List of Old Sydneians

Politics, public service and the law

Lawyers

High Court of Australia

• Sir Edmund Barton, former Justice of the High Court of Australia and the first Prime Minister of Australia
• William Gummow, former Justice of the High Court of Australia
• Sir Anthony Mason, former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia and Chancellor of the University of New South Wales
• Sir Richard O'Connor, former Justice of the High Court of Australia and politician
• Albert Piddington, former Justice of the High Court of Australia
• Sir George Rich, former Justice of the High Court of Australia
• Sir Victor Windeyer, former Justice of the High Court of Australia

• James Allsop AO, current Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia
• John Lehane, former Justice of the Federal Court of Australia

Supreme Court of New South Wales

• Andrew Bell, current Chief Justice of New South Wales and Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales
• Sir Leslie Herron, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
• Kim Santow, former Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales Court of Appeal, and a former Chancellor of the University of Sydney
• Sir Kenneth Street, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
• Sir Philip Street, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales

Other notable lawyers

• Alan Blow AO, current Chief Justice of Tasmania and Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania
• Sir Norman Cowper, former lawyer. businessman, and administrator

Politicians

Australian parliament

• Sir Edmund Barton, the first Prime Minister of Australia; Justice of the High Court of Australia
• Peter Baume, former Senator for New South Wales; physician; Chancellor of the Australian National University
• Max Falstein, Member for Watson in the Australian House of Representatives
• Paul Fletcher, Member for Bradfield in the Australian House of Representatives
• Sir William McMahon, 20th Prime Minister of Australia
• Harold Thorby, former Member for Calare in the Australian House of Representatives and NSW government minister
• Malcolm Turnbull, 29th Prime Minister of Australia
• Warwick Stacey, One Nation Senator

New South Wales parliament

• Sir George Fuller, former Premier of New South Wales
• Alex Greenwich, current Member for Sydney
• Sir Norman Kater, politician, medical practitioner and grazier
• James Macarthur-Onslow, member of both the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council; Australian Army Major General; later a businessman
• John Maddison, former Attorney General of New South Wales
• Harold Thorby, former NSW government minister and Member for Calare in the Australian House of Representatives
• Andrew Tink, former politician, historian and author

Other state parliaments

• Alan Cobcroft, former member of the Legislative Council of Samoa
• John Fletcher, former Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and cricketer
• Charles Mein, justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland, Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
• Sir Boyd Dunlop Morehead, former Premier of Queensland

Local government and community activism

• George Newhouse, former Mayor of Waverley Municipal Council
• Brett Solomon, co-founder of accessnow.org

Public servants

• Vivian Brain, former electrical engineer and first Deputy-Chairman of the Electricity Commission of New South Wales
• Nicholas Cowdery, former Director of Public Prosecutions in New South Wales.
• James Fraser, former civil engineer and Chief Commissioner of New South Wales Government Railways from 1917 to 1929
• Sir Robert Garran, former lawyer and first Solicitor-General of Australia
• Sir Hubert Murray, former Lieutenant-Governor of the Territory of Papua and boxer

Military service

• General John Antill, Australian Army Major General during World War I
• Clive Caldwell, Royal Australian Air Force World War II ace fighter pilot
• General Sir Harry Chauvel, Australian Army Chief of Staff
• General John Grey, Australian Army Chief and Chancellor of James Cook University
• James Gordon Legge, Australian Army Lieutenant General during World War I
• James Macarthur-Onslow, Australian Army Major General during the Second Boer War and World War I, and later politician and businessman
• Henry Normand MacLaurin, Australian Army Brigadier General during World War I

Humanities

Academia

• Henry Kingsley Archdall, academic and clergyman
• Sir Christopher Clark, academic and Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge
• Alec Hill, historian
• Dr Stephen Spurr, headmaster at the Westminster School
• E G Waterhouse, linguist, professor of German at Sydney University, plant breeder

Social sciences

• Hugh Mackay, social commentator and former Chairman of Trustees of Sydney Grammar School
• Malcolm Mackerras, psephologist

Media and journalism

• George Blaikie, author and journalist
• Richard Carleton, reporter with the Australian edition of 60 Minutes
• Charles Firth, member of The Chaser comedy team
• Bruce Gyngell, first man to appear on Australian television
• Paul Karp, chief political correspondent at Guardian Australia
• Dominic Knight, member of The Chaser comedy team
• Chas Licciardello, member of The Chaser comedy team
• Tim Palmer, journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• Siimon Reynolds, Australian advertising executive who developed the Grim Reaper advertisement for AIDS awareness
• Nicholas Stuart, author and journalist
• Jonathan Swan, journalist with ''Axios''

Business

• Len Ainsworth, founder of Aristocrat Leisure
• Demetrius Comino, engineer, inventor and philanthropist
• James Oswald Fairfax, newspaper proprietor
• James Reading Fairfax, newspaper proprietor
• David Gonski, current Chairman of the Future Fund, Coca-Cola Amatil, Australia Council chairman, and Chancellor of the University of New South Wales
• Simon Hannes, Macquarie Bank executive who was convicted of insider trading
• Sir Samuel Hordern, a director of Anthony Hordern & Sons
• Steven Lowy, co-Chief Executive Officer of Westfield Corporation

Sport

Athletics

• Slip Carr, Australian Olympian sprinter
• Lachlan Renshaw, Australian Olympian middle-distance runner

Boxing

• Sir Hubert Murray, English Amateur Heavyweight Boxing Champion; Lieutenant-Governor of the Territory of Papua

