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100 Notable alumni of University of Alberta

Updated: June 23, 2026 EliteDegrees

University of Alberta is ranked #68 in the world and #4 in Canada by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from University of Alberta sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Alberta won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Cyril J. O'Donnell

1. Cyril J. O'Donnell

1900-1976 (aged 76)
economist
Dr. Cyril O'Donnell was a professor and teacher of management at the University of California at Los Angeles. He consulted on operations management topics for corporations such as Hughes Aircraft, as well as the government of Jamaica. He was a co-author of the book Principles of Management with Harold Koontz which sold more than two million copies worldwide with translations...
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Paul Hinman

2. Paul Hinman

1959-. (aged 67)
politician
Paul Hinman is a Canadian politician and businessman who is currently the leader of the Wildrose Loyalty Coalition. He was the leader of the Wildrose Independence Party of Alberta from 2020 to 2022, and was the leader of the Wildrose Alliance (2008–2009) and Alberta Alliance Party (2005–2008). He served two terms as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta,...
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Niobe Thompson

3. Niobe Thompson

anthropologist documentary filmmaker
Niobe Thompson is a Canadian anthropologist and documentary film maker. The founder of Handful of Films, he produces and hosts one-off and series documentaries in partnership with CBC's science-and-nature program The Nature of Things. He has won three Canadian Screen Awards for "Best Science and Nature Documentary", his films have won 32 Alberta Film Awards, and he is a two-time...
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Raj Sherman

4. Raj Sherman

1966-. (aged 60)
politician
Rajnish K. "Raj" Sherman is a Canadian politician from Alberta and former Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Meadowlark; which he formerly represented as a Progressive Conservative. Sherman was elected leader of the Liberal Party on September 10, 2011, and led the party through the 2012 provincial election. He announced his immediate resignation on January 26, 2015,...
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Linda Duncan

5. Linda Duncan

1949-. (aged 77)
environmental consultant lawyer law professor politician
Linda Francis Duncan is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Edmonton Strathcona from 2008 until 2019. A member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), Duncan was the only non-Conservative MP from Alberta from 2008 to 2015.
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Todd Loewen

6. Todd Loewen

1966-. (aged 60)
politician
Douglas Todd Loewen ECA MLA is a Canadian politician and the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Central Peace-Notley. Loewen was first elected in 2015 as a member of the Wildrose Party for the electoral district of Grande Prairie-Smoky. He was afterward elected in Central Peace-Notley as a member of the United Conservative Party and briefly sat as...
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Mike Nickel

7. Mike Nickel

1965-. (aged 61)
Mike Nickel is a Canadian politician who served as an Edmonton city councillor from 2004 to 2007, and then again from 2013 to 2021.
Niki Sharma

8. Niki Sharma

lawyer politician
Niki Sharma KC MLA is a Canadian politician and lawyer, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2020 British Columbia general election. She represents the electoral district of Vancouver-Hastings as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP) and serves as Deputy Premier and Attorney General of British Columbia.
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David Swann

9. David Swann

1949-. (aged 77)
physician environmentalist politician
David Richard Swann is a Canadian medical doctor and politician. He was the leader of the Alberta Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition in the Alberta Legislature from December 2008 until resigning as party leader in September 2011. He returned as interim leader of the Alberta Liberal Party on February 1, 2015, following the resignation of Raj Sherman and...
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Per Anders Rudling

10. Per Anders Rudling

1974-. (aged 52)
historian
Per Anders Rudling is a Swedish-American historian and an associate professor in the Department of History at Lund University (Sweden). He specializes in the areas of nationalism and memory and trauma in Eastern Europe.
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David Eggen

11. David Eggen

1962-. (aged 64)
politician
David Manson Eggen ECA MLA is a Canadian politician. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, in 2019 he was elected as the member representing Edmonton-North West. He previously served three terms as the member representing Edmonton Calder from 2004-2008 and then again from 2012-2019. In 2014, Eggen ran in the NDP leadership election, where he placed...
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Tim Feehan

12. Tim Feehan

1957-. (aged 69)
composer songwriter singer record producer
Tim Feehan is a Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, mix master and Los Angeles area studio owner.
Mike Lake

