This is a list of notable people associated with Carleton University, such as faculty members and alumni.
Lineage and establishment
Chancellors
Presidents
Chairs of the Board of Governors
Notable alumni and faculty
Academics
- Emma Anderson, professor at University of Ottawa
- Aslam Anis, professor of health economics at the UBC Faculty of Medicine
- Andrew Brook, Chancellor's Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science
- Madhu Dikshit, cardiovascular biologist and N-Bios laureate
- Ivan Fellegi, former Chief Statistician of Canada
- Peter Grünberg, Nobel laureate in Physics 2007
- Erin Johnson, professor of theoretical chemistry at Dalhousie University
- Lawrence M. Krauss, physics professor at Arizona State University and popular science author
- Michael I. Krauss, professor at George Mason University School of Law
- Randal Marlin, Carleton philosophy professor specializing in the study of propaganda
- Robin Neill, economic historian
- Ryan North, writer and computer scientist
- Norm O'Reilly, professor at University of Guelph
- John Porter, former professor of sociology
- Edwin G. Pulleyblank, professor at the University of British Columbia
- Kenneth B. Storey, current professor of biology
- William Sweet, professor of philosophy, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Entertainers
- Emily Yeung, host of This is Emily Yeung
- Melody Anderson, retired actress, social worker
- Jeremy Gara, band drummer of Arcade Fire
- Elizabeth Hanna, undergraduate major in philosophy and later graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada; voice actor and speech-language pathologist
- Hamza Haq, actor
- Mervyn G.H. Hinds, Chicago blues musician, known as Harmonica Hinds
- jev., rapper
- K-OS (Kheaven Brereton), musician
- Kayhan Kalhor, Grammy award-winning musician
- Norm Macdonald, comedian, actor
- Mia Martina, pop singer, bestselling author
Entrepreneurs
Journalists
- Nahlah Ayed, Middle East correspondent for the CBC
- Rosemary Barton, political journalist and host of Power & Politics on CBC News Network
- Keith Boag, chief political correspondent for CBC News
- Mark Bourrie, lawyer, journalist, author of RBC Taylor Prize for literary non-fiction for Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson
- Rita Celli, host for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Andrew Chang, television journalist
- Petronila Cleto, Filipino journalist, film critic and social activist
- James Duthie, TSN host and journalist
- Matthew Fraser, former editor-in-chief of National Post
- Edward Greenspon, former editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail
- Greg Ip, economic journalist, The Wall Street Journal
- Peter Jennings, journalist and news anchor for ABC News, two-time Peabody Award winner, awarded a Litterarum doctor, honoris causa in 1997
- Arthur Kent, Emmy award-winning war correspondent
- Carolyn Mackenzie, broadcaster
- Robert MacNeil, journalist, Officer of the Order of Canada
- Sheila MacVicar, Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning journalist
- Gavin McInnes, writer, founder of Vice
- SaÃ
¡a Petricic, journalist, photographer, currently senior correspondent for CBC's The National
- Paul Watson, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist
Politicians
- Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
- Arielle Kayabaga, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons of Canada
- Niki Ashton, Member of Parliament, New Democratic Party leadership candidate
- Lindsay Blackett, first black Cabinet minister in Alberta
- Patrick Boyer, Member of Parliament
- Gord Brown, Member of Parliament
- Ben Carr, Member of Parliament
- Mike Colle, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Alex Cullen, Member of Provincial Parliament, Ottawa City Councillor
- Hans Daigeler, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Barry Devolin, former Member of Parliament
- Paul Dewar, former Member of Parliament
- Ward P.D. Elcock, Deputy Minister of Defence, former Director of Canadian Security Intelligence Service
- Greg Fergus, Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada
- Catherine Fife, Member of Provincial Parliament, President of the Ontario Public School Boards Association
- Rob Ford, former mayor of the City of Toronto, studied political science for a year
- Larisa Galadza, Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine
- Evelyn Gigantes, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Jacqueline Creft, Minister of Women's Affairs of the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada
- Abdul Momin Ismail, former Chief Minister of Brunei and member of the Legislative Council
- Pauline Jewett, Member of Parliament, professor and Chancellor of Carleton University
- Leo Jordan, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Wilbert Keon, Senator, heart surgeon
- Catherine Kitts, Ottawa City Councillor
- Branden Leslie, Member of Parliament
- John Manley, former Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Canada
- Marco Mendicino, Member of Parliament, former Minister of Public Safety
- John Milloy Member of Provincial Parliament, Minister
- Claudia Mo, Member of Hong Kong Legislative Council
- Yasir Naqvi, Member of Parliament, former Member of Provincial Parliament
- John Nater, Member of Parliament
- Tom Nevakshonoff, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
- Paul Okalik, former premier of Nunavut
- Ernie Parsons, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Lester B. Pearson, former chancellor, professor, Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
