List of University of New South Wales alumni
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This is a list of University of New South Wales alumni.
Academia
- Toby Walsh, computer scientist and artificial intelligence expert
- Dijana Alić, architect and academic
- Michael Barber, mathematician, physicist and Vice-Chancellor of Flinders University from 2008 until 2014 (Mathematics)[1]
- Gernot Heiser, John Lions chair and computer scientist
- Sharon Beder, arts academic (Engineering)
- Gareth Peters, endowed chair professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara (Statistics)
- Glyn Davis
, current Vice-Chancellor of University of Melbourne (Political science)[2]
- John Deeble, Architect of Medicare Australia
- Rosalyn Diprose, philosopher and UNSW academic (Philosophy)[3]
- Ross Fitzgerald AM, academic, historian, novelist, secularist, and political commentator (PhD Politics)[4]
- Michael Fullilove, public and international policy academic, executive director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy (Arts/Law)[5]
- David Gonski AC, prominent businessman, Chancellor of UNSW Sydney (Commerce/LLB)[6]
- Atiqul Islam, accountant and current Vice-Chancellor of North South University, Bangladesh (Commerce)[7]
- Koo Tsai Kee, Singaporean academic and former politician (Surveying)[8]
- Chandran Kukathas, Malaysian-born Australian political theorist and academic (MA, Politics)[9][10]
- Jane Stapleton, academic and Master at Christ's College, Cambridge
- Tony Vinson, emeritus Professor, Education and Social Work
- O. K. Harsh, Computer Scientist, Physicist, Current Honorary Pro-Chancellor (addl) of Glocal University[11]
Business
- Shemara Wikramanayake, CEO of Macquarie Group
- Rodney Adler, former FAI Insurance chief executive[12]
- Brad Banducci, CEO of Woolworths Group.[13]
- Cheryl Bart AO, lawyer, company director and mountain climber (Commerce/LLB 1986)[14]
- Mark Bouris, chairman of Yellow Brick Road and television personality
- Mike Cannon-Brookes, entrepreneur, billionaire, and co-CEO of the software company Atlassian (Information Science)[15]
- Frank Cicutto, CEO of National Australia Bank (Commerce)[16]
- Paul Clitheroe AM, television presenter and businessman (Arts)[17]
- Matt Comyn, CEO of Commonwealth Bank
- Roger Corbett AO, former chairman of the Reserve Bank of Australia, and a former CEO of Woolworths (Commerce)[18]
- Douglas Daft AC, prominent Australian and US business executive who served as CEO of The Coca-Cola Company between 1999 and 2004; now a global non-executive director (Dipl.Admin)[19]
- Satyajit Das, banker, author and academic (Law)[20]
- John De Margheriti, software developer and entrepreneur, founding father of Australia's video games industry (Electrical engineering)
- Michael Easson AM, businessman and former union leader (Politics/History)
- Richard Farleigh, private investor (Economics)[21][22]
- Scott Farquhar, entrepreneur, billionaire, and co-CEO of the software company Atlassian (Arts/Science)[23][24]
- David Gonski AC, prominent businessman, Chancellor of UNSW Sydney (Commerce/LLB)[6]
- John M. Green, deputy chairman of QBE Insurance; co-founder of Pantera Press; author
- Catherine Harris AO, PSM, co-founder and chairman of Harris Farm Markets and company director (Commerce)[25]
- Philip Hercus, founder of International Catamaran Designs (Engineering)
- Grant King, managing director, Origin Energy (Engineering)
- David Lowy, non-executive deputy chairman of the Westfield Group
- Steven Lowy, group managing director of the Westfield Group
- Donald McDonald, former chairman of Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
- Warwick McKibbin, Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of Australia; economist
- John Niland, director of Macquarie Group; Chairman of Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust; former Vice-Chancellor of UNSW Sydney
- John Prescott, former CEO of BHP
- Gregory G. Rose, principal engineer at Qualcomm (Engineering)
- George Savvides, managing director, Medibank Private (Engineering)
- Jillian Segal, non-executive director, National Australia Bank; Deputy Chancellor of UNSW Sydney (Law)[26]
