The following is a list of notable alumni, faculty and affiliates of

Queen's University at Kingston Queen's University at Kingston, commonly known as Queen's University or simply Queen's, is a public university, public research university in Kingston, Ontario, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Queen's holds more than of land throughout Ontario and ...

in Kingston,

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, Canada. The list includes notable academics, artists, businesspeople, professionals, and athletes.

Notable Queen's alumni

Academic leaders

* Emajuddin Ahamed – political scientist, author, educationist & former

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of the

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (), also known as Dhaka University (DU), is a public university, public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1921, it is the oldest active university in the country. The University of Dhaka w ...

* John Hall Archer – first president of the

University of Regina The University of Regina is a public university located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Founded in 1911 as a private denominational high school of the Methodist Church of Canada, it began an association with the University of Saskatchewan as a j ...

* Herbert Basser – theologian, Harvard Starr Fellow * Vijay Bhargava – researcher *

David Card David Edward Card (born 1956) is a Canadian-American labour economist and the Class of 1950 Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has been since 1997. He was awarded half of the 2021 Nobel Memorial Prize in ...

– economist, winner of Nobel Prize in Economics and

John Bates Clark Medal The John Bates Clark Medal is awarded by the American Economic Association to "that American economist under the age of forty who is adjudged to have made a significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge." The award is named after the ...

* George Ramsay Cook – Canadian historian * Alfred Fitzpatrick – founder of Frontier College * William Thomson Newnham – first president of

Seneca College Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology, branded as Seneca Polytechnic since 2023, is a multi-campus public college in the Greater Toronto Area and Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. It offers full-time and part-time programs at the baccala ...

, 1967–1984 * Frits Pannekoek (PhD 1974) – president of

Athabasca University Athabasca University (AU) is a Canadian public university that primarily operates through online distance education. Founded in 1970, it is one of four comprehensive academic and research universities in Alberta, and was the first Canadian ...

* David Siderovski – Professor and Chair of Pharmacology & Neuroscience at University of North Texas Health Science Center (winner of ASPET John J. Abel Award) * Robert Sutherland – first person of colour to graduate from a Canadian university, and first black lawyer in

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* Shirley M. Tilghman (BSc 1968) – president of

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...

, member of the board of directors of

Google Google LLC (, ) is an American multinational corporation and technology company focusing on online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, consumer electronics, and artificial ...

Actors, film, and media

* Scott Anderson –

CanWest Canwest Global Communications Corporation, which operated under the corporate name Canwest, was a major Canadian media conglomerate based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with its head offices at Canwest Place (now called 201 Portage). It held radio, ...

MediaWorks senior vice-president, content; former

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of the ''

Ottawa Citizen The ''Ottawa Citizen'' is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. History Established as the Bytown ''Packet'' in 1845 by William Harris (journalist), William Harris, it was renamed the ''Ci ...

'' * Dean Armstrong – actor * Ashleigh Banfield –

CNN Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news organization operating, most notably, a website and a TV channel headquartered in Atlanta. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable ne ...

news anchor * Rachel Blanchard – actress * Kristian Bruun – actor *

Greg Bryk Gregory Michael Bryk (born 19 August 1972) is a Canadian Film actor, film and television actor. He has appeared in numerous films and television series and is best known for his reoccurring roles in ''ReGenesis'' (2004–2008), ''XIII: The Ser ...

– actor *

Nicholas Campbell Nicholas Campbell (born 24 March 1952) is a Canadian actor and filmmaker. He is a four-time Gemini Awards, Gemini Award winner, a three-time Genie Awards, Genie Award nominee, and a Canadian Screen Awards, Canadian Screen Award nominee. He is k ...

– actor * Tom Cavanagh – actor, played title character in sitcom '' Ed'' * Sarita Choudhury – actress * Brendan Connor – television broadcaster, Al Jazeera International * Wendy Crewson – actress * Chris Cuthbert – TSN sportscaster * Lyse Doucet –

BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...

's Chief International Correspondent * Lisa Eichhorn – actress * Sally Gifford – host on

CBC CBC may refer to: Media * Cadena Baja California or Grupo Cadena, a radio and television broadcaster in Mexico * Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada's radio and television public broadcaster ** CBC Television ** CBC Radio One ** CBC Music ** ...

's national kids' show, '' The X'' *

Lorne Greene Lorne Hyman Greene (born Lyon Himan Green; February 12, 1915 – September 11, 1987) was a Canadian actor, singer, and radio personality. His notable television roles include Ben Cartwright on the Western ''Bonanza'' and Commander Adama in ...

