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Northern Secondary School

The following is a selective list of notable alumni of the Northern Secondary School, in Toronto, Ontario.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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Television and film

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Name Notability
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]
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]
Emma Seligman Director and screenwriter, Shiva Baby and Bottoms[12][13]
Ali Velshi Journalist with Al Jazeera America and formerly CNN[2][14]
Zack Ward Actor, CSI, Cold Case, Transformers[2][15]
Richard Williams Won two Academy Awards as director of animation for Who Framed Roger Rabbit[2][16]

Professional sports

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Name Notability
Matt Black Played for the Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Football League (CFL)[2][17]
Tom Europe Played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and BC Lions in the Canadian Football League (CFL)[2][18]
Simon Farine Plays basketball (2011–12) for the Maccabi Haifa B.C. team in the Israeli Premier League[19]
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][20]
Dave Lougheed Played for Canadian National Rugby team and participated in the 2003 Rugby World Cup[2][21]
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 Professional basketball player
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
Raymond Ma Beijing Ducks basketball player, Chinese Rookie of the Year award 2018.

Arts and literature

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Name Notability
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. Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2022[2][23]
Anne Fleming Canadian fiction writer; finalist for the Governor General's Award[2][24]
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[25]
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][26]
Mookie Morris Top 5 Canadian Idol finalist; Northern Music Department graduate[2]

Music

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Name Notability
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

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Name Notability
Dean and Dan Caten Fashion designers, founders of Dsquared2, a high-end Milan fashion label[2][27]

Military

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Name Notability
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

Business

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Name Notability
Ariel Garten Artist, scientist and co-founder of InteraXon[28]

Humanitarianism, activism, social work and others

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Name Notability
Aileen Williams Black Canadian activist and founding member of the Canadian Women's Negro Association (CANEWA)

References

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  1. ^ "Inside Shows - News - Toronto-native Patrick J. Adams scores 'breakout role' in new legal drama 'Suits' - CTV". Archived from the original on 2012-06-03. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "Northern Alumni Members in the Community". 2006-04-24. Archived from the original on 2006-05-19. Retrieved 2006-04-24.
  3. ^ "Marco Brambilla Studio". marcobrambilla.com. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  4. ^ "Susan Clark". IMDb.
  5. ^ "Michael Richard Dobsno - Actor". michaelricharddobson.com. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  6. ^ "Jayne Eastwood". IMDb.
  7. ^ "Profile of Sally Gifford by the CBC"; URL last accessed December 12, 2004.
  8. ^ "Chris Lightfoot". IMDb.
  9. ^ "Ted Nasmith – Illustrator ~ Renderer ~ Musician". tednasmith.com. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  10. ^ "CP24 - Ann Rohmer". CP24. Archived from the original on October 27, 2009.
  11. ^ "Kelly Rowan". IMDb.
  12. ^ "'That Was When I Felt Like I Had Made It': Emma Seligman's Big Break". Canadian Business.
  13. ^ "Emma Seligman". IMDb.
  14. ^ "CNN TV - Anchors/Reporters:Ali Velshi". Archived from the original on 2009-02-11.
  15. ^ "Zack Ward". IMDb.
  16. ^ "Richard Williams". IMDb.
  17. ^ "Argonauts.ca". argonauts.ca. Archived from the original on 2009-05-26. Retrieved 2009-03-11.
  18. ^ "Blue Bombers' Europe retires". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. May 18, 2004.
  19. ^ "Maccabi Haifa Basketball Club". Archived from the original on 2012-01-12. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
  20. ^ "Bob Goldham Hockey Stats and Profile". hockeydb.com. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  21. ^ "Rugby Union | Statsguru". ESPN Scrum. Archived from the original on 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  22. ^ "TSN, CFL Mourn Loss of Leif Petterson". TSN. July 31, 2008. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011.
  23. ^ "Herb Carnegie". northernsecondary.toronto.on.ca. Archived from the original on May 24, 2006. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  24. ^ "Victoria School of Writing - 2000 Faculty and Workshops". Archived from the original on 2005-02-21. Retrieved 2007-01-28. URL last accessed Sep 8, 2010.
  25. ^ "Andrew MacNaughtan Tribute Page". Facebook.[user-generated source]
  26. ^ "JEFFREY MORGAN : biographer of ALICE COOPER and THE STOOGES". www.jeffreymorgan.info. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  27. ^ "DSquared - DSquared - Klamotten". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2009-05-26. URL last accessed Sep 8, 2010.
  28. ^ Donovan, Vincent (2016-01-03). "Muse meditation device melds science and style for Toronto co-creator". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
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