List of people from Campbellton, New Brunswick
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This is a list of notable people from Campbellton, New Brunswick. Although not everyone in this list was born in Campbellton, they all live or have lived there, and have had significant connections to the community.
| Name | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brenda Best | music | 1962 | songwriter, ASCAP Nashville; inducted into the NBCMHF New Brunswick Country Music Hall of Fame (2015) | |
| Roy Boudreau | politics | 1946 | 2023 | former MLA for Campbellton-Restigouche Centre in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick; president of the assembly[1] |
| Byron Christopher | journalist | 1949 | print, radio, and television news reporter | |
| Greg Davis | politics | 1962 | politician | |
| Bill Dickie | sports | 1916 | 1997 | ice hockey goaltender |
| Rayburn Doucett | politics | 1943 | businessman and politician | |
| Jean F. Dubé | politics | 1962 | former member of Parliament (Madawaska-Restigouche), former member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick;[2] member of the Parole Board of Canada | |
| Patsy Gallant | singer | 1948 | popular singer and musical theatre actress | |
| Chuck Guité | civil servant | 1943 | civil servant | |
| John LeBlanc | sports | 1964 | former professional hockey player for the Winnipeg Jets, Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers | |
| René Lévesque | politics | 1922 | 1987 | Parti québécois premier of Quebec |
| Peter Maher | sports | 1949 | sports broadcaster for the Calgary Flames; inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame | |
| John McAlister | politics | 1842 | 1918 | first mayor of Campbellton, 1888-1889 |
| Bill Miller | sports | 1908 | 1986 | former professional hockey player for the Montreal Maroons |
| Frédéric Niemeyer | sports | 1976 | former professional tennis player | |
| Mike Olscamp | politics | professor and politician | ||
| Gerry Ouellette | sports | 1938 | 2025 | former professional hockey player for the Boston Bruins and Campbellton Tigers; won three Hardy Cups |
| Allain Roy | sports | 1970 | 1994 Canadian Olympian, won NCAA title with Harvard and drafted by the Winnipeg Jets | |
| John Stevens | sports | 1966 | former hockey head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers; current assistant coach of the Los Angeles Kings | |
| J.C. Van Horne | politics | 1921 | 2003 | politician |