Notable Alumni
- Frederick Walker Baldwin, Aviation Engineer, first Canadian (and third North American after the Wright Brothers) to pilot aircraft
- Richard M. Ivey CC, Canadian lawyer and philanthropist, namesake of the Richard Ivey School of Business and Companion of the Order of Canada.
- Henry Allen John, 8th Earl Bathurst
- Sir John Irving Bell, Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford University, Rhodes Scholar, Founder of the Wellcome Trust Center for Human Genetics
- James Coyne, Rhodes Scholar, Governor of the Bank of Canada
- Hume Cronyn, descendent of the Labatt brewery family, film and stage actor, AMPAS ("Oscar") nominee for The Seventh Cross, Tony Award winner as Polonius opposite Richard Burton's Hamlet, appeared in Cleopatra, 12 Angry Men, The Pelican Brief. Invested Officer of the Order of Canada, 1988.
- Robert George Brian Dickson, PC, CC, CD, LL.B, LL.D, Chief Justice of Canada, Companion of the Order of Canada
- Jason Dorland, former Olympic rower
- David A. Dodge, Former Governor of the Bank of Canada.
- Colm Feore, film and stage actor, Trudeau; Pearl Harbor; The Sum of All Fears; The Insider
- Martha Finn, daughter of Thomas D'Arcy Finn, first Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
- Malcolm L. Gosling, descendent of the family business, Gosling Brothers, a leader in the wines and spirits industry. Served as a pilot officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force.
- James K. Gray, Co-Founder, Canadian Hunter Exploration, sold to Burlington Resources for $3.4 billion, Director of Brascan Corp., Canadian National Railways, Order of Canada
- Peter Gzowski, journalist and author, Morningside; The Private Voice, A Journal of Reflections.
- Josie Ho, Hong Kong actress, daughter of Macau billionaire, Stanley Ho
- David L. Humphreys, biographer of former Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark
- Sam Irwin, Businessman, Founder and CEO of Irwin Toy, Ltd
- Arthur Courtney Kingstone, Ontario Supreme Court Justice
- Raine Maida, lead singer of Our Lady Peace (he did not graduate from Ridley)
- Samantha McGlone, Canadian triathlete* Bruce H. Mitchell, CEO, Permian Industries, Board of Directors, Bank of Montreal
- Darcy McKeough, Former CEO of Union Gas and Former Treasurer of the Province of Ontario, appointed Officer of the Order of Canada
- Thomas Merritt, grandson of Thomas Rodman Merritt, United Empire Loyalist, President of the Ridley College Association
- Michael Sabia, President and CEO, Caisse de dépôt, Quebec
- C. Ross "Sandy" Somerville named "Golfer of the half century" by the Canadian Press, 1950
- Richard B. Wright, former faculty member, author of 11 novels, Giller Prize, Trillium Book Prize, recipient of the Governor General's Award, appointed Officer of the Order of Canada
- Humphrey Hume Wrong, Canadian diplomat, served as Canada's Ambassador to United States, succeeding Lester B. Pearson. Notable for his early involvement in negotiating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Named undersecretary to NATO, but died before taking up the post
- Sophie Kallinis LaMontagne and Katherine Kallinis, owners and stars of DC Cupcakes reality show.
- Bruce Croxon, 'Dragon' on CBC's Dragons' Den, entrepreneur and co-founder of online dating website Lavalife.
- Chris Potter, Actor
- Ian Smith, Writer and Producer of hit TV show "My Super Sweet 16".
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