List of people from Saint John, New Brunswick

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

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A

  • John Adams (born 1942) – former Canadian Armed Forces member
  • Francis Alexander Anglin (1865–1933) – Chief Justice of Canada from 1924 to 1933{{cite web |last1=Canada |first1=Supreme Court of |title=Supreme Court of Canada - Biography - Francis Alexander Anglin |url=https://www.scc-csc.ca/judges-juges/bio-eng.aspx?id=francis-alexander-anglin |website=www.scc-csc.ca |access-date=23 March 2024 |date=1 January 2001}}
  • Robert M. Allan (1880–?) – American politician; Los Angeles City Council member[http://dbase1.lapl.org/webpics/calindex/documents/04/515479.pdf Los Angeles Public Library reference file]
  • John Allore (1964–2023) – actor, victims' rights advocate, podcaster, brother of murder victim Theresa Allore{{cite news |title=John Allore remembers sister in new book on her disappearance, death |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-john-allore-book-wish-you-were-here-theresa-allore-1.5783336 |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=CBC News |date=1 November 2020}}
  • 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{{cite DCB |first=William M. |last=Baker |title=Anglin, Tomothy Warren |volume=12 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/anglin_timothy_warren_12E.html |access-date=24 March 2024}}
  • Jennifer Armstrong (born 1992) – curler
  • Clara Arthur (1858–1929) – American suffragist based in Michigan{{cite web |title=Arthur, Clara B. |url=https://detroithistorical.org/learn/encyclopedia-of-detroit/arthur-clara-b |website=detroithistorical.org |publisher=Detroit Historical Society |access-date=23 March 2024}}

B

  • 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{{cite encyclopedia |first=Judy |last=Gouin |title=Patricia Bates |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/patricia-bates |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher=Historica Canada |access-date=23 March 2024 |language=en}}
  • 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{{cite DCB |first=Phillip |last=Buckner |title=Bliss, Jonathan |volume=6 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bliss_jonathan_6E.html |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • John Boyd (1826–1893) – Irish-born businessman, school board chairman, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick{{cite DCB |first=C. M. |last=Wallace |title=Boyd, John (1826-93) |volume=12 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/boyd_john_1826_93_12E.html |access-date=24 March 2024}}
  • Jane Boyle (born 1973) – curler{{Cite web |url=http://cloudfront9.curling.ca/2016scotties/files/2016/02/SCOTTIES-SAT-ALL.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2024-03-23 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205757/http://cloudfront9.curling.ca/2016scotties/files/2016/02/SCOTTIES-SAT-ALL.pdf |url-status=dead }}
  • Miller Brittain (1912–1968) – visual artist{{cite web |title=Miller Brittain |url=https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artist/miller-brittain |publisher=National Gallery of Canada |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Blank Banshee (born 1987) – musician
  • George Butterfield (born 1939) – businessman, philanthropist{{cite news |last1=Bagnell |first1=Kenneth |title=Cycling with panache |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/512527702/ |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=National Post |date=11 April 1998}}
  • Mather Byles (1734/35–1814) – Loyalist, clergyman{{cite DCB |first=Wallace |last=Brown |title=Byles, Mather |volume=V |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/byles_mather_5E.html |access-date=24 March 2024}}

C

  • Laura Calder – writer{{cite news |title=For TV chef Laura Calder, yoga feeds the spirit |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/fitness/for-tv-chef-laura-calder-yoga-feeds-the-spirit/article4364091/ |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=24 June 2012 |language=en-CA}}
  • 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{{cite encyclopedia |title=Herbert Dyson Carter |first=Rodger J. |last=Moran |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/herbert-dyson-carter |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher=Historica Canada |access-date=23 March 2024 |language=en}}
  • Andrew Case (born 1993) – baseball pitcher{{cite news |last1=Tunney |first1=Joseph |title=Strike-throwing Saint John native joins Blue Jays for spring training |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/saint-john-blue-jay-pitcher-1.4542395 |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=CBC News |date=20 February 2018}}
  • Charlie Cavanagh (born 2000) – former boxer{{cite news |last1=Rudderham |first1=Hannah |title=Saint John boxer hangs up her gloves, opens up about battle with mental health |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/saint-john-boxer-charlie-cavanagh-1.7147468 |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=CBC News |date=20 March 2024}}
  • 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{{cite encyclopedia |first=Phillip A. |last=Buckner |title=Ward Chipman Jr |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ward-chipman-jr |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher=Historica Canada |access-date=25 March 2024 |language=en}}
  • Gordie Clark (born 1952) – Scottish-born former ice hockey player for the Boston Bruins and the Cincinnati Stingers{{cite news |last1=Hollingsworth |first1=Paul |title=Gordie Clark elected to AHL Hall of Fame |url=https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/more/gordie-clark-elected-to-ahl-hall-of-fame-1.6629068 |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=CTV Atlantic |date=2 November 2023 |language=en}}
  • Robert J. Coffey (1842–1901) – soldier
  • Charles Collingwood (born 1943) – British actor
  • Gerard Collins (born 1957) – painter{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Matthew |title=These paintings by Gerard Collins capture the quiet comfort of New Brunswick living |url=https://www.cbc.ca/arts/these-paintings-by-gerard-collins-capture-the-quiet-comfort-of-new-brunswick-living-1.5492477 |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=CBC News |date=16 March 2020}}
  • Anne Compton (born 1947) – poet, anthologist{{cite web |title=Anne Compton |url=https://nble.lib.unb.ca/browse/c/anne-compton |website=nble.lib.unb.ca |publisher=NBLE |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • 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{{cite encyclopedia |title=Jane Coop |first=Bryan N.S. |last=Gooch |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jane-coop-emc |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher=Historica Canada |access-date=23 March 2024 |language=en}}
  • 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{{cite web |title=Obituary of Louis Cuppens |url=https://brenansfh.com/tribute/details/31628/Louis-Cuppens/obituary.html |website=brenansfh.com |publisher=Brenan's Paradise Row Funeral Home |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Maxwell Cummings (1898–2001) – real estate builder{{cite web |title=Maxwell Cummings – Ordre national du Québec |url=https://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/membres/membre.asp?id=24 |website=www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Nathan Cummings (1896–1985) – businessman{{cite web |title=Our Legacy |url=https://nathancummings.org/our-legacy/ |website=The Nathan Cummings Foundation |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Louis Cunningham (1900–1954) – author{{cite web |title=Louis Arthur Cunningham |url=https://nble.lib.unb.ca/browse/c/louis-arthur-cunningham |website=nble.lib.unb.ca |publisher=NBLE |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Richard Currie (born 1937) – businessman{{cite web |title=University community pays tribute to Dr Richard Currie |url=https://blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/2013/09/university-community-pays-tribute-to-dr--richard-currie.php |website=blogs.unb.ca |access-date=23 March 2024 |language=en}}

