Notable Alumni of University of Tasmania [Sorted List]

1. David Paver Mellor

1903-1980 (aged 77)

chemist

David Paver Mellor was an Australian inorganic chemist. A graduate of the University of Tasmania, he was a lecturer and reader at the University of Sydney from 1929 to 1955, and was the Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of New South Wales from 1955 to 1969. He researched on the properties and structures of coordination complexes. He was...

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2. Simon Ellingsen

1969-. (aged 57)

physicist

Simon Ellingsen is an Executive Director of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research and is based at the University of Western Australia node.

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3. John Field

1899-1974 (aged 75)

engineer

Brigadier John Field, CBE, DSO, ED was a senior officer in the Australian Army during the Second World War. He commanded the 2/12th Battalion in the Middle East and Milne Force and the 7th Brigade in New Guinea. He later went on to work with the State Electricity Commission of Victoria in large projects at Yallourn and the Latrobe Valley.

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4. Thea Exley

1923-2007 (aged 84)

Thea Melvie Exley was an Australian archivist and art historian, and the first woman to head a regional office of the Australian Commonwealth Archives Office (now the National Archives of Australia). She was also its first national Senior Archivist Reference and Access and the first Director Preservation at the Australian Archives (another predecessor of the National Archives). Exley was an...

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5. Ron Davies

1946-. (aged 80)

politician

Ronald Davies was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served in the House of Representatives from 1958 to 1975, representing the Tasmanian seat of Braddon. He was a schoolteacher before entering politics.

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6. Stephen Gumley

1956-. (aged 70)

engineer

Stephen John Gumley, AO was the first Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Defence Materiel Organisation, serving in the role from February 2004 to July 2011.

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7. Rimeta Beniamina

1960-. (aged 66)

politician

Rimeta Beniamina is an I-Kiribati politician and a former leader of the defunct United Coalition Party. Beniamina, who is from the island of Nikunau in southern Kiribati, is the son of former Vice President Beniamina Tinga.

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8. Doug Parkinson

1945-. (aged 81)

politician barrister

Douglas John Parkinson is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council for the electoral division of Hobart from 1994 until his retirement in 2012.

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9. Gwen Fenton

scientist

Gwen Fenton was the Chief Scientist of the Australian Antarctic Division and is the first woman to hold this position. She discovered that the fish species Hoplostethus atlanticus can live to over 100 years old, leading to significant changes to the management of the species.

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10. Laurence McIntyre

1912-1981 (aged 69)

diplomat

Sir Laurence Rupert "Jim" McIntyre AC CBE was an Australian public servant and diplomat.

11. Jessica Melbourne-Thomas

marine biologist academic biologist ecologist

Jessica Melbourne-Thomas is an Australian marine, Antarctic, and climate change scientist with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. Her research focuses on climate change, its effects on the marine environment, and how to adapt and response to these changes.

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12. Robert Solomon

1931-2024 (aged 93)

barrister lecturer politician

Robert John Solomon AM was an Australian academic and politician. He was a Rhodes Scholar and lectured in geography at the University of Tasmania before his election to parliament at the 1969 federal election. He represented the Division of Denison as a Liberal until his defeat in 1972 after a single term. After leaving parliament he was prominent in urban...

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13. Justine Shaw

scientist

Justine Shaw is an Australian Antarctic researcher, best known for her conservation work on subantarctic islands, currently working at the Queensland University of Technology. She has a wide global research network, having worked in Australia, South Africa, sub-Antarctic/Antarctic and the Arctic.

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14. Samuel Manetoali

1969-. (aged 57)

politician

Samuel Manetoali is a member of the National Parliament of Solomon Islands. He represents the Gao/Bugotu constituency in Isabel Province.

15. Adrian Gibson

1935-2015 (aged 80)

politician barrister

Adrian Gibson OAM was an Australian lawyer, politician and businessman. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1964 to 1969, representing the Tasmanian seat of Denison for the Liberal Party.

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16. Beryl Nashar

1923-2012 (aged 89)

geologist

Beryl Scott Nashar AO, OBE was an Australian geologist, academic and first female Dean at an Australian university.

