List of people from New Brunswick
This is a list of notable people, who are from the province of New Brunswick, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that province.
- William Maxwell Aitken, aka Lord Beaverbrook, Fleet Street publishing baron
- Richard Bedford Bennett, Canadian Prime Minister
- W. A. C. Bennett, British Columbia politician and premier
- Norman Buchanan (MC), a politician, business man and member of NB Sports hall of fame. He served during the Second World War and was awarded the Military Cross with two bars, an extremely high honour held by only 23 other Commonwealth Officers.
- Henry A. Braithwaite, noted woodsman and guide
- Thomas Storrow Brown businessman, journalist, officer of the 1837 Rebellion
- Bliss Carman, poet
- Rheal Cormier, Major League Baseball pitcher
- Tom Culligan, co-founder of the Second Cup franchise company
- William Davidson (1740–1790), lumber merchant, shipbuilder
- Sam De Grasse, actor
- Gordie Drillon, Hall of Fame ice hockey player
- Sir James Dunn, financier, industrialist
- Yvon Durelle, champion boxer
- Raymond Fraser, author
- Peter Fraser (1765–1840), merchant, politician
- Emile Goguen, former professional wrestler
- Joy Glidden, art administrator and curator
- René Goguen, WWE wrestler
- Danny Grant, hockey player
- William Hoyt (b. 1930), judge, served on the Saville Inquiry into the events of Bloody Sunday. Born in Saint John
- John Peters Humphrey (1905–1995), lawyer, diplomat, scholar and principal author of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- K.C. Irving, industrialist
- Travis Jayner, American Speed skater and winner of a bronze medal during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
- K.V. Johansen, writer
- W.J. Kent (1860–1943), businessman
- Andrew Bonar Law, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Julian LeBlanc, actor, producer, celebrity blogger
- Roméo LeBlanc, former Governor-General of Canada
- Douglas Lochhead, Poet
- George Duncan Ludlow (1734–1808), politician, judge
- Mary MacIsaac, Canadian supercentenarian; died, aged 112.
- Catherine McKinnon, Singer who popularized many Canadian folk songs such as Farewell to Nova Scotia.
- Antonine Maillet, Acadian author, Prix Goncourt winner
- Robert Maillet, professional wrestler, actor
- Guéganne Martin Doucet, First Nations Mi'kmaq Artist,who popularized her heritage in Europe.
- Wayne Maunder, actor (Custer, Lancer, and Chase)
- Louis B. Mayer, a founder of Hollywood's MGM Studios
- Harrison McCain, frozen food business
- Wallace McCain, food business
- Manny McIntyre, sports star
- Willie O'Ree, first Black NHL player
- Walter Pidgeon, actor
- John Ralston, actor (George Venturi from Life with Derek)
- Ivan Cleveland Rand, Supreme Court Justice, creator of the Rand Formula, served on the UN commission which oversaw the creation of the state of Israel.
- David Adams Richards, author
- Charles G. D. Roberts, poet
- John Robinson (1762–1818), businessman, politician
- Natasha Saint-Pier, Francophone chart-topping singer
- John Saunders (1754–1834), Chief Justice on N.B. Supreme Court
- Brett Somers, actress
- Matt Stairs, Major League Baseball player
- Donald Sutherland, actor
- Don Sweeney, hockey player, Boston Bruins Assistant General Manager
- Ron Turcotte, Secretariat's Hall of Fame jockey
- Roch Voisine, singer
- Lyman Ward, actor
- Robb Wells, actor (Ricky from Trailer Park Boys)
- Robert Young (1834–1904), businessman and politician