List of people from Nova Scotia

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

Contents 1 Pre-Confederation people 2 Actors 3 Architects 4 Artists 5 Filmmakers 6 Inventors 7 Musicians 8 Religion 9 Scientists 10 Sportspeople 10.1 Sports announcers 10.2 Adventurers 10.3 Baseball people 10.4 Boat racers 10.4.1 Canoeists 10.4.2 Kayakers 10.4.3 Rowers 10.4.4 Sailors 10.5 Body builders 10.6 Boxers 10.7 Curlers 10.7.1 Men 10.7.2 Women 10.8 Equestrians 10.8.1 Harness racers 10.8.2 Show jumping 10.9 Football people 10.9.1 American football people 10.9.2 Canadian football people 10.9.3 Rugby union people 10.9.4 Soccer people 10.10 Ice hockey people 10.11 Sports journalists 10.12 Skiers 10.12.1 Cross-country skiers 10.13 Swimmers 10.14 Track and field athletes 10.15 Professional wrestlers 11 Writers 12 References 13 See also

Pre-Confederation people

• David H. Armstrong, United States Senator from Missouri, born in Nova Scotia^[1]
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Samuel Cunard
• Noel Doiron
• Charles Fenerty (inventor of wood pulp process for papermaking)
• Rose Fortune
• Abraham Gesner (discovered kerosene oil)
• Joseph Howe
• Gordon Benjamin Isnor
• Angus MacAskill (suffered gigantism, stood 7’9")
• Joshua Slocum (first to sail solo around the world)

Actors

• Chuck Campbell
• Jeff Douglas
• John Dunsworth
• Mark Farrell
• Peter Flemming
• Lex Gigeroff
• Jeffrey Hirschfield
• Leslie Hope
• Murray Langston "AKA The Unknown Comic"
• Daniel MacIvor
• David Manners
• Forbes March
• Peter North
• Craig Olejnik
• Ellen Page
• Patrick Roach
• Harold Russell
• Garwin Sanford
• Robb Wells
• Austin Willis

Architects

• Brian Mackay-Lyons

Artists

• Mark A. Brennan
• Alex Colville
• William E. deGarthe
• Maud Lewis
• Edith Smith
• Lewis Smith
• Christopher Webb

Filmmakers

• Phil Comeau
• Paul Donovan (writer)
• Thom Fitzgerald
• Daniel MacIvor

Inventors

• Charles Fenerty (inventor of wood pulp process for papermaking)

Musicians

People

• Gary Beals
• Buck 65
• Wilf Carter
• Classified (rapper)
• Holly Cole
• J. P. Cormier
• Melanie Doane
• Denny Doherty
• The Ennis Sisters
• Leslie Feist
• J.D. Fortune
• Bruce Guthro
• Ashley MacIsaac
• Natalie MacMaster
• Kevin MacMichael
• Rita MacNeil
• Matt Mays
• Sarah McLachlan
• Matt Minglewood
• Anne Murray
• Joel Plaskett
• Steve Poltz
• The Rankin Family
• Stan Rogers (from Ontario but resided in and sang about Nova Scotia)
• Tara Slone
• Laura Smith
• Hank Snow
• Scott Storch
• Portia White

Bands

• April Wine
• The Barra MacNeils
• Rawlins Cross
• Sloan

Religion

• Moses E. Kiley, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee

Scientists

• Donald O. Hebb

Sportspeople

Sports announcers

• Danny Gallivan
• Paul Hollingsworth

Adventurers

• Howard Blackburn
• Joshua Slocum

Baseball people

• Fred Lake

Boat racers

Canoeists

• Richard Dalton
• Michael Scarola

Kayakers

• Jillian D'Alessio
• Karen Furneaux
• Sue Holloway

Rowers

• Stephen Giles

Sailors

Body builders

• Cindy Phillips

Boxers

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

Curlers

Men

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

Women

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

Equestrians

Harness racers

• Bill O'Donnell

Show jumping

• Ian Millar

Football people

American football people

• Buck MacDonald
• Eddie Murray
• Tyrone Williams

Canadian football people

• Tyrone Williams

Rugby union people

• Morgan Williams

Soccer people

• Stephen Hart
• Ante Jazic

Ice hockey people

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

Sports journalists

• Alex J. Walling

Skiers

Cross-country skiers

• Sue Holloway

Swimmers

• Nancy Garapick
• Sandy Goss

Track and field athletes

• Duncan Gillis
• Aileen Meagher

Professional wrestlers

• Rocky Johnson

Writers

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

References

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

See also

• Black Nova Scotians

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