List of University of Melbourne people

Summary

This is a list of University of Melbourne people, including alumni and staff.

Alumni edit

Academia edit

Architecture edit

Business edit

Community activism edit

Government edit

Governors General of Australia edit

Governors of Victoria edit

Governors of other jurisdictions edit

Politicians edit

Prime Ministers of Australia edit
Premiers of Victoria edit
Premier of Queensland edit
Federal politicians edit
Australian state and territory politicians edit
International politicians edit
Public servants edit

Humanities edit

Arts edit

Film and television edit

History edit

Journalism edit

Literature, writing and poetry edit

Music edit

Philosophy edit

Law edit

Chief Justices of Australia
Justices of the High Court of Australia
Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia
Justices of the Federal Court of Australia
Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia
Justices of the Family Court of Australia
Chief Justices of Victoria
Justices of the Supreme Court of Victoria
Presidents of the Victorian Court of Appeal

Other legal professionals edit

  • Julian McMahon, A.C., barrister, humanitarian, campaigner against death penalty
  • Rob Stary, criminal defence lawyer
  • Lord Uthwatt, Judge, Chancery Division, High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, House of Lords
  • Kissana Phathanacharoen, Deputy Commander of Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau and Deputy Spokesman of the Royal Thai Police

Military edit

Religious leaders edit

Sciences edit

Agriculture edit

  • Yvonne Aitken, botanist, first woman to earn a PhD in Agriculture form the University of Melbourne in 1970[102]

Biology edit

Computing edit

  • Andrew Freeman, FACS – Fellow of the Australian Computer Society (elected in 1997), and an Honorary Life Member (HLM) of the ACS (elected in 2018)[103]

Geology edit

Chemistry edit

Engineering edit

Mathematics edit

Medicine edit

Physics edit

Psychology edit

Veterinary Science edit

Sport edit

 
Eva Duldig

Faculty edit

Administration edit

Chancellors edit

Ordinal Name Term begin Term end Time in office Notes
1 Sir Redmond Barry KCMG 17 May 1853 (1853-05-17) 23 November 1880 (1880-11-23) 27 years, 190 days [107]
2 Sir William Stawell KCMG 2 May 1881 (1881-05-02) 8 July 1882 (1882--5-08) 1 year, 6 days
3 James Moorhouse 1883 1886 [108]
4 William HearnAM QC 1886
5 Sir Anthony Brownless CMG 1887 1897 [109]
6 Sir John Madden GCMG 1897 1918 [78]
7 Sir John MacFarland 1918 1935 [110]
8 Sir James Barrett KBE CB CMG 1935 1939 [111]
9 Sir John Latham PC GCMG KC 1939 1941
10 Sir Charles John Lowe KCMG 1941 1954
11 Sir Arthur Dean QC 1954 1966 [83]
12 Sir William Upjohn OBE 1966 1967 [112]
13 Sir Robert Menzies AK CH QC 1967 1972 [113]
14 Leonard Weickhardt CBE 1972 1978
15 Sir Oliver Gillard 1978 1980
16 Sir Roy Wright AK 1980 1989 [114]
17 Sir Edward Woodward AC OBE QC 1990 2001
18 Fay Marles AM 2001 2004
19 Ian Renard AM 2005 2009 [115]
20 Alex Chernov AC QC 2009 2011 [8]
21 Elizabeth Alexander AO 8 April 2011 (2011-04-08) 31 December 2016 (2016-12-31) 5 years, 267 days [116]
22 Allan Myers AC KC 1 January 2017 (2017-01-01) 31 December 2022 (2022-12-31) 5 years, 364 days [117]
23 Jane Hansen AO 1 January 2023 (2023-01-01) incumbent 1 year, 107 days [118]

Vice-Chancellors edit

Order Vice-Chancellor Years Notes
1 Hugh Childers 1853–1857 [119]
2 Anthony Brownless 1858–1887 [109]
3 Martin Irving 1887–1889 [120]
4 Sir John Madden 1889–1897 [78]
5 Sir Henry Wrixon 1897–1910 [45]
6 Sir John MacFarland 1910–1918 [110]
7 Sir John Grice 1918–1923 [121]
8 General Sir John Monash 1923–1931 [122]
9 James Barrett 1931–1934 [111]
10 Sir Raymond Priestley 1935–1938 [123]
11 Sir John Medley 1938–1951 [123]
12 Sir George Whitecross Paton 1951–1968 [123]
13 Sir David Plumley Derham 1968–1982 [123]
14 Professor David Caro 1982–1987 [123]
15 David Penington 1988–1995 [124]
16 Alan Gilbert 1996–2004 [125]
17 Glyn Davis 2005–2018 [126]
18 Duncan Maskell 2018–present [127]

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External links edit

  • Prominent alumni – from the University of Melbourne website