- Gavin Brown
Gavin Brown AO (27 February 1942) is a Scottish-born mathematician, and the current Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney. His academic career began at the University of Liverpool, where he became a senior lecturer in mathematics. He accepted the Chair of Pure Mathematics at the University of New South Wales in 1975 when he and his family emigrated to Australia.
- Simon Chapman
Simon Chapman is an Australian academic and antismoking tobacco control activist. He is Professor in Public Health at the University of Sydney. Chapman is a sociologist whose PhD examined the semiotics of cigarette advertising. He is author of 13 books and major government reports, 202 papers and 123 letters and commentaries in peer reviewed journals. Chapman is a regular writer on public health matters in leading Australian newspapers, …
- John Anderson
John Duncan Anderson (born 14 November 1956) is an Australian politician. He served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and Leader of the rural-based National Party of Australia from July 1999 to July 2005.
- Jennie Brand-Miller
Professor Jennie Brand-Miller PhD, FAIFST, (born 1952) holds a Personal Chair in Human Nutrition in the School of Microbial Biosciences at the University of Sydney. She is best known for her research and publications on the glycemic index, and its role in human health. Her research interests focus on all aspects of carbohydrates—diet and diabetes, the glycemic index of foods, insulin resistance, lactose intolerance and oligosaccharides in infant nutrition.
- Marie Bashir
Professor Marie Roslyn Bashir AC CVO (born 1930) is the current Governor of New South Wales and Chancellor of the University of Sydney.
- Karl Kruszelnicki
Karl Kruszelnicki AM (1948 Helsingborg, Sweden) is a scientist, although best known as an author and science commentator on Australian radio and television. He is usually referred to as "Dr Karl" by his fans, although his full name is actually Karl Sven Woytek Sas Konkovitch Matthew Kruszelnicki. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and Mathematics from the University of New South Wales, …
- Victor Chang
Doctor Victor Leo Chang AC (Chang Yam Him 張任謙; pinyin: Zhāng Rènqiān; 21 November, 1936-4 July, 1991) was a Chinese Australian heart surgeon, and one of the pioneers of modern heart transplantation. Born in Shanghai to Australian-born Chinese parents, he spent his childhood in Hong Kong, before coming to Australia in 1953 and completing his secondary schooling at Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham.
- Les Murray
His parents were poor and their weatherboard house almost bare of comforts; Murray remarked that it was not until he went to the university that he first met the middle class. His identification was with the underprivileged, especially the rural poor, and it was this that gave him his strong sense of unity with Aborigines and with 'common folk'.
- David Malouf
David Malouf (born March 20, 1934) in Brisbane is an Australian writer whose themes encompass Australian history and the Australian landscape. His 1993 novel, "Remembering Babylon" was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Malouf is a Lebanese Australian born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, the son of a Lebanese-Christian father and an English-Jewish mother of Portuguese descent.
- John Woolley
John Woolley, first principal of the University of Sydney. Woolley was born at Petersfield, Hampshire, England. He matriculated at the University of London in 1830, and during the next two years passed every subject he took with first-class honours. He then won an open scholarship at Exeter College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1836, with a first-class in classics, M.A. in 1839, and D.C.L. in 1844.
- Bryan Gaensler
Bryan Malcolm Gaensler (born July 4, 1973) is an Australian astronomer based at the University of Sydney. He is best known for his work on magnetars, supernova remnants and magnetic fields.
- Peter Sculthorpe
Peter Joshua Sculthorpe AO OBE (born April 29, 1929) is a noted Australian composer. He is known primarily for his orchestral and chamber music, such as "Kakadu" (1988) and "Earth Cry" (1992), which evoke the sounds and feeling of the Australian bushland and outback. He has also written several string quartets, using unusual timbre effects, and works for piano.
- Clive Hamilton
Clive Hamilton is Executive Director and public face of "The Australia Institute", a left leaning Australian think tank. He has a BA in Pure Mathematics from the Australian National University, a BEc (First Class Honours) in Economics from the University of Sydney and a PhD in economics from the University of Sussex. Hamilton has worked in economic research and policy evaluation in the area of natural resource management and environment.
- Adam Spencer
Adam Barrington Spencer (Born in 1970 in Gladesville, New South Wales) is an Australian radio DJ and media personality. He first came to fame when he won his round of the comedic talent search "Raw Comedy" in the mid 1990s. He began working at Triple J soon afterwards, on mid-dawn and drive shifts. From 1999, joined in 2000 by Wil Anderson, Spencer hosted Triple J's hugely popular breakfast show, before they both retired from the show in 2004.
