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100 Notable alumni of University of Queensland

Updated: June 23, 2026 EliteDegrees

University of Queensland is ranked #65 in the world and #3 in Australia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from University of Queensland 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 Queensland won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Dane Bird-Smith

1. Dane Bird-Smith

1992-. (aged 34)
athletics competitor
Dane Alex Bird-Smith is an Australian racewalking athlete. He competes in the 20 kilometres race walk, and has a best of 1:19:28 hours for the distance, set in 2017. He competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics, where he was the bronze medallist. Bird-Smith represented Australia at the World Championships in Athletics three times (2013, 2015, and 2017), and has appeared...
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Sallyanne Atkinson

2. Sallyanne Atkinson

1942-. (aged 84)
politician
Sallyanne Atkinson AO is an Australian former politician who served as Lord Mayor of Brisbane from 1985 to 1991 in Queensland, Australia. She is the only woman to have held the position. As of 2017, she was Chairman of the Museum of Brisbane, President of the Council of The Women's College at the University of Queensland and chair of the...
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Fred Paterson

3. Fred Paterson

1897-1977 (aged 80)
lawyer politician
Frederick Woolnough Paterson was an Australian politician, activist, unionist and lawyer. He is the only representative of the Communist Party of Australia to be elected to an Australian parliament.
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James Hanson

4. James Hanson

1988-. (aged 38)
rugby union player
James Hanson is an Australian rugby union player for playing as a hooker. He recently played for English Premiership Rugby side Gloucester.
Kim Wilkins

5. Kim Wilkins

1970-. (aged 56)
writer novelist
Kim Wilkins is an Australian writer of popular fiction based in Brisbane, Queensland. She is the author of more than twenty-five mass-market novels, including her debut horror novel, The Infernal (1997), which won Aurealis Awards for both horror and fantasy. She has been published in twenty languages. She also writes general women's fiction as Kimberley Freeman.
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Shayne Neumann

6. Shayne Neumann

1961-. (aged 65)
lawyer politician
Shayne Kenneth Neumann is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2007, representing the Division of Blair. In March 2013, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney-General and Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing. After the 2013 federal election, he was appointed Shadow...
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Martin Green

7. Martin Green

1948-. (aged 78)
university teacher engineer environmentalist
Martin Andrew Green AM FRS FAA is an Australian engineer who specialises in photovoltaics. He is a Scientia professor of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), where he directs the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics. Green is best known for his development of the Passivated Emitter and Rear Cell (PERC) in 1983, a...
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Tu'i Pelehake

8. Tu'i Pelehake

1922-1999 (aged 77)
politician
Prince Fatafehi Tuʻipelehake OBE was the youngest son of Queen Sālote Tupou III of Tonga. He was the prime minister of Tonga from 1965 to 1991, a record tenure of over 25 years, serving under his brother King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV.
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Jenny McAllister

9. Jenny McAllister

1973-. (aged 53)
politician
Jennifer Ryll McAllister is an Australian politician. She has been a Senator for New South Wales since 2015 and previously served as National President of the Australian Labor Party from 2011 to 2015. She is from the Socialist Left faction of the Labor Party. She was appointed as the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme in 2025, having previously...
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Max Lu

10. Max Lu

1963-. (aged 63)
chemical engineer nanotechnologist
Gaoqing Max Lu is a Chinese–Australian chemical engineer and nanotechnologist. He has been the current Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wollongong since May 2025.
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Geert Lovink

11. Geert Lovink

1959-. (aged 67)
essayist director theorist activist professor
Geert Lovink is a Dutch media theorist and critic of digital culture. He is the founding director of the Institute of Network Cultures (INC), an Amsterdam-based research organization focused on internet studies and digital media.
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Eric Partridge

12. Eric Partridge

1894-1979 (aged 85)
editor writer lexicographer
Eric Honeywood Partridge was a New Zealand–British lexicographer of the English language, particularly of its slang. His writing career was interrupted only by his service in the Army Education Corps and the RAF correspondence department during World War II.
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Andrew Bartlett

