This is a list of Old Knox Grammarians, former students of the

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school, Knox Grammar School in

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Academics and medicine

* Bruce Carter, educator, former Principal of Emanuel School, Sydney *

David Hunter David Hunter (July 21, 1802 – February 2, 1886) was an American military officer. He served as a Union general during the American Civil War. He achieved notability for his unauthorized 1862 order (immediately rescinded) emancipating slaves ...

, Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine at the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

Vaughan Pratt Vaughan Pratt (born April 12, 1944) is a Professor Emeritus at Stanford University, who was an early pioneer in the field of computer science. Since 1969, Pratt has made several contributions to foundational areas such as search algorithms, sorti ...

, professor, MIT 1972–1981,

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1981–2000, emeritus 2000–present *

Michael Spence Andrew Michael Spence (born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian-American economist and Nobel laureate. Spence is the William R. Berkley Professor in Economics and Business at the Stern School of Business at New York University, and the Philip H. Kn ...

, academic, 25th Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Sydney 2008–present

Business

* David S. Clarke, Macquarie Bank chairman

Media, entertainment and the arts

* Michael Barkl OAM, composer *

Stuart Beattie Stuart Beattie (born 4 August 1971) is an Australians, Australian filmmaker. His screenplay for ''Collateral (film), Collateral'' (2004) earned him nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, Satellite Award for Best Original ...

, screenwriter * Ian Cooper, violinist * Bruce Elder, journalist *

Peter FitzSimons Peter John Allen FitzSimons (born 29 June 1961) is an Australian author, journalist, and radio and television presenter. He is a former national representative rugby union player and has been the chair of the Australian Republic Movement sinc ...

, columnist for the ''

Sydney Morning Herald ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper i ...

'' and '' Sun Herald'', author, former

Wallabies A wallaby () is a small or middle-sized macropod native to Australia and New Guinea, with introduced populations in New Zealand, Hawaii, the United Kingdom and other countries. They belong to the same taxonomic family as kangaroos and so ...

player *

Adam Garcia Adam Gabriel Garcia (born 1 June 1973) is an Australian stage, television, and film actor who is best known for lead roles in musicals such as '' Saturday Night Fever'' and ''Kiss Me, Kate''. He is also a trained tap dancer and singer. Garcia ha ...

, actor and dancer *

John Howard John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian former politician who served as the 25th prime minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007, holding office as leader of the Liberal Party. His eleven-year tenure as prime minister is the s ...

, film and television actor * Hugh Jackman, actor; school captain of Knox in 1986 * Richard Lane, radio personality and writer * John Laws, radio presenter *

Reg Livermore Reginald Dawson Livermore (born 11 December 1938) is an Australian actor, singer, theatrical performer and former television presenter. Childhood From a young age, Livermore demonstrated an interest in the performing arts. Regular outings to ...

, actor and entertainer *

Rod McGeoch Rod, Ror, Ród, Rőd, Rød, Röd, ROD, or R.O.D. may refer to: Devices * Birch rod, made out of twigs from birch or other trees for corporal punishment * Ceremonial rod, used to indicate a position of authority * Connecting rod, main, coupling, ...

AO, lawyer, businessman and public speaker *

Peter Mochrie Peter Mochrie (born 23 March 1959), is an Australian actor whose career spans over forty years in the industry, primarily featuring in television soap opera's, he has also worked in New Zealand, where he spent six years as Dr. Callum McKay in ...

, actor *

Richard Neville Richard Neville may refer to: *Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428–1471), "Warwick the Kingmaker", English noble, fought in the Wars of the Roses *Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1400–1460), Yorkist leader during the Wars of the ...

, former editor of the satirical ''Oz'' magazine * Jordan Rodrigues, actor * Mark Scott, vice chancellor of University of Sydney * Rai Thistlethwayte, singer-songwriter *

Steve Toltz Steve Toltz (born 1972 in Sydney) is an Australian novelist. Works ''A Fraction of the Whole'', his first novel, was released in 2008 to widespread critical acclaim. It is a comic novel which tells the history of a family of Australian outcasts ...