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{{cite DCB |first=Minerva |last=Tracy |title=De Mille, James |volume=X |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/de_mille_james_10E.html |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • 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{{cite web |title=Harry Doyle |url=https://nbhc.ca/council-members/harry-doyle |website=nbhc.ca |publisher=New Brunswick Health Council |access-date=25 March 2024 |language=en |date=29 March 2019}}
  • William Mark Duke (1879–1971) – prelate{{cite web |title=Archbishop William Mark Duke |url=https://rcav.org/about/archdiocesan-information/former-bishops/archbishop-william-mark-duke |website=rcav.org |publisher=Archdiocese of Vancouver |access-date=23 March 2024}}

E

  • Lawrence Earl (1915–2005) – photojournalist, author{{cite web |title=Lawrence Earl |url=https://nble.lib.unb.ca/browse/e/lawrence-earl |website=nble.lib.unb.ca |publisher=NBLE |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Sylvester Zobieski Earle (1822–1888) – physician, coroner, politician; Mayor of Saint John{{cite DCB |first=Elizabeth W. |last=McGahan |title= Earle, Sylvester Zobieski |volume=11 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/earle_sylvester_zobieski_11E.html |access-date=24 March 2024}}
  • Eldridge Eatman (1880–1960) – sprinter, First World War soldier{{cite encyclopedia |first=Edward |last=Butts |title=Eldridge Eatman |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/eldridge-eatman |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher=Historica Canada |access-date=23 March 2024 |language=en}}
  • Jerrod Edson (born 1974) – novelist{{cite web |title=Jerrod Edson |url=https://nble.lib.unb.ca/browse/e/jerrod-edson |website=nble.lib.unb.ca |publisher=NBLE |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Stanley Edward Elkin (1880–1960) – businessman, politician, House of Commons of Canada member
  • John Valentine Ellis (1835–1913) – journalist, parliamentarian, senator{{cite DCB |first=Jennifer |last=Allaby |title=Ellis, John Valentine |volume=XIV |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/ellis_john_valentine_14E.html |access-date=24 March 2024}}
  • Angelo Evelyn (born 1942) – painter{{cite web |last1=Government of Canada |first1=Canadian Heritage |title=Artists in Canada |url=https://app.pch.gc.ca/application/aac-aic/artiste_detailler_ind-artist_detail_ind.app?lang=en&qlang=fr&rID=21817&pID=1&fID=2&anm=Evelyn,+Angelo&sort=AM_ASC&ps=50&pID1=333&ps1=50&ansf=TAM&sort1=ascending&wbdisable=true |website=app.pch.gc.ca |access-date=23 March 2024 |language=en |date=17 October 2012}}