(BA'37, LLD'71) – actor * Amy Lalonde – actress, also played an actress who went to Queen's Business School in '' Wild Roses'' *Ryan Letourneau – full-time Twitch streamer and YouTuber known online as Northernlion. * Linda Liao (廖語晴) – singer/actress *

Michelle MacLaren Michelle Maxwell MacLaren is a Canadian television director and producer. She has directed episodes of ''The X-Files'', ''Better Call Saul'', ''Breaking Bad'', ''The Walking Dead (TV series), The Walking Dead'', ''Game of Thrones'', and ''Westwor ...

– TV series director * Molly McGlynn – film and television director and screenwriter * Vanessa Morgan – actress *

Anna Olson Anna Olson (born May 4, 1968) is an American pastry chef. She was previously the host of Food Network Canada's '' Fresh with Anna Olson'', ''Sugar (Canadian TV series), Sugar'' and ''Kitchen Equipped'' and ''Bake with Anna Olson''. She is curre ...

– chef and television presenter * Evanka Osmak –

SportsNet Sportsnet is a Television in Canada, Canadian English-language Discretionary service, discretionary sports broadcasting, sports specialty channel owned by Rogers Sports & Media. It was established in 1998 as CTV Sportsnet, a joint venture betw ...

broadcaster * Italia Ricci – actress * Shelagh Rogers –

broadcaster * Ted Simonett – actor * Jeffrey Simpson – political columnist for ''

The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Newspapers in Canada, Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in Western Canada, western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of more than 6 million in 2024, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on week ...

'' * Rachel Skarsten – actress * Rod Smith – TSN sportscaster * John Stackhouse – former editor, ''

'' * Julie Stewart-Binks – sports broadcaster, ESPN * Katie Uhlmann – actress and producer * Ali Velshi – former '' Report on Business Television'' and current

business Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or Trade, buying and selling Product (business), products (such as goods and Service (economics), services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for ...

reporter A journalist is a person who gathers information in the form of text, audio or pictures, processes it into a newsworthy form and disseminates it to the public. This is called journalism. Roles Journalists can work in broadcast, print, advertis ...

Sandy Webster Alexander (Sandy) Webster (January 30, 1923 - March 22, 2017) was a Canadian actor, best known for his regular supporting role as forensic investigator Dr. Chisholm in the drama television series '' The Great Detective''. Background Born and raised ...

– actor * Nancy Wilson – CBC journalist * Gema Zamprogna – actor

Business people

* Alfred Bader (B.Sc. 1945, B.A. 1946, M.Sc. 1947) – founder of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, and donor of 15th century

Herstmonceux Castle Herstmonceux Castle is a brick-built castle, dating from the 15th century, near Herstmonceux, East Sussex, England. It is one of the oldest significant brick buildings still standing in England. The castle was renowned for being one of the fi ...

* Geoffrey Ballard – founder of Ballard Power Systems * Robert Buchan – founder and former president and CEO of Kinross Gold * Derek Burney (B.A. 1962, M.A. 1964) – former president and CEO of

Bell Canada Bell Canada (commonly referred to as Bell) is a Canadian telecommunications company headquartered at 1 Carrefour Alexander-Graham-Bell in the borough of Verdun, Quebec, in Canada. It is an ILEC (incumbent local exchange carrier) in the province ...

, current member of the board of directors of CanWest Global Communications, Quebecor World Inc. and Shell Canada * Donald J. Carty – former chairman and CEO of AMR Corporation, the parent company of

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* Gururaj Deshpande – founder of Sycamore Networks * David A. Dodge – former governor of the

Bank of Canada The Bank of Canada (BoC; ) is a Crown corporations of Canada, Crown corporation and Canada's central bank. Chartered in 1934 under the ''Bank of Canada Act'', it is responsible for formulating Canada's monetary policy,OECD. OECD Economic Surve ...

, and

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of Queen's, effective July 1, 2008 * Frances Donald – youngest chief economist for a major financial services firm in Canada (

Manulife Manulife Financial Corporation (French language, French: Financière Manuvie) is a Canadian multinational insurance company and financial services provider headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The company operates in Canada and Asia as "Manulife" ...

