List of Upper Canada College alumni - Definition and Overview

The following is a list of Upper Canada College alumni. Many notable Canadian men are graduates of the school. UCC's alumni are usually known simply as "Old Boys" (as is common with most all-male private schools). They include:

Literature

• Stephen Leacock - writer and economist
• Robertson Davies - notable author
• Peter C. Newman - Peabody award-winning journalist
• John Irving - noted American author
• Michael Ignatieff - noted historian and analyst
• John Fraser - editor, Saturday Night Magazine & Master of Massey College
• Henry Scadding - noted educator, rector and writer
• James Bacque - notable author

Athletics

• Brian Conacher - Captain of the 1967 Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs
• Conn Smythe - Architect of the NHL
• James Elder - 2 time Olympic Gold Medalist
• Michael Evans - Olympic Gold Medalist and Chairman, Goldman Sachs Asia

Academia

• James Greig Arthur - World's leading mathematician in Representational Theory and creater of the General Trace Formula
• Henry B.M. Best - President of Laurentian University and Knight of the Order of Merit
• George Connell - former President of the University of Toronto & the University of Western Ontario
• Adam Cooks - First Chancellor of the University of Toronto and Attorney General of Canada
• James Eayrs - World renowned political scientist
• Modris Eksteins - Wolrd renowned political scientist
• George P. Grant - Canada's finest philisopher
• Terry Grier - President Ryerson University

Business

• Edward S. Rogers - founder of Rogers Communications
• Robert Prichard - CEO of Torstar and former president of the University of Toronto
• Michael MacMillan - CEO, chairman and founder of Alliance Atlantis
• Sir Kenneth Thomson and family - "Canada's wealthiest man" and chairman of Thomson's Media
• David Thomson - CEO of Thomson Corporation
• Lord Conrad Black of Crossharbour - Publishing Tycoon (expelled)
• Timothy Eaton and family - founders of the now-defunct Eaton's department store
• George Weston - founder, George Weston Ltd.
• Galen Weston - owner, George Weston Ltd. and Canada's "second richest man"
• Hugh Macaulay - Chairman & CEO, Canadian Tire Corporation
• John Craig Eaton - chairman & CEO, T. Eaton Company of Canada
• Gordon Cheesbrough - chairman & CEO, Altamira and past Chairman of the Board of UCC
• Sir Henry Pellatt - Canadian financier and builder of Casa Loma
• Roy A. Gentles - Chairman & CEO of Alcan
• Ian A. Gillespie - Chairman & CEO, Export Development Corporation
• Gregory P. Meredith - Chairman & CEO, HSBC (USA)
• John M. Thompson - fmr. Chairman, IBM
• Stephen A. Gould - Vice President, American Express
• Laurence S. Grafstein - Managing Director, Lazard
• Timothy Rogers Wright - fmr. President, GlaxoSmithKline SGP
• Paul D. Phelan - Chairman & CEO, Cara Operations Limited
• Tom Wright - Commissioner, Canadian Football League
• David Cynamon - Co-Owner, Toronto Argonauts football team
• Howard Sokolowski - Co-Owner, Toronto Argonauts football team
• Phillip Crawley, Publisher and CEO, The Globe and Mail
• David R. Beatty - International business expert, diplomat and past Chairman of the Board of UCC
• Robert W. Hiller - former President and Chief Financial Officer, the Campbell Soup Company
• Douglas Bassett - President [[CTV] and Founder, Baton Broadcasting
• James Cumming - Chief Fur Trader, Hudson's Bay Company
• Edward Dunlop - Founder Toronto Sun

Politics and current affairs

• Bill Graham - Defence Minister of Canada
• Stephen Lewis - former Canadian Ambassador to the UN Security Council and UN Repersentative to Africa
• Michael Wilson - former Minister of Finance; current chairman and CEO of UBS and chancellor of University of Trinity College
• Charles Herbert Little - Director of Naval Intelligence during the Second World War
• Henry N.R. Jackman - CEO National Trust, Empire Life Insurance, and former Lt. Governor of Ontario
• John Aird - former Lt. Governor of Ontario, founder of Aird & Berlis LLP
• John Julius Cooper, 2nd Viscount Norwich - British historian
• Sir John Strathearn Hendrie - former Lt. Governor of Ontario
• John Beverley Robinson - former Lt. Governor of Ontario and President of the Privy Council
• Vincent Massey - former Governor General of Canada
• James Cockburn - father of Confederation
• William Johnston Tupper - former Lt. Governor of Manitoba
• Sir Sam Hughes - former Minister of Militia during The Great War
• Allan Lamport - former Mayor of Toronto
• Dr. Joseph MacInnis - explorer
• The Rev. Andrew Hutchison - Prelate of Anglican Church in Canada
• Perrin Beatty - former Cabinet Minister & President of the CBC
• Alan Macnaughton - former Speaker of Parliament and Canadian Senator
• Dan Heap - renowned Canadian socialist
• Ian Woods - social activist and publisher
• Walter L. Gordon - Fmr. Minister of Finance and Chancellor York University
• Stanley Brehaut Ryerson - political social activist
• Alan Tonks - Member of Parliament
• John Cartwright - former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
• Roy McMurty - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario
• John Godfrey - Minister of State for Infrastructure and Communities
• Colonel James MacLeod - legendary Canadian explorer
• John S. Cowan - Principal, Royal Military College
• John Marshall Harlan II - Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
• Robert Beaven - Premier of British Columbia
• James Albert Manning Aikins - Founder, Canadian Bar Association and Lt. Governor of Manitoba
• Anthony Barrett - Founder, Pollution Probe (Canada's first environmental advocacy organisation)
• Oliver Mowat Biggar - Canada's first Chief Electoral Officer and Chief Canadian Legal Adivsor to the Versailles Conference
• Edward Blake - Premier of Ontario and Chancellor of the University of Toronto
• John William Bosley - Speaker of the House of Commons
• Sir Matthew Crooks Cameron - Chief Justice of Ontario and Father of Confederation
• John Cartwright - Chief Justice of Canada and Commander of the Military Cross
• Duff Conacher - Founder, Democracy Watch and best selling author
• Gordon Gale Crean - Ambassador to Yugoslavia, West Germany and the Vatican Ecumenical Council
• John Gale Crean - Founder of Ontario Science Centre
• Henry Duncan Graham Crerar - Canada's Leading Field Commander in World War Two, Commander First Canadian Army
• George Drew - Premier of Ontario and High Commissioner to Britain
• Fred Eaton - High Commissioner to Great Britain
• James George - Ambassador to Iran and India and world renowned activist

Military Service

• Hampden Zane Churchill Cockburn - Recipientant of the Victoria Cross
• Alexander Roberts Dunn - First Recipientant of the Victoria Cross

Film, theatre, media and the arts

• Geraint Wyn Davies - actor
• Brendan Fraser - actor
• Raymond Hart Massey - actor
• Avi Lewis - journalist
• Patrick Graham - journalist
• W. Brett Hendrie - HotDocs festival director
• Jeffrey Kofman - journalist and ABC News Anchor/Bureau Chief
• Michael Snow - artist
• Bill Hewitt - broadcasting mogul
• Nicholas Campbell - Canadian film and tv star
• Daniel Brooks - Award winning playwright
• Jim Cuddy - Founder, Blue Rodeo
• Del Dako - Famed Jazz Musician
• Melvyn Douglas - Oscar winning actor
• Mark DuBois - World famous oprea singer
• Enrique Alvarez Felix - Mexician renowned actor
• Robert Flaherty - Pionwwe of documentary films
• Arthur Gelber - Founder of both, Ontario Arts Council and the National Arts Centre