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

NameNotability
Patrick J. AdamsActor, USA Network's series Suits
Marco BrambillaDirector of Demolition Man
Susan ClarkActress, TV series Webster
Michael DobsonVoice actor
Jayne EastwoodTV and film actress, King of Kensington, Dawn of the Dead
Sally GiffordHost on CBC's national children's show The-X
Colin HoultCinematographer, Star Trek: Discovery, Impulse, Designated Survivor, The Strain, Covert Affairs, Falcon Beach, Mutant X
Chris LightfootActor, Nikita, Dan For Mayor, Warehouse 13
Ted NasmithCanadian illustrator, known for his renditions of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion
Ann RohmerTelevision personality on CP24 and CityTV Toronto
Kelly RowanActress, The O.C.
Ali VelshiJournalist with Al Jazeera America and formerly CNN
Zack WardActor, , Cold Case, Transformers
Richard WilliamsWon two Academy Awards as director of animation for Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Professional sports

NameNotability
Matt BlackPlayed for the Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Football League
Tom EuropePlayed for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and BC Lions in the Canadian Football League
Simon FarinePlays basketball for the Maccabi Haifa B.C. team in the Israeli Premier League
Bob GoldhamWon two Stanley Cup championships with the Toronto Maple Leafs and three with the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League ; analyst on Hockey Night in Canada with the CBC
Dave LougheedPlayed for Canadian National Rugby team and participated in the 2003 Rugby World Cup
Neil LumsdenAs 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
Nemanja MitrovićPlays for Kavala B.C. in Greece; played basketball in NCAA for University of Portland; member of the Bosnian national basketball team
Ashtone MorganPlays for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer; first TFC Academy graduate to play for Canadian National Team
Leif PettersenPlayed for Saskatchewan Roughriders and Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the CFL
Jack WedleyToronto Argonauts football player, holds the record for most Grey Cup championships

Arts and literature

NameNotability
Claire CameronCanadian author and journalist.
Herbert H. CarnegieBecame a member of the Order of Canada in 2003; a top hockey player in the country, but at the time, blacks were unofficially rarely able to enter the top professional level; author; created the Herbert H. Carnegie Future Aces, which awards scholarships
Anne FlemingCanadian fiction writer; finalist for the Governor General's Award
Jean JohnsonMember of the Order of Canada ; artist
Andrew MacNaughtanMultiple 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
Jeffrey MorganAuthorized 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
Mookie MorrisTop 5 Canadian Idol finalist; Northern Music Department graduate

Music

NameNotability
Dave BeckettMember of Gary and Dave
Grandson Political trap rock musician signed to Fueled by Ramen
Garth MosbaughTenor singer for the Canadian band The Nylons
Bruce PalmerBass guitarist for 60s American rock group Buffalo Springfield ; member of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Fashion

NameNotability
Dean and Dan CatenFashion designers, founders of Dsquared2, a high-end Milan fashion label

Military

NameNotability
Wally FloodySecond 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

NameNotability
Aileen WilliamsBlack Canadian activist and founding member of the Canadian Women's Negro Association