- Gai Waterhouse, horse trainer and businesswoman
Community activism
- Sharan Burrow, global union leader (Education)
- Eva Cox AO, writer, feminist, sociologist, social commentator and activist (Sociology)[27]
- Louise Crossley, scientist and environmental activist (PhD)[28]
- Karen Dawn, American animal rights and welfare advocate and writer (Psychology)
- Graeme Dunstan, cultural and political activist (Engineering)
- Tim Flannery, mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist and global warming activist; 2007 Australian of the Year (PhD Palaeontology)
- Peter Garrett, musician, social activist, former politician (LLB 1977)
- Heinz Harant, student activist and founder of the university's alumni association (Electrical engineering (Hons) 1955)[29]
- Cynthia Houniuhi, environmental activist and President of Pacific Island Students Fighting Climate Change
- Betty Kitchener AM, Australian mental health educator and consumer advocate[30]
Government
Prime Ministers
- Scott Morrison, former Member for Cook and 30th Prime Minister of Australia
State Premiers
- Gladys Berejiklian, former Premier of New South Wales (Commerce)[31]
- Bob Carr, former Premier of New South Wales, former Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, former politician, author (Arts)[32]
- Stephen Hatton, former Chief Minister of the Northern Territory
- Campbell Newman, former Premier of Queensland, former politician
Federal politicians
- Larry Anthony, former politician (Commerce)[33]
- Mark Arbib, former politician (Arts)[34]
- Vicki Bourne, former politician (Science)
- Bob Carr, former Minister for Foreign Affairs, former Premier of New South Wales, former politician, author (Arts)[32]
- Alan Cadman, former politician (Agriculture)[35]
- Jason Clare, current Member for Blaxland, former Minister for Home Affairs and former Minister for Defence Materiel (Arts/Law)
- David Coleman, former Member for Banks (Arts/Law)
- Greg Combet, former politician and trade unionist (Engineering)
- Mehreen Faruqi, current Senator for New South Wales and former Member of the NSW Legislative Council (Environmental Engineering)[36]
- David Fawcett, current Senator for South Australia and former Army officer (Science)[37]
- Michael Forshaw, former politician (Law)
- Jason Falinski, former Member for Mackellar (MBA)[38]
- Peter Garrett AM, musician, social activist, former politician (LLB 1977)[39]
- Michael Hatton former politician (Arts)[40]
- Andrew Hastie, current Member for Canning, retired Army officer
- Mike Kelly AO, current Member for Eden-Monaro, retired Australian Army officer (PhD Law)[41]
- Craig Laundy, former Member for Reid (Economics)[42]
- Michael Lee, former politician (Electrical Engineering)
- Julian Leeser, current Member for Berowra (LLB)
- Sussan Ley, former Member for Farrer, former Federal Oppositions Leader, former Leader of the Liberal Party
- Ted Mack, former politician (Architecture)
- Louise Markus, former politician (Arts)
- Stephen Mutch, former politician (LLB)[43]
- Gary Nairn, former politician
- Kerry Nettle, former politician
- Andrew Nikolic, former politician and retired Army officer (Management)
- Melissa Parke, former United Nations senior lawyer, former politician (Law)
- Marise Payne, former Senator for New South Wales and former Minister for Defence
- Lee Rhiannon, former Senator for New South Wales and former Member of the NSW Legislative Council (Science)[44]
- Stuart Robert, former Member for Fadden, former Army officer (Arts)
Australian state and territory politicians
- Jack Beale, former politician (Engineering)[45]
- Stephen Bromhead, former Member for Myall Lakes (M.Law)[46]
- Arthur Chesterfield-Evans, former Member of the NSW Legislative Council (Science)[47]
- Ian Cohen, former Member of the NSW Legislative Council (Arts/DipEd)[48]
- Kevin Conolly, current Member for Riverstone (Arts)[49]
- Paul Crittenden former Member for Wyong (Commerce)[50]
- Mehreen Faruqi, former Member of the NSW Legislative Council and current Senator for New South Wales (Environmental Engineering)[36]
