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100 Notable alumni of University of Otago

Updated: June 22, 2026 EliteDegrees

University of Otago is ranked #306 in the world and #2 in New Zealand by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from University of Otago 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 Otago won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Richie Poulton

1. Richie Poulton

1962-2023 (aged 61)
psychologist
Richie Graham Poulton CNZM FRSNZ was a New Zealand psychologist and the director of the University of Otago's Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health & Development Research Unit, which runs the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study (also known as the Dunedin Study). He was also a professor of psychology at the University of Otago, the 2007 founder and co-director of the National...
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Grahame Sydney

2. Grahame Sydney

1948-. (aged 78)
painter
Sir Grahame Charles Sydney KNZM is a New Zealand visual artist, based in the South Island region of Central Otago. Since beginning his professional art life in 1974 he has worked as a painter (in egg tempera, oil and watercolour), printmaker (etching and lithography), photographer and writer.
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Paul Foster-Bell

3. Paul Foster-Bell

1977-. (aged 49)
diplomat politician
Paul Ayers Robert Foster-Bell is a former New Zealand diplomat, a politician and was a list member of the House of Representatives between May 2013 and 2017 for the National Party. While he failed to win the party's nomination for the Whangarei electorate in March 2014, he remained in Parliament as a list MP for the following term.
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Kendrick Lynn

4. Kendrick Lynn

1982-. (aged 44)
rugby union player
Kendrick Graeme Lynn is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A versatile utility back, he last played for Lyon in the French Top 14 competition.
Warwick Taylor

5. Warwick Taylor

1960-. (aged 66)
rugby union player
Warwick Thomas Taylor is a former New Zealand rugby union player. He won 24 caps for the All Blacks between 1983 and 1988 and played in the victorious New Zealand team at the 1987 Rugby World Cup.
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Duncan Oughton

6. Duncan Oughton

1977-. (aged 49)
association football player
Duncan Oughton is a retired New Zealand association football player. Oughton played professionally in the United States for Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew and represented New Zealand internationally. He was an assistant coach for Toronto FC until 31 October 2014, when the team let Ryan Nelsen and five of his assistant coaches go. Today he is the host of...
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Jonathan Lemalu

7. Jonathan Lemalu

1976-. (aged 50)
opera singer
Jonathan Fa'afetai Lemalu ONZM is a New Zealand bass baritone opera singer. Born to Samoan parents who had emigrated to New Zealand, he was educated in Dunedin. His first singing teacher was Honor McKellar, who began teaching him while he attended Otago Boys' High School. He studied both Law and Music at the University of Otago, graduating with a Bachelor...
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Eion Edgar

8. Eion Edgar

1945-2021 (aged 76)
businessperson
Sir Eion Sinclair Edgar KNZM was a New Zealand businessman and philanthropist. He was the chairman of Forsyth Barr Group, a major investment company based in Dunedin, for 20 years until his retirement in 2018, and was chancellor of the University of Otago between 1999 and 2003.
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Holly Walker

9. Holly Walker

1982-. (aged 44)
politician
Holly Ruth Walker is a New Zealand writer, public servant, and former politician.
Nicola Toki

10. Nicola Toki

2001-2002 (aged 1)
conservationist television presenter
Nicola Jane Toki is a New Zealand conservationist. She has worked for the Department of Conservation as threatened species ambassador and became chief executive of Forest & Bird in April 2022.
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Murray Brennan

11. Murray Brennan

1940-. (aged 86)
researcher oncologist surgeon
Sir Murray Frederick Brennan GNZM is a New Zealand surgeon, oncologist, cancer researcher, and academic. From 1985 to 2006, he was chairman of the surgery department of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, United States.
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Rod Carr

12. Rod Carr

1977-1981 (aged 4)
university teacher banker
Roderick Marshall Carr is a New Zealand businessman and administrator. He retired from his position as vice-chancellor of the University of Canterbury in 2019 and has been a chairman of the board of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, and a director of Lyttelton Port Company, Taranaki Investment Management and Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce. In 2019, Carr was appointed...
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Murray Deaker

