Notable Alumni of University of Saskatchewan [Sorted List]

1. Roy William Blake

1906-1994 (aged 88)

diplomat

Roy William Blake was a Canadian diplomat. Born near London, Ontario, Blake was a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan. During World War II Blake served as a captain in the Saskatoon Light Infantry. While serving in Italy he suffered an injury which permanently crippled him.

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2. Arnold Tremere

1941-2008 (aged 67)

businessperson

Arnold Tremere was appointed as the Canadian International Grains Institute first director of Feed and Technology from May 1982 to October 1989, and subsequently was promoted to the position of Executive Director, the highest non-partisan position within the field of Agriculture in the Canadian government, where he served during the adoption of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in...

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3. James Cowan

1951-. (aged 75)

Anglican priest

James Cowan was the twelfth Anglican Bishop of British Columbia, serving from 2004 to 2013.

4. Reginald John Godfrey Bateman

1883-1918 (aged 35)

Reginald John Godfrey Bateman, Master of Arts of Dublin was a professor of English at the University of Saskatchewan and an army officer during World War I.

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5. Michael Lazecki

1965-2003 (aged 38)

Canadian football player

Michael Charles Lazecki was a Canadian football player who was a punter and kicker in the Canadian Football League (CFL) in the early 1990s and a kicker for the Tampa Bay Storm in the Arena Football League (AFL). Lazecki died in an automobile accident on a rural highway in southern Manitoba in January 2003 at the age of 37.

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6. Bryan Fraser

1991-. (aged 35)

volleyball player

Bryan Fraser is a retired professional volleyball player from Canada. He was a member of the Canada men's national volleyball team from 2015 to 2016. He is now the current head coach of the women's volleyball program at College of the Rockies in Cranbrook, British Columbia.

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7. Murat Tuncali

1959-. (aged 67)

mathematician

Murat Tuncali is a Mathematics Professor at Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario. He is also the chair of the Department of Computer Science and Mathematics. He graduated with his Bachelor of Science at Boğaziçi University, in Turkey. He then graduated from University of Saskatchewan with an MSc, and a PhD. He has won many awards over the years, including...

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8. John Alexander Weir

1894-1942 (aged 48)

lawyer dean

John Alexander Weir was a Canadian attorney, and the first Dean of the University of Alberta Faculty of Law from 1926 to 1942.

9. Caia Morstad

1982-. (aged 44)

Caia Morstad is a Canadian athlete who was a competitive volleyball player and Calgary Stampede Princess. She has played volleyball for the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders, University of Saskatchewan Huskies, and the SAIT Trojans. She has also played beach volleyball, competing in the 2001 Canada Games, on behalf of Saskatchewan.

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10. Robert Alexander Walker

1916-1989 (aged 73)

lawyer politician

Robert Alexander Walker, QC was a Canadian lawyer who served in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1948 to 1967.

11. Kelsie Hendry

1982-. (aged 44)

athletics competitor

Kelsie Hendry is a Canadian pole vaulter. Hendry set a historic milestone as the first-ever female athlete born in Saskatoon to represent Canada at the Olympics in athletics. She also shared her three-way triumph with teammate Carly Dockendorf, and England's Kate Dennison for the bronze medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India.

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12. Leon Katz

1909-2004 (aged 95)

nuclear physicist physicist

Leon Katz, OC FRSC was a Canadian physicist.

13. Charmaine Dean

1958-. (aged 68)

university teacher statistician

Charmaine B. Dean is a statistician from Trinidad. She is the vice president for research at the University of Waterloo, a professor of statistical and actuarial sciences at both Waterloo and Western University, the former president of the Western North American Region of the International Biometric Society, and the former President of the Statistical Society of Canada. Her research interests...

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14. J. P. Wearing

1945-. (aged 81)

writer

John Peter Wearing is an Anglo-American theatre historian and professor, who has written about nineteenth and twentieth-century drama and theatre, including The Shakespeare Diaries: A Fictional Autobiography, published in 2007. He has also written and edited books on George Bernard Shaw, Arthur Wing Pinero, reference series on the London theatre from 1890 to 1980, and theatrical biographies, among other subjects....

