List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador
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This is a List of people of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador
, Canada
. This list includes people of Newfoundland and Labrador who have influenced or become a part of its history. It include artists, founders, explorers, politicians, and historical figures.
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
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Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. This list includes people of Newfoundland and Labrador who have influenced or become a part of its history. It include artists, founders, explorers, politicians, and historical figures.
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- Douglas Charles Abbott, judge
- John AbbottJohn Abbott (Newfoundland politician)John Abbott was a fisherman and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Bonavista Bay in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1913 to 1923....
, politician - George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of AberdeenGeorge Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of AberdeenGeorge Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen KG, KT, FRS, PC , styled Lord Haddo from 1791 to 1801, was a Scottish politician, successively a Tory, Conservative and Peelite, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 until 1855.-Early life:Born in Edinburgh on 28 January 1784, he...
, politician - Philip Selwyn AbrahamPhilip Selwyn AbrahamThe Rt Rev Philip Selwyn Abraham DD was the Bishop of Newfoundland from 1942 until his death in 1955. Born on 29 July 1897 he was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford. After wartime service with the Royal Artillery he was ordained in 1923 and began his career with curacies at Daybrook and St...
, bishop - AcoutsinaAcoutsinaAcoutsina , daughter of chief Ouibignaro, was an Inuk from Labrador, in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, who taught François Martel de Brouague the language of her people. The word Acoutsina is believed to be a French derivation of an Inuit term, akutsiarq, meaning the beautiful...
, native - Mike AdamMike AdamMichael B. Adam, ONL is a Canadian curler. He was born in Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador), where he currently lives.Adam was the alternate for the Canadian 2006 Winter Olympics curling team skipped by Brad Gushue...
, curler - Ki AdamsKi AdamsCecil Kinette "Ki" Adams, a native of Birmingham, Alabama, is an Associate Professor in Music Education and Organ at Memorial University of Newfoundland and is a founding member of Festival 500.Mr. Adams is Music Director at St. Thomas' Anglican Church in St...
, musician, educator, administrator - William G. AdamsWilliam G. AdamsWilliam G. Adams , born St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, was the ninth mayor of St. John's and a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly....
, lawyer, politician, judge - Right Honourable Christopher Addison, politician
- Juan de AgramonteJuan de AgramonteJuan de Agramonte was a sailor from Catalonia thought to have possibly travelled to Newfoundland, Canada in 1511.Because of England's ever increasing voyages to the New World, Spain became concerned by English intrusions into her territories, and planned to explore the north Atlantic coast in...
, Catalonian explorer - William Maxwell Aitken, baron
- Captain Sir John William AlcockJohn Alcock (aviator)Sir John William Alcock KBE, DSC was a Captain in the Royal Air Force who, together with navigator Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown, piloted the first non-stop transatlantic flight from St. John's, Newfoundland to Clifden, Connemara, Ireland.-Biography:Jack Alcock was born on 5 November 1892 at...
, aviator - Frederick C. AlderdiceFrederick C. AlderdiceFrederick Charles Alderdice was a businessman, politician and the last Prime Minister of Newfoundland. A prominent St...
, businessman, politician - Sir William Lamond AllardyceWilliam Lamond AllardyceSir William Lamond Allardyce KCMG was a career British civil servant in the Colonial Office who served as governor of Fiji , the Falkland Islands , Bahamas , Tasmania , and Newfoundland .Allardyce was born near Bombay, India, the son of Georgina Dickson Abbott and Colonel James Allardyce...
, governor - Dr. Frederick Allen Aldrich, scientist, educator
- Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of TunisHarold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of TunisField Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis was a British military commander and field marshal of Anglo-Irish descent who served with distinction in both world wars and, afterwards, as Governor General of Canada, the 17th since Canadian...
, military commander - William Lamond AllardyceWilliam Lamond AllardyceSir William Lamond Allardyce KCMG was a career British civil servant in the Colonial Office who served as governor of Fiji , the Falkland Islands , Bahamas , Tasmania , and Newfoundland .Allardyce was born near Bombay, India, the son of Georgina Dickson Abbott and Colonel James Allardyce...
, lieutenant governor - General William Amherst, military
- Lord Charles George Ammon, British M.P.
- Lord William Warrender Mackenzie Amulree, 1st Baron AmulreeWilliam Mackenzie, 1st Baron AmulreeWilliam Warrender Mackenzie, 1st Baron Amulree GCB, KBE, PC, KC , known as Sir William Mackenzie between 1918 and 1929, was a British barrister, public servant and Labour, later National Labour, politician...
, lawyer - Admiral Sir David Murray AndersonDavid Murray AndersonAdmiral Sir David Murray Anderson KCB, KCMG, MVO was a naval officer and governor. Anderson served in the Royal Navy from the age of 13 and served in many Colonial wars and was given various Empire postings, rising to the rank of Admiral in 1931...
, naval officer, governor - Captain Hugh Abercrombie AndersonHugh Abercrombie AndersonCaptain Hugh Abercrombie Anderson MBE was a Canadian writer.Born in St. John's, Newfoundland, Anderson was the son of politician John Anderson. Following and education at Bishop Feild College and Edinburgh Academy, the first few years of his career was at the family business in St...
, writer - Honourable John Anderson (Newfoundland politician)John Anderson (Newfoundland politician)John Anderson was a businessman, politician, and member of St. John's city council and member of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland, Canada. He was instrumental in the passing of the Daylight Saving Act of 1917....
, politician - John Murray AndersonJohn Murray AndersonJohn Murray Anderson was a theatre director and producer, songwriter, actor, screenwriter, and lighting designer. He worked almost every genre of show business, including vaudeville, Broadway, and film....
, writer - Donald AndrewsDonald AndrewsDonald Wilfrid Kao Andrews is a Canadian economist. He is the Tjalling Koopmans Professor of Economics at the Cowles Foundation, Yale University. Born in Vancouver, he received his B.A. in 1977 at the University of British Columbia, his M.A. in 1980 in statistics at the University of California,...
, businessman - Ralph LeMoine AndrewsRalph LeMoine AndrewsRalph LeMoine Andrews, CM born St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, recipient of the Order of Canada for his work in the improvement of education and welfare in Newfoundland and for notable contributions to the development of his province and to his own community of St. John's.-External links:**...
, Order of Canada - John Bartlett AngelJohn Bartlett AngelJohn Bartlett Angel CM born St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, recipient of the Order of Canada for his work in the improvement of education and welfare in Newfoundland through his voluntary service to the province of Newfoundland....
, engineer - Jean AngoJean AngoJean Ango was a French ship-owner who provided ships to Francis I for exploration of the globe. A native of Dieppe, Ango took over his father's import-export business, and ventured into the spice trade with Africa and India...
, privateer - Sir Edward Mortimer ArchibaldEdward Mortimer ArchibaldSir Edward Mortimer Archibald, KCMG was a British diplomat, a lawyer and an office holder active during the transition to responsible government in the colony of Newfoundland....
, politician - Frank C. ArchibaldFrank C. ArchibaldFrank C. Archibald was a businessman and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Harbour Grace from 1919 to 1923 and from 1928 to 1932 in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly as a Liberal....
, politician - Thomas Gordon William AshbourneThomas Gordon William AshbourneThomas Gordon William Ashbourne was a Canadian politician who was part of the Newfoundland National Convention which discussed the terms of union between Newfoundland and Canada.-Early life:...
, politician - Sir Arthur AstonArthur AstonSir Arthur Aston was appointed Proprietary Governor of Avalon in 1625 by Sir George Calvert. Aston was a devout Roman Catholic and was recommended by Father Stout to govern the Catholic colony...
, governor - John AugustJohn AugustJohn August is an American screenwriter and film director. He also writes and maintains the popular screenwriting blog , and develops screenwriter-targeted software....
, aboriginal - Charles Robert Ayre, businessman, politician
- James Stewart Ayre, politician
- Honourable John Bray Ayre, politician
- Lewis H.M. AyreLewis H.M. AyreLewis Haldane Miller Ayre, CM was a Canadian businessman.Born in St. John’s, Newfoundland, he started working at his family's company of Ayre and Sons Ltd. in 1931. Ayre would transform it to a holding company which owned Job Brothers & Co., Limi, J...
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- Ken BabstockKen BabstockKen Babstock is a Canadian poet. He was born in Newfoundland and raised in the Ottawa Valley. Babstock began publishing his poems in journals and anthologies, winning gold at the 1997 Canadian National Magazine Awards...
, poet - Dr. David BairdDavid BairdDavid Baird may refer to:* Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet, British general* David Baird * David Baird , U.S. Senator from New Jersey* David Baird, Jr. , his son, also a U.S. Senator from New Jersey...
, geologist - Honourable James BairdJames Baird (merchant)James Baird was Scottish born and came to Newfoundland at 16 and soon established himself as a prominent merchant....
, merchant, Member of Legislative Council - George S. BakerGeorge Baker (politician)George S. Baker, PC is a Canadian politician and member of the Senate of Canada.Baker was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1974 election as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Gander—Twillingate, in Newfoundland and Labrador...
, politician - General Italo BalboItalo BalboItalo Balbo was an Italian Blackshirt leader who served as Italy's Marshal of the Air Force , Governor-General of Libya, Commander-in-Chief of Italian North Africa , and the "heir apparent" to Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.After serving in...
, air force officer - Charles BallramCharles BallramCharles H. Ballam union leader, officeholder and delegate at Newfoundland National Convention, born Curling, Newfoundland, Canada, son of Alice and Manoah Ballam....
, polotician - Alexander BannermanAlexander BannermanSir Alexander Bannerman was a British merchant, vintner, politician and colonial governor.-Background:...
, governor - Rex BarnesRex BarnesRex Barnes is a Canadian politician.Born in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador, Barnes was a member of the Progressive Conservative caucus in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Gander—Grand Falls...
, politician - Robert Bartlett (explorer), explorer
- Herman Maxwell BattenHerman Maxwell BattenHerman Maxwell Batten was a Canadian politician, school principal and teacher.Born in Bareneed, Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1953 as a Member of the Liberal Party to represent the riding of Humber—St...
, politician - Charles Fox BennettCharles Fox BennettCharles James Fox Bennett was a merchant and politician who successfully fought attempts to take Newfoundland into Canadian confederation. Bennett was a successful businessman and one of the island's richest residents with interests in the fisheries, distillery and brewery industry and shipbuilding...
