The following is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Saint John, New Brunswick.

• John Adams (born 1942) – former Canadian Armed Forces member
• Francis Alexander Anglin (1865–1933) – Chief Justice of Canada from 1924 to 1933^[2]
• Robert M. Allan (1880–?) – American politician; Los Angeles City Council member^[3]
• John Allore (1964–2023) – actor, victims' rights advocate, podcaster, brother of murder victim Theresa Allore^[4]
• Aaron Alward (1828–1886) – physician, politician; city councillor, mayor and MLA
• Timothy Anglin (1822–1896) – Irish-born journalist, MLA, Speaker of the House of Commons^[5]
• Jennifer Armstrong (born 1992) – curler
• Clara Arthur (1858–1929) – American suffragist based in Michigan^[6]

• Brent Bambury (born 1960) – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio and television host
• J. Esmonde Barry (1923–2007) – healthcare activist and political commentator
• Michael Barry (born 1954) – Olympic wrestler
• Patricia Martin Bates (born 1927) – artist, educator^[7]
• 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^[8]
• John Boyd (1826–1893) – Irish-born businessman, school board chairman, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick^[9]
• Jane Boyle (born 1973) – curler^[10]
• Miller Brittain (1912–1968) – visual artist^[11]
• Blank Banshee (born 1987) – musician
• George Butterfield (born 1939) – businessman, philanthropist^[12]
• Mather Byles (1734/35–1814) – Loyalist, clergyman^[13]

• Laura Calder – writer^[14]
• 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^[15]
• Andrew Case (born 1993) – baseball pitcher^[16]
• Charlie Cavanagh (born 2000) – former boxer^[17]
• 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^[18]
• Gordie Clark (born 1952) – Scottish-born former ice hockey player for the Boston Bruins and the Cincinnati Stingers^[19]
• Robert J. Coffey (1842–1901) – soldier
• Charles Collingwood (born 1943) – British actor
• Gerard Collins (born 1957) – painter^[20]
• Anne Compton (born 1947) – poet, anthologist^[21]
• 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^[22]
• Paul Corkum (born 1943) – physicist
• Ivan Court – former mayor of Saint John
• William Cox (1921 – 2008) – lawyer
• Jordon Craft (born 1993) – curler
• Louis Cuppens (1944–2022) – Royal Canadian Air Force officer, NORAD deputy commander^[23]
• Maxwell Cummings (1898–2001) – real estate builder^[24]
• Nathan Cummings (1896–1985) – businessman^[25]
• Louis Cunningham (1900–1954) – author^[26]
• Richard Currie (born 1937) – businessman^[27]

• 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^[28]
• 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^[29]
• William Mark Duke (1879–1971) – prelate^[30]

• Lawrence Earl (1915–2005) – photojournalist, author^[31]
• Sylvester Zobieski Earle (1822–1888) – physician, coroner, politician; Mayor of Saint John^[32]
• Eldridge Eatman (1880–1960) – sprinter, First World War soldier^[33]
• Jerrod Edson (born 1974) – novelist^[34]
• Stanley Edward Elkin (1880–1960) – businessman, politician, House of Commons of Canada member
• John Valentine Ellis (1835–1913) – journalist, parliamentarian, senator^[35]
• Angelo Evelyn (born 1942) – painter^[36]

• Roxanne Fairweather – businesswoman, co-CEO of Innovatia^[37]
• Harold Fanjoy (1939–2008) – politician
• Mark Fawcett (born 1972) – Olympic snowboarder
• May Agnes Fleming (1840–1880) – novelist^[38]
• Myra Freeman (born 1949) – teacher, politician; first female Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia^[39]
• Ryan Freeze (born 1995) – curler
• Madeleine Fritz (1896–1990) – paleontologist

