# List of Cranbrook School, Sydney alumni

This is a list of notable old boys of Cranbrook School, Sydney, former students – known as "Old Cranbrookians" – of Cranbrook School, an Anglican school in Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, Australia.

## Academia and medicine

* Prof. David Cooper AC FRACP FRCP FAA FAHMS – HIV researcher
* Prof. James Dale AC – Professor of biotechnology at Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
* Assoc. Prof. Paul Darveniza – senior lecturer in neurology at St. Vincent's Clinical School, University of New South Wales and international Rugby Union Wallaby
* Prof. Richard Hunter FBA – Regius Professor of Greek and Fellow of Trinity College, the University of Cambridge
* Earl Owen AO – microsurgeon pioneer
* Yi-Fu Tuan – Emeritus Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; one of the first Cranbrook students of Asian descent
* John Miles Little - surgeon and academic; former Head Boy at Cranbrook

## Business

* Rodney Adler – former director of failed telecommunications company One.Tel and HIH Insurance
* Mike Cannon-Brookes – CEO and co-founder of Atlassian
* Michael Crouch AC – former Chairman of Zip Industries
* Ken Dixon – chairman of Rowntree's
* James Fairfax AC – former arts patron and philanthropist (also attended Geelong Grammar School)
* David Gyngell – CEO of Australian commercial broadcasting network, Channel Nine
* Samuel Hordern CMG – stockbroker and Grazier
* The Hon Clyde Packer – journalist, media entrepreneur, politician and author
* James Packer AM – chairman of CPH Investments and Crown Limited
* Kerry Packer AC – former media tycoon
* Jodee Rich – founder of One.Tel and PeopleBrowsr

## Government, politics and the law

* The Hon Tim Bruxner – former elected member of the NSW Parliament and Deputy Premier of New South Wales
* Ben Franklin – elected member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales
* Hugh Gilchrist OAM – diplomat and author of Australians and Greeks
* Sir David Griffin CBE – elected 74th Lord Mayor of Sydney
* Michael Knight AO – elected former member of the NSW Parliament and Sydney 2000 Olympics Minister
* Julian Martin Leeser – member for Berowra
* Thomas Walter Mitchell – Country Party member for Benambra in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and Attorney-General
* The Hon Dugald Munro CMG – former grazier and Member for Eden-Monaro
* Andrew Rogers AO, QC – justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales; spouse of Helen Coonan, a former Australian Senator
* John Spender KC – Liberal party member for North Sydney and Australian Ambassador to France
* The Hon Sir Laurence Whistler Street AC, KCMG – 14th Chief Justice of New South Wales

## Media, entertainment and the arts

* Oliver Ackland – actor
* Sumner Locke Elliott – writer, playwright
* Billy Field – singer and songwriter
* John Gaden AO – actor
* Peter Kingston AM – artist
* Mungo Wentworth MacCallum – political journalist, humorist and commentator
* Jim Maxwell AM – ABC Radio cricket commentator
* Garry McDonald AO – comedian, star of Mother and Son and creator of alter-ego Norman Gunston
* Craig McGregor – writer/novelist, academic, and cultural critic
* Andrew Pfeiffer – landscape architect
* Sam Reid – film & television actor, co-lead of Interview with the Vampire and The Newsreader
* Adam Shand – writer and freelance journalist, located in Africa for three years to report on Rwanda and Zimbabwe
* Martin Sharp AM – artist, cartoonist, songwriter, and filmmaker
* Tony Sheldon – stage actor/singer, film and TV actor
* Harvey Shore – Logie-winning TV writer/producer
* Nick Vindin – kids TV host, all-rounder, entrepreneur sports presenter with SBS World News Australia; travel correspondent with Smooth radio network
* Peter Vogel – co-designer of the Fairlight CMI
* Patrick White – writer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature
* Kip Williams – Artistic Director of Sydney Theatre Company
* Simon Wincer – film director

## Military

* Group Captain Pete Jeffrey DSO, DFC – WWII fighter ace
* Air Marshal Sir James Anthony Rowland AC, KBE, DFC, AFC – former naval officer, Governor of New South Wales and Chancellor of the University of Sydney

## Sport

* Daniel Batman (1998) – Sydney 2000 Olympic 400m runner (also attended The Scots College)
* Edward Cowan (2000) – Australian test cricketer
* Paul Darveniza – international Rugby Union Wallaby and neurologist
* James Hunter (2009) – basketball player
* Luke Kendall – Australian basketball player
* Will Langford (2010) – Australian rules football premiership player (2014) for Hawthorn Football Club
* Cecil Purdy AO – chess International Master and inaugural World Correspondence Chess champion
* Murray Rose AM (1956) – Olympic gold medal swimmer
* Steven Solomon (2011) – London 2012 Olympic 400m runner
* William Somerville – New Zealand cricket bowler
* Ed Stubbs (2006) – Australian Rugby 7s representative
* Grae Morris – Paris 2024 Olympic silver medal Windsurfer
* Sam Konstas (2023) – Australian Cricketer