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15. Eldon Woolliams

1916-2001 (aged 85)

lawyer teacher trial lawyer politician

Eldon Mattison Woolliams, QC was a Canadian politician and lawyer. Woolliams served as a Progressive Conservative Party member of the House of Commons of Canada.

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16. Savella Stechishin

1903-2002 (aged 99)

journalist

Savella Stechishin, CM SOM, née Wawryniuk, was a Ukrainian-Canadian home economist and writer, recipient of the Order of Canada. She has been described as "an ethnocultural social maternal feminist" (Ostryzniuk, 1999).

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17. Maurice Baudoux

1902-1988 (aged 86)

Catholic priest Catholic bishop

Maurice Baudoux OC was a Canadian priest and the Archbishop of Saint Boniface, Manitoba, Canada.

18. Robert Peterson

1937-2020 (aged 83)

business executive politician entrepreneur real estate developer civil engineer

Robert W. Peterson was a Canadian Liberal senator from Saskatchewan. He was appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister Paul Martin on March 24, 2005.

19. Kaitlin Willoughby

1995-. (aged 31)

ice hockey player

Kaitlin Willoughby is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for the Montreal Victoire of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).

20. Harold Evans Hartney

1888-1947 (aged 59)

flying ace

Harold Evans Hartney was a Canadian-born World War I flying ace who served in the Royal Flying Corps and then in the United States Army Air Service, credited with seven confirmed and one unconfirmed aerial victories.

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21. Lorne Babiuk

1946-. (aged 80)

biologist virologist immunologist

Lorne Allan Babiuk, OC SOM FRSC is a Canadian scientist specializing in immunology, pathogenesis, virology, molecular virology, and vaccinology. He is the Vice-President of Research at the University of Alberta and the former director of the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan. Dr Babiuk holds the Canada Research Chair in Vaccinology and Biotechnology and is chair...

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22. Park Jong-ah

1996-. (aged 30)

ice hockey player

Park Jong-ah is a South Korean ice hockey player who serves as the captain of the South Korean national ice hockey team. She currently plays domestically for the Suwon City Hall women's ice hockey team in the Korean Women's Hockey League (KWHL). As of April 2022, she held the record for the most goals (41) and total points (68) in...

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23. Michael Helm

1961-. (aged 65)

writer scholar of English

Michael Helm is a Canadian novelist. He was born 1961 in Eston, Saskatchewan, and received degrees in literature from the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Toronto.

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24. Nettie Wiebe

1949-. (aged 77)

farmer philosopher

Nettie Wiebe is a Canadian professor. She grew up near Warman, Saskatchewan. She has a BA and MA in Philosophy from the University of Saskatchewan and a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Calgary.

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25. John R. Cunningham

1927-2020 (aged 93)

physicist physician

John Robert Cunningham, OC was a Canadian medical physicist who was noted for his contributions in the development of computerized radiation treatment planning dose calculations in radiation therapy.

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26. Anthony Bidulka

1962-. (aged 64)

novelist

Anthony Bidulka is a Canadian writer of mystery, thriller and suspense novels. Bidulka's books have been nominated for Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Awards, Saskatchewan Book Awards, a ReLit Award, and Lambda Literary Awards. In 2005, he became the first Canadian to win the Lambda Literary Award for Mystery, Gay.

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27. Evan E. Eichler

1968-. (aged 58)

geneticist researcher

Evan E. Eichler is an investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute studying human genome evolution, genome variation and their role in diseases. He is also a Professor of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.

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28. Angus McGill Mowat

1892-1977 (aged 85)

librarian

Angus McGill Mowat, B.A., M.A., was a Canadian librarian who initiated and contributed to the continuing improvement of the library systems in Saskatoon and Ontario, from the 1920s through to the 1960s.

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29. John Streicker

1962-. (aged 64)

politician

John Streicker is a Canadian artist and politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon in the 2016 Yukon general election. He represented the electoral district of Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes as a member of the Yukon Liberal Party until 2025.