Cricket

• Eric Barbour, NSW cricketer with 23 first class matches and 1,577 runs
• Sir Edmund Barton, first class umpire; first Prime Minister of Australia
• Jim Burke, Australian international with 24 tests and 1,280 runs
• Albert Cotter, Australian international with 21 tests and 89 wickets
• John Fletcher, Queensland cricketer with 3 first class matches and 97 runs
• Sir Norman Gregg, NSW cricketer with 3 first class matches and 116 runs
• Hunter Hendry, Australian international with 11 tests and 335 runs
• Sammy Jones, Australian international with 12 tests and 428 runs
• Alan McGilvray, NSW cricketer with 20 first class matches and 684 runs, most notable for his cricket radio broadcasting
• William Robison, NSW cricketer with 1 first class match and 15 runs
• Fred Spofforth, Australian international with 18 tests and 94 wickets; first test cricketer to take a hat-trick
• Alan Walker, NSW and Nottingham cricketer with 94 first class matches and 221 wickets; also played for Australia in rugby union
• Sammy Woods, Australian and England international with 6 tests and 10 wickets; also played for England in rugby union

Rowing

• Mervyn Finlay, Australian Olympian
• Joe Gould, Australian Olympian
• Frederick Septimus Kelly, British Olympian
• Vic Middleton, Australian Olympian
• Hugh Ward, Australasian Olympian ; soldier who was awarded the Military Cross and two Bars
• Stuart Welch, Australian dual Olympian

Rugby league

• Dallas Hodgins, North Sydney Bears player
• Nick Pappas, Chairman of South Sydney Rabbitohs

Rugby union

• Malcolm Blair, Australian international with 3 caps and 0 points
• Ernie Carr, Australian international with 6 caps and 3 points; brother of Slip Carr
• Slip Carr, Australian international with 4 caps and 9 points; Australian Olympic athlete; brother of Ernie Carr
• Tim Clark, Australian sevens international
• Cam Crawford, NSW Waratahs and ACT Brumbies player with 13 Super Rugby caps and 40 points
• Emile de Lissa, President, Barbarian F.C.
• David Emanuel, Australian international with 9 caps and 0 points
• Arthur Finlay, Australian international with 12 caps and 0 points
• Charlie Fox, Australian international with 17 caps and 6 points; also the Australian captain
• Charles Hammand, Australian international with 2 caps and 0 points
• Bill Hemingway, Australian international with 5 caps and 9 points
• Julian Huxley, Australian international with 9 caps and 22 points
• Wal Ives, Australian international with 5 caps and 0 points
• Doug Keller, Australian and Scotland international with 13 caps and 0 points; also Scottish captain
• Bob Loudon, Australian international with 13 caps and 12 points; Australian captain; brother of Darby Loudon
• Darby Loudon, Australian international with 4 caps and 5 points; Australian captain; brother of Bob Loudon
• Jack Maddocks Current player for the Melbourne Rebels, played for Australian Under-20s
• Hyam Marks, Australian international with 2 caps and 0 points; played in first ever test
• Andrew Mower, Scotland international with 13 caps and 0 points
• Walter Phipps, Australian international with 1 cap and 0 points
• Roland Raymond, Australian international with 13 caps and 30 points
• Alex Ross, Australian international with 20 caps and 43 points; also the Australian captain
• Geoff Storey, Australian international with 8 caps and 0 points
• Alan Walker, Australian international with 5 caps and 3 points; also a first class cricketer
• Alfred Walker, Australian international with 16 caps and 9 points; also the Australian captain
• Johnnie Wallace, Australia and Scotland international with 17 caps and 48 points; also the Australian captain
• Clarrie Wallach, Australian international with 5 caps and 0 points
• Colin Windon, Australian international with 20 caps and 33 points; also the Australian captain
• Sammy Woods, England international with 13 caps and 6 points; also an international for Australia and England in cricket

Swimming

• Boy Charlton, Australian Olympian
• Frederick Lane, Australian Olympian ; Australia's first Olympic swimmer

Tennis

• John Newcombe, seven-time Grand Slam winner

Other sports

• Andrew Lock, Australian mountaineer
• Rohan Chapman-Davies, Australian Olympic mogul skier
• Jim Ferrier, golfer
• Dr. Thomas A. Middlemost, Roller Derby Australian Men's Team World Roller Games Barcelona Spain 2019

Arts

Performing arts

Film and theatre

• Dr Richard James Allen, writer, director and choreographer
• Stephan Elliott, writer and director
• Richard Francis-Bruce, Academy Award-nominated film editor
• Andrew Lesnie, Academy Award-winning cameraman
• John Meillon, film, television and voice actor
• Gregan McMahon, actor and theatrical producer
• Julian McMahon, actor; son of Prime Minister McMahon
• Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, film and theatre actor

Music

• Alexander Briger, conductor
• Nigel Butterley, composer
• Tim Derricourt, songwriter for indie rock group Dappled Cities and current English master at Sydney Grammar School
• Ross Edwards, composer
• Sam Fischer, singer-songwriter
• Rob Hirst, drummer for Midnight Oil
• Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor
• Antony Walker, conductor

Visual arts

• Charles Bryant, visual artist
• Max Dupain, photographer
• Donald Friend, visual artist and author

Writing and poetry

• Dr Richard James Allen, poet, dancer, choreographer and director
• John Le Gay Brereton, poet and professor of English
• Michael Dransfield, poet
• Joseph Jacobs, folklorist and literary critic best known for preserving fairy-tales such as Jack and the Beanstalk and The Three Little Pigs
• Dowell Philip O'Reilly, poet and short story writer
• Banjo Paterson, poet and journalist

Science and medicine

• Dr Bryan Gaensler, Young Australian of the Year, 1999; former assistant professor of astronomy at Harvard University; current professor at the University of Sydney
• Dr Rowan Gillies, former international president of Médecins Sans Frontières
• Sir Norman McAlister Gregg, ophthalmologist who discovered the link between maternal rubella and birth defects
• Edward Rennie, chemist