List of University of Manitoba alumni

Notable alumni from the University of Manitoba include:

• Izzy Asper, tax lawyer & media magnate (BA - 1953, LLB - 1957, LLM - 1964)^[1]
• G. Michael Bancroft, chemist and synchrotron scientist, first director of the Canadian Light Source
• Kathy Bardswick, President and CEO, The Co-operators
• William Moore Benidickson, former MP, federal cabinet minister and senator^[2]
• Richard Spink Bowles, lawyer and former Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor^[3]
• George Montegu Black II, businessman, father of Conrad Black^[4]
• Andy Blair, National Hockey League player in the 1920s and 1930s, mostly with the Toronto Maple Leafs
• Charles Bouchard, Lieutenant General Canadian Forces Air Command, commander of NATO Forces in Operation Unified Protector
• Harold J Brodie, mycologist^[5]
• Harold Buchwald, lawyer^[6]
• Constantine of Irinoupolis, American Orthodox hierarch, Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA - St. Andrew's College 1959
• Don Callis, professional wrestler,^[7] MHSAA Darts finalist (1978)
• Norman Cantor, medieval scholar and writer^[8]
• Dr. Michael Chan Yue-kwong (Chinese: 陳裕光,博士), Chairman of Café de Coral Holdings Ltd (Chinese: 大家樂集團), Hong Kong, publicly listed in SEHK: 0341
• Albert Chan, Hong Kong politician and lawmaker
• Richard Condie, Academy Award-nominated animator; creator of The Big Snit^[9]
• Brian Dickson, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada^[10]
• Gerry Ducharme, politician and a cabinet minister in the government of Progressive Conservative Premier Gary Filmon from 1988 to 1995
• Marcel Dzama, artist - (1997)^[11]
• Ed Evanko, actor and singer^[12]
• Gary Filmon, Manitoba Premier from 1988 to 1999 (BSc Civil Engineering)^[13]
• Danny Finkleman, former CBC radio host^[14]
• Steven Fletcher, politician, former Conservative MP in the House of Commons.
• Phil Fontaine, Aboriginal Canadian leader (BA - 1981)^[15]
• Waldron Fox-Decent, mediator, professor, Crown Corporation chairman^[16]
• Eira Friesen, advocate for women in Winnipeg^[17]
• Erving Goffman, sociologist.^[18]
• Monty Hall, television personality, president of Variety Clubs International, Order of Canada BSc^[19]
• Ellie Harvie, actress.^[20]
• S.I. Hayakawa, scholar and professor of semantics, United States Senator^[21]
• John Alexander Hopps, inventor of the world's first artificial pacemaker and known as the "father of biomedical engineering in Canada"^[22]
• Gad Horowitz, political scientist, coiner of the term Red Tory^[23]
• Israel Idonije, retired NFL defensive end
• Jamaluddin Jarjis, former Malaysian ambassador to the United States, former Malaysian government minister
• Francis Lawrence Jobin, former Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor^[24]
• F. Ross Johnson, businessman, CEO of RJR Nabisco^[25]
• Sam Katz, mayor of Winnipeg from 2004 to 2014 (BA - 1973)
• Guy Gavriel Kay, novelist and poet
• David Kilgour, former Minister of Transport
• Amanda Lang, journalist, senior business correspondent for CBC News.
• Professor Patrick Lau Sau-shing, SBS, JP (Chinese:劉秀成,教授), former legislative councillor from 2004 to 2012, Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Chinese:香港立法會) (LegCo) as a member for the Architectural, Surveying and Planning Functional Constituency (Chinese:建築，測量，都市規劃界)
• Allan Levine, author, known mainly for his award-winning non-fiction and historical mystery writing
• James Lunney, politician, former Conservative Member of Parliament for the riding of Nanaimo—Alberni
• Inky Mark, former federal Conservative Member of Parliament for Dauphin—Swan River, Manitoba
• Bill Mason, author, filmmaker, environmentalist
• Pearl McGonigal, former Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
• William John McKeag, former Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
• Marshall McLuhan, media guru
• Harry Medovy, pediatrician and academic
• Ovide Mercredi, Aboriginal Canadian leader (LLB - 1977)
• Ted Milian, Canadian football player
• W.O. Mitchell, writer
• W. L. Morton, historian
• Arnold Naimark, physician, academic, and former President of the University of Manitoba
• William Norrie, mayor of Winnipeg from 1979 to 1992 (BA - 1950, LLB - 1955)
• Rey Pagtakhan, physician, academic, former MP and federal cabinet minister.
• Malcolm Peat, Emeritus Professor, Queen's University, Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
• Jim Peebles, astrophysicist; Crafoord Prize (2005)
• Leonard Peikoff, philosopher
• Frank Pickersgill, SOE agent in World War II executed by the Nazis
• Jon Pylypchuk, artist
• Barry Posner, physician and research scientist on diabetes
• Clay Riddell, oil tycoon (BSc Honours - 1959)
• Dufferin Roblin, former Premier of Manitoba
• Marshall Rothstein, judge, Supreme Court of Canada
• Alexei Maxim Russell, internationally published novelist
• Fred Sandhu, Manitoba Provincial Court Judge^[26]
• Edward Schreyer, Premier of Manitoba (1969–1977) and Governor General of Canada (1979–1984)
• Harry Seidler, Australian architect^[27]
• Mitchell Sharp, former Liberal Minister of Finance
• Patricia Alice Shaw, linguist specializing in phonology and known for her work on First Nations languages
• Parvin Shere, poet, musician and visual artist.
• Louis Slotin, physicist and chemist who took part in the Manhattan Project (BSc - 1932, MSc -1933)
• Robert Steen, former Mayor of Winnipeg from 1977 to 1979
• Mary Ann Steggles, Commonwealth Scholar, Olive Beatrice Stanton Recipient, international expert on British colonial statuary
• John W.M. Thompson, Manitoba MLA and Provincial Cabinet Minister
• Thorbergur Thorvaldson, cement chemist^[28]
• Miriam Toews, novelist
• Vic Toews, politician, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General and the President of the Treasury Board in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper
• Meaghan DeWarrenne-Waller, fashion model, winner of Canada's Next Top Model, Cycle 3.
• Adele Wiseman, author
• Sir Gordon Wu Ying-Sheun (Chinese: 胡應湘,爵士),GBS, KCMG, FICE, Chairman of Hopewell Holdings Limited,(Chinese: 合和實業有限公司), Hong Kong, publicly listed in SEHK: 0054

