List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador

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List of people of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. This list includes all peoples of Newfoundland and Labrador who have influenced and or become a part of the Newfoundland and Labrador heritage. This is not a complete list of all individuals and it is different from the Categories in that it shall include artists, founders, explorers, politicians and historical figures alike.

A

Beaton J. Abbott, magistrate
Carl Abbott, soldier, civil servant
Douglas Charles Abbott, judge
Dr. Edward Carl Abbott, physician
Dr. Eric Abbott, musician, educator
John Abbott, politician
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, politician
Christina A.S. Abernethy, nurse
Bishop Philip Selwyn Abraham, clergyman
Acoutsina, native
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Adams, soldier, businessman
Mike Adam, curler
Sir Thomas Adams, judge
Ki Adams, musician, educator, administrator
William G. Adams, lawyer, politician, judge
Right Honorable Christopher Addison, politician
Juan de Agramonte, explorer
William Maxwell Aitken, baron
Captain Sir John William Alcock, aviator
Frederick C. Alderdice, businessman, politician
Dr. Frederick Allen Aldrich, scientist, educator
David George Alexander, educator, economic historian
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, military commander
Sir William Alexander, writer
Lady Elsie Elizabeth Allardyce, nurse
William Lamond Allardyce, lieutenant governor
Alfred H. Allen, musician
George William Douglas Allen, accountant, civil servant
Stuart R.W. Allen, lawyer
Lieutenant Colonel Jack Thomas Allston, civil servant
Robert Alsop, politician
General William Amherst, military
Lord Charles George Ammon, British M.P.
Lord William Warrender Mackenzie Amulree, lawyer
Reverend Olaf A.E. Anderson clergyman
Admiral Sir David Murray Anderson, naval officer, governor
Captain Hugh Abercrombie Anderson, writer
Honorable John Anderson (Newfoundland politician), politician
John Murray Anderson, writer
Dr. Cater W. Andrews, educator
Donald Andrews, businessman
Rev. Elias Andrews, clergyman
Harold Dominey Andrews, politician
Ralph LeMoine Andrews, Order of Canada
Dangeac, Danjaique, Don Jaque Francois-Gabriel D' Angeac, governor
Frederick William Angel, engineer
Honorable James Angel, businessman
John Bartlett Angel, engineer
Jean Ango, privateer
Rev. Thomas Angwin, clergyman
Rev. Lewis Amadeus Anspach, missionary, judge
Gary Anstey, editor
Rex C. Anthony, businessman
Robert Charles Anthony, businessman
Patrick Joseph Antle, labour leader
John Rose Archer, pirate
Sir Edward Mortimer Archibald, politician
Frank C. Archibald, politician
Herman H. Archibald, businessman
Rose Archibald], businesswoman
Rev. James S.S. Armour, clergyman
Mary Ellicott Arnold, organizer
Ernest Ash, radio pioneer
Thomas Gordon William Ashbourne, politician
Joseph Daniel Ashley, businessman
Sir Arthur Aston, governor
Rev. Thomas Whitfield Atkinson, clergyman
Mabel Atwill, nurse
John August, aboriginal
Agnes Marion Ayre, botanist, historian
Anthony Green Ayre, farmer, soldier, businessman
Honorable Charles Pascoe Ayre, politician
Charles Robert Ayre, businessman, politician
Frederick W. Ayre, businessman
George W.B. Ayre, lawyer
James Stewart Ayre, politician
Honorable John Bray Ayre, politician
John Bulley Ayre, soldier
Lewis H.M. Ayre, businessman
Miller H. Ayre, businessman, editor
Wilfrid J. Ayre, businessman

B

Rev. Canon Randall R. Babb, clergyman
Ken Babstock, Poet
Auguste-Jean-Marie Bachelot de la Pylaie, scientist
Eric T. Baggs, soldier
Rev. Dr. A. Roland Baggs, clergyman
Rev. Samuel Baggs, clergyman
Col. Alexander B. Baird, soldier, senator
David M. Baird, businessman
Dr. David Baird, geologist
Honourable James Baird, merchant, Member of Legislative Council
Ken Babstock, poet
George S. Baker, politician
Rev. Dr. Wallace J. Baker, clergyman
General Italo Balbo, air force officer
Charles Ballram, polotician
Alexander Bannerman, governor
Frederick Banting, medical scientist, doctor
Rex Barnes, politician
Augusta Barter, nurse, Order of Canada
Robert Bartlett, explorer
Herman Maxwell Batten, politician
Peter Beamish, researcher
Charles Fox Bennett, governor
Martyn Bennett, musician
Clarence Birdseye, inventor
David Blackwood, artist
Margaret-Ann Blaney, journalist, politician
Robert Bond, politician
Frank Borland, soldier
Charles R Bowring, merchant, politician
Charles Cavendish Boyle, lieutenant governor
Frederick Gordon Bradley, politician
Admiral Cyprian Bridge, Royal Navy Officer
D'Arcy Broderick, musician, singer
Richard Brothers, naval officer, eccentric
Cassie Brown, author
Peter Brown, politician
William Joseph Browne, politician
Vincent P. Bryan, composer, lyricist
David Buchan, naval officer, explorer
Johnny Burke, songwriter, musician
Sherylynn Butt, beauty pageant contestant
John Byng, governor
Brian Byrne, musician
Ed Byrne, politician
Gerry Byrne, politician
Pat Byrne, musician
John Byron, governor