F

  • Roxanne Fairweather – businesswoman, co-CEO of Innovatia{{cite web |title=Roxanne Fairweather |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/146-16520 |website=The Governor General of Canada |access-date=23 March 2024 |language=en}}
  • Harold Fanjoy (1939–2008) – politician
  • Mark Fawcett (born 1972) – Olympic snowboarder
  • May Agnes Fleming (1840–1880) – novelist{{cite DCB |first=Fred |last=Cogswell |title=Early, May Agnes |volume=X |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/early_may_agnes_10E.html |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Myra Freeman (born 1949) – teacher, politician; first female Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia{{cite web |title=Myra Ava Freeman |url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/freeman-myra-ava |website=Jewish Women's Archive |access-date=23 March 2024 |language=en |date=21 February 2022}}
  • 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{{cite web |title=William Francis Ganong |url=http://website.nbm-mnb.ca/CAIN/english/william_ganong/ |website=website.nbm-mnb.ca |publisher=New Brunswick Museum |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Ian Gardner (born 1981) – boxer{{cite news |last1=O'Connor |first1=Joe |title=Marvellous journey |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/514278446/ |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=National Post |date=9 February 2005}}
  • Mort Garson (1924–2008) – electronic musician{{cite news |last1=Wright |first1=Julia |title=The long-lost story of Mort Garson, Saint John's electronic music pioneer and moon landing composer |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/moon-landing-music-saint-john-mort-garson-1.6909643 |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=CBC News |date=20 July 2023}}
  • 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{{cite web |title=Charles Gorman |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/charles-gorman/ |website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website |access-date=23 March 2024 |date=18 September 2011}}
  • Hilliard Graves (born 1950) – former professional ice hockey player
  • Philippe Guertin (born 1991) – long-distance swimmer{{cite web |title=Philippe Guertin – Swimming Canada |url=https://www.swimming.ca/en/swimmer/philippe-guertin/ |website=www.swimming.ca |access-date=23 March 2024}}

H

  • Heidi Hanlon (born 1958) – curler
  • Elisabeth Harvor (born 1936) – novelist, poet{{cite web |title=Elisabeth Harvor |url=https://nble.lib.unb.ca/browse/h/elisabeth-harvor |website=nble.lib.unb.ca |publisher=NBLE |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Gavin Hassett (born 1973) – Olympic rower{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Gavin Hassett |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/36156 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • William C. Heine (1919–1991) – newspaper writer, author, University of Western Ontario journalism teacher{{cite news |title=Newsman wrote five books |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/948318024/ |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=The Toronto Star |date=30 October 1978}}
  • Anna Minerva Henderson (1887–1987) – teacher, poet, civil servant{{cite news |last1=Wright |first1=Julia |title=Restoring the legacy of a 'trailblazing' Black Saint John writer |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/anna-minerva-henderson-black-new-brunswick-history-saint-john-1.5904084 |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=CBC News |date=7 February 2021}}
  • Paul Higgins (born 1962) – former professional ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs{{cite web |title=Paul Higgins Stats and News |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/paul-higgins-8447811 |website=www.nhl.com |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=23 March 2024 |language=en}}
  • Fred Hodges (1918–1999) – labour leader, civil rights activist, city councillor{{cite web |title=Fred Hodges (1918-1999): First Black New Brunswicker to Serve as a City Councillor (1974-77) |url=https://www.nbblackhistorysociety.org/research/politics/fred-hodges-1918-1999-first-black-new-brunswicker-to-serve-as-a-city-councillor-1974-77 |website=NBBHS |publisher=New Brunswick Black History Society |access-date=23 March 2024 |language=en |date=25 August 2020}}
  • Bruce Holder (1905–1987) – violinist{{cite encyclopedia |title=Bruce Holder |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/bruce-holder-emc |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher=Historica Canada |access-date=23 March 2024 |language=en}}
  • 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{{cite web |title=The Honourable William Hoyt |url=https://www.emma.cam.ac.uk/about/contact/fellows/?id=133 |website=www.emma.cam.ac.uk |publisher=Emmanuel College, Cambridge |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Jack Humphrey (1901–1967) – watercolour painter{{cite web |title=Jack Humphrey |url=https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artist/jack-humphrey |publisher=National Gallery of Canada |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • John Horbury Hunt (1838–1904) – Australian architect{{cite web |last1=Freeland |first1=J. M. |title=John Horbury Hunt (1838–1904) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hunt-john-horbury-3822 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |access-date=23 March 2024 |language=en}}
  • Stephen Humbert (ca. 1766–1849) – merchant, politician{{cite encyclopedia |last=Rahn |first=D. Jay |title=Stephen Humbert |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/stephen-humbert-emc |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher=Historica Canada |access-date=24 March 2024 |language=en}}{{cite DCB |first=Margaret Filshie |last=Leask |title=Humbert, Stephen |volume=VII |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/humbert_stephen_7E.html |access-date=24 March 2024}}

I

  • Arthur Irving (1930-2024) – billionaire businessman, owner of Irving Oil{{cite web |title=Arthur Irving |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/arthur-irving/?sh=65767d2e7aa8 |website=Forbes |access-date=23 March 2024 |language=en}}
  • John E. Irving (1932–2010) – businessman
  • Jay Isaac (born 1975) – artist{{cite web |title=Paul Petro Contemporary Art -- Jay Isaac |url=https://www.paulpetro.com/artists/7-Jay-Isaac/CV |website=www.paulpetro.com |access-date=23 March 2024}}