13. Mike Lake

1969-. (aged 57)
account executive Director of Sales businessperson politician
Michael Stanley Lake PC MP is a Canadian politician, businessman, and sports executive in Alberta, Canada who represented the riding of Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont from 2006 to 2015 and Edmonton—Wetaskiwin from 2015 to 2025, he has represented the riding of Leduc—Wetaskiwin since 2025. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada and served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister...
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Rachelle Brown

14. Rachelle Brown

1986-. (aged 40)
curler
Rachel "Rachelle" Brown is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. She is currently the alternate on Team Rachel Homan.
Thomas Dang

15. Thomas Dang

1995-. (aged 31)
politician
Thomas Kyle Dang is a former Canadian politician who was elected in the 2015 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Edmonton-South West. Dang is the youngest MLA to ever be elected in Alberta. He later sat as an independent MLA.
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Elaine McCoy

16. Elaine McCoy

1946-2020 (aged 74)
lawyer politician
Elaine Jean McCoy QC was a Canadian politician from Alberta. She served as a Calgary MLA from 1986 to 1993. She was a member of the Senate of Canada.
Brian Mason

17. Brian Mason

1953-. (aged 73)
politician
Brian David Mason ECA is a Canadian politician who was leader of the Alberta New Democratic Party from 2004 to 2014 and served as the Minister of Transportation in Rachel Notley's NDP government. He also served as the Government House Leader. Mason was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the now-defunct riding of Edmonton...
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Richard Mouw

18. Richard Mouw

1940-. (aged 86)
university teacher theologian philosopher
Richard John Mouw is an American theologian and philosopher. He held the position of President at Fuller Theological Seminary for 20 years (1993–2013), and continues to hold the post of Professor of Faith and Public Life.
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Willie Littlechild

19. Willie Littlechild

1944-. (aged 82)
lawyer businessperson politician
J. Wilton Littlechild CC AOE MSC KC, known as Willie Littlechild, is a Canadian lawyer and Cree chief who was Grand Chief of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations and a member of Parliament. A residential school survivor, he is known for his work nationally and internationally on Indigenous rights. He was born in Hobbema, now named Maskwacis, Alberta.
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Devin Dreeshen

20. Devin Dreeshen

1988-. (aged 38)
politician
Devin Dreeshen is a Canadian politician and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the electoral district of Innisfail-Sylvan Lake. He was first elected with 82 per cent of the vote in a by-election in July 2018, and was re-elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to the 30th Alberta Legislature. In the 2023 Alberta general election, Dreeshen...
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Shannon Phillips

21. Shannon Phillips

1975-. (aged 51)
politician
Shannon Rosella Phillips ECA MLA is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2015, 2019, and 2023 Alberta general elections to represent the electoral district of Lethbridge-West in the 29th, 30th, and 31st Alberta Legislatures, respectively. She is a member of the Alberta New Democratic Party. On May 24, 2015, she was sworn in as the Minister of Environment...
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Shannon Stubbs

22. Shannon Stubbs

1979-. (aged 47)
political adviser consultant politician
Shannon Stubbs MP is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Lakeland in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election. She was re-elected to represent the same riding in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections.
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Jay Ingram

23. Jay Ingram

1945-. (aged 81)
television presenter
Jay Ingram CM is a Canadian author, broadcaster and science communicator. He was host of the television show Daily Planet (originally titled @discovery.ca), which aired on Discovery Channel Canada, since the channel's inception in 1995. Ingram's last episode of Daily Planet aired on June 5, 2011. Ingram announced his retirement but stated he will make guest appearances on Daily Planet....
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Claire Martin

24. Claire Martin

1993-1995 (aged 2)
weather presenter media executive meteorologist
Claire Martine Morehen is a former national television weather presenter with CBC Television in Canada. She is a niece of Barbara Edwards, who in 1974 became the BBC's first female weather presenter in the UK.
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Sheilah Martin

25. Sheilah Martin

1956-. (aged 70)
judge lawyer law professor
Sheilah L. Martin is a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, having served in that role since 2017. She was nominated to the court by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on November 29, 2017. Before her appointment to Canada's highest court, Martin had served on the Court of Appeal of Alberta, the Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories,...
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Arthur Whitney

26. Arthur Whitney

1958-. (aged 68)
computer scientist engineer
Arthur Whitney is a Canadian computer scientist most notable for developing three programming languages inspired by APL: A+, k, and q, and for co-founding the U.S. companies Kx Systems and Shakti Software.
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Matt Jeneroux