C

John Cabot, explorer
Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, governor
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, governor
Andrew Carnell, politician
William Carson, businessman, doctor
Chesley William Carter, politician
Frederick Carter, governor
Walter C. Carter, politician
Jacques Cartier, explorer
George Cartwright, captain, explorer, trader
John Cartwright, political reformer
Michael Patrick Cashin, governor
Peter John Cashin, politician, businessman, soldier
Richard Cashin, lawyer, politician, trade union leader
Caubvick, Labrador Inuit
David B. Chafe, musician, teacher
Andrew Chatwood, politician
Marilyn Churley, politician
Al Clouston, storyteller, humorist
Frances Cluett, nurse
Siobhan Coady, businessperson, politician
William Coaker, trade union leader, politician
Ethel Cochrane, senator
Bob Cole, television announcer
Henry Collingwood, businessperson
Kenn Collins, historian
Randy Collins, politician
Wally Collins, politician
Ern Condon, politician
Joan Cook, senator
Michael Cook, playwright
William Cormack, explorer, philanthropist, author
Charles Cozens, politician
Henry Crout, settler, explorer
Shawn Crann, politician
Mark Critch, comedian
John Crosbie, lawyer, politician, Lieutenant Governor
Allison Crowe, Singer/songwriter and pianist
Jason Crummey, politician
Michael Crummey, writer
Ryan Clowe, hockey player (San Jose Sharks)

D

Tom Dawe, writer
Demasduwit, aboriginal
Lacey Decker,writer, editor
George William Des Vœux, governor
Ethel Dickenson, educator, nurse
Molly Dingle, educator
Oliver Dingwell, CEO
Craig Dobbin, industrialist
Dermot Dobbin, businessman
Magie Dominic, Poet
William Doody, politician
Dana Doucette, recording artist
Wynanne Downer, politician
Alan Doyle, singer, musician
Damhnait Doyle, singer, musician
Norman Doyle, politician
Wilf Doyle, singer/songwriter
Sam Drover, politician
Steve Durant, politician
Sean Durfy, CEO
Karyn Dwyer, actress
Gwynne Dyer, journalist, syndicated columnist, military historian

E

Amelia Earhart, aviator
Peter Easton, pirate
John Efford, politician
William James Emberley, fisherman, lyricist
Carl English, basketball shooting guard
Leif Ericson, explorer

F

João Álvares Fagundes, explorer
Fonse Faour, politician
The Right Reverend Bishop Edward Feild, clergyman
Philip Fiander, veteran
Adele Fifield, amputee, member Order of Ontario
Art Finley, television and radio personality
Varick Frissel, filmmaker
Lady Pamela FitzGerald, revolutionary
Michael Anthony Fleming, bishop
Eugene Forsey, politician
Ian Foster,singer,songwriter
Paul S. Fowler,writer,editor
Allan MacPherson Fraser, politician
David French, playwright
George Furey, politician

G

James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier, governor
George Garland, merchant
Alice Belle Garrigus, founder of the Pentecostal church
Jenny Gear, singer
Michael Gibbs, lawyer, politician
Humphrey Gilbert, explorer
John Hawley Glover, governor
Erik Gnupsson, Bishop
Augustus F. Goodridge, governor
Armine Nutting Gosling, suffragette
Clarence Gosse, physician, politician
Rex Goudie, singer
Charles Granger, politician
Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves, governor
Jason Greeley, singer
Daniel J. Greene, governor
Wilfred Grenfell, medical missionary
Roger Grimes, politician
John Guy, governor
Sandra Gwyn, journalist, writer
Jack Ghaney, Played the fiddle and other instruments in Wilf Doyle's band
Brad Gushue, curler

