List of University of Western Ontario people

This is a list of notable individuals associated with the University of Western Ontario, including graduates, former students, professors, and researchers.

Academics and scholars
• M. Shahid Alam &mdash; economist

• U. Aswathanarayana &mdash; Honorary Director of the Mahadevan International Centre for Water Resources Management, India

• George Ayittey &mdash; Ghanaian economist, author and president of the Free Africa Foundation in Washington DC, professor at American University

• Larry Bourne &mdash; Professor Emeritus of Urban Geography and Planning at University of Toronto

• Stephen Dempster &mdash; Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at Crandall University

• Robert C. Dynes &mdash; physicist, former President of the University of California

• Frances Egan &mdash; Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University

• Raffi Indjejikian &mdash; professor of accounting, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

• Charles Jago &mdash; academic, university administrator

• Gabriel Leung &mdash; physician and epidemiologist, current Dean of the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong

• J. Carson Mark &mdash; mathematician

• Mark Mullins &mdash; executive director, Fraser Institute

• Leola Neal &mdash; psychologist, first female president of the Ontario Psychological Association

• Hart E. Posen &mdash; Richard G. and Julie J. Diermeier Professor in Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Andrew Price-Smith &mdash; Colorado College political science professor

• Philip Reny &mdash; economist, Chair of the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago

• Ervin Sejdic &mdash; data scientist and engineering professor at the University of Pittsburgh

• Vandana Shiva (Ph.D. Philosophy) &mdash; philosopher, environmentalist, eco feminist

• Michael Walker &mdash; economist

• Julia M. Wright&mdash; professor of English, Dalhousie University

Science, technology, and medicine
• Roberta Bondar (M.Sc. 1971 Experimental Pathology) &mdash; astronaut

• Donald Charlton Bradley &mdash; inorganic chemist

• Sudi Devanesen &mdash; physician, professor of medicine

• Charles George Drake &mdash; Canadian Medical Hall of Fame neurosurgeon

• Melvyn Goodale &mdash; neuroscientist

• Jennifer Gunter &mdash; OB/GYN and author

• L. Seale Holmes &mdash; dermatologist, radiologist, politician and noted philatelist

• Kelly Metcalfe &mdash; cancer scientist and professor

• Donald Rix &mdash; pathologist

• Graeme N. Smith&mdash; obstetrician, medical researcher, and academic

• Gavin C. E. Stuart&mdash; professor, former Dean of Medicine, and former Vice-Provost Health, UBC Faculty of Medicine

• Michael Stuart &mdash; Mayo Clinic sports physician and orthopedic surgeon

• Bjarni Tryggvason &mdash; astronaut

Journalism and publishing
• Thalia Assuras (B.Sc. 1980, M.A. 1981 Journalism) &mdash; CBC and CBS journalist

• Cameron Bailey &mdash; film critic and Toronto International Film Festival programmer

• Perrin Beatty (1970) &mdash; former president, CBC

• Lisa Bowes &mdash; sports anchor, CTV Calgary

• Andrea Canning (B.A. 1994 Psychology) &mdash; ABC News correspondent

• Nicole Dunsdon (M.A. 1995 Journalism) &mdash; the last person to win the Miss Canada competition before it was cancelled in 1992

• Uche Eze (B.Sc Business Administration 2006) &mdash;Nigerian blogger and founder of BellaNaija

• Avis Favaro &mdash; BA Honours, M.A Arts/Journalism 1982, performance degree Piano Western Conservatory of Music 1982; health journalist, Global News and CTV National News

• Brendan Fernandes &mdash; artist

• Scott Feschuk &mdash; speechwriter, humorist and former newspaper journalist

• Elliotte Friedman (1993) &mdash; sports reporter, host, Hockey Night in Canada

• Jennifer Hedger (B.A. 1998 Theatre Arts/English) &mdash; sports reporter for TSN

• Heather Hiscox (M.A. 1987 Journalism) &mdash; CBC news anchor

• Penn Kemp (B.A. 1966, CertEd 1968) &mdash; poet and playwright

• Sam Maggs (B.A. 2010 English Language & Literature) &mdash; author, entertainment journalist, and comic book and video game writer

