The following is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Saint John, New Brunswick.
A John Adams (born 1942) – former Canadian Armed Forces member Robert M. Allan (1880–?) – American politician; Los Angeles City Council memberLos Angeles Public Library reference file John Allore (1964–2023) – actor, victims' rights advocate, podcaster, brother of murder victim Theresa Allore Aaron Alward (1828–1886) – physician, politician; city councillor, mayor and MLA Francis Alexander Anglin (1865–1933) – chief justice of Canada 1924–1933 Timothy Anglin (1822–1896) – Irish-born journalist, MLA, Speaker of the House of Commons Jennifer Armstrong (born 1992) – curler Clara Arthur (1858–1929) – American suffragist based in Michigan
B Brent Bambury (born 1960) – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio and television host Blank Banshee (born 1987) – musician J. Esmonde Barry (1923–2007) – healthcare activist and political commentator Michael Barry (born 1954) – Olympic wrestler Patricia Martin Bates (born 1927) – artist, educator John Babington Macaulay Baxter (1868–1946) – lawyer, jurist, 19th premier of New Brunswick Arthur Belyea (1885–1968) – Olympic rower Helen Belyea (1913–1986) – geologist Craven Langstroth Betts (1853–1941) – poet, author Jared Bezanson (born 1986) – curler Andy Bezeau (born 1970) – professional ice hockey player Carl Biddiscombe (1924–2000) – set decorator Vaughn Blaney (born 1938) – former educator and politician Jonathan Bliss (1742–1822) – American-born lawyer, judge, politician; MLA John Boyd (1826–1893) – Irish-born businessman, school board chairman, lieutenant governor of New Brunswick Jane Boyle (born 1973) – curler Miller Brittain (1912–1968) – visual artist George Butterfield (born 1939) – businessman, philanthropist Mather Byles (1734/35–1814) – Loyalist, clergyman
C Laura Calder – writer William A. Calvin (1898–1962) – labor union leader Robert H. Carlin (1887–1953) – politician, MLA Dyson Carter (1910–1996) – scientist, writer, political activist; president of the Canadian-Soviet Friendship Society Andrew Case (born 1993) – baseball pitcher Charlie Cavanagh (born 2000) – former boxer Kevin Chase (born 1976) – wrestler, singer-songwriter John Alexander Chesley (1837–1922) – businessman, politician; city councillor, mayor, member of Canadian Parliament Ward Chipman Jr. (1787–1851) – lawyer, judge, pre-Confederation politician Gordie Clark (born 1952) – Scottish-born former ice hockey player for the Boston Bruins and the Cincinnati Stingers Robert J. Coffey (1842–1901) – soldier Charles Collingwood (born 1943) – British actor Gerard Collins (born 1957) – painter Anne Compton (born 1947) – poet, anthologist Eddie Connolly (1876–1936) – boxer Thomas-Louis Connolly (1814–1876) – bishop of Saint John Stompin' Tom Connors (1936–2013) – country and folk singer-songwriter Jane Coop (born 1950) – pianist Paul Corkum (born 1943) – physicist Ivan Court – former mayor of Saint John William Cox (1921–2008) – lawyer Jordon Craft (born 1993) – curler Maxwell Cummings (1898–2001) – real estate builder Nathan Cummings (1896–1985) – businessman Louis Cunningham (1900–1954) – author Louis Cuppens (1944–2022) – Royal Canadian Air Force officer, NORAD deputy commander Richard Currie (born 1937) – businessman
D William H. Dabney (1934–2012) – colonel in the United States Marine Corps Tom Daly (1891–1946) – Major League Baseball player and coach John Waterhouse Daniel (1845–1933) – physician, politician; mayor of Saint John, member of Canadian Parliament and Senator Don Darling – former mayor of Saint John Joseph A. Day (born 1945) – former politician, senator James De Mille (1833–1880) – novelist, professor at Dalhousie University Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber (1829–1908) – businessman, politician; mayor of Saint John, member of Canadian Parliament James Dever (1825–1904) – Irish-born merchant and Canadian senator Edward I. Devitt (1840–1920) – priest, Jesuit, Catholic historian Paul Dobson (born 1979) – curler Margaret Doody (born 1939) – author, feminist literary critic, professor at the University of Notre Dame Harry Doyle (born 1941) – former educator and MLA William Mark Duke (1879–1971) – prelate