- Luke Foley, former Member for Auburn and NSW Leader of the Opposition (Arts)[51]
- Bryce Gaudry, former politician and teacher (Arts)[52]
- Alex Greenwich, current Member for Sydney (Arts)[53]
- Sylvia Hale, former Member of the NSW Legislative Council (LLB 1998)[54]
- Brad Hazzard, former Member for Wakehurst (Law)[55]
- Courtney Houssos, current Member of the NSW Legislative Council (Arts)[56]
- Andrew Humpherson, former Member for Davidson (Chemical Engineering)[57]
- Trevor Khan, current Member of the NSW Legislative Council (LLB/B.Juris.)[58]
- Sonya Kilkenny, current Member for Carrum in the Victorian Legislative Assembly (BA/LLB 1995)[59]
- Ernie Page, former politician[60]
- Doug Parkinson, former politician in Tasmania
- Eleni Petinos, Member for Miranda (LLB 2011)[61]
- Lee Rhiannon, former Member of the NSW Legislative Council and current Senator for New South Wales (Science)[44]
- Eric Roozendaal, former Treasurer of New South Wales and former politician (Law)[62]
- Penny Sharpe, current Member of the NSW Legislative Council (Food Technology)[63]
- Gabrielle Upton, current Member for Vaucluse (Arts/Law)[64]
International politicians
- Jackie Chan, former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Engineering)
- Andrew Cheng, Hong Kong politician, Councillor of Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Law)
- Chua Tian Chang, Malaysian politician, current Member of Parliament for the Batu constituency (Philosophy)[65]
- Emil Dardak, Vice Governor of East Java
- Mehdi Ghazanfari, former Iranian politician[citation needed]
- Meutya Hafid, Indonesian politician, member of People's Representative Council, former journalist
- Foo Mee Har, Singaporean politician, Member of Parliament for the West Coast Group constituency (Science)[66]
- Koo Tsai Kee, former Singaporean politician and academic (Surveying)[8]
- Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Fijian politician and current Attorney General of Fiji (LLB)[67]
- Mah Bow Tan, Minister for National Development of Singapore
- Jeremy Tam, Councillor of Legislative Council of Hong Kong, airline pilot (Engineering)
Australian local government politicians
- Kathryn Greiner AO, former Alderman of the City of Sydney and social advocate (Social Work)[68]
- Lucy Turnbull, former Lord Mayor of Sydney (MBA)
Public servants
- Michele Bruniges AM, current secretary of the Department of Education and Training (Education)[69]
- Elizabeth Broderick, former Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner (Law)
- Ian Campbell AO, PSM, former secretary of the Department of Veterans' Affairs (Economics)[70]
- Jeff Harmer AO, former secretary of the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (BA (Hons), DipEd, PhD)[71]
- Ken Henry AC, economist and former secretary of The Treasury (Economics)[72]
- John Holloway, former diplomat and public servant (Arts)[73]
- Frank Howarth PSM, former director of the Australian Museum (MSc Soc)[74]
- Robyn Kruk AM, former secretary of the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and a director-general of the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet (Science [Honours])[75]
- Patrick Lawless, Australian diplomat, current Ambassador to Brazil (LLB)[76]
- Damien Miller, Australian diplomat, current Ambassador to Denmark, Norway and Iceland (Arts/Law)
- Anne-Marie Schwirtlich AM, Director-General of the National Library of Australia
Other public figures
- Bruce Hawker, political pundit, political writer, political consultant, political advisor (LLB)[77]
- Janette Howard, spouse of the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard (Arts)[78]
Humanities
Architecture
- Philip Cox, architect and entrepreneur, founder of COX Architects (Science)[79]
- Richard Johnson AO, MBE, architect, best known as the creator of some of the Australian most important and iconic cultural buildings and spaces (Architecture, 1969)[80]
Arts
- Del Kathryn Barton, visual artist
- Matt Carroll, Australian film and television producer
- Queenie Chan, Chinese-Australian comic artist (Computer Programming)[81]
- Barbara Cleveland, Australian contemporary performance artist
