List of people Pictou County, Nova Scotia
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Pictou County, Nova Scotia is home to a number of well known entertainers, athletes and politicians.
New Glasgow
Pictou County-George Canyon-country singer and runner up on 2004 season of Nashville Star.
Boxer and Nova Scotia House of Assembly Sergeant-at-arms, Buddy Daye was born in New Glasgow.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Peter MacKay.
Stellarton
Former Premier of Nova Scotia John Hamm resides in Stellarton, as does Loel Campbell
Recipient of the Victoria Cross, James Peter Robertson won the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Actor and filmmaker Johnny Terris grew up in Stellarton, just on the outskirts of Westville.
Thorburn
Mike Smith (Bubbles from the hit series Trailer Park Boys) is from Thorburn in the outskirts of New Glasgow.
Salt Springs
J.D. Fortune, current lead singer for INXS, who gained his fame through a television show called Rock Star: INXS.
Whitehill
Mark A. Brennan Canadian Landscape painter, lives and works out of Whitehill.
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