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Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies an ...
people, including alumni and staff.


Alumni


Academia

* Robert Addo-Fening, historian and academic * Des Ball, security specialist and ANU Professor * Andrew Barker, British classicist *
Joanna Bourke Joanna Bourke, (born 1963) is a British historian and academic. She is professor of history at Birkbeck, University of London. Biography Born to Christian medical-missionary parents, Bourke was brought up in New Zealand, Zambia, Solomon Islan ...
, historian and academic *
Rosi Braidotti Rosi Braidotti (; born 28 September 1954) is a contemporary philosopher and feminist theoretician. Biography Career Braidotti, who holds Italian and Australian citizenship, was born in Italy and moved to Australia when she was 16, where she r ...
, feminist *
Bob Brissenden Robert Francis Brissenden (13 March 1928 – 7 April 1991) was an Australian poet, novelist, critic, and academic. Life Brissenden was born on 13 March 1928 at Wentworthville, Sydney to schoolteacher Arthur Pieray Brissenden, and Nellie Ann ...
, poet, novelist, critic and academic *
Harold Brookfield Harold Chillingworth Brookfield (March 9, 1926 in England - May 22, 2022 in Canberra) was a British and Australian geographer specialising in the analysis of rural development, small-scale societies, family farming, and the relationship betwee ...
, academic *
Verity Burgmann Verity Nancy Burgmann (born 17 September 1952) is Adjunct Professor of Politics in the School of Social Sciences at Monash University and Honorary Professorial Fellow in the eScholarship Research Centre at the University of Melbourne, where she ...
, academic * Dipesh Chakrabarty, historian and theorist * Yang Hi Choe-Wall, Koreanist *
Peter Coutts Peter John Frazer Coutts was an Australian archaeologist who was first director of the Victoria Archaeological Survey (VAS), the precursor to the Heritage Branch of Aboriginal Affairs Victoria. Early life and education Peter Coutts was educa ...
, archaeologist * Glyn Davis, Vice-Chancellor of the
University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb ...
since 2005 * John Deeble, Architect of Medicare *
Peter Drysdale Peter David Drysdale (born 24 October 1938, in Grafton, New South Wales) is an Australian economist and writer. He is Emeritus Professor of Economics in the Crawford School of Public Policy in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Austra ...
, economist * Alan Dupont, academic *
Stevan Eldred-Grigg Stevan Treleaven Eldred-Grigg is a New Zealand author of ten novels, eleven history books and various essays and short stories. Writings In 1978 Eldred-Grigg completed a history PhD thesis at Australian National University called '' 'The p ...
, historian and novelist *
Nicholas Evans Nicholas Benbow Evans (26 July 1950 – 9 August 2022) was a British journalist, screenwriter, television and film producer and novelist. Biography Nicholas Benbow Evans was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, son of Anthony Evans, director of ...
, linguist *
Alan Finkel Alan Simon Finkel (born 17 January 1953) is an Australian neuroscientist, inventor, researcher, entrepreneur, educator, policy advisor, and philanthropist. He was Australia’s Chief Scientist from 2016 to 2020. Prior to his appointment, his c ...
, historian * John Frow, academic *
Bill Gammage William Leonard Gammage (born 1942) is an Australian academic historian, adjunct professor and senior research fellow at the Humanities Research Centre of the Australian National University (ANU). Gammage was born in Orange, New South Wales, w ...
, historian * Ross Garnaut, economist *
Geoffrey Garrett Geoffrey Garrett is an Australian political scientist, academic administrator, and the current dean of the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business. He has served as a professor of political science at the University of Oxf ...
, political scientist, dean of the
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania ( ; also known as Wharton Business School, the Wharton School, Penn Wharton, and Wharton) is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private Ivy League research university in ...
* Alan Gilbert, Vice Chancellor of the University of Melbourne 1996–2004; Vice Chancellor of the
University of Manchester The University of Manchester is a public university, public research university in Manchester, England. The main campus is south of Manchester city centre, Manchester City Centre on Wilmslow Road, Oxford Road. The university owns and operates majo ...
2004–2010 *
Malcolm Gillies Malcolm George William Gillies AM (born 23 December 1954) is an Australian musicologist and linguist, who served as vice-chancellor of City University, London, from 2007 to 2009, and of London Metropolitan University from 2009 to 2014. Educ ...
, Vice-Chancellor of London Metropolitan University * Nicholas Gruen, economist * William Hale, academic *
Allan Hawke Allan Douglas Hawke (18 February 1948 – 31 August 2022) was Australian senior public servant and diplomat. During his public service career, Hawke served as Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Paul Keating; Secretary of the Department of Veter ...
, diplomat and ANU Chancellor * Chris Heyde, probabilist * Brij Lal, historian *
Marcia Langton Marcia Lynne Langton (born 1951) is an Australian academic. she is the Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne. Regarded as one of Australia's top intellectuals, L ...
, anthropologist (BA, ANU), geographer (PhD, Maquarie) *
Donald Laycock Donald Laycock (1936–1988) was an Australian linguist and anthropologist. He is best remembered for his work on the languages of Papua New Guinea. Biography He was a graduate of University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia and later ...
, linguist *
Michael McRobbie Michael Alexander McRobbie (born October 11, 1950) is an Australian–American computer scientist and university administrator. He served as the 18th president of Indiana University from 2007 to 2021. Upon stepping down from the IU presidency ...
, President of
Indiana University Indiana University (IU) is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana. Campuses Indiana University has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration of IUPUI. *Indiana Universi ...
* Toby Miller, academic * David Nash, linguist *
Harjot Oberoi Harjot Singh Oberoi is a Professor of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. He received his PhD from the Australian National University. His thesis earned him the J.G. Crawford Prize in 1987. He is known for his studies ...
, academic *
Patrick O'Farrell Patrick James O'Farrell (17 September 1933 – 25 December 2003) was an historian known for his histories of Roman Catholicism in Australia, Irish history and Irish Australian history. Early life and family O'Farrell was born on 17 Septemb ...
, historian *
Diane Pearson Diane Pearson (5 November 1931 in London – 15 August 2017 in London) was a British book editor and romance novelist, who has been translated into several languages. In 1994, she won the British Book Award for Editor of the Year and was the Pre ...
, Professor in
Environmental Management Environmental resource management is the management of the interaction and impact of human societies on the environment. It is not, as the phrase might suggest, the management of the environment itself. Environmental resources management aims ...
*
John Quiggin John Quiggin (born 29 March 1956) is an Australian economist, a professor at the University of Queensland. He was formerly an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and Federation Fellow and a member of the board of the Climate Change Aut ...
, economist *
Margaret Reeson Margaret Reeson (née Higman) (born 1938)Margaret Re ...
, historian *
Ralph Regenvanu Ralph John Regenvanu (born 20 September 1970 in Suva, Fiji''Laef Blong Mi'', Sethy Regenvanu, op.cit., p. 76) is a Ni-Vanuatu anthropologist, artist and politician. He has been a Member of Parliament since September 2008, was a member of Cabinet ...
, anthropologist, artist and politician * Elizabeth Anne Reid, academic * Leslie Lloyd Robson, historian *
Michael Roe Michael Roe (born October 12, 1954) is an American, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is a founding member of the band the 77s and the Lost Dogs and has recorded several solo albums. Career Although he has released several solo album ...
, historian * Jessa Rogers, Aboriginal educator * Leonie Sandercock, academic *
Carmel Schrire Carmel Schrire (born May 15, 1941)John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, ''Reports of the President and the Treasurer'' (John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1989), p. 83. is a professor of anthropology at Rutgers University whose rese ...
, anthropologist * Bernard Smith, art historian * Clem Tisdell, economist * Hrvoje Tkalčić,
geophysicist Geophysics () is a subject of natural science concerned with the physical processes and physical properties of the Earth and its surrounding space environment, and the use of quantitative methods for their analysis. The term ''geophysics'' som ...
*
Donald Tuzin Donald F. Tuzin (June 14, 1945 – April 15, 2007) was an American social anthropologist best known for his ethnographic work on the Ilahita Arapesh, a horticultural people living in northeast lowland New Guinea, and for comparative studies of ge ...
, social anthropologist *
Tarisi Vunidilo Tarisi Vunidilo is a Fijian archaeologist and curator who specialises in indigenous museology and heritage management. Biography Vunidilo was born in Suva, Fiji. Her parents are from the southern Fijian island of Kadavu. She also studied for ...
, Fijian archaeologist and curator *
Rolf Zinkernagel Rolf Martin Zinkernagel (born 6 January 1944) is Professor of Experimental Immunology at the University of Zurich. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1996 for the discovery of how the immune system recognizes virus-i ...
,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
winning medical researcher