, governor - Jordan BennettJordan BennettJordan Bennett is an American actor, singer, writer and songwriter. Jordan Bennett began his career in the fabled Catskill Mountains in upstate New York as a singer and comedian. While there, he worked with such legendary performers as Red Buttons and Milton Berle...
, musician - Martyn BennettMartyn BennettMartyn Bennett was a Scottish musician who was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada...
, musician - Clarence BirdseyeClarence BirdseyeClarence Frank Birdseye II was an American inventor who is considered the founder of the modern method of freezing food.- Early work :...
, inventor - David BlackwoodDavid BlackwoodDavid Lloyd Blackwood, CM, O.Ont is a Canadian artist.Blackwood is known chiefly for his intaglio prints, often depicting dramatic historical scenes of Newfoundland outport life and industry, such as shipwrecks, seal hunting, iceberg encounters, and resettlement...
, artist - Margaret-Ann BlaneyMargaret-Ann BlaneyMargaret-Ann Blaney, is a Canadian journalist and politician. She is currently the member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for the riding of Rothesay .-Early life:...
, journalist, politician - Robert BondRobert BondSir Robert Bond was the Prime Minister of Newfoundland from 1900 to 1909. He was born in St. John's, Newfoundland, as the son of merchant John Bond. Bond grew up in St. John's until 1872 when his father died and left the family a good deal of money...
, politician - Frank BorlandFrank BorlandEdward Franklin Grant Borland III, , received the French Legion of Honor in 2005 for his saving of the French town of Dieppe, Seine-Maritime from a planned Allied Command air raid...
, soldier - Charles R Bowring, merchant, politician
- Keith Brown (ice hockey), retired NHL player
- Charles Cavendish BoyleCharles Cavendish BoyleSir Charles Cavendish Boyle, KCMG was a British colonial administrator. He joined the British Colonial Office and was made magistrate in the Leeward Islands in 1879. He served as Colonial Secretary in Bermuda from 1882 to 1888 and in Gibraltar from 1888 to 1894 and was granted a knighthood for his...
, lieutenant governor - Frederick Gordon BradleyFrederick Gordon BradleyFrederick Gordon Bradley, PC, QC was a Canadian and Dominion of Newfoundland politician.-Education and employment:...
, politician - Admiral Cyprian Bridge, Royal Navy Officer
- D'Arcy BroderickD'Arcy BroderickD'Arcy Broderick is a Newfoundland-Irish musician who plays fiddle, guitar, mandola, banjo, accordion and mandolin. He is best known as a former member of the popular Irish-Newfoundland bands The Irish Descendants and The Fables. He is currently performing around Newfoundland with the band Middle...
, musician, singer - Richard BrothersRichard BrothersRichard Brothers was born in Port Kirwan, Newfoundland and Labrador and became well known as both an early believer and teacher of Anglo-Israelism...
, naval officer, eccentric - Cassie BrownCassie BrownCassie Eileen Brown was a journalist, author, publisher and editor born in Rose Blanche, Newfoundland, Canada, and moved to St. John's with her family in the 1930s...
, author - Peter BrownPeter Brown (Newfoundland politician)Peter Brown was a merchant, politician and justice of the peace was elected to the House of Assembly representing the district of Conception Bay on the first general election held in Newfoundland in 1832.Brown, born in Ireland immigrated to Newfoundland where he was a dealer and shopkeeper in the...
, politician - William Joseph BrowneWilliam Joseph BrowneWilliam Joseph Browne, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in St. John's, Newfoundland, he was a Member of the last Newfoundland House of Assembly in 1933 and a cabinet minister in the government of Frederick C...
, politician - Vincent P. BryanVincent P. BryanVincent Patrick Bryan was a composer and lyricist.In the 1903-1909 production of The Wizard of Oz he was called upon to introduce new songs in numerous revisions.*with Theodore F. Morse...
, composer, lyricist - David BuchanDavid BuchanDavid Buchan was a Scottish naval officer and Arctic explorer.-Exploration:In 1806, Buchan was appointed as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, and from about 1808 to 1817 he operated in and around Newfoundland...
, Scottish naval officer, explorer - Johnny BurkeJohnny BurkeJohnny Burke was a Newfoundland songwriter and musician. He was nicknamed the 'Bard of Prescott Street'. He wrote many popular songs that artists in the 1930s and 1940s released.Popular songs by Burke include:* The Night Paddy Murphy Died...
, songwriter, musician - John ByngJohn ByngAdmiral John Byng was a Royal Navy officer. After joining the navy at the age of thirteen he participated at the Battle of Cape Passaro in 1718. Over the next thirty years he built up a reputation as a solid naval officer and received promotion to Vice-Admiral in 1747...
, governor - Brian ByrneBrian ByrneBrian Byrne is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician, best recognized as the second vocalist for I Mother Earth.-Biography:...
, musician - Ed ByrneEd Byrne (politician)Ed Byrne was a Canadian politician, formerly a member of the House of Assembly of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. He served as leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador Progressive Conservatives and opposition leader from 1998 to 2001...
, politician - Gerry Byrne, politician
- John ByronJohn ByronVice Admiral The Hon. John Byron, RN was a Royal Navy officer. He was known as Foul-weather Jack because of his frequent bad luck with weather.-Early career:...
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- John CabotJohn CabotJohn Cabot was an Italian navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of parts of North America is commonly held to have been the first European encounter with the continent of North America since the Norse Vikings in the eleventh century...
, Italian explorer - Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron BaltimoreCæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron BaltimoreCecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, 1st Proprietor and 1st Proprietary Governor of Maryland, 9th Proprietary Governor of Newfoundland , was an English peer who was the first proprietor of the Province of Maryland. He received the proprietorship after the death of his father, George Calvert, the...
, governor - George Calvert, 1st Baron BaltimoreGeorge Calvert, 1st Baron BaltimoreSir George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, 8th Proprietary Governor of Newfoundland was an English politician and colonizer. He achieved domestic political success as a Member of Parliament and later Secretary of State under King James I...
, governor - Andrew CarnellAndrew CarnellAndrew Greene Carnell was born in St. John's, Newfoundland. He received his early education at Bishop Feild College and the Methodist College before going into his father's business as an undertaker. He married Mabel Payne in 1904...
, politician - William CarsonWilliam CarsonSir William Carson , often called "The Great Reformer", was an important doctor and businessman in Newfoundland. Carson's primary contribution to Newfoundland was the application of modern agricultural principles....
, businessman, doctor - Chesley William CarterChesley William CarterChesley William Carter was a Canadian Member of Parliament representing the riding of Burin—Burgeo and a senator for Grand Bank, Newfoundland and Labrador....
, politician - Frederick Carter, governor
- Walter C. Carter, politician
- George CartwrightGeorge Cartwright (trader)George Cartwright , trader, explorer, born in Marnham, England, died unmarried in nearby Mansfield, England....
, English captain, explorer, trader - John CartwrightJohn Cartwright (political reformer)John Cartwright was an English naval officer, Nottinghamshire militia major and prominent campaigner for parliamentary reform. He subsequently became known as the Father of Reform...
, political reformer - Michael Patrick CashinMichael Patrick CashinSir Michael Patrick Cashin, KBE was a Newfoundland businessman and politician....
, governor - Peter John CashinPeter John CashinMajor Peter John Cashin was a businessman, soldier and politician in Newfoundland and Labrador.-Early life:Cashin, a son of Sir Michael Cashin, joined the Newfoundland Regiment during World War I and ultimately served in command of the British Machine Gun Corp...
, politician, businessman, soldier - Richard CashinRichard CashinRichard Joseph Cashin, PC, OC is a lawyer and former Canadian politician and trade union leader....
, lawyer, politician, trade union leader - CaubvickCaubvickCaubvick was an Inuk from Labrador, a wife of one of George Cartwright's Inuit friends. The highest peak in all of Labrador and east of the Rockies is named in her honor, Mount Caubvick....
, Labrador Inuit - Andrew ChatwoodAndrew ChatwoodAndrew Chatwood was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was an administrative supervisor by career....
, politician - Marilyn Churley, politician
- Joan ClarkJoan ClarkJoan Clark BA, D.Litt is a Canadian fiction author.Born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Clark spent her youth in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. She attended Acadia University for its drama program, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree with English major in 1957...
, writer - Daniel ClearyDaniel ClearyDaniel Cleary is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger playing for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League. On June 4, 2008, Cleary became the first player from Newfoundland and Labrador to get his name on the Stanley Cup when the Red Wings won hockey's top prize...
, hockey Player (Detroit Red WingsDetroit Red WingsThe Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League , and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York...
) - Al CloustonAl CloustonAlwyn Vey Clouston was a Canadian storyteller and humourist known as "Uncle Al."...
, storyteller, humorist - Ryane CloweRyane CloweRyane Clowe is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League . He serves as an alternate captain for the Sharks during away games.-Playing career:...
, professional ice hockey player - Frances CluettFrances CluettFrances Cluett was an army nurse and educator from Newfoundland, noted for her service during World War I, and especially for her many letters back home beginning in 1916 that conveyed the eye-opening experiences of a young woman leaving home for the first time and explaining in vivid detail the...
, nurse - Siobhan Coady, businessperson, politician
- William CoakerWilliam CoakerSir William Ford Coaker was a Newfoundland union leader and politician and founder of the Fisherman's Protective Union and the Fishermen's Union Trading Co....
, trade union leader, politician - Ethel CochraneEthel CochraneEthel M. Cochrane is a Canadian Senator appointed to represent the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.A teacher by training, Cochrane worked as an educator in her native Newfoundland culminating in her period as a school principal...
, senator - Bob ColeBob Cole (announcer)Robert Cecil "Bob" Cole is a Canadian television announcer and former competitive curler.Cole was the primary play-by-play announcer for Hockey Night in Canada 'HNIC' on CBC, usually for Toronto Maple Leafs games, from 1980 to 2008. Aside from the Leafs broadcasts, he was also a staple for the...
, television announcer - Henry CollingwoodHenry CollingwoodHenry Collingwood, OC , businessman and recipient of the Knight's Cross of Royal Order of St. Olav as granted to him by the King of Norway in 1975....
, businessperson - Randy CollinsRandy CollinsRandy Collins is a Canadian politician and a former New Democratic Party member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. He represented the Labrador West riding until his resignation in early 2007 due to corruption charges....
, politician - Ern CondonErn CondonErnest J. "Ern" Condon is a politician and retired guidance counsellor in Labrador, Canada.Condon ran unsuccessfully as a New Democratic Party candidate for the Canadian House of Commons in the 1980 and 1984 elections in the riding of Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador.In the 1988 election, he placed...
