Category: Nova Scotia, Notables

Categories: Nova Scotia | Canada, Notables

This is a mid-level category. Profiles should be added to the narrowest category possible, but may be placed here when further information is not known. See How to Categorize.

This Category is associated with the Canadian History Project. The sub-categories under this category should be used for people associated with Nova Scotia who have been designated as Persons of National Historic Significance or who have an entry in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, The Canadian Encyclopedia, or Wikipedia.

See also Wikipedia's: List of people from Nova Scotia.

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Subcategories (14)

Nova Scotia, Activists (0, 9, 0)

Nova Scotia, Artists (0, 10, 0)

Nova Scotia, Authors (0, 12, 0)

Nova Scotia, Aviation Figures (0, 2, 0)

Nova Scotia, Business Figures (0, 27, 0)

Nova Scotia, Chiefs of Police (0, 3, 0)

Nova Scotia, Educators (0, 8, 0)

Nova Scotia, Entertainers (0, 4, 0)

Nova Scotia, Inventors (0, 7, 0)

Nova Scotia, Jurists (0, 16, 0)

Nova Scotia, Military Figures (0, 12, 0)

Nova Scotia, Politicians (9, 6, 0)

Nova Scotia, Religious Figures (1, 6, 0)

Nova Scotian Institute of Science (0, 2, 0)

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Person Profiles (112)

A

Maria Angwin 21 Sep 1849 Blackhead, Conception Bay, Newfoundland - 25 Apr 1898

Francis Archibald 07 Oct 1899 Milton, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada - 01 Jul 1955

B

Sibella Barrington 04 Dec 1867 North Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada - 07 Dec 1929

Mayhew Beckwith 14 Oct 1798 Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia - 07 Apr 1871

Benjamin Belcher abt 17 Jul 1743 Gibraltar - 14 May 1802

Ingraham Bill 19 Feb 1805 Billtown, Kings, Nova Scotia - 04 Aug 1891

Samuel Bishop 27 Jul 1767 Horton Township, Kings, Nova Scotia - 05 Aug 1839

Joseph Black 12 Jan 1829 Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada - 12 Mar 1907

William Blake 1802 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - 22 Apr 1863

Phyllis Blakeley 02 Aug 1922 Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - 25 Oct 1986

Frederick Borden 14 May 1847 Cornwallis Township, Nova Scotia, Canada - 06 Jan 1917

Harold Borden 23 May 1876 Canning, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada - 16 Jul 1900

Willard Boyle 19 Aug 1924 Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada - 07 May 2011

George Brown 07 Feb 1839 Herring Cove, Halifax, Nova Scotia - 08 Jul 1875

Austin-Emile Burke 22 Jan 1922 Sluice Point, Argyle, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada - 12 Aug 2011

C

Robert Chambers 1813 Newport, Hants County, Nova Scotia - 29 Aug 1875

Clarence Chipman 24 May 1856 Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia - 12 Feb 1924

John Chipman 18 Dec 1744 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island - 29 Apr 1836

Samuel Chipman 18 Oct 1790 Cornwallis, Annapolis, Nova Scotia - 10 Nov 1891

William Chipman 08 Nov 1757 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island - 28 Dec 1845

Michael Coady 03 Jan 1882 Margaree, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada - 28 Jul 1959

Patrick Coleman 13 Mar 1874 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - 06 Dec 1917

Keith (Collins) Colins 1930s - 2010s

Leslie Corkum abt 17 Nov 1922 Near Chester, on Windsor Road, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada - 01 Apr 2020

Sara Corning 17 Mar 1872 Chegoggin, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada - 05 Mar 1969

Walter Covert 13 Sep 1865 Musquash, St. John County, New Brunswick - 13 May 1949

John Cramp 25 Jul 1796 Saint Peter's, Isle of Thanet, Kent, England - 06 Dec 1881

