List of University of British Columbia people

Alumni

Nobel laureates

• Bertram Brockhouse, BA 1947, Nobel laureate "for the development of neutron spectroscopy"
• Robert Mundell, BA 1953, Nobel laureate "for his analysis of monetary and fiscal policy under different exchange rate regimes and his analysis of optimum currency areas"

  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

Government, politics, and law

Journalism

Literature

Music

• Michael Conway Baker, composer
• Marc Baril, video game composer
• Dan Mangan, musician
• Lance Ryan, tenor
• Alexander Gumuchian, rapper

  Entertainment

Science and engineering

Sports

Visual arts

• Kimberly Phillips, educator and curator

  Rhodes Scholars

• Dominic Barton

  Faculty (former and current)

Nobel laureates

Archaeology

• Richard J. Pearson, archaeologist and gardener

  Architecture

• Arthur Erickson, architect

  Business and economics

• 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

  English Department

• 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

  History

• Timothy Brook, sinologist
• George F.G. Stanley, historian; designer of Canadian flag; Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick

  Journalism

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

  Law

• David Eby, Attorney-General of British Columbia, Director of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association from 2008-2012

  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
• Julia Nolan, saxophonist
• Jonathan Girard, Director, Orchestral Activities, Associate Professor, Conducting and Ensembles
• 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
• Andrew Dawes, Professor Emeritus of Music, Violin, three-time Juno winner, Appointed Member of the Order of Canada in 1991
• T. Patrick Carrabré, Director of the School of Music, Professor, Composition, former associate composer for the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

  Political science

• Kim Campbell, former Prime Minister
• 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

  Performing arts

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
• Jeff Wall, photographer; Tate Gallery Retrospective; MOMA; Hasselblad Award; key figure in the photoconceptualist Vancouver School

  Invested into the Order of Canada

• Basil Stuart-Stubbs, C.M., University Librarian, 1964–81
• W.H. New O.C. , Professor of English Literature 1965-2003
• Jane Coop, C.M., Professor of Music, 1980-2012
• Clyde Hertzman, O.C., Professor of Population and Public Health, -2013
• Nassif Ghoussoub, O.C., FRSC, Professor of Mathematics, 1979–present

  Recipients of honorary degrees