This is a list of University of New South Wales alumni.
Academia
Dijana Alić, architect and academic Michael Barber, mathematician, physicist and vice-chancellor of Flinders University 2008–2014 (Mathematics) Sharon Beder, arts academic (Engineering) Glyn Davis , current vice-chancellor of University of Melbourne (Political science) John Deeble, architect of Medicare Australia Rosalyn Diprose, philosopher and UNSW academic (Philosophy) Ross Fitzgerald , academic, historian, novelist, secularist, and political commentator (PhD Politics) Michael Fullilove, public and international policy academic, executive director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy (Arts/Law) David Gonski , prominent businessman, chancellor of UNSW Sydney (Commerce/LLB) O. K. Harsh, computer scientist, physicist, current honorary pro-chancellor (addl) of Glocal Universityhttps://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/entities/publication/81ace265-1c5f-4a1e-801e-a89945472816 Gernot Heiser, John Lions chair and computer scientist Atiqul Islam, accountant and current vice-chancellor of North South University, Bangladesh (Commerce) Koo Tsai Kee, Singaporean academic and former politician (Surveying) Chandran Kukathas, Malaysian-born Australian political theorist and academic (MA, Politics) Gareth Peters, endowed chair professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara (Statistics) Jane Stapleton, academic and master at Christ's College, Cambridge Tony Vinson, emeritus professor, Education and Social Work Toby Walsh, computer scientist and artificial intelligence expert
Business
Rodney Adler, former FAI Insurance chief executive Brad Banducci, CEO of Woolworths Group Cheryl Bart , lawyer, company director and mountain climber (Commerce/LLB 1986) Mark Bouris, chairman of Yellow Brick Road and television personality Mike Cannon-Brookes, entrepreneur, billionaire, and co-CEO of the software company Atlassian (Information Science) Frank Cicutto, CEO of National Australia Bank (Commerce) Paul Clitheroe , television presenter and businessman (Arts) Matt Comyn, CEO of Commonwealth Bank Roger Corbett , former chairman of the Reserve Bank of Australia, former CEO of Woolworths (Commerce) Douglas Daft , prominent Australian and US business executive who served as CEO of The Coca-Cola Company 1999–2004; now a global non-executive director (Dipl.Admin) Satyajit Das, banker, author and academic (Law) John De Margheriti, software developer and entrepreneur, founding father of Australia's video games industry (Electrical engineering) Michael Easson , businessman and former union leader (Politics/History) Richard Farleigh, private investor (Economics) Scott Farquhar, entrepreneur, billionaire, and co-CEO of the software company Atlassian (Arts/Science) David Gonski , prominent businessman, Chancellor of UNSW Sydney (Commerce/LLB) John M. Green, deputy chairman of QBE Insurance; co-founder of Pantera Press; author Catherine Harris , co-founder and chairman of Harris Farm Markets and company director (Commerce) Philip Hercus, founder of International Catamaran Designs (Engineering) Grant King, managing director, Origin Energy (Engineering) David Lowy, non-executive deputy chairman of the Westfield Group Steven Lowy, group managing director of the Westfield Group Donald McDonald, former chairman of Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Warwick McKibbin, former member of board of directors of the Reserve Bank of Australia; economist John Niland, director of Macquarie Group; chairman of Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust; former vice-chancellor of UNSW Sydney John Prescott, former CEO of BHP Gregory G. Rose, principal engineer at Qualcomm (Engineering) George Savvides, managing director, Medibank Private (Engineering) Jillian Segal, non-executive director, National Australia Bank; deputy chancellor of UNSW Sydney (Law) Gai Waterhouse, horse trainer and businesswoman Shemara Wikramanayake, CEO of Macquarie Group
Community activism
Sharan Burrow, global union leader (Education) Eva Cox , writer, feminist, sociologist, social commentator and activist (Sociology) Louise Crossley, scientist and environmental activist (PhD) Karen Dawn, American animal rights and welfare advocate and writer (Psychology) Graeme Dunstan, cultural and political activist (Engineering) Tim Flannery, mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist and global warming activist; 2007 Australian of the Year (PhD Palaeontology) Peter Garrett, musician, social activist, former politician (LLB 1977) Heinz Harant, student activist and founder of the university's alumni association (Electrical engineering (Hons) 1955) Cynthia Houniuhi, environmental activist and president of Pacific Island Students Fighting Climate Change Betty Kitchener , Australian mental health educator and consumer advocate
Government
Prime ministers Scott Morrison, former member for Cook and 30th prime minister of Australia
State premiers Gladys Berejiklian, former premier of New South Wales (Commerce) Bob Carr, former premier of New South Wales, former federal minister for foreign affairs, former politician, author (Arts) Stephen Hatton, former chief minister of the Northern Territory Campbell Newman, former premier of Queensland, former politician
Federal politicians
