25 Notable alumni of Trent University
Updated: June 11, 2026 EliteDegrees
Trent University is ranked #1,211 in the world and #34 in Canada by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 25 notable alumni from Trent 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 Trent University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Lynn Gehl
1962-. (aged 64)
writer
Lynn Gehl is an Algonquin Anishinaabe-kwe from the Ottawa River Valley, Ontario, Canada. She is a writer, blogger and Indigenous human rights advocate. Gehl was involved in legal challenges aimed at eliminating the continued sex discrimination in the Indian Act, which withheld or removed legal Indian status from some Indigenous women and matrilineally descended Indigenous people. She is also an...
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2. Maggie Helwig
1961-. (aged 65)
writer
human rights defender
poet
novelist
Maggie Helwig is a Canadian poet, novelist, social justice activist, and Anglican priest.
3. Michael Mulhall
1962-. (aged 64)
Catholic priest
Catholic bishop
Michael Mulhall is a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Since 2019, he has been the Archbishop of Kingston, Canada. Prior to that, he served the Bishop of Pembroke from 2007 to 2019.
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4. Dave Smith
1937-. (aged 89)
American football player
Dave Smith MPP is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election and re elected in the 2022 provincial election. He represents the riding of Peterborough—Kawartha as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.
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5. Sarah Selecky
1974-. (aged 52)
writer
Sarah Selecky is a Canadian writer. Her debut short story collection This Cake Is for the Party was a shortlisted nominee for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and longlisted for the Frank O'Connor Short Story Award in 2010.
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6. Gary Botting
1943-. (aged 83)
novelist
historian
literary critic
poet
lawyer
Gary Norman Arthur Botting is a Canadian legal scholar and criminal defense lawyer (now retired) as well as a poet, playwright, novelist, and critic of literature and religion, in particular Jehovah's Witnesses. The author of 40 published books, he remains one of the country's leading authorities on extradition law. and wrongful conviction He is said to have had "more experience...
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7. Stephen Stohn
1948-. (aged 78)
lawyer
television producer
John Stephen Stohn, CM is an American-born Canadian entertainment lawyer and television producer. He is best known for his involvement with the Degrassi teen drama franchise, particularly as an executive producer on Degrassi: The Next Generation. Until 2018 he was the president of Epitome Pictures Inc., which he and his wife Linda Schuyler founded in 1992 and was sold to...
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8. Leila S. Chudori
1962-. (aged 64)
writer
journalist
editing staff
screenwriter
Leila Salikha Chudori is an Indonesian journalist and writer. She won the Southeast Asian Writers Award in 2020. Together with her daughter Rain Chudori, Chudori founded Peron House publishing company, which debuted in Ubud Writers and Readers Festival in 2023.
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9. Anita Erskine
1978-. (aged 48)
television presenter
entrepreneur
journalist
presenter
actor
Anita Erskine is a Ghanaian media and communications entrepreneur, broadcaster, and talk show host who broadcasts in both English and French. She is also a professional compère, actress and girls' education advocate. She is the executive producer and host of Anita Erskine's Sheroes (formerly Sheroes of Our Time), which airs on the Anita Erskine Network on YouTube, and also on...
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10. Todd Anthony Tyler
photographer
Todd Anthony Tyler is a Canadian reality television judge, fashion photographer and former model. He was the resident photographer and judge for the first season of Asia's Next Top Model. He is also the resident photographer and judge of TV show Fit for Fashion.
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11. Paul Boghossian
1957-. (aged 69)
university teacher
academic
philosopher
Paul Artin Boghossian is an American philosopher. He is Silver Professor of Philosophy at New York University, where he chaired the department from 1994 to 2004. His research interests include epistemology, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. He is also director of the New York Institute of Philosophy and Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy at the University...
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12. Nathan Cullen
1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Nathan Paul Cullen is a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLA) representing the riding of Stikine from 2020 to 2024 as a member of the New Democratic Party and served in the Executive Council of British Columbia from 2020 to 2024.
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13. Darren Huston
1966-. (aged 60)
chief executive officer
Darren R. Huston is a Canadian businessman. He is the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of BlackPines Capital Partners. Huston was previously president and CEO of Priceline and Booking.com.
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14. James Orbinski
1960-. (aged 66)
physician
writer
humanitarian
James Jude Orbinski is a Canadian physician, humanitarian activist, author, and scholar in global health. Dr. Orbinski began his role as principal of Massey College at the University of Toronto in the 2024-2025 academic year, where he is also Full Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, and is cross-appointed to the...
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15. Gerard Kennedy
1960-. (aged 66)
university teacher
politician
Gerard Michael Kennedy is a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as Ontario's minister of Education from 2003 to 2006, when he resigned to make an unsuccessful bid for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. Kennedy previously ran for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party, losing to future premier Dalton McGuinty on the final ballot. He...
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16. Don Tapscott
1947-. (aged 79)
teacher
writer
manager
businessperson
economist
Don Tapscott CM is a Canadian business executive, author, consultant and public speaker.
17. Craig Davidson
1976-. (aged 50)
choreographer
screenwriter
writer
novelist
dancer
Craig Davidson is a Canadian author of short stories and novels, who has published work under both his name and the pen names Patrick Lestewka and Nick Cutter.
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18. Takako Suzuki
1986-. (aged 40)
politician
Takako Suzuki is a Japanese politician from the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP) and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
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19. Maryam Monsef
1985-. (aged 41)
politician
community organizer
Maryam Monsef PC is an Afghan Canadian politician. She served as the member of Parliament for the riding of Peterborough—Kawartha from 2015 to 2021 as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.
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20. Linwood Barclay
1955-. (aged 71)
novelist
writer
journalist
Linwood Barclay is an American-born Canadian author, noted as a novelist, humorist, and (former) columnist. His popular detective novels are bestsellers in Canada and internationally, beginning with No Time for Goodbye in 2007.
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21. Yann Martel
1963-. (aged 63)
novelist
short story writer
prose writer
writer
screenwriter
Yann Martel, CC is a Canadian author who wrote the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi, an international bestseller published in more than 50 territories. It has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide and spent more than a year on the bestseller lists of The New York Times and The Globe and Mail, among many other best-selling lists....
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22. Mani Haghighi
1969-. (aged 57)
screenwriter
film director
film screenwriter
film producer
actor
Mani Haghighi is an Iranian film director, writer, film producer, and actor. Haghighi started making movies in 2001.
23. Duane Rousselle
1982-. (aged 44)
sociologist
Duane Rousselle is a Canadian sociological theorist, Lacanian psychoanalyst, and professor of sociology.
24. John Horgan
1959-2024 (aged 65)
politician
John Joseph Horgan was a Canadian politician and diplomat who served as the 36th premier of British Columbia from 2017 to 2022 and the ambassador of Canada to Germany from 2023 to 2024. He led the British Columbia New Democratic Party from 2014 to 2022, guiding the party to government after 16 years in opposition. A member of the Legislative...
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25. Tim Cook
1960-. (aged 66)
chief executive officer
businessperson
presenter
engineer
manager
Timothy Raleigh Brown Cook CM FRSC was a Canadian military historian and author. Cook was a historian at the Canadian War Museum and the author of thirteen books about the military history of Canada. Having written extensively about World War I, Cook's focus shifted to Canada's involvement in World War II with the 2014 publication of the first volume in...
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