This page lists notable Old Newingtonians, alumni of the GPS Uniting Church school Newington College in Sydney, Australia. Enrolment years at Newington are bracketed following the surname.
Contents
Royalty, viceroys & chiefs
HM King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV (1934–1938) – former King of Tonga
HRH Prince Viliami Tungī Mailefihi (1896–1897) – Prince Consort of HM Queen Sālote Tupou III of Tonga
HRH Prince Fatafehi Tu'ipelehake (1941–1942) – son of HM Queen Sālote Tupou III of Tonga
HH Prince Josefa Celua (1872–1873) – son of the King of Fiji and grandfather of;
Ratu Sir George Cakobau RVC (1927–1932) – former Governor-General of Fiji
Ratu Josefa Lalabalavu (1874–1876) – Tui Cakau Paramount Chief of Cakaudrove Province 1879 until 1905
Tongan nobles
Hon Fotuʻa Falefā Veikune (1896–1897) – Governor of Vavaʻu 1936–1939 and Minister of Police 1939–1952
Hon Solomone Ula Ata (1896–1902) – Tongan nobleman and cousin of Queen Sālote
The Noble Tuʻihaʻateiho (1919–1922) – Tongan nobleman and cousin of Queen Sālote
The Noble Tuʻiʻāfitu (1953–1955) – former governor of Vavaʻu
The Lord Luani (1972–1977) – former governor of Vavaʻu
The Lord Vahaʻi (1955–1966) – civil servant, parliamentarian, and husband of Princess ʻElisiva Fusipala Vahaʻi
The Lord Taumoepeau-Tupou of Toula and Kotu (1953–1962) – diplomat, cabinet minister and Life Peer
Baronetage of England
Sir Gordon Trollope (1898–1901) 15th Baronet Trollope of Casewick
Hugh Trollope (1964–1966) is the heir presumptive to the baronetcy
Politics and government
Parliamentary service
The Hon Ian Armstrong (1949–1953) – Former Deputy Premier of New South Wales
Jeff Bate (1918–1921) – former NSW and Commonwealth Parliamentarian and husband of Dame Zara Bate
Henry Bate (1897–1899) – former NSW Parliamentarian
The Hon Sir Thomas Bavin (1889–1890) – former Premier of New South Wales
The Hon Eric Bowden (1882–1884) – former Australian Defence Minister
Percy Colquhoun (1881–1885) – former Member NSW Legislative Assembly
The Hon Colonel Arthur Colvin MLC (1897–1898) – former Member NSW Legislative Council, Soldier, Surgeon and Physician
The Hon John Cull (1962–1969) – former member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The Hon Duncan Gay MLC (1962–1967) – former Leader of The Nationals & Deputy Opposition Leader in the NSW Legislative Council
The Hon Carl Glasgow (1896–1899) – former NSW Parliamentarian
The Hon Harry Jago (1927–28) – former NSW Health Minister
The Hon Andrew Lysaght (1888–90) – former NSW Attorney-General and Justice Minister
The Hon Sir Charles Marr (1895) – former Australian Health Minister
William Rupert McCourt (1899–1901) – former Clerk of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Local government
Lancelot Bavin (1896–1899) – former Mayor of the Municipality of Willougbhy
Daniel Bott (1991–1998) – former Mayor of the Municipality of Strathfield
George Keith Cowlishaw (1913–1920) – former Mayor of Mosman Council
Colonel Arthur Colvin (1897–1900) – former Mayor of the City of Orange
William Dean (1875–1879) – Mayor of Windsor Shire on twelve occasions from 1893 until 1931
David Doust (1971–1978) – former mayor of the Municipality of Burwood
William Horner Fletcher (1865-1866) – former mayor of Manly Council
John Fowler (1968–1971) – former Mayor of the City of South Sydney
Ross Fowler (1963–1968) – former Mayor of Penrith City Council
Percy Hordern (1874-1878) – former mayor of Petersham
Edward Howard (1877–1878) – former Mayor of both the City of Goulburn and the Municipality of Yass
John Hunt (1872–1874) – former president of Hornsby Shire
Harry Jago (1927–1928) – former mayor of Ku-ring-gai Council
Joseph Cuthbert Kershaw (1887–1890) – former mayor of Waverley Council
Royce Jeffrey (1923–1932) – former mayor of North Sydney Council
The civil service
George Beal (1884–1886) – former Queensland Auditor-General
Dr John Burton (1924–1932) – former Head Department of External Affairs, High Commissioner and Founder Centre for the Analysis of Conflict
Dr Bruce Maitland Carruthers (1906–1908) – former director-general of health in Tasmania
John Harper (1867–1869) – former Chief Commissioner of Railways and Tramways NSW
Parker Henson (1918–1922) – former chairman Sydney County Council
Walter Loveridge (1880–1884) – former president of the Sydney Harbour Trust
Alastair MacGibbon (1980–1985) – former chief executive Australian Cyber Security Centre
Walter Cresswell O'Reilly (1894–1896) – former Commonwealth Film Censor
Warren Pearson (1978–1982) – former chief executive officer of the National Australia Day Council
Neville Perkins (1963–1969) – former Secretary of Aboriginal Affairs NSW