Larry Anthony, former politician (Commerce) Mark Arbib, former politician (Arts) Vicki Bourne, former politician (Science) Alan Cadman, former politician (Agriculture) Bob Carr, former minister for foreign affairs, former premier of New South Wales, former politician, author (Arts) Jason Clare, current member for Blaxland, former minister for home affairs and former minister for defence materiel (Arts/Law) David Coleman, former member for Banks (Arts/Law) Greg Combet, former politician and trade unionist (Engineering) Jason Falinski, former member for Mackellar (MBA) Mehreen Faruqi, current senator for New South Wales and former member of the NSW Legislative Council (Environmental Engineering) David Fawcett, current senator for South Australia and former Army officer (Science) Michael Forshaw, former politician (Law) Peter Garrett , musician, social activist, former politician (LLB 1977) Andrew Hastie, current member for Canning, retired Army officer Michael Hatton, former politician (Arts) Mike Kelly , current member for Eden-Monaro, retired Australian Army officer (PhD Law) Craig Laundy, former member for Reid (Economics) Michael Lee, former politician (Electrical Engineering) Julian Leeser, current member for Berowra (LLB) Sussan Ley, former member for Farrer, former Federal Oppositions leader, former leader of the Liberal Party Ted Mack, former politician (Architecture) Louise Markus, former politician (Arts) Stephen Mutch, former politician (LLB) Gary Nairn, former politician Kerry Nettle, former politician Andrew Nikolic, former politician and retired Army officer (Management) Melissa Parke, former United Nations senior lawyer, former politician (Law) Marise Payne, former senator for New South Wales and former Minister for Defence Lee Rhiannon, former senator for New South Wales and former member of the NSW Legislative Council (Science) Stuart Robert, former member for Fadden, former Army officer (Arts)
Australian state and territory politicians
Jack Beale, former politician (Engineering) Stephen Bromhead, former member for Myall Lakes (M.Law) Arthur Chesterfield-Evans, former member of the NSW Legislative Council (Science) Ian Cohen, former member of the NSW Legislative Council (Arts/DipEd) Kevin Conolly, current member for Riverstone (Arts) Paul Crittenden, former member for Wyong (Commerce) Mehreen Faruqi, former member of the NSW Legislative Council and current senator for New South Wales (Environmental Engineering) Luke Foley, former member for Auburn and NSW leader of the Opposition (Arts) Bryce Gaudry, former politician and teacher (Arts) Alex Greenwich, current member for Sydney (Arts) Sylvia Hale, former member of the NSW Legislative Council (LLB 1998) Brad Hazzard, former member for Wakehurst (Law) Courtney Houssos, current member of the NSW Legislative Council (Arts) Andrew Humpherson, former member for Davidson (Chemical Engineering) Trevor Khan, current member of the NSW Legislative Council (LLB/B.Juris.) Sonya Kilkenny, current member for Carrum in the Victorian Legislative Assembly (BA/LLB 1995) Ernie Page, former politician Doug Parkinson, former politician in Tasmania Eleni Petinos, member for Miranda (LLB 2011) Lee Rhiannon, former member of the NSW Legislative Council and current senator for New South Wales (Science) Eric Roozendaal, former treasurer of New South Wales and former politician (Law) Penny Sharpe, current member of the NSW Legislative Council (Food Technology) Gabrielle Upton, current member for Vaucluse (Arts/Law)
International politicians
Jackie Chan, former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Engineering) Andrew Cheng, Hong Kong politician, councillor of Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Law) Chua Tian Chang, Malaysian politician, current member of Parliament for the Batu constituency (Philosophy) Emil Dardak, vice governor of East Java Mehdi Ghazanfari, former Iranian politician Meutya Hafid, Indonesian politician, member of People's Representative Council, former journalist Foo Mee Har, Singaporean politician, member of Parliament for the West Coast Group constituency (Science) Koo Tsai Kee, former Singaporean politician and academic (Surveying) Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Fijian politician and current attorney general of Fiji (LLB) Jeremy Tam, councillor of Legislative Council of Hong Kong, airline pilot (Engineering) Mah Bow Tan, minister for National Development of Singapore
Australian local government politicians Kathryn Greiner , former alderman of the City of Sydney and social advocate (Social Work) Lucy Turnbull, former lord mayor of Sydney (MBA)
Public servants
Michele Bruniges , current secretary of the Department of Education and Training (Education) Elizabeth Broderick, former Australian sex discrimination commissioner (Law) Ian Campbell , former secretary of the Department of Veterans' Affairs (Economics) Jeff Harmer , former secretary of the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (BA (Hons), DipEd, PhD) Ken Henry , economist and former secretary of The Treasury (Economics) John Holloway, former diplomat and public servant (Arts) Frank Howarth , former director of the Australian Museum (MSc Soc) Robyn Kruk , former secretary of the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, director-general of the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet (Science [Honours]) Patrick Lawless, Australian diplomat, current ambassador to Brazil (LLB) Damien Miller, Australian diplomat, current ambassador to Denmark, Norway and Iceland (Arts/Law) Anne-Marie Schwirtlich AM, director-general of the National Library of Australia
Other public figures Bruce Hawker, political pundit, political writer, political consultant, political advisor (LLB) Janette Howard, spouse of the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard (Arts)
Humanities Architecture Philip Cox, architect and entrepreneur, founder of COX Architects (Science) Richard Johnson , architect, best known as the creator of some of the most important and iconic Australian cultural buildings and spaces (Architecture, 1969)
Arts
Del Kathryn Barton, visual artist Matt Carroll, Australian film and television producer Queenie Chan, Chinese-Australian comic artist (Computer Programming) Barbara Cleveland, Australian contemporary performance artist Judith Clingan , composer, conductor, performer and music educator Adam Cullen, visual artist (Fine Arts) John Davis, documentary filmmaker, mountaineer, television producer, chemical engineer (Science) Marta Dusseldorp, actor (Film/Theatre) Anne Ferran, photographer (Fine Arts) David Fung, concert pianist (MB BS) Francis Giacco, visual artist (Architecture) Shaun Gladwell, visual artist