List of people from Newfoundland and Labrador

This is a list of notable people who are from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that province. This list also includes people associated with the former English, and later British colony of Newfoundland and the dominion of Newfoundland.

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Mayra Cervantes, bishop
Acoutsina, Indigenous historical figure
Mike Adam, curler
William G. Adams, lawyer, politician, judge
Frederick C. Alderdice, entrepreneur, politician
Dr. Frederick Allen Aldrich, scientist, educator
Honourable John Anderson, politician
Ralph LeMoine Andrews, Order of Canada
John Bartlett Angel, engineer
Frank C. Archibald, politician
Thomas Gordon William Ashbourne, politician
Charles Robert Ayre, businessman, politician
Honourable John Bray Ayre, politician
James Stewart Ayre, politician
Lewis H.M. Ayre, entrepreneur

B

George S. Baker, politician
Honourable James Baird, merchant, Member of Legislative Council
Charles Ballam, politician
Rex Barnes, politician
Robert Bartlett, explorer
Herman Maxwell Batten, politician
Charles Fox Bennett, politician
Jordan Bennett, artist
David Blackwood, artist
Eric Blackwood, aviator
Robert Bond, politician
Charles R Bowring, merchant, politician
Frederick Gordon Bradley, politician
Cyprian Bridge, Royal Navy Officer
D'Arcy Broderick, musician, singer
Cassie Brown, author
Keith Brown, hockey player
Peter Brown, politician
William Joseph Browne, politician
Johnny Burke, songwriter, musician
Brian Byrne, musician
Ed Byrne, politician
Gerry Byrne, politician

C

Andrew Carnell, politician
William Carson, entrepreneur, doctor
Chesley William Carter, politician
Frederick Carter, governor
Walter C. Carter, politician
Michael Patrick Cashin, governor
Peter John Cashin, politician, entrepreneur, soldier
Richard Cashin, lawyer, politician, trade union leader
Robert Chafe, playwright
Andrew Chatwood, politician
Frederick George Chislett, athlete, entrepreneur
Daniel Cleary, hockey player (Detroit Red Wings)
Al Clouston, storyteller, humorist
Frances Cluett, nurse
Siobhan Coady, entrepreneur, politician
William Coaker, trade union leader, politician
Ethel Cochrane, senator
Bob Cole, television announcer
Henry Collingwood, entrepreneur
Randy Collins, politician
Ern Condon, politician
Joan Cook, senator
Michael Cook, playwright
William Cormack, Scottish explorer, philanthropist, author
Charles Cozens, politician
Mark Critch, comedian
John Crosbie, lawyer, politician, Lieutenant Governor
Michael Crummey, writer
Amy Curlew, ice hockey player

D

Tom Dawe, writer
Charles Dawe, politician, merchant
Demasduit, Indigenous historical figure
Ethel Dickenson, educator, nurse
Molly Dingle, educator
Donald B. Dingwell, scientist, science administrator, educator
Craig Dobbin, industrialist
Dermot Dobbin, entrepreneur
William Doody, politician
Alan Doyle, singer, musician
Damhnait Doyle, singer, musician
Norman Doyle, politician
Sam Drover, politician
Karyn Dwyer, actress
Gwynne Dyer, journalist, syndicated columnist, military historian

E

John Efford, politician
Carl English, basketball shooting guard

F

Fonse Faour, politician
Alex Faulkner, hockey player (Detroit Red Wings)
Grunia Movschovitch Ferman, entrepreneur, activist
Adele Fifield, amputee, member Order of Ontario
Eugene Forsey, politician
James Patrick Fox, politician
George Furey, politician

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Jenny Gear, singer
Michael Gibbs, lawyer, politician
Deidre Gillard-Rowlings, actress,
Augustus F. Goodridge, governor
Armine Nutting Gosling, suffragette
Rex Goudie, singer
Charles Granger, politician
Jason Greeley, singer
Daniel J. Greene, governor
Roger Grimes, politician
Brad Gushue, curler
Ray Guy (humorist), humorist
Sandra Gwyn, journalist, writer

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Bob Hallett, musician
Violetta Maloney Halpert, folklorist, veteran
Ewart John Arlington Harnum, lieutenant governor
Jack Harris, politician
Jonny Harris, actor/comedian
Ann Harvey, rescuer
Kenneth J. Harvey, author, journalist, photographer, filmmaker
Carolyn Hayward, bullfighter, artist
Ferd Hayward, athlete, olympian
Ofra Harnoy, concert cellist
Loyola Hearn, politician
Albert Hickman, politician, businessman
Alexander Hickman, lawyer, politician, judge
General Rick Hillier, Chief of Defense Staff, Canadian Forces
Harold Horwood, novelist, writer
Arthur Maxwell House, politician, lieutenant governor
Danielle House, dethroned beauty queen
Ann Hulan, colonist, entrepreneur, agriculturalist
Gudie Hutchings, politician
Joel Thomas Hynes, author/actor
Ron Hynes, singer/songwriter
Thomas Hynes, fisherman, fugitive and protester

