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This is a list of notable people associated with Carleton University, such as faculty members and alumni.
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This is a list of notable people associated with Carleton University, such as faculty members and alumni.
| Name | Known for | Relationship to Carleton |
|---|---|---|
| Timothy J. Anderson | Opera singer, writer | Graduate |
| Dan Aykroyd | Actor | Studied at Carleton, honorary D.Litt. 1994 |
| David Azrieli | Architect, businessman | Graduate |
| Rosemary Barton | Political journalist, host of Power & Politics on CBC News Network | Graduate |
| Georges Bédard | Ottawa City Councillor | Graduate |
| Conrad Black | Financier and newspaper magnate | Graduate |
| Walter Douglas Boyd | Heart surgeon | Graduate |
| Patrick Boyer | Member of Parliament | Graduate |
| George Brizan | Former Prime Minister of Grenada | Graduate |
| Gord Brown | Politician | Graduate |
| Shona Brown | Google's VP, Business Operations | Graduate |
| Cody Ceci | NHL player for Edmonton Oilers | Graduate |
| Rita Celli | Ottawa anchor for CBC TV's Canada Now program | Graduate |
| Louise Charron | Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada | Graduate |
| Mike Colle | Politician | Graduate |
| Michael Cowpland | Former CEO and founder of Corel | Graduate |
| Alex Cullen | Ottawa City Councillor | Graduate |
| Allan Cutler | Public servant, politician | Graduate |
| Hans Daigeler | Politician | Graduate |
| Barry Devolin | Conservative Member of Parliament | Graduate |
| Paul Dewar | New Democratic Party Member of Parliament | Graduate |
| Michelle Douglas | Human rights activist | Graduate |
| James Duthie | TSN sportscaster | Graduate |
| Ward P.D. Elcock | Public servant | Graduate |
| Phil Eyler | Politician | Graduate |
| Ivan Fellegi | Chief Statistician of Canada | Graduate |
| Marc Garneau | Former President of the Canadian Space Agency, Member of Parliament | Former chancellor |
| Evelyn Gigantes | Former New Democrat Ontario cabinet minister | Graduate |
| Frank Graves | President of EKOS Research Associates | Graduate |
| Herb Gray | Former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada | Former chancellor |
| Edward Greenspon | Editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail | Graduate |
| Peter Grünberg | Nobel laureate in Physics, 2007 | Research faculty |
| Thomas Homer-Dixon | Author of The Ingenuity Gap ; director of Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies | Graduate |
| Peter Hume | Ottawa City Councillor | Graduate |
| Peter L. Hurd | Evolutionary biologist | Graduate |
| Marianne Illing | Member of Canadian Olympic water polo team | Graduate |
| Peter Jennings | Journalist | Studied briefly at Carleton, honorary D.Litt. 1997 |
| Pauline Jewett | Politician | Taught at Carleton; was chancellor 1990–1992 |
| Leo Jordan | Politician | Graduate |
| Wilbert Keon | Senator, heart surgeon | Graduate |
| Warren Kinsella | Politician, author, weblogger | Graduate |
| Alison Korn | Olympic medalist | Graduate |
| Lawrence M. Krauss | Author of The Physics of Star Trek | Graduate |
| Arthur Kroeger | Civil servant | Chancellor (1993–2002) |
| Shawn Little | Ottawa City Councillor | Graduate |
| Robert MacNeil | Journalist and television news anchor | Graduate |
| Maestro (Wes Williams) [13] | Musician | Studied at Carleton |
| John Manley | Politician, former Deputy Prime Minister | Graduate |
| Randal Marlin | Author | Professor |
| Trevor Matthews | Producer, actor | Studied at Carleton |
| Gerald McMaster | Author, artist, and curator | Graduate |
| John Milloy | Politician | Graduate |
| Emma Miskew | Olympic curler | Graduate |
| Tom Nevakshonoff | New Democrat Manitoba MLA | Graduate |
| Ryan North | Comic author | Graduate |
| Paul Okalik | Former Premier of Nunavut | Graduate |
| Ernie Parsons | Politician | Graduate |
| Michael D. Prue | Politician | Graduate |
| W. Wesley Pue | Professor of law, past President of Canadian Law and Society Association | Faculty |
| Karim Rashid | Industrial designer | Graduate |
| Scott Reid | Politician | Graduate |
| Cristina Rémond | Model, anthropologist | Graduate |
| Cristine Rotenberg | Crime statistics analyst, YouTube personality | Graduate |
| Don Scott | Politician | Graduate |
| Sheridan Scott | Politician | Professor |
| Norm Sterling | Politician | Graduate |
| Barbara Sullivan | Politician | Graduate |
| Doug Thompson | Ottawa City Councillor | Graduate |
| Chris Tse | Spoken word poet | Graduate |
| John Turmel | Engineer, holder of Guinness world record for greatest number of elections lost | Graduate |
| Jill Vickers | Political scientist, author, candidate | Professor |
| Graham C. Walker | Professor of Biology, MIT | Graduate |
| Judy Wasylycia-Leis | Politician | Graduate |
| Jim Watson | Politician | Graduate |
| Douglas Whiteway | Journalist | Graduate |
| Peter Worthington | Journalist | Graduate |
| Hassan Diab (sociologist) | Convicted of terrorism charges by a French court in absentia and sentenced to life in prison. | Faculty |
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