Notable Alumni of Australian National University [Sorted List]

1. Harry Jenkins

1952-. (aged 74)

civil servant politician

Henry Alfred "Harry" Jenkins, AO is an Australian former politician who served as the 26th speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from 2008 to 2011. A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), he was the member of parliament (MP) for the division of Scullin from 1986 until his resignation in 2013.

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2. Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury

1946-. (aged 80)

diplomat politician

Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury is a former Bangladesh Advisor of Foreign Affairs (2007-2009), a position he held after a long career in diplomacy and the Civil Service, starting in Pakistan in 1969, thereafter transferring to Bangladesh after the nation gained independence in 1971.

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3. John Quiggin

1956-. (aged 70)

economist

John Quiggin 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 Authority of the Australian Government.

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4. Nick Minchin

1953-. (aged 73)

diplomat politician

Nicholas Hugh Minchin AO is an Australian former politician and former Australian Consul-General in New York. He previously served as a Liberal member of the Australian Senate representing South Australia from July 1993 to June 2011, and a former cabinet minister in the Howard government.

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5. David Foster

1949-. (aged 77)

pianist keyboardist musicologist composer actor

David Manning Foster is an Australian novelist and scientist. He has written a range of satires on the theme of the decline of Western civilization and produced short stories, poetry, essays, and several radio plays.

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6. Kusmayanto Kadiman

1954-. (aged 72)

academic politician

Kusmayanto Kadiman is an Indonesian engineer and politician who served as State Minister for Research and Technology in the United Indonesia Cabinet between 2004 and 2009.

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7. Peter Gavin Hall

1951-2016 (aged 65)

university teacher mathematician statistician

Peter Gavin Hall AO FAA FRS was an Australian researcher in probability theory and mathematical statistics. The American Statistical Association described him as one of the most influential and prolific theoretical statisticians in the history of the field. The School of Mathematics and Statistics Building at The University of Melbourne was renamed the Peter Hall building in his honour on...

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8. Nick Warner

1950-. (aged 76)

intelligence officer

Nicholas Peter Warner, AO, PSM is a former Australian diplomat, intelligence official and public servant.

9. Ben Morton

1981-. (aged 45)

bus driver politician

Ben Morton is an Australian former politician. He represented the Australian House of Representatives seat of Tangney for the Liberal Party from 2 July 2016 until he lost the seat at the 2022 Australian federal election. Morton served as Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister and Cabinet from 2019 to 2020, Assistant Minister to the Minister for the Public Service...

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10. Jillian Banfield

1959-. (aged 67)

geologist geomicrobiologist biochemist microbiologist botanist

Jillian Fiona Banfield FRS FAA is professor at the University of California, Berkeley with appointments in the Earth Science, Ecosystem Science and Materials Science and Engineering departments. She is the director of microbiology at the Innovative Genomics Institute, is affiliated with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and has a position at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Some of her most noted...

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11. Shane Rattenbury

1971-. (aged 55)

civil servant politician

Shane Stephen Rattenbury is an Australian politician currently serving as as a member of the multi-member district unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly since 2008 and as the leader of the ACT Greens since 2012. Rattenburry has represented the electorate of Kurrajong since its inception in 2016 after a redistribution that abolished the former electorate of Molonglo which he represented...

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12. Geremie Barmé

1954-. (aged 72)

historian linguist sinologist

Geremie R. Barmé is an Australian sinologist and film-maker on modern and traditional China. He was formerly Director, Australian Centre on China in the World and Chair Professor of Chinese History at Australian National University College of Asia and the Pacific in Canberra.

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13. Jon Stanhope

1951-. (aged 75)

lawyer politician

Jonathan Donald Stanhope AO 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 Assembly from 1998 until 2011. He is the only ACT Chief Minister to have governed with a majority in the ACT Assembly. From 2012 to 2014 Stanhope was...

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14. Abass Bundu

1948-. (aged 78)

writer diplomat minister politician

Abass Chernor Bundu is a Sierra Leonean politician, diplomat, and the current Speaker of the Sierra Leone House of Parliament, in office since 25 April 2018. Bundu was elected speaker by receiving 70 votes in Parliament. The main opposition the All People's Congress, which won the most seats in Parliament, boycotted the election process in protest and did not nominate...

