# List of Old Boys of St Aloysius' College

Former students of the Catholic school, St Aloysius' College in Milsons Point, New South Wales, Australia, are known as "Old Boys".

## Academia, medicine and science

* Professor Jacques Miller AC, FRS (1931– ) – research scientist
* Sir Gustav Nossal AC, CBE, FRS, FAA (1931– ) – research scientist; former director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (1965–1996); 2000 Australian of the Year

## Business

* Danny Kennedy – environmentalist, clean-tech entrepreneur and founder of Sungevity
* Andrew Low – corporate adviser, and CEO of RedBridge Grant Samuel
* David Murray AO – former chairman of the Australian Government Future Fund and a former CEO of the Commonwealth Bank

## Clergy

* Right Reverend Joseph Dwyer – Bishop of Wagga Wagga 1918–1939 (also attended St Patrick's College, Goulburn)
* Bishop Gregory Homeming – Bishop of Lismore
* Peter L'Estrange – Rector of Newman College (University of Melbourne) 1991–2006 and Master of Campion Hall, Oxford since 2006
* Archbishop Eris O'Brien – Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney 1948–1951, Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn 1953–1966
* Bishop William Wright – Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle

## Media, entertainment and the arts

* Christopher Brennan – poet and scholar (also attended Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview)
* Don Burke – television presenter, television producer, author and horticulturalist
* Danny Clayton – television presenter and media personality, best known for his work as a Channel V Australia VJ
* Martin Cooke – baritone with the Bavarian State Opera
* Alex Cubis – actor and lawyer
* John Bede Dalley – journalist and writer (also attended St Augustine's Abbey school and Beaumont College)
* Anh Do – comedian, painter and actor (Footy Legends, Thank God You're Here, SBS series Kick, runner-up on Dancing with the Stars (Series 7), Dancing with the Deals)
* Khoa Do – 2005 Young Australian of the Year, screenwriter and director of Footy Legends
* Paul Dyer AO – Musician, conductor and artistic director
* Sir Charles Mackerras – conductor and brother of Alistair and Malcolm (also attended Sydney Grammar School)
* Julian Morrow – journalist, comedian and writer, best known for The Chaser, CNNNN, The Chaser's War on Everything
* Melvyn Morrow – playwright whose musical scores included Shout! The Legend of The Wild One and Dusty - The Musical; English teacher
* Matthew Reilly – author whose novels include Ice Station, Area 7, Scarecrow, Hover Car Racer, Seven Ancient Wonders and Contest
* Cyril Ritchard – Broadway actor
* Justin Smith – actor who starred in Billy Elliot the Musical in Australia
* Adam Spencer – mathematician, comedian and radio host
* Tom Switzer – editor of the Australian version of The Spectator; research associate at the United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney
* Tom Williams – television presenter (The Great Outdoors); reporter and star of Dancing With the Stars
* Owen Lynch - television presenter and journalist (Dream Homes Revealed)

## Politics, public service and the law

* Tony Abbott AC – former Australian Prime Minister, a former member of the Australian House of Representatives who represented Warringah for the Liberal Party, and a former minister in the Howard government; (left after graduation from the junior school to attend Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview)
* Sir Maurice Byers CBE, QC – Solicitor-General of Australia during the Australian constitutional crisis of 1975
* Joseph Farrar Coates – Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council and a minister in the Lang and Stevens governments (1921–1943)
* Francis Joseph Finnan CBE, MP – Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Hawkesbury and Darlinghurst for Labor; later a public servant
* Nick Greiner AC – former chairman of Infrastructure NSW; 37th Premier of New South Wales (1988–1992); Member of the Legislative Assembly representing Ku-ring-gai for the Liberal Party (1980–1992) (also attended Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview)
* Joe Hockey AO – current Australian Ambassador to the United States; former Member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing North Sydney for the Liberal Party; former minister in the Howard Government; served as Treasurer of Australia in the Abbott Government
* Francis Keane – public servant and magistrate
* John Ormond Kennedy – Member of Victorian Legislative Assembly representing Hawthorn for the Labor Party 2018–2022
* Michael L'Estrange AO – former Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; former Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom; former Secretary to Cabinet; Rhodes Scholar
* Malcolm Mackerras AO – psephologist and creator of the 'Mackerras Electoral Pendulum'; brother of Charles (also attended Sydney Grammar School)
* Dick Meagher MP – former Speaker, and a former Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Sydney-Phillip, then Tweed and then Phillip, variously for Labor and as an independent representative between 1895 and 1917; former Lord Mayor of Sydney (1895–1920) (also attended St Stanislaus' College)
* Jonathan O'Dea MP – Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Davidson for the Liberal Party 2007–2023 (also attended Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview)
* Simon Rice OAM – Professor Emeritus, University of Sydney Law School
* Tim Stephens – Professor of International Law, University of Sydney Law School
* Tim Studdert QC – NSW Supreme Court Justice
* John Kearney QC – NSW Supreme Court Justice
* Richard Cavanagh QC – NSW Supreme Court Justice

## Sport

* Les Austin – Wallabies rugby player
* Danny Carroll – Wallabies rugby player
* Brian Dunn – Sprinter, Australian 100 yards record holder 1939
* J.J. Ferris – Australian Test cricketer
* Bernard Foley – Waratahs and Wallabies rugby player
* Keith Gleeson – Rugby player – Ireland, Leinster, Waratahs, Australian Barbarians, Australia Under-19s, Australia Under-21s
* Cecil Healy – winner of individual silver and team gold medals in swimming at the 1912 Olympic Games
* James Hughes – Wallabies rugby player
* Tom Kingston – Waratahs and Rebels rugby player
* Ater Majok – basketball player, selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2011 NBA Draft
* Edward Mandible – Wallabies rugby player
* Pat McCabe – Brumbies and Wallabies rugby player
* Dr Herbert Moran – Wallabies captain (1908) (also attended St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill)
* Jack O'Connor – Australian Test cricketer
* Austin Punch – First Class cricketer, NSW and Tasmania
* Gordon Rorke – Australian Test cricketer