List of people from Newfoundland and Labrador

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

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

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

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

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

John Efford, politician Carl English, basketball shooting guard Leif Erickson, explorer

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

G Jenny Gear, singer Irma Gerd, drag performer (Canada's Drag Race) Michael Gibbs, lawyer, politician Deidre Gillard-Rowlings, actress Augustus F. Goodridge, governor Armine Nutting Gosling, suffragette Philip Henry Gosse, entomologist, naturalist Rex Goudie, singer Charles Granger, politician Jason Greeley, singer Daniel J. Greene, governor Roger Grimes, politician Brad Gushue, curler Ray Guy, humorist Sandra Gwyn, journalist, writer

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

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

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

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

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

N Alex Newhook, NHL hockey player Mark Nichols, curler Walter Noel, politician Dick Nolan, singer, songwriter, guitarist Nonosabasut, Indigenous chief Peg Norman, politician, abortion activist, lesbian activist Calvin Normore, philosophy professor Dwayne Norris, NHL, Olympic hockey player Warren Norris, AHL hockey player Joseph W. Noseworthy, politician Tara Nova, drag performer (Canada's Drag Race)

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

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

Q Herman William Quinton, senator

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

S Arthur Scammell, teacher and composer, wrote "Squid-Jiggin' Ground" Tommy Sexton, actor Shanawdithit, Indigenous historical figure, last known survivor of the Beothuk Craig Sharpe, singer Ambrose Shea, politician George Shea, politician John Shiwak, Inuk, Newfoundland Regiment sniper during WWI Roger Simmons, politician Scott Simms, politician Joey Smallwood, politician Catherine Mandeville Snow, last woman hanged in NL Rod Snow, Canadian Rugby International Squanto, Indigenous historical figure Gerald Squires, artist Richard Squires, politician Const. Frank Stamp, policeman, boxer Harry Steele, naval officer and businessman Geoff Stirling, businessman Georgina Stirling, opera singer Loyola Sullivan, politician

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

U Abraham Ulrikab, Inuk from Labrador, fisherman, died in Europe

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

List of people from Newfoundland and Labrador

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