, politician - Joan CookJoan CookJoan Cook was a Canadian Senator for Newfoundland and Labrador.-Biography:In her working life, Cook was, variously, a businesswoman who served as vice-president of her family's automobile dealership, Cook and Jones Motors, an executive with CJON radio and television, and an executive with Robert...
, senator - Michael Cook, playwright
- Christian Corbet, painter, sculptor, designer and forensic artist.
- William CormackWilliam CormackWilliam Epps Cormack was a Scottish explorer, philanthropist, agriculturalist and author, born St. John’s, Newfoundland. Cormack was the first European to journey across the interior of the island....
, Scottish explorer, philanthropist, author - Charles CozensCharles CozensCharles Cozens , politician, magistrate, was elected to the House of Assembly representing the district of Conception Bay on the first general election held in Newfoundland in 1832....
, politician - Henry CroutHenry CroutHenry Crout settler, explorer was most likely from Devon in the English West Country. He became an investor in the London and Bristol Company and acted as Sir Percival Willoughby agent and guardian to his son Thomas at the Cuper's Cove plantation in Newfoundland.Crout was impressed with...
, English settler, explorer - Shawn Crann, politician
- Mark CritchMark CritchMark Critch is a Canadian comedian; he was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.He was a writer for This Hour Has 22 Minutes and is now a star after two appearances in the 10th Season and recurring in Seasons 11 and 12...
, comedian - John CrosbieJohn CrosbieJohn Carnell Crosbie, PC, OC, ONL, QC is a retired provincial and federal politician and the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada...
, lawyer, politician, Lieutenant Governor - Allison CroweAllison CroweAllison Louise Crowe is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist from Nanaimo, British Columbia who lives in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, communities spanning the breadth of Canada....
, Singer/songwriter and pianist - Jason CrummeyJason CrummeyJason Crummey is a Newfoundland author and writer.Jason Crummey was born in Old Perlican. He is a grandson of P.W. Crummey who sat at the Newfoundland National Convention.Crummey graduated from Gonzaga High School and Memorial University of Newfoundland....
, politician - Michael CrummeyMichael CrummeyMichael Crummey is a Canadian poet and writer.Born in Buchans, Newfoundland and Labrador, Crummey grew up there and in Wabush, Labrador, where he moved with his family in the late 1970s. He began to write poetry while studying at Memorial University in St. John's, where he received a B.A. in...
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- Francois-Gabriel D'AngeacFrancois-Gabriel D'AngeacFrançois-Gabriel D'Angeac , Knight of Saint-Louis, was an officer in the French colonial regular troops and the first French governor of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.-Early years:...
(or Dangeac, Danjaique, Don Jaque, Don Jacques), governor - Tom DaweTom DaweTom Dawe is a writer from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.Born in Long Pond, Manuels, Conception Bay, Dawe has written poetry and children's literature for many years. He is also a visual artist...
, writer - DemasduwitDemasduwitDemasduit was a Beothuk woman, one of the last of her people on the island of Newfoundland, Canada.She was born near the end of the 18th century. The Beothuk were openly hostile to Europeans, and violent conflict between the two groups were common. The conflicts usually took more Beothuks than...
, aboriginal - George William Des Vœux, governor
- Ethel DickensonEthel DickensonEthel Gertrude Dickenson was an educator and nurse born in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. She is noted as been one of the Remarkable Women of Newfoundland and Labrador for her tireless work and death in the care of patients during the outbreak of Spanish influenza at St. John's in...
, educator, nurse - Molly DingleMolly DingleMolly Dingle MBE educator, born St. John's, Newfoundland. Dingle at the age of 16 began as a teacher's aid at Holloway School, then the Methodist College, and joined the staff of the Vera Perlin School in 1915. When she retired in 1952, she was its Principal.Educated at Presbyterian Hall at St....
, educator - Craig DobbinCraig DobbinCraig Lawrence Dobbin OC was an industrialist and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CHC Helicopter Corporation, a public company traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange...
, industrialist - Dermot DobbinDermot DobbinNoel Dermot Dobbin, businessman and team President of the St. John's Fog Devils of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, was born St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada....
, businessman - Magie DominicMagie DominicMagie Dominic is a Canadian poet and artist who was born in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador. She studied at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, New School University, Franklin Furnace, and Open Theatre....
, poet - William DoodyC. William DoodyC. William Doody was a member of the Canadian Senate representing Newfoundland and Labrador. Doody was active in provincial politics and was first elected to the Newfoundland House of Assembly in 1971 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador...
, politician - Brian Downey, actor
- Alan DoyleAlan DoyleAlan Thomas Doyle is a Canadian musician and actor, best known for his work as one of the lead singers of Celtic band Great Big Sea.-Life and career:...
, singer, musician - Damhnait DoyleDamhnait DoyleDamhnait Doyle [DAV-net] is a Canadian pop singer. The phonetic spelling of her first name also serves as the title of her 2003 album. Her most recent album, Lights Down Low, is a collection of covers...
, singer, musician - Norman DoyleNorman DoyleNorman E. Doyle, is a Canadian businessman and politician in Newfoundland and Labrador.Doyle was a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1979 to 1993. He was a Conservative Party of Canada Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons. He represented the riding of...
, politician - Sam DroverSam DroverSam Drover was a long time member of Newfoundland's House of Assembly and founded the Newfoundland Co-operative Commonwealth Federation , a social democratic political party....
, politician - Sean DurfySean DurfySean Durfy is a Canadian businessman, born in Corner Brook, Newfoundland. He is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of WestJet and was responsible for the day-to-day operations of Canada's second largest airline. On March 15, 2010, Durfy announced that he was resigning from his...
, CEO - Karyn DwyerKaryn DwyerKaryn Elizabeth Dwyer, also known as Karen Dwyer or Karyn O'Dwyer, is a Canadian actress. Her best known role is Maggie in the 1999 film Better Than Chocolate.- Early life :...
, actress - Gwynne DyerGwynne DyerGwynne Dyer, OC is a London-based independent Canadian journalist, syndicated columnist and military historian.Dyer was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and joined the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve at the age of sixteen...
, journalist, syndicated columnist, military historian
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- Peter EastonPeter EastonPeter Easton was a pirate in the early 17th century who operated along the Newfoundland coastline between Harbour Grace and Ferryland from 1611 to 1614...
, pirate - John EffordJohn EffordRuben John Efford, PC is a former Canadian politician.-Provincial politics:...
, politician - William James EmberleyWilliam James EmberleyWilliam James Emberley of Bay de Verde, Newfoundland . William son of Joseph Emberley and Jane Emberley was a fisherman that experienced the hunger and plight of the Newfoundland fisherman during the Great Depression of the 1930s...
, fisherman, lyricist - Carl EnglishCarl EnglishCarl Jerome English is a Canadian professional basketball player. He stands 6'5" tall and weighs 205 pounds and he plays at the shooting guard position. He had unsuccessful tryouts for the NBA, with the Indiana Pacers and the Seattle SuperSonics...
, basketball shooting guard - Leif EricsonLeif EricsonLeif Ericson was a Norse explorer who is regarded as the first European to land in North America , nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus...
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- João Álvares FagundesJoão Álvares FagundesJoão Álvares Fagundes , an explorer and ship owner from Viana do Castelo in Northern Portugal, organized several expeditions to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia around 1520-1521....
, Portuguese explorer - Fonse FaourFonse FaourAlphonsus Faour is a former Canadian politician. He was the first New Democratic Party Member of Parliament ever elected to the Canadian House of Commons from the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.Faour represented the electoral district of Humber—St. George's—St...
, politician - The Right Reverend Bishop Edward FeildEdward FeildBishop Edward Feild was a university tutor, university examiner, Anglican clergyman, inspector of schools and second Bishop of Newfoundland, born Worcester, England...
, clergyman - Adele FifieldAdele FifieldAdele Fifield is a recipient of the Order of Ontario, and was a director of the War Amps' National Amputee Centre. In Feb. 2008 she became CEO of the [Canadian Association of Radiologists]....
, amputee, member Order of Ontario - Art FinleyArt FinleyArt Finley is a former North American television and radio personality, mostly in San Francisco and Vancouver, until his retirement in 1995....
, television and radio personality - Varick Frissel, filmmaker
- Lady Pamela FitzGerald, revolutionary
- Michael Anthony FlemingMichael Anthony FlemingMichael Anthony Fleming was Catholic bishop of St. John's, Newfoundland. He was principally responsible for changing a small mission with several priests in four parishes into a large diocese with over 40,000 congregants and was the single most influential Irish immigrant to come to Newfoundland...
, bishop - Eugene ForseyEugene ForseyEugene Alfred Forsey, served in the Canadian Senate from 1970 to 1979. He was considered to be one of Canada's foremost constitutional experts.- Biography :...
, politician - Ian FosterIan FosterIan Foster is a Distinguished Fellow and the Associate Division Director in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory, where he leads the Distributed Systems Laboratory, and he is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Chicago...
, singer,songwriter - Allan MacPherson Fraser, politician
- David French, playwright
- George FureyGeorge FureyGeorge Furey, QC is a Canadian Senator representing Newfoundland and Labrador.Furey worked as a teacher for the Roman Catholic School Board in St. John's from 1969 to 1972. From 1972 to 1978, he was a Supervising Vice Principal with the Port-au-Port Roman Catholic School Board and from 1978-80...
, politician - Murray FosterMurray FosterMurray Foster is a Canadian musician, playing the electric bass and stand-up bass. The first concert he went to was a Peter Frampton concert at age 12 with Jian Ghomeshi in 1978. He attended Thornlea Secondary School, where he formed Moxy Früvous...
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- James Gambier, 1st Baron GambierJames Gambier, 1st Baron GambierAdmiral of the Fleet James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier GCB was an admiral of the Royal Navy, who served as Governor of Newfoundland, and as a Lord of the Admiralty, but who gained notoriety for his actions at the Battle of the Basque Roads.-Early career:Gambier was born in New Providence, The...
, governor - George GarlandGeorge GarlandGeorge Garland was an English politician and merchant involved in the Newfoundland fishery.He was born in East Lulworth, Dorset, the son of a yeoman farmer. In 1779, Garland married Amy Lester, the daughter of Benjamin Lester, who was involved in the fish trade, and became the manager for Lester's...
, merchant - Alice Belle GarrigusAlice Belle GarrigusAlice Belle Garrigus was a Pentecostal evangelist and a founder of the Pentecostal church in Newfoundland and Labrador....
