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This is a list of members of the Acadian people, and people of Acadian origins. The Acadians (French: Acadiens) are the descendants of the 17th-century French colonists who settled in Acadia (located on the northern portion of North Americas east coast). ...
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Law and Politics - Aubin-Edmond Arsenault - former Premier of Prince Edward Island
- Joseph-Octave Arsenault - first Acadian Prince Edward Island member of the Canadian Senate
- Edmond Blanchard - chief justice of the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada, former politician
- Ernest Cottreau - former senator
- Chris d'Entremont - Nova Scotia MLA, Minister of Health and Acadian Affairs
- Roméo LeBlanc - politician and journalist, former Governor-General of Canada
- Neil LeBlanc - Consul General to Boston, Massachussetts, and former Nova Scotia MLA, Minister of Finance
- Viola Léger - former senator and actress
- Louis Robichaud - former Premier of New Brunswick
- Camille Thériault - former Premier of New Brunswick
- Robert Thibault - Canadian Liberal MP
- Peter J. Veniot - former Premier of New Brunswick
- Michel Samson - Nova Scotia MLA, Liberal Party of Nova Scotia
Aubin-Edmond Arsenault (1870–1968) was a Prince Edward Island politician. ...
The Honourable Joseph-Octave Arsenault (August 5, 1828 – December 14, 1897) was a Canadian politician who was the first Acadian from Prince Edward Island to be named to the Canadian Senate. ...
Edmond P. Blanchard (born May 31, 1954 in Atholville, New Brunswick) is a Canadian jurist and former politician. ...
The Right Honourable Roméo-Adrien LeBlanc, PC, CC, ONB, CMM, CD (born December 18, 1927 in Memramcook, New Brunswick) is a former Governor General of Canada. ...
Neil LeBlanc Neil LeBlanc, B.Comm, (born 1956) is the former finance minister of Nova Scotia, Canada. ...
The Honourable Viola Léger (born June 29, 1930) is a Acadian-Canadian actress and former Canadian Senator. ...
The Honourable Louis Joseph Robichaud, PC , CC , QC , BA , LL.D (October 21, 1925 - January 6, 2005), popularly known as Little Louis or Ti-Louis (due both for his short height and his sharing a name with Uncle Louis St. ...
Camille Henri Thériault (born February 25, 1955 in Baie-Ste-Anne, New Brunswick) is a former premier of New Brunswick. ...
The Honourable Robert Thibault, PC (born September 29, 1959 in Digby, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian politician. ...
Peter John Veniot (October 4, 1863-July 6, 1936) was a New Brunswick journalist and politician and the first Acadian premier of the province. ...
Michel Samson is the interim leader of the Liberal Party of Nova Scotia and the MLA for Richmond. ...
Military - John A. LeJeune - former Commandant of the Marine Corps (Not Acadian was French Creole)
Musicians - Marcel Aymar - singer
- Angèle Arsenault - singer-songwriter, media host
- Jean-François Breau - singer
- Édith Butler - singer-songwriter
- Cayouche - Country singer and songwriter
- Patsy Gallant - singer and actress
- Carolyne Jomphe - Country singer and songwriter
- Wilfred Le Bouthillier - singer
- Natasha St-Pier - singer
- Marie-Jo Thério - singer-songwriter
- Roch Voisine - singer-songwriter
- Zachary Richard - singer - songwriter
- Michael Doucet - singer - songwriter - Beausoliel
- Marc Savoy - singer - accordion maker
- Jesse Daigle - singer - songwriter - guitarist
Marcel Aymar is a franco-ontarian singer originally from Baie Sainte-Marie, Nova Scotia. ...
Angèle Arsenault on the cover of her 1994 album Transparente Angèle Arsenault O.C., BA, MA, D. (h. ...
Édith Butler O.C. (born Marie Nicole Butler 27 July 1942 in Paquetville, New Brunswick) is an Acadian singer-songwriter and folklorist. ...
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Patsy Gallant (born August 15, 1948 in Campbellton, New Brunswick) is a Canadian pop singer and musical theatre actress. ...
Wilfred Le Boutillier is an Acadian signer from the town of Tracadie-Sheila and the winner of the 2003 edition of Star Académie, a Quebec reality show of contesting young signers. ...
