List of Nova Scotians

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This is a list of notable people from the Canadian province of Nova Scotia:

Contents 1 Pre-Confederation people 2 Actors 3 Sportspeople 3.1 Sports announcers 3.2 Adventurers 3.3 Baseball people 3.4 Boat racers 3.4.1 Canoeists 3.4.2 Kayakers 3.4.3 Rowers 3.4.4 Sailors 3.5 Body builders 3.6 Boxers 3.7 Curlers 3.7.1 Men 3.7.2 Women 3.8 Equestrians 3.8.1 Harness racers 3.8.2 Show jumping 3.9 Football people 3.9.1 American football people 3.9.2 Canadian football people 3.9.3 Rugby union people 3.9.4 Soccer people 3.10 Ice hockey people 3.11 Sports journalists 3.12 Skiers 3.12.1 Cross-country skiers 3.13 Swimmers 3.14 Track and field athletes 3.15 Professional wrestlers 4 Musicians 5 Artists 6 Writers 7 References 8 See also

[edit] Pre-Confederation people

• David H. Armstrong, United States Senator from Missouri, born in Nova Scotia ^[1]
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Samuel Cunard
• Abraham Gesner (discovered kerosene oil)
• Joseph Howe
• Gordon Benjamin Isnor
• Daurene Lewis
• Joshua Slocum (first to sail solo around the world)

[edit] Actors

• Jeff Douglas
• John Dunsworth
• Mark Farrell
• Peter Flemming
• Lex Gigeroff
• Jeffrey Hirchfield
• Leslie Hope
• Daniel MacIvor
• David Manners
• Forbes March
• Peter North
• Ellen Page
• Dan Petrie
• Patrick Roach
• Harold Russell
• Garwin Sanford
• Donald Sutherland
• Robb Wells
• Austin Willis

[edit] Sportspeople

[edit] Sports announcers

• Danny Gallivan

[edit] Adventurers

• Howard Blackburn
• Joshua Slocum

[edit] Baseball people

• Fred Lake

[edit] Boat racers

[edit] Canoeists

• Richard Dalton
• Michael Scarola

[edit] Kayakers

• Jillian D'Alessio
• Karen Furneaux
• Sue Holloway

[edit] Rowers

• Stephen Giles

[edit] Sailors

[edit] Body builders

• Cindy Phillips

[edit] Boxers

• Chris Clarke
• Buddy Daye
• George Dixon
• Ray Downey
• Bryan Gibson
• Kirk Johnson
• Sam Langford
• Carroll Morgan
• Marty O'Donnell
• Randall Thompson

[edit] Curlers

[edit] Men

• Shawn Adams
• Craig Burgess
• Mark Dacey, from Saskatoon but curles out of the Mayflower Curling Club
• Andrew Gibson
• Rob Harris
• Bruce Lohnes

[edit] Women

• Mary-Anne Arsenault
• Nancy Delahunt, a Montrealer who has resided in Halifax for several years
• Meredith Harrison
• Colleen Jones
• Jill Mouzar

[edit] Equestrians

[edit] Harness racers

• Bill O'Donnell

[edit] Show jumping

• Ian Millar

[edit] Football people

[edit] American football people

• Buck MacDonald
• Tyrone Williams

[edit] Canadian football people

• Tyrone Williams

[edit] Rugby union people

• Morgan Williams

[edit] Soccer people

• Stephen Hart
• Ante Jazic

[edit] Ice hockey people

• Paul Andrea, 150 NHL games in the 1960s and 70s
• Eric Boulton
• John Brophy
• Sidney Crosby, current superstar
• Mal Davis
• Chad Denny
• Ryan Flinn
• Danny Gallivan
• William Hollett
• Don Koharski
• Craig MacDonald
• Parker MacDonald
• Al MacInnis
• Al MacNeil
• Brad Marchand
• Mike McPhee
• Dean Melanson
• Glen Murray
• Pokey Reddick
• Bill Riley
• Jody Shelley
• James Sheppard
• Jon Sim
• Bobby Smith
• Colin White

[edit] Sports journalists

• Alex J. Walling

[edit] Skiers

[edit] Cross-country skiers

• Sue Holloway

[edit] Swimmers

• Nancy Garapick
• Sandy Goss

[edit] Track and field athletes

• Duncan Gillis
• Aileen Meagher

[edit] Professional wrestlers

• Rocky Johnson

[edit] Musicians

• April Wine
• The Barra MacNeils
• Gary Beals
• Buck 65
• Wilf Carter
• Holly Cole
• J. P. Cormier
• Dwayne Cote
• Melanie Doane
• Denny Doherty
• The Ennis Sisters
• J.D. Fortune
• Ashley MacIsaac
• Natalie MacMaster
• Rita MacNeil
• Sarah McLachlan
• Matt Minglewood
• Anne Murray
• Joel Plaskett
• Steve Poltz
• The Rankin Family
• Rawlins Cross
• Stan Rogers (From Ontario but resided in and sang about Nova Scotia)
• Sloan
• Tara Slone
• Laura Smith
• Hank Snow
• Portia White
• Matt Mays

[edit] Artists

• Alex Colville
• Don Curley
• William E. deGarthe
• Tom Forrestall
• Maude Lewis
• Edith Smith
• Lewis Smith
• Christopher Webb
• Jose Valverde-Alcalde

[edit] Writers

• Lesley Choyce
• George Elliott Clarke
• Darren Greer
• Thomas Chandler Haliburton
• Wendy Lill
• Hugh MacLennan
• Leo McKay, Jr.
• Adriana Porter
• John Stiles
• Budge Wilson
• Maxine Tynes

[edit] References

• 1. ^ (1963) Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 

ROCKY "SOULMAN" JOHNSON

[edit] See also

• Black Nova Scotians