13. Murray Deaker

teacher announcer
Murray James Boyd Deaker ONZM is a New Zealand sports radio and television talk show host and sports author.
Carla Hohepa

14. Carla Hohepa

1985-. (aged 41)
rugby union player teacher rugby sevens player
Carla Hohepa is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays as a wing for New Zealand, Otago Spirit and Alhambra Union. She was a member of the Black Ferns Champion squads that won the 2010 and 2017 Rugby World Cups.
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Sue Kedgley

15. Sue Kedgley

1948-. (aged 78)
politician
Susan Jane Kedgley ONZM is a New Zealand politician, food campaigner and author. Before entering politics Kedgley worked for the United Nations in New York for 8 years and for a decade as a television reporter, director and producer in New Zealand.
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David Benson-Pope

16. David Benson-Pope

1950-. (aged 76)
politician
David Henry Benson-Pope is a New Zealand politician. He is a former Member of Parliament for Dunedin South from 1999 to 2008 and was Minister of Social Development and Minister for the Environment in the Fifth Labour Government from 2005 to 2007.
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Kimberly K. Arcand

17. Kimberly K. Arcand

1975-. (aged 51)
film producer writer astronomer biologist science communicator
Kimberly Kowal Arcand is a data visualizer and science communicator for NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. She is also the visualization coordinator for the Aesthetics and Astronomy image response project at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Sean Davison

18. Sean Davison

1961-. (aged 65)
scientist
Sean Davison is a New Zealand-born South African scientist and author. In 2010 he was arrested in New Zealand and charged with the attempted murder of his terminally-ill mother, Dr. Patricia Ferguson. As a result of his arrest and High Court trial, he became an international campaigner for changes to the law regarding assisted dying under legally defined criteria. He...
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Roy McKenzie

19. Roy McKenzie

1922-2007 (aged 85)
ski jumper
Sir Roy Allan McKenzie ONZ KBE was a New Zealand horse breeder and racer, and was well known for his philanthropy.
Herb Green

20. Herb Green

1916-2001 (aged 85)
physician
George Herbert Green, B.A., BSc, M.B., Ch.B., (D.Obs. R.C.O.G.), M.R.C.O.G.(Lond.), was a New Zealand Obstetrician and Gynaecologist who led the National Women's Hospital Cervical Cancer Unit as Professor through the 1960s and 1970s and became notorious for conducting an alleged unethical experiment that was the subject of the Cartwright Inquiry.
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Ethel Benjamin

21. Ethel Benjamin

1875-1943 (aged 68)
lawyer
Ethel Rebecca Benjamin was New Zealand's first female lawyer. On 17 September 1897, she became the first woman in the British Empire to appear as counsel in court, representing a client for the recovery of a debt. She was the second woman in the Empire to be admitted as a barrister and solicitor, two months after Clara Brett Martin of...
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Mai Chen

22. Mai Chen

1964-. (aged 62)
lawyer
Mai Chen is a New Zealand lawyer with a professional and specialist focus in constitutional and administrative law, Waitangi Tribunal and courts, human rights, white collar fraud and regulatory defence, judicial review, regulatory issues, education law, and public policy and law reform. She was educated at Otago University and Harvard University. She is an adjunct professor at the University of...
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Aaron Hawkins

23. Aaron Hawkins

politician
Aaron Garth Hawkins is a New Zealand politician who served as the 58th mayor of Dunedin, New Zealand from 2019 to 2022. He was elected as Mayor on 12 October 2019 with 54.54% of the vote, after two prior terms as councillor. He is endorsed by the Green Party. He unsuccessfully stood for re-election as mayor in 2022. Hawkins subsequently...
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Peter McIntyre

24. Peter McIntyre

1910-1995 (aged 85)
writer painter
Peter McIntyre OBE was a New Zealand painter and author who rose to prominence as a result of artwork produced in his capacity as an official war artist during the Second World War.
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Volker Heine