References

1. • Israel Harold (Izzy) Asper at The Canadian Encyclopedia.
2. "William Moore Benidickson (1911-1985)" at Manitoba Historical Society (accessed February 16, 2011).
3. "Past Lieutenant Governors: Richard Spink Bowles" at Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba website (accessed February 16, 2011).
4. Richard Siklos, Shades of Black: Conrad Black and the World's Fastest Growing Press Empire, chapter one reprinted at The New York Times (accessed February 16, 2011.
5. "Harold Johnston Brodie, 1907-1989", Mycologia 81(6):832 (1989).
6. "Dr. Harold Buchwald CM QC", Distinguished Graduates, University of Manitoba, April 2008.
7. "Cyrus chats with SLAM! Wrestling", CANOE, September 7, 2000.
8. Wolfgang Saxon, "Norman F. Cantor, a noted medievalist", New York Times News Service obituary, October 8, 2004.
9. "Richard Condie fonds" at University of Manitoba Libraries: Archives and Special Collections (accessed February 16, 2011).
10. • Supreme Court of Canada - Chief Justice Brian Dickson (accessed February 16, 2011).
11. Marcel Dzama CV (accessed February 16, 2011).
12. Ed Evanko at The Canadian Encyclopedia.
13. "Hon. Gary A. Filmon PC OC OM (b. 1942)", Distinguished Graduates, University of Manitoba, January 2009.
14. "Celebrated Alumni 2005", University of Manitoba (accessed February 16, 2011).
15. "Mr. L. Phillip Fontaine OM", Distinguished Graduates, University of Manitoba (accessed February 16, 2011).
16. "Mr. Waldron Fox-Decent CMM CM OM", Distinguished Graduates, University of Manitoba (accessed February 16, 2011).
17. http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=5746&t=12&ln=Friesen
18. Tom Burns, Erving Goffman (Taylor & Francis, 1992), ISBN 978-0-415-06772-0, p.9. Excerpt available at Google Books.
19. "Dr. Monty Hall OC OM", Distinguished Graduates, University of Manitoba, August 2004 (accessed February 16, 2011).
21. "Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiye", at Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
22. "Dr. John Alexander Hopps OC", Distinguished Graduates, University of Manitoba (accessed February 16, 2011).
23. "Gad Horowitz, Professor Emeritus", University of Toronto (accessed February 16, 2010).
24. "Past Lieutenant Governors: Francis Laurence Jobin" at Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba website (accessed February 16, 2011).
25. "Dr. F. Ross Johnson OC", Distinguished Graduates, University of Manitoba, August 2004 (accessed February 16, 2011).
26. "Two Judges Appointed to Provincial Court", Province of Manitoba, May 1, 2003.
27. Harry Seidler
28. DMT Multimedia Unit (2007), RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada ..., archived from the original on October 7, 2006, retrieved September 7, 2007