12 Notable alumni of
Mount Royal University
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Mount Royal University is 1896th in the world, 655th in North America, and 39th in Canada by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from Mount Royal University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Bret Hart
- Occupations
- stage actorjournalistactortelevision actorprofessional wrestler
- Biography
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Bret Sergeant Hart is a Canadian-American retired professional wrestler. A member of the Hart wrestling family and a second-generation wrestler, he has an amateur wrestling background at Ernest Manning High School and Mount Royal College. A major international draw within professional wrestling, he is credited with changing the perception of mainstream North American professional wrestling in the early 1990s by bringing technical wrestling to the fore. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time; Sky Sports noted that his legacy is that of "one of, if not the greatest, to have ever graced the squared circle". For the majority of his career, he used the nickname "the Hitman".
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Yuja Wang
- Enrolled in Mount Royal University
- Studied in 2001
- Occupations
- pianistmusician
- Biography
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Yuja Wang is a Chinese pianist. Born in Beijing, she began learning piano there at age six, and went on to study at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.
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Feist
- Occupations
- singer-songwriterrecording artistsingeractor
- Biography
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Leslie Feist, known mononymously as Feist, is a Canadian indie pop singer-songwriter and guitarist, performing both as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock group Broken Social Scene.
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Kavan Smith
- Occupations
- film actorscreenwritertelevision actorstage actor
- Biography
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Kavan Joel Smith is a Canadian actor known for playing Major Evan Lorne in Stargate Atlantis and Stargate SG-1, as Agent Jed Garrity in The 4400, and as Leland Coulter in When Calls the Heart.
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Bruce McCulloch
- Occupations
- actorscreenwriterdirectorfilm directortelevision actor
- Biography
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Bruce Ian McCulloch is a Canadian actor, comedian, writer, musician and film director. McCulloch is best known for his work as a member of the comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall, including starring in the TV series of the same name. He was also a writer for Saturday Night Live for one season, 1985-1986. McCulloch has appeared on other series including Twitch City and Gilmore Girls. He directed the films Dog Park, Stealing Harvard and Superstar.
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Paul Brandt
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Paul Rennée Belobersycky, known professionally as Paul Brandt, is a Canadian country music artist. Growing up in Calgary, he was a pediatric nurse at the time of his big break. In 1996, he made his mark on the country music charts with the single "My Heart Has a History", propelling him to international success and making him the first male Canadian country singer to reach the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in the United States since Hank Snow in 1974.
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Kent Hehr
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Kent Hehr PC is a Canadian politician from Alberta. He served as the Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Calgary Centre from 2015 to 2019. Hehr was named Minister of Veterans Affairs in the federal Cabinet, headed by Justin Trudeau, on November 4, 2015, and was shuffled to be Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities in August 2017. Hehr resigned from cabinet on January 25, 2018, after allegations of workplace misconduct surfaced from when he was the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Buffalo.
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Alison Redford
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Alison Merrilla Redford ECA KC is a Canadian lawyer and former politician. She was the 14th premier of Alberta, having served in this capacity from October 7, 2011, to March 23, 2014. Redford was born in Kitimat, British Columbia and grew up all over Canada and overseas before settling in Calgary as a teenager.
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Norman Kwong
- Occupations
- entrepreneurCanadian football playerpolitician
- Biography
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Norman Lim Kwong CM AOE was a Canadian professional football player who played for the Calgary Stampeders and Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was also an active businessman and politician being part owner of the Calgary Flames and serving as the 16th lieutenant governor of Alberta from January 2005 to May 2010.
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Terry Lake
- Occupations
- veterinarianpolitician
- Biography
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Terry Lake is a former Canadian politician, at the municipal and provincial levels, and veterinarian.
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Jay Blankenau
- Occupations
- volleyball player
- Biography
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Jay Michael Blankenau is a Canadian professional volleyball player. A member of the Canada national team, and a participant at the Olympic Games (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020).
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Regan Lauscher
- Occupations
- luger
- Biography
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Regan Lauscher is a Canadian luger. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of tenth in the women's singles event at Turin in 2006.
