List of Queensland University of Technology people
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This is a list of Queensland University of Technology people, including notable past and present alumni and faculty of the Queensland University of Technology (QUT).
Humanities
Arts
- Ball Park Music, band
- Sam Campbell, comedian
- Conrad Coleby, actor
- Gigi Edgley, actress
- Ben Hunter, comedian
- Roma Egan, dance teacher
- Hayley Elsaesser, Canadian fashion designer
- Gyton Grantley, actor[1]
- Tai Hara, actor, presenter
- Darren Hayes, singer
- Remy Hii, actor
- Michelle Law, writer
- Deborah Mailman, actress
- Anna McGahan, actress
- Kierin Meehan, choreographer, teacher, children's author
- Kate Miller-Heidke, musician
- Zoe Naylor, actress
- Jason Nelson, artist
- Daniel Riley, dancer and choreographer[2]
- Josh Thomas, comedian
- Brenton Thwaites, actor
- Kalju Tonuma, record producer, audio artist
- Sheikh Haikel, actor from Singapore
- Senna Hegde, director
- Yang Jin-Woo, South Korean actor[3]
Journalism and media
- Tracey Curro, journalist and communications manager
- Abbie Chatfield, TV/media personality
- Ben Davis, drive presenter on 4BC in Brisbane
- Nick Etchells, senior reporter for Seven News in Melbourne
- Natasha Exelby, 10 News First presenter
- Ben Fajzullin, journalist
- Sharyn Ghidella, journalist and Channel Seven presenter
- Peter Greste, correspondent for Al Jazeera
- Spencer Howson, ABC radio presenter
- Lisy Kane, video game producer
- Emmy Kubainski, former co-presenter of Nine News Perth
- Leila McKinnon, journalist for Nine Network
- Paul Osborne, Canberra bureau chief for AAP newswire
- Alanah Pearce, video game writer and former journalist[4]
- Leigh Sales, host of the ABC's 7.30 Report
- Karl Stefanovic, journalist and presenter
Literature, writing and poetry
- Diane Cilento, author, actress, dramatist and playwright; founder of the Creative Industries Artist in Residence Program[5][6]
Philosophy and theology
- Philip Freier, Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne
- Ken Ham, founder of Answers in Genesis, Creation Museum and Creation Ministries International
Government
Politicians
- Peter Beattie, former Premier of Queensland
- Jarrod Bleijie MP, Former Attorney-General of Queensland and Minister for Justice
- Sue Boyce, Liberal member of the Australian Senate
- Alvin Cheng Kam-moon, Hong Kong student activist and founder of Student Front
- Steven Ciobo MP, Federal Member for Moncrieff
- Yvette D'Ath MP, Federal Member for Petrie and Attorney-General of Queensland
- Peter Dutton MP, Federal Member for Dickson; Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
- Teresa Gambaro MP, Federal Member for Brisbane
- Linda Lavarch, former Queensland Attorney-General
- Michael Lavarch, former Australian Attorney-General
- Joe Ludwig, ALP member of the Australian Senate
- Graham Perrett MP, Federal Member for Moreton
- Keith Pitt MP, Federal Member for Hinkler
- Bernie Ripoll MP, member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Oxley
- Stuart Robert MP, Federal Member for Fadden
- Wayne Swan MP, Federal Member for Lilley and former Treasurer of Australia
- Chris Trevor MP, Federal Member for Flynn
- Kate Jones MP
Law
- Helen Bowskill, Chief Justice of Queensland
- Tim Carmody, former Chief Justice of Queensland
- Kerry Carrington, QUT research professor and former head of the School of Justice
- Leanne Clare SC, Judge of Brisbane District Court of Queensland
- Michael Lavarch, Professor Emeritus and former Executive Dean of the Faculty of Law
- Brian Fitzgerald, specialist research professor of law
- Nathan Jarro, judge of the Queensland District Court and Queensland's first Indigenous judge.
- John Pyke, physicist and former QUT law lecturer
- Bryan Horrigan, former QUT associate professor
Medicine and sciences
- Steve Lawrence, computer scientist
Other
- Georgia Sheehan, diver[7]
- Roman Quaedvlieg, former Commissioner of the Australian Border Force 2015–18
- Amira Karroum, jihadist killed in Syrian Civil War