Discover the notable alumni of McGill University. The list includes people like Christopher Plummer, Mackenzie Davis, Burt Bacharach, Cameron Mathison & Jessalyn Gilsig. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as film & theater personalities, musicians etc.
Christopher Plummer13 December 1929, Canadian
Actor
Mackenzie Davis01 April 1987, Canadian
Actress
Burt Bacharach12 May 1928, American
Pianist, Composer, Songwriter
Jessalyn Gilsig30 November 1971, Canadian
Actress
Cameron Mathison25 August 1969, Canadian
Actor
Claire Elise Boucher17 March 1988, Canadian
Record Producer
Evan Goldberg11 May 1982, Canadian
Screenwriter
Julie Payette20 October 1963, Canadian
Astronaut
Charles Krauthammer13 March 1950, Canadian, American
Columnist
Gail Simmons19 May 1976, Canadian
Writer
Alessandro Juliani06 July 1975, Canadian
Actor
Frances Oldham Kelsey24 July 1914, Canadian, American
Pharmacologist
Edgar Bronfman Sr.20 June 1929, Canadian, American
Businessman
Kirsten Prout28 September 1990, Canadian
Actress
Hans Selye26 January 1907, Austrian, Canadian, Hungarian
Endocrinologist
Raoul Bott24 September 1923, Hungarian, American
Mathematician
Thomas D'Arcy McGee13 April 1825, Canadian, Irish
Politician
Paul Desmarais04 January 1927, Canadian
Financier
Robert Thirsk17 August 1953, Canadian
Astronaut
Jacob Viner03 May 1892, Canadian
Economist
Irving Layton12 March 1912, Canadian, Romanian
Poet
Paul Almond26 April 1931, Canadian
Television Director
Pierre Péladeau11 April 1925, Canadian
Publisher
F. R. Scott01 August 1899, Canadian
Poet
Leon Edel09 September 1907, American
Critic
Charles Goren04 March 1901, American
Writer
Suzanne Corkin18 May 1937, American
Neuroscientist
Francis Mankiewicz15 March 1944, Canadian, Chinese
Film Director
Violet Archer24 April 1913, Canadian
Composer
Daniel Oduber Quirós25 August 1921, Costa Rican
Politician
John Glassco15 December 1909, Canadian
Poet
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William Henry Drummond13 April 1854, Canadian, Irish, British
Poet
Laura Sabia18 September 1916, Canadian
Social Activist
Jay Macpherson13 June 1931, Canadian
Poet
John RogersAmerican
Screenwriter
S.I. Hayakawa18 July 1906, Canadian, American
Politician
George Hodgson12 October 1893, Canadian
Swimmer
Alexander Brott14 March 1915, Canadian
Conductor
Patrick Anderson04 August 1915, Canadian, British
Poet
Paterson Ewen07 April 1925, Canadian
Painter
A.M. Klein14 February 1909, Canadian, Ukrainian
Poet
A.J.M. Smith08 November 1902, Canadian
Poet
Kenneth Wartinbee Spence06 May 1907, American
Psychologist
Frederick Mark Becket11 January 1875, Canadian, American
Metallurgist
John O'Keefe18 November 1939, British, American
Neuroscientist