University of Ottawa

Notable Alumni and Faculty

• Kofi Atta Annan, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, UN Secretary General (Honorary)
• Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo, Ivoirian poet
• Michel Bastarache, puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
• Samantha Bee, news correspondent for The Daily Show
• Jocelyne Bourgon, Canadian representative to the OECD, former Clerk of the Privy Council
• Michel Chossudovsky, Professor of Economics, world-renowned economist
• Dr.Walter Douglas Boyd, world-renowned cardiothoracic surgeon
• Jean-Marc Carisse, photographer
• Georges Charpak, Nobel laureate in physics (Honorary)
• Bob Chiarelli, current mayor of the City of Ottawa
• Adrienne Clarkson, former Governor General of Canada (Honorary)
• Louise Charron, puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
• Erica Ehm, Canadian television personality and songwriter, former MuchMusic VJ
• Dr.Ann Duggan, recipient of the 1999 shared Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the organization Doctors Without Borders
• Dr.Mark Gelfer, co-founder of VSM MedTech Ltd.
• Howard Hampton, leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party
• Rahim Jaffer, Canadian Member of Parliament
• Peter Jennings, news anchor for ABC News, Two-time Peabody Award winner
• Dr.Wilbert Joseph Keon, world-renowned cardiovascular surgeon, first Canadian to implant an artificial heart in a human
• Sherraine MacKay, Olympic athlete (épée fencing)
• John Manley, former Canadian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
• Paul Martin, current Prime Minister of Canada
• Dalton McGuinty, current Ontario premier
• Ryoji Noyori, Nobel laureate in chemistry (Honorary)
• Paul Okalik, first premier of Nunavut
• Suzanne Pinel, children's entertainer (Marie-Soleil)
• Allan Rock, former Canadian politician and ambassador to the United Nations
• Hugh Segal, Canadian politician
• Tito Scaiano, Professor of Chemistry, Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering winner
• Carol Shields, Pulitzer Prize winning writer
• Paul Tellier, former Clerk of the Privy Council
• Alex Trebek, host of the popular game show Jeopardy!
• Pierre Elliott Trudeau, former Prime Minister of Canada (Honorary)
• Roch Voisine, singer-songwriter
• James Cartwright Whitewater, Olympic athlete (kayak)