66 Notable alumni of University of Windsor
Updated: June 22, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Windsor is ranked #661 in the world and #26 in Canada by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 66 notable alumni from University of Windsor 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 Windsor won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Dani Couture
1978-. (aged 48)
novelist
poet
writer
Danielle Couture (born 1978) is a Canadian poet and novelist.
2. Apostolos Serletis
1954-. (aged 72)
professor
economist
Apostolos Serletis is a Greek economist who is a professor of Economics at the University of Calgary.
3. Hendrika Ruger
1928-. (aged 98)
writer
Hendrika Ruger is a Dutch-Canadian author, publisher, and the founder of Netherlandic Press publishing company.
4. Bradnee Chambers
1966-2019 (aged 53)
environmentalist
Bradnee Chambers was an expert on international environmental governance, law and politics. In March 2013 he was appointed as the Executive Secretary of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), a main United Nations multilateral conservation treaty He was also the acting Executive Secretary of the Gorilla Agreement and the Agreement on the Conservation of...
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5. Mary di Michele
1949-. (aged 77)
novelist
poet
writer
Mary di Michele is an Italian-Canadian poet and author. She was a professor at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec where she taught creative writing until 2015.
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6. Allan J. Stitt
1961-. (aged 65)
lawyer
Allan Jeffrey Stitt is a chartered Canadian arbitrator, mediator and film producer. He is the president and CEO of ADR Chambers, a Canadian arbitration and mediation organization. Stitt is the recipient of the 2006 Ontario Bar Association Award of Excellence in Alternative Dispute Resolution. In 2022, Stitt was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Windsor Faculty...
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7. Thaddeus Holownia
1949-. (aged 77)
photographer
Thaddeus Holownia RCA FRSC ONB is a British-born Canadian artist and professor. He taught photography at Mount Allison University and served as the head of the Fine Arts Department, retiring in 2018.
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8. Lloyd St. Amand
1952-. (aged 74)
lawyer
politician
Lloyd St. Amand is a Canadian politician and a former Member of Parliament for the riding of Brant. He is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.
9. Phil De Luna
1991-. (aged 35)
materials scientist
scientist
politician
Phil De Luna is a Canadian materials scientist and chief technology officer of CURA, a decarbonized cement startup. He was formerly the chief carbon scientist and head of engineering at Deep Sky, a Canadian carbon removals project developer.
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10. Emily Schultz
1974-. (aged 52)
essayist
university teacher
novelist
short story writer
poet
Emily Schultz is an American fiction writer raised in Canada and now living in Brooklyn, New York.
11. Harvey Thomas Strosberg
1944-. (aged 82)
lawyer
Harvey Thomas Strosberg, KC is a Canadian lawyer. He is a senior partner at the law firm of Strosberg, Sasso, Sutts LLP.
12. Papa Oppong
1987-. (aged 39)
basketball player
Papa Kwaku Oppong is a Canadian former professional basketball player in the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL). Oppong competed with three different college basketball teams from 2006 to 2010. He played with Coffeyville Community College as a freshman, Panola Junior College as a sophomore, and Eastern Kentucky of the NCAA Division I as a junior and senior.
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13. Ian MacPherson
1939-2013 (aged 74)
historian
economist
Ian MacPherson was a Canadian historian, and a supporter of the co-operative movement. MacPherson was born in Toronto, Ontario.
14. Percy Hatfield
1948-. (aged 78)
politician
Percy Harper Hatfield is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in a 2013 by-election. He represented the riding of Windsor—Tecumseh.
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15. Rob Nicholson
1952-. (aged 74)
lawyer
politician
Robert Douglas Nicholson PC KC is a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Niagara Falls in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2019 as a member of the Conservative Party. Under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, he served as Minister of National Defence, Minister of Justice, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Leader of the Government in the...
