List of Carleton University people

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

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–current 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–current Greg Farrell

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

 * 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
 * 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
 * Hamza Haq, actor

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
 * Eric Sprott, founder of Sprott Asset Management
 * Shane Smith, co-founder and CEO of Vice
 * Jamie Salter, founder and CEO of Authentic Brands Group

Journalists

 * Rosemary Barton, political journalist and host of Power & Politics on CBC News Network
 * Keith Boag, chief political correspondent for CBC News
 * 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
 * Nahlah Ayed, Middle East correspondent for the CBC
 * Paul Watson, Pulitzer Prize–winning photojournalist

Politicians

 * Lester Bowles Pearson, former chancellor, professor, Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
 * Gary Anandasangaree, Member of Parliament, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
 * Niki Ashton, Member of Parliament, New Democratic Party leadership candidate
 * Lindsay Blackett, first black Cabinet minister in Alberta
 * Patrick Boyer, Member of Parliament
 * Marco Mendicino, Member of Parliament, former Minister of Public Safety
 * Ben Carr, Member of Parliament
 * Gord Brown, 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * John Milloy Member of Provincial Parliament, Minister
 * Claudia Mo, Member of Hong Kong Legislative Council
 * John Nater, Member of Parliament
 * Yasir Naqvi, Member of Parliament, former Member of Provincial Parliament
 * Tom Nevakshonoff, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
 * Paul Okalik, former premier of Nunavut
 * Ernie Parsons, Member of Provincial Parliament
 * 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
 * Abdul Momin Ismail, former Chief Minister of Brunei and member of the Legislative Council

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

 * Shirley Barrie, playwright
 * Chris Bailey, writer and productivity consultant
 * 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
 * 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
 * Warren Kinsella, lawyer, author, musician, political consultant, lobbyist and commentator
 * Chalmers Jack Mackenzie, former chancellor, first president of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
 * Kenneth Chan Kai-tai, Hong Kong actor and television host for Cable TV Hong Kong channel
 * Karim Rashid, industrial designer
 * Amy Miller, filmmaker
 * Michelle Mohabeer, filmmaker
 * Howard Nuk, industrial designer (former VP of Design at Samsung and Co-founder at Palm)
 * 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, Canadian composer, pianist, and musicologist

Notable honorary degree recipients

 * Daniel Alfredsson, former Ottawa Senators captain
 * Murray Sinclair, Chairman of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2009–2015), awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2015
 * Robert Thirsk, Canadian astronaut and engineer; awarded D.Eng., honoris causa in 2019
 * Paul Martin, 21st Prime Minister of Canada (2003–2006); awarded Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2019
 * Dag Hammarskjöld, United Nations Secretary-General (1953–1961), Nobel Peace Prize laureate; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1954
 * U Thant, United Nations Secretary-General (1961–1971); awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1962
 * Kurt Waldheim, United Nations Secretary-General (1972–1981); awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1972
 * 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
 * Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, United Nations Secretary-General (1982–1992); awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1985
 * Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1993
 * Boutros Boutros-Ghali, United Nations Secretary-General (1992–1997); awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1995
 * Romano Prodi, 79th Prime Minister of Italy; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2001
 * Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General (1997–2007), Nobel Peace Prize laureate; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2004
 * 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
 * Tomson Highway, Indigenous playwright and novelist; awarded Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa in 2013
 * Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist and civil society leader; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2010
 * 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
 * Helen Clark, 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand (1999–2008) and Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (2009–2017); awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2012
 * Sheilah L. Martin, Canadian Judge, awarded Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2021
 * Buffy Ste-Marie, Indigenous musician; awarded Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2008
 * André Picard, Canadian journalist; awarded Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2017
 * Wanda Thomas Bernard; Canadian Senator; awarded Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2021