13. Andrew Bartlett

1964-. (aged 62)
civil servant social worker politician
Andrew John Julian Bartlett is an Australian politician, social worker, academic, and social campaigner who served as a Senator for Queensland from 1997 to 2008 and from 2017 to 2018. He represented the Australian Democrats in his first stint in the Senate, including as party leader from 2002 to 2004 and deputy leader from 2004 to 2008. In November 2017,...
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Louise Lake-Tack

14. Louise Lake-Tack

1944-. (aged 82)
judge politician magistrate
Dame Louise Agnetha Lake-Tack who served as the third governor-general of Antigua and Barbuda from 2007 to 2014. She was the first woman to hold the office.
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Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

15. Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

1968-. (aged 58)
writer author novelist screenwriter
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor is a Kenyan writer who is the author of novels, short stories and essays. She won the 2003 Caine Prize for African Writing for her story "Weight of Whispers". Yvonne is also the co-founder of The Macondo Literary Festival,a non-profit organization that seeks to organize regular literary festivals that promote literature and authors of Africa and from...
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Peter Harrison

16. Peter Harrison

1955-. (aged 71)
historian university teacher
Peter D. Harrison FAHA is a Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Notre Dame, Australia, and Professor Emeritus of History and Philosophy at the University of Queensland
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Eva Burrows

17. Eva Burrows

1929-2015 (aged 86)
pastor
Eva Evelyn Burrows AC OF was an Australian Salvation Army Officer who was the 13th General of the Salvation Army, serving from 1986 to 1993. She served as an Officer of the Salvation Army from 1951 until her retirement in 1993. In 1993, Henry Gariepy released her biography, General of God's Army: the Authorized Biography of General Eva Burrows.
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Ben Hudson

18. Ben Hudson

1979-. (aged 47)
Australian rules football player
Ben Hudson is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club, Western Bulldogs, Brisbane Lions and Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He has served as the defensive skills, ruck and forwards coach at the Brisbane Lions since September 2014. He was also the ruck coach for Collingwood after being selected as...
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Elizabeth Watson-Brown

19. Elizabeth Watson-Brown

1956-. (aged 70)
architect politician
Elizabeth Watson-Brown is an Australian politician and architect. She is a member of the Australian Greens and has served in the House of Representatives since the 2022 federal election, representing the Queensland seat of Ryan.
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Penelope Wensley

20. Penelope Wensley

1946-. (aged 80)
diplomat
Penelope Anne Wensley, AC is an Australian former public servant and diplomat who served as the 25th Governor of Queensland from 2008 to 2014. She was previously High Commissioner to India from 2001 to 2004 and Ambassador to France from 2005 to 2008.
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Peter Cameron

21. Peter Cameron

1947-. (aged 79)
university teacher researcher mathematician
Peter Jephson Cameron FRSE is an Australian mathematician who works in group theory, combinatorics, coding theory, and model theory. He is currently Emeritus Professor at the University of St Andrews and Queen Mary University of London.
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Michael Bryce

22. Michael Bryce

1938-2021 (aged 83)
graphic designer architect
Michael John Strachan Bryce, AM, AE, FRSA, was an Australian architect and graphic and industrial designer. He was the husband of the 25th governor-general of Australia, Dame Quentin Bryce.
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Konstantin Kersting

23. Konstantin Kersting

musician
Konstantin Kersting is a German-Australian music producer, songwriter and sound engineer. He has worked with a diverse range of artists, including Tones and I, Milky Chance, Mallrat, Fisher, Spacey Jane, Amy Shark, The Jungle Giants, The Rubens, R3HAB, The Church, Genesis Owusu, Budjerah, Kita Alexander and Peach PRC.
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Christian Welch

24. Christian Welch

1994-. (aged 32)
rugby league player
Christian Welch is a former Australian professional rugby league footballer who last played as a prop for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL).
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Deborah Priya Henry