) * Don Drummond (MA, LLD) – former senior vice-president and Chief Economist of TD Bank Financial Group and Donald Matthews Faculty Fellowship on Global Public Policy * Mel Goodes – former chairman and CEO of the Warner-Lambert Company * Stephen K. Gunn – CEO and co-founder of Sleep Country Canada * Brian Hill – founder and Executive Chair of Aritzia * F. C. Kohli – former CEO of

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(TCS) * Leonard Lee (B.A. 1963) – founder of Lee Valley Tools * Tiff Macklem (B.A 1983) - Governor of the

* Michael MacMillan – chairman and co-founder of

Alliance Atlantis Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. (commonly known as Alliance Atlantis) was a Canadian media company that operated primarily as a specialty service operator in Canada. Alliance Atlantis also had offices in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax, Los ...

* Earle McLaughlin – former president and CEO of the

Royal Bank of Canada Royal Bank of Canada (RBC; ) is a Canadian multinational Financial institution, financial services company and the Big Five (banks), largest bank in Canada by market capitalization. The bank serves over 20 million clients and has more than ...

* Seaton McLean – co-founder of Atlantis Films (now

) * Alexander C. Monteith – senior vice-president of the

Westinghouse Electric Corporation The Westinghouse Electric Corporation was an American manufacturing company founded in 1886 by George Westinghouse and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was originally named "Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company" and was ...

and recipient of the IEEE Edison Medal *

Elon Musk Elon Reeve Musk ( ; born June 28, 1971) is a businessman. He is known for his leadership of Tesla, SpaceX, X (formerly Twitter), and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Musk has been considered the wealthiest person in th ...

– founder, CEO, and Chief Engineer at SpaceX; early stage investor, CEO, and Product Architect of Tesla, Inc. (left after 2 years) * Kimbal Musk – South African restaurateur, chef, and entrepreneur * Nik Nanos – founder, Nanos Research * Gord Nixon (BComm 1979) – president and CEO of the

* Douglas Peters (BComm 1963) – banker, economist and politician * Stephen Poloz – Governor of the Bank of Canada * Stephen Quinn – senior vice president, Wal-Mart Inc, Bentonville, Arkansas * David Radler (MBA 1967) – former president of Ravelston Corporation (which owned Argus Corporation which controlled Hollinger International), cooperating with the prosecution in the

Conrad Black Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour (born 25 August 1944), is a Canadian-British writer and former politician, Publishing, newspaper publisher, Investor, financier, and Fraudster, convicted fraudster. Black's father was businessma ...

racketeering case * Michele Romanow (BScEng 2007, MBA 2008) – cast member on ''Dragons' Den'', co-founder of Clearbanc * Michael Serbinis (B.S.) – president and CEO of Kobo Inc. * Chris Viehbacher – CEO of

Sanofi Sanofi S.A. is a French Multinational corporation, multinational pharmaceutical and healthcare company headquartered in Paris, France. The corporation was established in 1973 and merged with Synthélabo in 1999 to form Sanofi-Synthélabo. In 200 ...

Mark Wiseman Mark Wiseman (born 1970) is a Canadian businessman and financier who has worked with many institutional investors and the Government of Canada. He was formerly the chair of the Alberta Investment Management Corporation; a manager at BlackRock; an ...

– president and CEO of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board * Rajeev Madhavan - Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist based in Silicon Valley, California

Literature and the arts

* Jill Barber – singer-songwriter * Matthew Barber – singer-songwriter * Janet Cardiff – artist * Lina Chartrand (B.A.) – writer *

George Elliott Clarke George Elliott Clarke (born February 12, 1960) is a Canadian poet, playwright and literary critic who served as the Poet Laureate of Toronto from 2012 to 2015 and as the Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate in 2016-2017. Clarke's work addresse ...

(Ph.D. 1993) – writer and academic *

Jim Cuddy James Gordon Cuddy, (born December 2, 1955) is a Canadian singer-songwriter primarily associated with the band Blue Rodeo. Early life and education Cuddy was born in Toronto, Ontario. His mother Jean Cuddy was an English teacher at Monarch P ...

– lead singer of Blue Rodeo * Kalli Dakos – children's poet and teacher *

Robertson Davies William Robertson Davies (28 August 1913 – 2 December 1995) was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best known and most popular authors and one of its most distinguished " men of letters" ...

, CC – author and playwright * Gord Downie – lead singer of band

The Tragically Hip The Tragically Hip, often referred to simply as the Hip, was a Canadian rock band formed in Kingston, Ontario in 1984, consisting of vocalist Gord Downie, guitarist Paul Langlois, guitarist Rob Baker (known as Bobby Baker until 1994), bassis ...