• Wendy Metcalfe (B.A.) &mdash; newspaper journalist and editor

• Kevin Newman (B.A. 1981 Political Science) &mdash; anchor of Global National

• Carol Off (B.A. 1981) &mdash; television and radio journalist

• Kevin Quinn &mdash; sportscaster, Rogers Sportsnet

• Scott Russell (B.A. 1980 History, B.Ed. 1981, M.A. 1985 Journalism) &mdash; CBC commentator, Hockey Night in Canada and figure skating

• Morley Safer &mdash; host of 60 Minutes (did not graduate)

• Dan Shulman (B.Sc. 1989 Actuarial Science) &mdash; sportscaster for ESPN

• Steve Simmons &mdash; sports journalist, Toronto Sun

• Christine Simpson (1985) &mdash; sports reporter, Rogers Sportsnet

• Rachel Sklar &mdash; lawyer, CNN commentator, and media blogger

• Paul Wells (B.A. 1989 Political Science) &mdash; journalist and pundit, columnist for Maclean's

Film, television and theatre
• Bryan Baeumler (B.A. 1996) &mdash; award-winning host of Disaster DIY and House of Bryan

• Shirley Barrie &mdash; playwright

• Greg Brady (B.A. Political Science 1993) &mdash; host of Brady and Lang in the Morning on Sportsnet 590, The Fan

• Steve Byers &mdash; actor, Falcon Beach

• Nancy Dolman (Philosophy) &mdash; actress and wife of Martin Short

• Max Ferguson (B.A. 1946) &mdash; radio personality

• David Furnish (H.B.A. 1985) &mdash; filmmaker and husband of Sir Elton John

• Tomson Highway (B. Mus. 1975, B.A. 1976) &mdash; playwright

• Juggan Kazim (B.A. 2002 Media, Information & Technoculture and Sociology) &mdash; actress, model, television personality

• Alexander Knox &mdash; Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning actor (did not graduate)

• Simu Liu (H.B.A. 2011) &mdash; Canadian-Chinese actor, writer, and stuntman

• Sarah Richardson (B.A. Visual Arts 93) &mdash; interior designer, HGTV series Sarah's House and Sarah 101, Design Inc.

• Kelly Rowan (1989) &mdash; actress, The O.C.

• Deepak Sethi (B.Sc. 2002 Computer Science) &mdash; television writer known for Family Guy

• David Shore &mdash; screenwriter and creator of television show House

• Rob Stewart — filmmaker, conservationist, and creator of Sharkwater

• Alan Thicke (1967) &mdash; actor, Growing Pains

• Kelly Thornton (B.A., did not finish) &mdash; theatre director

• Al Waxman (B.A. 1957) &mdash; actor

Music, fine arts and architecture
• Simona Atzori (B.A. 2001 Visual Arts) &mdash; dancer, artist, born without arms

• John Davis Barnett &mdash; librarian, curator

• Basia Bulat (B.A. 2006 English) &mdash; musician

• Jack Chambers &mdash; artist

• Todd Clark &mdash; lead singer of the Toronto-based rock group Pilot Speed, formally known as Pilate, songwriter, record producer

• Duncan Coutts (1993) &mdash; musician, Our Lady Peace

• Eric Ethridge &mdash; country pop singer, songwriter

• Jonita Gandhi &mdash; playback singer

• Elaine Goble (B.A. 1977) &mdash; visual artist

• Garth Hudson &mdash; organist, The Band

• Stephan Moccio (B.Mus. 1994) &mdash; musician, singer/songwriter, composer, 2010 Vancouver Games performer

• Adrianne Pieczonka (B.Mus. 1985) &mdash; soprano opera singer

• Zameer Rizvi (B.Eng. 1981 Electrical Engineering)

• Michael Schade (B. Mus. 1888) &mdash; tenor opera singer

• Mike Turner &mdash; guitarist/producer, formerly of Our Lady Peace

• Stephen Willis &mdash; musicologist

• Don Wright &mdash; composer, musician and educator

Business
• Thomas Bailey &mdash; founder of Janus Capital Group, USA

• Geoff Beattie &mdash; President and CEO, Woodbridge

• Henry Cheng &mdash; Chairman & Executive Director of NWS Holdings and New World Development