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30. Roy Billinton

1935-. (aged 91)

electrical engineer

Roy Billinton was a Canadian scholar and a Distinguished Emeritus Professor at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. In 2008, Billinton won the IEEE Canada Electric Power Medal for his research and application of reliability concepts in electric power system. In 2007, Billinton was elected a Foreign Associate of the United States National Academy of Engineering for "contributions to...

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31. Gordon Barnhart

1945-. (aged 81)

historian political scientist university teacher politician

Gordon Leslie Barnhart OC SOM is a former Clerk of the Senate of Canada and the Saskatchewan Legislature, as well as former Secretary of the University of Saskatchewan. He was the 20th lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan from 2006 until 2012. He was the interim President of the University of Saskatchewan as from May 21, 2014 until October 24, 2015.

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32. Tracey Lindberg

1967-. (aged 59)

writer academic lawyer singer

Tracey Lindberg is a writer, scholar, lawyer and Indigenous Rights activist from the Kelly Lake Cree Nation in British Columbia. She is Cree-Métis and a member of the As'in'i'wa'chi Ni'yaw Nation Rocky Mountain Cree.

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33. Alvin Hamilton

1912-2004 (aged 92)

teacher politician

Francis Alvin George Hamilton PC was a Canadian politician. Hamilton led the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan from 1949 until he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1957 general election. That election brought the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to power under John Diefenbaker. He served as Minister of Northern Affairs and National Resources,...

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34. Andrew David Irvine

1958-. (aged 68)

university teacher philosopher

Andrew David Irvine, FSCC is a Canadian academic who teaches at the University of British Columbia. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Sydney University and is a professor of philosophy and mathematics at UBC Okanagan. He has served as vice-chair of the UBC Board of Governors, as head of the UBCO Department of Economics, Philosophy and Political Science, as...

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35. Keith Fagnou

1971-2009 (aged 38)

chemist

Keith Fagnou was a Canadian organic chemist and studied education and was a professor of chemistry at University of Saskatchewan and associate professor of organic chemistry at the University of Ottawa. His research focused on developing new reactions that avoid unnecessary activation of substrates and that can instead directly functionalize C–H bonds of simple molecules and introduce C–C bonds.

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36. Sonia Scurfield

1928-2018 (aged 90)

philanthropist sports team owner

Sonia Scurfield, was a Canadian philanthropist. She was the co-owner of the Calgary Flames hockey team from 1985 to 1994. She became the second woman, and the only Canadian woman, to have her name engraved on the Stanley Cup when the Flames won the National Hockey League championship in 1989.

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37. Joan Crockatt

1955-. (aged 71)

journalist communications adviser pundit politician

Joan Crockatt is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election on November 26, 2012. A member of the Conservative Party of Canada, she represented the electoral district of Calgary Centre until November 2015.

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38. Kelly Bates

1975-. (aged 51)

Canadian football player

Kelly Bates is a Canadian former professional football guard and former head coach of the Simon Fraser Clan. He was most recently the offensive line coach for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted by the Lions in fourth round of the 2001 CFL draft. He played CIS football for the University of Saskatchewan Huskies.

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39. Fred L Mannering

1954-. (aged 72)

engineer scientist

Fred Mannering is an American scientist/engineer who is most known for the development and application of statistical and econometric methods to study highway safety, economics, travel behavior, and a variety of engineering-related problems.

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40. Hubert Buydens

1982-. (aged 44)

rugby union player

Hubert Buydens is a Canadian rugby union player. He is a member of the Canada national side and was part of Canada's squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup where he made 4 appearances. He plays as a prop forward and made his Canada debut in 2006 against England Saxons and currently holds 50 caps in total.

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41. Michael Byers

1966-. (aged 60)

politician writer professor jurist political scientist

Michael Byers is a Canadian legal scholar and non-fiction author.

42. Nate Glubish

1981-. (aged 45)

politician

Nathanael Glubish ECA MLA is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Strathcona-Sherwood Park.

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43. Raynell Andreychuk

1944-. (aged 82)

judge politician lawyer diplomat ambassador

Anita Raynell Andreychuk is a retired Canadian senator, lawyer, judge, and diplomat.