25. Deborah Priya Henry

1985-. (aged 41)
beauty pageant contestant socialite model
Deborah Priya Henry, also known as Priya Emmanuel, is a Malaysian TV host, former model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Malaysia 2011 but did not make it to the semifinalists round. She was also crowned Miss Malaysia World 2007, and placed in the Top 15 at Miss World 2007.
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Wayne Goss

26. Wayne Goss

1951-2014 (aged 63)
lawyer politician
Wayne Keith Goss was Premier of Queensland from 7 December 1989 until 19 February 1996, becoming the first Labor Premier of the state in over 32 years. Prior to entering politics, Goss was a solicitor, and after leaving politics he served as chairman of the Queensland Art Gallery and chairman of Deloitte Australia.
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Frank Moorhouse

27. Frank Moorhouse

1938-2022 (aged 84)
opinion journalist novelist short story writer writer screenwriter
Frank Thomas Moorhouse AM was an Australian writer who won major national prizes for the short story, the novel, the essay and for script writing. His work has been published in the United Kingdom, France and the United States, and translated into German, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Serbian and Swedish.
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Rodney Williams

28. Rodney Williams

1947-. (aged 79)
physician badminton executive and administrator politician
Sir Rodney Errey Lawrence Williams, GCMG, KGN, KStJ is an Antiguan politician who is the fourth and current governor-general of Antigua and Barbuda, having previously served as Minister for Education, Culture and Technology and as a Member of Parliament until 2004.
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Dirk Moses

29. Dirk Moses

1967-. (aged 59)
historian
Anthony Dirk Moses is an Australian scholar who researches various aspects of genocide. In 2022 he became the Anne and Bernard Spitzer Professor of Political Science at the City College of New York, after having been the Frank Porter Graham Distinguished Professor of Global Human Rights History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a leading...
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Paul de Jersey

30. Paul de Jersey

1948-. (aged 78)
lawyer judge
Paul de Jersey, AC, CVO, KC is an Australian jurist who served as the 26th governor of Queensland, from 29 July 2014 to 1 November 2021. He was Chief Justice of Queensland from 1998 to 2014.
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Murray Watt

31. Murray Watt

1973-. (aged 53)
politician
Murray Patrick Watt is an Australian politician who has served as Minister for the Environment and Water in the Albanese government since May 2025. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has been a Senator for Queensland since the 2016 federal election. He previously served in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2009 to 2012.
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Dorothy Hill

32. Dorothy Hill

1907-1997 (aged 90)
geologist paleontologist
Dorothy Hill, AC, CBE, FAA, FRS was an Australian geologist and palaeontologist, the first female professor at an Australian university, and the first female president of the Australian Academy of Science.
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Mike Ahern

33. Mike Ahern

1942-2023 (aged 81)
cattle rancher engineer politician
Michael John Ahern was an Australian National Party politician who was Premier of Queensland from December 1987 to September 1989. After a long career in the government of Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Ahern became his successor amid the controversy caused by the Fitzgerald Inquiry into official corruption. Ahern's consensus style and political moderation contrasted strongly with Bjelke-Petersen's leadership, but he could...
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Trevor Evans

34. Trevor Evans

1981-. (aged 45)
politician economist
Trevor Mark Evans is a former Australian politician who was a member of the House of Representatives from 2016 to 2022, representing the Division of Brisbane. He was a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland, and sat with the Liberal Party in federal parliament. Evans served as the Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction and Environmental Management in the...
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David McMillan

35. David McMillan

1988-. (aged 38)
architect association football player
David McMillan is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a forward for UCD over two spells, St Patrick's Athletic, Sligo Rovers, St Johnstone, Hamilton Academical, Falkirk and Dundalk over two spells. He is currently the League of Ireland's all-time leading scorer in the UEFA Champions League and was joint top-scorer in the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase...
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Peter Varghese

36. Peter Varghese

1956-. (aged 70)
diplomat
Peter Varghese AO is an Australian retired diplomat and public servant. He was the Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade from 3 December 2012 to 22 July 2016. He announced in November 2015 that he would leave the position in July 2016 to become the chancellor of the University of Queensland.
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Alan Jones