J

  • Frances James (1903–1988) – soprano{{cite encyclopedia |first=Susan |last=Wilson |title=Frances James |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/frances-james-emc |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher=Historica Canada |access-date=23 March 2024 |language=en}}
  • Kim Jardine (born 1966) – politician{{cite web |title=[Kim] Jardine |url=https://www1.gnb.ca/leglibbib/en/Resources/WomenMlas.aspx/16/%5BKim%5D-Jardine |website=www1.gnb.ca |publisher=The Legislative Library of New Brunswick |access-date=25 March 2024}}
  • Edward James Jarvis (1788–1852) – politician, lawyer, judge; Chief Justice of Prince Edward Island{{cite DCB |first1=J. M. |last1=Bumsted |first2=H. T. |last2=Holman |title=Jarvis, Edward James |volume=VIII |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/jarvis_edward_james_8E.html |access-date=24 March 2024}}
  • Munson Jarvis (1742–1824) – American-born merchant, MLA
  • Ryan Jimmo (1981–2016) – mixed martial artist{{cite news |last1=White |first1=Alan |title=Ryan Jimmo's 'happy' nature recalled at funeral |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/ryan-jimmo-funeral-saint-john-1.3668623 |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=CBC News |date=7 July 2016}}
  • Gina Jordan (1929–2013) – pilot and Christian missionary{{cite web |title=Obituary for Regina 'Gina' Margaret Jordan |url=https://www.fundyfuneralhome.com/obituary/ReginaGina-Jordan |publisher=Fundy Funeral Home |access-date=23 March 2024 |language=en}}
  • Bob Joyce (born 1966) – former professional ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Bob Joyce Stats and News |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/bob-joyce-8448374 |website=www.nhl.com |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=23 March 2024 |language=en}}

K

  • Herzl Kashetsky (born 1950) – painter{{cite news |last1=Wright |first1=Julia |title=Saint John artist Herzl Kashetsky is still perfecting his craft |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/art-gallery-saint-john-fredericton-kashetsky-1.6556603 |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=CBC News |date=5 September 2022}}
  • Jackie Keating (1908–1984) – professional ice hockey player for the New York Americans{{cite web |title=John "Jackie" Keating (D) |url=https://www.nbsportshalloffame.com/honoured-members/john-jackie-keating |website=www.nbsportshalloffame.com |publisher=New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Ethel Knight Kelly (1875–1949) – Australian actress, writer{{cite web |url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/kelly-ethel-knight-6917 |title=Kelly, Ethel Knight (1875–1949) |first=Martha |last=Rutledge |year=1983 |work=Australian Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=Australian National University |accessdate=17 January 2015}}
  • Flora Kidd (1926–2008) – romance novelist{{cite web |title=Elizabeth Flora Kidd |url=https://nble.lib.unb.ca/browse/k/elizabeth-flora-kidd |website=nble.lib.unb.ca |publisher=NBLE |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • 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{{cite web |title=Mark Lackie |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/mark-lackie/ |website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website |access-date=23 March 2024 |date=18 September 2011}}
  • 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{{cite news |title=Col. Livingstone |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/868006233/ |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=Evening star |date=2 February 1943}}
  • Bob Lockhart (1931–2023) – radio journalist, news director, Mayor of Saint John{{cite web |title=Obituary of Arthur Robert "Bob" William Lockhart |url=https://mcadamsfh.com/tribute/details/1392/Arthur-Robert-Bob-Lockhart/obituary.html |website=mcadamsfh.com |publisher=McAdam's Funeral Home & Crematorium |access-date=24 March 2024}}
  • Charles B. Lockhart (1855–1948) – merchant, politician; MLA and city councillor
  • Willy Logan (1907–1955) – Olympic speed skater{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Willy Logan |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/91886 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Wayne Long (born 1963) – politician, Member of Parliament for the riding of Saint John—Rothesay{{cite web |title=Wayne Long - Member of Parliament - Members of Parliament - House of Commons of Canada |url=https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/wayne-long(88368) |website=www.ourcommons.ca |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • 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{{cite web |title=Kevin MacMichael |url=https://mynewbrunswick.ca/kevin-macmichael/ |website=mynewbrunswick.ca |publisher=My New Brunswick |access-date=23 March 2024 |date=7 October 2021}}
  • 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{{cite web |title=Mathers, Frederick Francis, 1871-1947 - MemoryNS |url=https://memoryns.ca/mathers-frederick-francis-1871-1947 |website=memoryns.ca |access-date=25 March 2024}}
  • Matty Matheson (born 1982) – chef, restauranteur, actor, internet personality{{cite news |last1=McMillan |first1=Lian |title=Out of the frying pan, into acting and fashion: Matty Matheson is going off script |url=https://www.cbc.ca/arts/matty-matheson-q-the-bear-neil-fak-rosa-rugosa-1.6667984 |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=CBC News |date=29 November 2022}}
