List of Old Knox Grammarians
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This is a List of Old Knox Grammarians, former students of the Uniting Church school, Knox Grammar School in Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia.
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Contents
Academic
- Dr Bruce Northleigh Carter, educator, current Principal of Emanuel School, Sydney[1]
- Dr. William McKeith AM, educator, former Principal of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney and executive Principal of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Armidale; Chairman of the Vietnam-Australia School, Hanoi[2][3]
- Peter Moxham, educator, former Principal of Kambala[4]
- Vaughan Pratt, professor, MIT 1972-1981, Stanford 1981-2000, emeritus 2000-.
Rhodes Scholars
- Ian McNeil Jackman - 1985[5]
- Alexander John Cameron - 1986[5]
- Stuart Michael Grieve - 1996[5]
- Andrew Henry George Charlton - 2001[5]
- Michael William Jones - 2011[5]
Business
- David S. Clarke, Macquarie Bank chairman[6]
- Rod McGeoch AM, leader of Sydney's successful Olympics 2000 bid; Chairman or Director of a number of major corporations; Past Chairman Emeritus of Corrs Chambers Westgarth[7]
- Mathew Peterson, entrepreneur and founder of The Little App Factory which was involved in a legal clash with Apple Inc.[8]
- Count Anton Andreas von Faber-Castell, fishfarming entrepreneur and heir to Faber-Castell[9]
Community
- Simon Malian, founder of The Malian Foundation
Dr Simon Longstaff Executive Director of [The Ethics Centre]
Media, entertainment and the arts
- Stuart Beattie screenwriter
- Bruce Elder, journalist
- Peter FitzSimons, Columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald and Sun Herald,author, former Wallabies player[7][10]
- Adam Garcia, actor and dancer
- Darren Goodsir Editor-in-chief of the Sydney Morning Herald,[11] and author of 'In the Line of Fire'[12][better source needed]
- John Howard, film and television actor
- Hugh Jackman, actor,[6][7] and former school captain of Knox in 1986
- Richard Lane, radio personality and writer
- John Laws, radio presenter[6]
- Reg Livermore, actor and entertainer[7]
- Peter Mochrie, actor
- Richard Neville, former editor of the satirical Oz magazine[6]
- Jordan Rodrigues, actor
- Mark Scott, Managing Director, ABC
- Rai Thistlethwayte, singer-songwriter
- Andy Park, journalist, SBS newsreader.[13]
- Steve Toltz, Man Booker Prize shortlisted author of A Fraction of the Whole
- Hugo Weaving, actor[7]
- Gus Worland, radio and television host
- Peter Yeldham screenwriter, playwright and author
Politics, public service and the law
- Ross Cameron, former Federal MP for Parramatta
- Sir John Fuller, former New South Wales MP, Leader of the Opposition from 1976-1978.
- Hon Sir Kenneth Jacobs, former Justice of the High Court of Australia
- Hon Nick Minchin, former Federal cabinet minister; leader of Opposition in the Senate[7]
- Brian Preston, Chief Justice of the New South Wales Land and Environment Court
- Rt Hon Ian Sinclair, former Federal cabinet minister and Speaker of the House
- Hon Gough Whitlam, former Prime Minister of Australia (also attended Mowbray House School, Telopea Park High School and Canberra Grammar School)[14]
- James Roland Wood, former judge
Sport
- Ben Alexander, ACT Brumbies representative and Australian Wallabies rugby player
- Tom Carter, NSW Waratahs representative
- Steve Cutler, Australian Wallabies rugby player
- Matthew Dunn, Olympic swimmer and gold medallist in Pan Pacific and Commonwealth Games
- Alan Gurr Australian V8 Supercar driver
- Lachlan Mitchell, London Wasps player
- Matthew Nicholson, state cricketer who played one test for Australia
- Rex Pemberton, youngest Australian to climb Mount Everest, at 21[15][non-primary source needed]
- Bruce Taafe, Australian Wallabies rugby player, NSW Waratah Exec VP Wall St IT corporations
- Ross Turnbull, Australian Wallabies rugby player, coach of NSW and for a short time the Wallabies head coach. The head of ARU board for several years
- Simon Whitfield, gold medallist at 2000 Olympics Men's Triathlon held in Sydney
See also
- List of non-government schools in New South Wales
- List of boarding schools
- Combined Associated Schools
References
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External links
Categories:
- Incomplete lists from August 2008
- Articles lacking reliable references from September 2015
- Wikipedia articles needing factual verification from March 2013
- Use dmy dates from September 2010
- Lists of Australian people by school affiliation
- Combined Associated Schools
- People educated at Knox Grammar School
- New South Wales-related lists