37. Alan Jones

1941-. (aged 85)
radio personality rugby union coach
Alan Belford Jones is an Australian former talkback host, coach of the Australia national rugby union team, and rugby league coach and administrator. He has worked as a school teacher, a speech writer in the office of Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, and in musical theatre. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Queensland and completed a...
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Alex Baumann

38. Alex Baumann

1964-. (aged 62)
swimmer
Alexander Baumann, OC OOnt is a Canadian sports administrator and former competitive swimmer who won two gold medals and set two world records at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. In 2007, he was regarded by the CBC, the national broadcaster, as "the greatest swimmer in Canadian history", as the twin Olympic gold medals were Canada's first in swimming...
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Jess Phoenix

39. Jess Phoenix

television presenter volcanologist politician
Jess Phoenix is an American volcanologist, writer and multimedia personality. She is the Science Ambassador of the Union of Concerned Scientists. She ran as a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives. She is the co-host of the Discovery series Hunting Atlantis and the author of Ms. Adventure.
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George Negus

40. George Negus

1942-2024 (aged 82)
journalist
George Edward Negus AM was an Australian journalist, author, television and radio presenter specialising in international affairs. He was a pioneer of Australian broadcast journalism, first appearing on the ABC's This Day Tonight and later on 60 Minutes. Negus was known for making complex international and political issues accessible to a broad audience through his down-to-earth, colloquial presentation style. His...
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Matthew Canavan

41. Matthew Canavan

1980-. (aged 46)
politician economist
Matthew James Canavan is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for Queensland since 2014. He previously held ministerial positions in the Turnbull and Morrison governments.
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Anne Rimmen

42. Anne Rimmen

1981-. (aged 45)
sports journalist television presenter
Anne Elgård Rimmen is a presenter and former sports anchor for NRK Sport. She was born in Denmark, but moved to Norway as a three-year-old.
Abdul Khalid Ibrahim

43. Abdul Khalid Ibrahim

1946-2022 (aged 76)
businessperson politician
Abdul Khalid bin Ibrahim was a Malaysian politician who served as the 14th Menteri Besar of Selangor from 2008 to 2014. He was the Member of the Selangor State Assembly (MLA) for Ijok from 2008 to 2013, and MLA for Pelabuhan Klang from 2013 to 2018. At the same time, he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bandar Tun...
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Peter Slipper

44. Peter Slipper

1950-. (aged 76)
barrister farmer politician
Peter Neil Slipper is an Australian former politician and bishop who served as the 27th speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from 2011 to 2012. A member of the Liberal Party of Australia for most of his career, he was the member of parliament (MP) for the division of Fisher from 1984 to 1987 and again from 1993 to...
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Kimberley Kitching

45. Kimberley Kitching

1970-2022 (aged 52)
solicitor politician trade unionist
Kimberley Jane Elizabeth Kitching was an Australian politician, lawyer, and trade unionist. A member of the Labor Party, she was a Senator for Victoria from October 2016 until her death.
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Michael Ware

46. Michael Ware

1969-. (aged 57)
screenwriter film director war correspondent film producer television producer
Michael Ware is an Australian journalist formerly working in CNN and was for several years based in their Baghdad bureau. He joined CNN in May 2006, after five years with sister publication, Time. His last on-air appearance for the network was in December 2009.
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Bob Katter, Sr

47. Bob Katter, Sr

1918-1990 (aged 72)
politician
Robert Cummin Katter was an Australian politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1966 to 1990, representing the National Party (originally named the Country Party). He served as Minister for the Army in the McMahon government in 1972. His sons Bob Katter Jr. and Carl Katter as well as grandson Robbie have also been involved in politics.
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Drew Pavlou

48. Drew Pavlou

1999-. (aged 27)
activist
Drew Pavlou is an Australian political activist best known for his criticism of the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party, and their influence within Australia. Pavlou is also known for having organised protests on-campus in support of the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, and for later protest activity against the Chinese government.
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Andrew Liveris

