List of University of Toronto alumni explained
This list of University of Toronto alumni includes notable graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of University of Toronto, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
To avoid redundancy, alumni who hold or have held faculty positions in the University of Toronto are placed on this list of alumni, and do not appear on the list of faculty. Individuals are ordered by the year of their first degree from the university.
For graduates of the Faculty of Arts and Science, college and satellite campus affiliations, if known, are indicated after degree years, with shorthands used for University College (U.C.), University of Trinity College (Trin.), Victoria University (Vic.), University of St. Michael's College (St.M.), Innis College (Innis), New College (New), Knox College (Knox), Regis College (Regis), Wycliffe College (Wyc.), Woodsworth College (Wdw.), Massey College (Massey), Scarborough Campus (UTSC) and Mississauga Campus (UTM).
Government
Heads of state and government
| Name | | Year | Notability |
|---|
| William Des Vœux[1] | B.A. 1858 | Governor of Fiji, 1880–85; Governor of Newfoundland, 1886–87; Governor of Hong Kong, 1887–91 |
| A.M. 1897 | Prime Minister of Canada (1935–48) |
| (U.C. 1910) | Governor General of Canada (1952–59) |
| B.A. 1946 | 2nd Prime Minister of Dominica, 1980–95 |
| Noor Hassanali[2] | LL.B. 1947 | 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago, 1987–97 |
| B.A. 1958 (Vic.), M.A. 1960[3] | President of Latvia, 1999–2007 |
| Lester B. Pearson[4] | B.A. 1919 Vic., professor of history | 14th Prime Minister of Canada |
| Adrienne Clarkson[5] M.A. 1962,[6] Ph.D. Vic., LLD Hon. 2001[7]) | B.A. 1960 Trin., M.A. 1962, Ph.D. | 26th Governor General of Canada |
| Paul Martin[8] | B.A. 1961 St.M., LL.B. 1965 | 21st Prime Minister of Canada |
| Attended college; did not graduate | 22nd Prime Minister of Canada 2006–2015 |
| Master of Applied Science degree in computer engineering | 29th Governor General of Canada 2017–2021 | |
Supreme Court judges
Ministers, diplomats, party leaders and other political figures
Natural sciences, mathematics, medicine and engineering
Earth science
Social sciences
Sociology
- Simone Browne (Ph.D. 2007; professor of sociology at University of Texas) – author of Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness
- Jean Burnet (B.A. Vic.) – sociologist specializing in ethnic studies, founder of the Glendon Sociology Department at York University
- Samuel Delbert Clark (Ph.D. 1938; professor of sociology, 1938–76) – sociologist known for studies on Canadian social development and political economics
- Erving Goffman (B.A. 1945) – sociologist, author of The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, taught at Cal and UPenn, 73rd president of the American Sociological Association[9]
- Daniel G. Hill (M.A. 1951, Ph.D. 1960) – sociologist, human rights specialist and Black Canadian historian, Ontario Ombudsman, 1984–89, founder of the Ontario Black History Society
- Himani Bannerji (Ph.D.) – writer, academic, professor of sociology at York University, known for her activist work and poetry
- Barry Wellman (Ph.D. 1969) – Director of NetLab and retired S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto, Fellow Royal Society of Canada
- Elliott Leyton (Ph.D. 1972) – sociologist, educator and author on serial homicide and juvenile delinquency
Economics, management and political science
Humanities
History
Media and arts
Music, fine arts and architecture
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Sir George William Des Voeux, 1886–1887: Government House . Memorial University of Newfoundland . December 30, 2009.
- Web site: About Victoria College . "Victoria's alumni include distinguished men and women in public life (the late Lester Bowles Pearson 1919, Prime Minister of Canada 1963–68; Pauline McGibbon 1933, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario 1974–80; Noor Hassanali 1947" . 11 June 2011.
- Web site: Biography – 6th President of Latvia . 15 June 2011 .
- Web site: Pearson, Lester Bowles . 23 July 2011.
- Web site: How she got here: Adrienne Clarkson . Buller . Robin . 2011-02-28 . The Varsity . Mme. Clarkson graduated from Trinity College in 1960 with an honours BA in English Literature . 2012-08-13.
- Web site: The GG and U of T . 2011-12-10 . Rolston . Bruce . UofTMagazine . Clarkson graduated from Trinity College in 1960 with a bachelor's degree in English literature and earned her MA in 1962.
- Web site: The Age of Dissent . 2011-12-10 . Webb . Margaret . UofTMagazine . Clarkson (BA 1960 Trinity, Massachusetts 1962, LLD Hon. 2001).
- Web site: How he got here: Paul Martin . 2012-09-13 . Buller . Robin . The Varsity . 15 March 2011 . He graduated with an Honours BA in Philosophy and History from St. Michael's College in 1961, after which he went on to complete his law degree, also at U of T.
- Web site: Erving Goffman . www.blackwood.org . 2008-07-15 . Blackwood . B. Diane . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080708045853/http://www.blackwood.org/Erving.htm . 2008-07-08.