- Judith Clingan AM, composer, conductor, performer and music educator[82]
- Adam Cullen, visual artist (Fine Arts)[83]
- John Davis, documentary filmmaker, mountaineer, television producer, chemical engineer (Science)[84]
- Marta Dusseldorp, actor (Film/Theatre)
- Anne Ferran, photographer (Fine Arts)[85]
- David Fung, concert pianist (MB BS)[86]
- Francis Giacco, visual artist (Architecture)[87]
- Shaun Gladwell, visual artist
- Gordon Hanley, visual artist
- Noel Hodda, actor, writer, dramaturge, director and teacher (Acting)[88]
- Frank Howarth, geologist, Director of the Australian Museum
- Byron Kennedy, film producer[citation needed]
- Amber Lawrence, singer, songwriter
- Stephanie Lemelin, Canadian actress
- Lenka, born Lenka Kripac, singer
- Yaron Lifschitz, theatre director
- George Miller, movie producer, television screenwriter, producer and director of Happy Feet
- John Misto, playwright and screenwriter[89]
- Gregory Charles Rivers, Hong Kong actor
- Emile Sherman, Oscar winner, film producer (Arts/Law)
- Glenn Sorensen, Australia-born, Sweden artist
- Rebel Wilson, actress, writer, and producer (Arts/LLB 2009)[90]
History
- John Blaxland, Australian historian, academic, and former Australian Army officer (Arts)[91]
- Tim Cook CM, Canadian military historian and author (PhD)[92]
- Jeffrey Grey, former Australian military historian and academic (PhD Military history)[93][94]
- David Horner AM, Australian military historian and academic (M.Arts [Honours])[95]
Journalism
- Jordan Shanks, Political commentator
- Bettina Arndt, sex therapist and journalist[96]
- Monica Attard OAM, award-winning journalist and Australian Broadcasting Corporation host (LLB)[97]
- Richard Carleton, television journalist (Commerce)[98]
- Allan Hogan, investigative journalist and television producer (Commerce)[98]
- Craig James, economic journalist and economist, currently chief economist with Commsec (Commerce/Economics)[99]
- Debbie Kruger, Australian music journalist and pop-culture writer (BA/MA)[100]
Literature, writing and poetry
- Jack Bedson, writer, children's author, poet and academic librarian
- Larissa Behrendt, Aboriginal writer and academic (LLB/B.Juri 1992)[101]
- Alex Buzo, pioneer playwright[102]
- Melissa Chiu, museum director, curator writer
- Tim Cook, historian and author
- Michael Dransfield, poet
- Suzanne Falkiner, writer (Arts)[103][self-published source?]
- Susanne Gervay, author of young adult fiction (Education)
- John M. Green, author and publisher
- Anita Heiss, author, presenter and commentator (Arts/History)[104][self-published source?]
- Tristan Jepson, comedic writer (LLB)[105]
- Drusilla Modjeska, writer
- Matthew Reilly, author (Law)
- Pamela Stephenson, comedian/writer
- Natalie Tran, producer, actress, comedian, writer
- Rebel Wilson, actress, comedian and writer (Law)
- Markus Zusak, writer
Philosophy
- Khosrow Bagheri, Iranian philosopher
- Rosalyn Diprose, Australian philosopher and academic (Philosophy)[3]
- Moira Gatens, Australian academic
Law
Judges and magistrates
- Bob Bellear, Australia's first indigenous District Court judge (LLB 1978)[106]
- Annabelle Bennett AO, SC, chancellor of Bond University and former Federal Court judge (LLB)[107]
- Chris Craigie SC, District Court judge and former Director of Public Prosecutions[108]
- Ros Croucher AM, lawyer and academic, incoming president of the Australian Human Rights Commission (PhD Legal history)[109]
- Karin Emerton, Victorian Supreme Court judge (LLB)
- Anna Katzmann, current Federal Court judge (LLB)[110]
- Megan Latham, current Supreme Court of New South Wales judge (BA/LLB 1979)[111]
- Robert McClelland, Family Court judge and former Commonwealth Attorney-General (BA/LLB 1981)[112]
- Anthony Meagher, current judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (Commerce/LLB)[113]
- Helen Murrell SC, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory[citation needed]
- Matthew Myers AM, Federal Circuit Court Judge and Commissioner Australian Law Reform Commission[114]
- John Nicholas, Federal Court judge (BA/LLB)[115]