27. Matt Jeneroux

1981-. (aged 45)
civil servant politician
Matthew James Arthur Jeneroux is a Canadian politician who has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Edmonton Riverbend since 2015. A member of the Liberal Party, Jeneroux was elected as a Conservative in the 2015 federal election and crossed the floor to the Liberals in 2026. He previously served as a Progressive Conservative (PC) and United Conservative Party...
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Janis Irwin

28. Janis Irwin

politician
Janis Irwin is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 2019 Alberta general election, and re-elected in the 2023 Alberta General Election. She represents the electoral district of Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood as a member of the Alberta New Democratic Party. She serves as the Official Opposition Critic for Housing. She previously served as the Critic...
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Daniel K. Riskin

29. Daniel K. Riskin

1975-. (aged 51)
biologist television producer
Daniel K. Riskin is a Canadian evolutionary biologist, television personality and producer. He hosted the Canadian television series Daily Planet.
Dave Hancock

30. Dave Hancock

1955-. (aged 71)
lawyer politician
David Graeme Hancock ECA KC is a Canadian lawyer and was the 15th premier of Alberta from March to September 2014. Since 2017, he has served as a judge of the Provincial Court of Alberta. From 1997 to 2014, he was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing Edmonton-Whitemud as a Progressive Conservative until announcing his resignation from...
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Maria Klawe

31. Maria Klawe

1951-. (aged 75)
computer scientist academic administrator university teacher mathematician
Maria Margaret Klawe is a Canadian-American computer scientist who was the fifth president of Harvey Mudd College from 2006 to 2023. Born in Toronto in 1951, she became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2009. She was previously Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Princeton University. She is known for her advocacy for women in STEM fields.
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Thomas Lukaszuk

32. Thomas Lukaszuk

1969-. (aged 57)
politician
Thomas Adam Lukaszuk ECA ICD.D B.Ed. is a Polish-born Canadian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He represented the constituency of Edmonton-Castle Downs from 2001 to 2015 as a Progressive Conservative. He served in the provincial cabinet from 2010 to 2014, and was the 8th Deputy Premier from 2012 to 2013. He was the first Polish-born...
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Heather McPherson

33. Heather McPherson

1972-. (aged 54)
executive director politician
Heather McPherson MP is a Canadian politician who has represented the riding of Edmonton Strathcona in the House of Commons of Canada since 2019 as a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP).
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Timothy Caulfield

34. Timothy Caulfield

1963-. (aged 63)
legal scholar
Timothy Allen Caulfield CM is a Canadian professor of law at the University of Alberta, the research director of its Health Law Institute, and current Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy. He specializes in legal, policy and ethical issues in medical research and its commercialization. In addition to professional publications, he is the author of several books aimed...
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Don Davies

35. Don Davies

1963-. (aged 63)
politician lawyer communications adviser policy analyst union representative
Donald Vincent Davies is a Canadian lawyer and politician who has been the member of Parliament (MP) for Vancouver Kingsway since 2008. A member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), Davies was selected to be interim party leader in 2025 and will serve until a leader is elected in the 2026 leadership election.
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Clarence Campbell

36. Clarence Campbell

1905-1984 (aged 79)
NHL Commissioner jurist ice hockey referee
Clarence Sutherland Campbell, OBE QC was a Canadian ice hockey executive and referee, and soldier. He refereed in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 1930s, served in the Canadian Army during World War II, then served as the third president of the NHL from 1946 to 1977. His tenure as president included the Richard Riot and the 1967 NHL...
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Ed Stelmach

37. Ed Stelmach

1951-. (aged 75)
farmer politician
Edward Michael Stelmach ECA AOE is a Canadian politician who served as the 13th premier of Alberta, from 2006 to 2011. The grandson of Ukrainian immigrants, Stelmach was born and raised on a farm near Lamont and fluently speaks the distinctive Canadian dialect of Ukrainian. He spent his entire pre-political adult life as a farmer, except for some time spent...
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Roland Michener

38. Roland Michener

1900-1991 (aged 91)
high commissioner politician lawyer diplomat ambassador
Daniel Roland Michener was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat who served as the 20th governor general of Canada from 1967 to 1974.
Randy Boissonnault

