# List of Carleton University people

This is a list of notable people associated with Carleton University, such as faculty members and alumni.

## Lineage and establishment
### Chancellors

* 1952–1954 Harry Stevenson Southam
* 1954–1968 Jack Mackenzie
* 1969–1972 Lester B. Pearson
* 1973–1980 Gerhard Herzberg
* 1980–1990 Robert Gordon Robertson (Emeritus 1992–)
* 1990–1992 Pauline Jewett
* 1993–2002 Arthur Kroeger (Emeritus 2002–2008)
* 2002 Ray Hnatyshyn
* 2003–2008 Marc Garneau
* 2008–2011 Herb Gray
* 2011–2017 Charles Chi
* 2018– Yaprak Baltacioğlu

### Presidents

* 1942–1947 Henry Marshall Tory
* 1947–1955 Murdoch Maxwell MacOdrum
* 1955–1956 James Alexander Gibson (pro tempore)
* 1956–1958 Claude Bissell
* 1958–1972 Davidson Dunton
* 1972–1978 Michael Kelway Oliver
* 1979 James Downey (pro tempore) 1 January – 15 May
* 1979–1989 William Edwin Beckel
* 1989–1996 Robin Hugh Farquhar
* 1996–2005 Richard J. Van Loon
* 2005–2006 David W. Atkinson
* 2006–2008 Samy Mahmoud (pro tempore), from 20 November 2006
* 2008–2017 Roseann Runte
* 2017–2018 Alastair Summerlee (interim)
* 2018–2023 Benoit-Antoine Bacon
* 2023–2024 Jerry Tomberlin (interim)
* Jan. 1, 2025 Wisdom Tettey

### Chairs of the Board of Governors

* 1942–1949 Philip D. Ross, Honorary Chairman
* 1942–1947 Henry Marshall Tory
* 1947–1952 Harry Stevenson Southam
* 1952–1960 J.E. Coyne
* 1960–1962 E.W. Richard Steacie
* 1962–1965 C.C. Gibson
* 1965–1972 David A. Golden
* 1972–1974 James Lorne Gray
* 1974–1976 Russ J. Neill
* 1976–1978 Hyman Soloway
* 1978–1980 George A. Fierheller
* 1980–1982 Denis A. Ross
* 1982–1984 Clifford Thomas Kelley
* 1984–1985 Jean Teron
* 1985–1987 Claude Edwards
* 1987–1989 Ross Cruikshank
* 1990–1992 Donald Yeomans
* 1992–1993 Sam Hughes
* 1993–1995 Maureen O'Neil
* 1995–1997 Ivan Fellegi
* 1997–2000 Robert Laughton
* 2000–2002 Allen Lumsden
* 2002–2005 Jocelyn Ghent Mallett
* 2005–2006 Margaret Bloodworth
* 2006–2008 David M. Dunn
* 2008–2010 Jacques Shore
* 2010–2012 Gisele Samson-Verreault
* 2012–2014 Ronald Jackson
* 2014–2016 Anthony (Tony) Tattersfield
* 2016–2018 Christopher Carruthers
* 2018–2020 Nik Nanos
* 2020–2022 Dan Fortin
* 2022–2024 Greg Farrell
* 2024-current Beth Creary

### Notable alumni and faculty
#### Academics

* Emma Anderson, professor at University of Ottawa
* Aslam Anis, professor of health economics at the UBC Faculty of Medicine
* Andrew Brook, Chancellor's Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science
* Madhu Dikshit, cardiovascular biologist and N-Bios laureate
* Ivan Fellegi, former Chief Statistician of Canada
* Peter Grünberg, Nobel laureate in Physics 2007
* Erin Johnson, professor of theoretical chemistry at Dalhousie University
* Lawrence M. Krauss, physics professor at Arizona State University and popular science author
* Michael I. Krauss, professor at George Mason University School of Law
* Randal Marlin, Carleton philosophy professor specializing in the study of propaganda
* Robin Neill, economic historian
* Ryan North, writer and computer scientist
* Norm O'Reilly, professor at University of Guelph
* John Porter, former professor of sociology
* Edwin G. Pulleyblank, professor at the University of British Columbia
* Kenneth B. Storey, current professor of biology
* Lyal S. Sunga, expert in international human rights, humanitarian law and international criminal law
* William Sweet, professor of philosophy, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

