer
[edit] Writers
- Georges Arsenault - PEI Acadian Historian
- Jeannette Belliveau - Writer, publisher, cultural geographer
- Régis Brun - Acadian Historian and Researcher at the U of Moncton
- Herménégilde Chiasson - writer
- Joey Comeau - writer, comic creator
- Clive Doucet - writer
- Sheila Collins Hebert - writer
- Barbara Le Blanc - Writer & Historian
- Gérald Leblanc - poet
- Antonine Maillet - writer and playwright
[edit] Misc
- Robert Aubie - Marshal McLuhan Distinguished Teacher Award 1987 - First in Canada
- Louis J. Belliveau - Nuclear physicist
- Kimberley d'Eon - Producer, writer, reporter and Gemini Award nominee
- Blake O. Escudier - Entrepreneur and Professor
- Lyse Doucet - news correspondent & presenter, BBC World
- Kathlin Kveldulfsdottir - founder of Asatru society in Nova Scotia
- Leo Touchet - Photographer/Photojournalist
- Matt LeBlanc - Actor (best known as 'Joey' on the sitcom 'Friends'
