36 Notable alumni of Bishop’s University
Updated: June 11, 2026 EliteDegrees
Bishop’s University is ranked #2,234 in the world and #56 in Canada by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 36 notable alumni from Bishop’s University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Bishop’s University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. James King
1848-1900 (aged 52)
politician
James King was a Canadian businessman and politician.
2. George Thorneloe
1848-1935 (aged 87)
Anglican priest
George Thorneloe was a Canadian Anglican bishop at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th.
3. Louis-Edmond Panneton
1848-1935 (aged 87)
lawyer
judge
politician
Louis-Edmond Panneton was a lawyer, judge, educator and political figure in Quebec. He represented Sherbrooke in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1892 to 1900 as a Conservative.
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4. Robert Newton Hall
1836-1907 (aged 71)
lawyer
dean
judge
politician
Robert Newton Hall, KC was a lawyer, educator, judge and political figure in Quebec, Canada. He represented Town of Sherbrooke in the House of Commons of Canada from 1882 to 1891 as a Liberal-Conservative member.
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5. Nick Poloniato
1987-. (aged 39)
bobsledder
Canadian football player
Nick Poloniato is a University football player and bobsledder. A graduate of Bishop's University where he was a member of the Bishop's Gaiters football team. He competed at several World Cup and international competitions, finishing 5th in the Two-man event at the 2017 FIBT World Championships. Nick went on to compete at the 2018 Olympics for Canada. He finished his...
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6. Frederick Edmund Meredith
1862-1941 (aged 79)
lawyer
Frederick Edmund Meredith KC was a Canadian lawyer and businessman. He was the 8th Chancellor of Bishop's University; President of the Mount Royal Club; Bâtonnier of the Bar of Montreal; President of the Montreal Victorias for three of their Stanley Cup championships in the late 1890s, and Chief Counsel to the CPR at the inquest into the sinking of RMS...
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7. Andy Keen
1969-. (aged 57)
film director
cinematographer
film producer
film editor
Andrew Keen is a Canadian documentary filmmaker who has received several accolades including two Juno Awards for his music documentaries.
8. John Sewell Sanborn
1819-1877 (aged 58)
lawyer
judge
politician
John Sewell Sanborn was a Canadian educator, lawyer, judge and political figure. Some sources give his middle name as Sewall.
9. Jamall Lee
1987-. (aged 39)
Canadian football player
American football player
Jamall Lee is a Canadian former professional football running back who played three seasons for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was signed by the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL) as an undrafted free agent in 2009 and released at the end of the pre-season, making him an NFL free agent. He was...
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10. George Siber
1944-. (aged 82)
physician
virologist
immunologist
George Siber is a Canadian-American medical researcher and vaccinologist.
11. Steve Shanahan
1970-. (aged 56)
consultant
politician
Steven Léo Shanahan is a politician in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He served on the Montreal City Council from 2013 to 2017 as a member of Vrai changement pour Montréal.
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12. James Yurichuk
1986-. (aged 40)
Canadian football player
James Yurichuk is a Canadian former professional football linebacker. He was drafted by the BC Lions in the 2009 CFL draft in the first round and played four seasons with the BC Lions, winning the Grey Cup in 2011 with the Lions. He played CIS football for the Bishop's Gaiters. Yurichuk is also the founder of Wuxly Outerwear.
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13. William Price
1867-1924 (aged 57)
timber merchant
manufacturer
businessperson
politician
Sir William Price was a Canadian businessman and politician.
14. William P. Anderson
1851-1927 (aged 76)
civil engineer
engineer
geographer
William Patrick Anderson CMG was a Canadian civil engineer. He was Superintendent of Lighthouses for almost 40 years, and was responsible for many of the more notable lighthouses in Canada.
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15. Frederick George Scott
1861-1944 (aged 83)
poet
writer
Frederick George Scott CMG DSO FRSC was for the first part of his life an Anglican priest and a Canadian poet to whom the Canadian literary establishment gave the epithet "Poet of the Laurentians." He was associated with Canada's Confederation Poets, and wrote 13 books of Christian and patriotic poetry, often using the natural world to convey deeper spiritual meaning.
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16. William Heneker
1867-1939 (aged 72)
military personnel
General Sir William Charles Giffard Heneker, KCB, KCMG, DSO was a Canadian soldier who served with the British Army in West Africa, India, and then later on the Western Front during the First World War. A notable military strategist and tactician, he became one of the most experienced and highly decorated Canadians in the British Empire, and one of only...
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17. Douglas Abbott
1899-1987 (aged 88)
lawyer
judge
politician
Douglas Charles Abbott PC was a Canadian Member of Parliament, federal Cabinet Minister, and justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Abbott's appointment directly from the Cabinet of Canada as Finance Minister to the Supreme Court was one of the most controversial in the Supreme Court's history.
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18. Leroy Blugh
1966-. (aged 60)
Canadian football player
Leroy Blugh is a former professional Canadian football defensive lineman and the defensive line coach for the Queen's Gaels of U Sports football. He played for fifteen seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for two different teams and was the winner of the CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award in 1996 and is a two-time CFL West Division All-Star and...