• Susan B. Ganong (1873–1961) – educator
• William Francis Ganong (1864–1941) – botanist, historian, cartographer, Smith College professor^[40]
• Ian Gardner (born 1981) – boxer^[41]
• Mort Garson (1924–2008) – electronic musician^[42]
• 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^[43]
• Hilliard Graves (born 1950) – former professional ice hockey player
• Philippe Guertin (born 1991) – long-distance swimmer^[44]

• Heidi Hanlon (born 1958) – curler
• Elisabeth Harvor (born 1936) – novelist, poet^[45]
• Gavin Hassett (born 1973) – Olympic rower^[46]
• William C. Heine (1919–1991) – newspaper writer, author, University of Western Ontario journalism teacher^[47]
• Anna Minerva Henderson (1887–1987) – teacher, poet, civil servant^[48]
• Paul Higgins (born 1962) – former professional ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs^[49]
• Fred Hodges (1918–1999) – labour leader, civil rights activist, city councillor^[50]
• Bruce Holder (1905–1987) – violinist^[51]
• 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^[52]
• Jack Humphrey (1901–1967) – watercolour painter^[53]
• John Horbury Hunt (1838–1904) – Australian architect^[54]
• Stephen Humbert (ca. 1766–1849) – merchant, politician^[55][56]

• Arthur Irving (born 1930) – billionaire businessman, owner of Irving Oil^[57]
• John E. Irving (1932–2010) – businessman
• Jay Isaac (born 1975) – artist^[58]

• Frances James (1903–1988) – soprano^[59]
• Kim Jardine (born 1966) – politician^[60]
• Edward James Jarvis (1788–1852) – politician, lawyer, judge; Chief Justice of Prince Edward Island^[61]
• Munson Jarvis (1742–1824) – American-born merchant, MLA
• Ryan Jimmo (1981–2016) – mixed martial artist^[62]
• Gina Jordan (1929–2013) – pilot and Christian missionary^[63]
• Bob Joyce (born 1966) – former professional ice hockey player^[64]

• Herzl Kashetsky (born 1950) – painter^[65]
• Jackie Keating (1908–1984) – professional ice hockey player for the New York Americans^[66]
• Ethel Knight Kelly (1875–1949) – Australian actress, writer^[67]
• Flora Kidd (1926–2008) – romance novelist^[68]
• 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

• Mark Lackie (born 1967) – Olympic speed skater^[69]
• Thomas Leavitt (1795–1850) – businessman, banker, president of the Bank of New Brunswick
• Abel LeBlanc (born 1934 or 1935) – politician
• Colin H. Livingstone (1863–1943) – banker, businessman, first national president of the Boy Scouts of America^[70]
• Bob Lockhart (1931–2023) – radio journalist, news director, Mayor of Saint John^[71]
• Charles B. Lockhart (1855–1948) – merchant, politician; MLA and city councillor
• Willy Logan (1907–1955) – Olympic speed skater^[72]
• Wayne Long (born 1963) – politician, Member of Parliament for the riding of Saint John—Rothesay^[73]
• Gerry Lowe – politician; city councillor and MLA