17. Raffaele Marcellino

1964-. (aged 62)

composer

Raffaele Marcellino is an Australian composer.

18. James Charlton

1947-. (aged 79)

poet playwright

James Charlton is an Australian poet and writer in the area of interfaith and interreligious studies. Born in Melbourne, Australia, Charlton has lived mostly in Tasmania. He completed an MA at the University of Cambridge, where he was at Fitzwilliam College, and a PhD at the University of Tasmania. Poetry editor of the Australian literary quarterly Island from 2002 to...

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19. Chris Miles

1947-. (aged 79)

teacher politician

Christopher Gordon Miles is an Australian former politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1984 to 1998, representing the Tasmanian seat of Braddon. He served as parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister John Howard and was a prominent social conservative within the Liberal Party, chairing the conservative Lyons Forum ginger group. Prior to entering politics, he worked...

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20. Bill Baddeley

1914-1998 (aged 84)

Anglican priest

The Very Reverend William Pye Baddeley was an Anglican priest who was the Dean of Brisbane from 1958 to 1967.

21. Matthew Dewey

1984-. (aged 42)

composer

Matthew Ingvald Dewey is an Australian classical music composer, singer, and music producer.

22. Campbell Dixon

1895-1960 (aged 65)

playwright film critic journalist

George William Campbell Dixon was an Australian and British journalist, publicist and playwright. He was an employee of the Hobart newspaper The Mercury, Melbourne's The Argus and The Herald, and London's Daily Mail; from 1931 until his death, he headed the film criticism division of The Daily Telegraph. In 1950, he served as president of the Critics' Circle.

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23. Fabiano Cangelosi

1987-. (aged 39)

barrister

Fabiano Cangelosi is an Australian barrister and principal of The Cangelosi Firm, based in Hobart, Tasmania. Cangelosi has been involved in a number of high-profile cases, and was between 2018 and June 2020 the Tasmanian President and Director of the Australian Lawyers Alliance. Since August 2022, Cangelosi has been an occasional contributor to Crikey, writing on Tasmanian legal and political...

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24. Lisa Hill

1961-. (aged 65)

political scientist academic non-fiction writer

Lisa Hill FASSA is Professor of Politics at the University of Adelaide, Australia. She has previously held positions at the University of Sydney and the Australian National University.

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25. Melissa Carlton

1978-. (aged 48)

swimmer

Melissa Paula Carlton, OAM is a South African-born Australian swimmer. Born with no right leg and short fingers on her left hand, she won gold, silver and bronze medals for Australia at both the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Paralympics.

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26. Helen Szoke

1954-. (aged 72)

executive

Helen Veronica Szoke AO is the former chief executive of Oxfam Australia, and a commentator and advocate on issues of human rights, poverty, inequality, gender and race discrimination. Throughout her career, she has held leadership roles across the health sector, human rights and public policy, and international development sector.

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27. Giulia Jones

1980-. (aged 46)

politician

Giulia Jones is an Australian politician. She was a member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing the electorates of Molonglo and then Murrumbidgee for the Liberal Party from 2012 until her resignation in 2022. Jones was the deputy leader of the Liberal Party in the ACT from October 2020 to January 2022.

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28. Annie Ivanova

curator writer entrepreneur exhibition curator manager

Antoanetta "Annie" Ivanova is an Australian curator, author, and entrepreneur.

29. Samina Yasmeen

1975-1977 (aged 2)

academic

Samina Yasmeen AM is an Australian–Pakistani author and intellectual who is known for her work in political and strategic development in South Asia and the role of Islam in world politics. She has published articles on the position of Pakistani and Middle Eastern women, the role of Muslims in Australia, and India–Pakistan relations.

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30. Stephen Estcourt

1953-. (aged 73)

judge barrister

Stephen Peter Estcourt AM is an Australian judge, who has been Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania since April 2013. From 2004 to 2013, he maintained barristers' chambers in Hobart and Melbourne, dividing his time between the two.

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31. Reg Wright

1905-1990 (aged 85)

politician barrister

Sir Reginald Charles Wright was an Australian barrister and politician. He was a member of the Liberal Party and served as a Senator for Tasmania from 1950 to 1978. He held ministerial office in the Gorton and McMahon governments, although he was known for crossing the floor.

