This is a list of notable people from Kent County, New Brunswick. Although not everyone in this list was born in Kent County, they all live or have lived in Kent County and have had significant connections to the communities.
Full Name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
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Joël Bourgeois | Grande-Digue | Sports | 1971 | 3000m steeplechase runner, gold medalist at the 1999 Pan American Games, silver medalist at the 2003 Pan American Games, and two time Olympian, in the 1996 and 2000 editions of the Games | |
Donald J. Savoie | Bouctouche | Political analyst | 1947 | ||
Christian Kit Goguen | Saint-Charles | Singer-songwriter | 1978 | ||
K. C. Irving | Bouctouche | Industrialist | 1899 | 1992 | |
Bonar Law | Five Rivers | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | 1858 | 1923 | First British Prime Minister born outside the British Isles |
Mia Martina | Saint-Ignace | Singer | 1982 | ||
Antonine Maillet | Bouctouche | Author | 1929 | Prix Goncourt winner | |
Robert Maillet | Sainte-Marie-de-Kent | Wrestler/Actor | 1969 | ||
Louis Robichaud | Champdoré | Premier of New Brunswick | 1925 | 2005 | |
Margery Ward | Bass River | Politician | 1942 | 1993 |
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