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15. Sam Prince

1983-. (aged 43)

businessperson

Sam Prince is an Australian restaurateur. Prince is known for founding the Mexican restaurant chain, Zambrero.

16. Ng Ling Ling

1972-. (aged 54)

politician

Ng Ling Ling is a Singaporean banker and former politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Jalan Kayu division of Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency between 2020 and 2025.

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17. Ray Griggs

1961-. (aged 65)

Vice Admiral Raymond James Griggs, AO, CSC is an Australian former senior public servant and senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy. He served as Chief of Navy from June 2011 to June 2014, before being appointed Vice Chief of the Defence Force until his transfer to the reserve in July 2018.

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18. Colin Groves

1942-2017 (aged 75)

university teacher anthropologist zoologist

Colin Peter Groves was a British-Australian biologist and anthropologist. Groves was professor of biological anthropology at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia.

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19. Stephen Gageler

1958-. (aged 68)

judge barrister

Stephen John Gageler is an Australian judge and former barrister. He has been a Justice of the High Court of Australia since 2012 and was appointed Chief Justice of Australia in 2023. He previously served as Solicitor-General of Australia from 2008 to 2012. He is a graduate of the Australian National University and Harvard Law School and was a barrister...

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20. Catherine King

1966-. (aged 60)

civil servant politician

Catherine Fiona King is an Australian politician serving as the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government since 2022 and as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ballarat since 2001. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and briefly served as a minister in the Gillard and Rudd governments in 2013. She served as Shadow...

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21. Muhammad Chatib Basri

1965-. (aged 61)

economist university teacher auditor civil servant politician

Muhammad Chatib "Dede" Basri is an Indonesian economist who served as Minister of Finance in the Second United Indonesia Cabinet from 21 May 2013 to 20 October 2014 during the presidency of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Before he was appointed Minister of Finance he was the head of the Indonesian Investment Coordinating Board (Badan Kordinasi Penanaman Modal, or BKPM).

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22. Craig Emerson

1954-. (aged 72)

politician economist

Craig Anthony Emerson is an Australian economist and former politician. A member of the Australian Labor Party, he served as the Australian House of Representatives Member for the Division of Rankin in Queensland from 1998 until 2013. Emerson also served as Minister for Trade and Competitiveness, Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research and Minister for Competition Policy, Small...

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23. Butet Manurung

1972-. (aged 54)

anthropologist

Butet Manurung or Saur Marlina Manurung is a pioneer for alternative education for indigenous people in isolated and remote areas in Indonesia. Like other young Batak girls, she was called "Butet". Therefore, she is well known as Butet Manurung.

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24. Andrew Bragg

1984-. (aged 42)

accountant politician

Andrew James Bragg is an Australian politician who was elected as a Senator for New South Wales at the 2019 federal election. He is a member of the Liberal Party. A member of several committees related to finance and technology, Bragg advocates changes to the Australian retirement system and supports the 2017 Uluru Statement from the Heart.

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25. Rebecca Miano

1966-. (aged 60)

lawyer businessperson

Hon. Rebecca Miano, EGH is a Kenyan lawyer and continental business leader, currently serving as Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife. She previously served as the Cabinet Secretary for Investments, Trade & Industry from October 2023 to July 2024. She is a former Cabinet Secretary for East African Community, the ASALs and Regional Development. Before joining the cabinet, she was...

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26. Jane Halton

1960-. (aged 66)

civil servant

Sarah Jane "Jane" Halton AO PSM is a former senior Australian public servant, current global health leader and former casino board member. She was the head of the Department of Health between January 2002 and June 2014, and the head of the Department of Finance from 2014 to 2016. She has held senior board roles with ANZ Bank, Clayton Utz,...

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27. Anna Frebel

1980-. (aged 46)

astrophysicist astronomer university teacher

Anna Frebel is a German astronomer and author working on discovering the oldest stars in the universe.

28. Megan Davis

1975-. (aged 51)

lawyer

Megan Jane Davis is a Scientia Professor, international human rights lawyer and constitutional law expert. She is currently the Harvard University Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair in Australia Studies and Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School.

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29. Daniel Mulino

1969-. (aged 57)

economist civil servant politician

Daniel Mulino is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Council, representing the Eastern Victoria Region from 2014 to 2018. In the 2019 federal election he was elected as the inaugural Member for the Division of Fraser. Since 2025, he serves as Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services in the second Albanese ministry.

