List of University of Alberta people explained

This is a list of distinguished people affiliated with the University of Alberta.

Alumni

Rhodes Scholars

The University of Alberta has produced 76 Rhodes Scholars, including the following:

• Roland Michener (1919) – 20th governor general of Canada
• George Stanley (1929) – designer of the Canadian flag
• Arthur Kroeger (1956) – academic, federal deputy minister and chancellor of Carleton University
• Billy-Ray Belcourt (2016) – first First Nations Rhodes Scholar, poet and winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize

Honorary degree recipients

See also: List of University of Alberta honorary degree recipients.