List of Northern Secondary School alumni
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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 |
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Marco Brambilla | Director of Demolition Man[1][2] |
Patrick J. Adams | Actor, USA Network's series Suits[3] |
Susan Clark | Actress, TV series Webster [1][4] |
Jayne Eastwood | TV and film actress, King of Kensington, Dawn of the Dead (2004)[1][5] |
Sally Gifford | Host on CBC's national children's show The-X[6] |
Kelly Rowan | Actress, 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, known for his renditions of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion[1][10] |
Zack Ward | Actor, CSI, Cold Case, Transformers[1][11] |
Michael Dobson | Voice actor[1][12] |
Ann Rohmer | Television personality on CP24 and CityTV Toronto[1][13] |
Chris Lightfoot | Actor, Nikita, Dan For Mayor, Warehouse 13[14] |
Professional sports
Arts and literature
Name | Notability |
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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[1][23] |
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[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 the band Rush; founder of Art Gives Hope, a charity created to help families in Africa affected by HIV/AIDS[26] |
Mookie Morris | Top 5 Canadian Idol finalist; Northern Music Department graduate[1] |
Anne Fleming | Canadian fiction writer; finalist for the Governor General's Award[1][27] |
Music
Name | Notability |
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Bruce Palmer | Bass guitarist for 60s 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 | Member of Gary and Dave[1] |
Business
Name | Notability |
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Dean and Dan Caten | Fashion designers, founders of Dsquared2, a high-end Milan fashion label[1][28] |
Military
Name | Notability |
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Wally Floody | Second World War RCAF pilot, instrumental in organizing and implementing the "Great Escape" from the German Stalag Luft III prisoner of war camp |
Gallery
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Ali Velshi, journalist with Al Jazeera America
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Zack Ward, actor, CSI, Cold Case, Transformers
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Matt Black, player of the Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Football League (CFL)
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Dean and Dan Caten, fashion designers, founders of Dsquared2, a high-end Milan fashion label
References
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- ↑ http://www.marcobrambilla.com/
- ↑ http://shows.ctv.ca/AllShows/article/Toronto-native-Patrick-J-Adams-scores-breakout-role-in-new-legal-drama-Suits#c_0
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0164540/
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247720/
- ↑ "Profile of Sally Gifford by the CBC"; URL last accessed December 12, 2004.
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0746414/
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931530/
- ↑ http://www.tednasmith.com/
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0911934/
- ↑ http://michaelricharddobson.com/
- ↑ http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080724/bio_ann_rohmer/20081111/?hub=CP24About
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2669262/
- ↑ http://www.argonauts.ca/index.php/roster/show/id/2313 URL last accessed Sep 8, 2010.
- ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2004/05/18/tomeurope040518.html URL last accessed Sep 8, 2010.
- ↑ http://www.mhbasket.co.il/Player.asp?id=117&lang=en
- ↑ http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=1951 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 URL last accessed Oct 26, 2011.
- ↑ http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=244934 URL last accessed Sep 8, 2010.
- ↑ http://statistics.scrum.com/rugby_stats_05.asp?ID=CLO1 URL last accessed Sep 8, 2010.
- ↑ http://www.jeffreymorgan.info/
- ↑ "Herbert H. Carnegie, C.M., O.Ont.: Member of the Order of Canada – 2003", Northern Secondary School; URL last accessed May 24, 2006.
- ↑ "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.victoriaschoolofwriting.org/july/history/faculty2000.html URL last accessed Sep 8, 2010.
- ↑ http://dressdeluxe.de/dsquared/dsquared/ URL last accessed Sep 8, 2010.