44. Mark Abley

1955-. (aged 71)

journalist poet

Mark Abley is a Canadian poet, journalist, editor and nonfiction writer. His poetry and some of his nonfiction books express his interest in endangered languages. In November 2022, Abley was awarded an honorary D.Litt. by the University of Saskatchewan for his writing career and for his services to Canadian literature.

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45. Robert Moody

1941-. (aged 85)

university teacher scientist mathematician

Robert Vaughan Moody, OC FRSC is a Canadian mathematician. He is the co-discoverer of Kac–Moody algebra, a Lie algebra, usually infinite-dimensional, that can be defined through a generalized root system.

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46. Dwain Lingenfelter

1949-. (aged 77)

businessperson politician

Dwain Lingenfelter is a former Canadian politician from Shaunavon, Saskatchewan. He was a New Democratic Party Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1978 to 1986, 1988 to 2000, and 2009 to 2011. He led the Saskatchewan NDP from 2009 to 2011, when he also served as leader of the Opposition.

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47. Shannon Miller

1977-. (aged 49)

lawyer artistic gymnast

Shannon Miller is a Canadian ice hockey coach, who previously served as the head coach of the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey team from 1999 to 2015. In addition, she was the head coach of the Canadian national women's hockey team which claimed gold at the 1997 IIHF World Women's Championships, along with the silver medal in ice hockey...

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48. William Deverell

1937-. (aged 89)

writer novelist lawyer screenwriter

William Herbert Deverell is a Canadian writer, criminal lawyer, and civil liberties activist. One of Canada's best-known novelists, his debut novel Needles, based on his legal experience, won the $50,000 Seal First Novel Award from McClelland & Stewart. He received the Hammett Prize in 1998 for Trial of Passion, which also won the 1998 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel;...

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49. Randy Hoback

1967-. (aged 59)

farmer businessperson politician

Randy C. Hoback MP is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the electoral district of Prince Albert in the 2008 Canadian federal election. He is a member of the Conservative Party. He was subsequently re-elected in the 2011, 2015, 2019, 2021 and 2025 federal elections.

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50. Georgina Jolibois

1968-. (aged 58)

politician mayor

Georgina Jolibois is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2015 Canadian federal election to represent the riding of Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River during the 42nd Canadian Parliament. Jolibois sought re-election in the 2019 election but was defeated by her Conservative challenger Gary Vidal.

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51. Gene Makowsky

1973-. (aged 53)

Canadian football player politician

Gene Makowsky is a Canadian politician and former professional football offensive lineman. He was a member of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly from 2011 to 2024, representing the ridings of Regina Dewdney and Regina Gardiner Park as a member of the Saskatchewan Party.

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52. Jeff Hassler

1991-. (aged 35)

rugby union player

Jeff Hassler is a Canadian rugby union player. He plays at wing and occasionally at the centre position for the Seattle Seawolves in Major League Rugby (MLR), and Rugby Canada's National 15s. He has 36 caps for the National squad in all contests, and former member of the Neath-Swansea, Ospreys.

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53. Jolene Campbell

1981-. (aged 45)

curler

Jolene Campbell is a Canadian curler from Regina, Saskatchewan. She currently skips her own team out of Regina.

54. Terry Lake

1957-. (aged 69)

veterinarian politician

Terry Lake is a former Canadian politician, at the municipal and provincial levels, and veterinarian.

55. Gordon Wyant

1957-. (aged 69)

politician

Gordon S. Wyant, KC is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan with the Saskatchewan Party for the constituency of Saskatoon Northwest from 2010 to 2024. Wyant served in the cabinets of both Brad Wall and Scott Moe, including two stints as Attorney General. Prior to entering provincial politics, Wyant served...

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56. Darrell Pasloski

1960-. (aged 66)

politician

Darrell Thomas Pasloski is a former territorial politician in Yukon, Canada, who was leader of the Yukon Party, and served as the eighth premier of Yukon from 2011 to 2016. His party was defeated in the general election of November, 2016, and he lost his own seat. He was succeeded by Sandy Silver as Premier of Yukon on December 3,...

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57. Byron Seaman

1923-2021 (aged 98)

businessperson

Byron James Seaman was a Canadian businessman. He was the co-owner of the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL) for three decades from 1980 until 2010.

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58. Jon Gerrard

1947-. (aged 79)

politician university teacher surgeon physician scientist

Jon Gerrard PC is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1993 to 1997, and was a secretary of state in the government of Jean Chrétien. He was the leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party from 1998 until 2013, and the member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for River Heights from 1999 until...

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59. Al Duerr

1951-. (aged 75)

politician

Alfred Herman Duerr is a former Canadian politician who served as the 34th mayor of Calgary, Alberta from 1989 to 2001, and a city alderman from 1983 to 1989.

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60. Lorna Crozier

1948-. (aged 78)

university teacher poet writer

Lorna Crozier, OC is a Canadian poet, author, and former chair of the Writing Department at the University of Victoria. She is the author of twenty-five books and was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2011 as one of Canada's pre-eminent poets and for her teaching. Crozier is credited as Lorna Uher on some of her earlier...

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61. Richard St. Barbe Baker

1889-1982 (aged 93)

writer silviculturist environmentalist activist

Richard St. Barbe Baker was an English biologist and botanist, environmental activist and author, who contributed greatly to worldwide reforestation efforts. As a leader, he founded an organisation, Men of the Trees, still active today as the International Tree Foundation, whose many chapters carry out reforestation internationally.

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62. Don Wittman

1936-2008 (aged 72)

sports commentator

Donald Rae Wittman was a Canadian sportscaster.

63. Cam Broten

1978-. (aged 48)

politician

Cameron Paul Broten is a Canadian politician. He represented the constituency of Saskatoon Massey Place in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 2007 to 2016 and served as the leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party from 2013 to 2016.

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64. Cathay Wagantall

1956-. (aged 70)

business executive administrative assistant athletic director politician

Cathay Wagantall MP is a Canadian politician who was elected as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada to represent the federal electoral riding of Yorkton—Melville during the 2015 Canadian federal election.

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65. 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.

66. Brad Trost

1974-. (aged 52)

geophysicist farmer politician

Bradley Ryan Trost is a former Canadian politician who served as a Conservative Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada, representing the ridings of Saskatoon—Humboldt from 2004 to 2015 and Saskatoon—University from 2015 to 2019. He was a candidate in the 2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, finishing fourth. Trost was known for his support of...

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67. Uwe Reinhardt

1937-2017 (aged 80)

university teacher economist

Uwe Ernst Reinhardt was a professor of political economy at Princeton University and held several positions in the healthcare industry. Reinhardt was a prominent scholar in health care economics and a frequent speaker and author on subjects ranging from the war in Iraq to the future of Medicare.

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68. C. Donald Bateman

1932-2023 (aged 91)

inventor electrical engineer

Charles Donald Bateman, often known as Don Bateman, was a Canadian electrical engineer and the inventor of the Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS), a device that is responsible for a marked decline in controlled flight into terrain accidents, such as the Mount Erebus disaster.

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69. Val Sweeting

1987-. (aged 39)

curler

Valerie Sweeting is a Canadian curler from Lottie Lake, Alberta She currently plays third for Team Kerri Einarson. Sweeting skipped Alberta to a silver medal at the 2014 and 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts and won the tournament in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2026 with Team Kerri Einarson.

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70. Gavin Schmitt

1986-. (aged 40)

beach volleyball player volleyball player

Gavin Charles Schmitt is a former Canadian volleyball player, who started playing volleyball in Saskatoon for the Saskatchewan Huskies volleyball club and eventually went on to win the silver medal with the Canada men's national volleyball team at the 2013 NORCECA Volleyball Championship in Langley, Canada.

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71. Roy Romanow

1939-. (aged 87)

lawyer politician

Roy John Romanow PC OC SOM KC is a Canadian politician who served as the 12th premier of Saskatchewan from 1991 to 2001. He was the leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party from 1987 until his retirement in 2001. He was the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Saskatoon Riversdale from 1967 to 1982 and from 1986 to 2001.