• Eleanor Clitheroe-Bell (1977) &mdash; former businesswoman, Anglican priest

• George Cope &mdash; President, CEO, BCE Inc., Bell Canada

• Michael Copeland &mdash; President and CEO of the Toronto Argonauts, previously with Boston Consulting Group and Deloitte Consulting

• Matthew Corrin &mdash; founder and CEO, Freshii

• Liane Davey (1993) &mdash; business consultant, public speaker, New York Times bestselling business author

• Brian Ferriman &mdash; music industry executive

• Shuman Ghosemajumder &mdash; technologist, author

• Stephen K. Gunn &mdash; CEO, co-founder of Sleep Country Canada

• Richard M. Ivey (H.B.A. 1947) &mdash; businessman, philanthropist

• C.B. "Bud" Johnston (H.B.A. 1954) (MBA 1957) (dean, 1978–1989; retired, 1997) &mdash; all at UWO

• Moez Kassam (B.A. 2002) &mdash; founder of Anson Group

• Jodi Kovitz &mdash; founder of #movethedial

• Arkadi Kuhlmann &mdash; Chairman of ING Direct

• Patrick LaForge &mdash; President, CEO, Edmonton Oilers

• Howard Lindzon &mdash; author and founder of StockTwits

• Christine Magee (1982) &mdash; President, co-founder of Sleep Country Canada

• Rob McEwen &mdash; chairman and CEO of McEwen Mining

• Ray Muzyka &mdash; CEO of BioWare

• Dave Nichol (1962) &mdash; former president, spokesperson, Loblaws

• Kevin O'Leary (M.B.A., 1980) &mdash; chairman, O'Leary Funds, CBC Television co-host, Lang and O'Leary Exchange, Dragon, ABC's Shark Tank, CBC's Dragons Den

• Grant Reuber (1950) &mdash; businessman, economist

• Edward Rogers III &mdash; president of Rogers Cable, son of Ted Rogers and grandson of Edward S. Rogers, Sr.

• Joseph Rotman (B.A. 1957 Philosophy) &mdash; businessman, philanthropist

• Ray Sharma (1996) &mdash; Founder and CEO, XMG Studio

• Benjamin Smith &mdash; CEO of Air France–KLM, former President, Airlines at Air Canada

• John M. Thompson (B.ESc. 1966, LL.D. 1994) &mdash; Chairman of the Board, TD Bank Financial Group

• Prem Watsa &mdash; Chairman and CEO, Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited

• Lee Seng Wee &mdash; former chairman, Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation, Singapore

• Galen Weston (1962) &mdash; head, Weston Foods

• Ray G. Young &mdash; EVP, CFO, General Motors Corporation

Government
• Eve Adams (B.A. 2001 Psychology) &mdash; Conservative Member of Parliament

• Alfred Apps (BA 1979) — President of the Liberal Party of Canada since 2009

• Ron Atkey &mdash; conservative politician

• James Bartleman (B.A. 1963 History) &mdash; Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

• Joyce Bateman (H.B.A. 1977) &mdash; Conservative Member of Parliament

• Adam Beck (1916) &mdash; former mayor of London

• Chris Bentley (1976) &mdash; Member of Ontario Provincial Parliament and Ontario Minister of Energy

• François Bourguignon (Ph.D. 1975 Economics) &mdash; Chief Economist of the World Bank

• Laurel Broten (LL.B.) &mdash; Liberal Member of Ontario Provincial Parliament

• John Carmichael (B.A. 1974 Geography) &mdash; Conservative Member of Parliament

• Margaret Chan (B.A. 1973 Brescia, M.D. 1977) &mdash; Director-General - Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization

• Chris Charlton (B.A. 1986 English) &mdash; Member of Parliament

• Shawn Cleary (B.A. 1994) &mdash; Halifax Regional Councillor

• Sheila Copps (B.A. 1974 French and English from King's College) &mdash; former federal Minister of Heritage