Business

* John Bryant, CEO of
Kellogg's The Kellogg Company, doing business as Kellogg's, is an American multinational food manufacturing company headquartered in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States. Kellogg's produces cereal and convenience foods, including crackers and toa ...
*
Cheong Choong Kong Cheong Choong Kong (; born 9 June 1941) is a Malaysian businessman and former Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Airlines. After the collision of Singapore Airlines Flight 006 during take-off, he appeared as the public face of the airline. H ...
, former CEO of
Singapore Airlines Singapore Airlines ( abbreviation: SIA) is the flag carrier airline of the Republic of Singapore with its hub located at Singapore Changi Airport. The airline is notable for highlighting the Singapore Girl as its central figure in corporat ...
and current Chairman of OCBC Bank * Swarnim Wagle, Economist from
Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...
, worked in
World Bank The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. The World Bank is the collective name for the Inte ...
and
Asian Development Bank The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank established on 19 December 1966, which is headquartered in the Ortigas Center located in the city of Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines. The bank also maintains 31 field of ...
, former vice chairman of National Planning Commission of Nepal *
Chris Corrigan Chris Corrigan (born 1946) is an Australian businessman. He was the managing director of the Patrick Corporation until it was taken over in 2006. Born in country New South Wales, he was educated at Bowral High School, the Australian National Uni ...
, former CEO of
Patrick Corporation Patrick Corporation is an Australian seaport operator with operations in Brisbane, Fremantle, Melbourne and Sydney. Formerly listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, it is owned by Brookfield Asset Management and Qube Holdings. History P ...
and current Chairman of
Qube Holdings Qube Holdings is a diversified logistics and infrastructure company in Australia. History In July 2006, following the takeover of Patrick Corporation by Toll Holdings, Chris Corrigan and some executives departed and teamed with Kaplan Funds Man ...


Government


Politicians


=Prime Ministers of Australia

= *
Bob Hawke Robert James Lee Hawke (9 December 1929 – 16 May 2019) was an Australian politician and union organiser who served as the 23rd prime minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991, holding office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (A ...
,
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 federal government of Australia and is also accountable to federal parliament under the princip ...
1983–1991 (attended but did not graduate) *
Kevin Rudd Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957) is an Australian former politician and diplomat who served as the 26th prime minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010 and again from June 2013 to September 2013, holding office as the leader of the ...
, Prime Minister of Australia 2007–2010, 2013


=Other federal politicians

= * Phil Barresi, Member of the Australian House of Representatives 1996–2007 *
Kim Beazley Sr Kim or KIM may refer to: Names * Kim (given name) * Kim (surname) ** Kim (Korean surname) *** Kim family (disambiguation), several dynasties **** Kim family (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il-sung in 1948 ** Kim, Vietnamese ...
, Member of the Australian House of Representatives 1945–1977; Federal Minister 1972–1975 *
Bob Catley Robert Adrian Catley is an English singer and musician, best known by his stage name as Bob Catley. He is the lead singer of the British rock band Magnum. He is also a solo artist. Biography Early years (1947–1972) Born in Aldershot on ...
, Member of the Australian House of Representatives 1990–1993 * Barry Cohen, Member of the Australian House of Representatives 1969–1990 *
Stephen Conroy Stephen Michael Conroy (born 18 January 1963) is an Australian former politician who was an Australian Labor Party member of the Senate from 1996 to 2016, representing the state of Victoria. He served as a minister in the Rudd and Gillard go ...
, Member of the
Australian Senate The Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia. There are a t ...
since 2006; Federal Minister 2007–2013 *
Craig Emerson Craig Anthony Emerson (born 15 November 1954) is an Australian economist and former Australian Labor Party politician. He served as the Australian House of Representatives Member for the Division of Rankin in Queensland from 1998 until 2013. E ...
, Member of the Australian House of Representatives since 1998; Federal Minister 2007–2013 * Chris Gallus, Member of the Australian House of Representatives 1990–2004 *
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells Concetta Anna Fierravanti-Wells (born 20 May 1960) is an Australian politician who was a Senator for New South Wales from 2005 to 2022, representing the Liberal Party. She served as Minister for International Development and the Pacific in th ...
, Member of the Australian Senate since 2005 * Peter Garrett, Member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2004; Federal Minister 2007–2013 * Gary Gray, Member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2007; Federal Minister since 2010–2013 * Alan Griffin, Member of the Australian House of Representatives since 1993; Federal Minister 2007–2010 *Dame Margaret Guilfoyle, Member of the Australian Senate 1971–1987 *
Harry Jenkins Henry Alfred "Harry" Jenkins, (born 18 August 1952) is a former Australian politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1986 to 2013, representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP). Jenkins served as the 26th Speaker of ...
, Member of the Australian House of Representatives since 1986;
Speaker of the House The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair. The title was first used in 1377 in England. Usage The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hunger ...
2008–2011 * Michael Keenan, Member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2004 *
John Kerin John Charles Kerin (born 21 November 1937) is an Australian economist and former Labor Party politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1972 to 1975 and again from 1978 to 1993. He held a number of senior ministerial roles in ...
, Member of the
Australian House of Representatives The House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the upper house being the Senate. Its composition and powers are established in Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia. The term of members of ...
1972–1993; Federal Minister 1983–1993 * Catherine King, Member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2001; Federal Minister 2013 *
Joe Ludwig Joseph William Ludwig (born 21 July 1959) is an Australian barrister and retired politician. He was a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Queensland from July 1999 to May 2016, representing the Australian Labor Party. Ludwig served ...
, Member of the Australian Senate since 1999; Federal Minister 2007–2013 *
Brett Mason Brett John Mason (born 5 March 1962) is a former Australian politician and a Liberal/ Liberal National of Queensland member of the Australian Senate from 1 July 1999 to 15 April 2015, representing the state of Queensland. Mason was the Aus ...
, Member of the Australian Senate since 1999 *
Nick Minchin Nicholas Hugh Minchin (born 15 April 1953) is a former Australian politician and former Australian Consul-General in New York, USA. He previously served as a Liberal member of the Australian Senate representing South Australia from July 1993 t ...
, Member of the Australian Senate 1993–2011; Federal Minister 1997–2007 *
Susan Ryan Susan Maree Ryan (10 October 194227 September 2020) was an Australian politician and public servant. She was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and held ministerial office in the Hawke Government as Minister Assisting the Prime Mini ...
, Member of the Australian Senate 1975–1988 * Zed Seselja, Member of the
Australian Senate The Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia. There are a t ...
since 2013 * Warwick Smith, Member of the Australian House of Representatives 1984–1998; Federal Minister 1996–1998 *
Warren Snowdon Warren Edward Snowdon (born 20 March 1950) is an Australian former politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from July 1987 to March 1996, and again from October 1998 until May 2022. Initially representing the Division ...
, Member of the
Australian House of Representatives The House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the upper house being the Senate. Its composition and powers are established in Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia. The term of members of ...
since 1987; Federal Minister 2007–2013 * Alex Somlyay, Member of the Australian House of Representatives 1990–2013; Federal Minister 1997–1998 * Peter White, Member of the Australian House of Representatives 1981–1990