H

Charles Francis Hall, explorer
Herbert Halpert, folklorist; academic
Lady Henrietta Hamilton, artist
Charles Hardy, governor
Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, newspaper owner
Ewart John Arlington Harnum, lieutenant governor
Jack Harris, politician
Anthony Hart, humanitarian
Ann Harvey, rescuer
Robert Hayman, poet, colonist, governor
Ronald Haynes, professor
Carolyn Hayward, bullfighter, artist
Ferd Hayward, athlete, olympian
Loyola Hearn, politician
Natasha Henstridge, actress
Patricia Hickey, politician
Albert Hickman, politician, businessman
Alexander Hickman, lawyer, politician, judge
Gordon Francis Higgins, politician
William Hill, governor
General Rick Hillier, Chief of Defense Staff, Canadian Forces
John Hogan, sculptor
John Holloway, governor
Harold Horwood, novelist, writer
Joan Horwood (nee Randell), nurse
Hugh Hoyles, governor
Arthur Maxwell House, politician, lieutenant governor
Danielle House, Dethroned Beauty Queen
Adam Hunt, Trout Fisherman

I

Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, soldier, sailor
James Jonathan Igloliorte, magistrate
Anne Kirstine Stolt Ingstad, archaeologist, author
Helge Marcus Ingstad, anthropologist, author, explorer
Dr. Linda Inkpen, medical doctor, administrator
Alice Frances Innes, politician, journalist
Jesse William George Ivany, academic
Darren Ivany, actor/writer

J

Donald Campbell Jamieson, politician
Dr. Charles Janeway, physician
Sylvester Joe, hunter, explorer
Morrissey Johnson, politician
Don Johnson, civil servant, sports executive
Paul Johnson, philanthropist, businessman
Wayne Johnston, novelist
Andy Jones, actor, comedian
Cathy Jones, actress, comedian

K

Abram Kean Jr., mariner and sealing Captain
Richard Goodwin Keats, governor
James Butler Knill Kelly, clergyman
Joshua Kelly, musician
Kieran G. Kenny, singer
John Kent, politician
Steve Kent, politician
William Richard Kent, politician
Victoria King, filmmaker
David Kirke, governor
Sara Kirke, entrepreneur, businessperson, aristocrat
Jamie Korab, curler
Kyle Jarvis, philosopher
Jason King, professional hockey player

L

Darren Langdon, hockey player
Walter Learning, actor, director, playwright
Graham Letto, politician
Philip Francis Little, politician
William F. Lloyd, newspaper editor, politician
Gene Long, politician
John Howard Lundrigan, politician

M

Gordon Macdonald, governor
Jay MacPherson, poet
William MacGregor, lieutenant governor
Donald B. MacMillan, explorer, researcher
Kevin Major, children’s author
Shaun Majumder, comedian, actor
Greg Malone, impressionist, actor
Jack Marshall, politician
Álvaro Martins, explorer
Lori-Ann Martino, politician
John Mason, sailor, explorer, cartographer, governor
The Masterless Men, musical group
Bill Matthews, politician
Desmond McGrath, priest, trade union organizer, politician
James McGrath, politician, lieutenant governor
Samuel McLean, politician
Janet McNaughton, author
Howie Meeker, NHL player, television sports announcer
Ken Meeker, newscaster, editor, politician, writer
Rick Mercer, comedian
Sir John Middleton, lieutenant governor
Fred J. Mifflin, Rear Admiral, politician
Herman Moll, engraver, geographer, cartographer
Walter Stanley Monroe, governor
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, governor
Rob Moore, politician, lawyer
Lisa Moore, writer
Frank Moores, politician
Patrick Moran, musician
Bernice Morgan, novelist
Moses Morgan, academic, Order of Canada
Edward Patrick Morris, 1st Baron Morris, governor
Francis Morris, politician, lawyer and judge
Donna Morrissey, author
Shawn James Morrissey, founder, the Korean Mountaineering League
John T. Mullock, bishop, entrepreneur
Jamie Murphy, soldier
John Joseph Murphy, politician, businessman
Rex Murphy, journalist
Alexander Murray, geologist
Hilda Chaulk Murray, author
Anthony Musgrave, lieutenant governor

N

Sheila NaGeria, princess
Mark Nichols, curler
Andre Noble, actor
Walter Noel, politician
Dick Nolan, singer, songwriter, guitarist
Nonosbawsut, chief, aboriginal
Peg Norman, politician
Joseph W. Noseworthy, politician

