List of Acadians

This is a list of members of the Acadian people, and people of Acadian origins

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Actors

Patricia McKenzie - actress born in Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine (Painchaud family)
Jared Leto - actor, musician, producer, and director. His grandfather had Acadian roots.
Robert Maillet - actor, Canadian professional wrestler from Sainte-Marie-de-Kent, New Brunswick

Aubin-Edmond Arsenault - former Premier of Prince Edward Island
Télésphore Arsenault - Canadian politician, business manager and farmer.
Joseph-Octave Arsenault - first Acadian Prince Edward Island member of the Canadian Senate
Michel Bastarache - Supreme Court of Canada
Edmond Blanchard - chief justice of the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada, former politician
Gérald Clavette - New Brunswick politician
Chris d'Entremont - Nova Scotia MLA, Minister of Health and Acadian Affairs
Fred DeLorey - conservative political strategist and chief spokesperson for the Conservative Party of Canada.
Vernon White (Canadian senator) - Police Chief of the Ottawa Police Force 2007 to present; Canadian senator
Neil LeBlanc - Consul General to Boston, Massachusetts, and former Nova Scotia MLA, Minister of Finance
Roméo LeBlanc - politician and journalist, former Governor-General of Canada123
René Lévesque - separatist Premier of Quebec
Viola Léger - former senator and actress
Louis Robichaud - former Premier of New Brunswick
Michel Samson - Nova Scotia MLA, Liberal Party of Nova Scotia
Camille Thériault - former Premier of New Brunswick
Robert Thibault - Canadian Liberal MP
Peter J. Veniot - former Premier of New Brunswick

Bernard Marres 'Marc' dit La Sonde - fought British at Canso, Nova Scotia (1718)
Joseph Broussard^[1]
Bernard-Anselme d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin
Joseph d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin
Paul Doucet (alias Paul Laurent)—pilot for French Navy during King Georges War^[2]
Charles Pelerain (Tuck)—pilot for French Navy during King Georges War^[2]
Joseph-Nicolas Gautier and his wife
Charles Raymond
Jacques Coste^[3]^[4]
Louis Amand Bujold (Armand Bigeau)^[5]
Joseph LeBlanc, dit Le Maigre^[6]
Prudent Robichaud (leader of the mutiny on the Pembroke)
Alexandre Bourg^[7]
François Dupont Duvivier
Pierre II Surette
William Johnson (Guillaume Jeanson) (Battle of Bloody Creek (1757))
John Bradstreet (fought for British)
Joseph Winniett (supported the British, grandchild of Pierre Maisonnat dit Baptiste)
Jean-Vincent d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin
Pierre Maisonnat dit Baptiste
Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour
Joseph Godin dit Bellefontaine, Sieur de Beauséjour and Commander of the Acadian Militia of the St-John River valley (St. John River Campaign)
Joseph Trahan^[8]^[9] (Battle of the Plains of Abraham)
Rene LeBlanc - from Minas, worked for Villebon during King William's War ^[10]
Pierre Melanson - from Minas, worked for Villebon during King William's War, appointed "captain of the coast"^[11] ^[12]
Simon Thibodeau - American Revolution ^[13]

Marcel Aymar - singer
Angèle Arsenault - singer-songwriter, media host
Édith Butler - singer-songwriter
Cayouche - Country singer and songwriter
Julie Doiron - singer-songwriter
Patsy Gallant - singer and actress
Marie-Jo Thério - singer and actress
Lisa Leblanc - singer
Wilfred Le Bouthillier - singer
Natasha St-Pier - singer
Roch Voisine - singer-songwriter
Lisa LeBlanc - singer-songwriter
Radio Radio (hip hop group) - Jacques Doucet, Alexandre Bilodeau, Gabriel Malenfant
Annie Blanchard

Jean Beliveau - Hockey Hall of Fame, Montreal Canadiens
Maurice Richard - Hockey Hall of Fame, Montreal Canadiens
Henri Richard - Hockey Hall of Fame, Montreal Canadiens
Brad Marchand - NHL Hockey Player, Boston Bruins
Luc Bourdon - NHL hockey player
Jean-Louis Cormier (Rudy Kay) - wrestler
Leonce Cormier (Leo Burke) - wrestler
Rheal Cormier - Major League Baseball pitcher
Romeo Cormier (Bobby Kay) - wrestler
Yvon Cormier (The Beast) - wrestler
Yvon Durelle - boxer
Camille Henry - NHL hockey player winner of the Lady Byng Trophy and the Calder Memorial Trophy
Jacques LeBlanc - boxer
René Duprée - wrestler
Suzanne Gaudet - curler
Cassidy O'Reilly - professional wrestler
Ron Guidry - Major League baseball pitcher
Robert Maillet - wrestler
Roland Melanson - NHL goalie
Chad Ogea - Major League Baseball pitcher
Ryan Theriot - Major League Baseball infielder
Joe Proctor - mixed martial artist

Noel Doiron - leader of the Acadians who died in the single greatest tragedy of the Expulsion - the sinking of the Duke William
Joseph Broussard (Beausoleil)

Acadia

History	Acadia (New France) Evangeline Expulsion Governors Grand-Pré General history Military history Royal Proclamation of 2003

People and culture	Acadian World Congress Acadians (list) Ave Maris Stella Flag National Acadian Day Tintamarre

Language and education	Acadian French Chiac Université de Moncton Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick Université Sainte-Anne Collège Acadie Î.-P.-É. Maritime College of Forest Technology/Collège de Technologie forestière des Maritimes

Related	Acadian Peninsula Cajun French Canadian French diaspora

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