  • George Frederick Matthew (1837–1923) – botanist, geologist{{cite DCB |first=Randall F. |last=Miller |title=Matthew, George Frederick |volume=XV |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/matthew_george_frederic_15E.html |access-date=25 March 2024}}
  • William Diller Matthew (1871–1930) – vertebrate paleontologist, curator of the American Museum of Natural History{{cite web |title=William Diller Matthew |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Diller-Matthew |website=www.britannica.com |publisher=Britannica |access-date=25 March 2024 |language=en |date=15 February 2024}}
  • 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{{cite news |title=Norm McFarlane continues testimony in defamation case |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/norm-mcfarlane-continues-testimony-in-defamation-case-1.1280833 |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=CBC News |date=20 March 2012}}
  • Art McGovern (1882–1915) – catcher for the Boston Americans
  • Dan McIntyre (1950–2001) – human rights activist, race relations commissioner for Ontario{{cite news |last1=Kim |first1=Soo |title=Dan McIntyre dedicated life to fighting racism |url=https://www-newspapers-com/image/949408169/ |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=The Toronto Star |date=24 February 2001}}
  • Jim McKeever (1861–1897) – catcher for the Boston Reds
  • Neil McKelvey (1925–2011) – lawyer{{cite news |last1=Lawlor |first1=Allison |title=Neil McKelvey headed the International Bar Association |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/neil-mckelvey-headed-the-international-bar-association/article555910/ |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=4 October 2011 |language=en-CA}}
  • Andrew McKim (born 1970) – former professional ice hockey player
  • Catherine McKinnon (born 1944) – singer, actress{{cite encyclopedia |first=Maria |last=Corvin |title=Catherine McKinnon |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/catherine-mckinnon |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher=Historica Canada |access-date=23 March 2024 |language=en}}
  • David McKnight (1935–2006) – anthropologist and ethnographer{{cite news |title=David McKnight |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/david-mcknight-6094722.html |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=The Independent |date=21 July 2006 |language=en}}
  • Joseph Medill (1823–1899) – newspaper editor and publisher{{cite web |title=Joseph Medill |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Medill |website=www.britannica.com |publisher=Britannica |access-date=23 March 2024 |language=en |date=12 March 2024}}
  • Brian Merrett (1945–2023) photographer, architectural activist{{cite news |last1=Gyulai |first1=Linda |title=Obituary: Photographer Brian Merrett, quiet saviour of Montreal heritage, was an unsung hero |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/obituary-photographer-brian-merrett-quiet-saviour-of-montreal-heritage-was-an-unsung-hero |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=The Gazette (Montreal) |date=6 October 2023}}
  • Gerald Merrithew (1931–2004) – federal, provincial and municipal politician
  • Eleanor Milne (1935–2014) – sculptor{{cite web |title=Collection - History, Art and Architecture - Parliament of Canada |url=https://www.ourcommons.ca/heritage/en/collection/934 |website=www.ourcommons.ca |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Willard M. Mitchell (1879–1955) – artist, architect
  • Henry Mullin (1862–1937) – Major League Baseball outfielder
  • James Mullinger (born 1978) – English-born comedian{{cite news |last1=Brad |first1=Perry |title=New Sitcom Set In N.B. Will Be Released Next Year |url=https://huddle.today/2022/09/08/new-sitcom-set-in-n-b-will-be-released-next-year/ |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=Huddle.Today |date=8 September 2022 |language=en-CA}}
  • William Murdoch (1823–1887) – Scottish-born poet, journalist{{cite web |title=William Murdoch |url=https://nble.lib.unb.ca/browse/m/william-murdoch |website=nble.lib.unb.ca |publisher=NBLE |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Jamie Murphy (born 1981) – curler
  • Steve Murphy (born 1960) – news anchor{{cite news |last1=McKenzie |first1=Rob |title=News from the heart |url=https://www-newspapers-com/image/514218396/ |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=National Post |date=10 March 2007}}
  • Frances Elizabeth Murray (ca. 1831–1901) – writer, charity worker{{cite DCB |first=Gwendolyn |last=Davies |title=Murray, Frances Elizabeth |volume=XIII |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/murray_frances_elizabeth_13E.html |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Billy Myers (1923–2019) – Canadian football player for the Toronto Argonauts{{cite news |last1=Goldstein |first1=Lorrie |title=Billy Myers provides some Grey Cup inspiration |url=https://torontosun.com/2012/11/04/billy-myers-provides-some-grey-cup-inspiration |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=Toronto Sun |date=4 November 2012}}