25. Volker Heine

1930-. (aged 96)
physicist university teacher
Volker Heine FRS is a German-born New Zealand and British physicist who is a Professor Emeritus at University of Cambridge. He is considered a pioneer of theoretical and computational studies of the electronic structure of solids and liquids and the determination of physical properties derived from it.
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Andrew Boyens

26. Andrew Boyens

1983-. (aged 43)
association football player
Andrew Victor Boyens is a New Zealand former footballer who played as a centre-back and is the technical director for New Zealand. Boyens has represented New Zealand at the international level.
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Simon O'Neill

27. Simon O'Neill

1971-. (aged 55)
opera singer
Simon O'Neill ONZM is a New Zealand operatic tenor internationally recognised for his performances of the major Heldentenor roles in the operas of Richard Wagner.
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Holly Lawford-Smith

28. Holly Lawford-Smith

1982-. (aged 44)
writer university teacher women's rights activist activist
Holly Lawford-Smith is a New Zealand–Australian philosopher and author. She is an associate professor in Political Philosophy, University of Melbourne. Lawford-Smith is widely known for her views on transgender rights and self-professed gender critical views, which have been described as transphobia.
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Peter Tapsell

29. Peter Tapsell

1930-2012 (aged 82)
rugby union player politician surgeon
Sir Peter Wilfred Tapsell KNZM MBE FRCS FRCSEd was Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1993 to 1996. He was notable for being the first Māori Speaker, and for being the first Speaker since Bill Barnard in 1943 to hold office while not a member of the governing party.
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Brent Hodge

30. Brent Hodge

1985-. (aged 41)
film director screenwriter
Brent Hodge is a Canadian-New Zealander documentary filmmaker and entrepreneur. He is best known for his documentaries I Am Chris Farley, A Brony Tale, The Pistol Shrimps, Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary, Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh, Who Let the Dogs Out and Pharma Bro. He has been nominated for six Leo Awards for his documentary movies Winning America,...
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Ichiro Kawachi

31. Ichiro Kawachi

1961-. (aged 65)
epidemiologist editor sociologist
Ichiro Kawachi is a social epidemiologist of Japanese origin who was trained in New Zealand. He is currently the John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Social Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health where he is also the chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
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Arnold Nordmeyer

32. Arnold Nordmeyer

1901-1989 (aged 88)
politician
Sir Arnold Henry Nordmeyer ONZ KCMG was a New Zealand politician and Presbyterian minister. As a member of Parliament (MP) he played a crucial role in the Labour Party, serving from 1935 to 1969. He served as minister of finance (1957–1960) and later as leader of the Labour Party and leader of the Opposition (1963–1965). Although he was a prominent...
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Jan Logie

33. Jan Logie

1969-. (aged 57)
politician
Heather Janet Logie is a New Zealand politician and a former member of the New Zealand House of Representatives. She is a member of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Peter Chin

34. Peter Chin

1941-. (aged 85)
lawyer
Peter Wing Ho Chin CNZM is a lawyer and was the 56th Mayor of Dunedin, New Zealand. He served two terms as Mayor from 2004 to 2010.
Dave Cull

35. Dave Cull

1950-2021 (aged 71)
television presenter writer politician
David Charles Cull CNZM JP was the mayor of the city of Dunedin in New Zealand. He became the 57th Mayor of Dunedin in October 2010 and was re-elected in both the 2013 mayoralty race and 2016 mayoral election. Before politics, he was a presenter for Television New Zealand and an author.
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David Farrar

36. David Farrar

1967-. (aged 59)
politician
David Peter Farrar is a New Zealand political activist, blogger and pollster. He is an infrequent commentator in the media on internet issues. Farrar manages his own market research company, Curia.
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Melodie Robinson