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16. Betty E. King
1957-. (aged 69)
diplomat
Betty Eileen King is an American diplomat born in Saint Vincent. From 2010 to 2013 she served as the Representative of the United States to the European Office of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
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17. Granville Anderson
1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Granville Earl Anderson is a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2014 to 2018 who represented the riding of Durham. Anderson served as Regional Councillor for Wards 3 & 4 on the municipal council in Clarington, from 2018 to 2022. He is currently Regional Councillor for Wards 1 &...
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18. Taras Natyshak
1977-. (aged 49)
trade unionist
politician
Taras Natyshak is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2011 to 2022, representing the riding of Essex.
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19. Joe Comartin
1947-. (aged 79)
managing director
lawyer
diplomat
politician
Joseph John Comartin is a retired Canadian lawyer, politician and diplomat. He represented the riding of Windsor—Tecumseh as its Member of Parliament (MP) from 2000 to 2015. A member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), he ran for its leadership in 2003. He called for a return to social democratic policies after the party's drift to the centre during the...
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20. Cheryl Hardcastle
1961-. (aged 65)
reporter
journalist
editor
politician
Cheryl Hardcastle is a Canadian politician and former member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada for the federal electoral district of Windsor—Tecumseh, first elected during the 2015 Canadian federal election. She is a member of the New Democratic Party. During the 42nd Canadian Parliament, NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair appointed Hardcastle to be the party's critic for Sports...
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21. Miah-Marie Langolis
1991-. (aged 35)
basketball player
Miah-Marie Langlois is a Canadian former professional basketball player who played for WBC Dynamo Novosibirsk and the Canadian national team, with whom she participated at the 2014 FIBA World Championship, and the 2020 FIBA Olympic qualifier in Belgium. and the 2016 Rio Olympics.
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22. Jeff Watson
1971-. (aged 55)
political analyst
political pundit
politician
autoworker
marketing manager
Jeffrey D. "Jeff" Watson served as the Member of Parliament for the Essex electoral district in Ontario, from 2004 to 2015.
23. Eddie Francis
1974-. (aged 52)
lawyer
Edgar "Eddie" Francis is a Canadian businessman and former politician. He previously served as mayor of Windsor, Ontario. He was 29 years old when he was elected mayor in 2003, the second-youngest mayor in Windsor's history and one of the youngest mayors ever elected in Canada. He is also Windsor's first Lebanese-Canadian mayor. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer...
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24. Lorenzo Berardinetti
1961-. (aged 65)
politician
Lorenzo Berardinetti is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2003 to 2018 who represented the Toronto riding of Scarborough Southwest.
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25. Anna Mae Routledge
1982-. (aged 44)
actor
film actor
Anna Mae Wills is a Canadian former actress. She is best known for her role as Celeste in the Disney Channel Original Movie, 16 Wishes.
26. Samora Smallwood
film producer
film actor
stage actor
film director
television actor
Samora Smallwood is a Canadian actress and writer from Windsor, Ontario and Newfoundland. She attended the University of Windsor in the early 2000s, and graduated in 2008 with a general Bachelor of Arts. Samora won a Canadian Screen Award at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 for her performance in the Lifetime television film Death She Wrote.
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27. Robert Knuckle
1935-2019 (aged 84)
novelist
Robert Gordon Knuckle was a best-selling Canadian author, actor and playwright. He was a member of the Playwrights Guild of Canada. Knuckle was an educator for thirty-five years before he started writing full-time in 1992. He was an ACTRA award-winning author of ten books and two booklets.
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28. Peter Fonseca
1966-. (aged 60)
athlete
politician
management consultant
businessperson
athletics competitor
Peter Fonseca MP is a Portuguese-born Canadian politician and former athlete. He is a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Mississauga East—Cooksville since his election in 2015.
