29 Notable alumni of University of King’s College
Updated: June 11, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of King’s College is ranked #4,662 in the world and #78 in Canada by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 29 notable alumni from University of King’s College 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 King’s College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. John Hugill
1881-1971 (aged 90)
lawyer
politician
John William Hugill was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as Attorney General of Alberta from 1935 until 1937. Born in England, he came to Canada and studied law before setting up a practice in Calgary. He became a prominent resident of that city, and served two years on its city council. In the early 1930s, he was one...
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2. Thomas Suther
1814-1883 (aged 69)
Thomas George Spink Suther was the Scottish Episcopalian bishop of Aberdeen from 1857 to 1865 and first bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney from 1865 to 1883.
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3. William Johnston Almon
1816-1901 (aged 85)
physician
politician
university teacher
surgeon
William Johnston Almon was a Nova Scotian physician and Canadian parliamentarian. He was the son of William Bruce Almon.
4. Daniel Gawthrop
1963-. (aged 63)
newspaper editor
Daniel Gawthrop is a Canadian writer and editor. He is the author of six books, most recently a novel, Double Karma, published in 2023. He is best known for The Trial of Pope Benedict and The Rice Queen Diaries. As a journalist, he was the original publisher and editor of Xtra! West in Vancouver, and has also contributed to publications...
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5. Herbert James Palmer
1851-1939 (aged 88)
politician
H. James Palmer was the 11th premier of Prince Edward Island and the son of former colonial Premier Edward Palmer.
6. Frederick Peters
1851-1919 (aged 68)
politician
Frederick Peters was a lawyer and Prince Edward Island politician, who served as the sixth premier of Prince Edward Island.
7. Johanna Skibsrud
1980-. (aged 46)
novelist
poet
writer
Johanna Shively Skibsrud is a Canadian writer, whose debut novel The Sentimentalists won the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize.
8. Sir James Stuart, 1st Baronet
1780-1853 (aged 73)
judge
politician
Sir James Stuart, 1st Baronet of Oxford was a lawyer, judge, and political figure in Lower Canada.
9. Robert Grant Haliburton
1831-1901 (aged 70)
anthropologist
historian
Robert Grant Haliburton Q.C., D.C.L. was a Canadian lawyer and anthropologist. He became famous after founding the Canada First organization that saw English Canadian society as the "heirs of Aryan northmen" and that the French Canadians were a "bar to progress."
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10. Russell MacLellan
1940-. (aged 86)
lawyer
politician
Russell Gregoire MacLellan is a Canadian politician who served as the 24th premier of Nova Scotia from 1997 to 1999.
11. Al Tuck
1966-. (aged 60)
singer-songwriter
singer
Al Tuck, is a Canadian songwriter and folksinger from Prince Edward Island who has spent much of his career based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
12. John Eardley Inglis
1814-1862 (aged 48)
military personnel
Major General Sir John Eardley Wilmot Inglis KCB was a British Army officer, best known for his role in protecting the British compound for 87 days in the siege of Lucknow.
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13. Nick Wright
1983-. (aged 43)
politician
Nicholas dePencier Wright is a Canadian business lawyer and former politician. He was the founding leader of the Green Party of Nova Scotia and was the founding Executive Director of the Canadian animal advocacy organization Animal Justice. He is currently founder and CEO of foreign affairs publication Geopolitical Monitor and was an elected member ("Bencher") of the governing body of...
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14. Laurel Collins
1984-. (aged 42)
teacher
educator
politician
Laurel Collins is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Victoria in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election. Prior to her election in the House of Commons, she was a city councillor for Victoria City Council. Prior to losing her seat in the 2025 Canadian federal election, she was the...
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15. Margaret Sibella Brown
1866-1961 (aged 95)
botanical collector
scientific collector
botanist
bryologist
Margaret Sibella Brown was a Canadian amateur bryologist specializing in mosses and liverworts native to Nova Scotia. Early in her career she was involved with gathering supplies of sphagnum moss to be used as surgical dressings during World War I, when cotton was in short supply. After the war, she researched mosses from around the world, collecting specimens in Europe,...