37. Melodie Robinson

1973-. (aged 53)
rugby union player entrepreneur journalist broadcaster manager
Melodie Robinson is a New Zealand sports journalist and presenter, and former international rugby union player for the New Zealand women's national rugby union team. She played 18 tests for the New Zealand women's team, the Black Ferns, from 1996 to 2002. Robinson won two world cups in that time, playing blindside or openside flanker. She also represented New Zealand...
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Michael Baker

38. Michael Baker

researcher
Michael George Baker MNZM is a New Zealand epidemiologist. He is a professor of public health at the University of Otago. Baker has worked as an advisor and member of multiple organisations. Notably, Baker was formerly a member of the New Zealand Food Safety Authority's Academy and of the New Zealand Ministry of Health's Pandemic Influenza Technical Advisory Group.He was...
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Te Rangi Hīroa

39. Te Rangi Hīroa

1877-1951 (aged 74)
historian director athletics competitor teacher physician
Sir Peter Henry Buck KCMG DSO, also known as Te Rangi Hīroa or Te Rangihīroa, was a New Zealand anthropologist and an expert on Māori and Polynesian cultures who served many roles through his life: as a physician and surgeon; as an official in public health; as a member of parliament; and ultimately as a leading anthropologist and director of...
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Jim Marurai

40. Jim Marurai

1947-2020 (aged 73)
politician
Jim Marurai was a Cook Islands politician who served as Prime Minister of the Cook Islands from 2004 to 2010. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Mason Durie

41. Mason Durie

1938-. (aged 88)
psychiatrist academic
Sir Mason Harold Durie ONZ KNZM FRANZCP is a New Zealand professor of Māori Studies and research academic at Massey University. He is known for his contributions to Māori health. In 2020, he was appointed to the Order of New Zealand, the highest honour in New Zealand's royal honours system.
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Tom Franklin

42. Tom Franklin

1990-. (aged 36)
rugby union player
Tom Franklin is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a lock for Taranaki in New Zealand's domestic National Provincial Championship competition and the Western Force in Super Rugby.
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John Salmond

43. John Salmond

1862-1924 (aged 62)
lawyer
Sir John William Salmond KC was a legal scholar, public servant and judge in New Zealand.
Peter Gluckman

44. Peter Gluckman

1949-. (aged 77)
scientist physician
Sir Peter David Gluckman is a New Zealand scientist. Originally trained as a paediatrician, he served as the inaugural Chief Science Advisor to the New Zealand Prime Minister from 2009 to 2018. He is a founding member and was inaugural chair of the International Network for Government Science Advice, and is president of the International Science Council.
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Adine Wilson

45. Adine Wilson

1979-. (aged 47)
netballer
Adine Rachel Wilson MNZM is a former New Zealand netball international and current commentator. Between 1999 and 2007, Wilson made 79 senior appearances for New Zealand. She represented New Zealand at the 1999 and the 2003 World Netball Championships, winning a gold medal at the latter. She captained New Zealand when they won gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and...
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Robert Stout

46. Robert Stout

1844-1930 (aged 86)
lawyer surveyor judge politician
Sir Robert Stout KCMG was a New Zealand politician who was the 13th premier of New Zealand on two occasions in the late 19th century, and later Chief Justice of New Zealand. He was the only person to hold both these offices. He was noted for his support of liberal causes such as women's suffrage, and for his strong belief...
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Chris Laidlaw

47. Chris Laidlaw

1943-. (aged 83)
diplomat rugby union player politician
Christopher Robert Laidlaw is a New Zealand politician and former rugby union player, Rhodes Scholar, public servant, diplomat and radio host.
Justin Lester

48. Justin Lester

1978-. (aged 48)
politician
Justin Mark Lester is a New Zealand businessman and politician. He was Mayor of Wellington between 2016 and 2019, following six years on the Wellington City Council.
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Annette Baier

49. Annette Baier

1929-2012 (aged 83)
writer philosopher
Annette Claire Baier was a New Zealand philosopher and Hume scholar, focused in particular on Hume's moral psychology. She was well known also for her contributions to feminist philosophy and to the philosophy of mind, where she was strongly influenced by her former colleague, Wilfrid Sellars.
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Farah Palmer

