This is a list of University of Ottawa people.
Notable people
Athletes and leaders in sports
Caleb Agada (born 1994), Nigerian-Canadian basketball player in the Israeli Premier League and for the Nigerian national basketball team James Cartwright, Olympic athlete (kayak) Michael A. Chambers, former president of the Canadian Olympic Committee and Olympic Order recipient Sonia Denoncourt, association football referee Doug Falconer, CFL football player, film producer Lou Lefaive, Canadian sports administrator and civil servant Neil Lumsden, CFL football player Sherraine MacKay, Olympic athlete (épée fencing) Silver Quilty, Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductee Brad Sinopoli, CFL football player Charles Thiffault (born 1939), NHL ice hockey coach Ibrahim Tounkara, CFL football player Ousmane Tounkara, CFL football player
Business leaders
France Chrétien, prominent lawyer and businesswoman; daughter of former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien André Desmarais, President and CEO of Power Corp. Canada Paul Desmarais, entrepreneur Daniel Lamarre, president and chief operating officer of Cirque du Soleil Chuck Rifici, Canadian entrepreneur, former CEO of Tweed Marijuana Inc, and former CFO of the Liberal Party of Canada. Sherrexcia Rolle, Bahamian attorney and VP of Operations & General Counsel of Western Air
Civil servants and public sector leaders
Johanne Bélisle, former Commissioner of Patents, Registrar of Trademarks and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) Jocelyne Bourgon, Canadian representative to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); former Clerk of the Privy Council William J. S. Elliott, former commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Robert John Giroux, university president Ahmed Hussen, Federal Cabinet Minister and President of the Canadian Somali Congress Christiane Ouimet, first Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada Sheridan Scott, Commissioner of Competition of the Competition Bureau Paul Tellier, former Clerk of the Privy Council
Journalists
Samantha Bee, host of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Marcel Desjardins, political commentator and news director
Pierre Dufault, journalist and sports commentator for Radio-Canada
Mary Lou Finlay, journalist for the CBC
Peter Jennings, journalist and news anchor for ABC News
Lisa LaFlamme, journalist
Alex Trebek, former broadcaster for CBC, host of the game show Jeopardy!
Jurists
Louise Arbour, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; former Supreme Court Justice Michel Bastarache, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Louise Charron, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Gérald Fauteux, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Louis LeBel, Justice of the Supreme Court Richard Wagner, Chief Justice of Canada
Musicians
Joyce El-Khoury, opera singer
Angela Hewitt, pianist
Roch Voisine, singer-songwriter
Grizz LeSaint, singer-songwriter/rapper
Media personalities
George Aryee, Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (1991–1992) Randall Dark, director, producer, and HDTV pioneer Erica Ehm, television personality and songwriter, former MuchMusic VJ Jeanette Jenkins, Hollywood fitness trainer, spokeswoman for BET's Television foundation, "A Healthy BET Campaign" Suzanne Pinel, children's entertainer (Marie-Soleil) Quddus, model, MTV VJ
Natural scientists and engineers
Xiaoyi Bao, professor, Canada Research Chair in Fiber Optics and Photonics
Robert W. Boyd, physicist, Canada Excellence Research Chair Laureate in Quantum Nonlinear Optics Timothy C. Lethbridge, professor of computer science and software engineering Tuncer Őren, professor emeritus of computer science Tito Scaiano, professor of chemistry, photochemist Dafydd Williams, astronaut
Physicians and other health care professionals
Mark Aubry, Chief Medical Officer of Hockey Canada, and the International Ice Hockey Federation Anna Baranowsky, clinical psychologist; founder and CEO of the Traumatology Institute Margaret Beznak, physiologist Walter Douglas Boyd, cardiothoracic surgeon and innovator, developed minimally invasive robotic cardiac surgery and cardiac regeneration procedures Dave Holmes, University Research Chair in Forensic Nursing; Editor-in-Chief of Aporia – the Nursing Journal Wilbert Joseph Keon, cardiovascular surgeon, first Canadian to implant an artificial heart in a human Padmaja Subbarao, respirologist and scientist in physiology and experimental medicine Philip Steven Wells, hematologist, developed the Wells risk score for pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis