List of people from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

This is a list of notable people from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Although not everyone in this list was born in St. John's, they all live or have lived in St. John's and have had significant connections to the community.

A

• Luke Adam, National Hockey League player
• Frederick C. Alderdice, businessman and politician
• John Anderson, politician
• John Murray Anderson, director, producer, songwriter and author
• Ralph LeMoine Andrews, recipient of the Order of Canada
• Scott Andrews, politician
• John Bartlett Angel, recipient of the Order of Canada
• Lewis H.M. Ayre, businessman

B

• Cathy Bennett, politician
• George John Bond, Methodist minister
• Robert Bond, politician
• Charles R. Bowring, merchant and politician
• Edgar Rennie Bowring, businessman and politician
• Frederick Gordon Bradley, politician
• Donald Brian, actor, dancer, and singer
• Cyprian Bridge, British Royal Navy officer
• Harry Brown, journalist
• Vincent P. Bryan, composer and lyricist
• Ed Buckingham, politician
• Dean Burry, composer, librettist, and educator

C

• William Aquin Carew, prelate
• Frederick Carter, lawyer and politician
• Sean Casey, politician
• Bill Clark, writer
• Ryan Cleary, politician and journalist
• Al Clouston, storyteller and humorist
• Ryane Clowe, National Hockey League player
• William Coaker, politician
• Bob Cole, sportscaster
• Henry Collingwood, businessman and recipient of the Knight's Cross of Royal Order of St. Olav
• Richard Collins, actor
• Eric Cook, politician
• Gordon S. Cowan, politician and judge
• Mark Critch, comedian
• Chesley Crosbie, businessman and politician
• John Crosbie, former politician
• Dan Crummell, politician
• Michael Crummey, author

D

• Edward Henry Davey, architect and politician
• Anne Marie DeLuise, actress
• William Denning, merchant and legislator
• Ethel Dickenson, educator and nurse
• Molly Dingle, educator
• Craig Dobbin, industrialist
• Dermot Dobbin, businessman
• Clive Doucet, writer and politician
• Brian Downey, actor
• Harold Druken, National Hockey League player
• Brian Joseph Dunn, Roman Catholic bishop
• Gwynne Dyer, journalist

E

• Carl English, professional basketball player

F

• Edward Feild, bishop
• Charles Philip Fenwick, Canadian Surgeon General
• David Ferry, actor
• Michael Anthony Fleming, Catholic bishop
• James Patrick Fox, politician
• George Furey, senator

G

• Armine Nutting Gosling, suffragette
• Moya Greene, civil servant and businesswoman
• Colin Greening, National Hockey League player

H

• Edward Haliburton, politician
• Ralph Hamelmann, songwriter, professor, columnist, cartoonist, and television producer
• Tom Harrington, journalist
• Jack Harris, politician
• Peter Hart, historian
• Don Harvey, bishop
• Moses Harvey, clergyman, essayist, and naturalist
• Allan Hawco, actor
• Bonnie Hickey, politician
• William Hogan, politician
• James Patrick Howley, naturalist and geologist
• Hugh Hoyles, politician and lawyer
• Charles H. Hutchings, politician and lawyer

J

• Don Jamieson, politician
• Robert Brown Job, businessman and politician
• Paul Johnson, philanthropist
• Cathy Jones, writer and comedian

K

• William Keen, former judicial officer
• Tom Kennedy, journalist
• Susan Kent, actress
• Thomas Kersey, sailor
• Dale Kirby, politician and university professor
• Mary Bernard Kirwan, teacher

L

• Raymond Lahey, Catholic bishop
• Paul Lane, politician
• Zebulon Aiton Lash, lawyer, civil servant, and businessman
• Stan Lawlor, politician
• Walter Learning, theatre director and actor
• Mary Lewis, actress and filmmaker

M

• George MacDonnell, officer in the British Army in the War of 1812
• William D. MacGillivray, director
• Francis MacKenzie, politician
• Campbell Leonard Macpherson, businessman
• Cluny MacPherson, physician and the inventor of the gas mask
• Greg Malone, actor
• Earle McCurdy, labour leader
• Patrick Thomas McGrath, journalist and politician
• Thomas Meagher, merchant
• Thomas Meagher, MP
• Rick Mercer, television show host, comedian
• Lorraine Michael, politician
• Arthur William Miller, politician
• Harold Mitchell, politician
• Mary Xavier Molony, Presentation Sister who was the first nun to establish Catholic schools in Newfoundland
• Lisa Moore, author
• Jason Morgan, National Hockey League player
• Francis Morris, solicitor and politician
• John T. Mullock, Catholic bishop
• George Murphy, politician
• George Murray, poet

N

• Dwayne Norris, National Hockey League player

O

• Scott Oake, sportscaster
• Doug O'Brien, National Hockey League player
• Mark O'Brien, actor
• Fabian O'Dea, lawyer
• Deborah Odell, actress
• James Louis O'Donel, first Roman Catholic bishop of St. John's
• Johnathan Ogden, surgeon
• Seamus O'Regan, news reporter
• Tom Osborne, politician
• John Ottenheimer, lawyer and politician
• Joseph Outerbridge, businessman and philanthropist

P

• Alyssa Nicole Pallett, model, actress, and businesswoman
• William Parker, builder
• Helen Parsons Shepherd, artist
• Jean Payne, businesswoman
• Krystin Pellerin, actress
• Rae Perlin, artist
• Vera Perlin, businesswoman
• William Petten, politician
• Robert Pilot, artist
• Cyprian Pinkham, bishop
• Eleanor Power, first English woman to be executed in what is today Canada
• Sarah Power, actress
• Thomas Joseph Power, Catholic bishop
• Christopher Pratt, painter
• Teddy Purcell, National Hockey League player

R

• Christopher Ralph, actor
• Gerry Rogers, filmmaker and politician
• Mark Rudkin, member of the British Army
• Frederick Russell, businessman
• John Ryan, printer
• Terry Ryan, National Hockey League player

S

• Louise Saunders, laqyer
• Tommy Sexton, comedian
• Stephen J. M. Sisk, actor
• Thomas Skinner, Ceylon
• John Slaney, National Hockey League player
• Sebastian Spence, actor
• Anthony Stack, deputy commander of the 5th Canadian Division
• Geoff Stirling, businessman
• Kim Stockwood, musician

T

• William Bevil Thomas, was a merchant, land developer, and sea captain
• Greg Thomey, actor
• James Tuck, archaeologist
• Paul Tucker, artist
• Zachary Turner, boy killed by his mother, Shirley Jane Turner, in a murder-suicide on 18 August 2003
• Shannon Tweed, actress
• Tracy Tweed, actress

W

• Mary Walsh, actress
• Mike Watson, poker player
• David Wells, politician
• Alonza J. White, lawyer and politician
• Danny Williams, politician
• Harold Williams, geologist
• Neil Windsor, politician
• Jacqueline Winsor, sculptor
• Michael Winter, author

Y

• Nellie Yip Quong, midwife, feminist, and social activist
• Andrew Younghusband, television personality, writer and journalist

See also

• List of people from Newfoundland and Labrador