33 Notable alumni of Charles Sturt University
Updated: June 22, 2026 EliteDegrees
Charles Sturt University is ranked #758 in the world and #28 in Australia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 33 notable alumni from Charles Sturt University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Charles Sturt University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Scott McGregor
1957-. (aged 69)
television actor
television presenter
Scott McGregor is an Australian actor and television presenter.
2. Shokufeh Kavani
1970-. (aged 56)
painter
human rights defender
translator
Shokufeh Kavani is an Iranian-born Australian contemporary artist, painter, nurse, translator. She is primarily known as a translator and as an abstract painter. She is fluent in Australian English, in addition to her native language Persian. She lives in Sydney.
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3. Lyndal Oatley
1980-. (aged 46)
equestrian
Lyndal Oatley is an Australian equestrian. She represented Australia at two Summer Olympics in equestrian dressage (in 2012 and 2016).
4. Joe McGirr
1960-. (aged 66)
politician
physician
Joseph Gregory McGirr is an Australian independent politician, physician and former associate dean of the University of Notre Dame Australia.
5. Violeta Ayala
1978-. (aged 48)
writer
film director
Violeta Ayala is a Bolivian-Australian Quechua filmmaker, artist and technologist. Her credits include Huk, The Jaguaress (2025), Las Awichas (2024), Prison X – The Devil & The Sun (2021) and the documentaries La Lucha (2023), Cocaine Prison (2017), The Fight (2017), The Bolivian Case (2015), and Stolen (2009).
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6. Ellie Brush
1988-. (aged 38)
Australian rules football player
association football player
Ellie Katherine Brush is an Australian sportswoman who plays soccer for Canberra United in the Australian A-League Women. She has also played Australian rules football for Greater Western Sydney in the AFL Women's (AFLW).
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7. Robert Atkinson
police officer
Robert Atkinson, AO, APM is an Australian police officer who served as the Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service from 2000 until his retirement in 2012. In 2013, Atkinson was appointed as one of the six Royal Commissioners to the Australian Government Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
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8. Chris Eaton
1952-. (aged 74)
police officer
Chris Eaton is a former police officer and integrity specialist who has also overseen security and anti-corruption efforts in sports. He is a well-known figure in the world of sports results manipulation and is sought worldwide for his opinion and feedback on program's aimed at tackling corruption in sport. He has worked in sport integrity at FIFA, INTERPOL and as...
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9. Meredith Mitchell
agronomist
Dr Meredith Leigh Mitchell an Australian agronomist. She is a senior research scientist with the Victorian Department of Environment and Primary Industries.
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10. Jane Mills
2000-2001 (aged 1)
academic
Jane Elizabeth Mills is an Australian-New Zealand academic and as of 2020 is the Dean and Head, La Trobe Rural Health School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
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11. Dean Windsor
1986-. (aged 40)
sport cyclist
Dean Windsor is an Australian professional racing cyclist who is known internationally as a criterium rider. Riding on the Track as a junior Dean Windsor won the Under19 Oceania Points Race Championship at Wanganui, NZ in 2004. Then focused on Road Racing winning the National U23 Criterium Championship, in 2007 at Brisbane. Then in 2010 was runner-up in the Australian...
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12. Caitlin De Wit
1987-. (aged 39)
basketball player
Caitlin De Wit is a 3.0 point Australian wheelchair basketball player. She was part of the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the Osaka Cup in Japan in February 2013, and the Asia-Oceania Zone Qualifiers in Bangkok in November 2013. She played with the Hills Hornets team that won the Women's National Wheelchair basketball League (WNWBL) championship title in...
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13. Amanda Spratt
1987-. (aged 39)
sport cyclist
Amanda Spratt is an Australian road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Lidl–Trek.
14. Kieran Gilbert
journalist
Kieran Gilbert is an Australian journalist currently serving as chief political reporter for Sky News Australia. Gilbert attended Patrician Brothers' College, Fairfield.
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15. Linda Burney
1957-. (aged 69)
teacher
politician
Linda Jean Burney is an Australian Labor Party (ALP) politician who was the member of Parliament (MP) for the division of Barton from 2016 to 2025. She was the minister for Indigenous Australians from 2022 to July 2024. She was formerly a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the district of Canterbury from 2003 to 2016...