Harold Quodling (1881–1883) – former Director Queensland Department of Agriculture
Thomas J. Roseby (1881–1883) – former Secretary of Sydney Metropolitan Water, Sewerage and Drainage Board
James Tandy (1932–1933) – former Commonwealth Director of Aboriginal Education
The diplomatic service
Dennis Argall (1955–1959) – Australian Ambassador to China 1984–1985
Dr Brian Babington (1968–1973) – Australian Delegate to the United Nations 1988–1992
Dr John Burton (1924–1932) – Australian High Commissioner to Celyon 1951
Jonathan Gilbert (1983–1995) – Australian Ambassador to Kuwait since 2017
Sir Iven Mackay (1897–1900) – Australian High Commissioner to India 1943–1948
Ric Wells (1968–1973) – Australian Ambassador to France 2011–2014
David Yardley (1986–1996) – Australian High Commissioner to Kiribati since 2021
The armed services
Rear Admiral Gerry Carwardine (1947–1953) – former Commandant Australian Defence Force Academy
Flight Lieutenant Keith Chisholm (1930–1936) – pilot recognised for his exploits with the Polish and French resistance, after being shot down over France
Lieutenant Clive Crowley (1905–1906) – Died during World War I and letters between him and his mother were part of the inspiration for An Australian War Requiem
Rear Admiral Bill Dovers (1959–1969) – former naval officer
Squadron Leader Adrian Goldsmith (1930–1933) – Second World War flying ace
Brigadier General John Lamrock (1873–1874) – in command of the 20th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, in the Gallipoli Campaign
Commodore Bruce Loxton (1933–1935) – former director-general of Naval Manpower in the Royal Australian Navy and naval historian
Lieutenant Colonel Alex Bath 'Bandy' MacDonald (1913–1916) – former Commander Darwin Mobile Force and Director Australian Cadet Corps
Lieutenant Colonel Tom Mills & Bar (1919–1925) – the first of only fifteen Australian soldiers to be awarded the MC & Bar during World War II
Major General Sir Iven Mackay (1897–1900) – Commander 2nd Division, 6th Division and South West Pacific Area World War II
Lieutenant Colonel Roy Morell (1903–1905) – volunteered for war service during World War I and World War II
Academia, education, cultural and scientific institutions
The humanities
Professor Harold Hunt (1916–1920) – former dean of the Faculty of Arts University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Benjamin Penny (1972–1977) – Research Fellow, School of Culture, History & Language ANU College of Asia and the Pacific and Harold White Fellow at the National Library of Australia
The social sciences
Dr Bob Howard (1950–1954) – academic specialising in international relations, former editor of the Current Affairs Bulletin
Professor Wayne Hudson (1957–1961) – academic and visiting fellow at ANU Australian Studies Institute
The arts
Professor Duncan Gifford (1985–1990) – professor Spanish National Academy of Contemporary Music
Professor Simon Penny (1972–1977) (1968–1973) – professor of Studio Art, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine
Professor Lyndon Watts (1992–1993) – professor of bassoon at Berne University of the Arts
Theology
Professor Hubert Cunliffe-Jones (1917–1921) – former professor of theology at the University of Manchester
Legal scholarship and education
Sir Carleton Allen (1900–1906) – former professor of Jurisprudence University of Oxford and Warden of Rhodes House
Professor Bob Baxt (1947–1955) – former Dean of Law Monash University and former chairman Trade Practices Commission
Jonathan Bonnitcha (1993–1998) – Associate Professor of Law University of New South Wales
Prof Stuart Kaye (1980–1985) – Professor of Law University of Melbourne, former Dean of Law University of Wollongong and former Head of the Law School James Cook University
Professor Christopher Roper (1955–1961) – former Adjunct Professor City University of Hong Kong, former Director College of Law Sydney and former Professor College of Law England and Wales
Mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering
Harold Curlewis (1884–1893) – former Government Astronomer in Western Australia and 3898 Curlewis is named in his honour
William Dun (1982–1886) – palaeontologist, geologist and former president Royal Society of New South Wales
Joseph Fletcher (1865–1867) – former director of Linnean Society of New South Wales, biologist and editor
Emeritus Professor James de Haseth (1957–1965) – Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the University of Georgia
Professor Roger Hawken (1893–1896) – former professor of Engineering at the University of Queensland
Professor Chris Rodger (1968–1973) – Scharnagel Professor of Mathematical Sciences at the Auburn University