- Pat O'Shane AM, teacher, barrister, public servant, jurist, Aboriginal activist; Australia's first Aboriginal magistrate; former chancellor of the University of New England (LLB 1976)[116]
Other legal professionals
- Stuart Fuller, legal partner in the banking and finance team at law firm King & Wood Mallesons (Commerce/Law)[117]
- Stuart Littlemore QC, barrister, writer and original host of ABC's Media Watch (Law)[118]
- George Newhouse, human rights lawyer and a former local councillor (Commerce/Law)
Military
- Peter Abigail, retired Australian Army officer, ranked major general
- Tim Barrett AO, CSC, current Australian Chief of Navy, ranked vice admiral[119]
- Greg Bilton AM, CSC, current Australian Army officer serving as Deputy Chief of Joint Operations, ranked major general
- Rick Burr AO, DSC, MVO, current Australian Army officer serving as Chief of Army, ranked lieutenant general[120]
- John Caligari AO, DSC, retired Australian Army officer, ranked lieutenant general (Arts/Defence Studies)[121][122]
- John Cantwell, AO, DSC, retired Australian Army officer, ranked major general
- Allan du Toit AM, retired Australian Navy officer, ranked real admiral (Defence/Strategic Studies)[123]
- Gus Gilmore AO, DSC, current Australian Army officer, serving as Head of Military Strategic Commitments Division, ranked major general (Arts)[124]
- James Goldrick AO, CSC, retired Australian Navy officer, ranked rear admiral (Arts)[125]
- Ian Gordon AO, retired Australian Army officer, ranked major general (Science/Military Studies, 1973)[126]
- John Harvey, retired Royal Australian Air Force officer, ranked air marshal (Architecture/Psychology/Information Science)[127]
- Andrew Hastie, current Member for Canning, retired Australian Army officer
- Peter Jones AO, DSC, retired Australian Navy officer, ranked vice admiral (BA/MA)[128]
- Mark Kelly AO, DSC, retired Australian Army officer, ranked major general (BA/MA)[129]
- Mike Kelly AO, current Member for Eden-Monaro, retired Australian Army officer (PhD Law)[41]
- David Kilcullen, Australian author, strategist and global counterinsurgency expert; retired Australian Army officer, ranked lieutenant colonel (BA, PhD)[130]
- Andrew Nikolic, former politician and retired Australian Army officer (Management)
- Stuart Robert, current Member for Fadden, former Australian Army officer (Arts)
Popular culture
- Amy Lyons – Internet personality in China[131]
- Sam Chui – World's most popular Aviation Blogger based in United Arab Emirates
- Pranav Mohanlal – Malayalam film actor[132]
Religious leaders
- Peter Chiswell, Anglican bishop, formerly the Bishop of Armidale[133]
- Tom Frame, Anglican bishop, historian, academic, author and social commentator (Arts/PhD)[134]
- Peter Hayward, Anglican bishop, currently serving as the Bishop of Wollongong (Civil Engineering)[135]
- Brian King, former Anglican assistant bishop in the Diocese of Sydney (Theology)[136]
- Julian Leow Beng Kim, current Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur (Building)[137]
Sciences
Biology
- Mark Burgman, ecologist (Science)
- Jessie Christiansen, exoplanetologist
- Bernard d'Abrera, entomological taxonomist and philosopher of science (Arts with majors in History/Science)[138]
- Steve Donnellan, biologist and chief research scientist of the Evolutionary Biology Unit at the South Australian Museum (Science)[139]
- Tim Flannery, mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist and global warming activist; 2007 Australian of the Year (PhD Palaeontology)
- Levon Khachigian, vascular cell and molecular biologist and academic (B.Science (Honours), PhD, D.Science)[140]
- Zinnia Kumar, evolutionary biologist, ecologist and fashion model (B. Advanced Science [Honours])[141]
- Alan O. Trounson, biologist
- Camille Goldstone-Henry, Wildlife Scientist
Chemistry
- Rose Amal, chemical engineer
- Gordon Aylward, chemist and author[142]
- Naiyyum Choudhury, Bangladeshi biochemist, founding Chairman of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority (BAERA) (Biotechnology)
- Kathryn Fagg AO (M.Com.), chemical engineer, chair of the CSIRO from 2021[143][144]
Computer scientists