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29. Murray Costello
1934-2024 (aged 90)
ice hockey player
James Murray Costello OC was a Canadian ice hockey player, executive, and administrator. He played four seasons in the National Hockey League and was the younger brother of Les Costello. He was a lawyer by trade and president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) from 1979 to 1994. After facilitating the CAHA merger with Hockey Canada, he continued as...
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30. David Phillips
1944-. (aged 82)
weather presenter
climatologist
writer
David Wayne Phillips, CM is a climatologist who worked for the Meteorological Service of Canada at Environment Canada from 1967 to 2024.
31. Jennifer E. Jones
Jennifer E. Jones is a Canadian communications executive. She was president of Rotary International for 2022–23, the first woman to be selected in the 117-year history of the organization.
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32. Arnhim Eustace
1944-. (aged 82)
politician
economist
Arnhim Ulric Eustace is a Vincentian retired politician and economist. He served as the third prime minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and is the former longtime leader of the opposition and former president of the New Democratic Party (NDP) after resigning in 2016.
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33. Michael Tibollo
1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Michael A. Tibollo ECO MPP is a Canadian politician in Ontario, who is currently serving as Associate Attorney General. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election. representing the riding of Vaughan—Woodbridge as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. He first served as Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, now...
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34. Melissa Bishop
1988-. (aged 38)
athletics competitor
middle-distance runner
Melissa Bishop-Nriagu, née Melissa Bishop, is a Canadian runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She competed at the 2012, 2016 Olympics and 2020 Olympics. She won a silver medal at the 2015 World Athletics Championships. Her World Championship medal was a Canadian woman's first-ever medal in the 800 m. Bishop-Nriagu graduated from University of Windsor and was only the...
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35. Manmeet Bhullar
1980-2015 (aged 35)
politician
Manmeet Singh Bhullar was a Canadian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta who represented the constituency of Calgary-Greenway as a Progressive Conservative. He served as a cabinet minister from 2011 until the defeat of the Progressive Conservative government in 2015. He was widely seen as a rising star in the Progressive Conservative caucus. Bhullar was killed when...
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36. Ramesh Sangha
1945-. (aged 81)
lawyer
politician
Rameshwer Singh Sangha is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Brampton Centre from 2015 to 2021. He was first elected in the 2015 federal election and was re-elected in 2019.
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37. Sandra Pupatello
1962-. (aged 64)
politician
business consultant
Sandra Pupatello is a Canadian politician. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2011 as a member of the Ontario Liberal Party, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Dalton McGuinty. Since 2025, she is a member of the Senate of Canada. In September 2025, she was appointed chair of the...
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38. Marie Howe
1950-. (aged 76)
university teacher
poet
writer
Marie Howe is an American poet. Howe served as New York Poet Laureate from 2012–2016. She is currently a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and Poet-in-Residence at The Cathedral of St John the Divine. Throughout her career, she has received fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Harvard Radcliffe Institute,...
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39. Wang Huiyao
1958-. (aged 68)
economist
Wang Huiyao, also known as Henry Wang, is the founder and president of Center for China and Globalization (CCG), a think tank in China. Wang plays multiple policy advisory roles in China, as a counselor for the State Council appointed by Premier Li Keqiang in 2015, and honorable vice chairman of China Association for International Economic Cooperation (CAIEC) under the...
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40. Sarah Mitton
1996-. (aged 30)
athletics competitor
Sarah Dawn Mitton is a Canadian athlete specializing in the shot put. She is the 2023 World silver medallist and a two-time World Indoor champion (2024, 2025). The first Canadian woman to medal in the shot put at either World Athletics global championship, she is also the 2023 Pan American, 2022 Commonwealth, and 2019 Summer Universiade champion.
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41. Karen McCrimmon
1959-. (aged 67)
military personnel
politician
navigator
business executive
mediator
Karen A. McCrimmon OMM CD MPP is a Canadian Armed Forces veteran, mediator, and politician. She is the member of provincial parliament (MPP) for Kanata—Carleton and was elected in a by-election on July 27, 2023 as a member of the Ontario Liberal Party.