Emeritus Professor Sever Sternhell (1947) – organic chemist
Professor Walter Woolnough (1893–1894) – former professor of Geology at the University of Western Australia and Clarke Medalist
Medical research
Professor Bernard Balleine (1974–1979) – Head, Decision Neuroscience Laboratory, School of Psychology, University of New South Wales
Associate Professor John Carter (1957–1961) – endocrinologist and former president Australian Diabetes Society
Professor Graham Colditz (1969–1972) – Niess-Gain Professor at Washington University School of Medicine
Dr Ian Colditz (1969–1974) – Senior Principal Research Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Professor Greg Fulcher (1963–1968) – diabetologist and former Director Chronic and Complex Medicine Network, NSLHD
Professor Peter Green (1959–1964) – Director, Celiac Disease Center, Columbia University
Professor Brin Grenyer OAM (1970–1980) – Professor of Psychology at the University of Wollongong and Director of the Project Air Strategy for Personality Disorders
Dr Marshall Hatch (1947–1950) – Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry and Clarke Medalist
Dr Krishna Hort (1964–1969) – Head, Health Systems Unit, Nossal Institute for Global Health, University of Melbourne
Dr Colin Laverty (1949–1953) – gynaecological cytologist and histopathologist
Professor Reuben Rose (1958–1966) – former Dean of Veterinary Science at the University of Sydney
Professor Martin Stockler (1971–1978) – Professor of Oncology and Clinical Epidemiology, University of Sydney Medical School
University administrators
Sir Percival Halse Rogers (1896–1901) – former Chancellor of University of Sydney
Dr Cecil Purser (1879–1881) – former Deputy Chancellor of University of Sydney
Professor Nicholas Saunders (1959–1962) – former vice-chancellor University of Newcastle and former Dean of Medicine Monash University and Flinders University
Dr Louis T. Talbot (1902–1904) – former president of Biola University and eponym of the Talbot School of Theology
The Reverend James Udy (1933) – former Master of Wesley College University of Sydney
Schoolmasters
Dr Peter Crawley (1965–1971) – pioneer of computer use in school classrooms at Trinity Grammar School, Victoria, Knox Grammar School and St Hilda's School
Reverend Dr Michael Scott Fletcher (1883–1886) – founding Master of Wesley College, University of Sydney and Professor of Philosophy, University of Queensland
Ray Hille (1955–1961) – former Principal of The Peninsula School
Major General Sir Iven Mackay (1897–1900) – former Headmaster of Cranbrook School and former chairman AAGPS NSW
Sandy Phillips (1894–1898) – former Headmaster of Sydney Grammar School
Cultural and scientific organisations
Dr George Abbott (1881–1884) – former president of the Royal Australian Historical Society
Torrington Blatchford (1886–1890) – former Government Geologist Western Australia and executive board member of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Noel Burnet (1916–1920) – founder of Koala Park Sanctuary
Douglas Burrows (1932–1934) – co-founder of the Children's Medical Research Foundation
Dr Warwick Cathro (1957–1964) – former Assistant Director-General National Library of Australia who was pivotal in the development of Trove
Sir Richard Boyer (1901–1909) – former chairman Australian Broadcasting Commission
Dr Colin Branch (1951–1952) – former chairman of the Minerals and Energy Research Institute of Western Australia
Sir Ian Clunies Ross (1912–1916) – former chairman CSIRO
Sir Talbot Duckmanton (1934–1938) – former general manager Australian Broadcasting Commission
Tim Hart (1977–1979) – Director of Information, Multimedia and Technology Melbourne Museum and Director Royal Exhibition Building
Dr Andrew Houison (1863–1865) – founding president of the Royal Australian Historical Society
Frank Howarth (1963–1969) – Chair of NSW Heritage Council and Former Director Australian Museum and Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
The professions
Religion
Major Cyril Bavin (1893–1895) – former Methodist missionary in Fiji and General Secretary to the YMCA Migration Department
Reverend Anthony Brammall (1973–1978) – Vice-Principal of the Sydney Missionary and Bible College
Reverend Alex Campbell (1891–1901) – former chairman Congregational Union of Australia and New Zealand and president Sydney City Mission
Reverend Prof Hubert Cunliffe-Jones (1917–1921) – former chairman of the Congregational Union of England and Wales
Reverend Lionel B. Fletcher D.D. (1877–1954) – Evangelist and Congregational minister
Reverend Simon Hansford (1971–1980) – Moderator Synod of New South Wales and the ACT of the Uniting Church in Australia