, founder of the Pentecostal church - Jenny GearJenny GearJenny Gear is a singer and former Canadian Idol contestant.-On Canadian Idol:Jenny Gear, of Carbonear, Newfoundland, auditioned for Season One of Canadian Idol in St...
, singer - Michael GibbsMichael Gibbs (politician)Michael P. Gibbs was a Newfoundland lawyer and politician, who served as the second mayor of St. John's.Born St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Gibbs was educated at the Christian Brother's School in St. John's, and articled in law with the Hon. M.H. Carty. Gibbs was called to the bar in 1896,...
, lawyer, politician - Humphrey GilbertHumphrey GilbertSir Humphrey Gilbert of Devon in England was a half-brother of Sir Walter Raleigh. Adventurer, explorer, member of parliament, and soldier, he served during the reign of Queen Elizabeth and was a pioneer of English colonization in North America and the Plantations of Ireland.-Early life:Gilbert...
, English explorer - John Hawley GloverJohn Hawley GloverSir John Hawley Glover , captain in the British Royal Navy, entered the service in 1841 and passed his examination as lieutenant in 1849, but did not receive a commission till May 1851....
, governor - Erik GnupssonErik GnupssonErik Gnupsson or Eiríkr Gnúpsson, also known as Henricus , was born in Iceland. He became a clergyman and later was appointed the Bishop of Greenland, residing at Garðar.-See also:*Leif Eriksson...
, bishop - Augustus F. GoodridgeAugustus F. GoodridgeAugustus Frederick Goodridge was a Newfoundland merchant and politician. Born in Devon, Goodridge arrived in Newfoundland when he was 13 and worked in his father's business and later became a fish merchant in St. John's. A Conservative, he was first elected to the House of Assembly in 1880...
, governor - Armine Nutting GoslingArmine Nutting GoslingArmine Nutting Gosling was a suffragette, best known in Newfoundland for her involvement in the nascent Newfoundland women's rights movement....
, suffragette - Clarence GosseClarence GosseClarence Lloyd Gosse, OC was a Canadian physician and the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia....
, physician, politician - Rex GoudieRex GoudieRex Goudie is a Canadian singer, songwriter and was the runner-up of Canadian Idol 3.-Biography:Rex Goudie was born in Dawson Creek, British Columbia on November 18, 1985 and moved back to his father's hometown of Burlington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada with his family when he was a year old....
, singer - Charles GrangerCharles GrangerCharles Ronald McKay Granger, PC, OC was a Canadian and Newfoundland politician.Born in Catalina, Newfoundland and Labrador, one of two children of David Charles and Emilie Sarah Granger, Granger was educated at St...
, politician - Thomas Graves, 1st Baron GravesThomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves|-|-...
, governor - Jason GreeleyJason GreeleyJason Greeley is a singer/songwriter from Upper Island Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador best known as a contestant on the 2nd season of Canadian Idol. He released his solo album, Live...Love...Sing... for which he's won multiple awards and in late 2009 released his follow up album to which it has...
, singer - Daniel J. GreeneDaniel J. GreeneDaniel Joseph Greene was a Newfoundland politician who briefly served as the colony's Premier.A native of St. John's, he studied law at Laval University and became a lawyer. Daniel Greene was first elected to the House of Assembly in 1875 and became Leader of the Opposition in 1887...
, governor - Wilfred GrenfellWilfred GrenfellSir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, KCMG was a medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador.He was born at Parkgate, Wirral, England, the son of Algernon Grenfell, headmaster of Mostyn House School, and Jane Georgiana Hutchison and married Anne Elizabeth Caldwell MacClanahan of Chicago, Illinois, in...
, medical missionary - Roger GrimesRoger GrimesRoger D. Grimes is a Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Grimes was born and raised in the central Newfoundland town of Grand Falls-Windsor....
, politician - John Guy, governor
- Sandra GwynSandra GwynAlexandra Sandra Fraser Gwyn, was a Canadian journalist and writer.Born in St. John's, Newfoundland, the daughter of Claude Fraser and Ruth Harley, she was educated at Dalhousie University graduating in 1955...
, journalist, writer - Brad GushueBrad GushueBradley Raymond "Brad" Gushue, ONL is a Canadian curler from Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they won the gold medal by defeating Finland...
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- Charles Francis HallCharles Francis HallCharles Francis Hall was an American Arctic explorer. Little is known of Hall's early life. He was born in the state of Vermont, but while he was still a child his family moved to Rochester, New Hampshire, where, as a boy, he was apprenticed to a blacksmith. In the 1840s he married and drifted...
, American explorer - Lady Henrietta HamiltonHenrietta HamiltonLady Henrietta Martha Hamilton was the wife of Sir Charles Hamilton, Governor of Newfoundland, and is best known for her miniature portrait entitled Mary March. The painting is a watercolour on ivory of Demasduit and it was painted in 1819 at St. John's while she lived with her husband during his...
, artist - Charles HardyCharles HardyAdmiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Hardy was a Royal Navy officer and colonial governor of New York.-Early career:Born at Portsmouth, the son of a vice admiral, Charles Hardy joined the Royal Navy as a volunteer in 1731....
, governor - Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount NorthcliffeAlfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount NorthcliffeAlfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe rose from childhood poverty to become a powerful British newspaper and publishing magnate, famed for buying stolid, unprofitable newspapers and transforming them to make them lively and entertaining for the mass market.His company...
, newspaper owner - Ewart John Arlington HarnumEwart John Arlington HarnumEwart John Arlington Harnum a Canadian businessman and the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland from 1969-1974.Born in Sound Island, Newfoundland, educated Bishop Feild College, St. John's...
, lieutenant governor - Jack HarrisJack Harris (politician)John James "Jack" Harris MP is a Canadian lawyer and politician from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Harris is the New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for St. John's East and is a former leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party...
, politician - Ann HarveyAnn HarveyAnn Harvey was a fisher and rescuer born near the small fishing community of Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland, Canada. Harvey, called "Grace Darling of Newfoundland", is known for her bravery at the young age of seventeen for rescuing, along with her father, younger brother and a dog, 163 shipwrecked...
, rescuer - Robert HaymanRobert HaymanRobert Hayman was a poet, colonist and Proprietary Governor of Bristol's Hope colony in Newfoundland.-Early life and education:...
, poet, colonist, governor - Carolyn HaywardCarolyn HaywardCarolyn Frances Hayward was a bullfighter, who became an artist. Featured on Front Page Challenge, What's My Line and I've Got a Secret became a celebrity for both Canada and the United States for her success and career as a bullfighter.Hayward was educated at Bishop Spencer College, St...
, bullfighter, artist - Ferd HaywardFerd HaywardHarry Ferdinand Hayward was a short and long-distance walker, who in 1952 competed with the Canadian National Team at the Olympics held at Helsinki, Finland. He was born in St. Johns, Newfoundland....
, athlete, olympian - Loyola HearnLoyola HearnLoyola Hearn, PC is the Canadian Ambassador to Ireland. He served as a Member of the Canadian House of Commons from 2000 to 2008, and as Minister of Fisheries and Oceans from February 6, 2006 to October 30, 2008....
, politician - Natasha HenstridgeNatasha HenstridgeNatasha T. Henstridge is a Canadian fashion model turned actress. Her most notable on-screen roles include Species, The Whole Nine Yards, It Had To Be You, Ghosts of Mars, She Spies, the TV series Eli Stone, and the Canadian TV mini-series Would Be Kings, for which she won the Gemini Award for...
, actress - Albert HickmanAlbert HickmanAlbert Edgar Hickman , born in Grand Bank, Newfoundland, was Newfoundland's seventeenth Prime Minister and has the distinction of having served the shortest term of any Prime Minister....
, politician, businessman - Alexander HickmanAlexander HickmanThomas Alexander Hickman, OC, QC is a Canadian lawyer, former politician and former judge.Born in Grand Bank, Newfoundland and Labrador, he studied at Memorial University of Newfoundland and received a LL.B from Dalhousie University in 1947. He was called to the Bar of Nova Scotia in 1947, and to...
, lawyer, politician, judge - William HillWilliam Hill (governor)William Hill was the Proprietary Governor of the Province of Avalon in Newfoundland from 1634 to 1638. He was appointed to the position by Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore...
, governor - General Rick HillierRick HillierGeneral Rick Hillier, CMM, MSC, CD , is the former Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Forces. He held this appointment from February 4, 2005 to July 1, 2008. He retired on July 1, 2008, and was replaced by former Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff Walter Natynczyk...
, Chief of Defense Staff, Canadian Forces - John HoganJohn Hogan (sculptor)John Hogan was one of Ireland's greatest sculptors.Hogan was born on October 14, 1800 in Tallow, Co. Waterford, spent his youth in the city of Cork, Ireland and, in 1812, was placed as clerk to an attorney. Disliking this occupation, he chose to be apprenticed to the architect Sir Thomas Deane,...
, sculptor - John Holloway, governor
- Harold HorwoodHarold HorwoodHarold Andrew Horwood, CM was a Newfoundland and Labrador novelist and non-fiction writer and onetime politician. He was a Member of the Order of Canada.-Early life:...
, novelist, writer - Hugh HoylesHugh HoylesSir Hugh Hoyles was a politician and lawyer who served as the third premier of the Newfoundland Colony. Hoyles was the first premier of Newfoundland to have been born in the colony, and served from 1861 to 1865. Born in St...
, governor - Arthur Maxwell HouseArthur Maxwell HouseArthur Maxwell House, is a Canadian neurologist and the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.Born in Glovertown, he graduated from medical school at Dalhousie University in 1952...
, politician, lieutenant governor - Danielle HouseDanielle HouseDanielle House, , was crowned Miss Newfoundland in 1995 and Miss Canada International in 1996. House was stripped of her Miss Canada International title when she was convicted of assaulting her ex-boyfriend's girlfriend in a bar.She was the guest Chicken Cannon shooter on the November 22, 1996...
, Dethroned Beauty Queen - Bob HallettBob HallettBob Hallett is a founding member of Canadian folk-rock band Great Big Sea and continues to play with them today.Hallett was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador on May 23, 1968, making him the only native St. Johnsman in Great Big Sea. Born to a musical family, Hallett learned to play the...
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- Pierre Le Moyne d'IbervillePierre Le Moyne d'IbervillePierre Le Moyne d'Iberville pronounced as described in note] Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville pronounced as described in note] Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville pronounced as described in note] (16 July 1661 – 9 July 1702 (probable)was a soldier, ship captain, explorer, colonial administrator, knight of...