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16. Andrew Denton
1960-. (aged 66)
television presenter
screenwriter
film director
Andrew Christopher Denton is an Australian television producer, comedian, Gold Logie–nominated television presenter and former radio host, and was the host of the ABC's weekly television interview program Enough Rope and the ABC game show Randling. He is known for his comedy and interviewing technique. He is also responsible for introducing the troupe of The Chaser to Australian audiences.
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17. Amanda Keller
1962-. (aged 64)
television presenter
radio personality
journalist
Amanda Rose Keller OAM is an Australian television and radio presenter, comedian, writer, actress, journalist, and media personality, best known as the hostess of the popular Australian lifestyle program The Living Room. Keller also co-hosts Jonesy & Amanda with Brendan Jones on Gold 101.7 and Dancing with the Stars with Grant Denyer on Network 10.
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18. Stuart Beattie
1972-. (aged 54)
film director
screenwriter
Stuart Beattie is an Australian filmmaker. His screenplay for Collateral (2004) earned him nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay and Saturn Award for Best Writing.
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19. Hamish Macdonald
1981-. (aged 45)
journalist
news presenter
Hamish Macdonald is an Australian broadcast journalist and current host of Sydney Mornings on ABC Radio Sydney.
20. Jessica Rowe
1970-. (aged 56)
journalist
Jessica June Rowe AM is an Australian journalist, author and television presenter. She was the co-host of Studio 10 on Network Ten until March 2018, and is Member of the Order of Australia for her mental health advocacy.
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21. Melissa Doyle
1970-. (aged 56)
journalist
presenter
Melissa Jane Doyle is an Australian television presenter, author and journalist.
22. Deborah Knight
1972-. (aged 54)
journalist
news presenter
Deborah Knight is an Australian television and news presenter, radio host, and journalist.
23. Natarsha Belling
1975-. (aged 51)
news presenter
Natarsha Belling is an Australian journalist, television and radio presenter.
24. Anna Coren
1975-. (aged 51)
journalist
news presenter
Anna Coren is an Australian journalist.
25. Amelia Adams
1983-. (aged 43)
journalist
news presenter
Amelia Adams is an Australian journalist, news presenter, producer and reporter.
26. Fiona Nash
1965-. (aged 61)
politician
Fiona Joy Nash is an Australian former politician. She served as a Senator for New South Wales from 2005 to 2017, representing the National Party. She was the party's deputy leader from 2016 to 2017 and was a cabinet minister in the Turnbull government.
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27. Lasarus Ratuere
1985-. (aged 41)
actor
television actor
Lasarus Ratuere is an Australian actor. He is known for his portrayal of Ishikawa, a member of Section 9, in the DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures feature film adaptation Ghost in the Shell.
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28. David Elliott
1949-. (aged 77)
art historian
author
curator
David Andrew Elliott is an Australian former politician. Elliott served as the New South Wales Minister for Transport and the Minister for Veterans in the Perrottet ministry between 21 December 2021 and 25 March 2023. Elliott was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Baulkham Hills for the Liberal Party between 2011 and 2023.
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29. Sussan Ley
1961-. (aged 65)
aircraft pilot
politician
Sussan Penelope Ley is an Australian politician who served as the leader of the Opposition and the leader of the Liberal Party from 2025 to 2026, the first woman to hold either role. She has been the member of parliament (MP) for the New South Wales division of Farrer since 2001. Ley previously held various ministerial positions in the Abbott,...
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30. Samantha Armytage
1976-. (aged 50)
journalist
news presenter
Samantha Armytage is an Australian journalist and television presenter. She co-hosted the Seven Network's breakfast television program Sunrise from 2013 to 2021 alongside David Koch. She also previously co-hosted Weekend Sunrise and presented Seven's 4.30 News.
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31. John Lee
1972-. (aged 54)
film producer
film director
television actor
actor
television producer
John Lee Ka-chiu GBM SBS PDSM PMSM is a Hong Kong politician and former police officer who is currently the fifth chief executive of Hong Kong since 1 July 2022.
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32. Brendan Cowell
1976-. (aged 50)
screenwriter
film director
television actor
actor
film actor
Brendan Cowell is an Australian actor and writer. He is known for starring in the 2024 television series Plum, which he adapted for television from his 2021 novel of the same name.
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33. Manuel Aston
1961-. (aged 65)
playwright
Manuel 'Manny' Aston is an Australian playwright and academic best known for his 1993 play, Fossils.