N

  • Arthur James Nesbitt (1880–1954) – businessman{{cite news |title=Arthur J. Nesbitt Dies, Noted Montreal Financier |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/742323544/ |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=The Montreal Star |date=25 October 1954}}
  • Saul B. Newton (1906–1991) – psychotherapist{{cite news |last1=Lambert |first1=Bruce |title=Saul Newton, 85, Psychotherapist And Leader of Commune, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/23/nyregion/saul-newton-85-psychotherapist-and-leader-of-commune-dies.html |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=New York Times |date=23 December 1991}}
  • Neil Nicholson (born 1949) – former National Hockey League defenseman for the Oakland Seals and the New York Islanders{{cite web |title=Neil Nicholson Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com |url=https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=7453 |website=www.hockeydb.com |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Mel Norton – former mayor of Saint John
  • Alden Nowlan (1933–1983) – poet, novelist, playwright, editor for the Telegraph-Journal{{cite web |title=Alden Nowlan - UNB Archives and Special Collections |url=https://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/Alden_Nowlan |website=unbhistory.lib.unb.ca |access-date=23 March 2024}}

O

  • John O'Brien (1866–1913) – Major League Baseball player{{cite web |title=John O’Brien – Society for American Baseball Research |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/john-obrien-2/ |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Bill O'Neill (1880–1920) – Major League Baseball outfielder
  • Chauncey O'Toole (born 1986) – former rugby union player and firefighter{{cite news |title=Choosing Firefighting Post-Playing-Days |url=https://aedelhard.com/blogs/stories/choosing-firefighting-post-playing-days |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=Ædelhard |date=16 November 2017 |language=en}}
  • Jordan Owens (born 1986) – former professional ice hockey player{{cite news |last1=Staff |first1=Huddle |title=Podcast: The Owens Family Moves To The Maritimes |url=https://huddle.today/2021/04/13/podcast-the-owens-family-moves-to-the-maritimes/ |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=Huddle.Today |date=13 April 2021 |language=en-CA}}

P

  • George Pack Jr. (1794–1875) – businessman
  • William Paine (1750–1833) – United Empire Loyalist physician, politician; city councillor and MLA{{cite DCB |first=Carol Anne |last=Janzen |title=Paine, William |volume=VI |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/paine_william_6E.html |access-date=24 March 2024}}
  • John Richard Partelow (1795–1865) – merchant, politician; MLA and Mayor of Saint John
  • Robert J. Patterson (1809–1884) – former American slave, restauranteur{{cite DCB |first=William Arthur |last=Spray |title=Patterson, Robert J |volume=XI |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/patterson_robert_j_11E.html |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Robert Parker (1796–1865) – lawyer, judge, politician
  • Lawrence Paul (1934–2014) – Millbrook First Nation Chief{{cite web |title=Lawrence Paul |url=https://colchesterfuneral.frontrunnerpro.com/book-of-memories/1878936/paul-lawrence/obituary.php |website=colchesterfuneral.frontrunnerpro.com |publisher=Colchester Community Funeral Home |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Bill Phillips (1857–1900) – professional baseball player{{cite web |title=Bill Phillips |url=https://baseballhalloffame.ca/hall-of-famer/bill-phillips/ |website=Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum |access-date=23 March 2024 |language=en-CA}}
  • 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

Q

  • Jim Quinn (born 1957) – former Saint John Port Authority president, politician; senator{{cite web |title=Senator Jim Quinn |url=https://sencanada.ca/en/senators/quinn-jim/ |website=SenCanada |publisher=Senate of Canada |access-date=24 March 2024 |language=en}}

R

  • Nelson Rattenbury (1907–1973) – businessman, member of the Senate of Canada{{cite news |title=Sen. Nelson Rattenbury |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/743166612 |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=The Montreal Star |date=28 May 1973}}
  • Donna Reardon – current Mayor of Saint John
  • Helen Leah Reed (1861/62–1926) - writer
  • Daniel Aloysius Riley (1916–1984) – politician; Member of Parliament, MLA, and member of the Senate of Canada{{cite news |title=Senator Daniel A. Riley |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/731008168/ |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=The Kingston Whig-Standard |date=19 September 1984}}
  • 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{{cite DCB |first=C. M. |last=Wallace |title=Robertson, John |volume=X |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/robertson_john_10E.html |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • John Robinson (1762–1828) – American-born merchant, Mayor of Saint John, MLA{{cite DCB |first=T. W. |last=Acheson |title=Robinson, John |volume=VI |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/robinson_john_6E.html |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Fred Ross (1927–2014) – artist{{cite web |title=Fred Ross |url=https://gallery78.com/collections/fred-ross |website=Gallery 78 |access-date=23 March 2024 |language=en}}
  • W. E. D. Ross (1912–1995) – actor, playwright, writer{{cite web |title=W.E. Daniel Ross |url=https://nble.lib.unb.ca/browse/r/we-daniel-ross |website=nble.lib.unb.ca |publisher=NBLE |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • William Ryan (1887–1938) – barrister, journalist, politician{{cite web |title=William Michael Ryan, M.P. |url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=11158 |website=lop.parl.ca |publisher=Parliament of Canada |access-date=25 March 2024}}

S

  • Harry Saltzman (1915–1994) – theatre and film producer
  • Jean-Claude Sawyer (born 1986) – former professional ice hockey player
  • Carl Schell (1924–2020) – judoka{{cite news |last1=Harding |first1=Gail |title='Tireless advocate of sport' Carl (Dutchie) Schell remembered by judo community |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-carl-dutchie-schell-judo-1.5482570 |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=CBC News |date=2 March 2020}}
  • Loretta Leonard Shaw (1872–1940) – teacher, missionary{{cite DCB |first=Andrea |last=Kirkpatrick |title=Shaw, Loretta Leonard |volume=XVI |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/shaw_loretta_leonard_16E.html |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Ryan Sherrard (born 1986) – curler
  • Charles Simonds (1783–1859) – merchant, politician, MLA{{cite DCB |first=T. W. |last=Acheson |title=Simonds, Charles |volume=VIII |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/simonds_charles_8E.html |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • James Simonds (1735–1831) – merchant, judge, MLA for Sunbury County, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick{{cite DCB |first=T. W. |last=Acheson |title=Simonds, James |volume=6 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/simonds_james_6E.html |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Richard Simonds (1789–1836) – merchant, politician, MLA{{cite DCB |first=D. M. |last=Young |title=Simonds, Richard |volume=VII |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/simonds_richard_7E.html |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Bernard Skinner (1930–2016) – sailor
  • Chris Skinner (born 1961) – former Canadian Football League player
  • Clara Kathleen Smith (1911–2004) – poet{{cite web |title=Kay Smith |url=https://nble.lib.unb.ca/browse/s/kay-smith |website=nble.lib.unb.ca |publisher=NBLE |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Elizabeth J. Smith (1842–1900) – American social reformer, newspaper editor and publisher
  • Elmer Boyd Smith (1860–1943) – writer and illustrator of children's books{{cite web |title=About E. Boyd Smith |url=https://www.bklynlibrary.org/hunt/smith.html |website=www.bklynlibrary.org |publisher=Boston Public Library |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Jack Stafford (1879–1946) – professional baseball umpire
  • Matt Stairs (born 1968) – former Major League Baseball player{{cite web |title=Matt Stairs |url=https://baseballhalloffame.ca/hall-of-famer/matt-stairs/ |website=Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum |access-date=23 March 2024 |language=en-CA}}
  • 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{{cite DCB |first=Terrence |last=Murphy |title=Sweeny, John |volume=XIII |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/sweeny_john_13E.html |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Andrew Swim (born 1961) – Olympic bobsledder