Gary Hill (1973–1978) – Executive Director The Crusader Union of Australia
Reverend Dr David Manton (1949–1953) – former Moderator New South Wales Synod, Uniting Church in Australia
Right Reverend David Mulready (1960–1964) – former Anglican Bishop of North-West Australia
Right Reverend John Stewart (1953–1954) – former Bishop of the Eastern Region and Vicar General of the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne
Reverend Gloster Udy (1933) – Uniting Church in Australia Minister
Law
The Hon. Justice Kenneth Asprey (1914–1922) – former NSW Supreme Court Judge and Voyager Royal Commissioner
The Hon. Sir Thomas Bavin (1889–1890) – former judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
The Hon. Justice Cecil Cook (1912–1920) – former judge of the Industrial Commission of New South Wales
His Honour Judge Herbert Curlewis (1881–1887) – former judge of the District Court of New South Wales; husband of Ethel Turner
The Hon. Garry Downes (1956–1960) – former Federal Court Judge, President Administrative Appeals Tribunal and former president Union Internationale des Avocats
His Honour Judge David Edwards (1889–91) – former judge of the District Court of New South Wales, NSW Electoral Commissioner and Royal Commissioner
The Hon. Roger Gyles (1950–1954) – former Federal Court Judge, Royal Commissioner Building Industry in New South Wales and former president NSW Bar Association and Australian Bar Association
The Hon. Justice Sir Percival Halse Rogers (1896–1901) – former judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
His Honour Dr John Lincoln (1929–1934) – judge of the District Court of New South Wales
The Hon. Justice Edwin Lusher (1925–1931) – former judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
The Hon. Justice Leycester Meares (1924–1926) – former judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, chairman of the New South Wales Law Reform Commission
Medicine
Dr George Henry Abbott (1881–1884) – surgeon and former Fellow of the University of Sydney Senate
Dr Alan Colwell (1900–1910) – former president of the Australian College of Radiologists
Dr Stanley Devenish Meares (1921–1924) – former president Australian Council Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Harry Critchley Hinder (1881–1883) – surgeon and former president of the NSW Branch of the British Medical Association
Sir Keith Jones (1924–1927) – surgeon and former president of the Australian Medical Association
Sir Herbert Maitland (1883–1887) – surgeon and early specialist in rhinoplasty
Sir William Morrow (1919–1921) – former president Royal Australasian College of Physicians
John Moulton (1949) – former Wallabies team doctor and surgeon
Dr Herbert Russell Nolan (1880–1885) – performed the first appendicectomy in Australia
Bob Norton (1933–1940) – former president of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons
Dr Hugh Pearson (1931–1936) – surgical urologist, instrumental in the foundation of the Australian Kidney Foundation
Professor Bill Pomroy (1965–1971) – Professor of Veterinary Parasitology at the Massey University
Dr Cecil Purser (1879–1881) – former chairman of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Business
Advertising
Chris Mort (1970–1975) – former chairman and CEO McCann Erickson Australia
Art and antiques
Peter Cook (1940–1942) – former proprietor Grafton Galleries, Double Bay, and presenter on ABC Television's For Love or Money.
Barry Stern (1948–1949) – former proprietor Barry Stern Galleries Paddington.
Banking and financial services
Sir Frederick Tout (1886–1890) – former chairman of Bank of NSW
Business disability advocacy
Dr Mark Bagshaw (1971–1974) – disability reform advocate
Business investment
Bee Taechaubol (1987–1992) – private equity investor
Broadcasting and entertainment
Bruce Bond (1944–1946) – finance and business broadcaster
Peter Bush (1964–1970) – former chairman of Nine Entertainment
Reg Lane (1912–1914) – founded Macquarie Radio Network and former general manager of 2GB
David Leckie (1962–1968) – former CEO Nine Network and former managing director Seven Network
Garth Barraclough (1924–1928) – former chairman EMI
Building
Richard Crookes (1956–1961) – founded Richard Crookes Constructions in 1976
Ben Cottle (1974–1981) – founder and managing director of FDC Construction
John Cooper (1961–1967) – board member and general manager of Concrete Constructions
Phil Kearns (1979–1984) – Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of AVJennings
Alex Rigby (1929–1933) – past president of the Australian Institute of Building 1970–1972 and Director of Kell & Rigby 1952–1984
Computing
Ian Diery (1958–1967) – former vice-president Apple Inc.