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32. Albert Solomon

1876-1914 (aged 38)

lawyer politician

Albert Edgar Solomon was an Australian lawyer and politician. He served as premier of Tasmania from 1912 to 1914, as leader of the Liberal Party. He died of tuberculosis a few months after leaving office as premier, at the age of 38.

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33. Albert Ogilvie

1890-1939 (aged 49)

politician barrister

Albert George Ogilvie was an Australian politician and Premier of Tasmania from 22 June 1934 until his death on 10 June 1939.

34. Stephen R. Kane

1973-. (aged 53)

astronomer

Stephen Kane is a full professor of astronomy and planetary astrophysics at the University of California, Riverside who specializes in exoplanetary science. His work covers a broad range of exoplanet detection methods, including the microlensing, transit, radial velocity, and imaging techniques. He is a leading expert on the topic of planetary habitability and the habitable zone of planetary systems. He...

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35. Ross Hart

1960-. (aged 66)

lawyer politician

Ross Anthony Hart is a former Australian politician. He was the Australian Labor Party member for Bass from the 2016 federal election in which he defeated the sitting member, the Liberal Party of Australia's Andrew Nikolic with a 10.6 point swing against him. He lost the seat to Liberal Bridget Archer at the 2019 election.

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36. David Bushby

1965-. (aged 61)

politician

David Christopher Bushby is an Australian diplomat and former politician who served as a Senator for Tasmania from August 2007 to January 2019, representing the Liberal Party. He was the Chief Government Whip in the Senate for the Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison governments from 1 July 2014 until he resigned on 21 January 2019. Bushby currently serves as Consul-General of...

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37. Nick Sherry

1955-. (aged 71)

politician

Nicholas John Sherry is a former Australian politician who served as a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Tasmania from July 1990 until June 2012, representing the Australian Labor Party. Sherry was sworn in as the Assistant Treasurer on 9 June 2009, after serving as the first Australian Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law. Sherry was the...

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38. Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi

1978-. (aged 48)

businessperson

Captain Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi is the Group CEO of AD Ports Group, and a businessperson involved in ports within the emirate of Abu Dhabi.

39. Robyn Eckersley

1958-. (aged 68)

university teacher political scientist

Robyn Eckersley is a Professor and Head of Political Science in the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia.

40. Mereseini Vuniwaqa

1974-. (aged 52)

politician

Mereseini Rakuita Vuniwaqa is a Fijian politician, who served as the Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation from 2016 until her resignation from the Fiji First Party in 2021. In November 2021, she was appointed as the Global Chair of the Family Planning 2030.

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41. Michelle Craske

1959-. (aged 67)

psychologist

Michelle G. Craske AO is an Australian academic who is currently serving as Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry, and Behavioral Sciences, Miller Endowed Chair, Director of the Anxiety and Depression Research Center, and Associate Director of the Staglin Family Music Center for Behavioral and Brain Health at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is known for her research on anxiety...

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42. Rodney Croome

1964-. (aged 62)

LGBTQ rights activist

Rodney Peter Croome AM is an Australian LGBT rights activist and academic. He worked on the campaign to decriminalise homosexuality in Tasmania, was founder and national director of Australian Marriage Equality, and currently serves as the policy officer for Equality Tasmania and a spokesperson for LGBT advocacy group Just.Equal Australia.

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43. Helen Polley

1957-. (aged 69)

politician

Helen Beatrice Polley is an Australian politician. A member of the Australian Labor Party, she has served as a member of the Australian Senate representing Tasmania since 1 July 2005.

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44. Dan van Holst Pellekaan

basketball player businessperson politician

Daniel Cornelius van Holst Pellekaan is an Australian former politician. He represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Stuart for the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia from 2010 state election until he lost the seat in the 2022 state election.

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45. Peter Underwood

1937-2014 (aged 77)

barrister military personnel judge

Peter George Underwood, AC was an Australian jurist and the Governor of Tasmania from 2008 until his death in 2014. He was the Chief Justice of Tasmania from 2004 to 2008, having been a judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania from 1984.