50. Farah Palmer

1972-. (aged 54)
university teacher rugby union player sociologist
Dame Farah Rangikoepa Palmer DNZM is a professor at Massey University and a former captain of New Zealand's women's rugby union team, the Black Ferns.
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Alison Holst

51. Alison Holst

1938-. (aged 88)
chef culinary writer television personality
Dame Alison Margaret Holst DNZM CBE QSM is a best-selling New Zealand food writer and television celebrity chef.
Christopher de Hamel

52. Christopher de Hamel

1950-. (aged 76)
historian academic librarian writer
Christopher Francis Rivers de Hamel FSA FRHistS is a British academic librarian and expert on mediaeval manuscripts. He is a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and former Fellow Librarian of the Parker Library. His book Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts is the winner of the Duff Cooper Prize for 2016 and the Wolfson History Prize for 2017.
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Joe Williams

53. Joe Williams

1934-2020 (aged 86)
politician physician
Joseph Williams QSO was a Cook Islands politician and physician who served as Prime Minister of the Cook Islands for four months in 1999. He is credited with having worked to prevent the spread of the tropical disease lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis). He principally resided in Auckland, New Zealand, where he was medical director of the Mt Wellington Integrated Family Health...
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Robert Carter

54. Robert Carter

1942-2016 (aged 74)
geologist
Robert Merlin Carter was an English palaeontologist, stratigrapher and marine geologist. He was professor and head of the School of Earth Sciences at James Cook University in Australia from 1981 to 1998, and was prominent in promoting anthropogenic climate change denial.
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Michael Woodhouse

55. Michael Woodhouse

1965-. (aged 61)
politician political candidate
Michael Allan Woodhouse is a New Zealand healthcare chief executive and former politician. He was a Member of Parliament for the National Party from 2008 to 2023.
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Greg Henderson

56. Greg Henderson

1976-. (aged 50)
sport cyclist
Gregory Henderson is a New Zealand former professional track and road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2017. His career includes winning the 15-kilometre (9.3-mile) scratch race at the 2004 world championships and, in road cycling, winning the points competition at the Tour de Georgia in 2005 and 2008.
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Rob Knight

57. Rob Knight

1976-. (aged 50)
writer biologist scientist university teacher
Rob Knight is a computational microbiologist and professor at the University of California, San Diego. His research involves the development of laboratory and computational techniques to characterize the microbiomes of humans, animals, and the environment.
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Anton Oliver

58. Anton Oliver

1975-. (aged 51)
rugby union player
Anton David Oliver is a retired New Zealand rugby union player. Previously, he played as a hooker for Marlborough (one of the predecessors to today's Tasman side) and Otago in the National Provincial Championship and Air New Zealand Cup, and spent twelve seasons with the Highlanders in Super Rugby. He earned 59 caps for his country and for a period...
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Lloyd Geering

59. Lloyd Geering

1918-. (aged 108)
academic theologian
Sir Lloyd George Geering ONZ GNZM CBE is a New Zealand theologian who faced charges of heresy in 1967 for teaching that the Bible's record of Jesus' death and resurrection is not true. He considers Christian and Muslim fundamentalism to be "social evils". Geering is emeritus professor of religious studies at Victoria University of Wellington. In 2007, he was appointed...
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Seru Rabeni

60. Seru Rabeni

1978-2016 (aged 38)
rugby union player
Ratu Seru Rabeni was a Fijian rugby union player. He played as a centre or wing. At both club and international level, his physicality and heavy tackles earned him the nickname "Rambo".
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Craig Millar

61. Craig Millar

1990-. (aged 36)
rugby union player
Craig William Millar is a professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for Japan Rugby League One club Saitama Wild Knights. Born in New Zealand, he represents Japan at international level after qualifying on residency grounds.
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Josh Kronfeld