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16. Rich Aucoin
musician
Richard Aucoin is a Canadian musician, based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
17. John Hamilton Gray
1814-1889 (aged 75)
lawyer
judge
politician
John Hamilton Gray, QC was a politician in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada, a jurist, and one of the Fathers of Confederation. He should not be confused with John Hamilton Gray, a Prince Edward Island politician (and also a Father of Confederation) in the same era.
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18. Amber MacArthur
1976-. (aged 50)
blogger
television presenter
Amber Dawn MacArthur is a Canadian television and netcasting personality, bestselling author of two books, and keynote speaker. MacArthur (aka Amber Mac) is the former co-host of BNN's App Central and Bloomberg Brink, G4TechTV's Call for Help, and TWiT's The Social Hour (successor to net@night/Inside the Net). She was the most followed Canadian television personality on Twitter in 2008. In...
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19. Jay Ferguson
1968-. (aged 58)
musician
songwriter
Jay Ferguson is a Canadian musician and a member of the rock band Sloan.
20. Amor De Cosmos
1825-1897 (aged 72)
politician
newspaper editor
journalist
newspaper proprietor
photographer
Amor De Cosmos was a Canadian journalist, publisher and politician. He served as the second premier of British Columbia.
21. Thomas Chandler Haliburton
1796-1865 (aged 69)
historian
judge
politician
writer
Thomas Chandler Haliburton was a Nova Scotian politician, judge, and author who was the first international best-selling fiction author from what is now Canada, and who served as a Conservative Member of Parliament in England. He was the father of the British civil servant Lord Haliburton and of the anthropologist Robert Grant Haliburton.
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22. Darrell Dexter
1957-. (aged 69)
lawyer
politician
Darrell Elvin Dexter is a Canadian lawyer, journalist and former naval officer who served as the 27th premier of Nova Scotia from 2009 to 2013. A member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party, he served as party leader from 2001 to 2013. He became Premier in 2009 after his party defeated the governing Progressive Conservative Party, leading the first...
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23. Ben Caplan
1986-. (aged 40)
composer
singer
Ben Caplan is a Canadian folk musician from Halifax, Nova Scotia. He often performs with his band the Casual Smokers, and his first full-length studio album, In the Time of the Great Remembering, was released on October 20, 2011. His second record, Birds with Broken Wings, came out on September 18, 2015. His third record, Old Stock, was issued on...
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24. Ryan Hemsworth
1990-. (aged 36)
record producer
disc jockey
composer
Ryan Hemsworth is a Canadian record producer and DJ. He specialises in electronic music and sampling. He has produced tracks for Tinashe, Tory Lanez, Mitski, and E-40.
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25. John Hamm
1938-. (aged 88)
politician
physician
John Frederick Hamm OC is a Canadian physician and politician who served as the 25th premier of Nova Scotia from 1999 to 2006.
26. Stephen Marche
1976-. (aged 50)
novelist
Stephen Marche is a Canadian novelist, essayist, and cultural commentator. He is an alumnus of the University of King's College and City College of New York (CUNY). In 2005, he received a doctorate in early modern English drama from the University of Toronto. He taught Renaissance drama at CUNY until 2007, when he resigned in order to write full-time.
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27. Stephen J. Blackwood
1975-. (aged 51)
philosopher
literary historian
entrepreneur
Stephen James Blackwood is a Canadian-American professor, academic, and social commentator.
28. Miriam Toews
1964-. (aged 62)
writer
Miriam Toews OC OM is a Canadian writer and author of ten books, including A Complicated Kindness (2004), All My Puny Sorrows (2014), and Women Talking (2018). She has won a number of literary prizes including the Governor General's Award for Fiction and the Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award for her body of work. Toews is also a three-time finalist for...
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29. Brian Macdonald
politician
Brian Thomas Macdonald is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2010 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Fredericton West-Hanwell until 2018 as a member of the Progressive Conservatives.
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