List of University of Ottawa alumni

*Louise Arbour, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and former Supreme Court Justice
*Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo, Ivoirian poet
*Michel Bastarache, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
*Samantha Bee, news correspondent for "The Daily Show"
*Michel Bock, professor of History, Governor General's literary award winner
*Michel Marc Bouchard, playwright
*Jocelyne Bourgon, Canadian representative to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), former Clerk of the Privy Council
*Walter Douglas Boyd, world-renowned cardiothoracic surgeon
*Jean-Marc Carisse, photographer
*James Cartwright, Olympic athlete (kayak)
*Bob Chiarelli, former mayor of the City of Ottawa
*Louise Charron, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
*France Chrétien, prominent lawyer and businesswoman and daughter of former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.
*Cyril Dabydeen, Canadian author and Professor of English.
*Andre Desmarais, President & CEO of Power Corp. Canada
*Paul Desmarais, Canadian billionaire and entrepreneur
*Andrew Donskov, professor of Modern languages, world-renowned Tolstoy expert
*Erica Ehm, Canadian television personality and songwriter, former MuchMusic VJ
*Gérald Fauteux, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
*Mary Lou Finlay, journalist for the CBC
*Howard Hampton, leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party
*Angela Hewitt, pianist
*Rahim Jaffer, Canadian Member of Parliament
*Jeanette Jenkins, Hollywood fitness trainer, official spokeswoman for BET's Television Foundation "A Healthy BET Campaign"
*Peter Jennings, former ABC News Anchor
*Wilbert Joseph Keon, cardiovascular surgeon, first Canadian to implant an artificial heart in a human
*Jean-Paul L'Allier, former mayor of Quebec City
*Daniel Lamarre, president and chief operating officer of Cirque du Soleil
*Jean Lapierre, former Transport Minister and high-profile Montreal broadcaster
*Louis LeBel, Justice of the Supreme Court
*Neil Lumsden, CFL football player
*Sherraine MacKay, Olympic athlete (épée fencing)
*John Manley, former Canadian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
*Paul Martin, former Prime Minister of Canada
*Dalton McGuinty, current Ontario premier
*Paul Okalik, first premier of Nunavut
*André Ouellet, former CEO and president of Canada Post
*Jean-Luc Pepin, Canadian politician, Cabinet minister
*Suzanne Pinel, children's entertainer ("Marie-Soleil")
*Quddus, model, MTV VJ
*Denis Rancourt, academic activist
*Allan Rock, former Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations
*Hugh Segal, Canadian politician and Senator
*Tito Scaiano, professor of Chemistry, world-renowned photochemist
*Sheridan Scott, Commissioner of Competition of the the Competition Bureau
*Paul Sheehan, entertainment journalist
*Carol Shields, Pulitzer Prize winning writer
*Paul Tellier, former Clerk of the Privy Council
*Alex Trebek, former broadcaster for CBC, host of the popular game show "Jeopardy!"
*Gérald Tremblay, current mayor of Montreal
*Roch Voisine, singer-songwriter
*Keenan Wellar, sociopreneur
*William J. S. Elliott, Current commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police