Man Booker Prize The Booker Prize, formerly known as the Booker Prize for Fiction (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019), is a literary prize awarded each year for the best novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland. ...

shortlisted author of ''

A Fraction of the Whole ''Fraction of the Whole'' is a 2008 novel by Steve Toltz. It follows three generations of the eccentric Dean family in Australia and the people who surround them. Characters Jasper Dean Jasper Dean is Martin Dean's illegitimate son and Terry D ...

'' *

Hugo Weaving Hugo Wallace Weaving (born 4 April 1960) is an English actor. Born in Colonial Nigeria to English parents, he has resided in Australia for the entirety of his career. He is the recipient of six AACTA Awards, Australian Academy of Cinema and Tel ...

, actor *

Gus Worland Gus Worland is an Australian television and radio personality. He worked on Triple M breakfast radio from 2009 - 2019 and a series of reality television programs '' Man Up'' on the ABC, ''An Aussie Goes Barmy'', ''An Aussie Goes Bolly'' and ''An ...

, radio and television host * Peter Yeldham screenwriter, playwright and author

Politics, public service and the law

Paul Brereton Major General Paul Le Gay Brereton, (born 27 August 1957) is a Judge of the New South Wales Court of Appeal and a senior officer in the Australian Army Reserve. He commanded the 5th Brigade from 2008 to 2010 and Head of the Cadet, Reserve and ...

AM RFD, Justice of the NSW Supreme Court and Court of Appeal, Major General *Sir John Fuller, former New South Wales MP, Leader of the Opposition 1976–1978 * Hon Sir Kenneth Jacobs, former Justice of the High Court of Australia * Hon Nick Minchin, former Federal cabinet minister; leader of Opposition in the Senate *

Brian Preston Brian J. Preston FRSN SC (born June 10, 1958) is the Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales. He was appointed on 14 November 2005.http://www.lec.justice.nsw.gov.au/lec/judicial_officers.html , NSW government website, "Ju ...

, Chief Justice of the New South Wales Land and Environment Court * Rt Hon Ian Sinclair, former Federal cabinet minister and

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* Hon

Gough Whitlam Edward Gough Whitlam (11 July 191621 October 2014) was the 21st prime minister of Australia, serving from 1972 to 1975. The longest-serving federal leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1967 to 1977, he was notable for being the he ...

, former

Prime Minister of Australia The prime minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia. The prime minister heads the executive branch of the Australian Government, federal government of Australia and is also accountable to Parliament of A ...

(also attended

Mowbray House School Mowbray House is a heritage-listed historic building that was an independent, day and boarding school for boys, located in Chatswood, on the North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. More recently, it was part of an Ausgrid depot sit ...

, Telopea Park High School and

Canberra Grammar School , motto_translation = For God, for Church, for Country , city = Red Hill , state = Australian Capital Territory , country = Australia , coordinates = , type ...

) *

James Roland Wood The Honourable James Roland Tomson Wood AO, KC (born 1941) is the chairman of Law Reform Commission of New South Wales, the chairman of the New South Wales Sentencing Council, the Inspector of the Police Integrity Commission and a former jud ...

, former judge

Sport

* Ben Alexander,

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representative and Australian

rugby player *

Braeden Campbell Braeden Campbell (born 4 February 2002) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the Sydney Swans with the 5th draft pick in the 2020 AFL draft. after the ...

, AFL player * Tom Carter, NSW Waratahs representative * Cameron Clark, Olympian representing Australia national rugby sevens team and NSW Waratahs representative * Steve Cutler, Australian

rugby player *

Troy Dargan Troy Dargan (born 15 October 1997) is a Cook Islands international rugby league footballer who plays as a or for the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles in the NSW Cup. He previously played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League ...