John Creighton 1721 Glastonbury, Somerset, England - 08 Nov 1807

Mary Creighton 05 Sep 1899 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada - 12 Dec 1989

William Cunnabell 24 May 1808 Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America - 31 Dec 1868

D

Viola (Davis) Desmond 06 Jul 1914 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - 07 Feb 1965

James Delancey 06 Sep 1746 Westchester County, New York - 02 May 1804

William Dennis 04 Mar 1856 St Gennys, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom - 11 Jul 1920

Robert Dickey 17 Sep 1784 Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia - 14 Jan 1854

Louis (Du Pont) Dupont Duchambon de Vergor 20 Sep 1713 Sérignac, Saintonge, France - aft 1775

Louis Dupont abt 01 Jan 1680 Charente, France - 22 Aug 1775

E

Anna (Edwards) Leonowens 06 Nov 1831 Ahmarashtra, India - 19 Jan 1915

F

Charles Fenerty abt Jan 1821 Upper Sackville, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - abt 10 Jun 1892

F cont.

Living Fetterly

Loftus Fortier 22 Apr 1858 Kingston, Ontario, Canada West - 23 Jun 1933

Johann Fultz abt 1719 Deutschland - abt 1801

G

Daniel Gallivan 11 Apr 1917 Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada - 24 Feb 1993

Rupert George 16 Jan 1749 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland - 25 Jan 1823

Abraham Gesner 02 May 1797 Cornwallis Township, Kings, Nova Scotia - 29 Apr 1864

Edward Girroir 27 Aug 1871 Tracadie, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada - 08 May 1932

Robert Grant 12 Nov 1862 Springville, Pictou, Nova Scotia - 24 Nov 1949

H

Arthur Haliburton 26 Dec 1832 Windsor, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada - 21 Apr 1907

William Haliburton 03 Sep 1767 Windsor, Nova Scotia - 07 Jul 1829

William Hall abt 27 Apr 1827 Horton Bluff, Nova Scotia - 25 Aug 1904

Elizabeth (Halloran) Jackson 13 Oct 1850 Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada - 06 Dec 1917

Andrew Hamond 17 Dec 1738 Blackheath, London, England - 12 Sep 1828

Annie Hennigar 09 Jul 1873 Noel, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada - 09 Aug 1950

Edmund Horne 13 Feb 1865 Enfield, Nova Scotia - 15 Mar 1953

Joseph Howe 13 Dec 1804 Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia - 01 Jun 1873

Hiram Hyde 25 Sep 1817 Staten Island, New York City, New York, United States - 14 Dec 1907

I

John Inglis 15 Nov 1814 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - 27 Sep 1862

Robert Irwin 17 Dec 1865 Shelburne, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia - 16 May 1941

J

James Jackson 22 Jun 1868 Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - 08 Feb 1923

Detleff Jessen 25 Feb 1730 Holstein, Heiliges Römisches Reich - 12 Aug 1814

Louisa (Johnson) Tillman abt 1835 Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia - 29 Dec 1911

Ronald Joyce 19 Oct 1930 Tatamagouche, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada - 01 Feb 2019

K

Henry Kendall 29 Apr 1864 Nova Scotia - 02 Sep 1949

Izaak Killam 23 Jul 1885 Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada - 05 Aug 1955

L

Charles Lawrence 14 Dec 1709 Plymouth, Devon, England - 19 Oct 1760

William Lawrence 16 Jul 1817 Gilford, Tullylish, County Down, Ireland - 08 Dec 1886

Elizabeth (Le Fort) Le Fort-Hansford 17 Jul 1914 Point Cross, Inverness, Nouvelle-Écosse, Canada - 10 Oct 2005

Mary (Lemont) Sanford abt 1842 Billtown, Kings County, Colony of Nova Scotia - abt 18 Jul 1903

Kenneth Leslie 31 Oct 1892 Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada - 06 Oct 1974

M

Angus Macdonald 05 May 1926 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - 10 Aug 2015

