100 Notable alumni of University of New South Wales
Updated: June 23, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of New South Wales is ranked #66 in the world and #4 in Australia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from University of New South Wales sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of New South Wales won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Larissa Behrendt
1969-. (aged 57)
novelist
university teacher
film director
writer
jurist
Larissa Yasmin Behrendt AO FASSA FAHA FAAL is an Australian legal academic, writer, filmmaker and Indigenous rights advocate. She was a professor of law (2001-2018) at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), now distinguished professor there. She was director of research and academic programs (2001-2011) at the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research at UTS, and holds the inaugural...
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2. Sharan Burrow
1954-. (aged 72)
teacher
trade unionist
Sharan Leslie Burrow AC is an Australian trade unionist who served as the general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) from 2010 to 2022 and as president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) from 2000 to 2010. She was the first woman to become General Secretary of the ITUC since its foundation in 2006, and was...
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3. Saul Newman
1972-. (aged 54)
writer
political theorist
political scientist
university teacher
Saul Newman is a British political theorist who writes on post-anarchism. He is professor of political theory at Goldsmiths College, University of London.
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4. Tim Cook
1960-. (aged 66)
chief executive officer
businessperson
presenter
engineer
manager
Timothy Raleigh Brown Cook CM FRSC was a Canadian military historian and author. Cook was a historian at the Canadian War Museum and the author of thirteen books about the military history of Canada. Having written extensively about World War I, Cook's focus shifted to Canada's involvement in World War II with the 2014 publication of the first volume in...
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5. Sarah Mitchell
1982-. (aged 44)
politician
Sarah Ann Mitchell, an Australian politician, is the former Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning in the second Berejiklian ministry and in the Perrottet ministry. She has been a Nationals member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since March 2011.
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6. Penny Sharpe
1970-. (aged 56)
politician
Penelope Gail Sharpe is an Australian politician. She has served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 2005, representing the Labor Party. Since March 2023, Sharpe is the Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council and the Vice-President of the Executive Council since Labor's election victory in March 2023, having previously served as leader of...
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7. Matt Thistlethwaite
1972-. (aged 54)
trade unionist
politician
Matthew James Thistlethwaite is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2013, representing the electorate of Kingsford Smith. Since 29 July 2024, Thistlethwaite has served as the Assistant Minister for Immigration in the ministry of Anthony Albanese. He has also served as the Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs and...
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8. Lee Rhiannon
1951-. (aged 75)
politician
Lee Rhiannon is an Australian former politician who was a Senator for New South Wales between July 2011 and August 2018. She was elected at the 2010 federal election, representing the Australian Greens. Prior to her election to the Federal Parliament, Rhiannon was a Greens NSW member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1999 and 2010.
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9. Jason Falinski
1970-. (aged 56)
politician
Jason George Falinski is an Australian former politician. He was first elected as the Member for Mackellar for the Liberal Party in the Australian House of Representatives at the 2016 Australian election and was re-elected at the 2019 Australian election. He lost his re-election bid in the 2022 Australian federal election to independent candidate Sophie Scamps. During his time in...
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10. George Szekeres
1911-2005 (aged 94)
mathematician
university teacher
George Szekeres AM FAA was a Hungarian–Australian mathematician.
11. Shi Zhengrong
1963-. (aged 63)
entrepreneur
businessperson
Shi Zhengrong is a Chinese-Australian businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and, up to March 2013, chairman and chief executive officer of Suntech Power.
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12. Maha Sinnathamby
1939-. (aged 87)
businessperson
Maha Sinnathamby AM is an Australian businessman and property developer. He is the entrepreneur behind the Greater Springfield Development in Queensland, the largest master-planned community in Australia.
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13. Katharine Cullen
1975-. (aged 51)
actor
Katharine Cullen is an Australian actress, daughter of actors Max Cullen and Colleen Anne Fitzpatrick.
14. Cheng Kar Foo Andrew
1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Andrew Cheng Kar-foo is a Hong Kong former politician and solicitor. He is a former Democratic Party member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing the New Territories East geographical constituency.
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15. Lior
1976-. (aged 50)
singer
Lior Attar, better known simply as Lior, is an independent Australian singer-songwriter based in Melbourne. He is best known for his 2005 debut studio album Autumn Flow, which featured singles such as "Daniel", the title track and his signature song "This Old Love".