* Dawn Dumont – author * Priscilla Galloway – author * Sarah Harmer – singer-songwriter * Frank Ll. Harrison – musicologist * Steven Heighton – author * Elena Juatco – singer and '' Canadian Idol'' season 2 top 10 contestant * Irene Luxbacher – artist, author and illustrator * Cyndra MacDowall – artist and photographer * Jay Malinowski (B.A. 2004) – vocalist and

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ist for the Canadian band

Bedouin Soundclash Bedouin Soundclash is a Canadian band based in Toronto and consisting of vocalist and guitarist Jay Malinowski, bass player Eon Sinclair, and various session musicians. Their sound has been described as a combination of reggae and ska. Bedouin ...

* Paul Nicholas Mason – author * Emily Julian McManus (M.A., 1894) — poet, author, and educator * Jean Mills – children's author * Alexander Muir (B.A. 1851) – composer of "

The Maple Leaf Forever "The Maple Leaf Forever" is a Canadian patriotic song written by Alexander Muir (1830–1906) in 1867, the year of Canada's Canadian Confederation, Confederation. He wrote the work after serving with the Queen's Own Rifles of Toronto in defence ...

" * Justine Musk – author *

Michael Ondaatje Philip Michael Ondaatje (; born 12 September 1943) is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, fiction writer and essayist. Ondaatje's literary career began with his poetry in 1967, publishing ''The Dainty Monsters'', and then in 1970 the critically a ...

(M.A. 1967) – author * Neil Pasricha – speaker, author and writer of 1000 Awesome Things * Joseph Petric – musician * Ciara Phillips (BFA 2000) – artist * Maynard Plant – vocalist and guitarist for the Japanese band Monkey Majik * Iain Reid (B.A. 2004) – novelist, author of I'm Thinking of Ending Things * Baņuta Rubess (B.A., honours 1977) – playwright and theatre director * Eon Sinclair (B.A. 2004) –

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ist for Canadian band

* Gord Sinclair – bassist of

* Russell Smith – author and ''

'' columnist * Moez Surani – author * Timothy Taylor – author * Judith Thompson – playwright * Chris Turner – author

Military

* John Weir Foote (B.A. 1933) – awarded the

Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious decoration of the Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom, British decorations system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British ...

for service during the

Dieppe Raid Operation Jubilee or the Dieppe Raid (19 August 1942) was a disastrous Allied amphibious attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe in northern France, during the Second World War. Over 6,050 infantry, predominantly Canadian, supported by a ...

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

* Mark Norman (Bachelor of Economics) – Vice-Admiral, Commander of RCN * Ken Watkin (Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws) – Brigadier General and Judge Advocate General of the

Canadian Forces The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF; , FAC) are the unified Military, military forces of Canada, including sea, land, and air commands referred to as the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Under the ''National Defenc ...

Political leaders

William Aberhart William Aberhart (December 30, 1878 – May 23, 1943), also known as "Bible Bill" for his radio sermons about the Bible, was a Canadian politician and the seventh premier of Alberta from 1935 to his death in 1943. He was the founder and first le ...

– former Premier of Alberta * Rohit Aggarwala – Commissioner of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection * John Baird (B.A. 1992) – former Minister of the Environment and former Foreign Affairs Minister * Isabel Bassett – former broadcaster and provincial cabinet minister * Michael Breaugh – former Member of Parliament and Member of Provincial Parliament * Derek Burney (B.A. 1962, M.A. 1964) – former Canadian ambassador to the

Korea Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically Division of Korea, divided at or near the 38th parallel north, 3 ...

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

, and the

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

* Diana Buttu –

Palestinian Palestinians () are an Arab ethnonational group native to the Levantine region of Palestine. *: "Palestine was part of the first wave of conquest following Muhammad's death in 632 CE; Jerusalem fell to the Caliph Umar in 638. The indigenous p ...

legal advisor * Sean Conway – director of the Institute of Intergovernmental Relations (Queen's University), former Ontario cabinet minister and MPP *

Thomas Cromwell Thomas Cromwell (; – 28 July 1540) was an English statesman and lawyer who served as List of English chief ministers, chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540, when he was beheaded on orders of the king, who later blamed false cha ...

