List of Northern Secondary School alumni

The following is a list of notable alumni of the Northern Secondary School, in Toronto, Ontario. This is a selective listing of notable alumni. There was also a larger list at NSS.

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Television and film

Name Notability
Marco Brambilla Director of Demolition Man[1][2]
Patrick J. Adams Plays Mike Ross on the USA Network's series Suits.[3]
Susan Clark Played Katherine on Webster TV series.[1][4]
Jayne Eastwood Actress in several TV shows such as King of Kensington and many films, such as Dawn of the Dead (2004).[1][5]
Sally Gifford Host on CBC's national children's show, The-X.[6]
Kelly Rowan Played Kirsten Cohen, a leading character, on the popular TV show, The O.C..[1][7]
Ali Velshi Journalist with Al Jazeera America and formerly CNN.[1][8]
Richard Williams Won two Academy Awards as director of animation for Who Framed Roger Rabbit.[1][9]
Ted Nasmith Canadian Illustrator, well known particularly for his renditions of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.[1][10]
Zack Ward Actor, CSI, Cold Case, Transformers, and others.[1][11]
Michael Dobson Famous voice actor.[1][12]
Ann Rohmer Television personality on CP24 and CityTV Toronto.[1][13]
Chris Lightfoot Actor, Nikita (TV series), Dan For Mayor, Warehouse 13 and others.[14]

Professional sports

Name Notability
Matt Black Played for the Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Football League (CFL).[1][15]
Tom Europe Played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and BC Lions in the Canadian Football League (CFL).[1][16]
Simon Farine Playing basketball (2011–12) for the Maccabi Haifa B.C. team in the Israeli Premier League.[17]
Bob Goldham Won two Stanley Cup championships with the Toronto Maple Leafs and three with the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League (NHL). He also acted as an analyst on Hockey Night in Canada with the CBC.[1][18]
Neil Lumsden As a player he helped win three CFL Grey Cup titles with the Edmonton Eskimos, and as the General Manager he helped the Tiger-Cats win the Grey Cup in 1999.[1]
Nemanja Mitrović Plays for Kavala B.C. in Greece. Played basketball in NCAA for University of Portland, he is a member of the Bosnian national basketball team.[19][20]
Ashtone Morgan Plays for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer, was the first TFC Academy graduate to play for Canadian National Team.[1]
Leif Pettersen Played for Saskatchewan Roughriders and Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the CFL.[1][21]
Dave Lougheed Played for Canadian National Rugby team and participated in the 2003 Rugby World Cup.[1][22]
Andrew Wang Martial art, Wing-chun master. Commonly referred to as Wangdrew when sparring.[1]
Jack Wedley Toronto Argonauts football player who holds the record for most Grey Cup championships by a player

Arts and literature

Name Notability
Jeffrey Morgan Authorized biographer of both Alice Cooper and Iggy Pop & The Stooges. Canadian Editor of CREEM: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine. Newspaper columnist for Detroit's Metro Times. President of Northern Secondary Student Council, 1973-1974.[1][23]
Herbert H. Carnegie Became a Member of the Order of Canada in 2003. He was a top hockey player in the country, but at the time (1940s and 1950s) blacks, including him, were unofficially rarely able to enter the top professional level. He became an author and also created the Herbert H. Carnegie Future Aces which awards scholarships.[1][24]
Jean Johnson Member of the Order of Canada (1993) - Artist.[1][25]
Andrew MacNaughtan Multiple Juno Award winning photographer, director and album art designer. Long time photographer for Rush. Founder of ArtGivesHope, a charity to help families in Africa affected by HIV/AIDS,
Mookie Morris Top 5 Canadian Idol Finalist and Northern Music Department graduate.[1]
Anne Fleming Canadian fiction writer. Finalist of the Governor General's Award.[1][26]

Music

Name Notability
Bruce Palmer Bass Guitarist for 60's American rock group Buffalo Springfield (with Neil Young), Member of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Garth Mosbaugh Tenor singer for the Canadian band The Nylons.[1]
Dave Beckett Dave Beckett of Gary and Dave.[1]

Business

Name Notability
Dean and Dan Caten Fashion designers, founders of Dsquared2 a high-end Milan fashion label.[1][27]

Military

Name Notability
Wally Floody Second World War RCAF pilot instrumental in organizing and implementing the "Great Escape" from the German Stalag Luft III prisoner of war (POW) camp.

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 "Northern Alumni Members in the Community". 2006-04-24. Archived from the original on 2006-05-19. Retrieved 2006-04-24.
  2. ↑ http://www.marcobrambilla.com/
  3. ↑ http://shows.ctv.ca/AllShows/article/Toronto-native-Patrick-J-Adams-scores-breakout-role-in-new-legal-drama-Suits#c_0
  4. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0164540/
  5. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247720/
  6. ↑ "Profile of Sally Gifford by the CBC"; URL last accessed December 12, 2004.
  7. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0746414/
  8. ↑ "CNN TV - Anchors/Reporters:Ali Velshi".
  9. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931530/
  10. ↑ http://www.tednasmith.com/
  11. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0911934/
  12. ↑ http://michaelricharddobson.com/
  13. ↑ http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080724/bio_ann_rohmer/20081111/?hub=CP24About
  14. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2669262/
  15. ↑ http://www.argonauts.ca/index.php/roster/show/id/2313 URL last accessed Sep 8, 2010.
  16. ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2004/05/18/tomeurope040518.html URL last accessed Sep 8, 2010.
  17. ↑ http://www.mhbasket.co.il/Player.asp?id=117&lang=en
  18. ↑ http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=1951 URL last accessed Sep 8, 2010.
  19. ↑ http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/players/82357 URL last accessed Oct 26, 2011.
  20. ↑ http://basketball.ca/en/hm/inside.php?sid=1&id=5195 URL last accessed Oct 26, 2011.
  21. ↑ http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=244934 URL last accessed Sep 8, 2010.
  22. ↑ http://statistics.scrum.com/rugby_stats_05.asp?ID=CLO1 URL last accessed Sep 8, 2010.
  23. ↑ http://www.jeffreymorgan.info/
  24. ↑ "Herbert H. Carnegie, C.M., O.Ont.: Member of the Order of Canada – 2003", Northern Secondary School; URL last accessed May 24, 2006.
  25. ↑ "Jean Johnson: Order of Canada Member 1993. Former Student Northern Secondary School 1942", Northern Secondary School; URL last accessed Dec 9, 2004.
  26. ↑ http://www.victoriaschoolofwriting.org/july/history/faculty2000.html URL last accessed Sep 8, 2010.
  27. ↑ http://dressdeluxe.de/dsquared/dsquared/ URL last accessed Sep 8, 2010.