O

Fergus O’Byrne, musician
Doug O'Brien, hockey player
Lawrence O'Brien, politician
Brian O'Dea, criminal
Joseph Phillip O'Keefe, politician
Dermot O’Reilly, musician
Leonard Outerbridge, lieutenant governor
Tara Oram, musician

P

Robert Pack, politician
William Anthony Paddon, Lieutenant-Governor
Hugh Palliser, governor
Randolph Paul, poet
Jean Payne, politician
Jim Payne (folk singer)
Sir James Pearl Mount Pearl founder
Bartholomew Pearson, yeoman
Brian Peckford, politician
Janine Peckford, CIS Athlete (Soccer)
Larry Peckford, politician
Rae Perlin, artist, painter
Vera Perlin, founder
Phan Thi Kim Phuc, war survivor
Ed Picco, politician
Jack Pickersgill, politician
Holly Pike, politician
Janine Piller, politician
Gordon Pinsent, actor
Robert John Pinsent, magistrate, judge
Al Pittman, writer
Charles J. Power, politician
Greg Power, politician, farmer, poet, athlete
James Power, politician
Jordan Power, artist
Christopher Pratt, artist, painter
E. J. Pratt, poet
Joseph Price, politician
Daniel Woodley Prowse, lawyer, politician

Q

Herman William Quinton, senator
Maurice J Quinlan, Business Man

R

Alastair Ralphs, professional wrestler and former bodybuilder
Travis Randell, hockey player
Wayne Ray, (Stephenville)poet
Erik the Red, explorer
Ian Angus Ross Reid, politician
Robert Gillespie Reid, railway contractor
Thomas Ricketts, soldier, Victoria Cross
Thomas Rideout, politician
Edward Roberts, politician, lieutenant governor
Archbishop Edward Patrick Roche, Archbishop of St. John's, Anti-Confederate leader Gordon Rodgers, writer
George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, governor
Bill Rompkey, politician, senator
Richard David Rooney, politician
Anthony Gustav de Rothschild, banker
Henry John Rous, admiral
Frederick Russell, businessman, former lieutenant governor
Ted Russell, author, playwright, comedian
Todd Russell, politician
Mark Rudkin, duleist
James M. Ryan, businessman
Michael Ryder, NHL player

S

Tommy Sexton, actor
Richard Sharp, politician
Craig Sharpe, singer
Shanawdithit, aboriginal
Ambrose Shea, politician
George Shea, politician
Roger Simmons, politician
Scott Simms, politician
Henry Sinclair, 1st Earl of Orkney, explorer
Chris Slaney, musician
Joey Smallwood, politician
Thomas Smith, governor, admiral
Catherine Snow, last woman hanged in NL
Rod Snow, Canadian Rugby International
Aubrey George Spencer (Bishop)
Squanto, native American Indians
Gerald Squires, artist
Richard Squires, politician
Const. Frank Stamp, policeman, boxer
Leonard T. Stick, politician
Geoff Stirling, businessman
Kim Stockwood, singer, songwriter
Erasmus Stourton, clergyman
Merrill Strachan, politician
Loyola Sullivan, politician
Zachary Sullivan, musician

T

Francis Tanfield, governor
William Taverner, plantation owner, surveyor
Myra Louise Taylor, nurse
William Thomas, politician
Greg Thomey, comedian
Robert Thorburn, governor
Thomas Tingey, marine officer
Brian Tobin, politician
Sylvana Palma Tomaselli, Countess
John Treworgie, governor
James Roy Tucker, politician
Henry Hugh Tudor, soldier
Beaton Tulk, politician
Shannon Tweed, actress, playboy centerfold
Tracy Tweed, actress, playboy model

U

Abraham Ulrikab, aboriginal

V

William Vaughan, colonial investor

W

Michael Walker, economist
Agnes Walsh, poet, playwright, oral historian
Albert Walsh, commissioner, chief justice and the Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland for 1949
Mary Walsh, actress, comedian
Humphrey T. Walwyn, governor
William Warren, lawyer, politician, judge
Harry Watson, hockey player
Andy Wells, politician
Clyde Wells, politician
Richard Whitbourne, governor
Ed "Sailor" White, wrestler, politician
William Whiteway, governor
Steve Willcott, politician
Danny Williams, politician
Harold (Hank) Williams, world-renowned geologist
Percival Willoughby, land owner
Gordon Arnaud Winter, lieutenant governor
James Spearman Winter, politician, premier
Michael Winter, writer
Robert Winters, politician
Edward Wynne, governor

X

Y

Rebecca Youden (Moss), married U.S. Ambassador John F. Moss
Andrew Younghusband, television personality, writer and journalist

Z

Zeno brothers, explorers
Zichmni, explorer

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