, NRL player and Cook Islands representative * Matthew Dunn, Olympic swimmer and gold medallist in Pan Pacific and Commonwealth Games * Nicholas Frost, ACT Brumbies player * Chris Green,

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representative and Sydney Thunder representative and

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Grand Final winner *

Alan Gurr Alan Gurr (born 3 February 1982) is an Australian retired V8 Supercars driver. Gurr was a young karting star both on a national and international level who graduated through the Junior ranks to V8 Supercars with immediate results winning on debu ...

, Australian V8 Supercar driver * Sam Kitchen, Edinburgh Rugby player *

Lachlan Mitchell Lachlan Mitchell born 30 September 1987 in Australia is a rugby union player for Melbourne Rebels in the Super Rugby competition. He plays as a centre wing and fullback. Career Sydney As a student Mitchell played for Sydney University and tra ...

London Wasps Wasps Rugby Football Club is a professional rugby union team. They last played in Premiership Rugby, the top division of English rugby until being suspended on 12 October 2022. On 17 October 2022 the club entered administration, resulting in r ...

player *

Matthew Nicholson Matthew James Nicholson (born 2 October 1974) is an Australian former cricketer who played in one Test match in 1998 and over 100 first-class games for New South Wales, Western Australia, Northamptonshire and Surrey. A native of the Sydney subu ...

, state cricketer who played one test for Australia * Evan Olmstead Canadian international rugby player, representative of Newcastle Falcons, Auckland Rugby and Birritz Olympique *

Luke Parks Luke Parks (born 18 April 2001) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A former product of the Sydney Swans academy, Parks nominated for the 2019 AFL draft but was ...

, AFL footballer * Rex Pemberton, youngest Australian to climb

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, at 21 * Max Purcell, Australian tennis player *

Bailey Simonsson Bailey George Simonsson (born 18 February 1998) is a New Zealand Māori international rugby league footballer who plays as a er for the Parramatta Eels in the NRL. Background Simonsson was born in Mona Vale, New South Wales, Australia. He ...

, NRL player (also attended Newington College) *

Nic Stirzaker Nic Stirzaker (born 8 March 1991) is an Australian rugby union footballer. His regular playing position is scrum-half and he currently plays for the Montauban in the Pro D2. Prior to that he represented the Rebels in Super Rugby and Melbourne ...

Melbourne Rebels The Melbourne Rebels is an Australian professional rugby union team based in Melbourne. They made their debut in SANZAR's Super Rugby tournament in 2011. They were the first privately owned professional rugby union team in Australia, until 2017 ...

representative and captain *

Lachlan Swinton Lachlan Swinton (born 16 January 1997) is an Australian rugby union player who plays for the in the Super Rugby Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the P ...

, NSW Waratahs player, Australian Wallabies representative *

Bruce Taafe Bruce Stanton Taafe (13 August 1944 – 29 April 2018) was a rugby union player who represented Australia. Taafe, a hooker, was born in Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most popu ...

, Australian

rugby player, NSW Waratah Exec VP Wall St IT corporations *

Ross Turnbull Ross or ROSS may refer to: People * Clan Ross, a Highland Scottish clan * Ross (name), including a list of people with the surname or given name Ross, as well as the meaning * Earl of Ross, a peerage of Scotland Places * RoSS, the Republic of Sout ...

, Australian

rugby player, coach of NSW and briefly Wallabies head coach; head of ARU board for several years *

Connor Watson Connor Watson (born 31 May 1996) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL. He previously played for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League, and played for the Cou ...

, Australian National Rugby League player for the Newcastle Knights, formerly played for the Sydney Roosters * Simon Whitfield, gold medallist at 2000 Olympics Men's Triathlon held in Sydney

References

External links

Knox Grammar School website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Knox Grammar School Lists of people educated in New South Wales by school affiliation Knoz Grammar Sydney-related lists Lists of Australian men