62. Josh Kronfeld

1971-. (aged 55)
rugby union player
Joshua Adrian Kronfeld is a New Zealand former rugby union player. He played as an openside flanker for Otago, the Highlanders and Leicester. At international level, Kronfeld played in 56 games for the New Zealand (the All Blacks) gaining 54 test caps, including appearances at the 1995 and 1999 Rugby World Cups.
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Kieran McAnulty

63. Kieran McAnulty

1985-. (aged 41)
politician political candidate
Kieran Michael McAnulty is a New Zealand politician. He was first elected to the New Zealand House of Representatives in 2017, representing the New Zealand Labour Party. He was the Member of Parliament for Wairarapa between 2020 and 2023, and is currently a list MP.
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Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt

64. Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt

1900-1994 (aged 94)
sprinter politician military physician surgeon
Colonel Arthur Espie Porritt, Baron Porritt, Bt, GCMG, GCVO, CBE, KStJ, FRCS was a New Zealand physician, military surgeon, statesman and athlete. He won a bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the 100 m sprint. He served as the 11th governor-general of New Zealand from 1967 to 1972, becoming the first New Zealand-born person to hold the office.
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Malcolm Grant

65. Malcolm Grant

1947-. (aged 79)
Sir Malcolm John Grant, CBE, FAcSS is a barrister, academic lawyer, and former law professor. Born and educated in New Zealand, he was the ninth President and Provost of University College London – the head as well as principal academic and administrative officer of the university – for over a decade from 2003 until 2013.
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Jack Lovelock

66. Jack Lovelock

1910-1949 (aged 39)
athletics competitor middle-distance runner journalist
John Edward Lovelock was a New Zealand athlete who became the world 1500m and mile record holder and 1936 Olympic champion in the 1500 metres.
Ian Taylor

67. Ian Taylor

1945-. (aged 81)
politician
Sir Ian Lemuel Taylor KNZM is a New Zealand businessman and former television presenter based in Dunedin.
Silvia Cartwright

68. Silvia Cartwright

1943-. (aged 83)
lawyer judge
Dame Silvia Rose Cartwright ONZ PCNZM DBE QSO DStJ is a New Zealand jurist who served as the 18th governor-general of New Zealand, from 2001 to 2006. She was the second woman to hold the office, after Dame Catherine Tizard.
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Arthur Prior

69. Arthur Prior

1914-1969 (aged 55)
philosopher academic writer
Arthur Norman Prior, usually cited as A. N. Prior, was a New Zealand–born logician and philosopher. Prior (1957) founded tense logic, now also known as temporal logic, and made important contributions to intensional logic, particularly in Prior (1971).
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Fergus Hume

70. Fergus Hume

1859-1932 (aged 73)
novelist writer crime fiction writer
Ferguson Wright Hume, known as Fergus Hume, was a prolific English novelist, known for his detective fiction, thrillers and mysteries.
Juliet Marillier

71. Juliet Marillier

1948-. (aged 78)
writer novelist
Juliet Marillier is a New Zealand-born writer of speculative fiction, predominantly historical fantasy.
David Parker

72. David Parker

1960-. (aged 66)
political candidate lawyer politician
David William Parker is a New Zealand lawyer, businessman and politician who was a Labour Party Member of Parliament from 2002 to 2025.
Jeremy Waldron

73. Jeremy Waldron

1953-. (aged 73)
university teacher lawyer philosopher
Jeremy Waldron is a New Zealand legal philosopher. He holds a University Professorship at the New York University School of Law, is affiliated with the New York University Department of Philosophy, and was formerly the Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at All Souls College, Oxford University. Waldron also holds an adjunct professorship at Victoria University of Wellington. Waldron...
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Jack Bauer

74. Jack Bauer

1985-. (aged 41)
sport cyclist
Hans Jacob Bauer is a New Zealand former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2010 to 2023.
Archibald McIndoe

75. Archibald McIndoe

1900-1960 (aged 60)
surgeon plastic surgeon
Sir Archibald Hector McIndoe CBE FRCS was a New Zealand plastic surgeon who worked for the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He improved the treatment and rehabilitation of badly burned aircrew.
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Nigel Latta