(B.Mus. 1973, Law 1976) –

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justice *

John Crosbie John Carnell Crosbie (January 30, 1931 – January 10, 2020) was a Canadian provincial and federal politician who served as the 12th lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Prior to being lieutenant governor, he served as a ...

– former Minister of Finance * Paul Dewar – educator, aid worker and former Member of Parliament * David Emerson (PhD 1975) – Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics * Robert Fowler – Canadian diplomat * Jean-Denis Garon (Ph.D. 2012) – Scholar and politician, Member of Parliament for Mirabel * John Gerretsen – Ontario MPP, former mayor of Kingston, Ontario cabinet minister *Sir Kenneth O. Hall – Governor General of

Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...

* James R.M. Harris – author and politician, former Leader of the

Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada () is a federal political party in Canada, founded in 1983 with a focus on green politics. The Green Party is currently the fifth largest party in the House of Commons by seat count. It elected its first member of ...

* Yolande James (LL.B. 2003) – lawyer and politician, Quebec's first black cabinet minister * Pauline Jewett – university administrator and federal Member of Parliament * David Lloyd Johnston (LL.B. 1966) – president of the

University of Waterloo The University of Waterloo (UWaterloo, UW, or Waterloo) is a Public university, public research university located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is on of land adjacent to uptown Waterloo and Waterloo Park. The university also op ...

, Principal of

McGill University McGill University (French: Université McGill) is an English-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill University, Vol. I. For the Advancement of Learning, ...

, Dean of the School of Law at the

University of Western Ontario The University of Western Ontario (UWO; branded as Western University) is a Public university, public research university in London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by residential neighbourhoods and the Thame ...

, and the 28th

Governor General of Canada The governor general of Canada () is the federal representative of the . The monarch of Canada is also sovereign and head of state of 14 other Commonwealth realms and resides in the United Kingdom. The monarch, on the Advice (constitutional la ...

* Donald C. MacDonald – former Ontario MPP and leader of the Ontario CCF/NDP (1953–1970) * Nicolas Marceau (Ph.D. 1992) – scholar and politician, former member of Quebec National Assembly and Quebec minister of finance (2012-2014) *

John Matheson John Ross Matheson (14 November 1917 – 27 December 2013) was a Canadian politician, lawyer, and judge, who helped develop both the national flag of Canada and the Order of Canada. Early life John Matheson was born in Arundel, Quebec, th ...

– "Midwife of Canadian Flag" and former MP for Leeds, judge in Ottawa-Carlton * Lindsay Mathyssen – member of Parliament *

Frank McKenna Francis Joseph McKenna (born January 19, 1948) is a Canadian businessman and former politician and diplomat. He is currently Chair of Brookfield Corporation and Deputy Chairman of the Toronto-Dominion Bank. He served as Canadian Ambassador ...

– former Canadian ambassador to the

and former

Premier of New Brunswick The premier of New Brunswick ( (masculine) or (feminine)) is the first minister and head of government for the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The premier of a Canadian province is much like the prime minister of Canada. They are normally ...

* Peter Milliken (B.A. 1968) – Speaker of the House of Commons * Tim Murphy –

chief of staff The title chief of staff (or head of staff) identifies the leader of a complex organization such as the armed forces, institution, or body of persons and it also may identify a principal staff officer (PSO), who is the coordinator of the supportin ...

of the

Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...

Prime Minister's Office under

Paul Martin Paul Edgar Philippe Martin (born August 28, 1938), also known as Paul Martin Jr., is a Canadian lawyer and retired politician who served as the 21st prime minister of Canada and the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 2003 to 2006. Th ...

's government * Robert Nicholson (B.A. 1975) – Minister of National Defence of Canada * Alison Redford – (attended for two years 1983–1985) 14th premier of Alberta (2011–2014) * Rathika Sitsabaiesan (M.I.R. 2007) – Member of Parliament for Scarborough-Rouge River (2011–2015) * George Spotton (B.A. 1895) – member of the House of Commons * Karen Stintz – Toronto municipal councillor and chair of the TTC (2010–2014) * Ross Thatcher – 9th premier of Saskatchewan (1964–1971) *

Kathleen Wynne Kathleen O'Day Wynne ( ; born May 21, 1953) is a former Canadian politician who served as the 25th premier of Ontario and leader of the Ontario Liberal Party from 2013 to 2018. She was Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario), member of provinci ...

