14 Notable alumni of Laurentian University
Updated: June 22, 2026 EliteDegrees
Laurentian University is ranked #1,401 in the world and #39 in Canada by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 14 notable alumni from Laurentian 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 Laurentian University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Jabulani Dhliwayo
1960-. (aged 66)
businessperson
Jabulani Dhliwayo is an ICT expert and the founder of ICT Africa. He is a strong advocate for the use of ICT as a vehicle for sustained economic development in Africa. He has travelled to more than twenty African countries providing training and support for fiber optic infrastructure development. Jabulani is a contributing author for "Open Access for Africa: Challenges,...
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2. Gaétan Gervais
1944-2018 (aged 74)
writer
Gaétan Gervais, CM was a Canadian author, historian and university professor, most noted as a prominent figure in Franco-Ontarian culture. With a group of university students at Laurentian University, he designed the Franco-Ontarian flag, and was a founding member of the Franco-Ontarian Institute.
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3. Tony Martin
1913-2012 (aged 99)
television actor
singer
actor
film actor
Anthony A. Martin is a Canadian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 2003, representing the constituency of Sault Ste. Marie for the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP). He subsequently served in the House of Commons of Canada, representing Sault Ste. Marie from 2004 until 2011.
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4. Tony Ruprecht
1942-. (aged 84)
politician
Tony Ruprecht is a Canadian former politician. His first elected position was as an alderman in the old Toronto City Council, in the late 1970s. He became a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1981, and served in premier David Peterson's cabinet as minister without portfolio from 1985 to 1987. Ruprecht represented Toronto's Parkdale and then Davenport constituencies...
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5. Didier Leclair
1967-. (aged 59)
writer
Didier Leclair is a Canadian francophone fiction writer currently based in Toronto. He has lived in various countries in Africa, and has studied at Laurentian University in Sudbury and Toronto's Glendon College.
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6. Robert Paquette
1949-. (aged 77)
singer
songwriter
Robert Paquette is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter.
7. Stéphane Paquette
1973-. (aged 53)
singer
television actor
songwriter
Stéphane "Stef" Paquette is a Franco-Ontarian singer-songwriter, actor, and politician.
8. Elie Martel
1934-2025 (aged 91)
politician
Elie Walter Martel was a Canadian politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1987, as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP). He represented the Sudbury East electoral district from its inception in 1967 until he retired in 1987. During the late 1970s and into the 1980s, he was the Ontario NDP's house...
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9. Brian Bigger
1958-. (aged 68)
politician
Brian Bigger is a Canadian politician who served as the mayor of Greater Sudbury from 2014 to 2022. He was elected in the city's 2014 municipal election. Prior to serving as mayor, Bigger served as the first Auditor General for the city.
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10. Mike Harris
1945-. (aged 81)
engineer
politician
Michael Deane Harris OOnt ECO is a retired Canadian politician who served as the 22nd premier of Ontario from 1995 to 2002 and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario from 1990 to 2002. Taking the PC Party to the right, he is noted for the "Common Sense Revolution", his government's program of fiscally conservative policies.
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11. Shabir Ally
Shabir Ally is a Guyanese-Canadian Islamic scholar. As of 2020, he was President of the Islamic Information & Dawah Centre International in Toronto. He promotes a contextual interpretation of Qur'anic verse, and justification of them in similar expressions within the Christian Bible.
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12. Alex Nuttall
1985-. (aged 41)
account manager
politician
Alexander Nuttall is a Canadian politician who serves as the 47th and current mayor of Barrie. Previously, he served on Barrie City Council from 2006 until 2014, and as the member of Parliament for the federal electoral district of Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte from 2015 to 2019. Nuttall won the 2022 Barrie municipal election.
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13. Leo Gerard
1947-2025 (aged 78)
trade unionist
Leo Wilfred Joseph John Gerard CC was a Canadian steelworker and labour leader in both Canada and the United States. He was the longest-serving union president in the history of the United Steelworkers (USW), serving from 2001 until his retirement in 2019, and was the second Canadian to head the union. He also served on the Executive Council of the...
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14. Alex Baumann
1964-. (aged 62)
swimmer
Alexander Baumann, OC OOnt is a Canadian sports administrator and former competitive swimmer who won two gold medals and set two world records at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. In 2007, he was regarded by the CBC, the national broadcaster, as "the greatest swimmer in Canadian history", as the twin Olympic gold medals were Canada's first in swimming...
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