The following is a selective list of notable alumni of the Northern Secondary School, in Toronto, Ontario.
| Name | Notability | |
|---|---|---|
| Patrick J. Adams | Actor, USA Network's series Suits[1] | |
| Marco Brambilla | Director of Demolition Man[2] [3] | |
| Susan Clark | Actress, TV series Webster[4] | |
| Michael Dobson | Voice actor[5] | |
| Jayne Eastwood | TV and film actress, King of Kensington, Dawn of the Dead (2004)[6] | |
| Sally Gifford | Host on CBC's national children's show The-X[7] | |
| Chris Lightfoot | Actor, Nikita, Dan For Mayor, Warehouse 13[8] | |
| Ted Nasmith | Canadian illustrator, known for his renditions of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion[9] | |
| Ann Rohmer | Television personality on CP24 and CityTV Toronto[10] | |
| Kelly Rowan | Actress, The O.C.[11] | |
| Emma Seligman | Director and screenwriter, Shiva Baby and Bottoms[12] [13] | |
| Ali Velshi | Journalist with Al Jazeera America and formerly CNN[14] | |
| Zack Ward | Actor, CSI, Cold Case, Transformers[15] | |
| Richard Williams | Won two Academy Awards as director of animation for Who Framed Roger Rabbit[16] |
| Name | Notability | |
|---|---|---|
| Matt Black | Played for the Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Football League (CFL)[17] | |
| Tom Europe | Played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and BC Lions in the Canadian Football League (CFL)[18] | |
| Simon Farine | Plays basketball (2011–12) for the Maccabi Haifa B.C. team in the Israeli Premier League[19] | |
| Bob Goldham | Won two Stanley Cup championships with the Toronto Maple Leafs and three with the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League (NHL); analyst on Hockey Night in Canada with the CBC[20] | |
| Dave Lougheed | Played for Canadian National Rugby team and participated in the 2003 Rugby World Cup[21] | |
| Neil Lumsden | As a player, he helped win three CFL Grey Cup titles with the Edmonton Eskimos; as General Manager he helped the Tiger-Cats win the Grey Cup in 1999 | |
| Nemanja Mitrović | Professional basketball player | |
| Ashtone Morgan | Plays for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer; first TFC Academy graduate to play for Canadian National Team | |
| Leif Pettersen | Played for Saskatchewan Roughriders and Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the CFL[22] | |
| Jack Wedley | Toronto Argonauts football player, holds the record for most Grey Cup championships | |
| Raymond Ma | Beijing Ducks basketball player, Chinese Rookie of the Year award 2018. |
| Name | Notability | |
|---|---|---|
| Claire Cameron | Canadian author and journalist. | |
| Herbert H. Carnegie | Became a member of the Order of Canada in 2003; a top hockey player in the country, but at the time (1940s and 1950s), blacks were unofficially rarely able to enter the top professional level; author; created the Herbert H. Carnegie Future Aces, which awards scholarships. Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2022[23] | |
| Anne Fleming | Canadian fiction writer; finalist for the Governor General's Award[24] | |
| Andrew MacNaughtan | Multiple Juno Award-winning photographer, director and album art designer; long time photographer for the band Rush; founder of Art Gives Hope, a charity created to help families in Africa affected by HIV/AIDS[25] | |
| Jeffrey Morgan | Authorized biographer of Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, and The Stooges; Canadian Editor of CREEM: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine; columnist for Detroit's Metro Times; President of Northern Secondary Student Council, 1973-1974[26] | |
| Mookie Morris | Top 5 Canadian Idol finalist; Northern Music Department graduate |
| Name | Notability |
|---|---|
| Dave Beckett | Member of Gary and Dave |
| Grandson (musician) | Political trap rock musician signed to Fueled by Ramen |
| Garth Mosbaugh | Tenor singer for the Canadian band The Nylons |
| Bruce Palmer | Bass guitarist for 60s American rock group Buffalo Springfield (with Neil Young); member of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |