- List of Frederictonians
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
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Gérard La Forest , Former Supreme Court judge
*R. E. Balch, entomologist
*George Duncan Ludlow , firstChief Justice of New Brunswick
*Mary Matilda Winslow , the firstBlack Canadian woman to graduate from UNB
*Stanton T. Friedman , ufologist, nuclear physicistInventors/Entrepreneurs
*Alexander "Boss" Gibson, industrialist, entrepreneur, mill owner in Marysville
*Joe Medjuck ,Hollywood film producer (Ghostbusters , Twins,Kindergarten Cop )Athletes
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Danny Grant ,Calder Memorial Trophy winner and 50-goal scorer in theNHL
*Marianne Limpert , 1996 summer Olympics silver medalist, Swimming, 200 Individual Medley
*Willie O'Ree , First blackNHL player
*Matt Stairs ,Major League Baseball playerPoliticians
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Lord Beaverbrook , Canadian-British business tycoon and politician
*J. W. "Bud" bird, Provincial Cabinet Minister and member of theCanadian House of Commons
*Mrs. John Black , founder of the Fredericton's first Chapter of theImperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire Fact|date=September 2008
*Andy Scott, former Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development -Fredericton
*Noel Kinsella , Leader of the Conservative Party in theCanadian Senate
*Brad Woodside , Long-serving mayor of the City of Fredericton
*Benedict Arnold , resided in Fredericton for a period of time
*Thomas Carleton , first lieutenant-governor of the colony ofNew Brunswick
*Ambrose Everett Burnside , the US Senator, was known to have spent time in Fredericton.Fact|date=July 2008Performers
*Joan Kennedy, Country music singer
*Anne Murray , Vocalist, graduate of theUniversity of New Brunswick
*Measha Brueggergosman , Opera SingerWriters
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Alden Nowlan , Poet, 1933-1983
*Bliss Carman , Poet, 1861-1929
*Charles G.D. Roberts , Poet, known as the "Father of Canadian Poetry"
*Johnathan O'Dell , Poet, Loyalist, arranged Benedict Arnold's negotiations with the EnglishFact|date=September 2008
*Raymond Fraser , Novelist, poet, biographer
*Alistair MacLeod , Author of "No Great Mischief"
*Shane Ruttle Martinez , human rights journalistArtists
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Philip Iverson (1965-2006), painter
*Mary Pratt (b. 1935), artist
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