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This is a list of notable Acadians, and people of Acadia origins.. Present-day Acadian communities (in yellow). To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Acadian or must have references showing they are Acadian and are notable.
The Acadians: A People's Story of Exile and Triumph, John Wiley & Sons, 2005 (published in the United States as The Cajuns: A People's Story of Exile and Triumph) [ISBN missing] Kennedy, Gregory M.W. Something of a Peasant Paradise? Comparing Rural Societies in Acadie and the Loudunais, 1604–1755 (MQUP 2014) [ISBN missing] Laxer, James.
Modern flag of Acadia, adopted 1884. The Acadians (French: Acadiens) are the descendants of 17th and 18th century French settlers in parts of Acadia (French: Acadie) in the northeastern region of North America comprising what is now the Canadian Maritime Provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, the Gaspé peninsula in eastern Québec, and the Kennebec River in southern ...
Acadia (French: Acadie) was a colony of New France in northeastern North America which included parts of what are now the Maritime provinces, the Gaspé Peninsula and Maine to the Kennebec River. [6] The population of Acadia included the various indigenous First Nations that comprised the Wabanaki Confederacy, the Acadian people and other ...
[29] The Acadians shared the swamps, bayous, and prairies with the Attakapa and Chitimacha Native American tribes. After the end of the American Revolutionary War, about 1,500 more Acadians arrived in New Orleans. About 3,000 Acadians had been deported to France during the Great Upheaval.
Acadian people by occupation (3 C) D. Acadian diaspora (2 C, 9 P) G. Governors of Acadia (30 P) I. Immigrants to Acadia (4 P) Pages in category "Acadian people"
American people of Acadian descent (2 C, ... Pages in category "American people of French-Canadian descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of ...
Beyonce Knowles-Carter (born 1981), direct descendant of Acadian rebellion leader Joseph Broussard Edwin Duhon (1910-2006), musician and co-founder of the Hackberry Ramblers Cléoma Falcon (1906-1941), Cajun guitarist and vocalist, known for being the wife of Joe Falcon as well as being one of the first people to record Cajun music