49. Andrew Liveris

1954-. (aged 72)
businessperson chemist
Andrew N. Liveris is an Australian former CEO and chairman of The Dow Chemical Company of Midland, Michigan. Liveris has served as a member of Dow's board of directors since February 2004, CEO since November 2004, and, was elected as chairman of the board effective 1 April 2006. Liveris became CEO in 2004 after holding the position of chief operating...
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John Birmingham

50. John Birmingham

1964-. (aged 62)
novelist prose writer science fiction writer writer journalist
John Birmingham is a British-born Australian author, known for the 1994 memoir He Died with a Felafel in His Hand, the Axis of Time trilogy, and the well-received space opera series, the Cruel Stars trilogy.
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Steven Miles

51. Steven Miles

1977-. (aged 49)
politician
Steven John Miles is an Australian politician who served as the 40th premier of Queensland from 2023 to 2024. He has been the leader of the Queensland Labor Party since 2023 and previously served as deputy premier from 2020 to 2023.
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Stephen Moore

52. Stephen Moore

1960-. (aged 66)
writer pundit
Stephen Thomas Moore AM is an Australian former rugby union footballer, who played Super Rugby for the Brumbies and Queensland Reds and has 129 caps for Australia internationally, including 24 tests as captain.
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Milton Dick

53. Milton Dick

1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Dugald Milton Dick is an Australian politician serving as the 32nd and current speaker of the Australian House of Representatives since 2022. A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), he has been the member of parliament (MP) for the division of Oxley, covering Brisbane's south-western suburbs, since 2016. He previously served on the Brisbane City Council from 2008 to...
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Julius Chan

54. Julius Chan

1939-2025 (aged 86)
politician
Sir Julius Chan was a Papua New Guinean politician who served as Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 1980 to 1982 and from 1994 to 1997. He was Member of Parliament for New Ireland Province, having won the seat in the 2007 national election. He was also the Governor of New Ireland Province from 2007 until his death in...
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Peter C. Doherty

55. Peter C. Doherty

1940-. (aged 86)
immunologist veterinarian professor
Peter Charles Doherty is an Australian immunologist and Nobel laureate.
Lis Wiehl

56. Lis Wiehl

1961-. (aged 65)
lawyer
Lis Wiehl is a New York Times bestselling American author of fiction and nonfiction books, and a legal analyst. She is the author of twenty books, including, most recently, A Spy in Plain Sight: The Inside Story of the FBI and Robert Hanssen―America's Most Damaging Russian Spy, published by Pegasus Books.
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Quentin Bryce

57. Quentin Bryce

1942-. (aged 84)
teacher lawyer politician
Dame Quentin Alice Louise Bryce is an Australian academic who served as the 25th governor-general of Australia from 2008 to 2014. She is the first woman to have held the position, and was previously the 24th governor of Queensland from 2003 to 2008.
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Johann Olav Koss

58. Johann Olav Koss

1968-. (aged 58)
speed skater physician
Johann Olav Koss is a former speed skater from Norway. He won four Olympic gold medals, including three at the 1994 Winter Olympics in his home country.
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George Brandis

59. George Brandis

1957-. (aged 69)
barrister solicitor diplomat politician
George Henry Brandis KC is an Australian former politician. He was a Senator for Queensland from 2000 to 2018, representing the Liberal Party, and was a cabinet minister in the Abbott and Turnbull governments. He was later High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2018 to 2022.
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Bernard Fanning

60. Bernard Fanning

1969-. (aged 57)
guitarist recording artist singer-songwriter
Bernard Joseph Fanning is an Australian musician and singer-songwriter. He was the lead vocalist of Queensland alternative rock band Powderfinger from its formation in 1989.
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Janet Fielding