T

  • Glen Tait – politician; MLA and former city councillor
  • Eric Teed (1926–2010) – lawyer, Mayor of Saint John{{cite web |title=Obituary of Eric Lawrence Teed |url=https://brenansfh.com/tribute/details/14687/Eric-Teed/obituary.html |website=brenansfh.com |publisher=Brenan's Paradise Row Funeral Home |access-date=24 March 2024}}
  • Nancy Teed (1949–1993) – politician; MLA, senator{{cite web |title=[Nancy] Elizabeth Clark Teed |url=https://www1.gnb.ca/leglibbib/en/Resources/WomenMlas.aspx/34/%5BNancy%5D-Elizabeth-Clark-Teed |website=www1.gnb.ca |publisher=Legislative Library of New Brunswick |access-date=24 March 2024}}
  • George McCall Theal (1837–1919) – South African historian{{cite web |title=Theal, George McCall National Historic Person |url=https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=1023 |website=www.pc.gc.ca |access-date=23 March 2024 |language=en}}
  • Ralph Thomas – human rights activist and former boxer{{cite web |title=Ralph 'Tiger' Thomas |url=https://www.unb.ca/cel/_assets/documents/enrichment/blackhistory/ralph-thomas.pdf |publisher=University of New Brunswick |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Fred W. Thompson (1900–1987) – labor organizer, historian{{cite web |title=Joining a Movement: Frederick W. Thompson and the Life of an Organizer |url=https://definingmomentscanada.ca/all-for-9/historical-articles/frederick-thompson/ |website=Defining Moments Canada |access-date=23 March 2024 |language=en-CA}}
  • 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{{cite encyclopedia |title=Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley |first=Arthur T. |last=Doyle |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/leonard-percy-de-wolfe-tilley |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher=Historica Canada |access-date=23 March 2024 |language=en}}
  • Sue Tingley (born 1977) – field hockey player, Yale Bulldogs assistant{{cite web |title=Sue Tingley - Assistant Coach - Staff Directory |url=https://yalebulldogs.com/staff-directory/sue-tingley/175 |website=Yale University |access-date=23 March 2024 |language=en}}
  • Ken Tobias (born 1945) – singer-songwriter{{cite news |title=Ken Tobias's Second Brush With Fame {{!}} Billboard Canada |url=https://ca.billboard.com/fyi/ken-tobiass-second-brush-fame |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=ca.billboard.com |date=21 June 2021 |language=en}}
  • Clark Todd (1944–1983) – London bureau chief for the CTV Television Network{{cite news |title=CTV correspondent's body found by Red Cross |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/422029367/ |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=The Gazette |date=13 September 1983}}
  • Peter Trites (1946–2010) – teacher, politician; MLA and city councillor{{cite web |last1=Home |first1=Fundy Funeral |title=Obituary for Peter Gerald Trites |url=https://www.fundyfuneralhome.com/obituary/Peter-Trites |publisher=Fundy Funeral Home |access-date=23 March 2024 |language=en}}
  • Stuart Trueman (1911–1995) – journalist, humorist{{cite web |title=Stuart Trueman |url=https://nble.lib.unb.ca/browse/t/stuart-trueman |website=nble.lib.unb.ca |publisher=NBLE |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Walter Harley Trueman (1870–1951) – lawyer, judge{{cite web |title=Memorable Manitobans: Walter Harley Trueman (1870-1951) |url=https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/trueman_wh.shtml |website=www.mhs.mb.ca |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Joseph John Tucker (1832–1914) – English-born politician, newspaper president and Saint John Railway Company director
  • John E. Turnbull – inventor{{cite web |title=Wringer Washer |url=https://canadianinnovationspace.ca/wringer-washer/ |website=Canadian Innovation Space |publisher=Canadian Innovation Space |access-date=23 March 2024 |date=27 June 2017}}
  • Wallace Rupert Turnbull (1870–1954) – engineer, inventor{{cite web |title=Wallace Rupert Turnbull |url=https://cahf.ca/wallace-rupert-turnbull/ |publisher=Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame |access-date=23 March 2024 |language=en-CA |date=13 February 2021}}