- Janet Albrechtsen
Janet Albrechtsen commenced writing part-time in 1999, writing for the Sydney Morning Herald , The Age , the Australian Financial Review and Quadrant , and became a weekly contributor to The Australian in 2002. After receiving her law degree from the University of Adelaide, she moved to Sydney and worked as a commercial lawyer. She has a doctorate in law from the University of Sydney law school and has taught as an academic. She is a member of the Foreign Affairs Council.
- Hugh Mackay
Hugh Mackay is the founder of the Australian quarterly research series The Ipsos Mackay Report (previously The Mackay Report). He is a psychologist, social researcher and writer. He is a regular columnist in The Age and regularly commentator appearing on radio and television. He is a graduate of Sydney Grammar School, the University of Sydney and Macquarie University. He is one of the founders of the St James Ethics Centre.
- David Marr
David Marr (b. 1947 in Sydney) is an Australian journalist and author. He was educated at the Sydney Church of England Grammar School and the University of Sydney, where he graduated in Arts and Law. Marr began working as an articled clerk with the legal firm Allen, Allen and Hemsley but then turned to journalism.
- Stuart Rees
Emeritus Professor Stuart Rees AM is the Director of the Sydney Peace Foundation (founder of the Sydney Peace Prize), at the University of Sydney in Australia. From 1978 to 2000 Rees was Professor of Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Sydney. Prior to this he taught at Aberdeen & Southampton universities in the United Kingdom, in Canada at Toronto and Wilfrid Laurier, and in the U.S.A. at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Texas, …
- Allan Snyder
Allan Snyder is a scientist primarily known for his work in the fields of mind sciences, visual neurobiology, communications and optical physics. He received the Marconi Prize, in New York City in December 2001. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London and the recipient of its 2001 Clifford Paterson Prize.
- Gustav Nossal
Sir Gustav plays a strategic role in the World Health Organisation's Global Polio Eradication Initiative and the Gates Foundation Vaccination Initiative. He is also Co-chair of the Aboriginal Reconciliation Council. Within the Department, Sir Gustav Nossal provides guidance in fostering of leadership and mentoring between scientists.
- Kim Santow
The Honourable Justice Geza Francis Kim Santow <small>AO</small> (1941-) is a Judge in the Supreme Court of New South Wales Court of Appeal. From 1965 to 1993, he was a partner at Freehill Hollingdale & Page. He has served as a Judge on the Equity Division of the Supreme Court from 1993, and on the Court of Appeal since 2002. He has been a part-time law lecturer at the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales.
- Elspeth Probyn
Elspeth Probyn (born 1958) is the Professor of Gender Studies at the University of Sydney. She received her Doctorate in Communications from Concordia University, 1989. She lectures and publishes in fields including cultural studies, media studies and sociology, with a particular focus on food, sexuality and the body. She also writes a fortnightly column in the Higher Education Supplement section of national newspaper "The Australian".
- Leonie Kramer
Dame Leonie Judith Kramer, AC, DBE (born 1 October, 1924) is an Australian academic, educator and professor. She was Chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1982-83. She served as Chancellor of the University of Sydney from 1991 to 2001, resigning in controversial circumstances.
- Stephen Juan
Stephen Juan is an Australian scientist, educator, journalist, author, and media personality. He holds a B.A. in Anthropology, a M.A. in Education, and a Ph.D. in Anthropology & Education from the University of California at Berkeley.
- Andrew Leigh
Dr Andrew Leigh (1972-) is an economist in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University. His current research is in the fields of labour economics, public finance and political economy. He has previously worked as a lawyer for Minter Ellison (Sydney) and Clifford Chance (London), and as Associate to Justice Michael Kirby of the High Court of Australia. He has also worked as a researcher for the British Labour Party, …
- Helen Coonan
Helen Lloyd Coonan (born 29 October 1947), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since July 1996, representing New South Wales. She is currently the one of only two woman in the Australian Cabinet. She was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, and was educated at the University of Sydney, where she gained a law degree. She was a barrister and solicitor before entering politics.
