List of University of British Columbia people

Nobel laureates

Alumni of the University of British Columbia

Bertram Brockhouse, BA 1947, Nobel laureate (Physics, 1994)

Robert Mundell, BA 1953, Nobel laureate (Economics, 1999)

Kim Campbell, BA 1969, 19th Prime Minister of Canada

Bjarni Tryggvason, BS 1972, NRC/CSA astronaut

Michael Shanks, BFA 1994, actor (portrayed Dr. Daniel Jackson in the television series Stargate SG-1)

• Bertram Brockhouse, BA 1947 (math and physics),^[1] Nobel laureate (Physics, 1994) "for the development of neutron spectroscopy"^[2]
• Robert Mundell, BA 1953,^[3] Nobel laureate (Economics, 1999) "for his analysis of monetary and fiscal policy under different exchange rate regimes and his analysis of optimum currency areas"^[4]

Rhodes Scholars

• Dominic Barton (1984)

Academia

Architecture

• Arthur Erickson, AIA Gold Medal-winning architect of buildings including the Museum of Anthropology at UBC
• Bing Thom, architect of various urban design projects around Canada and the United States

Business

• David Cheriton, Google founding investor and computer science professor at Stanford University
• Dominic Barton, Global managing director of McKinsey & Co.^[11]
• Andrew Bibby, BCom 1980, president, Grosvenor Americas
• Dean Bosacki, businessman
• Yael Cohen, non-profit executive and philanthropist; founder of Fuck Cancer
• Herb Dhaliwal, businessman, real estate developer and philanthropist
• Herb Emery, economist and professor
• Lalith Gamage, CEO of Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
• Martin Glynn, MBA 1972, president and CEO, HSBC Canada
• Lindsay Gordon, MBA 1976, CEO of HSBC Canada, Chancellor, University of British Columbia
• Darren Huston, former president and CEO of Priceline^[12]
• Frank Iacobucci, BCom 1961, former Puisne Justice, Supreme Court of Canada; former Dean, University of Toronto's Faculty of Law
• David Ing, marketing scientist and senior consultant
• Paul Lee, former president of Electronic Arts
• Brandt C. Louie, president and CEO of H.Y. Louie Co. Limited, and Chairman of London Drugs Limited
• Kyle MacDonald, blogger and founder of the One red paperclip website
• John H. McArthur, BCom 1957, Dean Emeritus, Harvard Business School
• Henry McKinnell, CEO and chairman of the board, Pfizer
• Nadir Mohamed, BCom 1978, CEO, Rogers Communications
• Sarah Morgan-Silvester BCom 1982, former Chancellor, University of British Columbia
• Jim Pattison, chief executive officer, chairman and sole owner of the Jim Pattison Group, the second largest privately held company in Canada (did not graduate)
• Shahrzad Rafati, BSc Computer Science 2005, CEO, BroadbandTV Corp
• Ben Rutledge, BCom 2006, Canadian rower and '08 Olympic gold medalist
• Gregg Saretsky, MBA 1984, President & CEO, WestJet
• William Sauder, BCom 1948, Chairman of International Forest Products Ltd. and Sauder Industries; contributor to the Sauder School of Business; former Chancellor of UBC
• Patrick Soon-Shiong, South African-American surgeon and chairman of NantHealth^[13]
• Peter Wall, property developer in Vancouver; played a significant and controversial part in the city's real-estate boom in the 1992-2000s; established the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (did not graduate)
• Nolan Watson, co-founder of Sandstorm Resources Ltd.; known for his contribution to finance innovation in the mining industry; youngest CFO (age 26) of a New York Stock Exchange listed company; helped develop the silver streaming business model; raise over $1 billion in debt and equity to fund Silver Wheaton's growth into the largest streaming company in the world
• Kevin Ma, entrepreneur, Publisher, founder of Hypebeast.com,
• Brian Wong, internet entrepreneur; co-founded Kiip, a mobile app rewards platform; in 2010 surpassed Mark Zuckerberg to become youngest entrepreneur to raise venture capital funding^{[14][15][16][17]}
• Jacki Zehner, BCom 1987, President of Women Moving Millions; youngest woman to be made a partner in Goldman Sachs, in 1996^[18][19]

Government, politics, and law

Journalism

Literature

Music

• Michael Conway Baker, composer
• Alexander Gumuchian (bbno$), rapper
• Emily Haines, musician, Metric (band)
• Ben Heppner, tenor
• Anne Kang, BMus'99, Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Training of British Columbia
• Dan Mangan, musician
• Mark Takeshi McGregor, flutist
• Lance Ryan, tenor
• Natalie Ni Shi, operatic soprano
• Hildegard Westerkamp, composer
• Yung Kai, musician

Entertainment

Science and engineering

Sports

Visual arts

• Amy Malbeuf, visual artist, educator, and cultural tattoo practitioner
• Kimberly Phillips, educator and curator
• Theodore Wan, photographer and conceptual artist

Invested into the Order of Canada

• Father David Bauer OC (1967), Basilian priest, chaplain and ethics teacher at St. Mark's College (1961–1988)^[34]
• Basil Stuart-Stubbs, CM (2006), University Librarian (1964–1981)
• W.H. New OC (2007), Professor of English Literature (1965–2003)
• Jane Coop, CM (2013), Professor of Music (1980–2012)
• Clyde Hertzman, OC (2013), Professor of Population and Public Health (until 2013)
• Nassif Ghoussoub, OC (2016), FRSC, Professor of Mathematics (1979–present)
• Paula Gordon, CM (2023), Clinical Professor of Radiology^[35]
• Bob Hindmarch, CM (2019), professor and director of physical education (1961–1992)^[36]

Nobel laureates

Archaeology

• Richard J. Pearson, archaeologist and gardener

Architecture

• Arthur Erickson, architect

Business and economics

• Aslam Anis, health economist
• Brian Burke, former president and general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs
• Rogemar Mamon, mathematician

Chemistry

• Laurel Schafer, Canada Research Chair in Catalyst Development, Full Professor (current)

English

• W. H. New, Professor of English Literature

First Nations and Indigenous studies

• Daniel Heath Justice, professor and chair of the First Nations Studies Program
• Glen Coulthard, Yellowknives Dene professor and political theorist

Geography

• Shahul Hasbullah, professor and researcher
• Avi Lewis, politician, journalist, filmmaker, and activist

History

• Timothy Brook (born 1951), sinologist
• George Stanley (1907–2002), historian; designer of Canadian flag; Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick
• Leslie Francis Stokes Upton (1931–1980), historian, author^[39]

Journalism

• David Rummel, Senior Producer of The New York Times; winner of Pulitzer Prize and the George Foster Peabody Awards^[40]
• Steve Woodward, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist^[41]

Law

• David Eby, Premier of British Columbia, director of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association from 2008 to 2012^[42]

Linguistics

• Robert John Gregg, linguist and specialist in Ulster Scots dialects and Canadian English
• Dale Kinkade, linguist and specialist on Salishan languages
• Edwin G. Pulleyblank, linguist and specialist in Old Chinese

Literature

Music

• Stephanie Nakagawa, vocal teacher, winner of the Voice Gold Medal from the Royal Conservatory of Music
• Carol Wong, pianist, senior examiner at the Royal Conservatory of Music, first pianist to receive the Laureate Award from the Music Academy of the West^[43]
• Jasper Wood, chair, Strings Division Professor of Violin and Chamber Music^[44]
• Julia Nolan, saxophonist^[45]
• Fred Stride, Senior Sessional Lecturer, Jazz Theory and Arranging^[46]
• Jose Franch-Ballester, Assistant Professor, Clarinet and Chamber Music^[47]
• Nancy Hermiston, chair, Voice and Opera Divisions, director, UBC Opera Ensemble, Officer of the Order of Canada for her achievements as an opera singer, stage director, and educator^[48]
• Graeme Langager, Director of Choral Activities^[49]
• Andrew Dawes, Professor Emeritus of Music (2005), Violin, three-time Juno winner, Appointed Member of the Order of Canada in 1991^[50]
• T. Patrick Carrabré, director of the School of Music, professor, Composition, former associate composer for the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra^[51]
• Krisztina Szabó, Assistant Professor, Voice and Opera^[52]
• Andrew Dawes, Professor Emeritus of Music (2005), Violin^[53]
• James Fankhauser, Professor Emeritus of Music (2000), Voice & Choral Conducting, former director, UBC University Singers^[54]
• Michael Tenzer, professor, Ethnomusicology, director, Balinese Gamelan Ensemble^[55]

Performing arts

Physical education

• Ivor Wynne, director of intramural athletics and assistant director of physical education in the late 1940s^[56]

Political science

• Catherine Dauvergne, holds the Canada Research Chair in Migration Law
• Michael Ignatieff, academic, politician, and former Leader of the Opposition
• Norman MacKenzie
• Beverley McLachlin, former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada; professor at the University of British Columbia (1974–1981)

Psychology

• Larry Cochran, professor of Counseling Psychology
• Kenneth D. Craig, psychologist
• Steven Taylor (psychologist), psychologist
• Catharine Winstanley, behavioural neuroscientist

Science and engineering

Sociology

• Neil Guppy, former head of department
• Giselle O. Martin-Kniep, educator specializing in learning communities

Visual arts

• Ken Lum, artist; represented Canada at the Sydney Biennale, the São Paulo Art Biennial, the Shanghai Biennale and at Documenta XI
• Art Spiegelman, comics artist and Pulitzer Prize winner^[57]
• Jeff Wall, photographer; Tate Gallery Retrospective; MOMA; Hasselblad Award; key figure in the photoconceptualist Vancouver School