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16. Duncan J. Watts
1971-. (aged 55)
researcher
academic
physicist
sociologist
Duncan James Watts is a computational social scientist and a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He was formerly a principal researcher at Microsoft Research in New York City, and is known for his work on small-world networks.
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17. Andrew Morton
1953-. (aged 73)
biographer
writer
journalist
Andrew Keith Paul Morton is an Australian software engineer. He is one of the lead developers of the Linux kernel, and a co-maintainer of the Ext3 file system, the journaling layer for block devices (JBD) and memory management.
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18. Foo Mee Har
1966-. (aged 60)
politician
Foo Mee Har is a Malaysian-born Singaporean business executive and politician. A member of the People's Action Party (PAP), she served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ayer Rajah division from 2011 to 2020, and from 2020 to 2025 she represented the Ayer Rajah–Gek Poh division in the West Coast Group Representation Constituency.
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19. Luke Foley
1970-. (aged 56)
trade unionist
politician
Luke Aquinas Foley is a former Australian Labor Party politician who served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of New South Wales from 2015 to 2018. Foley was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 19 June 2010 until his resignation to contest the Legislative Assembly seat of Auburn at the 2015 New South...
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20. Janette Howard
1944-. (aged 82)
teacher
Janette Howard is the wife of John Howard, who was the 25th prime minister of Australia from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007.
21. Liu Thai Ker
1938-2026 (aged 88)
urban planner
architect
Liu Thai Ker DUBC PJG PPA was a Singaporean architect and a master planner of the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore. He was also involved in the urban planning of various cities in China since the 1980s.
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22. Mehdi Ghazanfari
1961-. (aged 65)
civil servant
Mehdi Ghazanfari Khansari is an Iranian politician and the current chairman of the National Development Fund of Iran since October 2021. He was Minister of Industries and Business from 3 August 2011 to 15 August 2013 and Minister of Commerce in the second cabinet of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from 9 August 2009 to 3 August 2011.
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23. Saul Griffith
1974-. (aged 52)
engineer
inventor
entrepreneur
Saul Griffith is an Australian–American inventor and renewable electricity advocate. He is the founder or co-founder of multiple companies, including Otherlab (where he is currently CEO), Makani Power, and Instructables.
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24. Hamid Mirzadeh
1950-. (aged 76)
teacher
academic
politician
Hamid Mirzadeh is an Iranian politician and academic who was the 3rd president of the Islamic Azad University system.
25. David Coleman
1974-. (aged 52)
politician
business consultant
David Bernard Coleman is an Australian former politician. He represented the New South Wales seat of Banks in the House of Representatives from 2013 to 2025 for the Liberal Party. Coleman served as the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention from December 2020 until May 2022. He previously served as Minister for Immigration, Citizenship,...
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26. Craig Laundy
1971-. (aged 55)
hotel manager
politician
Craig Arthur Samuel Laundy is a former Australian Liberal Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Reid from 2013 until his retirement in 2019. He served as Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation in the Second Turnbull Ministry, before resigning in August 2018 following the ousting of Malcolm Turnbull as Prime Minister. On 15...
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27. Tom Tate
1959-. (aged 67)
politician
civil engineer
Thomas Richard Tate is an Australian businessman, property investor, and politician who is the current and 13th mayor of the Gold Coast, Australia. Standing as an independent candidate he was first elected as mayor in 2012, and following his re-election in 2024 he is now the longest-serving holder of that office.
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28. Alex Greenwich
1980-. (aged 46)
politician
Alexander Hart Greenwich is an Australian politician. He is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing the seat of Sydney since the 2012 Sydney by-election. He ran as an independent and was backed by his predecessor, independent Clover Moore.
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29. Philip Lowe
1961-. (aged 65)
economist
Philip Lowe is an Australian economist and former Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, from September 2016 to September 2023. He was also deputy governor under Glenn Stevens from February 2012 to September 2016.
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30. Gordon Bell
1934-2024 (aged 90)
computer scientist
manager
electrical engineer
university teacher
Chester Gordon Bell was an American electrical engineer and manager. An early employee of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), from 1960 to 1966, Bell designed several of their PDP machines and later served as the company's Vice President of Engineering from 1972 to 1983, overseeing development of the VAX computer systems. Bell's later career included roles as an entrepreneur, investor, founding...
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31. Emile Sherman
film producer
Emile Paul Sherman is an Australian film and television producer best known for producing the film The King's Speech (2010), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Picture and the BAFTA award for Best Film and Best British Film, and for executive producing television series Top of the Lake, which was nominated for an Emmy, BAFTA and Golden...
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32. Geoff Lawson
1957-. (aged 69)
cricketer
Geoffrey Francis Lawson, OAM is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer and the former coach of the Pakistan cricket team.
33. Greg Combet
1958-. (aged 68)
engineer
politician
mining engineer
trade unionist
Gregory Ivan Combet AO is the chairman of Australia's sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund. Prior to this he served as chair of the Australian Government Net Zero Economy Agency, establishing a government authority to oversee the economic transformation from fossil fuels to renewable energy and net zero emissions.
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34. Mah Bow Tan
1948-. (aged 78)
politician
Mah Bow Tan is a Singaporean former politician who served as Leader of the House between 2007 and 2011, Minister for National Development between 1999 and 2011, Minister for the Environment from 1993 to 1995, and Minister for Communications between 1991 and 1999. A former member of the People's Action Party, he served as the Member of Parliament representing the...
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35. David Kilcullen
1967-. (aged 59)
writer
David John Kilcullen FRGS is an Australian author, strategist, and counterinsurgency expert and current president of the Cordillera Applications Group. Previously he served as non-executive chairman of Caerus Associates, a strategy and design consulting firm that he founded. He is a professor at Arizona State University and at University of New South Wales, Canberra.
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36. Army
1964-. (aged 62)
military personnel
Lieutenant General Richard Maxwell "Rick" Burr, AO, DSC, MVO is a retired senior officer of the Australian Army, who served as Chief of Army from 2 July 2018 to 1 July 2022. He was previously Commander 1st Division from 2011 to 2012, Deputy Commanding General – Operations, United States Army Pacific from January 2013 to November 2014, and Deputy Chief...
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37. Kathryn Campbell
civil servant
military officer
Kathryn Jane Campbell, AO, CSC is a former Australian public servant and a former senior officer in the Australian Army Reserve.
38. Andrew Hastie
1982-. (aged 44)
politician
Andrew William Hastie is an Australian politician and former military officer who has served as the deputy leader of the Opposition and the deputy leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Representatives since 2026. He has been the member of parliament (MP) for the Western Australian division of Canning since 2015. Hastie was a troop commander in the...
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39. Issa Zarepour
1980-. (aged 46)
politician
Eisa Zarepour is an Iranian conservative politician who has served as Minister of Information and Communications Technology from 2021 to 2024 in the government of President Ebrahim Raisi.
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40. Kerry Chant
physician
health officer
chief medical officer
Kerry Gai Chant AO PSM is an Australian public health physician who has been the chief health officer of New South Wales, Australia, since 2008. She gained prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia providing regular public health advice for New South Wales, a contribution for which she was named the state's Woman of the Year in March 2021.
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41. Gai Waterhouse
1954-. (aged 72)
horse trainer
Gabriel Marie "Gai" Waterhouse AO is an Australian horse trainer and businesswoman. The daughter of Tommy J. Smith, a leading trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses, Waterhouse was born and raised in Sydney. After graduating from the University of New South Wales, she worked as an actor for a time, appearing in both Australian and English television series. Having worked under her...
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42. Andrew Wilkie
1961-. (aged 65)
intelligence officer
politician
Andrew Damien Wilkie is an Australian politician and independent federal member for Clark (previously Denison). Before entering politics Wilkie was an infantry officer in the Australian Army.
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43. Chua Tian Chang
1963-. (aged 63)
politician
Chua Tian Chang, better known as Tian Chua, is a Malaysian politician who served as Special Advisor to the Minister of Works from March 2019 to February 2020 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Batu from March 2008 to May 2018. He is an independent and was a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the...
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44. Jason Clare
1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Jason Dean Clare is an Australian politician serving as Minister for Education since 1 June 2022. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has represented the Division of Blaxland in Western Sydney since 2007.
