Editing Acadia University (section)

===Notable alumni===
* [[Edgar Archibald]], scientist and politician
* [[Norman Atkins]], Canadian senator
* [[Solomon Adeniyi Babalola]] - Nigerian Baptist missionary/evangelist, Church Pastor, Church Administrator, Denominational Leader, and Theological Educator
* [[Ron Barkhouse]], MLA for Lunenburg East (Horton Academy)
* [[Gordon Lockhart Bennett]], Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island
* [[Arthur Bourns]], President of McMaster University
* [[Libby Burnham]], lawyer, Chancellor of Acadia University
* [[Bob Cameron (Canadian football)|Bob Cameron]], football player
* [[Dalton Camp]], journalist, politician and political strategist
* [[M. Elizabeth Cannon]], University of Calgary President & Vice-Chancellor
* [[Lillian Chase]], physician
* [[Paul Corkum]], physicist and F.R.S.
* [[John Wallace de Beque Farris]], Canadian senator
* [[Mark Day (actor)|Mark Day]], actor
* [[Michael Clarke (musician)|Michael Dick]], CBC-TV journalist
* [[Charles Aubrey Eaton]] (1868–1953), clergyman and politician <!-- who served in the [[United States House of Representatives]], representing the {{ushr|New Jersey|4}} from 1925 to 1933, and the {{ushr|New Jersey|5|5th district}} from 1933 to 1953.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000023 Charles Aubrey Eaton], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Retrieved 9 September 2007.</ref> not required - this is simply a hyperlinked list-->
* [[William Feindel]], neurosurgeon
* [[Dale Frail]], astronomer
* [[Rob Ramsay]], actor
* [[Alexandra Fuller]], writer
* [[Gary Graham (musician)|Gary Graham]], musician, choral conductor
* [[Matthew Green (Canadian politician)|Matthew Green]], Member of Parliament
* [[Milton Fowler Gregg]], VC laureate, politician
* [[Robbie Harrison]], Nova Scotian politician and educator
* [[Richard Hatfield]], Premier of New Brunswick
* [[Charles Brenton Huggins]], Nobel Laureate
* [[K. C. Irving|Kenneth Colin Irving]], industrialist
* [[Robert Irving (industrialist)|Robert Irving]], industrialist
* [[Ron James (comedian)|Ron James]], comedian
* [[Lorie Kane]], [[LPGA]] golfer
* [[Gerald Keddy]], Member of Parliament
* [[Joanne Kelly]], actress
* [[Mary Knickle]], composer, lyricist, musician
* [[Kenneth Komoski]], educator
* [[David H. Levy]], astronomer
* [[Peter MacKay]], lawyer, Canadian Minister of National Defense
* [[Henry Poole MacKeen]], Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia
* [[Paul Masotti]], football player
* [[Harrison McCain]], industrialist
* [[Donald Oliver]], Canadian senator
* Rev. [[William Pearly Oliver]], black minister and educator 
* [[Henry Nicholas Paint]] (1830–1921), member of Parliament, merchant, landowner,
* [[Freeman Patterson]], photographer, writer
* [[Lancelot Press#Robert Pope Foundation|Robert Pope]], visual artist author
* [[Keith R. Porter]], cell biologist
* [[Heather Rankin (singer)|Heather Rankin]], singer-songwriter, member of [[The Rankin Family]]
* [[Perry F. Rockwood]], radio evangelist
* [[Erin Roger]], scientist
* [[Jacob Gould Schurman]], President of Cornell University
* [[Roger Tomlinson]] (1933–2014), geographer and "The Father of [[Geographic Information Systems|GIS]]"
* Rev. [[William A. White]], black minister and missionary
* [[Lance Woolaver]], playwright