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19. Shawn Gore
1987-. (aged 39)
Canadian football player
American football player
Shawn Vere Gore, is a retired professional Canadian football wide receiver. Gore spent the majority of his professional career playing for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted tenth overall by the Lions in the 2010 CFL draft, but signed with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League on the day after the draft...
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20. Robert Ghiz
1974-. (aged 52)
politician
Robert Watson Joseph Ghiz is a Canadian politician who served as the 31st premier of Prince Edward Island from 2007 to 2015. He is the son of the 27th premier, Joe Ghiz.
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21. Cameron Hughes
1971-. (aged 55)
sports fan
entertainer
Cameron Hughes is a Canadian crowd igniter, professional speaker and sports entertainer.
22. Damian Pettigrew
film director
screenwriter
Damian Pettigrew (1963) is a Canadian filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, author, and multimedia artist, best known for his cinematic portraits of Balthus, Carolyn Carlson, Federico Fellini, and Jean Giraud.
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23. J. K. L. Ross
1876-1951 (aged 75)
military personnel
Commander John Kenneth Leveson "Jack" Ross, CBE was a Canadian businessman, sportsman, thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder, and philanthropist. He is best remembered for winning the first United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1919 with his Hall of Fame colt, Sir Barton. In 1911, he set the world record for catching the largest tuna (680 lb; 308 kg) by rod...
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24. Scott Griffin
1938-. (aged 88)
businessperson
Scott Griffin, OC is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist best known for founding the Griffin Poetry Prize in 2000, one of the world's most generous poetry awards, and Poetry In Voice, a bilingual recitation competition for Canadian high schools. Griffin has been interviewed on CBC Radio, discussing the genesis of his love for poetry, reading from his favourite works and...
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25. Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters
1920-2015 (aged 95)
military personnel
Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters CMM, DSO, MC, CD, nicknamed "Rad", was a tank commander in the Canadian Army. Credited with 18 German tanks and many other armoured vehicles, he was the leading Western Allies' tank ace of the Second World War.
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26. Maude Abbott
1868-1940 (aged 72)
university teacher
pathologist
cardiologist
physician
technical writer
Maude Elizabeth Seymour Abbott was a Canadian physician and medical researcher whose work contributed to the early study of congenital heart disease.
27. Larry Smith
1958-. (aged 68)
basketball player
basketball coach
Larry W. Smith, CQ is a Canadian athlete, businessperson and member of the Senate of Canada. He served as Leader of the Opposition in the Senate from April 2017 until November 2019.
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28. Jim Corcoran
1949-. (aged 77)
singer
radio personality
songwriter
James Ashley Corcoran OC is a Canadian singer-songwriter and former broadcaster.
29. Francis Reginald Scott
1899-1985 (aged 86)
poet
lawyer
politician
Francis Reginald Scott CC QC FRSC FBA, commonly known as Frank Scott or F. R. Scott, was a lawyer, Canadian poet, intellectual, and constitutional scholar. He helped found the first Canadian social democratic party, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, and its successor, the New Democratic Party. He won Canada's top literary prize, the Governor General's Award, twice, once for poetry and...
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30. Michael Ondaatje
1943-. (aged 83)
film actor
film editor
university teacher
voice actor
film director
Philip Michael Ondaatje CC FRSL is a Ceylon-born Canadian poet, fiction writer and essayist.
31. Reginald Fessenden
1866-1932 (aged 66)
engineer
inventor
physicist
university teacher
Reginald Aubrey Fessenden was a Canadian-American electrical engineer and inventor who received hundreds of patents in fields related to radio and sonar between 1891 and 1936 (seven of them after his death).
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32. Johnny Reid
1974-. (aged 52)
singer
John Kirkland Reid is a Scottish-Canadian country music artist. Reid emigrated to Canada in July 1989 when he was 16 from Scotland, United Kingdom. His father, a diesel mechanic, wanted to give Reid and his brother opportunities he did not think they would have in Scotland. He graduated from Turner Fenton Secondary School in Brampton, Ontario, in 1992. Reid went...
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33. Allen Chastanet
1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Allen Michael Chastanet is a Saint Lucian businessman and politician who served as Prime Minister of Saint Lucia from 2016 to 2021. He is currently the Leader of the Opposition of Saint Lucia and the political leader of the United Workers Party as well as the parliamentary representative for Micoud South constituency.
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34. Jason MacDonald
1975-. (aged 51)
mixed martial arts fighter
Jason Anthony MacDonald is a Canadian former mixed martial artist. A professional from 1999 until 2013, he is perhaps best remembered for his two stints in the UFC, but also fought for King of the Cage, and the Maximum Fighting Championship. Known for his grappling skills, 19 of his 25 career wins came by way of submission.
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35. James Maloney
1964-. (aged 62)
lawyer
politician
James V. Maloney MP is a Canadian lawyer and politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 election. He represents the electoral district of Etobicoke—Lakeshore as a member of the Liberal Party.
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36. Galt MacDermot
1928-2018 (aged 90)
composer
songwriter
pianist
film score composer
Arthur Terence Galt MacDermot was a Canadian-American composer, pianist and writer of musical theater. He won a Grammy Award for the song "African Waltz" in 1961. His most successful musicals were Hair (1967; its Broadway cast album also won a Grammy) and Two Gentlemen of Verona (1971). MacDermot also composed film soundtracks, jazz and funk albums, and Western classical music....
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