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45. Vega Tamotia
1985-. (aged 41)
model
actor
Vega Tamotia, also known mononymously as Vega, is an Australian actress and producer, who has appeared in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu films. She is probably best known for her performances as Saroja in the film of the same name, and Sobikannu in Pasanga. Vega, with the motive of acting in films, earlier had been acting for Broadway Drama Troupe and...
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46. Lu Jun Hong
1959-2021 (aged 62)
educator
faith healer
Richard Jun Hong Lu, also known as Lu Tai Zhang (盧台長, lit. Master Lu) by his followers, was a Chinese-born Australian Buddhist faith healer and the founder of the Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door religious movement (觀世音菩薩心靈法門). During his lifetime, the Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door garnered praise from regular and new Buddhist followers, but also drew controversy among some...
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47. Bob Carr
1947-. (aged 79)
diplomat
politician
Robert John Carr is an Australian retired politician and journalist who served as the 39th premier of New South Wales from 1995 to 2005, as the leader of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party. He later entered federal politics as a New South Wales senator, and served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2013....
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48. Lucy Turnbull
1958-. (aged 68)
businessperson
politician
Lucinda Mary Turnbull AO is an Australian businesswoman, philanthropist, and former local government politician. She served on the Sydney City Council from 1999 to 2004, including as Lord Mayor of Sydney from 2003 to 2004 – the first woman to hold the position. She has since held positions on a number of urban planning bodies, including as chief commissioner of...
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49. Adam Pak
1982-. (aged 44)
actor
Adam Pak Tin-nam is an Australian-born Hong Kong actor and model. Making his feature film debut as Thompson Yau in the action film L Storm (2018), Pak received a nomination for Best New Performer in the 38th Hong Kong Film Awards. He has also starred in the crime film trilogy Breakout Brothers (2021–2022), ViuTV drama series Ink at Tai Ping...
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50. Glenn Murcutt
1936-. (aged 90)
university teacher
architect
Glenn Marcus Murcutt AO is an Australian architect and winner of the 1992 Alvar Aalto Medal, the 2002 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the 2009 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal and the 2021 Praemium Imperiale. Glenn Murcutt works as a sole practitioner without staff, builds only within Australia and is known to be very selective with his projects. Being the only...
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51. Mehreen Faruqi
1963-. (aged 63)
environmental engineer
civil engineer
politician
Mehreen Saeed Faruqi is an Australian politician and former engineer who has been a federal Senator for New South Wales since 15 August 2018, representing the Greens. She was chosen to fill a casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Lee Rhiannon, before being elected in her own right in 2019. She had previously served in the New South Wales...
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52. Campbell Newman
1963-. (aged 63)
civil engineer
engineer
politician
Campbell Kevin Thomas Newman is an Australian former politician who served as the 38th Premier of Queensland from 26 March 2012 to 14 February 2015. He served as the member for Ashgrove in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland between 24 March 2012 and 31 January 2015. He was LNP Leader from 2 April 2011 to 7 February 2015; Newman previously...
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53. Costa Georgiadis
1964-. (aged 62)
television presenter
landscape architect
educator
Costa Georgiadis is an Australian author, landscape architect, environmental educator and television presenter. Costa is the third host of ABC television series Gardening Australia after Peter Cundall and Stephen Ryan, and previously appeared as 'Costa the Garden Gnome' in the ABC Kids program Get Grubby TV.
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54. Scott Farquhar
1979-. (aged 47)
chief executive officer
Scott Farquhar is an Australian businessman who is the co-founder and the former co-chief executive officer of software company Atlassian. Farquhar often carries the epithet of accidental billionaire after he and his business partner Mike Cannon-Brookes founded Atlassian with the aim to replicate the $48,500 graduate starting salary typical at corporations without having to work for someone else. Farquhar and...
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55. Paul Tse
1959-. (aged 67)
solicitor
politician
Paul Tse Wai-chun, JP is a Hong Kong solicitor and politician. Self claiming the "Superman of Law", he was elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 2008 through the tourism functional constituency as an owner of a small travel agency, before standing and re-elected in 2012 at Kowloon East constituency, and subsequently the revived Election Committee constituency in...
