Modern Times
- Paul Anka, singer
- Dawn Askin, curler, now lives in Winnipeg
- Margaret Atwood, writer
- Eva Avila, 4th season Canadian Idol champion
- Dan Aykroyd, actor, comedian
- James Baker, former NHLer
- Brendan Bell, NHL hockey player
- Fedir Bohatyrchuk, Ukrainian chess master and politician
- Billy Boucher, NHL hockey player
- Matt Bradley, NHL hockey player
- Fred Brathwaite, NHL hockey player
- Rod Brind'Amour, NHL hockey player
- Dave Brockie, known as Oderus Urungus, frontman for metal band GWAR
- Tom Butler, actor
- Claudette Cain, former mayor of Gloucester
- Noah Cantor, Canadian Football League player
- Bruce Cassidy, NHL Hockey Player
- Tom Cavanagh, actor
- Sarah Chalke, actress
- Keshia Chante, singer
- Bob Chiarelli, politician
- King Clancy, hockey player, coach and referee
- Catherine Clark, daughter of former PM Joe Clark
- Bruce Cockburn, singer
- Bryan Cochrane, curler
- Eldon Coombe, curler
- Alex Cullen, politician
- Barry and Brian Cullen brothers and former NHLers from Ottawa
- Jack Darragh, professional ice hockey forward
- Bruce Delaney, curler
- Paul Dewar, Member of Parliament
- Clive Doucet, author
- Kathleen Edwards, singer/songwriter
- Ben Eager, NHL hockey player
- John Fauquier, RCAF bomber pilot
- Jeremy Gara, drummer for The Arcade Fire
- Chris Gardner, curler
- Travis Gordon webseries creator
- Igor Gouzenko, Cold War Soviet defector
- Tom Green, comedian
- Lorne Greene, actor
- Jenn Hanna, curler
- Elisabeth Harvor, novelist
- David Hoilett, association football player
- Edward James Gibson Holland, winner of the Victoria Cross
- Diane Holmes, city councillor
- Jessica Holmes, actress, comedian
- Rachel Homan, curler
- Peter Hume, city councillor
- Kira Isabella, country music singer-songwriter
- Russ Jackson, profesional football player (CFL), teacher
- Wilbert Keon, cardiac surgeon
- Brian Kilrea, hockey player, coach, general manager
- Terry Kilrea, politician
- Bruce Kirby (yachts), sailor and yacht designer
- Halder Kirby, hockey player
- Bernie LaBarge, musician
- Brent Laing, curler
- Craig Lauzon, actor, comedian
- Rich Little, comedian
- Steven MacLean, astronaut
- Monkey Majik, J-pop band
- Elizabeth Manley, Olympic silver medalist in figure skating.
- Peter Mansbridge, journalist
- Princess Margriet of the Netherlands (sister of Queen Beatrix)
- K. C. Martel, actor
- Bruce Matthews, Army officer and businessman
- Terry Matthews, entrepreneur
- Derek McCulloch, comics writer
- Frank McGee, hockey player
- Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario
- David McGuinty, MP
- Earl McRae, award-winning journalist
- Jean-Michel Ménard, curler
- Anne Merklinger, curler
- Hugh Millikin, Australian curler, trained in Ottawa
- Emma Miskew, curler
- Rich Moffatt, curler
- Alanis Morissette, singer/songwriter
- Earle Morris, curler
- John Morris, curler
- Alex Munter, city councillor
- Yasir Naqvi, MPP
- Larry O'Brien, former mayor, Founder Calian Technologies Ltd
- Sandra Oh, actress known for her role as Dr. Cristina Yang on Grey's Anatomy
- Jesse Palmer, NFL football player
- Frank Patrick, hockey player and builder
- David John Pearson, computer scientist, founder of Orcatech Inc
- Matthew Perry, actor best known for his role as Chandler Bing on Friends
- Jean Pigott, politician and businessperson
- Denis Potvin, NHL hockey player
- Jean Potvin, NHL hockey player
- Harvey Pulford achieved national success as a paddler with the Britannia Boating Club 1905-11
- Simon Pulsifer, prolific contributor to Wikipedia
- Bob Rae, former Premier of Ontario
- Nancy Greene Raine, Olympic skier
- Melanie Robillard, German curler trained in Ottawa
- Randy Robitaille, NHL Hockey Player
- Shelagh Rogers, journalist
- Kelly Rowan, actress.
- Derek Roy, NHL hockey player
- Joëlle Sabourin, curler
- Marc Savard, NHL hockey player
- Craig Savill, curler
- Andrew Scott, drummer for Sloan
- Barbara Ann Scott, figure-skating Olympic gold-medalist of the 1940s.
- Melinda Shankar, actress
- Trevor Smith, NHL hockey player
- Sasha Sokolov, Russian writer
- Martin St. Pierre NHL hockey player
- Bruce Stuart, hockey player
- Linda Thom, Olympic gold medalist
- Christian Tolusso, curler
- Rick Vaive, NHL hockey player
- Jeff Waters, musician
- Ken Watkin, Brigadier General and former Judge Advocate General of the Canadian Forces
- Jim Watson, politician, elected Mayor effective December 1, 2010
- Ezekiel Stone Wiggins, 'Ottawa Prophet' author, educator, civil servant, amateur meteorologist
- Jason Young, curler
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