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| People from Halifax, Nova Scotia | |
|---|---|
| Name | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Official name | Halifax Regional Municipality |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Nova Scotia |
| Established | 1749 |
| Population | 403131 |
People from Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax has produced numerous influential figures whose lives intersect with institutions such as Dalhousie University, Mount Saint Vincent University, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and events like the Halifax Explosion, the Battle of the Atlantic, and the American Revolution (1775–1783). Residents and natives have shaped fields across the Atlantic corridor linking United Kingdom, United States, France, and Caribbean networks through connections to Royal Navy, Canadian Armed Forces, Public Prosecution Service of Canada, and cultural outlets such as CBC Television and CTV Television Network.
Halifax natives and long-term residents include figures associated with Georges P. Vanier School, Citadel Hill, Pier 21, and landmarks like Halifax Citadel and Point Pleasant Park, and have engaged with events like the Sack of Dartmouth (1751), the Siege of Louisbourg (1758), and the Northwest Rebellion. Notables span military links to Royal Canadian Navy officers, legal ties to the Supreme Court of Canada, artistic affiliations with Royal Academy of Arts, and sporting careers involving Hockey Hall of Fame inductees.
Early settlers and historical leaders include Edward Cornwallis, Thomas Cochran (Nova Scotia politician), Jonathan Belcher, Henry Duncan (naval officer), Joseph Howe, Thomas Head Raddall Sr., Alexander Keith (politician), Charles Morris (surveyor general), William G. H. Rawson, Francis Legge, Michael Francklin, John George Pyke, Sir William Young, 1st Baronet, Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet, and Admiral Sir Provo Wallis. Other historical figures connected to Halifax include Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, Hendrick Aupaumut, Thomas N. McLeod, Charles Tupper, Joseph Frederick Wallet Desbarres, James Brenton, William Hall (VC), Sir Samuel Cunard, Isaac Smith (Royal Navy officer), and John Merrick.
Halifax’s cultural contributors include musicians such as Anne Murray, Matt Mays, Joel Plaskett, Buck 65, Joel Plaskett Emergency, Rita MacNeil, Sarah McLachlan, Allison Crowe, Terry Kelly, Loreena McKennitt, Rose Cousins, The Rankin Family, Sloan (band), The Super Friendz, Matt Mays & El Torpedo, Paper Lions, Wintersleep, Hey Rosetta!, and Austra (band). Writers and poets include Alistair MacLeod, Thomas Raddall, E. J. Pratt, Geoffrey Bilson, Ernesto Cardenal (visiting), Avery Saltzman (theatre connections), Bruce Graham, Katherine Langford (performing arts ties), Michael Crummey, Shirley Jackson (visiting residencies), W. O. Mitchell (lectures), and Charles Bruce. Actors and filmmakers linked to Halifax include Ellen Page, Evangeline Lilly, Sarah Gadon, Nicholas Campbell, John Dunsworth, Rebecca Jenkins, Joel Thomas Hynes, Allan Hawco, Gordon Pinsent, Tatiana Maslany, Norman Jewison, Deepa Mehta (festival screenings), and Patricia Rozema.
Political leaders and civil servants associated with Halifax include Robert Borden, John Hamm, Gerald Regan, Angus L. Macdonald, George Henry Murray, Stuart Garson, Donald S. Macdonald, Michel Samson, Alex Campbell (politician), Alexa McDonough, Preston Manning (campaign events), Brian Mulroney (visits), Stephen Harper (appearances), Justin Trudeau (campaign stops), Sheila Copps (appearances), Keith Ashfield, John Crosbie (visits), Dionne Brand (activism), Maud Lewis (cultural policy influence), Anne McLellan, Liberal Party of Canada figures, and judges who served at the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada.
Scholars and medical figures include faculty and alumni of Dalhousie University such as Frederick Banting (lectures), Maude Abbott, Ernest C. Manning (talks), John Ridley, Sir Sandford Fleming, John Sparrow David Thompson (law lectures), Alexander Graham Bell (visits), Frank MacKinnon, Howard H. Aiken (collaborations), Graeme Sherriff, Maude Barlow (activism), Charles Tupper Jr., Helen McClung, William Osler (associations), John Beard (biologist), Joseph Howe (journalism influence), James Bowman (surgeon), E. A. Carefoot, Reginald Fessenden (radio experimentation), Charles B. Huggins (lectures), Arthur Kroeger (education policy), and researchers linked to Saint Mary’s University and Nova Scotia Community College.
Athletes include hockey players and Olympians such as Sidney Crosby (youth tournaments), Nathan MacKinnon (development camps), Brock Boeser (training), Brad Marchand (minor hockey roots), Eric Netley, Ron Ellis, Sid Smith (ice hockey), Bobby Smith, Terry Kelly (athlete), Renee Augustine, Rowan Barrett (basketball connections), Kaleigh Gilchrist (water sports), Melanie Oudin (tennis clinics), George Dixon (boxer), Donnie Holloway, John MacLellan, Steve Smith (cricketer), Mark de Jonge (canoe sprint), Meaghan Benfeito (diving training), Alexander Hurd (speed skating heritage), and coaches affiliated with Canadian Olympic Committee programs.
Business figures and industrialists tied to Halifax include shipping magnates and entrepreneurs such as Samuel Cunard, Alexander Keith (brewer), John W. Smith, Thomas Raddall (merchant), John Moody (merchant), G. W. G. Lawrence, Allan Slaight (media investments), Irving family (regional industry interactions), K.C. Irving (corporate links), Graham Day (corporate law connections), John H. Merritt, Moses Coady (co-operative movement), J. D. Irving, Limited (business ties), Canadian National Railway executives (ports), Harold Innis (economic thought), Isaac Desbarres (mercantile history), Edward Mortimer Sefton, North British and Mercantile Insurance Company figures, and founders of local tech startups affiliated with Volta Labs and Innovacorp.
Category:People by city in Canada