#### Entertainers

* Emily Yeung, host of This is Emily Yeung
* Melody Anderson, retired actress, social worker
* Jeremy Gara, band drummer of Arcade Fire
* Elizabeth Hanna, undergraduate major in philosophy and later graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada; voice actor and speech-language pathologist
* Hamza Haq, actor
* Mervyn G.H. Hinds, Chicago blues musician, known as Harmonica Hinds
* K-OS (Kheaven Brereton), musician
* Kayhan Kalhor, Grammy award-winning musician
* Norm Macdonald, comedian, actor
* Mia Martina, pop singer, bestselling author

#### Entrepreneurs

* Suhayya Abu-Hakima, co-founder and CEO of AmikaNow! and Amika Mobile Corporation
* David Azrieli, architect, 10th richest man in Canada
* Conrad Black, former businessman
* Trevor Matthews, founder and CEO of Brookstreet Pictures
* Jamie Salter, founder and CEO of Authentic Brands Group
* Eric Sprott, founder of Sprott Asset Management
* Shane Smith, co-founder and CEO of Vice

#### Journalists

* Nahlah Ayed, Middle East correspondent for the CBC
* Rosemary Barton, political journalist and host of Power & Politics on CBC News Network
* Keith Boag, chief political correspondent for CBC News
* Mark Bourrie, lawyer, journalist, author of RBC Taylor Prize for literary non-fiction for Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson
* Rita Celli, host for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
* Andrew Chang, television journalist
* Petronila Cleto, Filipino journalist, film critic and social activist
* James Duthie, TSN host and journalist
* Matthew Fraser, former editor-in-chief of National Post
* Edward Greenspon, former editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail
* Greg Ip, economic journalist, The Wall Street Journal
* Peter Jennings, journalist and news anchor for ABC News, two-time Peabody Award winner, awarded a Litterarum doctor, honoris causa in 1997
* Arthur Kent, Emmy award-winning war correspondent
* Carolyn Mackenzie, broadcaster
* Robert MacNeil, journalist, Officer of the Order of Canada
* Sheila MacVicar, Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning journalist
* Gavin McInnes, writer, founder of Vice
* Saša Petricic, journalist, photographer, currently senior correspondent for CBC's The National
* Paul Watson, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist

#### Politicians

* Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
* Arielle Kayabaga, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons of Canada
* Niki Ashton, Member of Parliament, New Democratic Party leadership candidate
* Lindsay Blackett, first black Cabinet minister in Alberta
* Patrick Boyer, Member of Parliament
* Gord Brown, Member of Parliament
* Ben Carr, Member of Parliament
* Mike Colle, Member of Provincial Parliament
* Alex Cullen, Member of Provincial Parliament, Ottawa City Councillor
* Hans Daigeler, Member of Provincial Parliament
* Barry Devolin, former Member of Parliament
* Paul Dewar, former Member of Parliament
* Ward P.D. Elcock, Deputy Minister of Defence, former Director of Canadian Security Intelligence Service
* Greg Fergus, Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada
* Catherine Fife, Member of Provincial Parliament, President of the Ontario Public School Boards Association
* Rob Ford, former mayor of the City of Toronto, studied political science for a year
* Larisa Galadza, Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine
* Evelyn Gigantes, Member of Provincial Parliament
* Jacqueline Creft, Minister of Women's Affairs of the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada
* Abdul Momin Ismail, former Chief Minister of Brunei and member of the Legislative Council
* Pauline Jewett, Member of Parliament, professor and Chancellor of Carleton University
* Leo Jordan, Member of Provincial Parliament
* Wilbert Keon, Senator, heart surgeon
* Catherine Kitts, Ottawa City Councillor
* Branden Leslie, Member of Parliament
* John Manley, former Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Canada
* Marco Mendicino, Member of Parliament, former Minister of Public Safety
* John Milloy Member of Provincial Parliament, Minister
* Claudia Mo, Member of Hong Kong Legislative Council
* Yasir Naqvi, Member of Parliament, former Member of Provincial Parliament
* John Nater, Member of Parliament
* Tom Nevakshonoff, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
* Paul Okalik, former premier of Nunavut
* Ernie Parsons, Member of Provincial Parliament
* Lester B. Pearson, former chancellor, professor, Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
* Michael Prue, Member of Provincial Parliament
* Scott Reid, Member of Parliament
* Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, former Prime Minister of Somalia
* Norm Sterling, Member of Provincial Parliament
* Marit Stiles (born 1969), Member of Provincial Parliament
* Jenna Sudds, Member of Parliament, Minister of Families, Children, and Social Development
* Barbara Sullivan, Member of Provincial Parliament
* Judy Wasylycia-Leis, former Member of Parliament
* Jim Watson, Member of Provincial Parliament, Mayor and City Councillor of Ottawa
* Omar Zakhilwal, former Professor of Economics, Afghan Finance Minister and chief economic advisor to the president of Afghanistan