Natasha Saint-Pier performing in Le Tampon in october 2006. ...
Roch Armand Joseph Voisine, O.C. (born 26 March 1963) is an Acadian-Québécois singer-songwriter, actor, and radio and TV host who lives in Montreal, Quebec, when he is not performing in Las Vegas, Nevada. ...
Zachary Richard is a Louisiana singer, songwriter, and poet who works in both French and English. ...
Michael Doucet (b. ...
Marc Savoy (b. ...
Sports Jean Arthur Béliveau, CC , CQ , D.h. ...
Raymond Jean Bourque (born December 28, 1960 in Saint-Laurent, Quebec, now a district of Montreal) is a Hockey Hall of Famer who currently holds the records for most goals, assists and points by a defenseman in the National Hockey League (NHL) and has become near-synonymous with the Boston...
Rheal Paul Cormier (born April 23, 1967) is a Canadian of Acadian ancestry who is a pitcher in Major League Baseball. ...
Yvon Durelle, born October 14, 1929 in Baie-Ste-Anne, New Brunswick, Canada, was a British Empire champion boxer. ...
René Duprée René Duprée (born René Goguen on December 15, 1983 in Moncton, New Brunswick) is a French Canadian professional wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment on the SmackDown! brand and is the youngest worker in the WWE. He is also the son of celebrated Canadian Maritimes wrestling promoter...
Suzanne Gaudet (left) and her team Suzanne Gaudet (Pronounced Good-ee; born October 2, 1981 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island) is a Canadian curler. ...
Cassidy OReilly (born November 21, 1976) is a Cajun American professional wrestler, also known as Cassidy Reilly and Cassidy Riley. ...
Joseph-Henri-Maurice Rocket Richard PC, CC, OQ (born August 4, 1921 in Laval, Quebec, Canada, died May 27, 2000 in Montreal, Quebec) was a professional ice hockey player, and played for the Montreal Canadiens from 1942 to 1960. ...
Writers - Georges Arsenault - PEI Acadian Historian
- Jeannette Belliveau - Writer, publisher, cultural geographer
- Régis Brun - Acadian Historian and Researcher at the U of Moncton
- Herménégilde Chiasson - writer
- Joey Comeau - writer, comic creator
- Clive Doucet - writer
- Sheila Collins Hebert - writer
- Barbara Le Blanc - Writer & Historian
- Gérald Leblanc - poet
- Antonine Maillet - writer and playwright
His Honour the Honourable Dr. Herménégilde Chiasson (born St. ...
A Softer World is a weekly webcomic by Canadians Joey Comeau and Emily Horne. ...
Clive Doucet is a Canadian writer and politician of Acadian descent. ...
Gérald LeBlanc, acadian poet, born in Bouctouche, New Brunswick in 1947, passed away in 2005 in Moncton where he lived since his university studies in 1971. ...
Antonine Maillet in 1984 The Honourable Antonine Maillet, PC, CC, OQ, ONB, LL.D, FRSC, (born May 10, 1929) is a Canadian Acadian novelist, playwright, and scholar. ...
Misc - Robert Aubie - Marshal McLuhan Distinguished Teacher Award 1987 - First in Canada
- Louis J. Belliveau - Nuclear physicist
- Kimberley d'Eon - Producer, writer, reporter and Gemini Award nominee
- Blake O. Escudier - Entrepreneur and Professor
- Lyse Doucet - news correspondent & presenter, BBC World
- Kathlin Kveldulfsdottir - founder of Asatru society in Nova Scotia
- Leo Touchet - Photographer/Photojournalist
- Matt LeBlanc - Actor (best known as 'Joey' on the sitcom 'Friends'
Robert Aubie was born in Bathurst, New Brunswick in 1941 and traces his Acadian roots back to Port Royal in the 1700s. ...
Lyse Doucet (born 24 December 1958 in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada) is an immensely popular presenter and correspondent for both BBC World Service radio and BBC World television. ...
satr , also known as Odinism, describes a number of attempts to reconstruct the indigenous religions of Northern Europe. ...
Matthew Steven LeBlanc (born July 25, 1967 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA is an Emmy and Golden Globe nominated American actor, best known for his role as Joey Tribbiani on the TV sitcom Friends (1994-2004). ...
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