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30. Ross Garnaut

1946-. (aged 80)

diplomat economist

Ross Gregory Garnaut AC is an Australian economist, currently serving as a vice-chancellor's fellow and professorial fellow of economics at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of numerous academic publications on international economics, public finance and economic development, particularly in relation to East Asia and the Southwest Pacific.

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31. Mike Nahan

1950-. (aged 76)

politician economist

Michael Dennis Nahan is an Australian politician who served as the leader of the Western Australian Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition from the 2017 state election until his resignation in June 2019. He served as Treasurer of Western Australia under the Barnett ministry from March 2014 until the government's election defeat in March 2017. Nahan was also the...

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32. Michael A. Mcrobbie

1950-. (aged 76)

computer scientist

Michael Alexander McRobbie AO 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, McRobbie was replaced by Pamela Whitten, who became the 19th president of Indiana University on July 1, 2021. On July 1, 2021, he assumed the titles of university...

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33. Pastor Swarnim Wagle

1944-. (aged 82)

economist

Dr. Swarnim Wagle is a Nepali politician and prominent South Asian economist. He was formerly chief economic advisor at the UNDP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific (RBAP) in New York.

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34. Elizabeth Lee

1979-. (aged 47)

professional fitness coach lawyer university teacher politician

Elizabeth Lee is an Australian politician. She has been a member of the Liberal Party and has served in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly since 2016, representing the electorate of Kurrajong. Before entering the ACT Legislative Assembly, Lee worked as a lawyer, before becoming a lecturer at the Australian National University and University of Canberra.

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35. Peter Khalil

1973-. (aged 53)

politician tennis player

Peter Khalil is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served in the House of Representatives since the 2016 federal election, representing the Victorian seat of Wills.

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36. Yvette D'Ath

1970-. (aged 56)

politician

Yvette Maree D'Ath is an Australian politician. She served as the Labor member for Redcliffe in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2014 until her retirement in 2024. D'Ath served as Attorney-General and Minister for the Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence from 2023 to 2024. Prior to this she held an extensive list of various ministerial and other governmental...

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37. Susan Ryan

1942-2020 (aged 78)

educator editor politician

Susan Maree Ryan 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 Minister for the Status of Women (1983–1988), Minister for Education and Youth Affairs (1983–1984), Minister for Education (1984–1987) and Special Minister of State (1987–1988). She was the...

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38. John H Coates

1945-2022 (aged 77)

mathematician university teacher

John Henry Coates FRS was an Australian mathematician who was the Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom from 1986 to 2012.

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39. Elana Stone

1980-. (aged 46)

singer jazz musician

Elana Stone is an Australian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and bandleader. Her debut solo album, In the Garden of Wild Things, was released in 2005 on the Jazzgroove label. Its follow-up, Your Anniversary, was released in 2009, while her third and fourth albums were released independently in 2015 and 2024, respectively. She was also a member of the ARIA award–winning folk...

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40. Clive Hamilton

1953-. (aged 73)

economist professor writer

Clive Charles Hamilton AM FRSA is an Australian public intellectual currently serving as Professor of Public Ethics at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE) and the Vice-Chancellor's Chair in Public Ethics at Charles Sturt University. He is a member of the board of the Climate Change Authority of the Australian Government, and is the founder and former...

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41. Peta Murphy

1973-2023 (aged 50)

solicitor lawyer politician

Peta Jan Murphy was an Australian politician. She was a member of the House of Representatives from 2019 until her death in 2023, representing the Victorian seat of Dunkley for the Australian Labor Party (ALP).

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42. Rolf M. Zinkernagel

1944-. (aged 82)

physician professor immunologist university teacher

Rolf Martin Zinkernagel AC is a professor of experimental immunology at the University of Zurich. Along with Peter C. Doherty, he shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of how the immune system recognizes virus-infected cells.

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43. Stephen Conroy

1963-. (aged 63)

politician

Stephen Michael Conroy 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 governments. He resigned from the Senate in September 2016. He has since worked as a lobbyist, political commentator and soccer administrator.

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44. Kith Meng

1968-. (aged 58)

businessperson

Kith Meng is a Chinese Cambodian businessman who is the Chairman and CEO of Royal Group of Companies. Established in 1991, Cambodia’s strategic investment holding company, the Royal Group is recognized as the country’s most dynamic and diversified business conglomerate with interests in a wide range of industries.