State Premiers and territory Chief Ministers


=State Premiers

= *
Jeff Kennett Jeffrey Gibb Kennett (born 2 March 1948) is a former Australian politician who was the 43rd Premier of Victoria between 1992 and 1999, and currently a media commentator. He was previously the president of the Hawthorn Football Club, servi ...
,
Premier of Victoria The premier of Victoria is the head of government in the Australian state of Victoria. The premier is appointed by the governor of Victoria, and is the leader of the political party able to secure a majority in the Victorian Legislative Assemb ...
1992–1999 (attended but did not graduate) *
Barry O'Farrell Barry Robert O'Farrell (born 24 May 1959) is a former Australian politician who has been Australia's High Commissioner to India and non-resident Ambassador to Bhutan since May 2020. O'Farrell was the 43rd Premier of New South Wales and Mini ...
,
Premier of New South Wales The premier of New South Wales is the head of government in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Government of New South Wales follows the Westminster Parliamentary System, with a Parliament of New South Wales acting as the legislatur ...
2011–2014


=Territory Chief Ministers

= * Andrew Barr,
Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory The chief minister of the Australian Capital Territory is the head of government of the Australian Capital Territory. The leader of the party with the largest number of seats in the unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly usu ...
since 2014 *
Katy Gallagher Katherine Ruth Gallagher (born 18 March 1970) is an Australian politician who has been serving as the Minister for Finance, Minister for Women, Minister for the Public Service and Vice-President of the Executive Council in the Albanese Gover ...
, Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory 2011–2014 * Gary Humphries, Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory 2000–2001 *
Jon Stanhope Jonathan Donald Stanhope (born 29 April 1951) is a former Australian politician who was Labor Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 2001 to 2011. Stanhope represented the Ginninderra electorate in the ACT Legislative Assemb ...
, Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory 2001–2011 * Shane Stone, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory 1995–1999


=Other State and territory politicians

= * Michael Pettersson, Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly since 2016 *
Alistair Coe Alistair Bruce Coe (born 9 January 1984) is an Australian politician and a former leader of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). He was a member of the ACT Legislative Assembly from 2008 to ...
, Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly since 2008 * Roslyn Dundas, Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly 2001–2004 * John Hannaford, Member of the
New South Wales Legislative Council The New South Wales Legislative Council, often referred to as the upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in t ...
1984–2000; State Minister 1990–1995 *
Kate Jones Kate Jennifer Jones (born 10 April 1979) is an Australian former politician from Queensland. She served as a Labor Party Member of Parliament in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2006 to 2012, and again from 2015 to 2020. Jones firs ...
, Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Queensland The Legislative Assembly of Queensland is the sole chamber of the unicameral Parliament of Queensland established under the Constitution of Queensland. Elections are held every four years and are done by full preferential voting. The Assembly ...
2007–2012; State Minister 2009–2011 * Andrew McIntosh, Member of the
Victorian Legislative Assembly The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The presidin ...
since 1999 *
Michael Moore Michael Francis Moore (born April 23, 1954) is an American filmmaker, author and left-wing activist. His works frequently address the topics of globalization and capitalism. Moore won the 2002 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for ' ...
, Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly 1989–2001 * Shane Rattenbury, Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly since 2008; Speaker of the Assembly 2008–2012 * Chris Steel, Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly since 2016 * Zed Seselja, Member of the
Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory (known in short as the ACT Legislative Assembly) is the unicameral legislature of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). It sits in the Legislative Assembly Building on Civic Sq ...
since 2004; Leader of the Opposition 2007–2013 *
Andrew Tink Andrew Arnold Tink AM (born 13 July 1953) is a former Australian politician, having served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Liberal Party from 1988 to 2007. He was in the shadow cabinet from 1995 until March 2006 ...
, Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council 1988–2007 *
Michael Yabsley Michael Robert Yabsley (born 30 June 1956) is an Australian former politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing the electorates of Bligh from 1984 to 1988 and Vaucluse from 1988 to 1994. Early ...
, Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council 1984–1994; State Minister 1988–1992