E Lawrence Earl (1915–2005) – photojournalist, author Sylvester Zobieski Earle (1822–1888) – physician, coroner, politician; mayor of Saint John Eldridge Eatman (1880–1960) – sprinter, First World War soldier Jerrod Edson (born 1974) – novelist Stanley Edward Elkin (1880–1960) – businessman, politician, House of Commons of Canada member John Valentine Ellis (1835–1913) – journalist, parliamentarian, senator Angelo Evelyn (born 1942) – painter
F Roxanne Fairweather – businesswoman, co-CEO of Innovatia Harold Fanjoy (1939–2008) – politician Mark Fawcett (born 1972) – Olympic snowboarder May Agnes Fleming (1840–1880) – novelist Myra Freeman (born 1949) – teacher, politician; first female lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia Ryan Freeze (born 1995) – curler Madeleine Fritz (1896–1990) – paleontologist
G Susan B. Ganong (1873–1961) – educator William Francis Ganong (1864–1941) – botanist, historian, cartographer, Smith College professor Ian Gardner (born 1981) – boxer Mort Garson (1924–2008) – electronic musician Abraham Pineo Gesner (1797–1864) – physician, geologist, inventor of kerosene Bradford Gilbert (ca. 1746–1814) – Loyalist merchant, MLA Charles Gorman (1898–1940) – top-ranking speed skater Hilliard Graves (born 1950) – former professional ice hockey player Philippe Guertin (born 1991) – long-distance swimmer
H Heidi Hanlon (born 1958) – curler Elisabeth Harvor (born 1936) – novelist, poet Gavin Hassett (born 1973) – Olympic rower William C. Heine (1919–1991) – newspaper writer, author, University of Western Ontario journalism teacher Anna Minerva Henderson (1887–1987) – teacher, poet, civil servant Paul Higgins (born 1962) – former professional ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs Fred Hodges (1918–1999) – labour leader, civil rights activist, city councillor Bruce Holder (1905–1987) – violinist Thomas Holderness (1849–1924) – Indian Civil Service member John J. Holland (1843–1893) – shipbuilder Stuart Howe (born 1967) – operatic tenor William Lloyd Hoyt (born 1930) – lawyer, judge; chief justice of New Brunswick, member of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry Stephen Humbert (ca. 1766–1849) – merchant, politician Jack Humphrey (1901–1967) – watercolour painter John Horbury Hunt (1838–1904) – Australian architect
I Arthur Irving (1930–2024) – billionaire businessman, owner of Irving Oil John E. Irving (1932–2010) – businessman Jay Isaac (born 1975) – artist
J Frances James (1903–1988) – soprano Kim Jardine (born 1966) – politician Edward James Jarvis (1788–1852) – politician, lawyer, judge; chief justice of Prince Edward Island Munson Jarvis (1742–1824) – American-born merchant, MLA Ryan Jimmo (1981–2016) – mixed martial artist Gina Jordan (1929–2013) – pilot and Christian missionary Bob Joyce (born 1966) – former professional ice hockey player
K Herzl Kashetsky (born 1950) – painter Jackie Keating (1908–1984) – professional ice hockey player for the New York Americans Ethel Knight Kelly (1875–1949) – Australian actress, writer Flora Kidd (1926–2008) – romance novelist Carl Killen – former politician, city councillor and MLA George Edwin King (1839–1901) – lawyer, politician; second and fourth premier of New Brunswick, puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
L Mark Lackie (born 1967) – Olympic speed skater Thomas Leavitt (1795–1850) – businessman, banker, president of the Bank of New Brunswick Abel LeBlanc (born 1934/1935) – politician Colin H. Livingstone (1863–1943) – banker, businessman, first national president of the Boy Scouts of America Bob Lockhart (1931–2023) – radio journalist, news director, mayor of Saint John Charles B. Lockhart (1855–1948) – merchant, politician; MLA and city councillor Willy Logan (1907–1955) – Olympic speed skater Wayne Long (born 1963) – politician, member of Parliament for the riding of Saint John—Rothesay Gerry Lowe – politician; city councillor and MLA