• Pam Damoff (BA) &mdash; Federal Liberal Member of Parliament

• Frank de Jong &mdash; leader of Green Party of Ontario

• Jim Diodati (BA 1991) &mdash; Mayor of Niagara Falls, Ontario

• Janet Ecker (1975) &mdash; Ontario Minister of Finance

• Doug Ferguson &mdash; president of the Liberal Party of Canada 2008–2009

• Diane Finley (B.A. 1979, M.B.A. 1982) &mdash; Conservative Member of Parliament and Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development

• Joe Fontana &mdash; former Liberal Member of Parliament, mayor of London

• Cheryl Gallant (B.Sc. 1982 Chemistry) &mdash; Conservative Member of Parliament

• Roger Gallaway &mdash; politician

• Donald Getty (1955) &mdash; CFL player and Premier of Alberta

• Dianne Haskett (1977) &mdash; former mayor of London, Ontario

• Tom Hockin &mdash; Conservative politician

• Ed Holder (B.A. 1976 Philosophy) &mdash; Conservative Member of Parliament and Mayor of London, Ontario

• Tim Hudak (B.A. 1990 Economics) &mdash; Ontario MPP and Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

• Ron Irwin &mdash; diplomat and politician

• Gar Knutson (1983) &mdash; Liberal Member of Parliament

• Gloria Lindsay Luby &mdash; Conservative politician

• Janice MacKinnon &mdash; former Saskatchewan Minister of Finance

• Tiff Macklem &mdash; Governor of Bank of Canada

• Paul Macklin &mdash; politician and lawyer

• Joy MacPhail &mdash; former BC finance minister and deputy premier

• Irene Mathyssen (B.A. 1974, B.Ed. 1975) &mdash; Ontario NDP MPP; NDP Member of Parliament

• Deb Matthews (B.A. Sociology, Ph.D. 2006) &mdash; Ontario MPP Minister of Health and Long-Term Care

• Howard McCurdy &mdash; NDP Member of Parliament

• Paul McKeever (M.A. 1991, Ph.D studies 1991-1992, LL.B. 1995) &mdash; leader of the Freedom Party of Ontario

• Darcy McKeough &mdash; businessman, politician

• Cathy McLeod (B.Sc.N. 1981) &mdash; Conservative Member of Parliament

• Bill Morneau (B.A.) &mdash; Canadian Finance Minister

• Pat O'Brien (1971) &mdash; former Liberal Member of Parliament

• Gordon Osbaldeston (1953) &mdash; former U.S./Canadian Trade Commissioner

• Peter Partington &mdash; Chairman of Niagara City Council

• Steve Peters (B.A. 1985 History) &mdash; Member of Ontario Provincial Parliament

• David Peterson &mdash; former Premier of Ontario

• James Scott Peterson &mdash; Canadian Minister of International Trade

• Tim Peterson &mdash; Liberal politician

• Rod Phillips (B.A.) &mdash; Ontario Minister of Finance

• Stephen Poloz (M.A.) &mdash; Governor of Bank of Canada

• Brad Raffensperger &mdash; Georgia Secretary of State during the 2020 United States presidential election

• John Robarts (1939) &mdash; former Premier of Ontario

• Lloyd St. Amand &mdash; Liberal politician

• Peggy Sattler (BA 1983, MEd 2012) &mdash; NDP Member of Provincial Parliament

• Andrew Saxton (B.A. 1986 ACS) &mdash; Conservative Member of Parliament

• Kyle Seeback (LL.B. 1998) &mdash; Conservative Member of Parliament

• Dan Senor &mdash; spokesman for U.S. Presidential Envoy Paul Bremer

• Jagmeet Singh (B.Sc. 2001) &mdash; Leader of the New Democratic Party (2017–)

• Bruce Smith &mdash; Conservative politician

• Heather Stefanson &mdash; former premier of Manitoba

• Glenn Stevens &mdash; Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia

• Karen Stintz (B.A. 1992) &mdash; Toronto city councillor and Chair of the Toronto Transit Commission