Charles Macdonald 05 Apr 1874 Steam Mill, Nova Scotia, Canada - 28 May 1967

Richard Marsters 31 Oct 1787 Onslow, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada - 25 Mar 1845

Frederick Mathers 17 Oct 1871 St. John, New Brunswick, Canada - 29 Jun 1947

Arthur McCurdy 13 Apr 1856 Truro, Nova Scotia - 1923

John McCurdy 02 Aug 1886 Baddeck, Victoria County, Nova Scotia, Canada - 25 Jun 1961

Asa McGray 01 Nov 1780 Yarmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States - 30 Dec 1843

M cont.

Richard McHeffey 1800 Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia - 05 Dec 1874

Alexander McKay abt 1850 Nova Scotia - abt 1886

Robert McNair 15 May 1919 Springfield, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada - 15 Jan 1971

Agnes (Miller) Dennis 11 Apr 1859 Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada - 21 Apr 1947

Charles Morris 31 Dec 1731 Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay - 26 Jan 1802

Charles Morris 18 Nov 1759 Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay - 17 Dec 1831

Aaron Mosher 10 May 1881 Cow Bay, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - 26 Sep 1959

Jamie Muir 1940s

N

Simon Newcomb 12 Mar 1835 Wallace Bridge, Cumberland, Nova Scotia - 11 Jul 1909

Henry Newton 1731 Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia - 29 Jan 1802

Richard Nugent May 1815 Halifax, Nova Scotia - 15 Mar 1858

O

Philip Oland 11 Jul 1910 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - 29 Nov 1996

P

Mona Parsons 17 Feb 1901 Middleton, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada - 28 Nov 1976

John Patch 1781 Yarmouth, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada - 27 Aug 1861

Jacques-Pierre Peminuit Paul 05 Jan 1800 Rocky Lake, Halifax, Nova Scotia - 10 Jan 1895

Louis-Benjamin Peminuit Paul 1755 Nova Scotia - 1843

Joseph Pernette abt 1728 Strasbourg, Alsace - abt 13 Oct 1807

Vincent Pothier abt 12 Mar 1896 Belleville, Nova Scotia, Canada - 03 Feb 1980

Charles Prescott 06 Jan 1772 Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia Colony - 11 Jun 1859

R

Harold Russell 14 Jan 1914 North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada - 29 Jan 2002

S

Ruth (Schwartz) Goldbloom 05 Dec 1923 New Waterford, Nova Scotia, Canada - 29 Aug 2012

Joseph Scott abt 1724 Ballingarry, County Tipperary, Ireland - 29 Sep 1800

Clifford Shand abt 1863 Nova Scotia, Canada - abt 1937

Joshua Slocum 20 Feb 1844 Mount Hanley, Annapolis, Nova Scotia - aft 14 Nov 1909

Watson Smith abt 07 Nov 1865 - abt 11 Aug 1953

William Stairs 01 Jul 1863 Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia Colony - 09 Jun 1892

John Starr abt 09 Dec 1827 Halifax, Nova Scotia - abt 1909

Pierre Surette 09 Dec 1709 Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France - abt 30 Oct 1789

Alexander Sutherland abt 1860 Denmark, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada - aft 1940

T

Margaret (Topping) Jackson Dec 1870 Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada - 06 Dec 1917

U

Andrew Uniacke 09 Nov 1808 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - 26 Jul 1895

Richard Uniacke 22 Nov 1753 Castletownroche, County Cork, Ireland - 11 Oct 1830

V

Samuel Vetch 09 Dec 1668 Edinburgh, Scotland - 30 Apr 1732

W

John Ward 26 Jan 1863 North Alton, Kings, Nova Scotia - 03 Nov 1934

Martin Welch 1864 Digby, Digby County, Nova Scotia Colony - 1935

Joseph White 06 Jan 1897 Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada - 24 Feb 1925

Y

John Young 01 Sep 1773 Falkirk, Scotland - 06 Oct 1837

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