LeBlanc – boxer Robert Maillet – wrestler Roland Melanson – NHL goalie Chad Ogea – Major League Baseball pitcher Dustin Poirier – Mixed martial arts fighter Henri Richard – Hockey Hall of Fame, Montreal Canadiens Maurice Richard – Hockey Hall of Fame, Montreal Canadiens Ryan Theriot – Major League Baseball infielder Visual artists Anne-Marie Sirois – artist Writers Gilbert Buote – educator, publisher and author Anselme Chiasson - Catholic priest, educator, writer Herménégilde Chiasson – writer, ex-lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick Joey Comeau – writer, comic creator France Daigle – writer and playwright Andrea Doucet – sociologist and writer Clive Doucet – writer Placide Gaudet - historian, educator, genealogist and journalist. His research and papers play an important role in the preservation of the Acadian history. Valentin Landry – journalist and educator Émilie Leblanc – Acadian activist and educator Gérald Leblanc – poet Louis Haché – writer, translator, historian Antonine Maillet – writer and playwright; Prix Goncourt 1979 Alden Nowlan – poet, novelist, and playwright Marie-Colombe Robichaud – writer and playwright Media Phil Comeau – film and television director; 92 film awards, Order of Canada, Order of New Brunswick Lyse Doucet – news correspondent and presenter, BBC World Pre-deportation David Basset – trader and privateer Joseph Broussard (Beausoleil) Noel Doiron – leader of the Acadians; died in the single greatest tragedy of the Expulsion, the sinking of the Duke William Joseph-Nicolas Gautier – merchant trader and Acadian militia leader Daniel LeBlanc – immigrant and progenitor of the LeBlanc family, the largest Acadian family at the time of the deportation Pierre LeBlanc – early settler of Pointe-de-l'Église, Nova Scotia Bernard Marot (fl. 1590–1650), French surgeon and ship's captain. Philippe Mius d'Entremont – Lieutenant-major under Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour, who, in 1653, awarded him the first fief in Acadia, the Barony of Pobomcoup (currently Pubnico, Nova Scotia ). He later became the King's Attorney in Acadia Joseph d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin – military officer and Abenaki chief Pierre II Surette – Acadian resistance leader and co-founder of Ste. Anne du Ruisseau, Nova Scotia Jeanne Dugas – wife of Pierre Bois, one of the co-founders of Chéticamp, Nova Scotia See also List of First Nations peoples List of Cajuns List of Louisiana Creoles List of people by nationality References Acadians