12 Notable alumni of Mount Royal University
Updated: June 11, 2026 EliteDegrees
Mount Royal University is ranked #2,005 in the world and #50 in Canada by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from Mount Royal 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 Mount Royal University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Kent Hehr
1969-. (aged 57)
lawyer
politician
Kent Hehr PC is a former Canadian politician from Alberta. He served as the Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Calgary Centre from 2015 to 2019. Hehr was named Minister of Veterans Affairs in the federal Cabinet, headed by Justin Trudeau, on November 4, 2015, and was shuffled to be Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities in...
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2. Norman Kwong
1929-2016 (aged 87)
politician
entrepreneur
Canadian football player
Norman Lim Kwong CM AOE was a Canadian professional football player who played for the Calgary Stampeders and Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was also an active businessman and politician being part owner of the Calgary Flames and serving as the 16th lieutenant governor of Alberta from January 2005 to May 2010.
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3. Jay Blankenau
1989-. (aged 37)
volleyball player
Jay Michael Blankenau is a Canadian professional volleyball player. A member of the Canada national team, and a participant at the Olympic Games (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020).
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4. Regan Lauscher
1980-. (aged 46)
luger
Regan Lauscher is a Canadian luger. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of tenth in the women's singles event at Turin in 2006.
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5. Feist
1976-. (aged 50)
singer-songwriter
recording artist
singer
actor
Leslie Feist, known mononymously as Feist, is a Canadian indie pop singer and songwriter, performing both as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock group Broken Social Scene.
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6. Kavan Smith
1970-. (aged 56)
screenwriter
television actor
stage actor
film actor
Kavan Joel Smith is a Canadian actor known for playing Major Evan Lorne in Stargate Atlantis and Stargate SG-1, as Agent Jed Garrity in The 4400, and as Leland Coulter in When Calls the Heart.
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7. Bruce McCulloch
1961-. (aged 65)
screenwriter
director
film director
television actor
actor
Bruce Ian McCulloch is a Canadian actor, comedian, writer, musician and film director. McCulloch is best known for his work as a member of the comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall, including starring in the TV series of the same name. He was also a writer for Saturday Night Live for one season, 1985-1986. McCulloch has appeared on other...
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8. Paul Brandt
1972-. (aged 54)
singer
Paul Rennée Belobersycky, known professionally as Paul Brandt, is a Canadian country music artist. Growing up in Calgary, he was a pediatric nurse at the time of his big break. In 1996, he made his mark on the country music charts with the single "My Heart Has a History", propelling him to international success and making him the first male...
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9. Bret Hart
1957-. (aged 69)
actor
television actor
professional wrestler
writer
stage actor
Bret Sergeant Hart is a Canadian-American retired professional wrestler. A member of the Hart wrestling family and a second-generation wrestler, he has an amateur wrestling background at Ernest Manning High School and Mount Royal College. A major international draw within professional wrestling, he is credited with changing the perception of mainstream North American professional wrestling in the early 1990s by...
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10. Terry Lake
1957-. (aged 69)
veterinarian
politician
Terry Lake is a former Canadian politician, at the municipal and provincial levels, and veterinarian.
11. Alison Redford
1965-. (aged 61)
lawyer
politician
Alison Merrilla Redford ECA KC is a Canadian lawyer and former politician. She was the 14th premier of Alberta, having served in this capacity from October 7, 2011, to March 23, 2014. Redford was born in Kitimat, British Columbia, and grew up all over Canada and overseas before settling in Calgary as a teenager.
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12. Yuja Wang
1987-. (aged 39)
pianist
musician
Yuja Wang is a Chinese-born American pianist. She began learning piano at the age of six, and went on to study at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.
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