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Donald Campbell Jamieson, politician
Sylvester Joe, hunter, explorer
Morrissey Johnson, politician
Paul Johnson, philanthropist, businessman
Wayne Johnston, novelist
Andy Jones, actor, comedian
Cathy Jones, actress, comedian

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Abram Kean, mariner and sealing captain
Max Keeping, newscaster and Member of the Order of Canada
John Kent, politician
Steve Kent, politician
Susan Kent, actor and comedian
Jason King, professional hockey player
Mary Bernard Kirwan, educator, religious leader
Jamie Korab, curler

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Darren Langdon, hockey player
Walter Learning, actor, director, playwright
Graham Letto, politician
Gene Long, politician
John Howard Lundrigan, politician

M

Kevin Major, children's author
Shaun Majumder, comedian, actor
Greg Malone, impressionist, actor
Sean McCann, musician
Desmond McGrath, priest, trade union organizer, politician
James McGrath, politician, lieutenant governor
Alexander James Whiteford McNeilly, politician, lawyer
Rick Mercer, comedian
Fred J. Mifflin, Rear Admiral, politician
Mattie Mitchell, Mi’kmaq Chieftain, guide, prospector, and explorer
Walter Stanley Monroe, governor
Lisa Moore, writer
Rob Moore, politician, lawyer
Frank Moores, politician
Patrick Moran, musician
Bernice Morgan, novelist
Moses Morgan, academic, Order of Canada
Francis Morris, politician, lawyer and judge
Donna Morrissey, author
John Joseph Murphy, politician, businessman
Rex Murphy, journalist
Alexander Murray, geologist
Hilda Chaulk Murray, author

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Alex Newhook, NHL hockey player
Mark Nichols, curler
Walter Noel, politician
Dick Nolan, singer, songwriter, guitarist
Nonosabasut, Indigenous chief
Peg Norman, politician, abortion activist, lesbian activist
Calvin Normore, Philosophy professor
Dwayne Norris, NHL, Olympic Hockey Player
Warren Norris, AHL Hockey Player
Joseph W. Noseworthy, politician

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Lawrence D. O'Brien, politician
Fergus O'Byrne, musician
Brian O'Dea, criminal
Joseph Phillip O'Keefe, politician
Seamus O'Regan, politician and former television personality; ex-host of Canada AM

P

William Anthony Paddon, Lieutenant-Governor
Jean Payne, politician
Jim Payne, folk singer
Brian Peckford, politician
Mark Peddle, musician
John Peyton, fisherman
Gordon Pinsent, actor
Robert John Pinsent, magistrate, judge
Al Pittman, writer
Helen Fogwill Porter, author, activist
Greg Power, politician, farmer, poet, athlete
James Power, politician
Tom Power, broadcaster, musician
Christopher Pratt, artist, painter
E. J. Pratt, poet
Joseph Price, politician
Daniel Woodley Prowse, lawyer, politician

Q

Herman William Quinton, senator

R

Ian Angus Ross Reid, politician
Robert Gillespie Reid, railway contractor
Thomas Ricketts, soldier, Victoria Cross
Thomas Rideout, politician
Edward Roberts, politician, lieutenant governor
Gordon Rodgers, writer
Gerry Rogers, filmmaker, politician
Isabella Whiteford Rogerson, poet, philanthropist
Bill Rompkey, politician, senator
Frederick Russell, businessman, former lieutenant governor
Kelly Russell, Musician
Ted Russell, author, playwright, comedian
Todd Russell, politician
James M. Ryan, businessman
Terry Ryan, NHL hockey player
Michael Ryder, NHL hockey player

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Tommy Sexton, actor
Shanawdithit, Indigenous historical figure, last known survivor of the Beothuk
Craig Sharpe, singer
Ambrose Shea, politician
George Shea, politician
Roger Simmons, politician
Scott Simms, politician
Joey Smallwood, politician
Catherine Mandeville Snow, last woman hanged in NL
Rod Snow, Canadian Rugby International
Squanto, Indigenous historical figure
Gerald Squires, artist
Richard Squires, politician
Const. Frank Stamp, policeman, boxer
Geoff Stirling, businessman
Georgina Stirling, opera singer
Loyola Sullivan, politician

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William Taverner, plantation owner, surveyor
Myra Louise Taylor, nurse
William Thomas, politician
Greg Thomey, comedian
Brian Tobin, politician
Mary Widdicombe Travers, hotelier
James Roy Tucker, politician
Otto Tucker, author, educator
Beaton Tulk, politician
Tracy Tweed, actress, Playboy model

U

Abraham Ulrikab, aboriginal

W

Tracey Waddleton, writer
Michael Walker, economist
Agnes Walsh, poet, playwright, oral historian
Albert Walsh, commissioner, chief justice and Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland, 1949
William Warren, lawyer, politician, judge
Andy Wells, politician
Clyde Wells, politician
Ed "Sailor" White, wrestler, politician
Minnie White, accordionist
Danny Williams, politician
Harold (Hank) Williams, geologist
Percival Willoughby, land owner
Gordon Arnaud Winter, lieutenant governor
James Spearman Winter, politician, premier
Michael Winter, writer