Civil servants

* Glenys Beauchamp, Secretary of the Department of Industry since 2013 *
Peter Boxall Peter John Boxall is a former senior Australian public servant and policymaker. Background and early life Peter Boxall was brought up on a farm in Victoria. From year nine, he went to boarding school at Ballarat Grammar. He attained a Master ...
, Secretary of the Department of Finance 1997–2002 * Stephen Brady, Official Secretary to the
Governor-General of Australia The governor-general of Australia is the representative of the monarch, currently King Charles III, in Australia.Blair Comley, Secretary of the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 2011–2013 *
Peta Credlin Peta-Louise Mary Credlin (born 23 March 1971) is an Australian former political advisor who served as Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Tony Abbott for his term from September 2013 to September 2015. Tony Abbott was Prime Minister for exactly 1 ...
, Chief of Staff to Prime Minister
Tony Abbott Anthony John Abbott (; born 4 November 1957) is a former Australian politician who served as the 28th prime minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. Abbott was born in Londo ...
2013–2015 *
Gordon de Brouwer Gordon John de Brouwer is a senior Australian public servant serving as the Secretary for Public Sector Reform since June 22, 2022 under the Albanese Government. He was previously Secretary of the Department of the Environment and Energy from 2 ...
, Secretary of the Department of the Environment since 2013 *
Paul Dibb Paul Dibb AM (born 3 October 1939) is an English-born Australian strategist, academic and former defence intelligence official. He is currently emeritus professor of strategic studies at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre that is part of ...
, Director of the Joint Intelligence Organisation 1986–1988 and Deputy Secretary for Strategy and Intelligence of the
Department of Defence Department of Defence or Department of Defense may refer to: Current departments of defence * Department of Defence (Australia) * Department of National Defence (Canada) * Department of Defence (Ireland) * Department of National Defense (Philippin ...
1988–1991 * Bernie Fraser, Secretary of the Australian Treasury 1984–1989 * Paul Grimes, Secretary of the
Department of Agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister ...
since 2013 * Jane Halton, Secretary of the
Department of Health (Australia) The Department of Health and Aged Care (DHAC), formerly the Department of Health, is a department of the Australian Government responsible for health research, funding, promotion and regulation in Australia. Primary health care and aged care ...
since 2001 *
Stuart Hamilton Robert Stuart Hamilton, CM, Hon. LL.D, A.R.C.T. (September 28, 1929 – January 1, 2017) was an award-winning Canadian accompanist, vocal coach, and opera producer based in Toronto. He was a well-known advocate of post-Baroque French opera. ...
, Secretary of the
Department of Environment An environmental ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for the environment and/or natural resources. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of the Environment, ...
1993–1996 *
Allan Hawke Allan Douglas Hawke (18 February 1948 – 31 August 2022) was Australian senior public servant and diplomat. During his public service career, Hawke served as Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Paul Keating; Secretary of the Department of Veter ...
, Secretary of the
Department of Defence Department of Defence or Department of Defense may refer to: Current departments of defence * Department of Defence (Australia) * Department of National Defence (Canada) * Department of Defence (Ireland) * Department of National Defense (Philippin ...
1999–2002 *
Michael Keating Michael, Mike or Mickey Keating may refer to: Politics * Michael Keating (Irish politician) (born 1946), Fine Gael then Progressive Democrats TD from Dublin * Michael Keating (Manitoba politician) * Michael Keating (political scientist) Mic ...
, Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet 1991–1996 *
Renée Leon Renée Elmina Leon is a senior Australian public servant. From 18 September 2017 until February 2020, she had been Secretary of the Department of Human Services, which is now known as Services Australia. In August 2021 she became Vice Chancell ...
, Secretary of the Department of Employment since 2013 * Bill McLennan, Head of the
Australian Bureau of Statistics The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is the independent statutory agency of the Australian Government responsible for statistical collection and analysis and for giving evidence-based advice to federal, state and territory governments ...
1995–2000 * Simon Overland, Chief Commissioner of
Victoria Police Victoria Police is the primary law enforcement agency of the Australian state of Victoria. It was formed in 1853 and currently operates under the ''Victoria Police Act 2013''. , Victoria Police had over 22,300 staff, comprising over 16,700 ...
2009–2011 *
Martin Parkinson Martin Lee Parkinson (born 26 September 1958) is a senior Australian public servant. He was Secretary of the Department of the Treasury between March 2011 and December 2014. On 3 December 2015 it was announced that he would return to the publ ...
, Secretary of the
Australian Treasury The Treasury, fully Department of the Treasury, is the Australian Government ministerial department responsible for economic policy, fiscal policy, market regulation, and the Australian federal budget. The Treasury is one of only two governm ...
2011–2014 *
Lisa Paul Lisa Marian Paul is a former senior Australian public servant and policymaker. She was the Secretary of the Department of Education and Training until February 2016. Personal life Lisa Paul was born in California, United States, the daughter o ...
, Secretary of the Department of Education (Australia) since 2004 *
Finn Pratt Finn Axel Pratt (born 1960) is a retired senior Australian public servant. He was most recently Secretary of the Department of the Environment and Energy. Life and career Pratt has a Bachelor of Arts from the Australian National University. H ...
, Secretary of the Department of Social Services since 2009 *
Don Russell Dr Donald Russell is a former senior Australian public servant and administrator. He is currently the Chairman of AustralianSuper, Australia's largest superannuation fund. Education Don Russell has a PhD from the London School of Economics, ...
, Secretary of the
Department of Industry Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military * Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country ...
2011–2013 * Patricia Scott, Secretary of the Department of Communications 2007–2009 * Rod Sims, Chairman of the
Australian Competition & Consumer Commission The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is the chief competition regulator of the Government of Australia, located within the Department of the Treasury. It was established in 1995 with the amalgamation of the Australian Trad ...
* Dennis Trewin, Head of the
Australian Bureau of Statistics The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is the independent statutory agency of the Australian Government responsible for statistical collection and analysis and for giving evidence-based advice to federal, state and territory governments ...
2000–2007 *
Nick Warner Nicholas Peter Warner, (born 22 May 1950) is an Australian diplomat, intelligence official, public servant, and the Director-General of the Office of National Intelligence since 20 December 2018. Warner served as the director-general of the ...
, Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service


=Diplomats

= * Richard Butler,
Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations The Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Permanent Mission of the Commonwealth of Australia to the United Nations ...
1992–1996 * Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury,
Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mo ...
i Ambassador to the
United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmoni ...
2001–2007; Foreign Minister (2007–2009); Principal Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies SAS
National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national public research university in Singapore. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School, NUS is the oldest autonomous university in th ...
*
Martin Indyk Martin Sean Indyk (born July 1, 1951) is an American diplomat and foreign relations analyst with expertise in the Middle East. He was a distinguished fellow in International Diplomacy and later executive vice president at the Brookings Institution ...
, United States Ambassador to Israel 1995–1997 and 2000–2001 * Sione Ngongo Kioa,
Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...
n Ambassador to 10 countries * Cristelle Pratt, Assistant Secretary-General for the Environment and Climate Action,
Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States The Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) is a group of countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that was created by the Georgetown Agreement in 1975. Formerly known as African, Caribbean and Pacific Group o ...
*
Feleti Teo Feleti Penitala Teo OBE (born 9 October 1962) is a Tuvaluan lawyer and civil servant. He is the son of Sir Fiatau Penitala Teo who was appointed as the first Governor General of Tuvalu (1978–1986) following independence from Great Britai ...
,
Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat The Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat is the chief executive officer of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS). The Secretariat is based in Suva, Fiji. The Secretary General of the Secretariat is appointed to a t ...
2008 *
Peter Woolcott Peter Richard Woolcott (born 19 October 1953) is an Australian public servant, diplomat and the current Australian Public Service Commissioner. He was previously the Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Woolcott has served as the ...
, former Australian Ambassador to
Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
* Rathakit Manathat, former Thai Ambassador to
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...


