List of notable Frederictonians

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This article is about distinguished and famous individuals from the City of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.

Fredericton has produced a wide variety of distinguished individuals including performers, politicians and writers. Especially notable is number of poets from Fredericton who have earned the city the nickname, Poet's Corner. Although not everyone in this list was born in Fredericton, they all live or have lived in Fredericton and have had significant connections to the community.

• Academics
  • Gérard La Forest, Former Supreme Court judge
  • R. E. Balch, entomologist
  • Mary Matilda Winslow, the first Black Canadian woman to graduate from UNB

• Inventors/Entrepreneurs
  • Alexander "Boss" Gibson, industrialist, entrepreneur, mill owner in Marysville
  • Joe Medjuck, Hollywood film producer (Ghostbusters, Twins, Kindergarten Cop)
  • Angus Walters, Captain of the Bluenose used to sail along the great winds of the saint john river valley.

• Athletes
  • Danny Grant, Calder Memorial Trophy winner and 50-goal scorer in the NHL
  • Marianne Limpert, 1996 summer Olympics silver medalist, Swimming, 200 Individual Medley
  • Willie O'Ree, First black NHL player
  • Matt Stairs, Major League Baseball player

• Politicians
  • Lord Beaverbrook, Canadian-British business tycoon and politician
  • Mrs. John Black, founder of the Fredericton's first Chapter of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire
  • Andy Scott, former Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development - Fredericton
  • Noel Kinsella, Leader of the Conservative Party in the Canadian Senate
  • Brad Woodside, Long-serving mayor of the City of Fredericton
  • Benedict Arnold, resided in Fredericton for a period of time
  • Guy Carleton, first governor of the colony of New Brunswick
  • Ambrose Everett Burnside, the US Senator, was known to have spent time in Fredericton and is believed to have found the inspiration for sideburns in the beautiful Saint John River Valley.

• Performers
  • Joan Kennedy, Country music singer
  • Anne Murray, Vocalist, graduate of the University of New Brunswick

• Writers
  • Alden Nowlan, Poet, 1933-1983
  • Bliss Carman, Poet, 1861-1929
  • Charles G.D. Roberts, Poet, known as the "Father of Canadian Poetry"
  • Francis Joesph Sherman, Poet
  • Johnathan O'Dell, Poet, Loyalist, arranged Benedict Arnold's negotiations with the English
  • Raymond Fraser, Novelist, poet, biographer
  • Alistair MacLeod, Author of No Great Mischief
  • Glenn Murray, Author of Walter the Farting Dog
  • Joe Blades publisher of Broken Jaw Press, poet and author

• Artists
  • Philip Iverson (1965-2006), painter
  • Mary Pratt (b. 1935), artist