Prominent Alumni

The University of Melbourne has a number of prominent alumni in the community spanning many different areas including:

Stephanie Alexander - Chef and author
Gillian Armstrong - Filmmaker
Les Carlyon - Journalist
Deborah Conway - Singer/songwriter
Paul Cox - Filmmaker
John Duigan - Filmmaker
Lorraine Elliott - Former Director, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Parliamentary Secretary for the Arts
Ronald Farren-Price - Pianist
Helen Garner - Author
Robert Gottliebsen - Finance journalist
Michelle Grattan - Political journalist
Germaine Greer - Author
Jack Hibberd - Playwright/novelist and doctor
Barry Humphries - Theatre and television performer
Peter Isaacson - Publisher
Ramona Koval - Radio broadcaster
Patrick McCaughey - Curator and art critic, Festival of Ideas 2011 director
Hilary McPhee - Editor, writer
Joanna Murray-Smith - Playwright
Hannie Rayson - Playwright
Peter Sculthorpe - Composer
Rob Sitch - Television performer
Magda Szubanski - Television performer, writer
Chris Wallace-Crabbe - Poet and essayist, comedian
Jana Wendt - Author and former television journalist
David Williamson - Playwright

Lord Alec Broers- Former Vice Chancellor, University of Cambridge
Geoffrey Blainey- Historian and former Chancellor of Ballarat University
Adrienne Clarke- Chancellor, La Trobe University
Gareth Evans- Chancellor, Australian National University and former Federal Foreign Minister
Dame Leonie Kramer- Former Chancellor of University of Sydney
Peter Laver- Vice President, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
Fay Marles- Ross Millikan- Director, Educational Collaborations
Roslyn Otzen- Former Principal, Korowa Girls School
Dorothy Pizzey- Former Principal, St Catherine's Girls School
Ian Renard- Former Chancellor, University of Melbourne
Peter Singer- Philosopher and Professor, University of Melbourne and Princeton University

The Hon. Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia
His Excellency The Hon. Alex Chernov, Governor of Victoria
The Hon. Louise Asher- Victorian Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business
The Hon. John Brumby- Former Premier of Victoria
The Right Hon. Sir Zelman Cowen- Former Governor General of Australia
David de Kretser- Former Governor of Victoria
Petro Georgiou- Former Federal Politician
The Hon. Sir James Gobbo- Former Governor of Victoria
The Hon. Robin Gray- Former Premier of Tasmania
The Hon. Clyde Holding- Former Federal Minister
The Hon. Brian Howe- Former Federal Minister
The Hon. Barry Jones- Former ALP National President and Federal Minister
The Hon. Joan Kirner- Former Premier of Victoria
The Hon. David Kemp- President, Liberal Party of Australia (Victoria Division) and former Federal Minister
The Hon. Andrew Peacock- Former Federal Minister and Federal Leader of the Opposition
The Hon. Thomas Pickering- Former US Ambassador
John So- Former Lord Mayor of Melbourne
The Hon. Alan Stockdale, Federal President of the Liberal Party of Australia
Sir Ninian Stephen- Former Governor General of Australia
The Hon. Lindsay Tanner- Former Federal Minister
The Hon. David White- Former Victorian Minister
The Hon. Ralph Willis- Chairman of Western Health and Former Federal Treasurer

Rosemary Balmford- Retired Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria
Elizabeth Blackburn- Scientist, first Australian woman to win Nobel Prize (2009 Nobel Prize for Medicine)
Brian Burdekin- Former Special Advisor, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Hon. Sally Brown- Retired Judge, Family Court of Australia
Suzanne Cory- President, Australian Academy of Science
The Hon. Justice Susan Crennan- Justice, High Court of Australia
The Hon. Sir Daryl Dawson- Retired Justice, High Court of Australia
Ian Gust- Chairman, Bio21 Cluster
Sandra Hacker- Psychiatrist, Former Chair of Northern Health
The Hon. Justice Kenneth Hayne- Justice, High Court of Australia
Brian Loton- Former Chairman and CEO, BHP
Mechai Viravaidya- Founder and Chairman, Population & Community Development Association (Thailand)
Sir Gustav Nossal- Immunologist and former President, Australian Academy of Science
John Stocker- Company Director and former Chairman, CSIRO
Carl Wood- Founder of Monash IVF

David Crawshay- Olympic Rower (Gold Medallist)
Ralph Doubell- Olympic Athlete (Gold Medallist)
Herb Elliott- Olympic Athlete (Gold Medallist)
Margot Foster- Olympic Rower (Bronze Medallist)
Cathy Freeman- Olympic Athlete (Gold Medallist) and Australian of the Year (1998)
John Landy- Olympic Athlete and Former Governor of Victoria
Simon Madden- Australian Rules footballer
Paul Sheahan- Australian Test cricketer
Kathy Watt- Olympic Cyclist (Gold Medallist)