This list of University of Toronto alumni includes notable graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of the University of Toronto from its three campuses and constituent or federated colleges in the Greater Toronto Area of 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.

If the campus or college is known, it is indicated after degree years with shorthands listed below:

Innis College [Innis] Knox College [Knox] New College [New] Regis College [Regis] Trinity College [Trin.] University College [U.C.] University of St. Michael's College [St.M.] University of Toronto Mississauga (formerly Erindale College) [UTM] University of Toronto Scarborough (formerly Scarborough College) [UTSC] Victoria University (Victoria College or Emmanuel College) [Vic.] Woodsworth College [Wdw.] Wycliffe College [Wyc.]

Nobel laureates

Government

Heads of state and government Name Year NotabilityWilliam Des Vœux B.A. 1858 Governor of Fiji, 1880–85; governor of Newfoundland, 1886–87; governor of Hong Kong, 1887–91William Lyon Mackenzie King A.M. 1897 Prime minister of Canada (1935–48)Vincent Massey (U.C. 1910) Governor general of Canada (1952–59)Dame Eugenia Charles B.A. 1946 2nd prime minister of Dominica, 1980–95Noor Hassanali LL.B. 1947 2nd president of Trinidad and Tobago, 1987–97Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga B.A. 1958 (Vic.), M.A. 1960 President of Latvia, 1999–2007Lester B. Pearson B.A. 1919 Vic., professor of history 14th prime minister of CanadaAdrienne Clarkson M.A. 1962, Ph.D. Vic., LLD Hon. 2001) B.A. 1960 Trin., M.A. 1962, Ph.D. 26th governor general of CanadaPaul Martin B.A. 1961 St.M., LL.B. 1965 21st prime minister of CanadaStephen Harper Attended college; did not graduate 22nd prime minister of Canada 2006–2015Julie Payette Master of Applied Science degree in computer engineering 29th governor general of Canada 2017–2021

International

Governors-general and prime ministers

Supreme Court judges

Lieutenant-governors, premiers, senators, and mayors

Ministers, diplomats, party leaders and other political figures

Melissa Lantsman (BA 2006 UTSG) - Member of Parliament for Thornhill (2021 -) and Co-Deputy Leader of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition (2022-)

Natural sciences, mathematics, medicine and engineering

Mathematics and statistics

Medicine and dentistry

Physics, chemistry and astronomy

Biology and ecology

Engineering and computer science

Earth science

Social sciences

Anthropology, geography and archaeology

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 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 of Royal Society of Canada Elliott Leyton (Ph.D. 1972) – sociologist, educator and author on serial homicide and juvenile delinquency; professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland

Psychology and linguistics

Economics, management and political science

Humanities

Philosophy

Literature

History

Law (excluding the Supreme Court judges mentioned above)

Theology

Media and arts

Journalism and publishing

Film, television, radio, and theatre

Music, fine arts and architecture

Education

Business

Humanitarianism, social work and others

Athletics

Criminals Paul Bernardo (UTSC) – also known as the "Scarborough Rapist" Russell Williams (UTSC) – graduated with a degree in economics and political science and became a colonel in the Royal Canadian Air Force; later convicted of the rape of and murder of multiple women

References

External links Nobel laureates who were based at the University of Toronto at significant points in their careers