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46. Michelle O'Byrne

1968-. (aged 58)

trade unionist politician

Michelle Anne O'Byrne is an Australian politician representing the Labor Party and from 2024 until 2025, served as speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. O'Byrne was elected in the 2006 state election to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in the division of Bass. Prior to her election to state parliament she was a member of the Australian House of...

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47. Duncan Kerr

1952-. (aged 74)

barrister judge civil servant academic legal scholar

Duncan James Colquhoun Kerr is a barrister. He is a former judge of the Federal Court of Australia. He also served as President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal from 2012 to 2017.

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48. Guy Barnett

1962-. (aged 64)

politician

Guy Barnett is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Liberal Party and was appointed deputy premier of Tasmania in 2024. He has been a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly since 2014 and has been a state government minister since 2016. He was previously a Senator for Tasmania from 2002 to 2011.

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49. Anthony Ackroyd

1958-. (aged 68)

comedian

Anthony Michael Ackroyd is an Australian comedian, writer, speaker, musician, actor, coach, and teacher.

50. Michael Hodgman

1938-2013 (aged 75)

politician barrister

William Michael Hodgman AM QC was an Australian politician and lawyer. He was a member of the Liberal Party and served as Minister for the Capital Territory in the Fraser government from 1980 to 1983. He was active in both state and federal politics, serving in the Tasmanian Legislative Council (1966–1974), Australian House of Representatives (1975–1987), and Tasmanian House of...

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51. Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed

1974-. (aged 52)

diplomat

Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed is a Maldivian diplomat and politician who served as the Secretary-General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). She was the first woman to hold this post since the organization's inception in 1985. She was appointed Secretary-General at the Thirty-third Session of the SAARC Council of Ministers in February 2011, and assumed office in Kathmandu...

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52. David Bartlett

1968-. (aged 58)

politician

David John Bartlett is an Australian former politician who served as the 43rd Premier of Tasmania from May 2008 until January 2011. He was a Labor Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Denison from 2004 to 2011 when he retired.

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53. Alison Watkins

1962-. (aged 64)

academic administrator businessperson

Alison Mary Watkins AM is an Australian CEO and director. She has had roles at McKinsey, GrainCorp, Berri Limited, and was a group managing director at Coca-Cola Amatil from March 2014 to May 2021. She has been a member of the Reserve Bank of Australia Board since December 2020, having previously served on their Takeover Panel. She has also held...

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54. Elise Archer

1971-. (aged 55)

lawyer politician

Elise Nicole Archer is an Australian lawyer and politician. She is of Swedish descent.

55. Vanessa Goodwin

1969-2018 (aged 49)

criminologist lawyer politician

Vanessa Goodwin was an Australian politician. She was the Liberal Party member for the seat of Pembroke in the Tasmanian Legislative Council from the Pembroke by-election on 1 August 2009 until her resignation due to brain cancer on 2 October 2017.

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56. Ivy Alvarez

poet writer

Ivy Alvarez is a New Zealand–based Filipina Australian poet, editor, and reviewer. Alvarez has had her work featured in various publications in Australia, Canada, England, the Philippines, New Zealand, Ireland, Russia, Scotland, Wales, the US, South Africa, and online.

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57. Andrew MacLeod

1966-. (aged 60)

civil servant

Andrew Michael MacLeod AKC is an Australian/British philanthropist, businessman, author, humanitarian lawyer, and former aid worker.

58. Freya Stafford

1977-. (aged 49)

actor film actor

Freya Stafford is an Australian actress who has appeared in the television programs Head Start and White Collar Blue as central characters.

59. Christine Milne

1953-. (aged 73)

politician

Christine Anne Milne AO is an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Tasmania. She was the leader of the parliamentary caucus of the Australian Greens from 2012 to 2015. Milne stepped down as leader on 6 May 2015, replaced by Richard Di Natale.

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60. Stewart McSweyn

1995-. (aged 31)

long-distance runner

Stewart "Stewie" McSweyn is an Australian long-distance runner. He was a finalist in the men's 1500 metres in the Tokyo Olympics, and has also been a World Championships and Commonwealth Games finalist in the 3000 metres steeplechase, 5000 metres and 10,000 metres.