Farming and grazing
Deuchar Gordon (1882) – Manar, Braidwood
Hugh Munro (1874–1878) – Keera, Bingara
Hunter White (1883–1885) – Havilah, Mudgee, New South Wales
Food and beverage production
Geoffrey H. Arnott (1918–1920) – former chairman Arnott's Biscuits
Halse Rogers Arnott (1891–1895) – medical practitioner and former chairman Arnott's Biscuits Holdings
Garth Barraclough (1924–1928) – former chairman Arnott's Biscuits Holdings
Peter Bush (1964–1970) – former CEO McDonald's Australia
Owen Howell-Price (1938–1944) – director and former chairman Dairy Farm South Asia and CEO Woolworths
David Johnson (1947–1950) – former CEO Campbell Soup Company
Bert Locke (1920–1925) – former chairman Tooheys
Horticulture
Myles Baldwin (1991–1996) – garden designer and horticulturist
Alf Ellison (1918–1920) – camellia breeder after whom the camellia japonica A.O. Ellison is named
Ben Swane (1941–1944) – former proprietor of Swane's Nurseries, Dural, and gardening presenter on 702 ABC Sydney
Insurance
Cecil Hoskins (1903–1906) – former chairman of AMP
John Lawes (1916–1926) – former chairman of QBE Insurance
Jim Millner (1933–1937) – former president NRMA
Mining
Oliver Woodward (1903–1904) – former general manager and Director of North Broken Hill Mines
Optometry
Filmer Sceats (1915—1917) — Canberra and Sydney optometrist
Property and real estate development
William Boyce Allen (1865–1867) – one of the first sworn valuers under the Real Property Act in New South Wales
Bert Locke (1920–1925) – former chairman, Lendlease
Jim Service (1945–1949) – former chairman, JG Service; former chairman, ACTEW; and former deputy chairman, Australand Property Group
Racehorse owners and breeders
Alf Ellison (1918–1920) – Star Kingdom, Baramul Stud
Hunter White (1883–1885) – Rogilla, Havilah Stud
Restaurateurs, chefs and sommeliers
Andrew Cibej (1982–1987) – chef and restaurateur, Vini, Berta and 121BC Cantina & Enoteca
Con Dedes – restaurateur Sydney Rowing Club, Abbotsford, and Kirribilli Club, Dedes on the Wharf, Deckhouse, Dedes at the Point, Flying Fish, Pyrmont, Flying Fish & Chips at The Star, Sydney
Ned Goodwin (1981–1987) – Master of Wine, sommelier, wine-writer and TV presenter
Neil Perry (1968–1973) – chef and restaurateur Rockpool, food-writer and TV presenter LifeStyle Food
Importing, wholesaling and retailing
Preston Lanchester Gowing (1891–1899) – former chairman Gowings
Percy Hardy (1882–1888) – former managing director Hardy Brothers
Walter Hardy (1877–1880) – former managing director Hardy Brothers
Edward Lloyd Jones (1885–1887) – former chairman David Jones
Jim Millner (1933–1937) – Former chairman, Soul Patts
Robert Millner (1959–1968) – chairman, Soul Patts
Arthur Shorter (1898–1900) – former managing director Shorters
Arthur H. Way (1879–1881) – former chairman of E. Way & Co. department store in Pitt Street, Sydney
Mervyn Winn (1920–1924) – former chairman of Winns department stores in Sydney and Newcastle
Telecommunications
Robert Millner (1959–1968) – chairman, TPG Telecom
Forests
Herbert Dadswell (1915–1920) – CSIRO chief of forest products
Edward Julius (1880–1883) – South Australian Conservator of Forests
Wool
Keith Chisholm (1930–1936) – woolbuyer
George Le Couteur (1931–1934) – woolbroker
Tom Mills (1919–1925) – woolbuyer
Sir Gordon Trollope (1898–1901) – woolbroker
Philanthropy
Douglas Burrows (1932–1934) – the Sydney Medical School Foundation's Douglas Burrows Chair of Paediatrics and Child Health was established in 1983 in his honour having been Chairman of the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children and a significant financial supporter
Elliston Campbell (1902–1908) – through a bequest funded the Adyar Library and Research Centre in Madras, India, and the Campbell Theosophical Research Library for the Theosophical Society, Sydney
Carlyle Greenwell (1897–1901) – endowed the Carlyle Greenwell Research Fund in Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Sydney
Edwin Cuthbert Hall (1886–1891) – endowed the Edwin Cuthbert Hall Chair of Middle Eastern Archaeology at the University of Sydney
Mervyn Horton (1930–1935) – $8 million of contemporary art Art Gallery of New South Wales via the Mervyn Horton Bequest
George Johnson (1913–1915) – $15 million George and Nerissa Johnson Bequest for the arts
Dr Colin Laverty (1949–1953) – benefactor of funds and art works to National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, Biennale of Sydney and Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Colonel Thomas Millner (1897–1901) – benefactor of TG Millner Field, home ground of Eastwood Rugby Club
Dr Mitchell Notaras (1948–1952) – endowed the Mitchell J. Notaras Scholarship for Colorectal Medicine at the University of Sydney
The Hon Justice Leycester Meares (1924–1926) – benefactor of Kidsafe