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45. Chong Chieng Jen

1971-. (aged 55)

lawyer politician

Chong Chieng Jen, is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as Chairman of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) since February 2024, State Leader of the Opposition of Sarawak from June 2013 to November 2020 and again since March 2024, Member of Parliament (MP) for Stampin since May 2018 and Member of the Sarawak State...

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46. Thérèse Rein

1958-. (aged 68)

businessperson

Thérèse Virginia Rein /təˈreɪz ˈreɪn/ is an Australian entrepreneur who is the founder of Ingeus, an international employment and business psychology services company.

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47. Andrew Tridgell

1967-. (aged 59)

computer scientist programmer engineer

Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell OAM is an Australian computer programmer. He is the author of and a contributor to the Samba file server, and co-inventor of the rsync algorithm.

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48. Concetta Fierravanti-Wells

1960-. (aged 66)

politician

Concetta Anna Fierravanti-Wells 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 the Turnbull government from 2016 to 2018. She grew up in Port Kembla, New South Wales, and, prior to entering politics, worked as a lawyer and...

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49. Shahnon Ahmad

1933-2017 (aged 84)

writer politician

Shahnon bin Ahmad was a Malaysian writer, a National Laureate, and a Member of Parliament. He was awarded with the National Literary Award in 1982. He was also a Professor Emeritus at Universiti Sains Malaysia in Penang.

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50. Dipesh Chakrabarty

1948-. (aged 78)

university teacher historian anthropologist sociologist author

Dipesh Chakrabarty is an Indian historian and leading scholar of postcolonial theory and subaltern studies. He is the Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor in history at the University of Chicago, and is the recipient of the 2014 Toynbee Prize, named after Professor Arnold J. Toynbee, that recognizes social scientists for significant academic and public contributions to humanity. He is...

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51. David Morrison

1956-. (aged 70)

military officer

Lieutenant General David Lindsay Morrison AO is a retired senior officer of the Australian Army. He served as Chief of Army from June 2011 until his retirement in May 2015. He was named Australian of the Year for 2016.

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52. Delfin Lorenzana

1948-. (aged 78)

military personnel politician

Delfin Negrillo Lorenzana, OLH, KGOR is a retired Philippine Army general who served as Chairman of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority from 2022 until September 2024. He previously served as Secretary of National Defense in the Cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte from 2016 to 2022. He served in the Philippine Army from 1973 to 2004.

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53. Martin Indyk

1951-2024 (aged 73)

diplomat

Martin Sean Indyk was an Australian-American diplomat and foreign relations analyst with expertise in the Middle East.

54. Patricia Hewitt

1948-. (aged 78)

writer press secretary administrator politician

Dame Patricia Hope Hewitt is an Australian-born British government adviser and former politician, who was the Secretary of State for Health from 2005 to 2007. A member of the Labour Party, she had previously been the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry from 2001 to 2005.

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55. Bettina Arndt

1949-. (aged 77)

journalist men's rights movement

Bettina Mary Arndt AM is an Australian writer and commentator who specialises in sex and gender issues. Starting as a sex therapist, she established her career in the 1970s publishing and broadcasting as well as writing several books. In the last two decades she has abandoned feminism and attracted controversy with her social commentary and her views on sexual abuse,...

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56. Liew Chin Tong

1977-. (aged 49)

writer researcher strategist politician

Yang Berhormat Tuan Liew Chin Tong is a Malaysian politician and author who has served as the deputy minister of investment, trade and industry in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz since April 2023, Member of Parliament (MP) for Iskandar Puteri since November 2022 and Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly...

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57. Mari Elka Pangestu

1956-. (aged 70)

university teacher economist politician

Mari Elka Pangestu, who is currently serving as the Indonesian President's Special Advisor for International Trade and Multilateral Cooperation, appointed by President Prabowo Subianto on 21 October 2024. In early November 2024, she is appointed by President Prabowo Subianto as the Vice Chair of the National Economic Council of the Republic of Indonesia, serving with Mr. Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan as...

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58. Jennifer Robinson

1981-. (aged 45)

lawyer

Jennifer Robinson is an Australian human rights lawyer and barrister with Doughty Street Chambers in London.

