List of old boys of St Peter's College, Adelaide
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This is a List of old boys of St Peter's College, Adelaide, former students of the Anglican school, St Peter's College in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
- Sir William Lawrence Bragg CH, OBE, MC, FRS, Nobel prize in Physics, 1915[1]
- Howard Walter Florey, Baron Florey OM, FRS, Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1945[2]
- J. Robin Warren AC, Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2005[3]
Business
- Sir James Hardy OBE, three times America's Cup skipper and renowned winemaker
- Essington Lewis, prominent industrialist
Clergy
- Ian George AO, former Archbishop of Adelaide
- Harold Eustace Sexton, former Archbishop of British Columbia
Entertainment and the arts
- Walter Bagot, architect, founder of Woods Bagot[4]
- Greg Champion, folk singer and songwriter
- Sam Clark, Neighbours actor and musician
- Keith Conlon OAM, television and radio personality
- David Dridan, landscape painter, gallery director
- Francis Greenslade, actor, writer, translator
- Scott Hicks, film director
- Peter Meakin, journalist and media executive[5]
- Peter Muller AO, architect
- Tim Phillipps, actor
- Richard Tipping, poet and artist
Judges, politicians, and public servants
- Harold David Anderson AO, OBE, former ambassador
- John Bannon AO, Premier of South Australia, 1982–1992[6]
- Sir Henry Barwell KCMG, Premier of South Australia, 1920–1924[7]
- James Vincent Seaton Bowen, Lord Mayor of Adelaide, 1979–1981
- Sir John Cox Bray KCMG, Premier of South Australia, 1881–1884[8]
- Sir Richard Butler, Premier of South Australia, 1905[9]
- Sir John Downer KCMG, KC, Premier of South Australia, 1885–1887 and 1892–1893[10]
- Don Dunstan AC, QC, Premier of South Australia, 1967–1968 and 1970–1979[11]
- Sir Frederick Holder KCMG, Premier of South Australia, 1892 and 1899–1901
- Sir Denzil Ibbetson KCSI, administrator in British India, author
- George Leake CMG, Premier of Western Australia, 1901 and 1901–1902[12]
- Tom Lewis AO, Premier of New South Wales, 1975–1976[13]
- Ian McLachlan AO, Australian Defence Minister, 1996–1998
- Sir George John Robert Murray KCMG, Chief Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia (1916–1942)
- Sir John Northmore KCMG, Chief Justice of Western Australia from 1931 to 1945[14]
- Sir Arthur Rymill, Lord Mayor of Adelaide, 1950–1953
- David Tonkin AO, Premier of South Australia, 1979–1982
- Guy Debelle, Deputy Governor, RBA, 2016–2022
- James Stevens, MP for Sturt, 2019–2025
- Dr Richard Harris, Lieutenant Governor of South Australia, 2024–present[15]
Medicine and the sciences
- Dr Michael Alpers, AO, FAA, FRS, emeritus professor, biologist, medical researcher of prion diseases, kuru, and doctor in tropical infectious diseases.
- Sir Arthur Cudmore, Adelaide surgeon
- Dr Richard Harris, anaesthetist, 2019 Australian of the Year
- Dr Basil Hetzel AO, medical researcher
- Hugh Possingham, conservation and environmental planning expert, applied mathematician, academic
- Dr Andy Thomas, astronaut
- Sir Joseph Verco, physician and conchologist
- Emeritus Professor Warren J Ewens AO, FAA, FRS, eminent biostatistician, mathematician and creator of The Ewens Sampling Formula.
Military
- Commander Francis Walter Belt DSO, lawyer and explorer[16]
- Brigadier Arthur Seaforth Blackburn VC, CMG, CBE, soldier and lawyer; awarded the Victoria Cross in 1916[17]
- Colonel Harold Greenway DSO, Croix de Guerre
- Colonel Guy George Egerton Wylly VC, CB, DSO, army officer; awarded the Victoria Cross in 1900[18] (also attended The Hutchins School)