Clive Ramaciotti (1894–1900) – together with his sister, endowed the Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Foundation for Biomedical Research
Club presidents
Charles Challice (1927–1932) – chairman of the Cabbage Tree Club 1961–1962
The Hon. Justice Cecil Cook (1912–1920) – president of the University Club 1957–1960
Clive Curlewis (1884–1890) – former president of Palm Beach Surf Life Saving Club
Alf Meares (1919–1920) – president of the Schools Club 1933–1935
Fred Meares (1898–1900) – president of Sydney Rowing Club1954–1964
Richard Eve (1895–1898) – president of the Schools Club 1943–1945
William Deuchar Gordon (1882–1884) – president of the Australian Club 1936–1939
The Hon. Justice Sir Percival Halse Rogers (1896–1901) – president of the University Club 1935–1945
Eric Sydney Kelynack (1893–1898) – founding President of the Schools Club 1926–1928
Alan Loxton (1931–1933) President of the Australian Club 1987 – 1990
Sir William Morrow (1919–1921) – president of the Australian Club 1972–1975
Tim Peken (1953–1957) – president of the University & Schools Club 1993–1996
Bill Picken (1958–1967) – chairman of the Sydney Turf Club 2008–2010
Doug Stewart (1910–1919) – president of the Schools Club 1937–1939
Sport
Sporting administrators
Andrew Jones (1978–1990) – former CEO of Racing Victoria and Cricket NSW
Athletics
Nigel Barker (1895–1901) – Olympic Games bronze medallist Athletics
Morgan McDonald (2008–2013) – 2017 World Championships in Athletics distance runner
Josh Ralph (2004–2009) – 2014 Commonwealth Games
Stephen Wilson (1984–1987) – Paralympic Games gold medallist Athletics
Australian Rules
Dane Rampe (2003–2008) – Sydney Swans player in the Australian Football League
Jack Hiscox (2007–2012) – Sydney Swans player in the Australian Football League
Badminton
Raymond Tam (1995–2004) – Badminton 2014 Commonwealth Games
Basketball
Grant Anticevich (2015–2017) – NBL and college basketball player
Nick Kay (2009–2010) – 2018 Commonwealth Games Basketball gold medalist
Ray Rosbrook (1915–1939) – former coach of the New South Wales Basketball Team
Boxing
Nikita Tszyu (2011-2015) – Light middleweight professional boxer
Tim Tszyu (2007–2012) – Light middleweight professional boxer and Australian National Boxing Federation's super middleweight champion.
Cricket
George Bayly (1874–1875) – New Zealand cricketer
Tim Caldwell (1927–1930) – former chairman Australian Cricket Board and NSW Sheffield Shield cricketer
James Cleeve (1881–1884) – former NSW Sheffield Shield cricketer
Edwin Evans (1865–1866) – former Australian Test cricketer
Sam Everett (1917–1918) – former NSW Sheffield Shield cricketer
Tom Garrett (1867–1872) – former Australian Test cricketer
Arthur Hoskings (1885–1886) Western Australian and North American representative cricketer CEO
Alan McGilvray (1923–1924) – ABC cricket commentator
Lawrence Neil-Smith (2012–2017) – Tasmanian cricketer
Johnny Taylor (1906–1915) – former dual international test cricketer and Wallaby
Equestrian
Phillip Dutton (1976–1979) – 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics equestrian dual gold medallist for Australia and 2016 Summer Olympics equestrian Bronze Medallist for USA.
Shane Rose (1978–1983) – 2008 Summer Olympics equestrian silver medallist and 2016 Summer Olympics equestrian bronze medallist
Fishing
Harry Andreas (1891–1895) – Big-game fisherman who pioneered the sport in New Zealand
Sir Herbert Maitland (1883–1887) – regarded as the father of big-game fishing in Australia
Golf
Prosper Ellis (1908–1912) – golf course architect and amateur scratch golfer
Hockey
Jett Leong (2023 – ) Represented NSW in field & Indoor hockey & Australia in Indoor Hockey
Ice Hockey
Arthur Cuthbertson (1900–1906) – represented NSW in the first two Goodall Cup finals
Judo
Warren Richards (1960–1966) – 1976 Summer Olympics judo
Rowing
Roy Barker (1894–1900) – 1912 Summer Olympics rowing
Vern Bowrey (1960–1965) – 1972 Summer Olympics rowing
Stuart Carter (1971–1976) – 1976 Summer Olympics rowing
James Chapman (1992–1997) – 2012 Summer Olympics rowing silver medalist
Tom Chessell (1929–1931) – 1952 Summer Olympics rowing bronze medallist
Howard Croker (1954–1956) – founder of Croker Oars
Sam Hardy (2003–2013) 2019 World Rowing Championships bronze medalist
Steve Handley (1969–1974) – 1980 Summer Olympics rowing
Rob Jahrling (1991–1992) – 2000 Summer Olympics rowing silver medallist
Judge Fred Kirkham (1945–1953) – 1956 Summer Olympics rowing bronze medallist
Matthew Long (1988–1993) – 2000 Summer Olympics rowing bronze medallist
Kim Mackney (1961–1966) – 1972 Summer Olympics rowing
Michael Morgan (1957–1964) – 1968 Summer Olympics rowing silver medallist
Geoff Stewart (1984–1991) – 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics dual rowing bronze medallist