59. Stephen Larkham

1974-. (aged 52)

rugby union player

Stephen Larkham is a retired Australian rugby union professional player, currently in the role of head coach for Brumbies. He spent his career with the Brumbies in Super Rugby, for whom he played from the inception of the professional Super 12 in 1996 through 2007. He is best known for his long tenure with the Wallabies at international level, for...

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60. Marcia Langton

1951-. (aged 75)

geographer academic anthropologist

Marcia Lynne Langton is an Aboriginal Australian writer and academic. As of 2022 she is the Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne. Langton is an activist for Indigenous rights.

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61. Putri Zulkifli Hasan

1988-. (aged 38)

politician official

Putri Zulkifli Hasan is an Indonesian politician serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 2024. She is the daughter of Zulkifli Hasan, the niece of Helmi Hasan, the sister of Zita Anjani, and the former daughter-in-law of Amien Rais.

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62. Gareth Evans

1944-. (aged 82)

diplomat barrister politician

Gareth John Evans is an Australian politician, international policymaker, academic, and barrister. He represented the Labor Party in the Senate and House of Representatives from 1978 to 1999, serving as a Cabinet Minister in the Hawke and Keating governments from 1983 to 1996 as Attorney-General, Minister for Resources and Energy, Minister for Transport and Communications and most prominently, from 1988...

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63. Andrew Barr

1973-. (aged 53)

politician

Andrew James Barr is an Australian politician who has been serving as the 7th and current chief minister of the Australian Capital Territory since 2014. Barr was previously the Treasurer of the Australian Capital Territory from 2011 to 2024. He has been the leader of the Australian Capital Territory branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) since 2014 and a...

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64. Barry O'Farrell

1959-. (aged 67)

civil servant politician

Barry Robert O'Farrell is an Australian former politician who was Australia's High Commissioner to India and non-resident Ambassador to Bhutan from February 2020 to 30 June 2023. O'Farrell was the 43rd Premier of New South Wales and Minister for Western Sydney from 2011 to 2014. He was the Leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party from 2007 to 2014,...

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65. Tam Yiu-chung

1949-. (aged 77)

politician justice of the peace trade unionist

Tam Yiu-chung, GBM, JP is a pro-Beijing politician in Hong Kong. He is a former member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC), former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) and former chairman of the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB).

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66. Michael Kirby

1939-. (aged 87)

legal counselor barrister solicitor judge

Michael Donald Kirby is an Australian jurist and academic who is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia, serving from 1996 to 2009. He has remained active in retirement; in May 2013 he was appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council to lead an inquiry into human rights abuses in North Korea, which reported in February 2014.

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67. Va'aletoa Sualauvi II

1947-. (aged 79)

lawyer politician

Afioga Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Eti Sualauvi II is a Samoan politician who is the current O le Ao o le Malo (head of state) of Samoa, in office since 2017.

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68. John Eccles

1903-1997 (aged 94)

physiologist professor researcher neuroscientist philosopher

Sir John Carew Eccles was an Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the synapse. He shared the prize with Andrew Huxley and Alan Lloyd Hodgkin.

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69. Katy Gallagher

1970-. (aged 56)

politician social worker trade unionist

Katherine Ruth Gallagher 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 Government since 2022 and since 2025 as Minister for Government Services. She also formerly served as the 6th Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 2011...

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70. Jeff Kennett

1948-. (aged 78)

advertising person soldier politician

Jeffrey Gibb Kennett is an Australian former politician who served as the 43rd Premier of Victoria between 1992 and 1999, Leader of the Victorian Liberal Party from 1982 to 1989 and from 1991 to 1999, and the Member for Burwood from 1976 to 1999. He is currently a media commentator.

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71. Brian Schmidt

1967-. (aged 59)

astrophysicist astronomer physicist university teacher

Brian Paul Schmidt is an American Australian astrophysicist at the Australian National University's Mount Stromlo Observatory and Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics. He was the Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University (ANU) from January 2016 to January 2024. He is known for his research in using supernovae as cosmological probes. He previously held a Federation Fellowship and a Laureate...

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72. Tara Morice

1964-. (aged 62)

film actor actor film director

Tara Morice is an Australian actress, singer and dancer.

73. Sam Mostyn

1965-. (aged 61)

company director business executive

Samantha Joy Mostyn is an Australian businesswoman and advocate who has served as the 28th governor-general of Australia since 1 July 2024.

