# List of University of Guelph people

The following is a list of notable alumni, faculty and affiliates of University of Guelph in Canada.

## Chancellors

At its first convocation on May 21, 1965 George Drew was installed as chancellor of the University.
* George Drew (1965–1971)
* Emmett Matthew Hall (1971–1977)
* Pauline Mills McGibbon (1977–1983)
* William Atcheson Stewart (1983–1989
* Lincoln Alexander (1991–2007)
* Pamela Wallin (2007–2011)
* David Mirvish (2012–2017)
* Martha Billes (2017–2022)
* Mary Anne Chambers (2022–present)

## Presidents

* John Douglas MacLachlan (1964–1967)
* William Winegard (1967–1975)
* Donald Forster (1975–1983)
* Burton Matthews (1983–1988)
* Brian Segal (1988–1993)
* Mordechai Rozanski (1993–2003)
* Alastair Summerlee (2003–2014)
* Franco Vaccarino (2014–2020)
* Charlotte Yates (Interim) (2020–2021)
* Charlotte Yates (2021–2024)
* Rene Van Acker (Interim) (2024-)

## Notable alumni

* Edmund Abaka - professor of African history at the University of Miami
* Allan Armitage – author and professor at the University of Georgia
* Rupan Bal – Canadian–Indian YouTuber
* Chris Banks – poet
* Toby Barrett – politician, Member of Provincial Parliament for Haldimand—Norfolk
* Alexandra Beaton – actress and dancer
* Karen Beauchemin – research scientist
* Deni Ellis Béchard – Canadian-American novelist
* Jennifer Beech – Canadian television host
* Laura Bertram – actress
* Mark Bourrie – lawyer and journalist
* Tim Bray – software developer and entrepreneur
* Sara Angelucci – artist and professor at Ryerson University
* Harry Brightwell
* Ryder Britton
* Christa Brosseau
* James Robert Brown
* Krista Buecking
* Tyler Clark Burke – artist, illustrator, designer, and writer
* Kathy Butler
* Mikey Bustos
* Cassie Campbell
* Dom Cardillo
* David Castle
* Anna Chatterton
* Laurel Schafer, Canada Research Chair in Catalyst Development
* Dicki Chhoyang
* George Chiang
* Meredith Chivers
* Olivia Chow – 66th Mayor of Toronto
* Reid Coolsaet
* Claude Cormier
* Anne Croy, Reproductive immunologist
* Elisabeth de Mariaffi
* Diane Deans
* Susan Dobson
* Peter Donaldson
* Maura Doyle, multimedia artist
* Rick Ferraro
* Graham Forsythe
* James E. Fraser
* Harry L. Garrigus
* Keegan Gaunt
* Nora Gould – poet
* Tim Grant
* Peter S. Gray
* Michael Grimes (Associate Diploma 1920), Irish scientist and first Professor of Microbiology at University College Cork
* Tara Hedican
* Graham Henderson
* Stephen Hicks
* Robert Horner
* Nasrin Husseini – (MSc 2020) Afghani refugee advocate, veterinary researcher, and food activist
* Alexis Jordan
* David Joseph
* Mark Lautens
* Robert Leigh
* Matt Lennox
* Karen Ludwig
* Judy Maddren
* Charlie Masters
* Brandon Maxwell
* Tom McBroom
* Scott McGillivray
* Audrey McLaughlin
* Heather McNairn
* Gord Miller
* K. D. Miller
* Kenneth Mitchell
* Kimberly Moffit
* Peter Moss
* Jacey Murphy
* Ian Murray
* Brendan Myers
* Opendra Narayan
* Piers Nash
* Joe Neilands
* Greg O’Gallagher
* Penny Park
* Roula Partheniou – artist
* Cecil Frederick Patterson
* Mirela Rahneva
* Lisa Raitt
* Jordan Raycroft
* Jus Reign – Canadian Comedian and YouTube Personality
* Sue Richards
* Jael Richardson
* Doug Rollins
* Liz Sandals
* Dolph Schluter
* James Schroder
* H. B. Sharman
* Jonathan Sherbino
* Kalidas Shetty
* Vandana Shiva
* Jane Siberry – singer / songwriter
* Evan Siddall - business leader
* Michael Sona – political figure
* Ralph Spence
* John Steffler
* Bernadine Strik (1962–2023), horticulturist.
* Derek Sullivan
* Mary Swan
* Marwan Tabbara
* Stephen J. Tanner
* Chase Tang - actor / mental health advocate
* Lisa Thompson
* Jane Urquhart
* Dennis vanEngelsdorp – assistant professor at University of Maryland
* Mike Wallace – politician
* Hope Weiler – associate professor at McGill University
* Terry Wilson – police officer
* John Wise – politician
* Jane Wright – entomologist
* Elizabeth Yake – film producer
* Jiyuan Yu – philosopher
* Liz Howard – poet and winner of the 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize for her book Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent
* Aisha Sasha John – poet
* Canisia Lubrin – poet
* Elisabeth de Mariaffi – novelist and short story writer
* Soraya Peerbaye – poet
* Ayelet Tsabari – novelist and winner of the Sami Rohr Prize
* Paul Vermeersch – poet
* Zoe Whittall – novelist and Canadian Screen Award-winning screenwriter
* Alissa York – novelist
* Edgar Archibald – agricultural scientist
* George Atkins – broadcaster
* Karen Bailey – scientist
* Roberta Bondar – Canada's first female astronaut
* Ernest Charles Drury – eighth Premier of Ontario
* John Kenneth Galbraith – economist
* Bill Hanley – Hockey Hall of Fame member
* George Stewart Henry – tenth Premier of Ontario
* Grant MacEwan – ninth Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
* H.R. MacMillan – forester, industrialist, wartime administrator, and philanthropist
* Harry Nixon – thirteenth Premier of Ontario
* Stanley Thompson – golf course architect
* Kelly Thornton – theatre director
* Lyle Vanclief – former Minister of Agriculture
* Emma-Jayne Wilson – jockey
* Charles Ambrose Zavitz – pioneered the development of soybeans for commercial use in Ontario
* Edmund Zavitz – pioneer in re-forestation in Ontario
* Donald Arthur Hatch — Canadian academic
* Cara Elizabeth Yar Khan – disability advocate, public speaker and United Nations humanitarian
* Azadeh Elmizadeh - visual artist]
* John Dunsworth - Actor & The Liqour