James Stewart (1984–1991) – 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics dual rowing bronze medallist
Rugby Union
Allan Alaalatoa (2010–2011) – current ACT Brumbies player
Eric Bardsley (1918–1923) – former Wallaby
Scott Bowen (1985–1990) – former Wallaby and Head Coach Eastern Suburbs Rugby Club
James Brown (1947–1951) – former Wallaby
Harry Bryant (1917–1923) former Wallaby
Adam Byrnes (1987–1999) – former Russian Bears, former Melbourne Rebels, Queensland Reds player
Alan Cameron (1945–1948) – former Wallaby captain
John Carroll (1946–1949) – former Wallaby
James Cleeve (1881–1882) – inter-colonial rugby union player
John Cleeve (1881–1882)) – inter-colonial cricket player
Percy Colquhoun (1881–1885) – inter-colonial rugby union player
Dave Cowper (1923–1927) – former Wallaby captain, coach and chairman of selectors
Sydney Fallick (1882–1885) – inter-colonial rugby union player
Nick Farr-Jones (1974–1979) – former Rugby World Cup winning Wallaby captain
Vunipola Fifita (2012–2014) – current Brumbies player
Aub Hodgson (1924–29) – former Wallaby
Rugby League
Brian James (1955–1960) – former Kangaroos representative player
Oriel Kennerson (1937–1940) – Former rugby league player at Newtown Jets
Joel Luani (2008–2010) – Former NRL player at Wests Tigers
Joey Lussick (2011–2013) – Current NRL player at Parramatta Eels and former player at Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Taane Milne (2011–2013) – Current Super League player at Huddersfield Giants, former NRL player at
South Sydney Rabbitohs and St. George Illawarra Dragons
Tepai Moeroa (2011–2013) – Former NRL player at Parramatta Eels and Melbourne Storm, former player at NSW Waratahs
Cameron Murray (2010–2015) – Current NRL player and Captain of South Sydney Rabbitohs
Bailey Simonsson (2014–2016) – Current NRL player at Parramatta Eels and former player at Canberra Raiders
Toluta'u Koula (2015–2020) – Current NRL player at Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Jesse McLean (2021–2022) – Current NRL player at Penrith Panthers
Heamasi Makasini (2021–2025) – Current NRL player at Wests Tigers
Football
Chris Triantis (1999–2004) – current player Sydney Olympic FC
Jonathan Aspropotamitis (2009–2014) – current player Western Sydney Wanderers FC
Declan Carmichael (2018-2023) - played for St George City and captained Newington to an AAGPS Plate victory in 2023
Sailing
Tony Fisher (1942) – 1973 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race line honours winning skipper
David Forbes (1943–1949) – 1972 Summer Olympics sailing gold medalist
Edward Psaltis (1973–1978) – 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race handicap winning skipper
David Witt (1984–1989) – ocean racer and Scallywag skipper
Garth Bickford (2014–2021) – 2023 Brisbane to Gladstone Race overall winner
Tennis
Ashley Campbell (1893–1898) – dual Australian Open men's doubles champion
Percy Colquhoun (1881–1885) – inter-colonial tennis player
Albert Curtis (1889–1892) – 1896 Queensland doubles champion 1897 NSW Singles Championship 1905 runner-up in the singles final of the inaugural Australasian Championships
Stanley Doust (1887–1895) – former Australia Davis Cup team captain and Wimbledon doubles finalist
Ernest Hicks (1891–1894) – player and manager of the 1913 Australia Davis Cup team
Thomas Hicks (1885–86) – player and administrator who managed Australasia's participation in early Davis Cup competitions
Triathlon
Greg Bennett (1984–1989) – world series champion 2002 and 2003, Australian National Champion 1998, 1999, 2000. Summer Olympics 2004 and 2008 triathlete
Water polo
James Clark (2003–2008) – 2012 Summer Olympics water polo
Anthony Hrysanthos (ON 2013) – 2020 Summer Olympics water polo
The arts, architecture and the media
Actors, presenters and directors
Stuart Bocking (1981–1986) – 2UE night shift presenter
William Carter (1913–1918) – silent film actor who starred in Those Who Love (1926)
Arthur Dignam (1955–1956) – actor in The Devil's Playground and the original Australian production of Jesus Christ Superstar
Eden Gaha (1981–1986) – television personality, producer and President of Shine America
Matt Holmes (1981–1993) – actor in Blue Heelers and Sea Patrol
John Kachoyan (1995–2000) – creative director at the MKA: Theatre of New Writing and Director in Residence, Bell Shakespeare
Alexander Lewis – musical theatre actor with New York's Metropolitan Opera and The Juilliard School
Ben Lewis – actor portraying the Phantom in the Australian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies
Charles Mesure (1982–1987) – actor in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess and Outrageous Fortune
Maurice Parker (1969–1979) – presenter in Simon Townsend's Wonder World and television producer