, soldier, sailor - Anne Stine IngstadAnne Stine IngstadDr. Anne Stine Ingstad was a Norwegian archaeologist who, along with her husband Dr. Helge Ingstad, discovered the remains of a Viking settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1960.-Biography:Anne Stine Moe was born and raised in Lillehammer, in...
, Norwegian archaeologist, author - Helge IngstadHelge IngstadHelge Marcus Ingstad was a Norwegian explorer. After mapping some Norse settlements, Ingstad and his wife Anne Stine, an archaeologist, in 1960 found remnants of a Viking settlement in L'Anse aux Meadows in the Province of Newfoundland in Canada...
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- Donald Campbell Jamieson, politician
- Dr. Charles JanewayCharles Alberton JanewayDr. Charles Alderson Janeway was an eminent American pediatrician, medical professor, and clinical researcher....
, physician - Sylvester JoeSylvester JoeSylvester Joe , hunter and explorer, born Baie d'Espoir, Newfoundland, Canada. Joe, a native Mi'kmaq of Newfoundland, was the noted hunter from the south-west coast of the Island of Newfoundland who was engaged by William Cormack to guide him on his trek across Newfoundland, the first European to...
, hunter, explorer - Morrissey JohnsonMorrissey JohnsonFrederick Morrissey Johnson was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Little Catalina, Newfoundland and Labrador and became a business manager, businessman and master mariner by career.Johnson studied at the Newfoundland College of Marine...
, politician - Don JohnsonDon Johnson (sports executive)Donald Stewart Johnson is a civil servant and sports executive widely known for his dedication to the sport of hockey. The Atlantic Canada Junior B Hockey Championship has been named the Don Johnson Cup in his honour....
, civil servant, sports executive - Paul JohnsonPaul Johnson (philanthropist)Paul Jolliffe Johnson, ONL businessman and philanthropist born St. John's Newfoundland Canada, son of Marjorie and Arthur Johnson. Educated Prince of Wales College; King's College School, Windsor, Nova Scotia; Mount Allison Academy; Mount Allison University.A Commerce graduate, Johnson became...
, philanthropist, businessman - Wayne JohnstonWayne Johnston (author)Wayne Johnston is a Canadian novelist. His fiction deals primarily with the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, often in a historical setting.-Biography:...
, novelist - Andy JonesAndy Jones (comedian)Andrew Jordan Jones is a Canadian comedian, and a former member of CODCO.Andy Jones was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador...
, actor, comedian - Cathy Jones, actress, comedian
- Robert JoyRobert JoyRobert Joy is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Dr. Sid Hammerback in CSI: NY and playing Charlie in Land of the Dead.-Early life:...
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- Abram Kean Jr.Abram Kean Jr.Abram Kean Jr. , mariner born Flowers Island, Bonavista Bay, of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. . Kean Jr...
, mariner and sealing Captain - Richard Goodwin KeatsRichard Goodwin KeatsAdmiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats was a British naval officer who fought throughout the American Revolution, French Revolutionary War and Napoleonic War. He retired in 1812 due to ill health and was made Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland from 1813 to 1816. In 1821 he was made Governor of...
, governor - James Butler Knill KellyJames Butler Knill KellyJames Butler Knill Kelly was a Bishop of the Church of England active in the British colony of Newfoundland and in Scotland. Kelly was a participant in the first Lambeth Conference, which was a crucial step in the creation of the Anglican Communion...
, clergyman - Joanne KellyJoanne KellyJoanne Kelly is a Canadian actress, known for her appearances in films such as Going the Distance and in TV series such as Warehouse 13, in which she plays Secret Service agent Myka Bering.- Career :...
, actress - John Kent, politician
- Steve KentSteve KentStephen Kent, MHA is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador. He is the Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for the District of Mount Pearl North....
, politician - David KirkeDavid KirkeSir David Kirke was an adventurer, colonizer and governor for the king of England. Kirke was the son of Gervase Kirke, a wealthy London-based Scottish merchant, who had married a Huguenot woman, Elizabeth Goudon, and was raised in Dieppe, in Normandy.In 1627 Kirke's father and several London...
, governor - Sara KirkeSara KirkeLady Sara Kirke was the wife of Sir David Kirke , the governor of Newfoundland between 1638 and 1651. She is considered to be North America's "first and foremost entrepreneur".- History :...
, entrepreneur, businessperson, aristocrat - Jamie KorabJamie KorabJamie A. Korab, ONL is a Canadian curler.Korab was the lead for the Canadian men's team at the 2006 Winter Olympics skipped by Brad Gushue....
, curler - Jason King, professional hockey player
- Dan LaCostaDan LaCostaDan LaCosta is a Canadian college ice hockey goaltender currently with the UNB Varsity Reds of the Atlantic University Sport Conference. He was drafted in the third round, 94th overall, by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft...
, hockey player - Darren LangdonDarren LangdonDarren Langdon is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey left winger. He was undrafted but signed his first pro contract in 1993 with the New York Rangers...
, hockey player - Walter LearningWalter LearningWalter John Learning is a Canadian theatre director, actor, and founder of Theatre New Brunswick.-Biography:Walter Learning was born in 1938 in the small village of Quidi Vidi in Newfoundland. Learning attended Bishop Feild College in St. John's and the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton,...
, actor, director, playwright - Graham LettoGraham LettoGraham Letto is a Canadian politician, that served as mayor of Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador from 2005 until 2009.He was born in Forteau and grew up in L'Anse-au-Clair....
, politician - Philip Francis LittlePhilip Francis LittlePhilip Francis Little was the first Premier of Newfoundland Colony between 1855 and 1858. He was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Little studied law there with Charles Young and was admitted to the bar in 1844. He came to Newfoundland in 1846 and articled in law. He got involved in...
, politician - William F. LloydWilliam F. LloydSir William Frederick Lloyd was a newspaper editor and Prime Minister of Newfoundland from 1918 to 1919....
, newspaper editor, politician - Gene LongGene LongGene Long is a former politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.He was elected in 1986 as the New Democratic Party member of the House of Assembly for the riding of St. John's East. He was defeated in 1989.In the 1990s, he moved to Toronto...
, politician - John Howard Lundrigan, politician
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- Gordon MacdonaldGordon Macdonald, 1st Baron Macdonald of GwaenysgorGordon Macdonald, PC, 1st Baron Macdonald of Gwaenysgor, was a British Labour Party politician and Newfoundland's final British governor as well as the last chairman of the Commission of Government serving from 1946 until the colony joined Confederation in 1949 and became a province of Canada...
, governor - Jay MacPhersonJay MacphersonJean Jay Macpherson is a Canadian lyric poet and scholar. The Encyclopædia Britannica calls her "a member of 'the mythopoeic school of poetry,' who expressed serious religious and philosophical themes in symbolic verse that was often lyrical or comic."-Life:Jay Macpherson was born in London,...
, poet - William MacGregorWilliam MacGregorSir William MacGregor GCMG, CB was a Lieutenant-Governor of British New Guinea, Governor of Newfoundland and Governor of Queensland.-Early life:...
, lieutenant governor - Donald B. MacMillanDonald B. MacMillanDonald Baxter MacMillan was an American explorer, sailor, researcher and lecturer who made over 30 expeditions to the Arctic during his 46-year career...
, American explorer, researcher - Kevin MajorKevin MajorKevin Major is a Canadian author who lives in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador with his wife and two teenage sons. He writes for both young people and adults, including fiction, literary non-fiction, poetry, and plays....
, children’s author - Shaun MajumderShaun Majumder-Life and career:Majumder was born in Burlington, Newfoundland and Labrador to a European descended mother from Newfoundland and an Indian father. He started his entertainment career as an announcer for the YTV game show CLIPS, and soon was hosting the network's popular morning kids show Brain...
, comedian, actor - Greg MaloneGreg Malone (actor)Greg Malone is a Canadian impressionist and actor.He is well known for the CODCO television series and his impersonations of Barbara Frum, Jean Chrétien, and Queen Elizabeth II....
, impressionist, actor - Jack MarshallJack MarshallSir John Ross Marshall, GBE, CH, , generally known as Jack Marshall, was a New Zealand politician. After spending twelve years as Deputy Prime Minister, he served as the 28th Prime Minister for most of 1972....
, politician - Álvaro MartinsÁlvaro MartinsÁlvaro Martins, also known as Álvaro Martins Homem, was a 15th century Portuguese alleged to have explored the western Atlantic and later the African coast...
, Portuguese explorer - Lori-Ann Martino, politician
- John Mason, English sailor, explorer, cartographer, governor
- Bill MatthewsBill MatthewsWilliam "Bill" Matthews is a Canadian politician.Matthews was a Progressive Conservative member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1982 to 1996...
, politician - Desmond McGrathDesmond McGrathDesmond McGrath was a Catholic priest, and trade union organizer in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He was a candidate for the New Democratic Party in the 2004 federal election....
, priest, trade union organizer, politician - James McGrath, politician, lieutenant governor
- Samuel McLean, politician
- Howie MeekerHowie MeekerHoward William Meeker, C.M. is a former right winger in the National Hockey League, youth coach and educator in ice hockey and television sports announcer as well as a former Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament...
, NHL player, television sports announcer - Benjamin Trickett MercerBenjamin Trickett MercerBenjamin Trickett Mercer is an emerging sculptor living in Corner Brook. Born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador in 1991, he was the 2008 recipient of the City of Mt. Pearl Life Touch Award awarded by Siobhan Coady MP.- Subjects :...
, sculptor - Rick MercerRick MercerRichard Vincent "Rick" Mercer is a Canadian comedian, television personality, political satirist, and blogger.Mercer first came to national attention in 1990, when he premiered his one man show Show Me the Button, I'll Push It, or Charles Lynch Must Die at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in...
, comedian - Sir John MiddletonJohn Middleton (administrator)Sir John Middleton was a British colonial administrator.Middleton joined the Colonial Office in 1901, serving in south Nigeria for six years as a junior official before moving on to Mauritius until 1920 when he was promoted to governor of the Falkland Islands from 1920 to 1927, Gambia from 1927 to...
, lieutenant governor - Fred J. Mifflin, Rear Admiral, politician
- Herman MollHerman MollHerman Moll , was a cartographer, engraver, and publisher. Moll moved to England in 1678 and opened a book and map store in London...