74. Syed Akbaruddin

1960-. (aged 66)

civil servant

Syed Akbaruddin is a retired Indian diplomat from 1985 batch of the Indian Foreign Service and served as India's permanent representative at the United Nations at New York from January 2016 to April 2020. He had previously served as official spokesperson of India's Ministry of External Affairs from January 2012 to April 2015 and was Indian representative at IAEA from...

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75. Annastacia Palaszczuk

1969-. (aged 57)

solicitor politician

Annastacia Palaszczuk AC is an Australian politician who served as the 39th premier of Queensland from 2015 to 2023. She held office as the leader of the Queensland branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 2012 until her resignation, and was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland (MLA) for the division of Inala from 2006 to 2023....

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76. William Cheung

1940-. (aged 86)

martial artist

William Cheung or Cheung Cheuk-hing is a Hong Kong Wing Chun kung fu practitioner and the Grandmaster of his lineage, Traditional Wing Chun (TWC). He is also the head of the Global Traditional Wing Chun Kung Fu Association (GTWCKFA), the sanctioning body of TWC. Cheung has received the Masters Award for lifetime achievement in Kung Fu from Martial Arts Australia.

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77. Peter Garrett

1953-. (aged 73)

singer politician peace activist environmentalist human rights defender

Peter Robert Garrett AM is an Australian musician, environmentalist, activist and former politician.

78. Rodolfo Llinás

1934-. (aged 92)

physician neuroscientist neurologist

Rodolfo Llinás Riascos is a Colombian neuroscientist. He is currently the Thomas and Suzanne Murphy Professor of Neuroscience and Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Physiology & Neuroscience at the NYU School of Medicine. Llinás has published over 800 scientific articles.

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79. Yoshihito, Prince Katsura

1948-2014 (aged 66)

aristocrat

Yoshihito, Prince Katsura was a member of the Imperial House of Japan and the second son of Takahito, Prince Mikasa and Yuriko, Princess Mikasa. He was a first cousin of Emperor Akihito. Originally known as Prince Yoshihito of Mikasa, he received the title Prince Katsura (Katsura-no-miya) and authorization to start a new branch of the Imperial Family on 1 January...

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80. Nagita Slavina

1988-. (aged 38)

actor

Nagita Slavina Mariana Tengker is an Indonesian actress, presenter, singer and businesswoman of mixed Minahasan, Javanese and Minangkabau descent. Nagita was also the co-founder of RANS Entertainment company.

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81. Hannah Gadsby

1978-. (aged 48)

comedian actor

Hannah Gadsby is an Australian comedian, writer, author and actor. They began their career in Australia after winning the national final of the Raw Comedy competition for new comedians in 2006. In 2018, their show Nanette on Netflix won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special and a Peabody Award.

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82. Richard Roxburgh

1962-. (aged 64)

stage actor film director actor voice actor film producer

Richard Roxburgh is an Australian actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of a number of accolades across film, television, and theatre, including several AFI and AACTA Awards, Logie Awards, and Helpmann Awards.

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83. Greg Moriarty

1964-. (aged 62)

diplomat civil servant

Gregory Laurence Moriarty, AO is a senior Australian public servant and diplomat, and the current Secretary of the Department of Defence since 4 September 2017. He was previously the Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Moriarty has been Australian Ambassador to Iran from 2005 to 2008, Australian Ambassador to Indonesia from 2010 to 2014, the inaugural Commonwealth Counter-Terrorism...

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84. Warren Snowdon

1950-. (aged 76)

politician

Warren Edward Snowdon 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. He initially represented the Division of Northern Territory, and later the Division of Lingiari. His electorate encompassed all the residents of the Northern Territory located outside Darwin, as...

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85. Bob Hawke

1929-2019 (aged 90)

union organizer politician trade unionist

Robert James Lee Hawke was an Australian politician and trade unionist who served as the 23rd prime minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991. He held office as the leader of the Labor Party (ALP), having previously served as president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions from 1969 to 1980 and president of the Labor Party national executive from...

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86. Martin Parkinson

1958-. (aged 68)

civil servant economist

Martin Lee Parkinson AC PSM 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 public service as Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. He retired from the position on 30 August 2019...