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56. Marise Payne
1964-. (aged 62)
politician
Marise Ann Payne is an Australian politician who was a Senator for New South Wales from 1997 until 2023, representing the Liberal Party. She held senior ministerial office in Coalition governments between 2013 and 2022, including as Minister for Defence (2015–2018) and Minister for Foreign Affairs (2018–2022).
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57. Jeremy Tam
1975-. (aged 51)
aircraft pilot
politician
Jeremy Jansen Tam Man-ho is a Hong Kong politician, airline pilot, and former Vice-Chairman of the Hong Kong Civic Party's Kowloon East Branch. He was a former member of the Legislative Council representing Kowloon East, having been elected in the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election. Tam resigned along with 14 other remaining pro-democracy legislators from the Legislative Council on...
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58. Raj Reddy
1937-. (aged 89)
computer scientist
artificial intelligence researcher
university teacher
Dabbala Rajagopal "Raj" Reddy is an Indian-American computer scientist. He is one of the early pioneers of artificial intelligence and has served on the faculty of Stanford and Carnegie Mellon for over 50 years. He was the founding director of the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. He was instrumental in helping to create Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies...
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59. Angus Campbell
civil servant
military officer
General Angus John Campbell, AO, DSC is a retired senior officer in the Australian Army, who served as the Chief of the Defence Force from 6 July 2018 until 10 July 2024. He was previously posted as Commander Operation Sovereign Borders from September 2013 until he was appointed Chief of Army in May 2015.
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60. Richard Farleigh
1960-. (aged 66)
chess player
businessperson
investor
Richard Bruce Farleigh is an Australian private investor and reality television personality. Farleigh featured in series 3 and 4 of the BBC's Dragons' Den. He currently resides in London, England.
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61. Emil Dardak
1984-. (aged 42)
politician
Emil Elestianto Dardak is an Indonesian politician who is the Vice Governor of East Java. Before becoming Vice Governor, he was the regent of Trenggalek Regency from 2016 to 2019 and was a singer cum actor prior to his political career.
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62. Robyn Denholm
1963-. (aged 63)
entrepreneur
businessperson
Robyn M. Denholm is an Australian business executive and former accountant who is chair of Tesla, Inc. In November 2018, Denholm was chosen by Elon Musk to succeed him as chair of Tesla. Prior to her appointment, she was relatively unknown. She is the highest-paid chair of any public company in the United States.
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63. Stan Grant
1963-. (aged 63)
news presenter
opinion journalist
writer
journalist
television journalist
Stan Grant is an Australian and a Wiradjuri, Kamilaroi and Dharawal man who had been a journalist, writer, radio and television presenter and theologian. He has written and spoken on Indigenous issues and his Aboriginal identity.
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64. Nick Littlemore
1978-. (aged 48)
singer
record producer
composer
Nicholas George Littlemore is an Australian musician, record producer, singer, songwriter and tour manager. As a musician, he is the frontman of the electronic project Pnau, a member of the art-rock band Teenager and one part of the electro pop-duo Empire of the Sun. As a record producer, he has worked with Elton John, Lover Lover, Groove Armada and Mika....
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65. Sarah Song
1985-. (aged 41)
actor
Sarah Song is a Chinese-Australian television host, actress, professional MC, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Chinese International 2007. Previously Song was crowned Miss Sydney Chinese 2006.
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66. Alina Zhang
1981-. (aged 45)
actor
Zhang Meng, also known as Alina Zhang, is a Chinese actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She is most well known as the winner of the Miss Universe China 2004 and for her role as the Fire Princess in 2016 television hit series Ice Fantasy.
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67. Gladys Berejiklian
1970-. (aged 56)
politician
banker
Gladys Berejiklian is an Australian businesswoman and former politician who served as the 45th premier of New South Wales and the leader of the New South Wales division of the Liberal Party from 2017 to 2021. Berejiklian currently works as an executive for the telecommunications company Optus.
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68. Mark Taylor
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Mark Anthony Taylor AO is a former Australian cricketer and current Nine Network commentator. He was the captain of the Australian squad which finished as runners-up at the 1996 Cricket World Cup.
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69. Markus Zusak
1975-. (aged 51)
children's writer
novelist
writer
Markus Zusak is an Australian-German writer. He is best known for The Book Thief and The Messenger, two novels that became international bestsellers. He won the Margaret Edwards Award in 2014.