39. Randy Boissonnault

1970-. (aged 56)
politician management consultant entrepreneur journalist pundit
Randy Paul Andrew Boissonnault PC is a Canadian politician who was the member of Parliament (MP) for Edmonton Centre. A member of the Liberal Party, he was initially elected to the House of Commons in the 2015 federal election and served until his defeat in 2019. He later went on to win back his seat in 2021. Boissonnault held several...
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Greg Zeschuk

40. Greg Zeschuk

1969-. (aged 57)
physician game designer entrepreneur
Gregory Zeschuk CM is a Canadian businessman who was a VP at Electronic Arts and General Manager at BioWare Austin until 2012. He co-founded video game developer BioWare in Edmonton in 1995 with Ray Muzyka and Augustine Yip, after all three earned their medical degrees from the University of Alberta. Zeschuk announced his retirement from BioWare on September 18, 2012....
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George Stanley

41. George Stanley

1907-2002 (aged 95)
historian
Colonel George Francis Gillman Stanley CC CD FRSC FRHSC FRHistS (July 6, 1907 – September 13, 2002) was a Canadian author, soldier, historian at Mount Allison University, public servant, and designer of the Canadian Flag.
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Elizabeth Rowley

42. Elizabeth Rowley

1949-. (aged 77)
politician
Elizabeth Rowley is a Canadian writer and political activist who served as the leader of the Communist Party of Canada from 2016 until 2025. She was previously a school trustee in the former Toronto borough of East York. Before becoming leader of the Communist Party of Canada, Rowley was leader of the Communist Party of Ontario from 2001 until 2016....
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Jean-Yves Duclos

43. Jean-Yves Duclos

1965-. (aged 61)
economist professor of economics university teacher politician
Jean-Yves Duclos PC MP FRSC is a Canadian economist and politician who has been the member of Parliament (MP) for Québec Centre since 2015. A member of the Liberal Party, Duclos previously served as Minister of Families, Children and Social Development from 2015 to 2019, President of the Treasury Board from 2019 to 2021, Minister of Health from 2021 to...
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Don Iveson

44. Don Iveson

1979-. (aged 47)
politician
Donald L. Iveson is a Canadian politician who served as mayor of Edmonton from 2013 to 2021. He was first elected as mayor in the 2013 municipal election with 62% of the vote, and was re-elected in 2017 with 73.6% of the vote. Prior to serving as Mayor, Iveson was a member of Edmonton City Council from 2007 to 2013.
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Chantal Petitclerc

45. Chantal Petitclerc

1969-. (aged 57)
para athletics competitor athlete politician lecturer
Chantal Petitclerc CC CQ MSM is a Canadian wheelchair racer and a Senator from Quebec.
Tim Uppal

46. Tim Uppal

1974-. (aged 52)
radio personality banker consultant politician bank manager
Tim Singh Uppal PC MP is a Canadian politician, banker, and radio host who is the member for Edmonton Gateway in the Parliament of Canada following the 2025 Canadian election. He served as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Edmonton—Sherwood Park from 2008 to 2015. On July 15, 2013, Uppal was moved from Minister of State for Democratic Reform to...
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Richard E. Taylor

47. Richard E. Taylor

1929-2018 (aged 89)
physicist university teacher
Richard Edward Taylor, was a Canadian physicist and Stanford University professor. He shared the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics with Jerome Friedman and Henry Kendall "for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics."
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Joanne Courtney

48. Joanne Courtney

1989-. (aged 37)
nurse curler
Joanne Margaret Courtney is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. From 2014 to 2022, she was a member of the Rachel Homan rink which won the 2017 World Women's Curling Championship and represented Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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Peter Lougheed

49. Peter Lougheed

1928-2012 (aged 84)
lawyer politician
Edgar Peter Lougheed PC CC AOE QC was a Canadian lawyer and Progressive Conservative politician who served as the tenth premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985, presiding over a period of reform and economic growth.
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Steve Blackman

50. Steve Blackman

writer showrunner television producer screenwriter
Steve Blackman is a Canadian television screenwriter, and executive producer. He served as the showrunner for The Umbrella Academy, a Netflix series based on the comic series of the same name by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá. In 2016, Blackman won a Writers Guild of America Award for the second season of Fargo along with his fellow writers. In 2017,...
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Brendan Bottcher