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61. Bridget Archer

1975-. (aged 51)

farmer politician

Bridget Kathleen Archer is an Australian politician who currently serves as a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the state division of Bass since 2025. Archer was previously a member of the House of Representatives for the federal Division of Bass from 2019 to 2025.

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62. Lara Giddings

1972-. (aged 54)

lawyer politician

Larissa Tahireh "Lara" Giddings is an Australian former politician who was the 44th Premier of Tasmania from 24 January 2011 until 31 March 2014, the first woman to hold the position. Born in Goroka, Papua New Guinea, she was a Labor Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Franklin from 2002 to 2018, and was the party's...

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63. Halimah Ali

1960-. (aged 66)

politician

Halimah binti Ali is a Malaysian politician and doctor who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kapar since November 2022. She served as Member of the Selangor State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) state administration under former Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim from March 2008 to September 2014 and Member of the Selangor State Legislative...

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64. Neal Blewett

1933-. (aged 93)

academic diplomat political scientist politician

Neal Blewett, AC is an Australian Labor Party politician, diplomat and historian. He was the Member of the House of Representatives for Bonython from 1977 to 1994. He served in both the Hawke and Keating governments, notably in the former as Minister for Health from 1983 to 1991, during which time he oversaw the Government's reaction to HIV/AIDS. After retiring...

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65. Heather Rose

1964-. (aged 62)

writer novelist

Heather Rose is an Australian author born in Hobart, Tasmania. She is best known for her novels A Great Act of Love (2025/ 2026),The Museum of Modern Love, which won the 2017 Stella Prize and the Christina Stead Prize, and Bruny (2019), which won Best General Fiction in the 2020 Australian Book Industry Awards. In 2022 Rose published her memoir...

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66. Andrew Inglis Clark

1848-1907 (aged 59)

barrister engineer judge politician

Andrew Inglis Clark was an Australian founding father and co-author of the Australian Constitution; he was also an engineer, barrister, politician, electoral reformer and jurist. He initially qualified as an engineer, but he re-trained as a barrister to effectively fight for social causes which deeply concerned him. After a long political career, mostly spent as Attorney-General and briefly as Opposition...

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67. Jonathon Duniam

1982-. (aged 44)

political staffer politician

Jonathon Roy "Jonno" Duniam is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Liberal Party and has served as a Senator for Tasmania since the 2016 federal election. He served as an assistant minister in the Morrison government from 2019 until May 2022. Following the election of the Albanese ministry, he was appointed to the shadow ministry. Prior to...

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68. Henry Puna

1949-. (aged 77)

politician

Henry Tuakeu Puna is a Cook Islands politician. He most recently served as the secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum from May of 2021 to 2024. He was Prime Minister of the Cook Islands from November 2010 to October 2020. Since 2006 he has been leader of the Cook Islands Party.

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69. William Lane

1861-1917 (aged 56)

writer journalist publisher trade unionist

William Lane was an English-born journalist, author, advocate of Australian labour politics and a utopian socialist ideologue.

70. Will Hodgman

1969-. (aged 57)

barrister solicitor politician

William Edward Felix Hodgman is a former Australian politician and diplomat. He was the premier of Tasmania from 2014 to 2020 and state leader of the Liberal Party from 2006 to 2020. He later served as High Commissioner of Australia to Singapore from 2021 to 2023.

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71. Rebecca White

1983-. (aged 43)

politician

Rebecca Peta White is an Australian politician. She was elected to the House of Representatives at the 2025 federal election, representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and the Tasmanian seat of Lyons. She was previously leader of the Tasmanian Labor Party from 2017 to 2021 and 2021 to 2024, leading the party to three state elections. She is an assistant...

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72. Kate Warner

1948-. (aged 78)

university teacher barrister

Catherine Ann Warner AC FAAL is an Australian lawyer and legal academic who was the 28th Governor of Tasmania from 2014 to 2021.

73. Michael Mansell

1951-. (aged 75)

Michael Alexander Mansell is a Tasmanian Aboriginal (Palawa) activist and lawyer who has campaigned for social, political and legal changes.