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87. William Lawrence Bragg

1890-1971 (aged 81)

chemist crystallographer university teacher Nobel Prize winner mathematician

Sir William Lawrence Bragg was an Australian X-ray crystallographer who uniquely shared a Nobel Prize with his father William Henry Bragg – the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics "for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays", an important step in the development of X-ray crystallography.

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88. Marty Natalegawa

1963-. (aged 63)

diplomat politician

Raden Mohammad Marty Muliana Natalegawa, is an Indonesian diplomat and was the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Second United Indonesia Cabinet. He served as Indonesia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 5 September 2007 until his latest appointment and has also served as the Indonesian Ambassador to the United Kingdom and as a spokesman for the Ministry of...

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89. Holly Williams

1978-. (aged 48)

journalist

Holly Williams is an Australian foreign correspondent and war correspondent who has worked for CBS since 2012. Prior to that, she worked for BBC News, CNN, and Sky News.

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90. Gai Brodtmann

1963-. (aged 63)

civil servant politician

Gai Marie Brodtmann is an Australian former politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives for the seat of Canberra representing the Labor Party from 2010 until 2019. A career public servant, diplomat and later small business owner, she succeeded Labor MP Annette Ellis, who retired from politics at the 2010 federal election. Like Ellis, Brodtmann was...

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91. Jim Chalmers

1978-. (aged 48)

politician

James Edward Chalmers is an Australian politician who has served as the treasurer of Australia since 2022. A member of the Labor Party, he has been the member of parliament (MP) for the Queensland division of Rankin since 2013.

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92. Anika Wells

1985-. (aged 41)

lawyer politician

Anika Shay Wells is an Australian politician. She is currently Minister for Communications and Minister for Sport in the Albanese government, having previously served as Minister for Aged Care from 2022 to 2025. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served in the House of Representatives since the 2019 federal election, representing the Division of...

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93. Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum

1965-. (aged 61)

lawyer politician journalist

Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum CF is a Fijian politician and a former cabinet minister. He was the Fijian Attorney-General and the Minister for Economy, Civil Service and Communications, and also served as the Minister responsible for Climate Change under the FijiFirst government. He is the third-highest polling candidate from the Fijian general elections of 2014, 2018 and 2022.

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94. Don Brash

1940-. (aged 86)

politician economist

Donald Thomas Brash is a New Zealand former politician who was Leader of the Opposition and leader of the New Zealand National Party from October 2003 to November 2006, and leader of the ACT New Zealand party for seven months from April to November 2011.

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95. Feleti Teo

1962-. (aged 64)

diplomat politician

Feleti Penitala Teo is a Tuvaluan politician and lawyer who is serving as the 14th prime minister of Tuvalu since 2024. He was elected to the Parliament of Tuvalu in the 2024 Tuvaluan general election, with his previous role being the executive director of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC).

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96. Michael Cullen

1945-2021 (aged 76)

politician economist

Sir Michael John Cullen KNZM was a New Zealand politician. He was a Member of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1981 to 2009, the Deputy Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party from 1996 to 2008 and a senior minister in the Fifth Labour Government from 1999 to 2008, serving as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, and...

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97. Simon Overland

1962-. (aged 64)

Australian rules football player police officer manager

Simon James Overland APM is the former Chief Executive Officer at the City of Whittlesea and a former Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police in Australia. He previously worked with the Australian Federal Police and then with Victoria Police focusing on Melbourne's gangland wars. On 2 March 2009 he was named by the Premier, John Brumby, as Victoria Police Chief Commissioner....

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98. Chris Crewther

1983-. (aged 43)

politician

Christopher John Crewther is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives from 2016 to 2019 before being elected to the Victorian State Parliament in 2022, representing the division of Mornington.

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99. Zed Seselja

1977-. (aged 49)

civil servant politician

Zdenko Matthew "Zed" Seselja is an Australian politician who was a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory from 2013 to 2022, representing the Liberal Party. He was the Minister for International Development and the Pacific in the Morrison government from December 2020 to May 2022, and previously served as an assistant minister in the Morrison and Turnbull governments since 2016.

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100. Teuea Toatu

politician

Teuea Toatu is an I-Kiribati politician who has been the 7th Vice President of Kiribati since 2019, and a member of the House of Assembly and Minister for Finance and Economic Development since 2016. Prior to his tenure in the assembly he worked in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development and in other economic positions in Kiribati.

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