51. Brendan Bottcher

1991-. (aged 35)
curler
Brendan Michael Bottcher is a Canadian curler from Spruce Grove, Alberta. Bottcher is a three-time provincial men's champion, and was the skip of the 2021 Canadian men's championship team, having led Alberta to victory at the 2021 Tim Hortons Brier.
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Preston Manning

52. Preston Manning

1942-. (aged 84)
writer businessperson management consultant politician
Ernest Preston Manning PC CC AOE is a retired Canadian politician. He was the founder and the only leader of the Reform Party of Canada, a Canadian federal political party that evolved into the Canadian Alliance in 2000 which in turn merged with the Progressive Conservative Party to form today's Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. Manning represented the federal...
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Jim Prentice

53. Jim Prentice

1956-2016 (aged 60)
businessperson lawyer newspaper proprietor politician
Peter Eric James Prentice PC QC was a Canadian politician who served as the 16th premier of Alberta from 2014 to 2015. In the 2004 federal election he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a candidate of the Conservative Party of Canada. He was re-elected in the 2006 federal election and appointed to the cabinet as...
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Pat Kiernan

54. Pat Kiernan

1968-. (aged 58)
journalist television presenter
Patrick Kiernan is a Canadian-American television host, appearing as the morning news anchor of NY1 since 1997. He is widely known in New York City for his "In the Papers" feature, in which he summarizes the colorful content in New York City's daily newspapers, replete with his deadpan humor. Kiernan has also hosted game shows and appeared in films and...
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Patrick Tang

55. Patrick Tang

1974-. (aged 52)
television actor television presenter singer actor
Patrick Tang is a Hong Kong director, songwriter, singer, actor, and TV show host who has been involved in numerous drama and movie productions. He started his career with TVB in 2000.
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Trevor Devall

56. Trevor Devall

1972-. (aged 54)
voice actor podcaster
Trevor Devall is a Canadian voice actor and podcaster. He worked for various studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for years, before he relocated to Los Angeles, California, United States in 2013. Between 2007 and 2013, he produced the podcast Voiceprint with Trevor Devall and Guests, where he interviewed other voice actors. Starting in 2019, he became more active in...
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Beverley McLachlin

57. Beverley McLachlin

1943-. (aged 83)
lawyer judge
Beverley Marian McLachlin PC CC is a Canadian jurist and author who served as the 17th chief justice of Canada from 2000 to 2017. She is the longest-serving chief justice in Canadian history and the first woman to hold the position.
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Jay Fung

58. Jay Fung

1988-. (aged 38)
singer-songwriter
Jay Fung is a Hong Kong and Canadian singer-songwriter. He won the 1st runner up in The Voice 3. Born in Hong Kong and raised in Edmonton, Canada, his style of singing is deeply influenced by Western pop music. He signed a contract with Music Plus Label at 2012 and debuted with the song "Starting From Today" (今天開始). In 2018,...
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Daryl Katz

59. Daryl Katz

1961-. (aged 65)
philanthropist lawyer entrepreneur sports executive businessperson
Daryl Allan Katz is a Canadian businessman. Katz is the founder and chairman of the Katz Group of Companies, one of Canada's largest privately owned enterprises, with pharmacy, sports & entertainment, and real estate development businesses. Katz Group owns the Edmonton Oilers and led the development of Rogers Place and the Ice District.
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Greg Abel

60. Greg Abel

1962-. (aged 64)
chartered accountant business executive investor
Gregory Edward Abel is a Canadian businessman who has been president and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway since January 2026. In May 2025, it was announced Abel would succeed Warren Buffett as CEO following Buffett's retirement in late 2025.
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Rachel Notley

61. Rachel Notley

1964-. (aged 62)
lawyer politician
Rachel Anne Notley ECA is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who was the 17th premier of Alberta from 2015 to 2019 and leader of the Alberta New Democratic Party (NDP) from 2014 to 2024. Notley was the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Edmonton-Strathcona from 2008 to 2024.
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Jessica Matten

62. Jessica Matten

1985-. (aged 41)
actor
Jessica Matten is a Canadian actress, fashion model, and film producer.
Brian Tracy

63. Brian Tracy

1944-. (aged 82)
adviser motivational speaker writer
Brian Tracy is a Canadian-American motivational public speaker and self-development author. He is the author of over eighty books that have been translated into dozens of languages. His popular books are Earn What You're Really Worth, Eat That Frog!, No Excuses! The Power of Self-Discipline, and The Psychology of Achievement.
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Paul Gross

