Famous Alumni of the University of British Columbia
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Some of the most famous alumni from UBC include:
- Michael Conway Baker, composer
- Geoffrey Ashe, writer
- Albert Bandura, psychologist
- Pierre Berton, author and historian
- Stewart Blusson, diamond hunter and philanthropist
- Mark Borland, World Skeet shooting Champion
- Peter Borwein, mathematician and pi researcher
- Stevie Cameron, journalist
- Joe Clark, former Canadian prime minister
- John Turner, former Canadian prime minister
- Kim Campbell, former Canadian prime minister
- Pat Carney, Canadian senator
- Nicola Cavendish, actor
- Ujjal Dosanjh, former B.C. premier
- Jeff Francis, Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher
- Charlotte Froese Fischer, mathematician and chemist
- Allan Fotheringham, journalist
- Judith Forst, mezzo-soprano
- Steven Galloway, novelist and playwright
- William Gibson, writer
- Genni Gunn, novelist and translator
- Rick Hansen, educator and Man In Motion
- Mike Harcourt, former B.C. premier
- Ben Heppner, tenor
- Nancy Heppner, Member of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly
- Nil Köksal, CBC Television journalist
- Evangeline Lilly, actress
- Kyle MacDonald, One red paperclip
- Henry A. McKinnell, CEO and Chairman of the Board, Pfizer
- Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice
- Bertram Brockhouse, Nobel laureate in Physics in 1994
- Robert Mundell, Nobel laureate in Economics in 1999
- Grace Park, actress
- Gayla Reid, writer
- Mark Satin, activist
- John Swainson, CEO, Computer Associates
- Bruce Sweeney, filmmaker
- Bjarni Tryggvason, astronaut
- David Turpin, President, University of Victoria