#### Sportspeople

* Derek Holmes, IIHF Hall of Fame inductee
* Waneek Horn-Miller, Olympian and activist
* Linda Thom, Olympic gold medal-winning shooter
* Brian Wilks (born 1966), NHL hockey player

#### Writers

* Chris Bailey, writer and productivity consultant
* Shirley Barrie, playwright
* Daniel Francis, writer and historian
* Sara Gruen, fiction author known best for award-winning novel Water for Elephants
* J.J. McAvoy, writer
* Peter Worthington, editor-in-chief of the Toronto Sun

#### Others

* Ngaire Blankenberg, former director of the National Museum of African Art
* Louise Charron, Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
* Dan Conlin, historian, author, former journalist at CBC Ottawa, currently curator of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
* Tong Daochi, former secretary of the Chinese Communist Party of Sanya Committee
* Lorna deBlicquy, pioneering woman aviator
* Michelle Douglas, human rights activist
* Lorne Elias, inventor of the explosives vapour detector EVD-1
* Allan Gregg, pollster, political pundit
* Gregory Henriquez, architect, Governor-General's Medal for Architecture
* Abdul Rahman Jabarah, alleged al-Qaeda member killed in 2003
* Jim Judd, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service
* Kenneth Chan Kai-tai, Hong Kong actor and television host for Cable TV Hong Kong channel
* Warren Kinsella, lawyer, author, musician, political consultant, lobbyist and commentator
* Chalmers Jack Mackenzie, former chancellor, first president of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
* Amy Miller, filmmaker
* Michelle Mohabeer, filmmaker
* Howard Nuk, industrial designer (former VP of Design at Samsung and Co-founder at Palm)
* Karim Rashid, industrial designer
* Cristine Rotenberg, crime statistics analyst and nail art YouTube personality
* Wayne Smith, Chief Statistician of Statistics Canada
* Harley Swedler, architect
* Katie Tallo, filmmaker and writer
* Susan Wood, Canadian literature scholar, pioneer of feminist science fiction studies
* James K. Wright, composer, pianist, and musicologist

### Notable honorary degree recipients

* Daniel Alfredsson, former Ottawa Senators captain
* Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General (1997–2007), Nobel Peace Prize laureate; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2004
* Wanda Thomas Bernard, Canadian Senator; awarded Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2021
* Boutros Boutros-Ghali, United Nations Secretary-General (1992–1997); awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1995
* Helen Clark, 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand (1999–2008) and Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (2009–2017); awarded Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2012
* Tommy Douglas, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan; led the first socialist government in North America and introduced universal public health care to Canada; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1980
* Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1993
* Dag Hammarskjöld, United Nations Secretary-General (1953–1961), Nobel Peace Prize laureate; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1954
* Tomson Highway, Indigenous playwright and novelist; awarded Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa in 2013
* Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada (2005–2010); awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2012
* David Johnston, Governor General of Canada (2010–2017); awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2016
* Peter Mansbridge, Canadian Broadcaster; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2014
* Paul Martin, 21st Prime Minister of Canada (2003–2006); awarded Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2019
* Sheilah L. Martin, Canadian Judge, awarded Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2021
* Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, United Nations Secretary-General (1982–1992); awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1985
* André Picard, Canadian journalist; awarded Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2017
* Romano Prodi, 79th Prime Minister of Italy; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2001
* Murray Sinclair, Chairman of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2009–2015), awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2015
* U Thant, United Nations Secretary-General (1961–1971); awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1962
* Buffy Ste-Marie, Indigenous musician; awarded Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2008
* Robert Thirsk, Canadian astronaut and engineer; awarded D.Eng., honoris causa in 2019
* Herman Van Rompuy, 49th Prime Minister of Belgium (2008–2009) and then as the first permanent President of the European Council (2009–2014); awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2017
* Kurt Waldheim, United Nations Secretary-General (1972–1981); awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1972
* Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist and civil society leader; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2010