- David Brooks
David Brooks was born in Canberra, Australia in 1953. He graduated from the Australian National University in 1974. Brooks then studied abroad in America and received an M.A. degree from the University of Toronto. Continuing his education, he also completed his Ph.D from the University of Toronto after returning back to Australia in 1981 while teaching at the Royal Military College, Duntroon located in Canberra.
- David Brooks
David Brooks (born 1953) is an Australian poet. He was born in Canberra. He now lectures in Australian Literature at the University of Sydney.
- Laurie Oakes
Laurie Oakes , one of Australia's foremost political commentators, has had a distinguished career in journalism that spans more than 30 years. His incisive political commentary - such as the Oakes Report - and news-breaking ability has earned him the respect of peers and politicians alike and in 1998 he won the Walkley Award for Journalistic Leadership. Oakes is renowned for his probing interviews and Canberra-shaking scoops.
- William Deane
Sir William Patrick Deane, AC, KBE (born 4 January 1931), Australian judge and 22nd Governor-General of Australia, was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He was educated at Catholic schools including St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill and at the University of Sydney, where he graduated in arts and law. In addition, he also attended the Hague Academy of International Law. After graduation he worked in the federal Attorney-General's Department in Canberra, …
- William McMahon
Sir William McMahon, GCMG, CH (23 February 1908 - 31 March 1988), Australian politician and 20th Prime Minister of Australia, was born in Sydney, New South Wales, where his father was a lawyer. He was educated at Sydney Grammar School and at the University of Sydney, where he graduated in law. He practised in Sydney with "Allen, Allen and Hemsley", the oldest law firm in Australia. In 1940 he joined the Army, but because of a hearing loss he was confined to staff work.
- James Wolfensohn
President of the World Bank for the past decade, has confirmed he will retire from his post later this year. He told the ABC television network in the US that the time had come for him to pass on the baton after 10 years at the helm of the global institution. "I had 10 years and I think that's probably enough," the 71-year-old Mr Wolfensohn said. He is due to wrap up his second five-year term as the Washington-headquartered bank's president in June.
- Douglas Mawson
Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS (May 5 1882 – 14 October 1958) was an Australian Antarctic explorer and geologist. With Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Ernest Shackleton, Mawson was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
- Glenn Stevens
Glenn Stevens is governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia. Stevens was born in Sydney in 1958. He was educated at the University of Sydney where he received a first class honours degree in economics. He subsequently obtained a Masters Degree from the University of Western Ontario. After holding various positions in the Bank prior to 1990, he accepted a position as Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
- Christopher Brennan
Christopher Brennan was an Australian poet. He was born in Sydney, Australia, to a brewer, and was educated at St Ignatius' College, Riverview. Entering the University of Sydney in 1888, he abandoned his faith, taking up studies in the Classics instead. He won a travelling scholarship to Berlin, where he met his future wife, and where he encountered the poetry of Stéphane Mallarmé. About this time, he decided to become a poet.
- Greg Combet
Gregory Ivan Combet AM (born April 28 1958) is an Australian trade unionist and has been Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) since 2000. Combet is married to Petra Hilsen and has one daughter (Anna), one stepdaughter (Clara) and one stepson (Yanni). Greg Combet was born in Sydney and educated at the Universities of New South Wales and Sydney, where he studied engineering, economics and labour relations.
- Michael Costa
Michael Costa (born 15 July 1956) is an Australian politician. He currently represents the Australian Labor Party in the New South Wales Legislative Council. Living in rural NSW and commuting to his office and parliament he is a country member.
- Neville Wran
Neville Kenneth Wran AC QC (born 11 October 1926) was the Premier of New South Wales from 1976 until 1986. He was National President of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1980 to 1986 and Chairman of both the Lionel Murphy Foundation and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) from 1986 to 1991
- Linda Weiss
Linda M. Weiss is an Australian professor of political science at the University of Sydney (USYD), specialising in the international and comparative politics of economic development. Weiss is best known for questioning the converging effect associated with globalisation by pointing to the mediating role played by domestic nation-state institutions and capabilities and arguing that the effect non-state powers have upon a government can be enabling as well as constraining.
- Tony Vinson
Tony Vinson is "one of Australia's leading social scientists and outspoken public intellectuals", an honorary Doctor of Letters in Social Work (honoris causa) from the University of Sydney, as well as being an Honorary Professor in the School of Social Work and Policy Studies at the University of Sydney from which he graduated in 1956. His career spans the disciplines of social work, social policy, psychology, education, public administration and social research.