61. Janet Fielding

1953-. (aged 73)
actor
Janet Claire Mahoney, known professionally as Janet Fielding, is an Australian actress and talent agent. She starred in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who as companion Tegan Jovanka from 1981 to 1984, and again in 2022.
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Bill Hayden

62. Bill Hayden

1933-2023 (aged 90)
diplomat politician
William George Hayden was an Australian politician who served as the 21st governor-general of Australia from 1989 to 1996. He was Leader of the Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1977 to 1983, and served as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade from 1983 to 1988 under Bob Hawke and as Treasurer of Australia in 1975 under Gough...
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David Malouf

63. David Malouf

1934-. (aged 92)
librettist poet writer novelist short story writer
David George Joseph Malouf AO is an Australian poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright, and librettist. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in London in 2008, Malouf has lectured at both the University of Queensland and the University of Sydney. He also delivered the 1998 Boyer Lectures.
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Malcolm Roberts

64. Malcolm Roberts

1955-. (aged 71)
engineer politician
Malcolm Ieuan Roberts is an Australian politician. He is a member of One Nation and has been a Senator for Queensland since 2019. He also served in the Senate from 2016 to 2017.
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Yassmin Abdel-Magied

65. Yassmin Abdel-Magied

1991-. (aged 35)
mechanical engineer engineer writer
Yassmin Abdel-Magied is a Sudanese–Australian media presenter and writer, who had an early career as a mechanical engineer. She was named Young Queenslander of the Year in 2010 and Queensland Australian of the Year in 2015 for her engagement in community work. Abdel-Magied has been based in the United Kingdom since 2017, after her comments about Sharia on TV and...
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Raymond Dart

66. Raymond Dart

1893-1988 (aged 95)
anatomist anthropologist prehistorian university teacher paleoanthropologist
Raymond Arthur Dart was an Australian anatomist and anthropologist, best known for his involvement in the 1924 discovery of the first fossil found of Australopithecus africanus, an extinct hominin closely related to humans, at Taung in the North of South Africa in the Northwest province.
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Andrew Laming

67. Andrew Laming

1966-. (aged 60)
politician ophthalmologist
Andrew Charles Laming is an Australian medical doctor and former politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the House of Representatives representing the Division of Bowman for the Liberal National Party of Queensland from 2004 to 2022.
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Anna Bligh

68. Anna Bligh

1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Anna Maria Bligh is an Australian lobbyist and former politician who served as the 37th Premier of Queensland, in office from 2007 to 2012 as leader of the Queensland Labor Party. She was the first woman to hold either position. In 2017, she was appointed CEO of the Australian Banking Association.
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Robert Forster

69. Robert Forster

1941-2019 (aged 78)
television actor film director actor film actor
Robert Derwent Garth Forster is an Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and music critic. In December 1977 he co-founded an indie rock group, the Go-Betweens, with fellow musician Grant McLennan. In 1980, Lindy Morrison joined the group on drums and backing vocals, and by 1981 Forster and Morrison were also lovers. In 1988, "Streets of Your Town", co-written by McLennan and Forster,...
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Wayne Swan

70. Wayne Swan

1954-. (aged 72)
politician
Wayne Maxwell Swan is an Australian politician serving as the 25th and current National President of the Labor Party since 2018, previously serving as the 14th deputy prime minister of Australia and the deputy leader of the Labor Party from 2010 to 2013, and the treasurer of Australia from 2007 to 2013.
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Kate Morton

71. Kate Morton

1976-. (aged 50)
writer novelist
Kate Morton is an Australian author. She is known for her best-selling novels, including The House at Riverton, The Forgotten Garden, and The Distant Hours. Her seventh book, Homecoming, was published in April 2023.
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Jack Thompson

72. Jack Thompson

1951-. (aged 75)
lawyer
John Hadley Thompson, AM is an Australian actor and a major figure of Australian cinema, particularly Australian New Wave. He is best known for his role as a lead actor in several acclaimed Australian films, including such classics as The Club (1980), Sunday Too Far Away (1975), The Man from Snowy River (1982) and Petersen (1974). He won Cannes and...
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Ben Roberts-Smith