64. Paul Gross

1959-. (aged 67)
television producer film score composer musician film director film actor
Paul Michael Gross OC is a Canadian actor, film and television director, screenwriter, playwright, and producer. He rose to fame for his lead role as RCMP Constable Benton Fraser on the popular Canadian television series Due South (1994–1997). He won three Gemini Awards for his work on the series, two for acting and one for writing.
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Pascale Hutton

65. Pascale Hutton

1979-. (aged 47)
model actor
Pascale Hutton is a Canadian actress. She is known for television roles such as FBI special agent Abby Corrigan on the science fiction-fantasy series Sanctuary, Krista Ivarson on the rural airline drama series Arctic Air, and Rosemary LeVeaux Coulter on the Hallmark Channel series When Calls the Heart.
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John Pyper-Ferguson

66. John Pyper-Ferguson

1964-. (aged 62)
film actor actor television actor
John Pyper-Ferguson is a Canadian actor. He has appeared in a wide range of films and television shows. His notable works include playing Sonny Hamilton on Hamilton's Quest, Peter Hutter on The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., and Joe Whedon on Brothers & Sisters. He also portrayed Tomas Vergis on the science fiction drama television series Caprica, Tex on the...
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Dayo Wong

67. Dayo Wong

1960-. (aged 66)
actor screenwriter writer film director stand-up comedian
Dayo Wong Tze Wah is a Hong Kong actor and standup comedian. Known as a pioneer of stand-up comedy in Hong Kong, he is known for his stadium shows integrating political satire and social commentary. He has performed at the Hong Kong Coliseum, including 26 sold-out shows at his farewell stand-up performance. Wong is also a successful TV and film...
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Sara Canning

68. Sara Canning

1987-. (aged 39)
figure skater television actor actor film actor
Sara Canning is a Canadian actress. She co-starred in the CW television series The Vampire Diaries as Jenna Sommers and appeared in the 2009 feature film Black Field. She starred as Dylan Weir in the Canadian television series Primeval: New World and as Dr. Melissa Conner on the Global medical drama Remedy. Canning appeared in the 2017 theatrical film War...
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Kristi Yamaguchi

69. Kristi Yamaguchi

1971-. (aged 55)
figure skater television actor children's writer writer
Kristine Tsuya Yamaguchi is an American former competitive figure skater, author and philanthropist. A former competitor in women's singles, Yamaguchi is the 1992 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion (1991 and 1992), and the 1992 U.S. champion. In 1992, she became the first Asian American to win a gold medal in a Winter Olympic competition. As a pairs skater with...
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Ezra Levant

70. Ezra Levant

1972-. (aged 54)
lawyer journalist political activist columnist
Ezra Isaac Levant is a Canadian media personality, political activist, writer, broadcaster, and former lawyer. Levant is the founder and former publisher of the conservative magazine, the Western Standard. He is also the co-founder, owner, and CEO of the far-right media website Rebel News. Levant has also worked as a columnist for Sun Media, and he hosted a daily program...
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Indira Naidoo-Harris

71. Indira Naidoo-Harris

politician
Indira Naidoo-Harris is a former Canadian politician and journalist who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2014 provincial election, sitting as the member of Provincial Parliament for Halton until 2018. A member of the Ontario Liberal Party, Naidoo-Harris was the province's Minister of Education in 2018, Minister of the Status of Women from 2017 to 2018,...
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Natasha Staniszewski

72. Natasha Staniszewski

1978-. (aged 48)
journalist
Natasha Staniszewski is a Canadian sports reporter and media host for the Calgary Flames and Calgary Stampeders. She is a former anchor on SportsCentre, TSN's flagship news and information show.
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Nathan Fillion

73. Nathan Fillion

1971-. (aged 55)
television actor voice actor executive producer actor film actor
Nathan Christopher Fillion is a Canadian and American actor. He played the leading roles of Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds on Firefly and its film continuation Serenity, and Richard Castle on Castle. As of 2018, he stars as Officer John Nolan on The Rookie and is an executive producer on the show, as well as its spin-off series, The Rookie: Feds...
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Sarah Hoffman

