List of Northern Secondary School alumni
The following is a selective list of notable alumni of the Northern Secondary School, in Toronto, Ontario.
List
Television and film
Name | Notability | ||
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Patrick J. Adams | Actor, USA Network's series Suits[1] | ||
Marco Brambilla | Director of Demolition Man[2][3] | ||
Susan Clark | Actress, TV series Webster [2][4] | ||
Michael Dobson | Voice actor[2][5] | ||
Jayne Eastwood | TV and film actress, King of Kensington, Dawn of the Dead (2004)[2][6] | ||
Sally Gifford | Host on CBC's national children's show The-X[7] | ||
James Landry | Cinematographer, Star Trek: Discovery, Impulse, Designated Survivor, The Strain, Covert Affairs, Falcon Beach, Mutant X | ||
Chris Lightfoot | Actor, Nikita, Dan For Mayor, Warehouse 13[8] | ||
Ted Nasmith | Canadian illustrator, known for his renditions of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion[2][9] | ||
Ann Rohmer | Television personality on CP24 and CityTV Toronto[2][10] | ||
Kelly Rowan | Actress, The O.C.[2][11] | ||
Ali Velshi | Journalist with Al Jazeera America and formerly CNN[2][12] | ||
Zack Ward | Actor, CSI, Cold Case, Transformers[2][13] | ||
Richard Williams | Won two Academy Awards as director of animation for Who Framed Roger Rabbit[2][14] |
Professional sports
Name | Notability |
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Matt Black | Played for the Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Football League (CFL)[2][15] |
Tom Europe | Played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and BC Lions in the Canadian Football League (CFL)[2][16] |
Simon Farine | Plays 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); analyst on Hockey Night in Canada with the CBC[2][18] |
Dave Lougheed | Played for Canadian National Rugby team and participated in the 2003 Rugby World Cup[2][19] |
Neil Lumsden | As a player, he helped win three CFL Grey Cup titles with the Edmonton Eskimos; as General Manager he helped the Tiger-Cats win the Grey Cup in 1999[2] |
Nemanja Mitrović | Plays for Kavala B.C. in Greece; played basketball in NCAA for University of Portland; member of the Bosnian national basketball team[20][21] |
Ashtone Morgan | Plays for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer; first TFC Academy graduate to play for Canadian National Team[2] |
Leif Pettersen | Played for Saskatchewan Roughriders and Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the CFL[2][22] |
Jack Wedley | Toronto Argonauts football player, holds the record for most Grey Cup championships |
Arts and literature
Name | Notability |
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Claire Cameron | Canadian author and journalist. |
Herbert H. Carnegie | Became a member of the Order of Canada in 2003; a top hockey player in the country, but at the time (1940s and 1950s), blacks were unofficially rarely able to enter the top professional level; author; created the Herbert H. Carnegie Future Aces, which awards scholarships[2][23] |
Anne Fleming | Canadian fiction writer; finalist for the Governor General's Award[2][24] |
Jean Johnson | Member of the Order of Canada (1993); artist[2][25] |
Andrew MacNaughtan | Multiple Juno Award-winning photographer, director and album art designer; long time photographer for the band Rush; founder of Art Gives Hope, a charity created to help families in Africa affected by HIV/AIDS[26] |
Jeffrey Morgan | Authorized biographer of Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, and The Stooges; Canadian Editor of CREEM: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine; columnist for Detroit's Metro Times; President of Northern Secondary Student Council, 1973-1974[2][27] |
Mookie Morris | Top 5 Canadian Idol finalist; Northern Music Department graduate[2] |
Music
Name | Notability |
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Dave Beckett | Member of Gary and Dave[2] |
Grandson (musician) | Political trap rock musician signed to Fueled by Ramen[2] |
Garth Mosbaugh | Tenor singer for the Canadian band The Nylons[2] |
Bruce Palmer | Bass guitarist for 60s American rock group Buffalo Springfield (with Neil Young); member of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
Fashion
Name | Notability |
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Dean and Dan Caten | Fashion designers, founders of Dsquared2, a high-end Milan fashion label[2][28] |
Military
Name | Notability |
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Wally Floody | Second World War RCAF Spitfire pilot, instrumental in organizing and implementing the "Great Escape" from the German Stalag Luft III prisoner of war camp |
Humanitarianism, activism, social work and others
Name | Notability |
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Aileen Williams | Black Canadian activist and founding member of the Canadian Women's Negro Association (CANEWA) |
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-03. Retrieved 2011-08-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Northern Alumni Members in the Community". 2006-04-24. Archived from the original on 2006-05-19. Retrieved 2006-04-24.
- http://www.marcobrambilla.com/
- https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0164540/
- http://michaelricharddobson.com/
- https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247720/
- "Profile of Sally Gifford by the CBC"; URL last accessed December 12, 2004.
- https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2669262/
- http://www.tednasmith.com/
- http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080724/bio_ann_rohmer/20081111/?hub=CP24About
- https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0746414/
- "CNN TV - Anchors/Reporters:Ali Velshi". Archived from the original on 2009-02-11.
- https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0911934/
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- http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2004/05/18/tomeurope040518.html URL last accessed Sep 8, 2010.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-12. Retrieved 2011-10-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=1951 URL last accessed Sep 8, 2010.
- http://statistics.scrum.com/rugby_stats_05.asp?ID=CLO1 URL last accessed Sep 8, 2010.
- http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/players/82357 URL last accessed Oct 26, 2011.
- http://basketball.ca/en/hm/inside.php?sid=1&id=5195%5B%5D URL last accessed Oct 26, 2011.
- https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=244934 URL last accessed Sep 8, 2010.
- "Herbert H. Carnegie, C.M., O.Ont.: Member of the Order of Canada – 2003", Northern Secondary School; URL last accessed May 24, 2006.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-02-21. Retrieved 2007-01-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) URL last accessed Sep 8, 2010.
- "Jean Johnson: Order of Canada Member 1993. Former Student Northern Secondary School 1942", Northern Secondary School; URL last accessed Dec 9, 2004.
- https://www.facebook.com/AndrewMacNaughtanTributePage
- http://www.jeffreymorgan.info/
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2009-05-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) URL last accessed Sep 8, 2010.
External links
- A larger list at NSS
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