List Of People From Cape Breton

This is a list of notable people who have lived on Cape Breton Island.

Arts

*Steve Arbuckle, actor from Donkin
*The Barra MacNeils, singing group
*John Beardman, abstract painter
* Kate Beaton, webcomic artist from Mabou, winner of the 2009 Doug Wright Award for "Best Emerging Talent"
* Nathan Bishop, singer-songwriter from Celtae
*Kay (singer), Kay Boutilier, singer, perhaps better known as "My Name is Kay"
*John Allan Cameron, singer-songwriter, from Glencoe Station, credited as the "godfather" of Cape Breton's modern Celtic music revival
*Ronald Caplan, historian, publisher, member of the Order of Canada
*Lynn Coady, author, winner of the 2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize
*Nathan Cohen (critic), Nathan Cohen, theatre critic, broadcaster, publisher
*J. P. Cormier, singer-songwriter; fiddle, mandolin, banjo, guitar player; Chéticamp
*Lee Cremo, fiddle player
*Mark Day (actor), Mark Day, film and television actor, writer, and producer
*Aselin Debison, singer-songwriter
*Don Domanski, poet
*Carolyn Dunn, film and television actor from Whitney Pier
*Fire Valley Fire, rock band
*Winston Fitzgerald, Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald, fiddle player from White Point
*Robert Frank, photographer
*Danny Gallivan, ''Hockey Night in Canada'' sportscaster
*John Gracie, singer-songwriter
*Bruce Guthro, singer-songwriter
*Drake Jensen, singer-songwriter
*Rita Joe, Mi'kmaw poet and songwriter
*Angus MacAskill, giant and circus performer
*Allie MacDonald, actress
*Frankie MacDonald, YouTube phenomenon and winner of the Vital Cape Breton Excellence Award
*Martin MacDonald, orchestral conductor
*Mitch MacDonald, singer-songwriter
*Linden MacIntyre, journalist, broadcaster, novelist, winner of 2009 Giller Prize
*Ashley MacIsaac, fiddle player
*Daniel MacIvor, actor, playwright, theatre director and film director
*Billy MacLellan, actor (Nobody (2021 film), Nobody, Defiance (TV series), Defiance, Murdoch Mysteries)
*Hugh MacLennan, Governor General's Awards-winning author, professor of English at McGill University. He won five Governor General's Awards and a Royal Bank Award
*Alistair MacLeod, author
*Buddy MacMaster, fiddle player
*Natalie MacMaster, fiddle player
*Rita MacNeil, singer-songwriter
*Matt Minglewood, musician
*Farley Mowat, writer, had his summer residence in Cape Breton
*Jordan Musycsyn, singer-songwriter
*Scott Oake, sportscaster
*Alicia Penney, musician
*Daniel Petrie, Hollywood filmmaker
*Pretty Archie, country/bluegrass band
*The Rankin Family, singers-songwriters
*Molly Rankin, musician from Inverness
*Rick Ravanello, actor, ''Hart's War''; various TV series, including ''24 (TV series), 24'', ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI'' and ''Desperate Housewives''
*A. J. Reynolds, internationally syndicated radio host
*Rock Ranger, alternative rock band
*Harold Russell, Academy Award-winning actor for his portrayal of Homer Parrish in the 1946 film ''The Best Years of Our Lives''
*Gordie Sampson, singer-songwriter
*Douglas September, singer-songwriter
*Richard Serra, sculptor
*Slowcoaster, rock band
*Jay Smith (musician), Jay Smith, musician
*Amy Spurway, author
*Static In Action, punk band
*Tom Fun Orchestra, rock band
*Morgan Toney, Mi'kmaw fiddle player
*The Town Heroes, rock band
*Carmen Townsend, musician
*Scott Turner (songwriter), Scott Turner, songwriter

Athletics

*Paul Boutilier
*Norm Ferguson (ice hockey), Norm Ferguson
*Trevor Fahey
*Aaron Johnson (ice hockey), Aaron Johnson
*Andrew MacDonald (ice hockey), Andrew MacDonald
*Al MacInnis
*Mike McPhee
*Johnny Miles
*Ryan Rozicki
*Bobby Smith (ice hockey), Bobby Smith
*Doug Sulliman
*Kevin Morrison
*Logan Shaw

Politics, the law, and business

*John George Bourinot (younger), 3rd Clerk of the House of Commons (Canada)
*John Buchanan (Canadian politician), John Buchanan, Premier of Nova Scotia
*Gerald Butts, former Principal Secretary (Canada), Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
*William Davis (miner), William Davis, coal miner murdered by British Empire Steel Corporation police and namesake of Davis Day in New Waterford, Nova Scotia
*Mayann Francis, first Black Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
*Clarence Gillis, Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament
*Ruth Goldbloom, philanthropist, member of the Order of Canada
*Alasdair Graham, Senate of Canada, Senator
*Gordon Sidney Harrington, Premier of Nova Scotia
*Alexander Graham Bell
*Angus Lewis Macdonald, Angus L. MacDonald, Premier of Nova Scotia
*Donald MacDonald (Nova Scotia politician), Donald MacDonald, President of the Canadian Labour Congress and Member of the Legislative Assembly#Canada, MLA
*Finlay MacDonald (senator), Finlay MacDonald, Senator
*Rodney MacDonald, Premier of Nova Scotia
*Allan MacEachen, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, Deputy Prime Minister, Finance Minister
*Russell MacLellan, Premier of Nova Scotia
*Kevin S. MacLeod, Canadian Secretary to the Queen
*Donald Marshall, Jr., wrongly convicted Mi’kmaq activist
*David Mathews, former Mayor of New York City under the British during the American Revolution
*Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada
*J. B. McLachlan, J.B. McLachlan, trade-unionist, journalist, political activist, and revolutionary
*John W. Morgan, Mayor of Cape Breton Regional Municipality
*Robert Muir (politician), Robert Muir, Member of Parliament; Senator
*George Henry Murray, Premier of Nova Scotia
*Lisa Raitt, Conservative MP and former federal Minister of Transport, Labour and Natural Resources
*Irving Schwartz, businessman, philanthropist, member of the Order of Canada
*Alexander S. Williams, NYPD officer, candidate for US Senate

Religion

*Moses Coady, Roman Catholic priest, helped found the Co-operative Antigonish Movement at St. Francis Xavier University
*Moses E. Kiley, Roman Catholic archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
*Norman McLeod (minister), Reverend Norman McLeod, Presbyterian minister, St Ann's; migrated in the 1850s with 800 settlers from surrounding communities to Waipu, New Zealand
*Jimmy Tompkins (priest), James "Father Jimmy" Tompkins, Roman Catholic priest, helped found the Co-operative Antigonish Movement at St. Francis Xavier University

Sciences

*Walter Mackenzie, Dr. - Dean of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton
*Arthur B. McDonald, astrophysicist and joint winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics

Other

*John Bernard Croak V.C.
*Neil McLean (sportsman), Neil McLean, a New Zealand public works contractor and sportsman
*Isaac Phills, Order of Canada recipient

References

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Lists of people from Nova Scotia, Cape Breton