• Paul Szabo &mdash; politician

• Shirley Thomson &mdash; Director of the McCord Museum

• Peter Towe &mdash; diplomat and businessman

• Bernard Trottier (M.B.A. 1992) &mdash; Conservative Member of Parliament

• Orville Alton Turnquest (1981) &mdash; MP in the Bahamas

• Frank Valeriote (B.A. 1976 King's) &mdash; Liberal Member of Parliament

• Elizabeth Weir (1976) &mdash; leader of the New Brunswick NDP

• John Wilkinson &mdash; Ontario MPP, Ontario Minister of Revenue

• John Reesor Williams &mdash; conservative politician

• David Winninger &mdash; NDP politician

• Elizabeth Witmer (1968) &mdash; Progressive Conservative MPP

• Stephen Woodworth (LL.B. 1977) &mdash; Conservative Member of Parliament

• Alvin Yeung &mdash; Hong Kong legislative councillor

Literature

 * Joan Barfoot &mdash; novelist
 * Clare Bice &mdash; author
 * Alice Munro (1976) &mdash; author; 2013 Nobel Laureate in Literature for "master of the contemporary short story"
 * André Narbonne &mdash; writer
 * Paul Vermeersch (1992) &mdash; poet

Sports
• Barry Ager &mdash; Olympic basketball player

• Gary Agnew &mdash; coach, Columbus Blue Jackets

• Stacey Allaster (B.A. 1985, M.B.A. 2000) &mdash; Chair and CEO of Women's Tennis Association

• Paul Beeston (1967) &mdash; former president, Major League Baseball

• Shane Bergman &mdash; CFL football player, Calgary Stampeders

• Glenn Clark (1996) &mdash; head coach, Toronto Rock and former lacrosse player

• Chuck Dalton &mdash; Olympic basketball player

• Andy Fantuz &mdash; CFL football player, Hamilton Tiger-Cats

• Duane Forde &mdash; former CFL football player

• Robert Foxcroft &mdash; Olympic fencer

• Gino Fracas (B.A. 1955) &mdash; CFL football player

• Mark Frostad &mdash; horse trainer

• Sasha Gollish (Bachelor of Engineering) &mdash; competitive runner, Pan American Games bronze medalist, Maccabiah Games gold medalist

• Lirim Hajrullahu &mdash; CFL football player

• Katherine Henderson &mdash; president and CEO of Curling Canada and Hockey Canada

• Mike Inglis &mdash; Olympic gymnast

• Roger Jackson &mdash; Olympic rower

• Jeff Keeping &mdash; CFL football player

• John Kerr &mdash; Olympic sailor

• Silken Laumann (1988) &mdash; Olympic rower

• David Lee &mdash; CFL football player

• Rob MacDonald &mdash; appeared on The Ultimate Fighter 2; retired professional Mixed Martial Artist

• Vaughn Martin &mdash; NFL football player San Diego Chargers

• Marnie McBean (1997) &mdash; Olympic rower

• Don McCrae &mdash; Olympic basketball player and coach

• Zack Medeiros &mdash; CFL kicker

• Victor Mete &mdash; hockey player, Ottawa Senators

• Ray Monnot &mdash; Olympic basketball player

• Mike Neary &mdash; Olympic rower

• Lynn Nightingale &mdash; Olympic figure skater

• Barbara Olmsted &mdash; Olympic canoer

• Coulter Osborne &mdash; Olympic basketball player

• Bill Pataky &mdash; Olympic basketball player (transferred)

• Glenn Pettinger &mdash; Olympic basketball player

• Bob Phibbs &mdash; Olympic basketball player

• Skip Phoenix &mdash; Olympic diver and coach

• Al Pickard &mdash; Canadian Amateur Hockey Association president and Hockey Hall of Fame inductee

• Steve Rucchin (1994) &mdash; hockey player, over 700 NHL games played

• Eric Smith &mdash; Olympic canoer

• Jamie Taras &mdash; CFL football player

• Pierre Vercheval &mdash; Canadian Football Hall of Fame

• Tessa Virtue &mdash; Olympic ice dancer

• James Walker &mdash; Olympic rower

• Daryl Waud &mdash; CFL football player

• Tyrone Williams &mdash; NFL & CFL football player

Religion

 * Thomas Christopher Collins (M.A. English) &mdash; Canadian Cardinal of the Catholic Church
 * John T. Dunlap (Juris Doctor) &mdash; Prince and Grand Master and head of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