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70. Natalie Tran
1986-. (aged 40)
television producer
YouTuber
actor
film actor
Natalie Tran, also known online as communitychannel, is an Australian comedian, actress, television presenter, and former YouTuber. She became known on YouTube for her comedy videos, in which she discusses everyday issues.
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71. Marta Dusseldorp
1973-. (aged 53)
actor
film actor
Marta Dusseldorp is an Australian stage, film and theatre actress. Her television credits include BlackJack, Crownies, Jack Irish and A Place to Call Home.
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72. Leonardo Nam
1979-. (aged 47)
actor
Leonardo Nam is an American actor. Born in Argentina to South Korean immigrant parents, he emigrated to Australia as a child before moving to the United States in the 1990s to begin his career as an actor. He made his breakthrough as Roy in The Perfect Score (2004), and gained further recognition for his roles as Morimoto in The Fast...
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73. Vimala Raman
1980-. (aged 46)
actor
Vimala Raman is an Australian actress and former model who has worked in Indian cinema. She appears in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada language films. Born and brought up in Australia, she made her debut in 2006 with the Tamil film Poi. An established Bharatanatyam dancer and a graduate in B.Sc Information Systems from the University of New South Wales,...
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74. David A. Sinclair
1969-. (aged 57)
university teacher
biologist
gerontologist
geneticist
anti-aging practitioner and activist
David Andrew Sinclair AO is an Australian-American biologist and academic known for his research on aging and epigenetics. Sinclair is a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and the founding director of the Paul F. Glenn Laboratories for the Biological Mechanisms of Aging at Harvard. He is the co-author of Lifespan: Why We Age – and Why We Don't...
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75. Mike Cannon-Brookes
1979-. (aged 47)
computer scientist
businessperson
university teacher
writer
Michael Cannon-Brookes is an Australian businessman who is the co-founder and chief executive officer of the software company Atlassian.
76. Rebel Wilson
1980-. (aged 46)
comedian
television producer
video game actor
voice actor
television presenter
Rebel Melanie Elizabeth Wilson is an Australian actress, comedian and producer. After graduating from the Australian Theatre for Young People in 2003, Wilson began appearing in the SBS comedy series Pizza (2003–2007) and later appeared in the sketch comedy show The Wedge (2006–2007). She wrote, produced and starred in the musical comedy series Bogan Pride (2008). Shortly after moving to...
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77. George Miller
1945-. (aged 81)
lawyer
politician
George Miller is an Australian filmmaker. Over the course of four decades he has received critical and popular success, and is widely known for creating and directing every film in the Mad Max franchise starting in 1979, including two entries which are considered two of the greatest action films of all time according to Metacritic. He has earned numerous accolades...
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78. Vajiralongkorn
1952-. (aged 74)
monarch
Vajiralongkorn, also known by his regnal name Rama X, is King of Thailand, reigning since 2016. He is the 10th monarch of the Chakri dynasty, the reigning dynasty of Thailand since 1782.
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79. Turia Pitt
1987-. (aged 39)
autobiographer
engineer
athletics competitor
mining engineer
Turia Pitt is an Australian athlete, motivational speaker and author.
80. Simon Baker
1969-. (aged 57)
film director
model
television actor
actor
film actor
Simon Lucas Baker is an Australian actor and director. He first gained prominence on the Australian soap opera E Street (1992–1993). He later starred in the CBS legal drama The Guardian (2001–2004), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama in 2002. From 2008 to 2015, he portrayed Patrick Jane in...
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81. Usman Khawaja
1986-. (aged 40)
cricketer
Usman Tariq Khawaja is a former Australian international cricketer who represented the Australia national cricket team in all formats from 2011 to 2026, and captains the Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash League and plays for Queensland at domestic level.
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82. Nathalie Kelley
1985-. (aged 41)
actor
film actor
Nathalie Kelley is a Peruvian-Australian actress, known for her role as Neela in the 2006 action film The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, and for her roles in various television series including Body of Proof (2011–2012), Unreal (2015), The Vampire Diaries (2016–2017), Dynasty (2017–2018) and The Baker and the Beauty (2020).