73. Ben Roberts-Smith

1978-. (aged 48)
military personnel
Benjamin Roberts-Smith is an Australian former soldier who served in the Australian Army. He is a recipient of the Victoria Cross for Australia, the highest award for gallantry in battle that can be awarded to a member of the Australian Defence Force. In 2023, he was found in a civil defamation trial to have committed murder and other war crimes...
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Bob Katter

74. Bob Katter

1945-. (aged 81)
politician
Robert Bellarmine Carl Katter is an Australian politician who has served as the member of parliament (MP) for the Queensland division of Kennedy since 1993 and father of the House since 2022. He was previously active in Queensland state politics from 1974 to 1992, holding various ministerial positions in the Bjelke-Petersen, Ahern, and Cooper governments.
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Peter Cosgrove

75. Peter Cosgrove

1947-. (aged 79)
military personnel politician
General Sir Peter John Cosgrove is an Australian retired senior Army officer who served as the 26th governor-general of Australia, in office from 2014 to 2019.
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Clive Palmer

76. Clive Palmer

1954-. (aged 72)
entrepreneur politician
Clive Frederick Palmer is an Australian billionaire businessman and politician. He has iron ore, nickel, and coal holdings, and owns various mining and resort businesses. Palmer founded the Palmer United Party in 2013, and was the member of parliament (MP) for the Queensland division of Fairfax from 2013 to 2016.
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Geoffrey Rush

77. Geoffrey Rush

1951-. (aged 75)
stage actor voice actor film producer actor film actor
Geoffrey Roy Rush is an Australian actor. Known for often playing eccentric roles on both stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award, making him the only Australian to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, in addition to three BAFTA Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. Rush is...
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Storm Keating

78. Storm Keating

1981-. (aged 45)
autobiographer television director model brand ambassador television producer
Storm Uechtritz Keating is an Australian brand ambassador, television producer/ director, media personality and business woman. She has worked on a number of Australian and British television programmes such as The Apprentice Australia, Masterchef Australia, The X Factor, The Voice Australia, and The Voice UK.
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Madhan Karky

79. Madhan Karky

1979-. (aged 47)
author lyricist songwriter
Madhan Karky Vairamuthu is an Indian lyricist, screenwriter, research associate, software engineer, and entrepreneur. A holder of a doctorate in computer science from the University of Queensland, Karky began his professional career as an assistant professor at the College of Engineering, Guindy, and soon after ventured into the Tamil cinema, working as a lyricist and dialogue writer. He resigned from...
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Mark McGowan

80. Mark McGowan

1967-. (aged 59)
naval officer lawyer politician
Mark McGowan AC is an Australian former politician and naval officer who served as the 30th premier of Western Australia from 2017 until his retirement in 2023. He was the leader of the Western Australian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 2012 to 2023 and a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the district of Rockingham from...
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Campbell Newman

81. 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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Jeremy Tam

82. 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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Gary Johns

83. Gary Johns

1952-. (aged 74)
politician
Gary Thomas Johns is an Australian writer and politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1987 to 1996, holding the Queensland seat of Petrie for the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He served as a minister in the Keating government.
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Ray Griggs

84. 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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Michael A. Mcrobbie

85. 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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Annastacia Palaszczuk

86. 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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Elton Mayo

87. Elton Mayo

1880-1949 (aged 69)
professor psychologist sociologist
George Elton Mayo was an Australian-born psychologist, industrial researcher, and organizational theorist. Mayo was formally trained at the University of Adelaide, acquiring a Bachelor of Arts Degree graduating with First Class Honours, majoring in philosophy and psychology, and was later awarded an honorary Master of Arts Degree from the University of Queensland (UQ).
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Graham Perrett

88. Graham Perrett

1966-. (aged 60)
novelist solicitor teacher politician
Graham Douglas Perrett is an Australian former politician who was a member of the House of Representatives from 2007 to 2025, representing the Queensland seat of Moreton for the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He worked as a schoolteacher, solicitor, and political staffer before entering parliament.
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Peter Beattie