• 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^[74]
• 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^[75]
• Matty Matheson (born 1982) – chef, restauranteur, actor, internet personality^[76]
• George Frederick Matthew (1837–1923) – botanist, geologist^[77]
• William Diller Matthew (1871–1930) – vertebrate paleontologist, curator of the American Museum of Natural History^[78]
• 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 – Mayor of Saint John
• Robert McAllister (1876–1963) – politician
• Shirley McAlary – politician, former mayor of Saint John
• Norm McFarlane – politician, former mayor of Saint John^[79]
• Art McGovern (1882–1915) – catcher for the Boston Americans
• Dan McIntyre (1950–2001) – human rights activist, race relations commissioner for Ontario^[80]
• Jim McKeever (1861–1897) – catcher for the Boston Reds
• Neil McKelvey (1925–2011) – lawyer^[81]
• Andrew McKim (born 1970) – former professional ice hockey player
• Catherine McKinnon (born 1944) – singer, actress^[82]
• David McKnight (1935–2006) – anthropologist and ethnographer^[83]
• Joseph Medill (1823–1899) – newspaper editor and publisher^[84]
• Brian Merrett (1945–2023) photographer, architectural activist^[85]
• Gerald Merrithew (1931–2004) – federal, provincial and municipal politician
• Eleanor Milne (1935–2014) – sculptor^[86]
• Willard M. Mitchell (1879–1955) – artist, architect
• Henry Mullin (1862–1937) – Major League Baseball outfielder
• James Mullinger (born 1978) – English-born comedian^[87]
• William Murdoch (1823–1887) – Scottish-born poet, journalist^[88]
• Jamie Murphy (born 1981) – curler
• Steve Murphy (born 1960) – news anchor^[89]
• Frances Elizabeth Murray (ca. 1831–1901) – writer, charity worker^[90]
• Billy Myers (1923–2019) – Canadian football player for the Toronto Argonauts^[91]

• Arthur James Nesbitt (1880–1954) – businessman^[92]
• Saul B. Newton (1906–1991) – psychotherapist^[93]
• Neil Nicholson (born 1949) – former National Hockey League defenseman for the Oakland Seals and the New York Islanders^[94]
• Mel Norton – former mayor of Saint John
• Alden Nowlan (1933–1983) – poet, novelist, playwright, editor for the Telegraph-Journal^[95]

• John O'Brien (1866–1913) – Major League Baseball player^[96]
• Bill O'Neill (1880–1920) – Major League Baseball outfielder
• Chauncey O'Toole (born 1986) – former rugby union player and firefighter^[97]
• Jordan Owens (born 1986) – former professional ice hockey player^[98]

• George Pack Jr. (1794–1875) – businessman
• William Paine (1750–1833) – United Empire Loyalist physician, politician; city councillor and MLA^[99]
• John Richard Partelow (1795–1865) – merchant, politician; MLA and Mayor of Saint John
• Robert J. Patterson (1809–1884) – former American slave, restauranteur^[100]
• Robert Parker (1796–1865) – lawyer, judge, politician
• Lawrence Paul (1934–2014) – Millbrook First Nation Chief^[101]
• Bill Phillips (1857–1900) – professional baseball player^[102]
• 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

• Jim Quinn (born 1957) – former Saint John Port Authority president, politician; senator^[103]

• Nelson Rattenbury (1907–1973) – businessman, member of the Senate of Canada^[104]
• Donna Reardon – current Mayor of Saint John
• Daniel Aloysius Riley (1916–1984) – politician; Member of Parliament, MLA, and member of the Senate of Canada^[105]
• Robert J. Ritchie – politician
• Darren Roach (born 1986) – curler
• Jason Roach (born 1984) – curler
• John Robertson (1799–1876) – Scottish-born businessman, Mayor of Saint John, member of the Senate of Canada^[106]
• John Robinson (1762–1828) – American-born merchant, Mayor of Saint John, MLA^[107]
• Fred Ross (1927–2014) – artist^[108]
• W. E. D. Ross (1912–1995) – actor, playwright, writer^[109]
• William Ryan (1887–1938) – barrister, journalist, politician^[110]