74. Lisa Singh

1972-. (aged 54)

politician

Lisa Maria Singh is an Australian former politician. She was a Senator for Tasmania from 2011 to 2019. She had previously been a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, representing the division of Denison from 2006 to 2010. The granddaughter of an Indo-Fijian member of the Parliament of Fiji, Singh was Australia's first female federal parliamentarian of Indian descent.

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75. Queen Mary of Denmark

1972-. (aged 54)

queen consort aristocrat account executive businessperson account manager

Mary is Queen of Denmark as the wife of King Frederik X.

76. Rianti Cartwright

1983-. (aged 43)

model actor

Rianti Rhiannon Cartwright is an Indonesian actress, model, presenter and VJ. She's best known for her leading role as 'Aisha' in a romantic religious Indonesian hit movie Ayat-Ayat Cinta (Verses of Love) in 2008 and become a VJ for MTV Indonesia since 2005.

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77. Richard Flanagan

1961-. (aged 65)

screenwriter novelist film director writer journalist

Richard Miller Flanagan is an Australian writer, who won the 2014 Man Booker Prize for his novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North and the 2024 Baillie Gifford Prize for Question 7, making him the first writer in history to win both Britain's major fiction and non-fiction prizes. "Considered by many to be the finest Australian novelist of his...

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78. Hannah Yeoh

1979-. (aged 47)

lawyer politician

Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of the Federal Territories since 2025. She served as the Minister of Youth and Sports from 2022 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Action Party, she was the first female and the youngest speaker serving at...

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79. John Dalgleish Donaldson

1941-. (aged 85)

mathematician university teacher

John Dalgleish Donaldson S.K., is a Scots-Australian professor and father of Queen Mary of Denmark, the wife of King Frederik X of Denmark.

80. George Bailey

1982-. (aged 44)

cricketer

George John Bailey is a former Australian cricketer, who played all formats for the national team and captained the team in limited-over formats. Domestically, Bailey played for the Tasmanian cricket team in all three domestic state competitions (the Sheffield Shield, One-Day Cup and KFC Twenty20 Big Bash) as well as the Hobart Hurricanes and Melbourne Stars in the Twenty20 Big...

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81. Luke McGregor

1983-. (aged 43)

actor comedian screenwriter

Luke William McGregor is an Australian comedian, writer and actor, who has performed at various national and international comedy festivals, as himself in many TV shows, and is known for his roles in the ABC TV series Utopia and Rosehaven.

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82. Bill Mollison

1928-2016 (aged 88)

biologist anthropologist naturalist farmer ecologist

Bruce Charles "Bill" Mollison was an Australian researcher, author, scientist, teacher and biologist. In 1981, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award "for developing and promoting the theory and practice of permaculture".

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83. Eric Abetz

1958-. (aged 68)

lawyer politician

Eric Abetz is an Australian politician. He was a Senator for Tasmania from 1994 to 2022, representing the Liberal Party, and since March 2024 has been a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the Franklin electorate.

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84. Ian Williams

1970-. (aged 56)

singer guitarist composer

Ian Williams is an American rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. He became noted for his finger tapping guitar playing in bands such as Don Caballero, Storm & Stress and currently in Battles. He is known for his one-handed guitar playing technique, often while playing keyboards or Ableton Push simultaneously with the other hand.

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85. Essie Davis

1970-. (aged 56)

voice actor stage actor singer film actor

Esther "Essie" Davis is an Australian actress, best known for her roles as Phryne Fisher in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries and its film adaptation, Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears, and as Amelia Vanek in The Babadook. Other major works include a recurring role as Lady Crane in season six of the television series Game of Thrones, Sister Iphigenia...

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86. Chua Ek Kay

1947-2008 (aged 61)

painter

Chua Ek Kay was a Singaporean artist hailed as the "bridge between Asian and Western art" with a unique painting style using Chinese ink on paper that demonstrated an ingenious blend of traditional Chinese painting forms with Western art theories and techniques. Most of his works were themed of Chinatown street scenes, lotuses, and abstract works inspired by Australian aboriginal...

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