- Clive Finkelstein, computer scientist, known as the "father" of information technology engineering (Science)[145]
- Carsten Haitzler, computer scientist, creator of Enlightenment
- Gernot Heiser, operating systems and ACM Fellow
- Adam Kennedy, computer scientist
- Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom, first Thai elected to IEEE Fellow; current President of Mahanakorn University of Technology; Thailand's Minister of Information and Communication Technologies
- Claude Sammut, computer scientist
- Raj Reddy, computer scientist, Turing Award
Engineering
- Julie Cairney, Professor of Materials Science and Director of the Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis
- Gavin W. Parry, Principal Specialist Metallurgy and Economics (PhD)
- Michael Collins, Canadian structural engineer (PhD)
- Saeid Eslamian, Iranian hydrologist (Engineering)[146]
- Ron Fitch, railway executive and railway engineer (PhD)[147]
- Graham Goodwin, Australian electrical engineer and academic (Science, 1964; PhD, 1970)[148]
- Saul Griffith, Australian American inventor and material science mechanical engineer (Mechanical Engineering, 1997)[149]
- Sam Michael, sporting director of McLaren (Engineering)
- Jim May, CEO of AMIRA, Chemical Engineer and Metallurgist
- Stuart Wenham, Director of ARC Photovoltaics Centre of Excellence, UNSW Australia (Engineering)
Mathematics and economics
- Michael Barber, mathematician, physicist and Vice-Chancellor of Flinders University from 2008 until 2014 (Mathematics)[1]
- Lynne Billard, statistician and US academic (Science)[150]
- Lawrie Brown, cryptographer and computer security researcher (Mathematics)[151]
- Stephen Duckett, health economist (Health Administration/PhD)
Medicine
- Samy Azer, international medical educator (Medicine)
- Julie Campbell, vascular biologist
- David A. Cooper, HIV/AIDS researcher and immunologist
- Sir Richard Feachem KBE, global public health administrator and anti-malaria activist (PhD in Environmental Health)[152]
- Peter Fricker OAM, sports physician and administrator (MB BS)[153]
- Michelle Haber AM, paediatric cancer researcher (Psychology, PhD [Pathology])[154]
- Louise Maple-Brown FAHMS, endocrinologist and clinical researcher
- Steven Krilis, immunologist
- Charlie Teo, neurosurgeon
Other medical sciences
- John Ball, cognitive scientist
- Julie Campbell, vascular biologist and current Director of the Centre for Research in Vascular Biology at the University of Queensland (Physiology)[155]
- David Cooper AO, FAA, Australian HIV/AIDS researcher, immunologist, professor at the University of New South Wales, and the director of the Kirby Institute (Medicine)[156]
- Gordon Parker, psychiatrist
Physics
- Joan Adler, computational physicist
- Murray Batchelor, mathematical physicist
- Karl Kruszelnicki, physicist, medical practitioner, and science communicator (Biomedical Engineering)
- John Pyke, physicist and retired law lecturer (LLB)[157]
Service sector
- Huen Su Yin, Malaysian blogger and cake designer (Construction Management)
Sport
- Sally Bennett, sabre fencer
- Matt Carroll AM, sports administrator and current chief executive of the Australian Olympic Committee (Construction)[158]
- Todd Greenberg, sports administrator and current chief executive of the National Rugby League (Sports Science)[159]
- Andrew Jones, sports administrator and current chief executive of Cricket NSW (BA/LLB)[160]
- Phil Kearns AM, former rugby union international; former Wallabies captain (Arts)[161]
- Tadhg Kennelly, former Australian rules football who played for the Sydney Swans[citation needed]
- Usman Khawaja, Pakistani-born Australian cricketer (Aviation)[162]
- Geoff Lawson, cricketer
- Ewen McKenzie, current coach of the Queensland Reds
- Simon Poidevin, former Wallabies captain
- Marshall Rosen, cricketer
- Jane Saville, 2004 Summer Olympics medallist
- Michael Slater, cricketer
- Mark Taylor, cricketer (Australia's 39th test captain), Australian of the Year 1999
- Richard Walsh, professional mixed martial artist[163]
- Michael Wenden, swimming champion, 1968 Summer Olympics gold medallist (two gold, one silver, one bronze)