76. Nigel Latta

1967-2025 (aged 58)
television presenter clinical psychologist
Nigel Raymond Latta ONZM was a New Zealand clinical psychologist, author and broadcaster. He had often been described as "New Zealand's best-known psychologist".
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Rayyanah Barnawi

77. Rayyanah Barnawi

1988-. (aged 38)
astronaut biomedical scientist
Rayyanah Barnawi is a biomedical researcher and astronaut. She is the first Saudi female astronaut, selected for Axiom Mission 2 as a mission specialist by the Saudi Space Commission; her selection was officially announced on February 12, 2023.
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Paul Beresford

78. Paul Beresford

1946-. (aged 80)
dentist politician
Sir Alexander Paul Beresford is a British–New Zealander politician who served as the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Mole Valley in Surrey from 1997 to 2024. He previously served as MP for Croydon Central from 1992 to 1997.
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Kamisese Mara

79. Kamisese Mara

1920-2004 (aged 84)
politician cricketer
Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, CF, GCMG, KBE was a Fijian politician who served as Chief Minister from 1967 to 1970, when Fiji gained its independence from the United Kingdom, and, apart from one brief interruption in 1987, as the first Prime Minister from 1970 to 1992. He subsequently served as president from 1993 to 2000.
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David Clark

80. David Clark

1973-. (aged 53)
politician
David Scott Clark is a former New Zealand Labour Party politician.
Nikki Kaye

81. Nikki Kaye

1980-2024 (aged 44)
politician
Nicola Laura Kaye was a New Zealand politician who served as Deputy Leader of the New Zealand National Party and Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 22 May 2020 to 14 July 2020.
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Rui Maria de Araújo

82. Rui Maria de Araújo

1964-. (aged 62)
politician
Rui Maria de Araújo is an East Timorese politician who served as its prime minister from 2015 to 2017. He is a physician and member of Fretilin.
John Hattie

83. John Hattie

1950-. (aged 76)
university teacher pedagogue
John Allan Clinton Hattie ONZM is a New Zealand education academic. He has been a professor of education and director of the Melbourne Education Research Institute at the University of Melbourne, Australia, since March 2011. He was previously professor of education at the University of Auckland, the University of North Carolina Greensboro, and the University of Western Australia.
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Mazlan Othman

84. Mazlan Othman

1951-. (aged 75)
astrophysicist politician physicist
Mazlan binti Othman is a Malaysian astrophysicist whose work has pioneered Malaysia's participation in space exploration. She was her country's first astrophysicist, and helped to create a curriculum in astrophysics at the national university, as well as to build public awareness and understanding of astronomy and space issues. She was appointed director general of Angkasa, the Malaysian National Space Agency...
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Grant Robertson

85. Grant Robertson

1971-. (aged 55)
politician political candidate
Grant Murray Robertson is a retired New Zealand politician and member of the Labour Party who served as the Minister of Finance from 2017 to 2023, as Minister of Foreign Affairs in November 2023, and as the 19th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2020 to 2023. He was the member of Parliament (MP) for Wellington Central from 2008...
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Jamie Joseph

86. Jamie Joseph

1969-. (aged 57)
rugby union player
James Whitinui Joseph is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the Highlanders and the All Blacks XV.
Ayesha Verrall

87. Ayesha Verrall

1979-. (aged 47)
minister politician political candidate epidemiologist physician
Ayesha Jennifer Verrall is a New Zealand politician, infectious-diseases physician and researcher with expertise in tuberculosis and international health. Since 2020 she has been a Member of the New Zealand House of Representatives for the Labour Party.
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Janet Frame

88. Janet Frame

1924-2004 (aged 80)
essayist novelist short story writer writer poet
Janet Paterson Frame ONZ CBE was a New Zealand author. She is internationally renowned for her work, which includes novels, short stories, poetry, juvenile fiction, and an autobiography, and received numerous awards including being appointed to the Order of New Zealand, New Zealand's highest civil honour.
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Stella Maxwell