=United Nations officials

= *
Robert Piper Robert Andrew Piper (born 1966) is an Australian development aid coordinator for the United Nations. Between December 2018 and May 2022 he was Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations Development Coordination Office. In May 2022, he w ...
, Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel, with the rank of
United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmoni ...
Assistant Secretary General An under-secretary-general of the United Nations (USG) is a senior official within the United Nations System, normally appointed by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the secretary-general for a renewable term of four years. Under-s ...
; founding member of the Doug Anthony Allstars


=Foreign officials

= *
Chirayu Isarangkun Na Ayuthaya Chirayu Isarangkun Na Ayuthaya (, , ; born 12 November 1942) is a Thai economist and court official. He has been the Director-General of the Crown Property Bureau and Grand Chamberlain of the Bureau of the Royal Household since 1987 and become L ...
, Director of the Crown Property Bureau of
Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...
(1987–2018) and the Chief Economic Advisor in the Privy Council of H.M. The King of Thailand (2018–present) * Chatib Basri, Finance Minister in the
Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Gui ...
n Government 2013–2014 *
Don Brash Donald Thomas Brash (born 24 September 1940) is a former New Zealand politician who was Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the New Zealand National Party from October 2003 to November 2006, and the Leader of ACT New Zealand from April to No ...
,
Leader of the Opposition The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest political party not in government, typical in countries utilizing the parliamentary system form of government. The leader of the opposition is typically se ...
in
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island coun ...
2003–2006, Governor of the
Reserve Bank of New Zealand The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ, mi, Te Pūtea Matua) is the central bank of New Zealand. It was established in 1934 and is constituted under the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1989. The governor of the Reserve Bank is responsible for ...
1988–2002 * Patricia Hewitt, Member of the
House of Commons of the United Kingdom The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 ...
1997–2010; British Minister 2001–2007 * Carlos Jarque,
Mexican Mexican may refer to: Mexico and its culture *Being related to, from, or connected to the country of Mexico, in North America ** People *** Mexicans, inhabitants of the country Mexico and their descendants *** Mexica, ancient indigenous people ...
Government Minister 1995–2000 * Prince Katsura, Member of the
Imperial House of Japan The , also referred to as the Imperial Family or the House of Yamato, comprises those members of the extended family of the reigning Emperor of Japan who undertake official and public duties. Under the present Constitution of Japan, the Emperor i ...
*
Gordon Darcy Lilo Gordon Darcy Lilo (born 28 August 1965) is a Solomon Islander politician who served as Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands from 16 November 2011 to 9 December 2014. He was a member of the National Parliament of the Solomon Islands, representin ...
,
Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands The prime minister of Solomon Islands is Solomon Islands' head of government, consequent on being the leader of the party or coalition with majority support in the National Parliament. Since April 2019, the prime minister has been Manasseh Sogava ...
since 2011 * Marty Natalegawa, Foreign Minister of
Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Gui ...
2009–2014 * Mari Pangestu, Minister in the
Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Gui ...
n Government since 2004 *
Kuini Speed Adi Kuini Teimumu Vuikaba Speed (23 December 1949 – 31 December 2004) was a Fijian chief and politician, who served as Deputy Prime Minister in 1999 and 2000. She was the head girl at Adi Cakobau School in 1968, and went on to graduate from ...
, Deputy Prime Minister of
Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consis ...
1999–2000 *
Teuea Toatu Teuea Toatu is an I-Kiribati politician who is the current Vice-President and Minister for Finance & Economic Development in the Cabinet of Kiribati. He is 1 of 3 Members of the House of Assembly representing the constituency of Abaiang. He was ...
, the
Vice-President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on ...
and Minister for Finance & Economic Development of Kiribati since 2019 and 2016, respectively. *
Damdin Tsogtbaatar Damdiny Tsogtbaatar (; born January 14, 1970) is a Mongolian politician and diplomat. Biography and career He was born on January 4, 1970. In 1988 he graduated from the Soviet high school in Ulan Bator. In 1988 he entered Moscow State Institute ...
, Foreign Minister of
Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million ...
since 2017 * Jian Yang, Member of the House of Representatives of New Zealand since 2011


Law


Justices of the High Court of Australia

* Stephen Gageler, Justice of the
High Court of Australia The High Court of Australia is Australia's apex court. It exercises original and appellate jurisdiction on matters specified within Australia's Constitution. The High Court was established following passage of the '' Judiciary Act 1903''. ...
since 2012; Solicitor-General of Australia 2008–2012


Judges of the Federal Court of Australia

*
Tony Whitlam Antony Philip Whitlam (born 7 January 1944) is an Australian lawyer who has served as a politician and judge. He is the son of Gough Whitlam (former Prime Minister) and Margaret Whitlam. Early life and education Whitlam was born in Elizab ...
, Judge of the Federal Court of Australia 1993–2005


Judges of the Supreme Courts of Australian states and territories

* Peter Buchanan, Judge of the
Supreme Court of Victoria The Supreme Court of Victoria is the highest court in the Australian state of Victoria. Founded in 1852, it is a superior court of common law and equity, with unlimited and inherent jurisdiction within the state. The Supreme Court compri ...
since 1997 * Terence Higgins, Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory The Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory is the highest court of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). It has unlimited jurisdiction within the territory in civil matters and hears the most serious criminal matters. The court ha ...
since 2003 * Catherine Holmes, Judge of the
Supreme Court of Queensland The Supreme Court of Queensland is the highest court in the Australian State of Queensland. It was formerly the Brisbane Supreme Court, in the colony of Queensland. The original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court allows its trial division to h ...
since 2000 * Geoffrey Nettle, Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria since 2002 * Janine Pritchard, Judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia since 2010


Justices of Supreme Administrative Court of Thailand

* Rathakit Manathat, Justice of the Supreme Administrative Court of Thailand since 2016


Federal Magistrates of Australia

* John Pascoe, Chief Federal Magistrate of Australia since 2004


Legal practitioners

* Tupou Draunidalo, Fijian Lawyer * Jennifer Robinson, human rights and
WikiLeaks WikiLeaks () is an international non-profit organisation that published news leaks and classified media provided by anonymous sources. Julian Assange, an Australian Internet activist, is generally described as its founder and director and ...
lawyer; Rhodes Scholar 2006


Law professors

* George Williams, professor at the
UNSW Faculty of Law The Faculty of Law and Justice of the University of New South Wales is a law school situated in Sydney, Australia. It is widely regarded as one of Australia's top law schools. The 2021 QS World University Rankings rank the UNSW Law Faculty ...
; constitutional law expert


Humanities


Arts

* David Bradbury, filmmaker * Michael Brand, art scholar * Ronny Chieng, comedian * Jim Cotter, composer *
Jessica Cottis Jessica Cottis (born 13 December 1979, Sale, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian-British conductor. She is currently artistic director and chief conductor of the Canberra Symphony Orchestra. Early life Cottis was born at RAAF Base East Sa ...
, conductor *
Ian Cresswell Ian Cresswell is an Australian composer born in 1968. He obtained Bachelor of Music at the Australian National University in 1996 and Master of Music at the University of Queensland in 2002. Cresswell is currently doing postgraduate studies at t ...
, composer *
Will Firth Will Firth (born 23 May 1965) is an Australian literary translator who focuses on contemporary writing from the Serbo-Croatian speaking countries and North Macedonia. He graduated in German and Russian (with Serbo-Croatian as a minor) from the ...
, translator *
Hannah Gadsby Hannah Gadsby (born 1978) is an Australian comedian, writer, and actress. She began her career in Australia after winning the national final of the Raw Comedy competition for new comedians in 2006. In 2018, her show '' Nanette'' on Netflix won ...
, comedian *
Alister Grierson Alister Grierson (born 1969) is an Australian film director and scriptwriter. Early life and education Born in Canberra, he completed his secondary schooling at Canberra Grammar, graduated in Economics and Arts from the Australian National Un ...
, director and scriptwriter * Nagita Slavina, an Indonesian actress * Geoffrey Lancaster, classical pianist and conductor *
Henry Nixon Henry Nixon is an Australian actor. Nixon was born at St Margaret's Hospital in the inner-Sydney suburb of Surry Hills. As a child he lived in Elanora Heights, Paddington and Wollstonecraft in Sydney with his father, Gerald Nixon, a Recordin ...
, actor * Tim Rogers, musician * Richard Roxburgh, actor *
Adam Spreadbury-Maher Adam Spreadbury-Maher is an Australian/Irish theatre artistic director, producer and writer. He is the founding artistic director of the Cock Tavern Theatre, OperaUpClose and The Hope Theatre, and is the current artistic director of the King ...
, theatre director and producer * Katia Tiutiunnik, composer * Sally Whitwell, ARIA Award-winning pianist * Nimal Perera, Archaeologist, Anthropologist and former deputy director (excavation) in Department of Archaeology, Sri Lanka