89. Peter Beattie

1952-. (aged 74)
politician
Peter Douglas Beattie is an Australian former politician who served as the 36th Premier of Queensland, in office from 1998 to 2007. He was the state leader of the Labor Party from 1996 to 2007.
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Ken Ham

90. Ken Ham

1951-. (aged 75)
creationist evangelist
Kenneth Alfred Ham is an Australian Christian fundamentalist, young Earth creationist, apologist and former science teacher, living in the United States. He is a founder, CEO, and former president of Answers in Genesis (AiG), a Christian apologetics organisation that operates the Creation Museum and the Ark Encounter.
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Margaret Wertheim

91. Margaret Wertheim

1958-. (aged 68)
mathematician writer physicist
Margaret Wertheim is an Australian-born science writer, curator, and artist based in the United States. She is the author of books on the cultural history of physics, and has written about science, including for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Guardian, Aeon and Cabinet. Wertheim and her twin sister, Christine Wertheim, are co-founders of the Institute For Figuring (IFF),...
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Mark Bailey

92. Mark Bailey

1968-. (aged 58)
documentary filmmaker screenwriter
Mark Craig Bailey is an Australian politician who has been the Labor member for Miller in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015. Bailey most recently served as the Minister for Transport and Main Roads of Queensland until 17 December 2023. He has also worked in gambling, liquor and racing policy for the Queensland state government.
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Justine Elliot

93. Justine Elliot

1967-. (aged 59)
politician
Maria Justine Elliot is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served in the House of Representatives since the 2004 federal election, representing the New South Wales seat of Richmond. She served as Minister for Ageing in the First Rudd government from 2007 to 2010 and as a parliamentary secretary in the...
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Natalie Jeremijenko

94. Natalie Jeremijenko

1966-. (aged 60)
researcher artist design engineer visual artist engineer
Natalie Jeremijenko AO is an Australian environmental artist and engineer whose background includes studies in biochemistry, physics, neuroscience and precision engineering. She is an active member of the net.art movement, and her work primarily explores the interface between society, the environment and technology. She has alternatively described her work as "X Design" (short for experimental design) and herself as a...
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Dami Im

95. Dami Im

1988-. (aged 38)
singer
Dami Im is an Australian-Korean singer and songwriter. She represented Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 held in Stockholm, Sweden with the song "Sound of Silence", placing second and achieving the highest Eurovision Song Contest score for Australia.
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Wyatt Roy

96. Wyatt Roy

1990-. (aged 36)
politician
Wyatt Beau Roy is a former Australian parliamentarian. He served as the Assistant Minister for Innovation from September 2015 to the July 2016 federal election. He was a Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) member of the Australian House of Representatives from August 2010 to July 2016, representing the electorate of Longman. At 20 years of age, he was the...
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John McVeigh

97. John McVeigh

1965-. (aged 61)
farmer politician
John Joseph McVeigh is an Australian former politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 2016 to 2020, representing the Queensland seat of Groom for the Liberal Party. During the Turnbull government he served in cabinet as Minister for Regional Development, Territories and Local Government from 2017 to 2018. He was previously a member of the Legislative...
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Sheikh Waqas Akram

98. Sheikh Waqas Akram

1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Sheikh Waqas Akram is a Pakistani politician and a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-109 Jhang-II since 29 February 2024. He previously served as a member of the National Assembly from November 2002 to November 2007 and from March 2008 to March 2013. He joined the PTI in early 2023 and was appointed as the Information Secretary...
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Taneti Maamau

99. Taneti Maamau

1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Taneti Maamau is an I-Kiribati politician who has served as the fifth president of Kiribati since 2016. A member of the Tobwaan Kiribati Party, his policies are targeted at strengthening Kiribati's weak economy and alleviating social issues. His government announced the Kiribati Vision for 20 Years (KV20), which plans to develop the tourism and fishing industries with aid from foreign...
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Biman Prasad

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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