List of Famous people born in Nova Scotia, Canada

Alexander Austin Willis, was a Canadian actor and television host.

Carrie Mae Best, was a Canadian journalist and social activist.

George Mercer Dawson was a Canadian geologist and surveyor. He was born in Pictou, Nova Scotia, the eldest son of Sir John William Dawson, Principal of McGill University and a noted geologist, and his wife, Lady Margaret Dawson. By age 11, he was afflicted with tuberculosis of the spine that resulted in a deformed back and stunted growth. Physical limitations, however, did not deter Dawson from becoming one of Canada's greatest scientists.

Charles Brenton Huggins was a Canadian-American physician, physiologist and cancer researcher at the University of Chicago specializing in prostate cancer. He was awarded the 1966 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discovering in 1941 that hormones could be used to control the spread of some cancers. This was the first discovery that showed that cancer could be controlled by chemicals.

Allan Emrys Blakeney was the tenth Premier of Saskatchewan from 1971 to 1982, and leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP).

Thomas Robert McInnes or (Gaelic) Tòmas Raibeart Mac Aonghais was a Canadian physician, Member of Parliament, Senator, and the sixth Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.

Steven McNiven is a Canadian comic book artist. He first gained prominence on CrossGen's Meridian, before moving onto books such as Ultimate Secret, New Avengers and Civil War.

Joseph Neil MacNeil was a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

General Sir William Fenwick Williams, 1st Baronet of Kars was a Nova Scotian military leader for the British during the Victorian era.