List of University of Western Ontario people explained

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

Alumni

Media and arts

Music, fine arts and architecture

Literature

• 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

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)^[1]
• Sajjad Fazel - public health advocate^[2]
• Aman Hambleton - chess grandmaster, Twitch streamer
• Sharon Johnston (B.Sc.) - Viceregal Consort of Canada (David Johnston)
• Harley Pasternak - personal trainer

Administration

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^[3]

In fiction

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

Notes and References

1. http://esai.edu.ec/staff/alberto-dahik/ in Spanish
2. Web site: Western News - Alumnus targets public health via social media. Department of Communications and Public Affairs, Western. University. September 16, 2019. Western News.
3. News: J. H. Crocker Goes to London, Ont.. October 29, 1930. Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. 9.