Journalism and media

*
Bettina Arndt Bettina Mary Arndt (born 1 August 1949) is an Australian writer and commentator who specialises in sex and gender issues. Starting as a sex therapist and self-proclaimed feminist, she established her career in the 1970s publishing and broadcas ...
, journalist * Cynthia Banham, journalist and academic * Alice T. Days, documentary filmmaker * Toby Hendy, science communicator and YouTuber * Paul McDermott, comedian and television host * Stephen Rice, journalist * Peter Thompson, journalist


Literature, writing and poetry

*
Don Aitkin Don Aitkin AO (1937–2022) was a political scientist, writer, and administrator. Until 2012 he was Chairman of Australia’s National Capital Authority. He served as Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Canberra from 1991 to 2 ...
, writer * Diane Bell, anthropologist, author * Michael Byrne, poet *
Kevin Hart Kevin Darnell Hart (born July 6, 1979) is an American comedian and actor. Originally known as a stand-up comedian, he has since starred in Hollywood films and on TV. He has also released several well-received comedy albums. After winning se ...
, poet and literary critic * Debra Oswald, scriptwriter * Guy Pearse, author * Gayla Reid, writer * Pierre Ryckmans, writer, translator, sinologist *
Brendan Shanahan Brendan Frederick Shanahan (born January 23, 1969) is a Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player who currently serves as the president and alternate governor for the Toronto Maple Leafs, having previously served as the direct ...
, author *
David Vernon David Vernon may refer to: *David Vernon (professor) (born 1958), professor at the University of Genoa, Italy *David Vernon (writer) (born 1965), Australian writer {{DEFAULTSORT:Vernon, David ...
, writer and sceptic *
Gerard Windsor Gerard Charles Windsor (born 29 December 1944) is an Australian author and literary critic. He was dux of St Ignatius' College, Riverview in both 1961 and 1962, and a student of Melvyn Morrow. Windsor trained as a Jesuit from ages 18 to 24 befo ...
, author and literary critic *
Vanessa Woods Vanessa Woods (born 1977) is an Australian science writer, author and journalist, and is the main Australian/New Zealand feature writer for the Discovery Channel. A graduate of the Australian National University with a Master's degree in Sci ...
, author * Shahnon Ahmad, prose writer, Malaysian National Laureate


Military

*Vice Admiral
Ray Griggs Vice Admiral Raymond James Griggs, (born July 1961) is an Australian senior public servant and a former senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy. He served as Chief of Navy from June 2011 to June 2014, before being appointed Vice Chief o ...
,
Vice Chief of the Defence Force The Vice Chief of the Defence Force (VCDF) is the military deputy to the Chief of the Defence Force (CDF) of Australia, and acts as the CDF in his absence under standing acting arrangements. Vice Admiral David Johnston, the incumbent VCDF, has ...


Sciences


Astronomy

* Jessie Christiansen, exoplanetologist *
Don VandenBerg Dr. Don VandenBerg is Professor Emeritus of astronomy (Ph.D. Australian National University) at the department of physics and astronomy at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He is internationally acclaimed for his work on modell ...
, astronomer


Biology

*
Nerilie Abram Nerilie Abram (born June 1977) is an Australian professor at the ANU Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Her areas of expertise are in climate change and paleoclimatology, including the clima ...
, climate scientist * Leanne Armand, marine scientist *
Ian Brooker Murray Ian Hill Brooker AM (2 June 1934 – 25 June 2016), better known as Ian Brooker, was an Australian botanist. He was widely recognised as the leading authority on the genus ''Eucalyptus''. Ian Brooker was born in Adelaide, South Australi ...
, botanist * Kirsten Parris, urban ecologist * Susanne von Caemmerer, plant physiologist


Chemistry

* John Shine, biochemist * Roland Stocker, biochemist * G. S. R. Subba Rao, bio-organic chemist


Mathematics

* John Coates, mathematician * Michael Cowling, mathematician * Peter Hall, statistician *
Adrian Pagan Adrian Rodney Pagan (born 12 January 1947 in Mungindi, Queensland) is an Australian economist and Professor of Economics in the School of Economics at the University of Sydney. From 1995 to 2000, he was a member of the board of the Reserve ...
, econometrician * Charles E. M. Pearce, mathematician


Medicine

* Colin Butler, physician and humanitarian * Anne Castles, cognitive scientist of reading and language * Sir William Liley, perinatal physiologist *
Adrian Liston Adrian Liston is a British immunologist and senior group leader at the Babraham Institute in Cambridge, United Kingdom. He is also a professor at the KU Leuven (Leuven, Belgium) and head of the ''Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, VIB Translat ...
, immunologist *
Rodolfo Llinás Rodolfo Llinás Riascos (born 16 December 1934) is a Colombian-born American neuroscientist. He is currently the Thomas and Suzanne Murphy Professor of Neuroscience and Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Physiology & Neuroscience at the NYU ...
, neuroscientist * Robert Webster, virologist


Physics

*
Rodney Jory Rodney Leonard (Rod) Jory AM, (26 November 1938 – 14 October 2021), was an Australian physicist noted for establishing and running the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF/ NSSS) and for his contributions to Australian teams which have competed ...
, physicist * Ross H. McKenzie, physicist * Keith Nugent, physicist


Sport

* William Cheung, kung fu practitioner *
David Gallop David Gallop is an Australian sports administrator, lawyer and served as the chief executive of the Football Federation Australia until December 2019. He previously served as the chief executive officer of the National Rugby League between Febr ...
, CEO of the
Football Federation Australia Football Australia is the governing body of soccer, futsal, and beach soccer within Australia, headquartered in Sydney. Although the first governing body of the sport was founded in 1911, Football Australia in its current form was only establ ...
* Lincoln Hall, mountain climber * Tal Karp (born 1981), female Australian football (soccer) player * Stephen Larkham, rugby player, World Cup winner *
Tim Macartney-Snape Tim Macartney-Snape (born 5 January 1956) is a mountaineer and author. On 3 October 1984 Macartney-Snape and Greg Mortimer were the first Australians to reach the summit of Mount Everest. They reached the summit, climbing without supplementa ...
, mountaineer