74. Sarah Hoffman

1980-. (aged 46)
politician
Sarah Marjorie Hoffman ECA MLA is a Canadian politician who served as the 10th deputy premier of Alberta and minister of Health in the cabinet of Rachel Notley. Hoffman was previously a member of the Edmonton Public School Board, where she served from 2010 to 2015 and from 2012 onward as chair. Prior to her service on the school board,...
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Alex Zahara

75. Alex Zahara

voice actor television actor actor film actor
Alex Zahara is a Canadian television, film, and voice actor, born in Grande Prairie, Alberta. Engaging in theatre from a young age, most notably performing in a stage adaptation of M*A*S*H, he later taught Acting for Teens at the Vancouver Film School. Zahara holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, earned after studies at the University of Alberta and the...
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Rona Ambrose

76. Rona Ambrose

1969-. (aged 57)
columnist politician high civil servant policy analyst communications adviser
Ronalee Ambrose Veitch PC is a former Canadian politician who served as leader of the Official Opposition and interim leader of the Conservative Party from 2015 to 2017. She was the member of Parliament (MP) for Sturgeon River—Parkland from 2015 to 2017, after previously representing Edmonton—Spruce Grove from 2004 to 2015.
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Deborah Grey

77. Deborah Grey

1952-. (aged 74)
autobiographer teacher politician
Deborah Cleland Grey is a retired Canadian politician who served as the leader of the Official Opposition in 2000, from March to September. Grey was elected to the House of Commons in 1989, serving as the member of Parliament (MP) for Beaver River until 1997 and MP for Edmonton North until 2004. Grey was a member of the Reform Party....
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Andrew Wilkinson

78. Andrew Wilkinson

1957-. (aged 69)
lawyer politician
Andrew Wilkinson KC is a Canadian politician. He is the former leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party and served as the leader of British Columbia's Official Opposition from 2018 to 2020. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election and re-elected in 2017 and 2020, representing the electoral district of Vancouver-Quilchena.
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Joe Clark

79. Joe Clark

1939-. (aged 87)
politician lecturer lawyer diplomat journalist
Charles Joseph Clark is a Canadian businessman, writer, and retired politician who served as the 16th prime minister of Canada from 1979 to 1980. He served as leader of the Official Opposition from 1976 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1983 and led the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1976 to 1983, and again from 1998 to 2003.
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George Elliott Clarke

80. George Elliott Clarke

1960-. (aged 66)
librettist novelist writer literary critic poet
George Elliott Clarke OC ONS is a Canadian poet, playwright and literary critic who served as the Poet Laureate of Toronto from 2012 to 2015 and as the Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate in 2016-2017. Clarke's work addresses the experiences and history of the Black Canadian communities of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, creating a cultural geography coined "Africadia."
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Richard Hayman

81. Richard Hayman

1920-2014 (aged 94)
composer conductor
Richard Warren Joseph Hayman was an American musician who was the chief music arranger of the Boston Pops Orchestra for over 50 years, and served as a pops conductor for orchestras including the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony and the Grand Rapids Symphony in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Anne McGrath

82. Anne McGrath

1958-. (aged 68)
politician
Anne McGrath is a Canadian political advisor. McGrath was president of the New Democratic Party from 2006 to 2009, National Director of the NDP from 2019 to 2024 and previously from 2014 to 2015, principal secretary to former Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, and as Notley's deputy chief of staff. McGrath also served as the principal secretary to federal NDP leader...
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Rachel Homan

83. Rachel Homan

1989-. (aged 37)
curler
Rachel Catherine Homan is a Canadian international curler and the reigning women's world champion. Homan is a former Canadian junior champion, a five-time Canadian national champion, and three-time World Champion, all as a skip. She was also the skip of the Canadian women's curling team at the 2018 Winter Olympics, and will skip the team at the February 2026 Winter...
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Mike de Jong

84. Mike de Jong

1963-. (aged 63)
politician
Michael de Jong KC is a politician in the Canadian province of British Columbia. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia, representing the electoral district of Matsqui from 1994 to 2001, Abbotsford-Mount Lehman from 2001 to 2009, and Abbotsford West from 2009 until 2024. A caucus member of BC United (formerly known as the British...
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Gerard Kennedy

85. 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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Don Tapscott

86. Don Tapscott

1947-. (aged 79)
teacher writer manager businessperson economist
Don Tapscott CM is a Canadian business executive, author, consultant and public speaker.
Bob McLeod

