Michael Brimer, South African-Australian composer, pianist and organist
McNaughton has been awarded the Violet Downey National Chapter of the IODE Book Award for the best Canadian English Language Children's Book, the Ann Conner Brimer Award for Children's Literature in Atlantic Canada, and the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People.
The home was built originally in 1939 by Tom Brimer, who was then owner of Good Humor Ice Cream.