, engraver, geographer, cartographer - Walter Stanley MonroeWalter Stanley MonroeWalter Stanley Monroe was a businessman and conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of Newfoundland from 1924 to 1928 as leader of the Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party....
, governor - John Montagu, 4th Earl of SandwichJohn Montagu, 4th Earl of SandwichJohn Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, PC, FRS was a British statesman who succeeded his grandfather, Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich, as the Earl of Sandwich in 1729, at the age of ten...
, governor - Rob Moore, politician, lawyer
- Lisa MooreLisa Moore (writer)Lisa Moore is a Canadian writer.Born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Moore studied art at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design...
, writer - Frank MooresFrank MooresFrank Duff Moores served as the 2nd Premier of Newfoundland. He served as leader of the Progressive Conservatives from 1972 until his retirement in 1979.-Early life:...
, politician - Patrick MoranPatrick Moran (musician)Patrick Moran is a professional fiddler born in Pouch Cove, Newfoundland, Canada.Patrick began playing the fiddle in 1982 as a student of fiddle player Kelly Russell...
, musician - Bernice MorganBernice MorganBernice Morgan is a Canadian writer, born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.Morgan was born in preconfederate Newfoundland. She worked for many years in public relations, first with Memorial University of Newfoundland, and later with the Newfoundland Teachers' Association...
, novelist - Moses MorganMoses MorganMoses Osbourne Morgan, CC was a Canadian academic and president of Memorial University of Newfoundland from 1973 to 1981....
, academic, Order of Canada - Edward Patrick Morris, 1st Baron MorrisEdward Patrick Morris, 1st Baron MorrisEdward Patrick Morris, 1st Baron Morris was a lawyer and Prime Minister of Newfoundland.Born in St. John's, Morris was educated at the University of Ottawa, joined the bar in 1885, and was a counsel for the British government during the North American fisheries arbitration in 1910 receiving a...
, governor - Francis MorrisFrancis MorrisFrancis J. Morris, MBE, KC was born in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada son of Catherine Fitzgerald and Edward Morris and brother of Edward P. Morris. Morris completed his schooling at Saint Bonaventure's College...
, politician, lawyer and judge - Donna MorrisseyDonna MorrisseyDonna Morrissey is a Canadian author.At age 16 Morrissey left her birthplace, The Beaches, a small outport on the west coast of Newfoundland. She lived in various places of Canada before returning to St. John's where she studied at Memorial University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Social Work,...
, author - John T. MullockJohn T. MullockJohn Thomas Mullock was Roman Catholic bishop of St. John's, Newfoundland and did much to establish and develop the church in the region. Born in Limerick, Co. Limerick, Ireland, he died in St. John's and is buried in the crypt of the Basilica of St. John the Baptist.-Academic Life:Mullock became...
, bishop, entrepreneur - Jamie MurphyJamie Murphy (soldier)Jamie Brendan Murphy was a corporal of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Battalion Group . While serving with that unit's 3rd Battalion as part of Operation Athena, he was killed in Kabul, Afghanistan by a suicide bomber.Murphy had been serving with the military since the age of 19...
, soldier - John Joseph MurphyJohn Joseph MurphyJohn Joseph Murphy was a retired businessman and politician, and the 11th mayor of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada....
, politician, businessman - Rex MurphyRex MurphyRex Murphy is a Canadian commentator and author, primarily on Canadian political and social matters.Murphy was born in Carbonear, Newfoundland, 105 kilometres west of St. John's and is the second of five children of Harry and Marie Murphy...
, journalist - Alexander MurrayAlexander Murray (geologist)Alexander Murray, CMG was a Scottish geologist.Murray was born in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland. He worked as a geologist in the United Kingdom and Canada, before coming to Newfoundland in 1864 to become the first director of the Geological Survey of Newfoundland...
, geologist - Hilda Chaulk MurrayHilda Chaulk MurrayHilda Chaulk Murray is the nom-de-plume of Newfoundland author Hilda Emily Louise Murray, née Chaulk.She was born on February 3, 1934, in Maberly, a small hamlet on the shores of the then country of Newfoundland and which constitutes an integral part of the town of Elliston...
, author - Anthony MusgraveAnthony MusgraveSir Anthony Musgrave KCMG was a colonial administrator and governor. He was born at St John’s, Antigua, the third of 11 children of Anthony Musgrave and Mary Harris Sheriff...
, lieutenant governor - Sean McCannSean McCannSean McCann may refer to:* Sean McCann , Lieutenant General and Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces, succeeding Dermot Earley* Sean McCann , Canadian television actor...
, musician - Kris MacFarlaneKris MacFarlaneKris MacFarlane is a Canadian freelance drummer. He is best known for his work as the touring and recording drummer for Canadian folk band Great Big Sea. In addition to playing the drums, MacFarlane is a singer, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He currently lives in Westville, Nova Scotia...
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- Sheila NaGeria, princess
- Mark NicholsMark NicholsMark Nichols, ONL is a Canadian curler from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.Nichols played third for the Brad Gushue rink from 1999 to 2011, and represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics. With Gushue, Nichols has been to three Canadian Junior Curling Championships and six Briers...
, curler - Andre NobleAndre NobleAndre Clarence Noble was a Canadian television and film actor. He was born in Centreville, Newfoundland and Labrador and studied acting at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador from 1997-2001. He moved to Toronto, Ontario in 2001 to pursue his career in acting...
, actor - Walter NoelWalter NoelWalter Noel is a Canadian politician. He was first elected to Newfoundland and Labrador’s House of Assembly as the Member of the House of Assembly for Pleasantville District in 1989, and re-elected in 1993. He was elected to represent the new Virginia Waters district in 1996 and 1999...
, politician - Dick NolanDick Nolan (musician)Richard Francis "Dick" Nolan was a Canadian musician, born in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada. Nolan was known for performing Newfoundland folk music in Toronto night clubs. During his 50 year career he released more than 40 albums and recorded over 300 tracks...
, singer, songwriter, guitarist - NonosbawsutNonosbawsutNonosbawsut was a leader of the Beothuk people. Family head of and partner of Demasduwit, born Newfoundland, Canada. Sometimes referred to as Chief Nonosbawsut, his stature within the last remaining Beothuk would better be described as that of a headman or leader.Nonosbawsut was one of a group of...
, chief, aboriginal - Peg NormanPeg NormanPeg Norman is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, best known for her role in the film My Left Breast, which documented her partner Gerry Rogers' battle with breast cancer.-Background:...
, politician, abortion activist, lesbian activist - Joseph W. NoseworthyJoseph W. NoseworthyJoseph William Noseworthy was a Canadian politician.Noseworthy was born in Lewisporte, Newfoundland and grew up working on fishing boats and getting his education when he could. As a teenager he worked as a lumberman before obtaining his teaching certificate at the age of 18...
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- Fergus O’Byrne, musician
- Doug O'BrienDoug O'BrienDoug O'Brien is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for HC Sparta in the Czech Extraliga.-Playing career:O'Brien was drafted 192nd overall in the 6th round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning...
, hockey player - Lawrence O'BrienLawrence O'BrienLawrence David O'Brien was a Canadian politician.O’Brien represented Labrador in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal from 1996 until his death in 2004...
, politician - Brian O'DeaBrian O'DeaBrian O'Dea is a Canadian former drug smuggler.Born in Newfoundland, he first worked as a minor drug dealer in the province. Moving up he became an importer of marijuana to Canada from the United Kingdom...
, criminal - Joseph Phillip O'Keefe, politician
- Dermot O’Reilly, musician
- Leonard OuterbridgeLeonard OuterbridgeSir Leonard Cecil Outerbridge, was the second Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland from 1949 to 1957. In 1967, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.-Biography:...
, lieutenant governor - Tara OramTara OramTara Oram is a Canadian country music recording artist and a top six finalist on the fifth season of Canadian Idol in 2007. In March 2009 Oram received an ECMA for Country Recording of the Year Award.-Early life:Oram was born in Gander, Newfoundland but moved frequently during her early years...
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- Robert PackRobert Pack (politician)Robert Pack was a merchant, politician and justice of the peace was elected to the House of Assembly representing the district of Conception Bay on the first general election held in Newfoundland in 1832.-External links:*...
, politician - William Anthony PaddonWilliam Anthony PaddonWilliam Anthony "Tony" Paddon, OC was a Canadian physician and the seventh Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland from 1981-1986....
, Lieutenant-Governor - Hugh PalliserHugh PalliserAdmiral Sir Hugh Palliser, 1st Baronet was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War...
, governor - Adam PardyAdam PardyAdam Pardy is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League . He was a sixth round selection of the Calgary Flames, 173rd overall, at the 2004 NHL Entry Draft and played nearly 150 games in Calgary before joining the Stars as a free agent in 2011...
, Professional ice hockey player - Jean PayneJean PayneJean Payne was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 1997. She is a businessperson by career....
, politician - Jim PayneJim Payne (folk singer)Jim Payne is a Newfoundland folk singer, best known for performing and recording many of the traditional sea shanties of Newfoundland culture. He also composed the song "Wave Over Wave" with Janis Spence and founded the record label ....
, folk singer - Bartholomew PearsonBartholomew PearsonBartholomew Pearson yeoman, settler, born in Wollaton, Nottingham, England was one of the group of English settlers of John Guy's colony at Cuper's Cove, Newfoundland, Canada who had arrived in 1612, two years after the colony was established.Pearson was most likely sent by Percival Willoughby to...
, yeoman - Brian PeckfordBrian PeckfordAlfred Brian Peckford, PC served as the 3rd Premier of Newfoundland. He served as leader of the Progressive Conservatives from 1979 until his retirement in 1989....
, politician - Larry Peckford, politician
- Rae PerlinRae PerlinRae Perlin nurse, artist born St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, best known for her exquisite sketches and her prolific work as an impressionists painter....
, artist, painter - Vera PerlinVera PerlinElizabeth Vera Perlin, OC was the founder of the Newfoundland Association for the Help of Retarded Children, born St. John's, Newfoundland , daughter of Mitchie Ann and John Chalker Crosbie, married Albert B. Perlin...
, founder - Phan Thi Kim Phuc, war survivor
- Ed PiccoEd PiccoEdward "Ed" Walter Picco is a Canadian Nunavut politician first elected in the 1995 Northwest Territories election. He was re-elected in the 1999 Nunavut election and in the 2004 Nunavut election...
, politician - Jack PickersgillJack PickersgillJohn Whitney "Jack" Pickersgill, PC, CC was a Canadian civil servant and politician. He was born in Ontario, but was raised in Manitobia. He was the Clerk for the Canadian Government's Privy Council in the early 1950s...