Other

* Brian George Farran, bishop *
Bettina Gorton Bettina Edith Gorton, Lady Gorton (née Brown; 23 June 1915 – 2 October 1983) was an American-born Australian academic who was best known as the first wife of John Gorton, the 19th Prime Minister of Australia. She was born in Portland, Maine, ...
, wife of
John Gorton Sir John Grey Gorton (9 September 1911 – 19 May 2002) was an Australian politician who served as the nineteenth Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1968 to 1971. He led the Liberal Party during that time, having previously been a l ...
, Prime Minister of Australia (1968–71) * James Popple,
CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...
of the
Law Council of Australia The Law Council of Australia, founded in 1933, is an association of law societies and bar associations from the states and territories of Australia, and the peak body representing the legal profession in Australia. The Law Council represent ...
* Naomi Rono, World Bank advisor * Andrew Tridgell, computer programmer * Barbara Vernon, birth activist * Tom Worthington, computer programmer


Faculty

Notable past and current faculty members include: * Anthony Irvine Adams, public health physician *
Patrick Atiyah Patrick Selim Atiyah, (5 March 1931 – 30 March 2018) was an English lawyer and academic. He was best known for his work as a common lawyer, particularly in the law of contract and for advocating reformation or abolition of the law of tort. ...
,
English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ...
barrister A barrister is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions. Barristers mostly specialise in courtroom advocacy and litigation. Their tasks include taking cases in superior courts and tribunals, drafting legal pleadings, researching law and givin ...
and legal writer * Arthur Llewellyn Basham, South Asian historian * Michael Barnsley, mathematician and entrepreneur * Bronwyn Parry, Dean of the College of Arts and Social Sciences *
Larissa Behrendt Larissa Yasmin Behrendt (born 1969) is an Australian legal academic, writer, filmmaker and Indigenous rights advocate. she is a professor of law and director of research and academic programs at the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education ...
, academic; Professor of Indigenous Research * Coral Bell, Senior Research Fellow in International Relations * David Bensusan-Butt, economist * Arthur Birch, organic chemist *
Boediono Boediono ( EYD: Budiono, pronounced ; born 25 February 1943) is an Indonesian economist and statesman. He was the 11th vice president of Indonesia, in office from 2009 to 2014. He became vice president after winning the 2009 presidential electi ...
, Indonesian Vice President * Richard P. Brent, mathematical scientist * Miroslav Bukovsky, composer * Sydney James Butlin, economist, historian * Chilla Bulbeck, women's studies *
Hedley Bull Hedley Norman Bull (10 June 1932 – 18 May 1985) was Professor of International Relations at the Australian National University, the London School of Economics and the University of Oxford until his death from cancer in 1985. He was Montague ...
, Professor of International Relations * Harvey Raymond Butcher, astronomer * John Caldwell, demographer * Yang Hi Choe-Wall, Koreanist *
Manning Clark Charles Manning Hope Clark, (3 March 1915 – 23 May 1991) was an Australian historian and the author of the best-known general history of Australia, his six-volume ''A History of Australia'', published between 1962 and 1987. He has been descr ...
, historian * John Coates, mathematician * John Cockcroft,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
- winning
nuclear physicist Nuclear physics is the field of physics that studies atomic nuclei and their constituents and interactions, in addition to the study of other forms of nuclear matter. Nuclear physics should not be confused with atomic physics, which studies the ...
, former chancellor *
H. C. Coombs Herbert Cole "Nugget" Coombs (24 February 1906 – 29 October 1997) was an Australian economist and public servant. He is best known for having been the first Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, in which capacity he served from 1960 to 19 ...
, economist and public servant * David P. Craig, research chemist * Gavan Daws, historian and writer *
Rafe de Crespigny Richard Rafe Champion de Crespigny (born 1936), also known by his Chinese name Zhang Leifu (), is an Australian sinologist and historian. He was an adjunct professor in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University. ...
, sinologist *
Robert Dessaix Robert Dessaix (born 17 February 1944) is an Australian novelist, essayist and journalist. Biography Robert Dessaix was born in Sydney and adopted at an early age by Tom and Jean Jones, after which he was known as Robert Jones. Tom Jones, a ...
, novelist and essayist *
Paul Dibb Paul Dibb AM (born 3 October 1939) is an English-born Australian strategist, academic and former defence intelligence official. He is currently emeritus professor of strategic studies at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre that is part of ...
, Professor of Strategic Studies and Head of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre *
Peter C. Doherty Peter Charles Doherty (born 15 October 1940) is an Australian immunologist and Nobel laureate. He received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1995, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with Rolf M. Zinkern ...
,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
-winning immunologist * Thomas K. Donaldson, mathematician * Robert M. Douglas, medical researcher * Sir John Eccles,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
-winning neurophysiologist *
Fred Emery Frederick Edmund Emery (27 August 1925 – 10 April 1997) was an Australian psychologist. He was one of the pioneers in the field of organizational development, particularly in the development of theory around participative work design struct ...
, social scientist *
Kep Enderby Keppel Earl Enderby (25 June 1926 – 7 January 2015) was an Australian politician and judge. Enderby was a member of the House of Representatives, representing the Australian Labor Party between 1970 and 1975 and became a senior cabinet minis ...
, lawyer and politician *
Denis Evans Denis James Evans , (born 19 April 1951, Sydney) is an Australian scientist who is an Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University and Honorary Professor at The University of Queensland. He is widely recognised for his contributio ...
, physicist and chemist *
Frank Fenner Frank John Fenner (21 December 1914 – 22 November 2010) was an Australian scientist with a distinguished career in the field of virology Virology is the scientific study of biological viruses. It is a subfield of microbiology that focus ...
, scientist * C. P. Fitzgerald, historian *
Michael Flood Michael G. Flood is an Australian sociologist and an associate professor at the Queensland University of Technology School of Justice. Flood gained his doctorate in gender and sexuality studies from the Australian National University. His areas ...
, sociologist *
Howard Florey Howard Walter Florey, Baron Florey (24 September 189821 February 1968) was an Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Sir Ernst Chain and Sir Alexander Fleming for his role ...
,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
-winning medical researcher, former chancellor *
Derek Freeman John Derek Freeman (15 August 1916 – 6 July 2001) was a New Zealand anthropologist knownTuzin, page 1013. for his criticism of Margaret Mead's work on Samoan society, as described in her 1928 ethnography ''Coming of Age in Samoa''. His a ...
, anthropologist * Robert Gilbert, polymer chemist *
Peter Godfrey-Smith Peter Godfrey-Smith (born 1965) is an Australian philosopher of science and writer, who is currently Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney. He works primarily in philosophy of biology and philosophy of mind, ...
, philosopher and author of the book ''Other Minds'' *
Colin Groves Colin Peter Groves (24 June 1942 – 30 November 2017) was a British-Australian biologist and anthropologist. Groves was Professor of Biological Anthropology at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. Education Born in Englan ...
, anthropologist * Fred Gruen, economist *
Wang Gungwu Wang Gungwu, (; born 9 October 1930) is a Chinese-Singaporean historian, sinologist, and writer. He is a historian of China and Southeast Asia. He has studied and written about the Chinese diaspora, but he has objected to the use of the word ' ...