(B.A.) – 25th premier of Ontario (2013–2018)

Scientists

* Walter A. Bell B.Sc. – geologist and paleontologist * Mustapha Ishak Boushaki (PhD 2002) – theoretical physicist * Norman L. Bowen B.Sc., M.Sc. – chemical geologist * Bill Buxton B.Mus. (1973) – computer scientist and human-computer interaction pioneer * Barbara Cade-Menun – research scientist * Adolfo J. de Bold – O.C. Ph.D. – emeritus professor at University of Ottawa; discovered heart hormones * Charles LeGeyt Fortescue – electrical engineer * Christine Friedenreich - cancer epidemiologist * James Edwin Hawley (BSc 1918, MSc 1920) – head of Geological Sciences Department (1929–1962) * Kenneth E. Iverson (BSc 1951) – inventor of the APL programming language,

Turing Award The ACM A. M. Turing Award is an annual prize given by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for contributions of lasting and major technical importance to computer science. It is generally recognized as the highest distinction in the fi ...

laureate * Erin Johnson (PhD 2008) – theoretical chemist * Leon Katz, B.Sc. MSc. – professor University of Saskatchewan, founder of Saskatchewan Accelerator Laboratory, Member of the Order of Canada * Venkatesh K. R. Kodur Ph.D. – University Distinguished Professor at

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State or MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State o ...

and pioneer in structural fire engineering * Thomas Edvard Krogh M.Sc. (Geology) – geochronologist and curator of the

Royal Ontario Museum The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is a museum of art, world culture and natural history in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the largest museums in North America and the largest in Canada. It attracts more than one million visitors every year ...

* Harriet MacMillan (M.D., 1982) – medical academic and scientist * Margaret McKellar M.D. (1890), medical missionary *

J. F. A. McManus Joseph Forde Anthony McManus, (July 13, 1911 – March 4, 1980) was a Canadian pathologist who is best known for his formulation of one of the most frequently used stains in histopathology; the McManus Periodic acid-Schiff stain. Joe McManus ...

M.D. (1938) – pathologist *

Derek Muller Derek Alexander Muller (born 9 November 1982) is a science communicator and media personality, best known for his YouTube channel Veritasium, which has over 17.8 million subscribers and 3.3 billion views as of April 2025. He currently lives in ...

(BSc 2004) – physics educator, creator and writer-host of

Veritasium Derek Alexander Muller (born 9 November 1982) is a Science communication, science communicator and media personality, best known for his YouTube channel Veritasium, which has over 17.8 million subscribers and 3.3 billion views as of April 2025. ...

(

YouTube YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in ...

channel) * Anthony J. Naldrett –

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university whose main campus is located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by ...

emeritus professor, geologist * Kathleen I. Pritchard MD 1971 – head of

oncology Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the study, treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of cancer. A medical professional who practices oncology is an ''oncologist''. The name's Etymology, etymological origin is the Greek word ὄγ ...

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (SHSC), commonly known as Sunnybrook Hospital or simply Sunnybrook, is an academic health science centre located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The hospital is the largest trauma centre in Canada. It is accredite ...

, Toronto * Ian Rae B.Sc. (Eng.) (1980) – co-developer of CorelDraw software * Carolyn Relf (BSc 1984, PhD 1992) – geologist * Jane Stewart (B.A. 1956) – neuroscientist * Julielynn Wong (M.D.) – physician, scientist and pilot

Sports

* Keith Eaman – Canadian football player * Johnny Evans – quarterback, two time

Grey Cup The Grey Cup () is both the championship game of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the trophy awarded to the victorious team playing in the namesake championship of professional Canadian football. The game is contested between the winners ...

champion * Dalton Kellett –

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Series Racer * Craig MacTavish (EMBA 2011) – former NHL player, head coach, and hockey operations executive * Morris Mott – NHL and Canadian National Team hockey player * Gordon Orlikow (b. 1960) –

decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄ ...