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72. Jonathan Wilkinson

1965-. (aged 61)

executive director businessperson high civil servant politician

Jonathan D. Wilkinson PC MP is a Canadian politician and former businessman. A member of the Liberal Party, he has represented North Vancouver—Capilano in the House of Commons since the 2015 federal election.

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73. James Heilman

1980-. (aged 46)

physician educator Wikimedian athletics competitor

James M. Heilman is a Canadian emergency physician, Wikipedian, and advocate for the improvement of Wikipedia's health-related content. He encourages other clinicians to contribute to the online encyclopedia.

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74. Siera Bearchell

1993-. (aged 33)

beauty pageant contestant

Siera Bearchell is a Canadian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Canada 2016. She represented Canada in the Miss Universe 2016 competition in Manila, where she placed in the top nine. While competing in Miss Universe, Bearchell received media attention for her curvier figure, which was seen as a detraction from the typical body standards associated with beauty...

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75. 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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76. Willie Desjardins

1957-. (aged 69)

ice hockey player ice hockey coach

Wilbrod "Willie" Desjardins is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and player. He is currently head coach and general manager of the WHL's Medicine Hat Tigers. He has also been the head coach of the NHL's Vancouver Canucks from 2014 to 2017 and the interim head coach for the Los Angeles Kings for the 2018–19 season. In July 2017, he...

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77. Noraini Ahmad

1967-. (aged 59)

politician

Datuk Seri Dr. Noraini binti Ahmad is a Malaysian politician who has served as Minister of Plantation and Commodities in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2025 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Parit Sulong since March 2008. She served as the Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development in the Unity Government...

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78. Ray Hnatyshyn

1934-2002 (aged 68)

lecturer lawyer barrister reservist military personnel

Ramon John "Ray" Hnatyshyn was a Canadian lawyer and statesman who served as the 24th governor general of Canada from 1990 to 1995.

79. John Hewson

1946-. (aged 80)

politician economist

John Robert Hewson AM is an Australian former politician who served as leader of the Liberal Party from 1990 to 1994. He led the Liberal-National Coalition to defeat at the 1993 Australian federal election.

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80. Elizabeth Dowdeswell

1944-. (aged 82)

diplomat politician

Violet Elizabeth Dowdeswell is a Canadian civil servant who served as the 29th lieutenant governor of Ontario from 2014 to 2023. As lieutenant governor, Dowdeswell was the viceregal representative of the Crown in Right of Ontario. A champion of civil society, environmental protection, inclusive growth and liberal democracy, she is also the longest-serving lieutenant governor in Ontario's history.

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81. George Genereux

1935-1989 (aged 54)

athlete sport shooter

George Patrick Genereux was a Canadian gold medal-winning trap shooter and physician.

82. Scott Moe

1973-. (aged 53)

politician

Scott Moe is a Canadian politician serving as the 15th premier of Saskatchewan since February 2, 2018. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the riding of Rosthern-Shellbrook, first elected in 2011.

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83. Brad Wall

1965-. (aged 61)

entrepreneur politician

Bradley John Wall ECS SOM is a former Canadian politician who served as the 14th premier of Saskatchewan from November 21, 2007, until February 2, 2018. He is the fourth longest-tenured premier in the province's history. Wall is the father of country singer Colter Wall.

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84. Ralph Goodale

1949-. (aged 77)

high commissioner business executive ambassador lawyer broadcaster

Ralph Edward Goodale is a Canadian diplomat and retired politician who served as the Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2021 to 2025.

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85. N. Murray Edwards

1959-. (aged 67)

entrepreneur

Norman Murray Edwards CM is a Canadian oil sands financier. He heads an ownership group called the Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation (CSEC) that manages Calgary's Scotiabank Saddledome and owns the Calgary Flames, Calgary Hitmen, Calgary Roughnecks, Calgary Stampeders, and Calgary Wranglers. With an estimated net worth of US$2.7 billion (as of December 2022), Edwards was ranked by Forbes as...