## Other people

| Name | Known for | Relationship to Carleton |
| Timothy J. Anderson | Opera singer, writer | Graduate |
| Dan Aykroyd | Actor | Studied at Carleton, honorary D.Litt. 1994 |
| David Azrieli | Architect, businessman | Graduate |
| Rosemary Barton | Political journalist, host of Power & Politics on CBC News Network | Graduate |
| Georges Bédard | Ottawa City Councillor | Graduate |
| Conrad Black | Financier and newspaper magnate | Graduate |
| Walter Douglas Boyd | Heart surgeon | Graduate |
| Patrick Boyer | Member of Parliament | Graduate |
| George Brizan | Former Prime Minister of Grenada | Graduate |
| Gord Brown | Politician | Graduate |
| Shona Brown | Google's VP, Business Operations | Graduate |
| Cody Ceci | NHL player for Edmonton Oilers | Graduate |
| Rita Celli | Ottawa anchor for CBC TV's Canada Now program | Graduate |
| Louise Charron | Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada | Graduate |
| Mike Colle | Politician | Graduate |
| Michael Cowpland | Former CEO and founder of Corel | Graduate |
| Alex Cullen | Ottawa City Councillor | Graduate |
| Allan Cutler | Public servant, politician | Graduate |
| Hans Daigeler | Politician | Graduate |
| Barry Devolin | Conservative Member of Parliament | Graduate |
| Paul Dewar | New Democratic Party Member of Parliament | Graduate |
| Michelle Douglas | Human rights activist | Graduate |
| James Duthie | TSN sportscaster | Graduate |
| Ward P.D. Elcock | Public servant | Graduate |
| Phil Eyler | Politician | Graduate |
| Ivan Fellegi | Chief Statistician of Canada | Graduate |
| Marc Garneau | Former President of the Canadian Space Agency, Member of Parliament | Former chancellor |
| Evelyn Gigantes | Former New Democrat Ontario cabinet minister | Graduate |
| Frank Graves | President of EKOS Research Associates | Graduate |
| Herb Gray | Former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada | Former chancellor |
| Edward Greenspon | Editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail | Graduate |
| Peter Grünberg | Nobel laureate in Physics, 2007 | Research faculty |
| Thomas Homer-Dixon | Author of The Ingenuity Gap; director of Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies | Graduate |
| Peter Hume | Ottawa City Councillor | Graduate |
| Peter L. Hurd | Evolutionary biologist | Graduate |
| Marianne Illing | Member of Canadian Olympic water polo team | Graduate |
| Peter Jennings | Journalist | Studied briefly at Carleton, honorary D.Litt. 1997 |
| Pauline Jewett | Politician | Taught at Carleton; was chancellor 1990–1992 |
| Leo Jordan | Politician | Graduate |
| Wilbert Keon | Senator, heart surgeon | Graduate |
| Warren Kinsella | Politician, author, weblogger | Graduate |
| Alison Korn | Olympic medalist | Graduate |
| Lawrence M. Krauss | Author of The Physics of Star Trek | Graduate |
| Arthur Kroeger | Civil servant | Chancellor (1993–2002) |
| Shawn Little | Ottawa City Councillor | Graduate |
| Robert MacNeil | Journalist and television news anchor | Graduate |
| Maestro (Wes Williams) | Musician | Studied at Carleton |
| John Manley | Politician, former Deputy Prime Minister | Graduate |
| Randal Marlin | Author | Professor |
| Trevor Matthews | Producer, actor | Studied at Carleton |
| Gerald McMaster | Author, artist, and curator | Graduate |
| John Milloy | Politician | Graduate |
| Emma Miskew | Olympic curler | Graduate |
| Tom Nevakshonoff | New Democrat Manitoba MLA | Graduate |
| Ryan North | Comic author | Graduate |
| Paul Okalik | Former Premier of Nunavut | Graduate |
| Ernie Parsons | Politician | Graduate |
| Michael D. Prue | Politician | Graduate |
| W. Wesley Pue | Professor of law, past President of Canadian Law and Society Association | Faculty |
| Karim Rashid | Industrial designer | Graduate |
| Scott Reid | Politician | Graduate |
| Cristina Rémond | Model, anthropologist | Graduate |
| Cristine Rotenberg | Crime statistics analyst, YouTube personality | Graduate |
| Don Scott | Politician | Graduate |
| Sheridan Scott | Politician | Professor |
| Norm Sterling | Politician | Graduate |
| Barbara Sullivan | Politician | Graduate |
| Doug Thompson | Ottawa City Councillor | Graduate |
| Chris Tse | Spoken word poet | Graduate |
| John Turmel | Engineer, holder of Guinness world record for greatest number of elections lost | Graduate |
| Jill Vickers | Political scientist, author, candidate | Professor |
| Graham C. Walker | Professor of Biology, MIT | Graduate |
| Judy Wasylycia-Leis | Politician | Graduate |
| Jim Watson | Politician | Graduate |
| Douglas Whiteway | Journalist | Graduate |
| Peter Worthington | Journalist | Graduate |
| Hassan Diab (sociologist) | Convicted of terrorism charges by a French court in absentia and sentenced to life in prison. | Faculty |