Jeremy Lindsay Taylor (1983–1991) – actor in Heartbreak High, Something in the Air and Sea Patrol
Andrew Tighe (1964–1973) – theatre director and actor for the Sydney Theatre Company
Sandy Winton (1983–1988) – actor playing Michael Williams in Neighbours
Visual arts
Leslie Board (1893–1896) – artist represented in the AGNSW and chief scenic designer of J.C. Williamson's
Simon Fieldhouse (1963) – artist
Rogey Foley (aka Ellis D Fogg) (1957–1959) – Lumino kinetic sculptor
Frank Hinder (1916–1918) – Blake Prize winning artist
Hal Holman OL (1932) – former senior artist for Papua New Guinea and designer of the National Crest
Mervyn Horton (1930–1935) – founding editor of Art in Australia
Greg Louden (2000–2006) – Academy Award-winning visual effects artist
Dave Morley (1982–1991) – AACTA Award winning visual effects artist
Simon Penny (1968–1973) – interactive media artist
Andrew Stark (1976–1981) – street photographer and author
Quinton Tidswell (1923–1924) — artist known for his architectural works on paper
Graeme Townsend (1963–1970) — artist who uses wildlife as an inspiration
Literature
Professor Leslie Allen (1894–1899) – former professor of English at the Royal Military College, Duntroon, Chairman Literature Censorship Board and poet
John Gunn (1937) – winner of the Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers
Will Kostakis (1995–2006) – Sydney Morning Herald Young Writer of the Year
Leslie Alfred Redgrave (1899–1902) – novelist and non-fiction writer
Journalism and other writing
Malcolm Brown (1963–1964) – crime writer and former Sydney Morning Herald journalist
Peter Charley (1973–1974) – Walkley Award-winning executive producer for Al Jazeera North American investigative unit
Patrick Cook (1962–1967) – satirist, cartoonist and AFI Award winning screenwriter
W. Leslie Curnow (1882–1886) – journalist with the Sydney Morning Herald and the London Times and Spiritualist
Graham Davis (1966–1971) – Walkley and Logie Award-winning investigative journalist
Barry Divola (1972–1977) – rock and roll journalist and Sydney Morning Herald columnist
Charles Brunsdon Fletcher – former editor of the Sydney Morning Herald
Benjamin Genocchio (1981–1986) – former Art critic for the New York Times
Greg Haddrick (1973–1978) – Logie and AWGIE Award-winning screenwriter, TV producer and creator of Underbelly
Peter Holder (1974–1982) – journalist and managing director of Daily Mail Australia
Christian Jantzen (1986–1995) – 2UE presenter
Greg Jennett (1985–1986) – ABC Television political correspondent and presenter of Capital Hill ABC News 24
Tony Jones (1970–1974) – Walkley Award-winning host of Lateline and Q & A on ABC TV
Musicians and composers
Keith Asboe (1945) – organist and composer
Matt Bruce (2002–2007) – violinist and concertmaster of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Thomas Champion (2002–2007) – member of The Preatures
Tobias Cole (1976–1988) – countertenor
Duncan Gifford (1985–1990) – international award-winning concert pianist
David Hansen – countertenor
Graham Lowndes (1958–1961) – singer and songwriter of Mouthmusic and Survival's a Song.
Brett McKern (1981–1990) – organist and composer
Jack Moffitt (2002–2007) – member of The Preatures
James Olds (1998–2003) – bass-baritone
David Rumsey (1947–1955) – organist and composer
Alan Sandow (1964–1968) – Sherbet drummer
Stephen Rae (1972–1979) – AFI Award-winning film and TV musician and composer
Gary Shearston (1950–1955) – Australia's best selling folk singer
Lyndon Watts (1992–1993) – principal bassoonist at the Munich Philharmonic
Architects and engineers
Arthur Anderson (1881–1883) – founder and first president of the Federal Council of the Australian Institute of Architects
Ken Branch (1920–1925) – architect in partnership with David Gillespie
Andrew Benn (1988–1993) – 2014 Architecture Award NSW Australian Institute of Architects
Henry Budden (1886–1888) – Sir John Sulman Medal winning architect
Hedley Norman Carr (1921–1922) – Royal British Institute of Architects bronze medal-winning architect
Douglas Gardiner (1918–1922) – partner in Bates Smart & McCutcheon
Carlyle Greenwell (1897–1901) – partner in Kent Budden & Greenwell
William Hardwick (1873–1877) – former Principal Architect (Western Australia)
Eric Heath – architect of the former Plaza Theatre, Sydney
Edward Hewlett Hogben (1889–1891) – architect of Leuralla and the 1911 frontage of the Carrington Hotel, Katoomba
Archer Hoskings (1881–1883) – Sydney, London, Perth and Johannesburg based architect
Harry Jefferis (1883–1885) – Western Australian architect
Peter Kaad (1911–1914) – designer of the Rural Bank Building, Martin Place
Alan Nangle (1924–1926) – architect of the War Memorial Chapel at Trinity Grammar School Summer Hill