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42. Stephen LeDrew
1953-. (aged 73)
lawyer
Stephen Ralph LeDrew is a Toronto-based lawyer and broadcaster. He served as President of the Liberal Party of Canada from 1998 to 2003, and was a Mayor of Toronto candidate in the 2006 municipal election. He hosted LeDrew Live on CP24 and also co-hosted CP24 Live at Noon as well as being the news station's political analyst until he was...
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43. Stephen Mandel
1945-. (aged 81)
politician
Stephen Mandel AOE ECA is a Canadian politician who served as leader of the Alberta Party from 2018 to 2019. He previously served as Alberta’s Minister of Health from 2014 to 2015 and as mayor of Edmonton for three terms from 2004 to 2013. Before becoming mayor, he was a city councillor for three years.
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44. Patrick Brown
1992-. (aged 34)
ice hockey player
Patrick Walter Brown is a Canadian politician who has served as the 51st and current mayor of Brampton since 2018. He served as leader of the Official Opposition in Ontario and leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative (PC) Party from 2015 to 2018. Brown also represented the riding Barrie in the House of Commons as a Conservative from 2006 to...
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45. Joe Bowen
1951-. (aged 75)
sports commentator
Joe Bowen is a Canadian sportscaster. He is known as "the voice" of the Toronto Maple Leafs, having broadcast over 3,000 games for the organization. Bowen also does the radio play-by-play on Sportsnet 590 The Fan or TSN Radio 1050 with Jim Ralph.
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46. Lorne Abony
1969-. (aged 57)
lawyer
tennis player
Lorne Abony is a Canadian businessman, currently the managing partner of Texas Venture Partners, a venture capital company located in Austin, Texas.
47. Anna Maria Tremonti
1957-. (aged 69)
journalist
Anna Maria Tremonti is a Canadian radio and television journalist who has been featured on a variety of radio and television programs on the CBC.
48. Hodan Nalayeh
1976-2019 (aged 43)
media scholar
entrepreneur
freelance journalist
marketing consultant
social activist
Hodan Nalayeh was a Somali-Canadian media executive, marketing consultant, social activist and entrepreneur. She was president of the Cultural Integration Agency and vice president of Sales & Programming Development of Cameraworks Productions International.
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49. Marco Mendicino
1973-. (aged 53)
business executive
lawyer
university teacher
politician
Marco Mendicino is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the 16th chief of staff to the prime minister in 2025. A member of the Liberal Party, he served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Eglinton—Lawrence from 2015 to 2025. He previously served as the minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship from 2019 to 2021 and the...
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50. Seán Cullen
1965-. (aged 61)
film actor
actor
voice actor
Seán Cullen is a Canadian actor and stand-up comedian. He is known for combining improvisation with mimicry and music, as well as for providing voices of characters in television shows including Best Ed, Seven Little Monsters, and Almost Naked Animals.
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51. Dario Hunter
1983-. (aged 43)
lawyer
rabbi
Dario David Hunter, also known as Yisroel Hunter, is an American rabbi, lawyer and politician. He is the first Muslim-born man to be ordained as a rabbi. A former member of the Youngstown, Ohio, Board of Education, Hunter sought the 2020 Green Party presidential nomination, ultimately coming in second. He ran as the presidential nominee of the Oregon Progressive Party...
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52. Scott D'Amore
1974-. (aged 52)
professional wrestler
screenwriter
Scott Francis D'Amore is a Canadian professional wrestling manager, promoter, booker and retired professional wrestler, best known for his time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he served as the president and an on-screen personality.
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53. Frank Mahovlich
1938-. (aged 88)
ice hockey player
businessperson
politician
Francis William Mahovlich CM is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and a former Liberal Senator in the Canadian Senate. He played on six Stanley Cup-winning teams and is an inductee of the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 2017 Mahovlich was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history. Mahovlich was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall...
