Saint John, New Brunswick

Saint John is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick and the oldest incorporated city in Canada. In 2001 it had a population of 69,661 (metropolitan population/conurbation 122,678).

Notable people from Saint John

• Stompin' Tom Connors, musician
• James De Mille, novelist, educator
• George Edwin King, statesman, justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
• George Frederick Phillips, military hero
• Walter Pidgeon, actor
• Harry Saltzman, creator of the "James Bond" films
• Matt Stairs, Major League Baseball player
• Donald Sutherland, actor
• Elsie Wayne, longtime mayor of Saint John, later a Member of Parliament and interim leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

Although born in Russia, famed Hollywood producer Louis B. Mayer (of MGM fame) was raised in Saint John. The burial site of his mother can be found in the small Jewish section of the Fernhill Cemetery on Westmorland Road.

Related Topics:
Russia - Louis B. Mayer - MGM - Fernhill Cemetery

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