V

  • Yvon Vautour (born 1956) – former ice hockey coach, former National Hockey League player
  • R. M. Vaughan (1965–2020) – writer and artist{{cite news |title=Writer RM Vaughan found dead 10 days after going missing, Fredericton Police say |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-writer-rm-vaughan-found-dead-10-days-after-going-missing-fredericton/ |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=24 October 2020 |language=en-CA}}
  • Frank L. Vernon (1873–1944) – priest, author

W

  • Charles Caleb Ward (1831–1896) – painter{{cite web |title=Charles Caleb Ward - Artists - Godel & Co., Inc. |url=https://www.godelfineart.com/artists/charles-caleb-ward |website=www.godelfineart.com |access-date=23 March 2024 |language=en}}
  • John Ward (1753–1846) – loyalist, businessman, politician; MLA{{cite DCB |first=Harold E. |last=Wright |title=Ward, John |volume=VII |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/ward_john_7E.html |access-date=24 March 2024}}
  • Lyman Ward (born 1941) – actor
  • Kent Warnock (born 1964) – former Canadian football player, defensive line coach for the Calgary Dinos{{cite web |title=50TH VANIER CUP INTERVIEW SERIES: Kent Warnock, Calgary (1985) - U SPORTS - English |url=https://universitysport.prestosports.com/vaniercup/1985/interview |website=universitysport.prestosports.com |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Elsie Wayne (1932–2016) – politician; Mayor of Saint John and member of Parliament{{cite web |title=Obituary of Elsie Eleanore Wayne L.L.D., D.P.A. |url=https://brenansfh.com/tribute/details/28662/Elsie-Wayne-L-L-D-D-P-A/obituary.html |website=brenansfh.com |publisher=Brenan's Paradise Row Funeral Home |access-date=24 March 2024}}
  • Carol Webb (born 1982) – curler
  • Maestro Fresh Wes (born 1968) – rapper{{cite news |last1=Power |first1=Zack |title=Award-winning musician Maestro Fresh Wes ‘drops the needle’ on Saint John - New Brunswick {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9387774/maestro-fresh-wes-saint-john/ |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=Global News |date=4 January 2023}}
  • Walter W. White (1862–1952) – physician, politician; Mayor of Saint John, MLA{{cite web |title=Militia Memories / by Colonel Walter W. White - ArchivesCANB |url=https://search.canbarchives.ca/militia-memories-by-colonel-walter-w-white |website=search.canbarchives.ca |access-date=25 March 2024}}
  • Rupert Wilson Wigmore (1873–1939) – politician{{cite web |title=The Hon. Rupert Wilson Wigmore, P.C., M.P. |url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=12708 |website=lop.parl.ca |publisher=Parliament of Canada |access-date=25 March 2024}}
  • Edward Winchester (1970–2020) – lightweight rower{{cite news |last1=Cave |first1=Rachel |title='Super tenacious' N.B. rower Ed Winchester suffers fatal heart attack while training |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/ed-winchester-champion-rower-died-1.5542959 |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=CBC News |date=23 April 2020}}
  • Michelle Winters (born 1972) – writer and translator{{cite web |title=Michelle Winters |url=https://www.writersunion.ca/member/michelle-winters |website=www.writersunion.ca |publisher=The Writers' Union of Canada |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • 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{{cite encyclopedia |title=Robert Duncan Wilmot |first=Jamie |last=Bradburn |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/robert-duncan-wilmot |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher=Historica Canada |access-date=24 March 2024 |language=en}}
  • Hugh Winsor (born 1938) – journalist
  • Ardeth Wood (1975–2003) – murder victim
  • Susan Wood (1953–2018) – artist, educator{{cite news |title=Susan Wood: in Memoriam |url=https://nscad.ca/susan-wood/ |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=NSCAD |date=1 March 2018}}
  • William J. Woodroffe (1933–2003) – politician; MLA and city councillor{{cite web |title=Speaker Profile: William Woodroffe - Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick |url=https://www.legnb.ca/en/members/speakers/17/william-woodroffe |website=www.legnb.ca |publisher=Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick |access-date=23 March 2024}}
  • Gordon Wry (1910–1985) – tenor, conductor{{cite encyclopedia |title=Gordon Wry |first=Susan |last=Wilson |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/gordon-wry |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher=Historica Canada |access-date=23 March 2024 |language=en}}

Y

  • Heather Young – filmmaker{{cite news |title=Filmmaker from Saint John wins Canadian Screen Award |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/filmmaker-saint-john-screen-award-1.5593386 |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=CBC News |date=1 June 2020}}

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  • Joseph Zatzman (1912–2007) – businessman, politician, Mayor of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia{{cite news |last1=Zemel |first1=Joel |title=HalifaxYesterday: Joseph Zatzman - Dartmouth’s First Jewish Mayor (2 photos) |url=https://halifax.citynews.ca/2022/02/28/halifaxyesterday-joseph-zatzman-dartmouths-first-jewish-mayor-2-photos-5108014/ |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=CityNews |date=28 February 2022}}

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