M David Laurence MacLaren (1893–1960) – politician; Minister of National Revenue, 20th lieutenant governor of New Brunswick and mayor of Saint John Kevin MacMichael (1951–2002) – guitarist, original Cutting Crew band member Sarah Mallais (born 1989) – curler Margo Malowney (born 1967) – Olympic beach volleyball player Laurence Manning (1899–1972) – science fiction author Frederick Francis Mathers (1871–1947) – 18th lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia Matty Matheson (born 1982) – chef, restauranteur, actor, internet personality George Frederick Matthew (1837–1923) – botanist, geologist William Diller Matthew (1871–1930) – vertebrate paleontologist, curator of the American Museum of Natural History Spencer Mawhinney (born 1977) – curler Louis B. Mayer (1884–1957) – American film producer, co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) studios William Maynes (1902–1966) – Olympic sprinter Shirley McAlary – politician, former mayor of Saint John Robert McAllister (1876–1963) – politician Norm McFarlane – politician, former mayor of Saint John Art McGovern (1882–1915) – catcher for the Boston Americans Dan McIntyre (1950–2001) – human rights activist, race relations commissioner for Ontario Jim McKeever (1861–1897) – catcher for the Boston Reds Neil McKelvey (1925–2011) – lawyer Andrew McKim (born 1970) – former professional ice hockey player Catherine McKinnon (born 1944) – singer, actress David McKnight (1935–2006) – anthropologist and ethnographer Joseph Medill (1823–1899) – newspaper editor and publisher Brian Merrett (1945–2023) photographer, architectural activist Gerald Merrithew (1931–2004) – federal, provincial and municipal politician Eleanor Milne (1935–2014) – sculptor Willard M. Mitchell (1879–1955) – artist, architect J. Frank Morrison (1841–1916) – Baltimore electric company founder and political boss Henry Mullin (1862–1937) – Major League Baseball outfielder James Mullinger (born 1978) – English-born comedian William Murdoch (1823–1887) – Scottish-born poet, journalist Jamie Murphy (born 1981) – curler Steve Murphy (born 1960) – news anchor Frances Elizabeth Murray (ca. 1831–1901) – writer, charity worker Billy Myers (1923–2019) – Canadian football player for the Toronto Argonauts
N Arthur James Nesbitt (1880–1954) – businessman Saul B. Newton (1906–1991) – psychotherapist Neil Nicholson (born 1949) – former National Hockey League defenseman for the Oakland Seals and the New York Islanders Mel Norton – former mayor of Saint John Alden Nowlan (1933–1983) – poet, novelist, playwright, editor for the Telegraph-Journal
O John O'Brien (1866–1913) – Major League Baseball player Bill O'Neill (1880–1920) – Major League Baseball outfielder Chauncey O'Toole (born 1986) – former rugby union player and firefighter Jordan Owens (born 1986) – former professional ice hockey player
P George Pack Jr. (1794–1875) – businessman William Paine (1750–1833) – United Empire Loyalist physician, politician; city councillor and MLA Robert Parker (1796–1865) – lawyer, judge, politician John Richard Partelow (1795–1865) – merchant, politician; MLA and mayor of Saint John Robert J. Patterson (1809–1884) – former American slave, restauranteur Lawrence Paul (1934–2014) – Millbrook First Nation chief Bill Phillips (1857–1900) – professional baseball player George Frederick Phillips (1862–1904) – U.S. Navy machinist, Spanish–American War veteran Walter Pidgeon (1897–1984) – American stage and film actor Young Pluto (1872–1931) – South African-born Australian boxer John Alexander Porteous (1932–1995) – columnist, journalist, broadcaster Frank L. Potts (1867–1926) – mayor of Saint John
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