University of Toronto Schools - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

  • Brig-Gen. Donald Agnew, C.B.E., C.D., Commandant of the Royal Military College of Canada
  • Chris Alexander, former Canadian Ambassador to Afghanistan
  • John Allemang, journalist
  • Jay Bahadur, journalist and author
  • Charles Baillie, OC, chancellor of Queen's University, former CEO of TD Bank
  • Rod Beattie, actor
  • Ian Brodie, chief of staff for Canada's Prime Minister's Office
  • Catherine Bush, novelist
  • J.M.S. Careless, OC, historian and biographer, two-time winner of the Governor General's Award
  • Jim Chamberlin, chief designer of the Avro Arrow
  • Noah Cowan, artistic director of Bell Lightbox, former co-director of the Toronto International Film Festival
  • Paul Davis, sailor, won a Bronze medal in Soling class (racing for Norway) at Sydney in 2000
  • John Evans, CC, Rhodes Scholar, medical leader and former University of Toronto president
  • Mark Evans, Rower, Won Gold for Canada in 1984 in pairs sculling
  • James Fleck, OC, businessman and philanthropist
  • David Frum, journalist and author
  • Peter George, CM, president of McMaster University
  • Chris Giannou, CM, war surgeon, former Chief Surgeon of the International Committee of the Red Cross, and author
  • Donald B. Gillies, computer scientist
  • Peter Godsoe, OC, former Chairman of The Bank of Nova Scotia
  • Ian Goldberg, computer scientist and cryptographer
  • Laurie Graham, Olympic downhill skier, Alpine Champion
  • Doug Hamilton, Rower, won Bronze for Canada in 1984
  • Lawrence Hill, author (The Book of Negroes) and essayist
  • Hal Jackman, OC, OOnt, businessman and former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
  • John Dowe Keith, eminent pediatric cardiologist
  • Paul Koring, award winning journalist, The Globe and Mail
  • Sarah Kramer, former CEO of eHealth Ontario
  • Dennis Lee, OC, poet
  • Jack McClelland, CC, publisher
  • Lydia Millet, author
  • Dunc Munro, hockey player, Stanley Cup winner, and Olympic gold medallist
  • Fraser Mustard, CC, medical pioneer and founder of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
  • John C. Polanyi, PC, CC, Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry, 1986
  • John Josiah Robinette, CC, OOnt, prominent litigator and constitutional law expert, Chancellor of Trent University
  • Robert Gordon Rogers, OC, OBC, 24th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia and Chancellor of the University of Victoria
  • Amir Safavi, prize winning Canadian violinist
  • Jeffrey Simpson, OC, journalist
  • James Sommerville, horn player and conductor
  • A. Michael Spence, Nobel Prize winner for Economics, 2001
  • C.P. Stacey, OC, historian
  • Harry Stinson, real estate developer
  • Wayne Sumner, philosophy professor and member of the Royal Society of Canada
  • John Tory, former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
  • John A. Tory, former financial advisor to Ken Thomson
  • Paul Tough, editor at the New York Times Magazine
  • Vincent Tovell, OC, CBC broadcaster and producer
  • Garth Turner, Conservative, then independent, then Liberal MP
  • Edward Waitzer, former chair of Stikeman Elliott
  • Graham Yost, screen play writer of Speed, Broken Arrow, Hard Rain, and 2 time Emmy winner

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