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83. Scott Morrison
1986-. (aged 40)
basketball player
Scott John Morrison is an Australian former politician who served as the 30th prime minister of Australia and the leader of the Liberal Party from 2018 to 2022. He was the member of parliament (MP) for the New South Wales division of Cook from 2007 to 2024.
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84. 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.
85. Brad Hazzard
1951-. (aged 75)
teacher
solicitor
politician
Bradley Ronald "Brad" Hazzard is a retired Australian politician who served as the member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly district of Wakehurst between May 1991 and March 2023.
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86. Rodney Adler
1959-. (aged 67)
businessperson
Rodney Stephen Adler is an Australian whose family founded the FAI Insurances group, of which he became chief executive in 1989, and which was at one stage Australia's third largest general insurer. Adler became a director of HIH Insurance after the acquisition of that company, and resigned in January 2001, two months before HIH collapsed. He was jailed in 2005...
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87. Mike Kelly
1942-2016 (aged 74)
businessperson
chief executive officer
aircraft pilot
politician
Colonel Michael Joseph Kelly, AM is an Australian former politician who twice represented the Division of Eden-Monaro in the Parliament of Australia, from 2007 to 2013 and again from 2016 to 2020. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
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88. Todd Greenberg
1971-. (aged 55)
athlete
Todd Greenberg is an Australian sports administrator who served as chief executive officer of the NRL between March 2016 and April 2020. In January 2021 he was appointed as chief executive officer of the Australian Cricketers' Association.
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89. Craig Thomson
1964-. (aged 62)
trade unionist
politician
Craig Robert Thomson is an Australian former trade union official and a former politician implicated in the Health Services Union expenses affair.
90. Lara Pitt
1981-. (aged 45)
television presenter
Lara Pitt is an Australian television presenter and sports journalist, mainly known for reporting for Fox Sports on their NRL coverage and Monday Night with Matty Johns.
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91. Angela Tanoesoedibjo
1987-. (aged 39)
politician
Angela Herliani Tanoesoedibjo ––known as Angela Chen (安琪拉·陳; Pinyin: Ānqílā chén) in China–– (born 23 April 1987) is an Indonesian politician, who is the Vice Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy since 2019, first under Wishnutama Kusubandio, then Sandiaga Uno, businesspersons. As the eldest daughter of MNC Group CEO, founder, and chairman Hary Tanoesoedibjo, she unexpectedly became one of the...
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92. Helen Haines
1961-. (aged 65)
researcher
politician
Helen Mary Haines is an Australian politician who has served as the independent MP for the Victorian seat of Indi since the 2019 federal election.
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. Tim Flannery
1957-. (aged 69)
baseball player
guitarist
singer-songwriter
Timothy Fridtjof Flannery FAA is an Australian mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist, conservationist, explorer, author, science communicator, activist, and public scientist. He is especially known for his 1994 book The Future Eaters, on the natural history of Australia, which was adapted for television in 2006, and his 2006 book The Weather Makers, about the effects of climate change in Australia.
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95. Ken Henry
1957-. (aged 69)
economist
civil servant
business executive
Kenneth Ross Henry AC is an Australian economist and public servant who served as the Secretary of the Department of the Treasury from 2001 to 2011.
96. Anita Heiss
1968-. (aged 58)
novelist
Anita Marianne Heiss AM is an Aboriginal Australian author, poet, cultural activist and social commentator. She is an advocate for Indigenous Australian literature and literacy, through her writing for adults and children and her membership of boards and committees.
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97. 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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98. Tupou VI of Tonga
1959-. (aged 67)
monarch
naval officer
diplomat
politician
Tupou VI is King of Tonga. He served as Prime Minister of Tonga from 2000 to 2006 during the reign of his father King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV.
99. Stuart Robert
1970-. (aged 56)
politician
soldier
Stuart Rowland Robert is an Australian former politician who served as Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business from 2021 to 2022, following his appointment as Minister for Government Services and Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme in 2019. He was also appointed Acting Minister for Education and Youth in December 2021 and was the Member of...
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100. Biman Prasad
politician
economist
Biman Prasad is a Fijian politician, economist and former Cabinet minister who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance from 2022 to 2025. He has led the National Federation Party since 2014.
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