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, and hurdles competitor, Athletics Canada Chairman,

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member, Korn/Ferry International partner * George Richardson – Hockey Hall of Fame member, died in World War I * Mike Schad – former NFL player * Tessa Virtue – (EMBA 2020) figure skater, multi-Olympic gold medalist * Carl Voss – NHL player and

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inductee * Jim Young – first Canadian college football player drafted into the NFL (

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)

Miscellaneous

* Robert Arntfield, Canadian intensivist and medical educator * J. Sidney Bernstein (B.A. 1898) – American lawyer, politician, and judge * Jock Climie (B.A. 1989, LL.B. 1998) – lawyer, former CFL player, and broadcaster * J. Douglas Cunningham (B.A., LL.B.) – lawyer and

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Justice * Julie Dickson (M.E.) – civil servant * David A. Dodge (B.A.) – former Bank of Canada governor and current Chancellor of Queen's University * Virginia Douglas – past president of the Canadian Psychological Association * Andrew J. Feustel (Ph.D) – geophysicist and

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the federal government of the United States, US federal government responsible for the United States ...

astronaut * Barbara Findlay (M.A, LL.B.) – lawyer and LGBT rights activist * Alan B. Gold – former Chief Justice of Quebec Superior Court; Chancellor of

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* Karla Homolka – convicted murderer, who completed her Queen's Psychology degree while behind bars * Andrew Kalotay (B.Sc. 1964, M.Sc. 1966) – mathematician,

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financier and chess master * Martin Kreuzer (post-doc. 1991) – mathematician, professor, and correspondence chess Grandmaster * James Macleod – militia officer, lawyer,

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officer, magistrate, judge, and politician * Andrew McFadyen – patients' rights advocate * Kim Phuc (honorary degree recipient) – notable through the picture of her depicted during the

Vietnam War The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and their allies. North Vietnam w ...

* Jack Pickup – physician, the "Flying Doctor of British Columbia" * David Smart (B.A. 1994) – Canadian champion basketball coach * Prince Takamado of

* Ali Velshi – CNN business analyst

Notable faculty and affiliates

In addition to the following notable faculty members, Sir

Sandford Fleming Sir Sandford Fleming (January 7, 1827 – July 22, 1915) was a Scottish Canadian engineer and inventor. Born and raised in Scotland, he immigrated to colonial Canada at the age of 18. He promoted worldwide standard time zones, a prime meridian, ...

, former

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Sir Robert Laird Borden, and former

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Roland Michener have all served as

of the university, though this is a non-academic role. * Donald Akenson – History *

Ralph Allen Ralph Allen ( – 29 June 1764) was a British postmaster, merchant and philanthropist best known for his reforms to General Post Office#Early postal services, Britain's postal system. Born in St Columb Major, Cornwall, he moved to Bath, Somers ...

– Art * W. B. Anderson – classics and Latin * István Anhalt – Music (

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winning

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

) *Caroline Baillie – Engineering *John W. Berry (psychologist), John W. Berry – Psychology *Robin Boadway – Economics (Member of the Canadian Royal Society, the Order of Canada and CESIfo Distinguished Fellow) *Janine Brodie – Political Science *Rosa Bruno-Jofré – History *Gerald Bull – long-range artillery engineer *John Burge – Music, (

winning

) *Meredith Chivers – Psychology *James Cordy – Computing (Association for Computing Machinery, ACM Distinguished Scientist and co-inventor of the Turing programming language) *Thomas Courchene – Economics, Policy studies *Wendy Craig (psychologist), Wendy Craig – Psychology *Anne Croy – Canada Research Chair, Biomedical and Molecular Sciences *Lola Cuddy – Psychology *Richard J. F. Day – Sociology *Vibert Douglas – Astrophysics *Jacalyn Duffin – Medical History *Gabor Fichtinger – Computing (Canada Research Chair, Computer-Integrated Surgery) *Suzanne Fortier – Chemistry (President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)) *Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant – Politics *J. A. W. Gunn – Politics *James Allen Keast – Biology (ornithologist) *Thomas Worrall Kent, Tom Kent – Economics *Audrey Kobayashi – Geography *Will Kymlicka – Canada Research Chair, Philosophy *Susan Lederman – Psychology *William Lederman – Law *William C. Leggett – Biology (Chairman of the Board of the Canada Foundation for Innovation) and former Principal of Queen's University (1994–2004) *A. H. Lightstone – Mathematics *Clarke Mackey – Film and Media *James G. MacKinnon – Economics (Fellow of the Econometric Society) *Arthur B. McDonald, Art McDonald – Physics (winner of the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering, Herzberg Prize, the Franklin Institute, Benjamin Franklin Prize in physics, the Nobel Prize, Nobel Prize in physics and a member of the Order of Canada) *John McGarry – Politics *Katherine McKittrick – Gender Studies *Marjan Mozetich – Music *M. Ram Murty – Mathematics (Queen's Research Chair) *Kim Richard Nossal – Politics *Malcolm Peat – Physiotherapy *Vernon Quinsey – Psychology *Kim Renders – Theatre, Gender Studies *Paulo Ribenboim – Mathematics *Kai Salomaa – Computer Science *Bernice Weldon Sargent – Physics *Sanjay Sharma (ophthalmologist), Sanjay Sharma – Medicine (ophthalmology, epidemiology) *Bhavin J. Shastri - Neuromorphic computing, Neuromorphic photonic computing *Elizabeth Smith Shortt – Medicine *Ana Siljak – History *Duncan G. Sinclair – Medicine *John P. Smol – Biology (winner of the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering, Herzberg Prize) *L. S. Stavrianos – History *Alastair M. Taylor – Geography, Political Studies *David J. Thomson – Mathematics *Helen Tiffin – English *Jennie Kidd Trout – Medicine *Craig Walker (writer), Craig Walker – Drama *Beatrice Worsley – Computer Science, launched Queen's' new Computer Centre based on an IBM 1620 in 1965 *Noriko Yui – Mathematical Physics

