List of Carleton University people#Notable alumni and faculty

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

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Lineage and establishment

= Chancellors =

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= Presidents =

= Chairs of the Board of Governors =

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= Notable alumni and faculty =

==Academics==

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==Entertainers==

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==Entrepreneurs==

  • Suhayya Abu-Hakima, co-founder and CEO of AmikaNow! and Amika Mobile Corporation{{cite web|url=http://www.obj.ca/Technology/2014-09-04/article-3858218/Ottawa-high-tech-CEO-named-Woman-of-Influence/|title=Ottawa High-Tech CEO Names Woman of Influence|work=Ottawa Business Journal|first=David|last=Sali|date=4 December 2014|accessdate=15 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207095307/http://www.obj.ca/Technology/2014-09-04/article-3858218/Ottawa-high-tech-CEO-named-Woman-of-Influence/|archive-date=7 February 2016|url-status=dead}}
  • 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{{Cite web |date=2011-05-24 |title=Toronto Entrepreneur Oversees Major Brands Including Marilyn Monroe |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jamie-salter-toronto-entr_n_866432 |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}
  • Eric Sprott, founder of Sprott Asset Management
  • Shane Smith, co-founder and CEO of Vice

==Journalists==

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==Politicians==

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==Sportspeople==

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==Writers==

==Others==

= 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{{cite web|url=http://www1.carleton.ca/senate/honourary-degrees/honorary-degrees-awarded-since-1954/|title=Honorary Degrees Awarded Since 1954|publisher=Carleton University Senate|accessdate=9 Oct 2012}}
  • 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[https://carleton.ca/convocation/honorary-degree-recipients/honorary-degree-recipients-fall-2012/ Honorary Degree Recipients (Fall 2012)]. carleton.ca
  • 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{{Cite web|title=Honorary Degrees Awarded Since 1954 - Senate|url=https://carleton.ca/senate/honorary-degree-guidelines-and-nominations/honorary-degrees-awarded-since-1954/|access-date=2022-01-25|website=carleton.ca}}
  • 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{{Cite web|title=Honorary Degrees Awarded Since 1954 - Senate|url=https://carleton.ca/senate/honorary-degree-guidelines-and-nominations/honorary-degrees-awarded-since-1954/|access-date=2022-01-25|website=carleton.ca}}
  • 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{{Cite web|title=Honorary Degrees Awarded Since 1954 - Senate|url=https://carleton.ca/senate/honorary-degree-guidelines-and-nominations/honorary-degrees-awarded-since-1954/|access-date=2022-01-25|website=carleton.ca}}
  • 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

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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

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|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

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