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54. Lionel Sanders
1988-. (aged 38)
triathlete
Lionel James Sanders is a Canadian professional triathlete winner of the 2017 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships. He has 33 first place finishes in Ironman 70.3 races and 5 first place finishes in full Ironman events. In 2017 and 2022, he placed second at the Ironman World Championship. In 2014 he placed fourth in the 2014 Ironman 70.3 World...
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55. Navdeep Bains
1977-. (aged 49)
Certified Management Accountant
financial analyst
university teacher
politician
Navdeep Singh Bains PC FCPA is a Canadian politician who served as Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry from 2015 to 2021. A member of the Liberal Party, he represented the riding of Mississauga—Malton in the House of Commons from 2015 to 2021. He previously represented the riding of Mississauga—Brampton South from 2004 to 2011.
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56. Eric Keenleyside
1957-. (aged 69)
actor
film actor
Eric Keenleyside is a Canadian actor.
57. Tessa Virtue
1989-. (aged 37)
figure skater
autobiographer
ice dancer
Tessa Jane McCormick Virtue is a Canadian retired ice dancer. With ice dance partner Scott Moir, she is the 2010 and 2018 Olympic champion, the 2014 Olympic silver medallist, a three-time World champion (2010, 2012, 2017), a three-time Four Continents champion (2008, 2012, 2017), the 2016–17 Grand Prix Final champion, an eight-time Canadian National champion (2008–2010, 2012–2014, 2017–2018), the 2006...
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58. Sergio Marchionne
1952-2018 (aged 66)
business executive
lawyer
entrepreneur
accountant
industrialist
Sergio Marchionne was an Italian-Canadian businessman, widely known for his turnarounds of the automakers Fiat and Chrysler, his business acumen and his outspoken and often frank approach, especially when dealing with unpalatable issues related to his companies and the automotive industry.
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59. Amanda Tapping
1965-. (aged 61)
actor
television actor
television director
film actor
stage actor
Amanda Tapping is a British-born Canadian actress and director. She is best known for portraying Samantha Carter in the Canadian–American military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, and Stargate Universe. She starred as Dr. Helen Magnus in the science fiction-fantasy television series Sanctuary, which she also produced.
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60. Warren Christie
1975-. (aged 51)
television actor
film actor
Hans Warren Christie is a Canadian television and film actor known for his roles as Ray Cataldo on the ABC drama October Road and as Aidan "Greggy" Stiviletto on the ABC series Happy Town. More recently, Christie starred as Cameron Hicks in the SyFy series Alphas.
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61. Brian Masse
1968-. (aged 58)
university teacher
program director
politician
Brian S. Masse is a Canadian politician. He served in the House of Commons of Canada from 2002 until the 2025 Canadian federal election, representing the riding of Windsor West as a member of the New Democratic Party.
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62. 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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63. Qian Tang
1950-. (aged 76)
educator
Qian Tang has been the Assistant Director-General for Education at UNESCO since April 2010.
64. Peter Robinson
1950-2022 (aged 72)
novelist
poet
writer
Peter Robinson was a British-born Canadian crime writer who was best known for his crime novels set in Yorkshire featuring Inspector Alan Banks. He also published a number of other novels and short stories, as well as some poems and two articles on writing.
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65. James Maloney
1964-. (aged 62)
lawyer
politician
James V. Maloney MP is a Canadian lawyer and politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 election. He represents the electoral district of Etobicoke—Lakeshore as a member of the Liberal Party.
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66. Sandra Mason
1949-. (aged 77)
judge
politician
Dame Sandra Prunella Mason FB GCMG DA SC is a Barbadian politician, lawyer, and diplomat who served as the first president of Barbados from 2021 to 2025. She was previously the eighth and final governor-general of Barbados from 2018 to 2021, the second woman to hold the office. On 20 October 2021, Mason was elected by the Parliament of Barbados...
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