List of University of Waterloo people
The University of Waterloo, located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, is a comprehensive public university that was founded in 1957 by Drs. Gerry Hagey and Ira G. Needles. It has grown into an institution of more than 30,000 students, faculty, and staff. The school is notable for being the first accredited university in North America to create a Faculty of Mathematics, which is now the world's largest, and to have the largest cooperative education program in the world. The school is also known for having more companies formed by its faculty, students, and alumni than any other Canadian university, and as such, the university has been called the "Silicon Valley of the North".
The list is drawn from faculty, alumni, staff, and former university presidents. The enrollment for 2007 was 24,342 undergraduate and 3,636 graduate students, with 977 full-time faculty members and 2,251 staff. The school has about 135,000 alumni in 140 countries. A large number of the university's alumni were enrolled in the Faculty of Mathematics because it has become a "magnet for theoreticians and students alike".
Alumni and faculty
Alumni
Faculty
| Name | Relationship | Discipline | Known for | Notes |
| Professor | Cryptography | Professor | ||
| William Thomas Tutte | Professor | Mathematics | World War II code breaker and founder of the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization at the University of Waterloo | |
| Lecturer | Mathematics | Statistics and quality control | ||
| Professor | Mathematics | Geometer | ||
| Professor | Electrical engineering | Professor at the University of British Columbia | ||
| Researcher | Mathematics | Mathematics researcher | ||
| Chairman | — | J Page R Wadsworth chairman at the University of Waterloo | ||
| Manager | — | Software developer and entrepreneur | ||
| Professor | Mechanical engineering | Engineer, academic, and civil servant | ||
| Professor | Computer science | µC++ creator | ||
| Professor | Chemistry | National Science Advisor to the Government of Canada | ||
| Dean | History | Dean of the Faculty of Arts | ||
| Professor | Mathematics | Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas | ||
| Professor | Computer science | Dynamic Markov Compression co-creator | ||
| Professor | Religious studies | Professor at the University of Waterloo | ||
| Governor | — | Governor of the University of Waterloo | ||
| Lecturer | Computer science | WATFIV creator | ||
| Professor | Mathematics | Fields Institute director | ||
| Professor | Literature | Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of Oxford | ||
| Professor | Mathematics | Mathematician | ||
| Professor | Engineering | Writer for The Globe and Mail | ||
| Professor | Politics | Liberal Member of Parliament for Kitchener | ||
| Professor | Philosophy | |||
| Professor | History | Member of the Canadian Senate | ||
| Professor | Chemistry | 2007 Musgrave gold medal winner from the Institute of Jamaica | ||
| Professor | Mathematics | Maple co-creator | ||
| Assistant professor | Cryptography | Radialpoint chief scientist | ||
| Professor | Arts | Professor at the University of Waterloo | ||
| Chancellor | — | Chancellor of St. Jerome's University at the University of Waterloo | ||
| Professor | Mathematics | Operations research and applied discrete mathematics | ||
| Professor | Mathematics | Mathematician | ||
| Coach | — | Head coach for the University of Waterloo women's hockey team | ||
| Professor | Computer science | Turing creator | ||
| Professor | Environment | Professor at the University of Waterloo | ||
| Writer | — | Novelist and non-fiction writer | ||
| Professor | Engineering | Professor of mechanical engineering | ||
| Professor | Mathematics | Professor of combinatorics and optimization | ||
| Professor | Political science | Political scientist and author | ||
| Associate professor | Ecology | Associate professor of environment and research studies | ||
| Assistant professor | Biology | Assistant professor at the University of Waterloo | ||
| Professor | Mathematics | Mathematician | ||
| Coach | — | Football coach at the University of Waterloo | ||
| Professor | Cryptography | Professor at the University of Washington | ||
| Professor | Anthropology | Social anthropology | ||
| Professor | Arts | Psychologist | ||
| Researcher | Physics | Physics professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | ||
| Professor | Psychology | Just-world phenomenon | - | |
| Professor | Chemistry | Chemist | ||
| Professor | Mathematics | Author of Organizational Hologram | ||
| Researcher | Philosophy | Philosopher | ||
| Lecturer | Philosophy | Diplomat | ||
| Professor | Canadian culture | First Nations poet and author | ||
| Professor | Physics | Theoretical physicist | ||
| Professor | Cryptography | Certicom research associate, MQV co-inventor | ||
| Chairman | History | Canada Research Chair in gender history and medicine history | ||
| Professor | Physics | Professor emeritus at the University of Toronto | ||
| Professor | Arts | Historian | ||
| Chairman | Economics | Professor of economics at Columbia University | ||
| Professor | Architecture | President of Barton Myers Associates | ||
| Professor | Physics | Theoretical physicist, Royal Society of Canada Fellow | ||
| Professor | Arts | Philosopher | ||
| Professor | Combinatorics | Mathematician | ||
| Professor | Arts | Philosopher | ||
| Professor | Mathematics | Professor of mathematics at the University of Waterloo | ||
| Coach | — | Offensive coordinator for the Waterloo Warriors | ||
| Chairman | French literature | Chair of French Studies | ||
| Professor | Earth sciences | Physics professor at the University of Toronto | ||
| Professor | History | Architectural historian | ||
| Professor | Mathematics | Professor of mathematics | ||
| Professor | Mathematics | Professor of mathematics at the University of Waterloo | ||
| Professor | Theology | Professor at Conrad Grebel University College at UW | ||
| Professor | Chemistry | Molecular beam methods for studying weak van der Waals forces | ||
| Dean | Engineering | Dean of the University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering | ||
| Professor | Computer science | Professor | ||
| Professor | English | Professor of English at the University of Southern Denmark | ||
| Professor | Physics | Theoretical physicist | ||
| Professor | Jewish studies | Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Waterloo | ||
| Professor | Mathematics | Member of Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research | ||
| Professor | History | President of Trent University and Simon Fraser University | ||
| Professor | Arts | Philosopher and cognitive scientist | ||
| Professor | — | Robotics researcher | ||
| Professor | Computer Science | Database researcher | ||
| Professor | Cryptography | Certicom founder, MQV co-inventor | ||
| Professor | Physics | Professor of physics at the University of Waterloo | ||
| Professor | Political science | Former mayor of Waterloo, Ontario | ||
| Professor | Civil engineering | Civil engineer, UW President emeritus | ||
| Professor | Arts | Social psychologist | ||
| Professor | Anthropology | Chairwoman of Anthropology |
Administration
Chancellors
| # | Name | Term | References |
| 1 | 1960–1966 | ||
| 2 | 1966–1975 | ||
| 3 | 1975–1978 | ||
| 4 | 1979–1985 | ||
| 5 | 1985–1991 | ||
| 6 | 1991–1997 | ||
| 7 | 1997–2003 | ||
| 8 | 2003–2009 | ||
| 9 | 2009–2014 | ||
| 10 | 2014–2018 | ||
| 11 | 2018–present |