- Michael Prue, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Scott Reid, Member of Parliament
- Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, former Prime Minister of Somalia
- Norm Sterling, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Marit Stiles (born 1969), Member of Provincial Parliament
- Jenna Sudds, Member of Parliament, Minister of Families, Children, and Social Development
- Barbara Sullivan, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Judy Wasylycia-Leis, former Member of Parliament
- Jim Watson, Member of Provincial Parliament, Mayor and City Councillor of Ottawa
- Omar Zakhilwal, former Professor of Economics, Afghan Finance Minister and chief economic advisor to the president of Afghanistan
Sportspeople
Writers
Others
- Ngaire Blankenberg, former director of the National Museum of African Art
- Louise Charron, Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- Dan Conlin, historian, author, former journalist at CBC Ottawa, currently curator of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
- Tong Daochi, former secretary of the Chinese Communist Party of Sanya Committee
- Lorna deBlicquy, pioneering woman aviator
- Michelle Douglas, human rights activist
- Lorne Elias, inventor of the explosives vapour detector EVD-1
- Allan Gregg, pollster, political pundit
- Gregory Henriquez, architect, Governor-General's Medal for Architecture
- Abdul Rahman Jabarah, alleged al-Qaeda member killed in 2003
- Jim Judd, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service
- Kenneth Chan Kai-tai, Hong Kong actor and television host for Cable TV Hong Kong channel
- Warren Kinsella, lawyer, author, musician, political consultant, lobbyist and commentator
- Chalmers Jack Mackenzie, former chancellor, first president of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
- Amy Miller, filmmaker
- Michelle Mohabeer, filmmaker
- Howard Nuk, industrial designer (former VP of Design at Samsung and Co-founder at Palm)
- Michele Pollesel, Anglican bishop of Uruguay
- Karim Rashid, industrial designer
- Cristine Rotenberg, crime statistics analyst and nail art YouTube personality
- Wayne Smith, Chief Statistician of Statistics Canada
- Harley Swedler, architect
- Katie Tallo, filmmaker and writer
- Susan Wood, Canadian literature scholar, pioneer of feminist science fiction studies
- James K. Wright, composer, pianist, and musicologist
- Janice Charette, Canadian public servant
Notable honorary degree recipients
- Daniel Alfredsson, former Ottawa Senators captain
- Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General (1997âÂÂ2007), Nobel Peace Prize laureate; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2004
- Wanda Thomas Bernard, Canadian Senator; awarded Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2021
- Boutros Boutros-Ghali, United Nations Secretary-General (1992âÂÂ1997); awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1995
- Helen Clark, 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand (1999âÂÂ2008) and Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (2009âÂÂ2017); awarded Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2012
- Tommy Douglas, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan; led the first socialist government in North America and introduced universal public health care to Canada; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1980
- Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1993
- Dag Hammarskjöld, United Nations Secretary-General (1953âÂÂ1961), Nobel Peace Prize laureate; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1954
- Tomson Highway, Indigenous playwright and novelist; awarded Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa in 2013
- Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada (2005âÂÂ2010); awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2012
- David Johnston, Governor General of Canada (2010âÂÂ2017); awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2016
- Peter Mansbridge, Canadian Broadcaster; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2014
- Paul Martin, 21st Prime Minister of Canada (2003âÂÂ2006); awarded Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2019
- Sheilah L. Martin, Canadian Judge, awarded Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2021
- Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, United Nations Secretary-General (1982âÂÂ1992); awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1985
- André Picard, Canadian journalist; awarded Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2017
- Romano Prodi, 79th Prime Minister of Italy; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2001
- Murray Sinclair, Chairman of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2009âÂÂ2015), awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2015
- U Thant, United Nations Secretary-General (1961âÂÂ1971); awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1962
- Buffy Ste-Marie, Indigenous musician; awarded Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2008
- Robert Thirsk, Canadian astronaut and engineer; awarded D.Eng., honoris causa in 2019
- Herman Van Rompuy, 49th Prime Minister of Belgium (2008âÂÂ2009) and then as the first permanent President of the European Council (2009âÂÂ2014); awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2017
- Kurt Waldheim, United Nations Secretary-General (1972âÂÂ1981); awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1972
- Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist and civil society leader; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2010
Other people
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