List of University of Western Ontario people

This is a list of notable individuals associated with the University of Western Ontario, including graduates, former students, professors, and researchers.

Alumni

Academics and scholars

Science, technology, and medicine

Media and arts

Journalism and publishing

Film, television and theatre

Music, fine arts and architecture

Business

Government

Literature

• Emily Austin – writer
• Joan Barfoot – novelist
• Clare Bice – author
• Alice Munro (1976) – author; 2013 Nobel Laureate in Literature for "master of the contemporary short story"
• André Narbonne – writer
• Paul Vermeersch (1992) – poet

Sports

Religion

• Thomas Christopher Collins (M.A. English) – Canadian Cardinal of the Catholic Church
• John T. Dunlap (Juris Doctor) – Prince and Grand Master and head of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

Miscellaneous

• Princess Basmah Bani Ahmad of Jordan – wife of Prince Hamzah bin Al Hussein of Jordan
• Alberto Dahik (Economy and Mathematics) – Vice President of Ecuador (1992–1995), minister of finance (1986) and Conservative congressman (1988–1992)
• Sajjad Fazel – public health advocate
• Aman Hambleton – chess grandmaster, Twitch streamer
• Sharon Johnston (B.Sc.) – Viceregal Consort of Canada (David Johnston)
• Harley Pasternak – personal trainer

Faculty

Administration

Chancellors

Presidents and vice-chancellors

Others

• J. Howard Crocker – director of the physical education department (1930–1947), also served as president of the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada, previously a director with the YMCA

In fiction

• Michael Patterson, from the comic strip For Better or For Worse

References