List of Cranbrook School, Sydney alumni
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This is a list of notable old boys of Cranbrook School, Sydney, former students – known as "Old Cranbrookians" – of Cranbrook School, an Anglican school in Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Academia and medicine
- Prof. David Cooper AC FRACP FRCP FAA FAHMS – HIV researcher[1]
- Prof. James Dale AC – professor of biotechnology at Queensland University of Technology
- Assoc. Prof. Paul Darveniza – senior lecturer in neurology at St. Vincent's Clinical School, University of New South Wales[2][3] and international rugby union Wallaby
- Prof. Richard Hunter FBA – Regius professor of Greek and fellow of Trinity College, the University of Cambridge[4]
- John Miles Little – surgeon and academic; former head boy at Cranbrook[5]
- Earl Owen AO – microsurgeon pioneer
- Yi-Fu Tuan – emeritus professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; one of the first Cranbrook students of Asian descent[6]
Business
- Rodney Adler – former director of failed telecommunications company One.Tel and HIH Insurance[7]
- Mike Cannon-Brookes – CEO and co-founder of Atlassian[8]
- Michael Crouch AC – former chairman of Zip Industries[9]
- Ken Dixon – chairman of Rowntree's
- James Fairfax AC – former arts patron and philanthropist (also attended Geelong Grammar School)[10]
- David Gyngell – CEO of Australian commercial broadcasting network, Channel Nine[11][12]
- Samuel Hordern CMG – stockbroker and Grazier[13]
- The Hon Clyde Packer – journalist, media entrepreneur, politician and author[14]
- James Packer AM – chairman of CPH Investments and Crown Limited[11][12]
- Kerry Packer AC – former media tycoon[15]
- Jodee Rich – founder of One.Tel and PeopleBrowsr[16]
Government, politics and the law
- The Hon Tim Bruxner – former elected member of the NSW Parliament and Deputy Premier of New South Wales[17]
- Ben Franklin – elected member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales[18]
- Hugh Gilchrist OAM – diplomat and author of Australians and Greeks[19]
- Sir David Griffin CBE – elected 74th Lord Mayor of Sydney[20]
- Michael Knight AO – elected former member of the NSW Parliament and Sydney 2000 Olympics Minister[21]
- Julian Martin Leeser – member for Berowra[22]
- Thomas Walter Mitchell – Country Party member for Benambra in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and Attorney-General
- The Hon Dugald Munro CMG – former grazier and member for Eden-Monaro
- Andrew Rogers AO, QC – justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales; spouse of Helen Coonan, a former Australian senator[23]
- John Spender KC – Liberal party member for North Sydney and Australian Ambassador to France
- The Hon Sir Laurence Whistler Street AC, KCMG – 14th chief justice of New South Wales[13]
Media, entertainment and the arts
- Oliver Ackland – actor[24]
- Sumner Locke Elliott – writer, playwright
- Billy Field – singer and songwriter[25]
- John Gaden AO – actor[26]
- Peter Kingston AM – artist
- Mungo Wentworth MacCallum – political journalist, humorist and commentator[27]
- Jim Maxwell AM – ABC Radio cricket commentator[13]
- Garry McDonald AO – comedian, star of Mother and Son and creator of alter-ego Norman Gunston[13]
- Craig McGregor – writer/novelist, academic, and cultural critic[28]
- Sam Reid – film & television actor, co-lead of Interview with the Vampire and The Newsreader[29]
- Adam Shand – writer and freelance journalist, located in Africa for three years to report on Rwanda and Zimbabwe[30]
- Martin Sharp AM – artist, cartoonist, songwriter, and filmmaker[13]
- Tony Sheldon – stage actor/singer, film and TV actor[31]
- Harvey Shore – Logie-winning TV writer/producer[32]
- Peter Vogel – co-designer of the Fairlight CMI[33]
- Patrick White – writer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature[34]
- Kip Williams – artistic director of Sydney Theatre Company[35]
- Simon Wincer – film director[36]
Military
- Group Captain Pete Jeffrey DSO, DFC – WWII fighter ace[37]
- Air Marshal Sir James Anthony Rowland AC, KBE, DFC, AFC – former naval officer, governor of New South Wales and chancellor of the University of Sydney[38]
Sport
- Daniel Batman (1998) – Sydney 2000 Olympic 400m runner (also attended The Scots College)
- Edward Cowan (2000) – test cricketer
- Paul Darveniza – international rugby union Wallaby[39] and neurologist
- James Hunter (2009) – basketball player[40]
- Luke Kendall – basketball player
- Sam Konstas (2023) – cricketer[41]
- Will Langford (2010) – Australian rules football premiership player (2014) for Hawthorn Football Club[42]
- Grae Morris – Paris 2024 Olympic silver medal windsurfer[43]
- Cecil Purdy AO – chess International Master and inaugural World Correspondence Chess champion
- Murray Rose AM (1956) – Olympic gold medal swimmer[44]
- Steven Solomon (2011) – London 2012 Olympic 400m runner[45]
- William Somerville – New Zealand cricket bowler[46]
- Ed Stubbs (2006) – rugby 7s representative[47]