, politician - Janine Piller, politician
- Gordon PinsentGordon PinsentGordon Edward Pinsent, CC, FRSC is a Canadian television, theatre and film actor.-Early life:Pinsent, the youngest of six children, was born in Grand Falls, Newfoundland, the son of Flossie ; originally from Clifton, Newfoundland, and Stephen Arthur Pinsent, a papermill worker and cobbler;...
, actor - Robert John PinsentRobert John PinsentRobert John Pinsent magistrate and politician ran in the first general election held in Newfoundland in 1832 to represent the district of Conception Bay...
, magistrate, judge - Al PittmanAl PittmanAl Pittman was a poet and playwright from Newfoundland and Labrador.Born in St. Leonard's, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, Pittman grew up in Corner Brook. He moved to Montreal in 1964 where he began writing poetry and plays, and in 1966 published his first book of poems, The Elusive Resurrection...
, writer - Greg PowerGreg PowerGregory J. Power was a politician, office holder, farmer, poet and athlete, who was born in Dunville, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, Canada....
, politician, farmer, poet, athlete - James PowerJames Power (politician)James Power was a merchant, politician, justice of the peace and magistrate was elected to the House of Assembly representing the district of Conception Bay on the first general election held in Newfoundland in 1832.-References:...
, politician - Christopher PrattChristopher PrattFor other uses, see Christopher Pratt .John Christopher Pratt CC is a Canadian painter.Pratt moved to New Brunswick in 1953 to attend Mount Allison University, where he met his future wife, the artist Mary West. They married in 1957. They have 4 children, John, Barbara, Anne and Edwin...
, artist, painter - E. J. PrattE. J. PrattEdwin John Dove Pratt, FRSC , who published as E. J. Pratt, was "the leading Canadian poet of his time." He was a Canadian poet originally from Newfoundland who lived most of his life in Toronto, Ontario...
, poet - Ambrose PriceAmbrose PriceAmbrose Price is a Canadian interior designer and Gemini award-winning television personality, who hosts the HGTV show The Decorating Adventures of Ambrose Price.-Life and Early Career:...
, The Decorating Adventures of Ambrose PriceThe Decorating Adventures of Ambrose PriceThe Decorating Adventures of Ambrose Price is a Canadian reality television series, which airs on HGTV in Canada and Logo in the United States. The series stars Ambrose Price, an interior decorator from Fortune, Newfoundland and Labrador, in a series of design challenges. Ambrose Price just earned... - Joseph PriceJoseph PriceJoseph Price was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was an educational administrator and teacher by career....
, politician - Daniel Woodley ProwseDaniel Woodley ProwseDaniel Woodley Prowse was a lawyer, politician, judge, historian, essayist, and office holder.Born in Port de Grave, Newfoundland , he was the fourth of the seven children of Robert Prowse and Jane Woodley...
, lawyer, politician - Teddy PurcellTeddy PurcellEdward "Teddy" Purcell is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
, Professional ice hockey player
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- Alastair RalphsAlastair RalphsAlastair Charles Ralphs , better known as A-1 , is a Canadian professional wrestler and former bodybuilder.-Early life:...
, professional wrestler and former bodybuilder - Wayne RayWayne RayWayne Scott Ray is a Canadian poet and photographer.Ray is the founder of HMS Press publishing, Scarborough Arts Council Poetry Contest, co-founder of the Canadian Poetry Association and co-chairman of the League of Canadian Poets: Associates for 1985/1986...
, poet - Erik the RedErik the RedErik Thorvaldsson , known as Erik the Red , is remembered in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having founded the first Nordic settlement in Greenland. The Icelandic tradition indicates that he was born in the Jæren district of Rogaland, Norway, as the son of Thorvald Asvaldsson, he therefore...
, Norwegian explorer - Ian Angus Ross Reid, politician
- Robert Gillespie ReidRobert Gillespie ReidSir Robert Gillespie Reid was a Scottish railway contractor most famous for building large railway bridges in Canada and the United States...
, railway contractor - Thomas RickettsThomas RickettsThomas "Tommy" Ricketts VC was a Newfoundlander and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces...
, soldier, Victoria Cross - Thomas RideoutThomas RideoutThomas Gerald Rideout served as the 4th Premier of Newfoundland.Born in Fleur de Lys, Newfoundland, Rideout was first elected to the provincial House of Assembly in the 1975 general election as a Liberal but left the party in 1980 to join the Progressive Conservative government of Premier Brian...
, politician - Edward RobertsEdward Roberts-External links:**...
, politician, lieutenant governor - Gordon RodgersGordon RodgersGordon Rodgers is a Canadian writer. Rodgers is the author of two books of poetry: Floating Houses , and The Pyrate Latitudes , as well as a novella entitled The Phoenix . In 1999, he released his first novel, A Settlement of Memory, which is loosely based on the life of William Coaker...
, writer - George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron RodneyGeorge Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron RodneyGeorge Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, KB was a British naval officer. He is best known for his commands in the American War of Independence, particularly his victory over the French at the Battle of the Saintes in 1782...
, governor - Bill RompkeyBill RompkeyWilliam Hubert Rompkey, PC is a Canadian educator who served as Member of Parliament from 1972 to 1995 and a senator from 1995 to 2011.-Early life and education:...
, politician, senator - Anthony Gustav de RothschildAnthony Gustav de RothschildAnthony Gustav de Rothschild was a British banker and member of the Rothschild banking family. Born in London, England, he was the third and youngest of the three sons of Leopold de Rothschild and Marie Perugia...
, banker - Henry John RousHenry John RousAdmiral Henry John Rous was a Royal Navy officer and sportsman.-Career:Born the second son of John Rous, 1st Earl of Stradbroke, Rous was educated at Westminster School, and entered the Royal Navy in 1808, serving as a midshipman in the Walcheren Campaign the following year...
, admiral - Frederick RussellFrederick Russell-References:*...
, businessman, former lieutenant governor - Ted RussellTed RussellTed Russell was a Newfoundland and Labrador writer.Russell was born in Coley's Point, Conception Bay, Newfoundland. He started work as a teacher immediately after completing high school at the age of 16...
, author, playwright, comedian - Todd RussellTodd RussellTodd Norman Russell is a Canadian politician and was the Liberal member of Parliament for the riding of Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador from 2005 to 2011.-Early life:...
, politician - Mark RudkinMark RudkinCaptain Mark Rudkin a member of the British Army stationed at St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada and the last person to duel in Newfoundland that caused the loss of life to Ensign John Philpot of the Royal Veteran Companies also stationed at St...
, duelist - James M. RyanJames M. RyanJames Ryan businessman, oldest of seven sons and two daughters of Mary Ellen Fleming and Michael Ryan was born in Bonavista, Newfoundland, Canada....
, businessman - Michael RyderMichael RyderMichael Wayne Glen Ryder is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who plays for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League. He was born in St John's, Newfoundland.-Pre-NHL:...
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- Tommy SextonTommy SextonThomas "Tommy" Sexton was a Canadian comedian. Born in St. John's, Newfoundland, he was the youngest member of the CODCO comedy troupe....
, actor - Craig SharpeCraig SharpeCraig Sharpe was the runner-up on Canadian Idol 4 and finished a close second behind winner Eva Avila. He came through seven rounds of auditions judged by Canadian Idol's four-member panel...
, singer - ShanawdithitShanawdithitShanawdithit , also noted as Shawnadithititis, Shawnawdithit, Nancy April and Nancy Shanawdithit, was the last known living member of the Beothuk people of Newfoundland, Canada. Also remembered for drawings she made towards the end of her life, Shawnawdithit was in her late twenties when she died...
, aboriginal - Ambrose SheaAmbrose SheaSir Ambrose Shea, KCMG , from Newfoundland was a political and business figure in Colonial Newfoundland and later served as Governor of the Bahamas. He was one of two Newfoundland delegates to the Québec Conference that led to Canadian confederation.Shea was born in St. John's, Newfoundland...
, politician - George SheaGeorge SheaGeorge Edward Shea was a Canadian politician who served as the first mayor of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Born in St. John's, son of Gertrude and Edward D. Shea. Educated St. John's; Ampleforth College, England. Married Louisa Pinsent; Margaret Rendell.In 1870 George joined...
, politician - William ShortWilliam ShortWilliam Short may refer to:* Will Short * William Short , Mayor of Edmonton, Alberta* William Short , United States Minister Plenipotentiary to France, 1790–1792* William J...
, entrepreneur, founder of charity SCDF - Roger SimmonsRoger SimmonsRoger Simmons, PC is a public policy consultant and former politician and diplomat in Canada.Simmons is originally from Newfoundland and Labrador where he was an active politician for many years. He is now based at the Vancouver, British Columbia office of the Gowlings law firm.Simmons was born in...
, politician - Scott SimmsScott SimmsScott Simms is a Canadian politician. He is the Liberal Member of Parliament for the Newfoundland and Labrador riding of Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor.-Early life:...
, politician - Henry Sinclair, 1st Earl of Orkney, Scottish explorer
- Joey SmallwoodJoey SmallwoodJoseph Roberts "Joey" Smallwood, PC, CC was the main force that brought Newfoundland into the Canadian confederation, and became the first Premier of Newfoundland . As premier, he vigorously promoted economic development, championed the welfare state, and emphasized modernization of education and...
, politician - Thomas SmithThomas Smith (admiral)Thomas Smith was a British admiral and colonial governor, credited with the invention of the divisional system that remains in use on ships of the Royal Navy.-Early life:...
, governor, admiral - Catherine Mandeville Snow, last woman hung in NL
- Rod SnowRod SnowGerald Arthur Rod Snow is a Canadian former professional rugby union prop.Snow began his senior club rugby with the Newfoundland amateur club team Dogs RFC. He went on to play professionally in South Africa for Eastern Province in 1995, before joining Newport RFC in 1996, the club he remained...
, Canadian Rugby International - Aubrey George SpencerAubrey George SpencerBishop Aubrey George Spencer was the first bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Newfoundland and Bermuda . He was also bishop of Jamaica.-Life:George Spencer was born at London, England...
, bishop - SquantoSquantoTisquantum was a Patuxet. He was the Native American who assisted the Pilgrims after their first winter in the New World and was integral to their survival. The Patuxet tribe was a tributary of the Wampanoag Confederacy.-Biography:Squanto's exact date of birth is unknown but many historians...
