Robert Laird Borden, former Prime Minister/lawyer/politician - his administration aided women's suffrage, made Canada's single military, becoming among the best in the world, establishing Canada as a
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Top 10 Famous and Notable People Born in Nova Scotia
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William Hall, naval veteran - the first black man to ever receive the Victoria Cross
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Samuel "Sam" E. Langford, professional boxer - considered the best Canadian boxer and one of the world's top boxers of all-time
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Joshua Slocum, explorer/mariner/adventurer/writer - in 1895 he set off and became the first man to successfully circumnavigate the globe solo, returning after three years at sea in 1898
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Charles Fenerty, inventor/poet/explorer - invented wood pulp paper making process
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Margaret C. MacDonald, nurse - first nurse to be reach the rank of Major, served in the Spanish-American, Boer and First World Wars as well as at the building of the Panama Canal
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James George Aylwin Creighton, lawyer/engineer/journalist/athlete - credited with organizing the first indoor hockey game and popularizing the sport
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Abraham Pineo Gesnar, physician/geologist/inventor/educator - invented kerosene
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George Mercer Dawson, scientist/surveyor - performed geologic and geographic surveys across the country a mapped many previously unknown areas including the Yukon
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John Patch, fisherman/inventor - created one of the earliest versions of the screw propellor