Miscellaneous

 * Princess Basmah Bani Ahmad of Jordan &mdash; wife of Prince Hamzah bin Al Hussein of Jordan
 * Alberto Dahik (Economy and Mathematics) &mdash; Vice President of Ecuador (1992–1995), Minister of Finance (1986) and Conservative congressman (1988–1992)
 * Sajjad Fazel &mdash; public health advocate
 * Aman Hambleton &mdash; chess grandmaster, Twitch streamer
 * Sharon Johnston (B.Sc.) &mdash; Viceregal Consort of Canada (David Johnston)
 * Harley Pasternak &mdash; personal trainer

Faculty
• Sir Frederick Grant Banting &mdash; 1923 Nobel Laureate in Medicine, co-discoverer of insulin

• Bob Barney &mdash; professor of kinesiology and Olympic scholar (LL.D., 2014)

• John Lane Bell &mdash; mathematician and philosopher

• Ian Brodie &mdash; former chief of staff of the Office of the Prime Minister

• Sheila Butler &mdash; visual artist, professor

• Alexander Dewdney &mdash; mathematician, computer scientist, and philosopher

• Don Gutteridge

• Douglas N. Jackson &mdash; designer of standardized tests

• Wilson Bryan Key &mdash; proponent of theory of "Subliminal Seduction"

• Charles Ling &mdash; professor of computer science

• Michael Ondaatje &mdash; poet, novelist

• Adrian Owen &mdash; Canada Excellence Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience and Imaging

• Balachandra Rajan &mdash; literary critic, theorist

• Carl Franz Robinow &mdash; bacteriologist

• J. Philippe Rushton &mdash; controversial psychology professor on race and intelligence

• Bernard Shapiro &mdash; Canadian Ethics Commissioner

• Robert Uffen &mdash; geophysicist, professor

• Mark S. Workentin &mdash; professor of organic chemistry

Chancellors
• Bishop Isaac Hellmuth (1878–1885)

• Alfred Peache (1885–1900)

• M. R. Meridith (1909–1914)

• W. J. Roche (1916–1929) (also Western's first medical graduate)

• Henry Cockshutt (1929–1944)

• Howard Ferguson (1945–1946)

• Arthur R. Ford (1947–1955)

• Richard G. Ivey (1955–1961)

• Verschoyle Philip Cronyn (1961–1967)

• Albert W. Trueman (1967–1971)

• John Robarts (1971–1976)

• J. Allyn Taylor (1976–1980)

• Richard M. Ivey (1980–1984)

• D.B. Weldon (1984–1988)

• Grant L. Reuber (1988–1992)

• Reva Gerstein (1992–1996)

• Peter Godsoe (1996–2000)

• Eleanor Clitheroe (2000–2004)

• Arthur Labatt (2004–2008)

• John Thompson (2008–2012)

• Joseph Rotman (2012–2015) (died during term)

• Jack Cowin (2015–present)

Presidents and vice-chancellors
• Nathaniel James (1908–1914)

• Edward Braithwaite (1914–1919)

• "Triumvirate of Deans" (1919–1927)

• * Paul S. McKibbon (Dean of Medicine)

• * Hibbert W. Hill (Dean of Public Health)

• * W. Sherwood Fox (Dean of Arts)

• W. Sherwood Fox (1927–1947)

• George Hall (1947–1967)

• D. Carlton Williams (1967–1977)

• George Connell (1977–1984)

• Alan K. Adlington (acting president, 1984–1985)

• George Pedersen (1985–1994)

• Paul Davenport (1994–2009)

• Amit Chakma (2009–2019)

• Alan Shepard (2019–present)

Others

 * J. Howard Crocker &mdash; director of the physical education department (1930–1947), also served as president of the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada, previously a director with the YMCA

In fiction

 * Michael Patterson, from the comic strip For Better or For Worse