, specialist in studying the Chinese diaspora *
Sir (William) Keith Hancock Sir William Keith Hancock, (26 June 189813 August 1988) was a prominent Australian historian. Early life and education He was born in Melbourne, Victoria, the son of Archdeacon William Hancock. At the age of nine, he won the Royal Human ...
, historian * Peter Firman Harrison, architect and town planner * Peter Dunstan Hastings, journalist and editor * Anthony F. Hill, in synthetic, organometallic & coordination chemistry *
A. D. Hope Alec Derwent Hope (21 July 190713 July 2000) was an Australian poet and essayist known for his satirical slant. He was also a critic, teacher and academic. He was referred to in an American journal as "the 20th century's greatest 18th-century ...
, poet and essayist * Leonard Huxley, physicist * Ken Inglis, historian *
Edward A. Irving Edward A. "Ted" Irving, (27 May 1927 – 25 February 2014) was a geologist and scientist with the Geological Survey of Canada. His studies of paleomagnetism provided the first physical evidence of the theory of continental drift. His efforts ...
, geologist * Zvonimir Janko, mathematician * Frank Lancaster Jones, sociologist * Rhys Jones, archaeologist * James Jupp, political scientist * Peter Karmel, economist * Roger Keesing, anthropologist * Ben Kerkvliet, political scientist * Brij Lal, historian, novelist and writer of non-fiction * Geoffrey Lancaster, musicologist and pianist *
Andrew Leigh Andrew Keith Leigh (born 3 August 1972) is an Australian politician, author, lawyer and former professor of economics at the Australian National University. He currently serves as the Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury. ...
, economist and federal politician *
Ian McAllister Sir Ian Gerald McAllister (born 17 August 1943) is a Scottish businessman. Formerly Chairman of Ford Motor Company UK, he was Chairman of Network Rail from 2002 to 2009. Biography McAllister was born in Glasgow to Ian Thomas and Margaret Mary ...
, Irish-Australian public opinion political scientist *
Gavan McCormack Gavan McCormack is a researcher specializing in East Asia who is Emeritus Professor and Visiting Fellow, Division of Pacific and Asian History of the Australian National University. He is also a coordinator of an award-winning open access journal ...
, Orientalist * Helen McGregor, geologist and climate change researcher, a Fellow with the Research School of Earth Sciences * Brendan McKay, computer scientist *
Warwick McKibbin Warwick James McKibbin (born 21 April 1957 in Sydney) is an Australian Professor of Economics at the Australian National University who works across a wide range of areas in applied policy. He has published more than 200 scholarly articles and ...
, economist * Henry Evans Maude, anthropologist *
Achdiat Karta Mihardja Achdiat Karta Mihardja (March 6, 1911 – July 8, 2010) was an Indonesian author, novelist and playwright. He is best known for his novel, ''Atheis'', which was published in 1949. ''Atheis'' is considered one of Indonesia's most important literary ...
, novelist and writer * T. B. Millar, historian and political scientists * John Minford,
sinologist Sinology, or Chinese studies, is an academic discipline that focuses on the study of China primarily through Chinese philosophy, language, literature, culture and history and often refers to Western scholarship. Its origin "may be traced to the ex ...
and literary translator * Pat Moran, statistician * Fred Nadel, anthropologist * Bernhard Neumann, mathematician *
Hanna Neumann Johanna (Hanna) Neumann (née von Caemmerer; 12 February 1914 – 14 November 1971) was a German-born mathematician who worked on group theory. Biography Neumann was born on 12 February 1914 in Lankwitz, Steglitz-Zehlendorf (today a distr ...
, mathematician, first female professor of mathematics in Australia *
Cliff Ollier Cliff Ollier (born 26 October 1931) is a geologist, geomorphologist, soil scientist, emeritus professor and honorary research fellow, at the School of Earth and Geographical Sciences University of Western Australia. He was formerly at Australian ...
, geologist *Sir Mark Oliphant, physicist and
Governor of South Australia The governor of South Australia is the representative in South Australia of the Monarch of Australia, currently King Charles III. The governor performs the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as does the governor-gen ...
* Sarah Pryke, ecologist *
Lindsay Pryor Lindsay Dixon Pryor AO (26 October 1915 – 17 August 1998) was an Australian botanist noted for his work on ''Eucalyptus'' taxonomy and his role in the landscape design of Canberra, including the foundation of the Australian National Botanic Gar ...
, botanist * Leo Radom, research chemist *
Anthony Reid Anthony Reid is a British auto racing driver, born on 17 May 1957 in Glasgow, Scotland. He was educated at Loretto School in Edinburgh. He lives in England. Formula cars He spent many years in Formula Three and other junior single-seater cham ...
, historian of Southeast Asia *
James Mahmud Rice James Mahmud Rice (born 1972) is an Australian sociologist in the Demography and Ageing Unit, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne. He works at the intersection of sociology, economics, and political science, ...
, sociologist *
Ted Ringwood Alfred Edward "Ted" Ringwood FRS FAA (19 April 1930 – 12 November 1993) was an Australian experimental geophysicist and geochemist, and the 1988 recipient of the Wollaston Medal. The mineral ringwoodite is named after him. Early life and s ...
, geologist * Malcolm Ross, linguist *
Amin Saikal Professor Amin Saikal (born in Kabul, Afghanistan), is Adjunct Professor of Social Sciences at the University of Western Australia, and a former University Distinguished Professor and Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (The Mi ...
, political scientist *
Brian P. Schmidt Brian Paul Schmidt (born 24 February 1967) is the Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University (ANU). He was previously a Distinguished Professor, Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and astrophysicist at the University's M ...
,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
winning Physicist * Peter Self, academic * Thomas Smith, economist *
Allan Snyder Allan Whitenack Snyder (born 1942) is the director of the Centre for the Mind at the University of Sydney, Australia where he also holds the 150th Anniversary Chair of Science and the Mind. He is a co-founder of Emotiv Systems and winner of th ...
, optical physicist, visual scientist *
Oskar Spate Oskar Hermann Khristian Spate (30 March 191129 May 2000) was a geographer best known for his role in strengthening geography as a discipline in Australia and the Pacific. Early life Spate was born to a German father and an English mother in the ...
, geographer * Trevor Swan, economist *
Neil Trudinger Neil Sidney Trudinger (born 20 June 1942) is an Australian mathematician, known particularly for his work in the field of nonlinear elliptic partial differential equations. After completing his B.Sc at the University of New England (Australia) ...
, mathematician * Royall Tyler, Japan specialist *
Jonathan Unger Professor Jonathan Unger (born 1946) is a journalist and an expert on China. His major works include ''The Transformation of Rural China'' and ''The Nature of Chinese Politics from Mao to Jiang'' (as editor). Unger is currently conducting resear ...
, contemporary China specialist * Michael Vernon, scientist and consumer activist * Carola Garcia de Vinuesa, Head of the Department of Pathogens and Immunity at the College of Medicine * Ling Wang (Wang Ling), historian of Chinese science * Hugh White, Professor of Strategic Studies and Head of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre * Jack Waterford, journalist *
Anna Wierzbicka Anna Wierzbicka (born 10 March 1938 in Warsaw) is a Polish linguist who is Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University, Canberra. Brought up in Poland, she graduated from Warsaw University and emigrated to Australia in 1972, whe ...
, linguist


Philanthropy

* Phyllis Duguid, teacher, Aboriginal and women's rights advocate.


Administration


Chancellors

:1 Mills served as Chair of the Interim Council while the University was initially beginning operations. While Bruce was officially the first Chancellor, Mills had been effectively fulfilling the same function.


Vice-Chancellors


References

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Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies an ...
University A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United Stat ...