List of Memorial University of Newfoundland people
Notable alumni
Academics and scholars
- David Agnew, president, Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology, former Secretary of Cabinet, Government of Ontario
- Gary Botting, poet, playwright, lawyer and legal scholar
- Donald B. Dingwell, D.Sc. (h.c. mult.), award-winning experimental geoscientist
- Robert Gellately, historian
- John Gosse, geomorphologist
- George Ivany, President, University of Saskatchewan
- Mary C. Lobban, British physiologist
- Brian Pratt, award-winning paleontologist and sedimentologist and past president of the Geological Association of Canada
- Carolyn Relf, geologist
- Harold Williams, geologist and world expert on the tectonics of mountain belts
Politics and government
- KM Chan, biochemistry professor and politician
- Gen. Rick Hillier, Chief of the Defence Staff, Canadian Forces
- Dale Kirby, former Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development
- Allan Rowe, MPP for Dartmouth South and liberal caucus whip, former television host
- Marit Stiles (born 1969), Member of Provincial Parliament for Davenport in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) and the leader of the Opposition
- Clyde Wells, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador, former Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Tony Wakeham, 16th premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
Notable faculty
- Jean Briggs, anthropologist and expert on Inuit languages
- Lindsay Cahill, chemist
- John Frederick Dewey, structural geologist; Wollaston Medal & Penrose Medal recipient.
- Donald Hillman, paediatrician and professor of pediatrics best known for working in Third World countries in international child health and development
- Ian Jordaan, University Research Professor, engineer and expert on design of offshore structures in harsh environments
- Francesca M. Kerton, chemist
- Elliott Leyton, renowned for studies of serial murderers
- Elizabeth Miller, 19th century British Gothic literature
- Ward Neale, geologist
- Robert Paine, Anthropologist studying the Inuit and Saami peoples.
- Patrick Parfrey, nephrologist and clinical epidemiologist
- Augustus Rowe, former Minister of Health of Newfoundland and Labrador; former chairman of Memorial University's Department of Family Medicine
- Wei Qiu, architecture professor
- Harold Williams, University Research Professor, geologist and world expert on the tectonics of mountain belts
Honorary degree recipients
- Sarah Anala, Canadian social worker
- Anne, Princess Royal, member of the Canadian Royal family
- Lloyd Axworthy, Canadian politician
- Jean Chrétien, 20th Prime Minister of Canada
- Bob Cole, CBC hockey commentator
- John Frederick Dewey, geologist
- Craig Dobbin, businessman
- Gwynne Dyer, journalist
- John Kenneth Galbraith, economist
- Loyola Hearn, former Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
- Ron Hynes, folk musician
- David Lloyd Johnston, Governor General of Canada
- Cathy Jones, comedian and actress
- Aung San Suu Kyi, pro-democracy advocate
- HRH Princess Mary, member of the Canadian Royal Family
- Rick Mercer, Canadian comedian and television personality
- Brian Mulroney, 18th Prime Minister of Canada
- Ward Neale, geologist
- Lester B. Pearson, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Peace Prize winner
- Edward Shackleton, geographer and politician
- David Suzuki, Canadian science broadcaster and environmental activist
- Mary Walsh, comedian
- John Tuzo Wilson, geophysicist