89. Stella Maxwell

1990-. (aged 36)
model
Stella Maynes Maxwell is a British-Irish model. She is a former Victoria's Secret Angel, and is also the face of the cosmetics brand Max Factor.
Clare Curran

90. Clare Curran

1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Clare Elizabeth Curran is a New Zealand former politician who served as a member of the New Zealand Parliament for Dunedin South from 2008 to 2020. She was the Minister of Broadcasting, Communications, and Digital Media and Associate Minister for the Accident Compensation Corporation in the Sixth Labour Government of New Zealand. Curran retired from politics at the 2020 general...
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Sam Hayes

91. Sam Hayes

1984-. (aged 42)
news presenter
Samantha Hayes is a New Zealand journalist and newsreader, best known for co-anchoring Three's flagship news programme Newshub Live at 6pm.
James K. Baxter

92. James K. Baxter

1926-1972 (aged 46)
poet writer
James Keir Baxter was a New Zealand poet and playwright. He was also known as an activist for the preservation of Māori culture. He is one of New Zealand's most well-known and controversial literary figures. He was a prolific writer who produced numerous poems, plays and articles in his short life, and was regarded as the preeminent writer of his...
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Bill English

93. Bill English

1961-. (aged 65)
farmer politician
Sir Simon William English KNZM is a New Zealand former politician who served as the 39th prime minister of New Zealand from 2016 to 2017 and leader of the National Party from 2001 to 2003 and 2016 to 2018. He had previously served as the 17th deputy prime minister of New Zealand and minister of finance from 2008 to 2016...
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John Money

94. John Money

1921-2006 (aged 85)
university teacher psychologist sexologist
John William Money was a New Zealand American psychologist, sexologist and professor at Johns Hopkins University known for his research on human sexual behavior and gender.
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Rebecca Scown

95. Rebecca Scown

1983-. (aged 43)
rower
Rebecca Scown is a Silver and Bronze Olympic medalist rower from New Zealand. Together with Genevieve Behrent, she won the silver medal in the women's coxless pair at the 2016 Summer Olympics. At the same Olympic games she doubled up to compete in New Zealand's first ever Olympic women's eight placing 4th. Previous to this with Juliette Haigh, she won...
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David Cunliffe

96. David Cunliffe

1963-. (aged 63)
diplomat politician
David Richard Cunliffe QSO is a New Zealand management consultant and former politician who was Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from September 2013 to September 2014. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Titirangi and then New Lynn for the Labour Party between 1999 and 2017. He served as the Minister of Health,...
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Kim Hill

97. Kim Hill

1955-. (aged 71)
television presenter
Fiona Anderson Kim Hill CRSNZ is a New Zealand broadcaster who presented the programme Saturday Morning on Radio New Zealand National, a public radio station, between 2002 and 2023. She was named International Radio Personality of the Year in 2012.
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Graham Henry

98. Graham Henry

1946-. (aged 80)
cricketer rugby union player rugby union coach association football player
Sir Graham William Henry KNZM is a New Zealand rugby union coach, and former head coach of the country's national team, the All Blacks. Nicknamed 'Ted', he led New Zealand to win the 2011 World Cup.
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Nathan Cohen

99. Nathan Cohen

1986-. (aged 40)
rower
Nathan Phillip Cohen MNZM is a New Zealand rower. He is a two-time world champion, and won a gold medal in the Olympics. In 2006, rowing a single scull, he won a gold medal at the World University Games. In doing so, he became the first New Zealander to win a gold medal at the World University Games in any...
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Tim Macindoe

100. Tim Macindoe

politician
Timothy Harley Macindoe is a New Zealand politician who has served as the mayor of Hamilton since 2025. Macindoe was previously a Member of Parliament for the Hamilton West electorate from 2008 to 2020. He served as the Minister of Customs for the final six months of the Fifth National Government.
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