Principals

# Rev Thomas Liddell (principal), Thomas Liddell (1841–1846) # Rev John Machar (1846–1853) # Rev James George (academic), James George (acting Principal 1853–1857) # Rev John Cook (Canadian minister), John Cook (1857–1859) # Rev William Leitch (scientist), William Leitch (1859–1864) # Rev William Snodgrass (clergyman), William Snodgrass (1864–1877) # Rev George Monro Grant (1877–1902) # Rev Daniel Miner Gordon (1902–1916) # Rev Robert Bruce Taylor (1917–1929) # Sir William Hamilton Fyfe (1930–1936) # Robert Charles Wallace (1936–1951) # William Archibald Mackintosh (1951–1961) # James Alexander Corry (1961–1968) # John James Deutsch (1968–1974) # Ronald Lampman Watts (1974–1984) # David Chadwick Smith (1984–1994) # William C. Leggett, William Claude Leggett (1994–2004) # Karen R. Hitchcock (2004–2008) # Thomas R. Williams (2008–2009) # Daniel Woolf (2009–2019) #Patrick Deane (professor), Patrick Deane (2019–present)

Chancellors

# Rev John Cook (Canadian minister), John Cook (1877–1879) # Sir

(1880–1915) # James Douglas (businessman), James Douglas (1915–1918) # Sir Edward Wentworth Beatty, Edward Beatty (1918–1923) # Sir Robert Laird Borden (1924–1929) # James Armstrong Richardson (1929–1939) # Charles Avery Dunning (1940–1958) # John Bertram Stirling (1960–1973) # Roland Michener (1973–1980) # Agnes Benidickson, Agnes Mccausland Benidickson (1980–1996) # Peter Lougheed (1996–2002) # A. Charles Baillie (2002–2008) # David A. Dodge (2008–2014) # Jim Leech (business executive), Jim Leech (2014–2021) # Murray Sinclair (2021–2024)

Rectors

# Rev S. W. Dyde (1913) # James L. Robertson (1916) # Brigadier General Arthur Edward Ross, A. E. Ross (1920) # William H. Coverdale (1925) # Oscar D. Skelton (1929) # R. B. Bennett (1935) # Norman McLeod Rogers (1937) # Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, The Earl of Athlone (1940) # Bernard Keble Sandwell, BK Sandwell (1944) # Leonard Brockington, Leonard W. Brockington (1947) # Grattan O'Leary, M. Grattan O'Leary (1968) # Richard Alan Broadbent (1969, first student Rector (academia), Rector) # Gary Michael Gannage (1972) # Bruce W. Trotter (1974) # Morris Chochla (1976) # Hugh Christie (1978) # Jeremy Freedman (1980) # James Harris (1982) # Richard Powers (1984) # Kelley McKinnon (1986) # Charis Kelso (1988) # Antoinette Mongillo (1990) # David Baar (1992) # Peter Gallant (1994) # Ian Michael (1996) # Michael Kealy (1998) # Daniel Sahl (2000) # Ahmed Kayssi, Ahmed "KC" Kayssi (2002) # Grant R.A. Bishop (2004) # Johsa Marie G. Manzanilla (2006) # Leora Jackson (2008) # Nick Day (2010) # Nick Francis (2011) # Mike Young (2014) # Cameron Yung (2016) # Alexandra da Silva (2018) # Sam Hiemstra (2020) # Owen Crawford Lem (2022)

References

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