• Harry Saltzman (1915–1994) – theatre and film producer
• Jean-Claude Sawyer (born 1986) – former professional ice hockey player
• Carl Schell (1924–2020) – judoka^[111]
• Loretta Leonard Shaw (1872–1940) – teacher, missionary^[112]
• Ryan Sherrard (born 1986) – curler
• Charles Simonds (1783–1859) – merchant, politician, MLA^[113]
• James Simonds (1735–1831) – merchant, judge, MLA for Sunbury County, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick^[114]
• Richard Simonds (1789–1836) – merchant, politician, MLA^[115]
• Bernard Skinner (1930–2016) – sailor
• Chris Skinner (born 1961) – former Canadian Football League player
• Clara Kathleen Smith (1911–2004) – poet^[116]
• Elizabeth J. Smith (1842–1900) – American social reformer, newspaper editor and publisher
• Elmer Boyd Smith (1860–1943) – writer and illustrator of children's books^[117]
• Jack Stafford (1879–1946) – professional baseball umpire
• Matt Stairs (born 1968) – former Major League Baseball player^[118]
• Bob Stephen (1958–2009) – Canadian Football League player
• Charlie Sullivan (born 1968) – curler
• Jim Sullivan (1968–2011) – curler
• Donald Sutherland (1935–2024) – actor
• John Sweeny (1821–1901) – Irish-born priest and Bishop of Saint John^[119]
• Andrew Swim (born 1961) – Olympic bobsledder

• Glen Tait – politician; MLA and former city councillor
• Eric Teed (1926–2010) – lawyer, Mayor of Saint John^[120]
• Nancy Teed (1949–1993) – politician; MLA, senator^[121]
• George McCall Theal (1837–1919) – South African historian^[122]
• Ralph Thomas – human rights activist and former boxer^[123]
• Fred W. Thompson (1900–1987) – labor organizer, historian^[124]
• William Henry Thorne (1844–1923) – businessman, politician; senator
• Samuel Leonard Tilley (1818–1896) – politician; Father of Confederation
• Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley (1870–1947) – lawyer, politician; 21st premier of New Brunswick^[125]
• Sue Tingley (born 1977) – field hockey player, Yale Bulldogs assistant^[126]
• Ken Tobias (born 1945) – singer-songwriter^[127]
• Clark Todd (1944–1983) – London bureau chief for the CTV Television Network^[128]
• Peter Trites (1946–2010) – teacher, politician; MLA and city councillor^[129]
• Stuart Trueman (1911–1995) – journalist, humorist^[130]
• Walter Harley Trueman (1870–1951) – lawyer, judge^[131]
• Joseph John Tucker (1832–1914) – English-born politician, newspaper president and Saint John Railway Company director
• John E. Turnbull – inventor^[132]
• Wallace Rupert Turnbull (1870–1954) – engineer, inventor^[133]

• Yvon Vautour (born 1956) – former ice hockey coach, former National Hockey League player
• R. M. Vaughan (1965–2020) – writer and artist^[134]
• Frank L. Vernon (1873–1944) – priest, author

• Charles Caleb Ward (1831–1896) – painter^[135]
• John Ward (1753–1846) – loyalist, businessman, politician; MLA^[136]
• Lyman Ward (born 1941) – actor
• Kent Warnock (born 1964) – former Canadian football player, defensive line coach for the Calgary Dinos^[137]
• Elsie Wayne (1932–2016) – politician; Mayor of Saint John and member of Parliament^[138]
• Carol Webb (born 1982) – curler
• Maestro Fresh Wes (born 1968) – rapper^[139]
• Walter W. White (1862–1952) – physician, politician; Mayor of Saint John, MLA^[140]
• Rupert Wilson Wigmore (1873–1939) – politician^[141]
• Edward Winchester (1970–2020) – lightweight rower^[142]
• Michelle Winters (born 1972) – writer and translator^[143]
• John McNeil Wilmot (1775–1847) – American-born businessman, judge, politician; MLA, Mayor of Saint John
• Robert Duncan Wilmot (1809–1891) – municipal, provincial and federal politician; Mayor of Saint John, Father of Confederation^[144]
• Hugh Winsor (born 1938) – journalist
• Ardeth Wood (1975–2003) – murder victim
• Susan Wood (1953–2018) – artist, educator^[145]
• William J. Woodroffe (1933–2003) – politician; MLA and city councillor^[146]
• Gordon Wry (1910–1985) – tenor, conductor^[147]

• Heather Young – filmmaker^[148]

• Joseph Zatzman (1912–2007) – businessman, politician, Mayor of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia^[149]

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