87. Bob McLeod

1938-2019 (aged 81)
American football player
Robert R. McLeod is a former Canadian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 2007 to 2019, and served as the 12th premier of the Northwest Territories, from October 26, 2011 to October 24, 2019.
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Jordan Peterson

88. Jordan Peterson

1962-. (aged 64)
Internet celebrity university teacher clinical psychologist writer cultural critic
Jordan Bernt Peterson is a Canadian psychologist, author, and media commentator. He received widespread attention in the late 2010s for his views on cultural and political issues. Often described as conservative, Peterson self-identifies as a classical liberal and traditionalist.
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Joy Kogawa

89. Joy Kogawa

1935-. (aged 91)
writer children's writer poet novelist
Joy Nozomi Kogawa CM OBC is a Canadian poet and novelist of Japanese descent.
Tawakkol Karman

90. Tawakkol Karman

1979-. (aged 47)
human rights defender peace activist journalist politician
Tawakkol Abdel-Salam Khalid Karman is a Yemeni journalist, politician, and human rights activist. She co-founded and leads 'Women Journalists Without Chains', a group established in 2005 to advocate for press freedom and human rights. She became the international public face of the 2011 Yemeni uprising that was part of the Arab Spring movement. She was often referred as the 'Iron...
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Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabiah

91. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabiah

1955-. (aged 71)
surgeon physician
Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah is a Saudi pediatric surgeon. He has filled a number of supervisory and advisory roles in Saudi Arabia, including Minister of Health, Advisor to the Royal Court, and Supervisor General of the international aid agency KSRelief.
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John Tse

92. John Tse

1954-. (aged 72)
academic
John Tse Wing-ling is an associate professor in the Department of Applied Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong.
Michael Houghton

93. Michael Houghton

1949-. (aged 77)
researcher biochemist virologist microbiologist
Sir Michael Houghton is a British scientist and Nobel Prize laureate. Along with Qui-Lim Choo, George Kuo and Daniel W. Bradley, he co-discovered Hepatitis C in 1989. He also co-discovered the Hepatitis D genome in 1986. The discovery of the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) led to the rapid development of diagnostic reagents to detect HCV in blood supplies, which has...
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Nicholas de Roumanie

94. Nicholas de Roumanie

1985-. (aged 41)
team leader mountain guide instructor Water Safety Instructor businessperson
Nicholas Michael de Roumanie Medforth-Mills, formerly known as Prince Nicholas of Romania, is the eldest child and only son of Princess Elena of Romania and Robin Medforth-Mills. As a grandson of King Michael of Romania, he was third in line to the defunct throne of Romania according to a new family statute enacted in 2007, that also conferred the title...
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Derek Ryan

95. Derek Ryan

1986-. (aged 40)
ice hockey player
Derek Ryan is a retired Irish professional squash player who at the peak of his career rose to No. 7 in the world rankings, and for many years was the Irish men's number 1 player.
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Tom Parry Jones

96. Tom Parry Jones

1935-2013 (aged 78)
business executive inventor lecturer chemist
Thomas Parry Jones OBE was a Welsh scientist, inventor and entrepreneur, who was responsible for developing and marketing the first handheld electronic breathalyser, winning the Queen's Award for Technological Achievement in 1980 for the work. Born and raised on Anglesey, he attended Bangor University and went on to study for his doctorate at University of Alberta, Canada. Prior to his...
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Andriy Deshchytsya

97. Andriy Deshchytsya

1965-. (aged 61)
diplomat politician
Andrii Bohdanovych Deshchytsia is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician.
Hans-Dieter Sues

98. Hans-Dieter Sues

1956-. (aged 70)
paleobiologist geologist curator paleontologist
Hans-Dieter Sues is a German-born American palaeontologist who is a Senior Research Geologist and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.
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Deep Saini

99. Deep Saini

1955-. (aged 71)
biologist physiologist academic administrator university teacher
Hargurdeep Saini is an Indian-Canadian scientist and university administrator. He is the president and vice-chancellor of McGill University in Montreal. He was previously the president and vice-Chancellor of Dalhousie University, a vice-chancellor and President of University of Canberra, and a vice-president of the University of Toronto and principal of its Mississauga campus.
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Keith Locke

100. Keith Locke

1944-2024 (aged 80)
politician
Keith James Locke MNZM was a New Zealand activist and politician. He was a Green Party Member of Parliament from 1999 to 2011.