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86. Kim Coates

1958-. (aged 68)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Kim Frederick Coates is a Canadian and American actor and producer. He is known for his starring roles as Alexander "Tig" Trager on the FX television series Sons of Anarchy (2008–14) and as Declan Gardiner on the Citytv series Bad Blood (2017–18). He has also had notable roles on Prison Break, CSI: Miami, Ghost Wars, Godless, Van Helsing, and as...

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87. Keith Morrison

1947-. (aged 79)

journalist

Keith Morrison is a Canadian broadcast journalist. Since 1995, he has been a correspondent for Dateline NBC.

88. Colter Wall

1995-. (aged 31)

singer-songwriter

Colter Wall is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and musician. Known for his deep, gruff baritone voice and narrative songwriting, Wall's music encompasses country, folk, and western styles. Wall is the son of former Canadian politician Brad Wall.

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89. John Diefenbaker

1895-1979 (aged 84)

diplomat lawyer politician

John George Diefenbaker was the 13th prime minister of Canada, serving from 1957 to 1963. He was the only Progressive Conservative party leader between 1935 and 1979 to lead the party to an election victory, doing so three times, although only once with a majority of the seats in the House of Commons.

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90. Sylvia McAdam Saysewahum

activist

Sylvia McAdam Saysewahum is a member of the Cree Nation. She is an advocate for First Nation and environmental rights in Canada. She is a founding member of Idle No More, a lawyer, a professor, and an author. In all of these cases, her work is focused on spreading awareness and education about First Nation and Environmental rights.

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91. Henry Taube

1915-2005 (aged 90)

university teacher chemist

Henry Taube FRSC was a Canadian-born American chemist who was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "his work in the mechanisms of electron-transfer reactions, especially in metal complexes." He was the second Canadian-born chemist to win the Nobel Prize, and remains the only Saskatchewanian-born Nobel laureate. Taube completed his undergraduate and master's degrees at the University of Saskatchewan,...

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92. Muzaffar Iqbal

1954-. (aged 72)

historian of science chemist

Muzaffar Iqbāl is a Pakistani-Canadian Islamic scholar and author.

93. Safdar Hosseini

1954-. (aged 72)

politician economist

Safdar Hosseini is an Iranian academic and politician, who has served in various cabinet posts. He was chairman of the National Development Fund of Iran from 2013 until 2016.

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94. Mahmoud Fotouhi Firouzabad

1959-. (aged 67)

academic

Mahmoud Fotouhi Firouzabad is the former president of Sharif University of Technology, serving from 28 August 2014 to 18 October 2021.

95. Yu Pun Hoi

1958-. (aged 68)

entrepreneur

Yu Pun-hoi, commonly known as P H Yu, is a Hong Kong entrepreneur in the information technology, cinema, culture and media industries. He is the Chairman of the Board and largest shareholder of Hong Kong-listed Nan Hai Corporation Limited (0680.HK) and Sino-i Technology Limited (0250.HK). Yu is also the founder and chairman of the Tsinghua University Center for US-China Relations...

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96. Rula Halawani

1964-. (aged 62)

photographer pedagogue

Rula Halawani is a Palestinian photographer and educator who lives and works in Jerusalem.

97. James Moore

1976-. (aged 50)

politician broadcaster

James Moore was a Bishop of Ballarat, Victoria (Australia).

98. Rita Orji

computer scientist

Rita Orji Listen is a Nigerian-Canadian computer scientist who is a Canada Research Chair in Persuasive Technology, a Professor, and the Director of the Persuasive Computing Lab at Dalhousie University. Her work is in the area of human–computer interaction with a major focus on designing interactive systems to achieve health and well being objectives. She has won over 70 awards...

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99. Adeola Olubamiji

1985-. (aged 41)

engineer

Adeola Deborah Olubamiji is a Canadian technologist who specializes in metal and plastic additive manufacturing (also known as 3D printing). In 2017, she became the first Black person to obtain a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the 112-year-old University of Saskatchewan, Canada. She went on to give a TEDx Talk on how she utilized 3D printing for recovery of damaged...

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