, native American Indians - Gerald SquiresGerald SquiresGerald Leopold Squires, CM is an artist from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Perhaps best known for painting dramatic landscapes in acrylic and oil, Squires has also produced major work in sculpture, lithography, and stained glass. He is also an accomplished portraitist...
, artist - Richard SquiresRichard SquiresSir Richard Anderson Squires KCMG was the Prime Minister of Newfoundland from 1919 to 1923 and from 1928 to 1932.-Early career:...
, politician - Const. Frank StampFrank StampFrank Stamp was born in St. John's Newfoundland, Canada and later became a police officer and a boxer.Stamp had joined the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary in 1925 at age 20 and went on to become a light heavyweight champion who fought many of the best boxers in his weight class in Canada and the...
, policeman, boxer - Geoff StirlingGeoff StirlingGeoffrey William Stirling is a Canadian businessman. Stirling, along with other members of his family, owns several media outlets in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador under the corporate brand Stirling Communications International...
, businessman - Georgina StirlingGeorgina StirlingGeorgina Ann Stirling was a Newfoundland opera singer, known by her stage name Marie Toulinquet. Born in Twillingate, Newfoundland, she became a world-renowned Prima donna soprano who played in opera houses throughout Europe and United States...
, opera singer - Kim StockwoodKim StockwoodKim Stockwood is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter. She was a member of Atlantic Canadian regional music group Shaye from 2003-2009 with Damhnait Doyle and Tara MacLean ....
, singer, songwriter - Erasmus StourtonErasmus StourtonErasmus Stourton was a clergyman and early settler to the Colony of Avalon, Newfoundland in 1627...
, clergyman - Merrill Strachan, politician
- Loyola SullivanLoyola SullivanLoyola Sullivan served as Canada's Ambassador for Fisheries Conservation from 2007 until 2011 and is a former Member of the House of Assembly in Newfoundland and Labrador. Sullivan represented the district of Ferryland from 1992 till 2006.Sullivan was Leader of the Official Opposition between 1996...
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- Francis TanfieldFrancis TanfieldSir Francis Tanfield was Proprietary Governor of the South Falkland colony of Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland, his cousin's husband. Tanfield was to establish a colony at Renews and left England in 1623 with an unknown number of colonists. The settlers were harassed by migratory fishermen who...
, governor - William TavernerWilliam TavernerWilliam Taverner born Bay de Verde, Newfoundland Canada. Taverner, son of William Taverner was a plantation owner in St. John's in 1768 and by 1702 had business establishments in Trinity and Poole...
, plantation owner, surveyor - Myra Louise TaylorMyra Louise TaylorMyra Louise Taylor nurse born Bay Roberts, Newfoundland, Canada, the youngest of nine children of Eliza Hannah Manston Calpin and Richard Henegar Taylor. April 1916 Taylor was appointed superintendent of nurses and of the school of nursing at the General Hospital of St...
, nurse - William Thomas, politician
- Greg ThomeyGreg ThomeyGreg Thomey was born May 8, 1961 in St. John's, Newfoundland.Hailing from Newfoundland, Greg has been a part of the comedy scene there for years as a writer and performer with the comedy troupe CODCO and in his own right as an actor and playwright...
, comedian - Robert ThorburnRobert ThorburnSir Robert Thorburn was a Newfoundland merchant and politician who served as the colony's Premier from 1885 to 1889.Born in Scotland, Thorburn emigrated to Newfoundland in 1852 when he was sixteen...
, governor - Thomas TingeyThomas TingeyThomas Tingey was a Commodore of the United States Navy.-History:Tingey was born in London on 11 September 1750. As a youth, he served in the British Navy commanding a blockhouse at Chateaux Bay on the Labrador coast. He later commanded merchant vessels in the West Indies before coming to the...
, marine officer - Brian TobinBrian TobinBrian Vincent Tobin, PC is a Canadian businessman and former politician. Tobin served as the sixth Premier of Newfoundland from 1996 to 2000. Tobin was also a prominent Member of Parliament and served as a Cabinet Minister in Jean Chrétien's Liberal government.- Early life, education, and family...
, politician - Sylvana Palma Tomaselli, Countess
- John TreworgieJohn TreworgieJohn Treworgie was the last Proprietary Governor of Newfoundland. Treworgie had worked as an agent at a Kittery, Maine trading post from 1635 to 1650...
, governor - James Roy TuckerJames Roy TuckerJames Roy Tucker was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. Born in Burnt Point, Newfoundland and Labrador, he was a manager and merchant by career....
, politician - Henry Hugh TudorHenry Hugh TudorLieutenant-General Sir Henry Hugh Tudor KCB, CMG was a British soldier who fought as a junior officer in the Second Boer War , and as a senior officer in the First World War , but is now remembered chiefly for his part in the Anglo-Irish War and the Palestine Police.-Early Career: India and South...
, soldier - Beaton TulkBeaton TulkBeaton Tulk was an educator, civil servant, politician and the seventh Premier of Newfoundland.Born in Ladle Cove, Newfoundland, Tulk resides in St. John's. He graduated from Memorial University with BA, B.Ed, and Master of Educational Administration degrees. He also later obtained a Canadian...
, politician - Shannon TweedShannon TweedShannon Lee Tweed is a Canadian actress and model. One of the most successful actresses of mainstream erotica, she is identified with the genre of the erotic thriller...
, actress, playboy centerfold - Tracy TweedTracy TweedTracy Lee Tweed is a Canadian actress and model. She is the younger sister of Shannon Tweed and youngest of seven siblings. She has three children, Emily and twin sons Hunter and Jake...
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- Michael WalkerMichael Walker (economist)Michael Walker, Ph.D is a Canadian economist. He is best known as the founder of The Fraser Institute....
, economist - Agnes WalshAgnes WalshAgnes Walsh is a Canadian actor, poet, playwright and storyteller from Newfoundland.Walsh has won Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters awards for poetry as well as TickleAce poetry and ballad writing awards. Her poems have been translated into French and Portuguese...
, poet, playwright, oral historian - Albert WalshAlbert WalshSir Albert Joseph Walsh , commissioner, chief justice and the first Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland for 1949, the first Lieutenant Governor for Newfoundland after confederation with Canada....
, commissioner, chief justice and the Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland for 1949 - Mary Walsh, actress, comedian
- Humphrey T. WalwynHumphrey T. WalwynVice-Admiral Sir Humphrey Thomas Walwyn, KCSI, KCMG, CB, DSO served most of his life in the Royal Navy, rising to the rank of Vice-Admiral and the command of the Royal Indian Navy from 1928, retiring in 1934....
, governor - William WarrenWilliam WarrenWilliam Robertson Warren was a Newfoundland lawyer, politician and judge who served as the dominion's Prime Minister from July 1923 to April 1924.-Early life:...
, lawyer, politician, judge - Harry Watson, hockey player
- Andy WellsAndy WellsAndrew Wells is a Canadian politician who served as the 13th mayor of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.He graduated from Prince of Wales College in 1961 and later obtained a Bachelor of Arts History and Bachelor of Arts Education degree in 1966 and 1969, respectively. He was elected...
, politician - Clyde WellsClyde WellsClyde Kirby Wells, QC was the fifth Premier of Newfoundland and was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador from 1999 to March 2009...
, politician - Richard WhitbourneRichard WhitbourneSir Richard Whitbourne was an English colonist, author and mariner.Richard Whitbourne was born near Teignmouth in Devon, England. Whilst apprenticed to a merchant adventurer of Southampton, he sailed extensively around Europe and twice to Newfoundland. He served in a ship of his own against the...
, governor - Ed "Sailor" WhiteEd White (wrestler)Edward J. "Ed" White was a Canadian professional wrestler, best known as Moondog King of the Moondogs when he joined the World Wrestling Federation in the early 1980s. White won 48 championships in Canada and around the globe...
, wrestler, politician - William WhitewayWilliam WhitewaySir William Vallance Whiteway, QC KCMG was a politician and three time Premier of Newfoundland. Born in England, Whiteway emigrated to the island in 1843 and entered the law in 1852. In 1859 he was elected to the House of Assembly as a member of the Conservative Party of Newfoundland and became a...
, governor - Steve WillcottSteve WillcottThe New Democratic Party ran a full slate of candidates in the 2004 federal election, and elected nineteen members to become the fourth largest party in the legislature. Many of the party's candidate have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.-Samuel McLean :McLean...
, politician - Danny WilliamsDanny Williams (politician)Daniel E. "Danny" Williams, QC, MHA is a Canadian politician, businessman and lawyer who served as the ninth Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador between November 6, 2003, and December 3, 2010. Williams was born and raised in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador...
, politician - Harold (Hank) Williams, world-renowned geologist
- Percival WilloughbyPercival WilloughbySir Percival Willoughby was a prominent land owner, businessman involved during his lifetime variously in mining, iron smelting, glass making and as an investor in the Newfoundland Company. He married Bridget Willoughby, evidently his third cousin, the daughter of Sir Francis Willoughby builder...
, land owner - Gordon Arnaud WinterGordon Arnaud WinterGordon Arnaud Winter, was the sixth Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland from 1974 to 1981.In 1974, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada....
, lieutenant governor - James Spearman WinterJames Spearman WinterSir James Spearman Winter, KCMG was a Newfoundland politician and Premier. Winter served in the Conservative government of Sir William Whiteway as Solicitor-General from 1882 to 1885 when he resigned along with a number of other Protestants as a result of sectarian riots at Harbour Grace...
, politician, premier - Michael Winter, writer
- Robert WintersRobert WintersRobert Henry Winters, PC was a Canadian politician and businessman.Born in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, the son of a fishing captain, Winters went to Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, and then to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to complete his degree in electrical engineering...
, politician - Edward WynneEdward WynneEdward Wynne was Proprietary Governor of Ferryland colony from 1621 to 1626. Born in Wales, he was appointed by George Calvert to establish the colony, and in August 1621, he landed at Ferryland with 12 men. By November of that same year, the colonists had completed a large dwelling, and then by...
, governor
See also
- List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador
- Dictionary of Canadian BiographyDictionary of Canadian BiographyThe Dictionary of Canadian Biography is a dictionary of biographical entries for individuals who have contributed to the history of Canada. The DCB, which was initiated in 1959, is a collaboration between the University of Toronto and Université Laval...
- List of Canadians
- List of Canadian painters
- List of Canadians by net worth
- List of Quebecers
- List of Mauriciens
- List of Irish Quebecers
- List of Torontonians
- List of Yukoners
- List of Canadian Inuit