List of University of Guelph people

At its first convocation on May 21, 1965 George Drew was installed as chancellor of the University.^[1]

• George Drew (1965–1971)
• Emmett Matthew Hall (1971–1977)
• Pauline Mills McGibbon (1977–1983)
• William Atcheson Stewart (1983–1989

• Lincoln Alexander (1991–2007)
• Pamela Wallin (2007–2011)^[2]
• David Mirvish (2012–2017)^[3]
• Martha Billes (2017–2022)^[4]
• Mary Anne Chambers (2022–present)^[5]

• John Douglas MacLachlan (1964–1967)
• William Winegard (1967–1975)
• Donald Forster (1975–1983)
• Burton Matthews (1983–1988)
• Brian Segal (1988–1993)
• Mordechai Rozanski (1993–2003)
• Alastair Summerlee (2003–2014)
• Franco Vaccarino (2014–2020)
• Charlotte Yates (Interim) (2020–2021)
• Charlotte Yates (2021–present)

• Edmund Abaka - professor of African history at the University of Miami
• Allan Armitage – author and professor at the University of Georgia^[6]
• Rupan Bal – Canadian–Indian YouTuber^[7]
• Chris Banks – poet^[8]
• Toby Barrett – politician, Member of Provincial Parliament for Haldimand—Norfolk^[9]
• Alexandra Beaton – actress and dancer^[10]
• Karen Beauchemin – research scientist^[11]
• Deni Ellis Béchard – Canadian-American novelist^[12]
• Jennifer Beech – Canadian television host
• Laura Bertram – actress^[13]
• Mark Bourrie – lawyer and journalist
• Tim Bray – software developer and entrepreneur
• Sara Angelucci – artist and professor at Ryerson University^[14]
• Harry Brightwell
• Ryder Britton
• Christa Brosseau
• James Robert Brown
• Krista Buecking
• Tyler Clark Burke – artist, illustrator, designer, and writer
• Kathy Butler
• Mikey Bustos
• Cassie Campbell
• Dom Cardillo
• David Castle
• Anna Chatterton
• Laurel Schafer, Canada Research Chair in Catalyst Development
• Dicki Chhoyang
• George Chiang
• Meredith Chivers
• Olivia Chow – 66th Mayor of Toronto
• Reid Coolsaet
• Claude Cormier
• Anne Croy, Reproductive immunologist
• Elisabeth de Mariaffi
• Diane Deans
• Susan Dobson
• Peter Donaldson
• Maura Doyle, multimedia artist
• Rick Ferraro
• Graham Forsythe
• James E. Fraser
• Harry L. Garrigus
• Nora Gould – poet
• Tim Grant
• Peter S. Gray
• Michael Grimes (Associate Diploma 1920), Irish scientist and first Professor of Microbiology at University College Cork
• Tara Hedican
• Graham Henderson
• Stephen Hicks
• Robert Horner
• Nasrin Husseini – (MSc 2020) Afghani refugee advocate, veterinary researcher, and food activist^[15]
• Alexis Jordan
• David Joseph
• Mark Lautens
• Robert Leigh
• Matt Lennox
• Karen Ludwig
• Judy Maddren
• Charlie Masters
• Brandon Maxwell
• Tom McBroom
• Scott McGillivray
• Audrey McLaughlin
• Heather McNairn
• Gord Miller
• K. D. Miller
• Kenneth Mitchell
• Kimberly Moffit
• Peter Moss
• Jacey Murphy
• Ian Murray
• Brendan Myers
• Opendra Narayan
• Piers Nash
• Joe Neilands
• Greg O’Gallagher
• Penny Park
• Roula Partheniou – artist
• Cecil Frederick Patterson
• Mirela Rahneva
• Lisa Raitt
• Jordan Raycroft
• Jus Reign – Canadian Comedian and YouTube Personality
• Sue Richards
• Jael Richardson
• Doug Rollins
• Liz Sandals
• Dolph Schluter
• James Schroder
• H. B. Sharman
• Jonathan Sherbino
• Kalidas Shetty
• Vandana Shiva
• Jane Siberry – singer / songwriter
• Michael Sona – political figure
• Ralph Spence
• John Steffler
• Bernadine Strik (1962–2023), horticulturist.^[16]
• Derek Sullivan
• Mary Swan
• Marwan Tabbara
• Stephen J. Tanner
• Chase Tang - actor / mental health advocate
• Lisa Thompson
• Jane Urquhart
• Dennis vanEngelsdorp – assistant professor at University of Maryland
• Mike Wallace – politician
• Hope Weiler – associate professor at McGill University
• Terry Wilson – police officer
• John Wise – politician
• Jane Wright – entomologist
• Elizabeth Yake – film producer
• Jiyuan Yu – philosopher
• Liz Howard – poet and winner of the 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize for her book Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent
• Aisha Sasha John – poet
• Canisia Lubrin – poet
• Elisabeth de Mariaffi – novelist and short story writer
• Soraya Peerbaye – poet
• Ayelet Tsabari – novelist and winner of the Sami Rohr Prize
• Paul Vermeersch – poet
• Zoe Whittall – novelist and Canadian Screen Award-winning screenwriter
• Alissa York – novelist^[17]
• Edgar Archibald – agricultural scientist
• George Atkins – broadcaster^[18]
• Karen Bailey – scientist^[19]
• Roberta Bondar – Canada's first female astronaut
• Ernest Charles Drury – eighth Premier of Ontario
• John Kenneth Galbraith – economist
• Bill Hanley – Hockey Hall of Fame member
• George Stewart Henry – tenth Premier of Ontario
• Grant MacEwan – ninth Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
• H.R. MacMillan – forester, industrialist, wartime administrator, and philanthropist^[20]
• Harry Nixon – thirteenth Premier of Ontario
• Stanley Thompson – golf course architect
• Kelly Thornton – theatre director^[21]
• Lyle Vanclief – former Minister of Agriculture
• Emma-Jayne Wilson – jockey
• Charles Ambrose Zavitz – pioneered the development of soybeans for commercial use in Ontario
• Edmund Zavitz – pioneer in re-forestation in Ontario
• Donald Arthur Hatch — Canadian academic
• Cara Elizabeth Yar Khan – disability advocate, public speaker and United Nations humanitarian
• Azadeh Elmizadeh - visual artist]
• John Dunsworth - Actor & The Liqour

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