# List of Macquarie University people

This is a list of Macquarie University people.

## Academia and science

| Name | Macquarie University qualifications or faculty role | Notability |
| Donald Adamson | | Australian biologist |
| Ronald Aitchison | Professor | Australian physicist |
| Don Aitkin AO | Professor | Australian political scientist |
| Munjed Al Muderis | Associate Professor | Iraqi Australian surgeon |
| John Alroy | | American paleobiologist |
| Hamidullah Amin | | Afghan academic and the chancellor of Kabul University |
| Francis Andersen | | Australian Biblical scholar |
| Leanne Armand | | Australian marine scientist |
| Gordon Aylward | Professor | Australian chemist |
| Dana Bergstrom | BSc, MSc, PhD | Australian Antarctic researcher, author |
| Pete Bethune | MBA | New Zealand conservationist |
| Jeffrey Braithwaite | DPhil and professor | Australian academic at Macquarie University |
| Barry Brook | BSc (Hons) and DPhil | Australian climate scientist and academic at the University of Tasmania |
| Anne Castles | DPhil and professor | Australian cognitive scientist and academic at Macquarie University |
| Lyndley Craven | MSc | Australian botanist |
| Janine Deakin | BSc (Hons) and DBiology | Australian geneticist |
| Steve Donnellan | DPhil | Australian biologist |
| Frank Duarte | BA (Hons) and DPhil | American physicist |
| Vic Dudman | Professor | Australian logician |
| Cathy Foley | BSc (Hons), DipEd, DPhil, Hon.DSc | Australian scientist and chief at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia’s Chief Scientist |
| Joseph Paul Forgas AM | BA (Hons) | Australian psychologist |
| Peter Goodall | Dean of Humanities at Macquarie University | Australian writer and academic at the University of Southern Queensland |
| Ghassan Hage | BA (Hons) and DPhil | Australian anthropologist and academic at the University of Melbourne |
| Alex Haslam | DPhil | British psychologist and academic at the University of Queensland |
| Lesley Hughes | Distinguished Professor, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Integrity & Development), DPhil | Australian climate scientist and Climate Councillor |
| Marcia Langton AM | DPhil | Australian indigenous rights activist and academic at the University of New South Wales |
| Alan Mackay-Sim | PhD | Australian biomedical scientist, 2017 Australian of the Year |
| Larry Marshall | BSc (Hons) | Australian venture capitalist, physicist, CEO of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| Peter Mason | Professor | British-Australian physicist |
| Roberta McRae OAM | LLB | Australian former politician and legal academic |
| Pat Michie | DPhil | Australian neuroscientist/psychologist and academic at Newcastle University |
| Nicki Packer | Distinguished Professor | Australian glycobiologist |
| Andrew Parker | DPhil | Australian zoologist |
| Andrew Pitman | | Australian-British atmospheric scientist |
| Ian Ramsay | BA and LLB (Hons) | Australian legal scholar and academic at the University of Melbourne |
| Amanda Reid | DPhil | Australian biologist at Australian Museum |
| Gregory Retallack | BSc | Australian-American paleontologist, geologist, University of Oregon faculty, Fellow of the Geological Society of America |
| Lyndall Ryan | DPhil | Australian academic and historian at Newcastle University |
| Kathryn Selby AM | Musician-in-Residence at Macquarie University | Australian classical pianist |
| Frances Separovic | BA (Hons) | Australian biophysical chemist and academic at the University of Melbourne |
| Igor Shparlinski (de) | Professor | Russian-Australian mathematician |
| Frank Talbot | Foundation professor of environmental studies, 1975-1982 | Ichthyologist and marine biologist |
| Bill Thompson | Professor | Canadian cognitive scientist |
| Neil Trudinger | Professor | Australian mathematician and academic at the Australian National University |
| John Clive Ward | Professor | British-Australian physicist |
| Marc Wilkins | BSc (Hons) and DPhil | Australian geneticist and academic at the University of New South Wales |
| George Williams AO | BEcon and LLB (Hons) | Australian human rights activist, legal scholar and academic at the University of New South Wales |

## Business

| Name | Macquarie University qualifications or faculty role | Notability |
| Rodney Adler | | Australian businessman and former HIH director |
| Matt Barrie | MAppFin | Australian businessman |
| Peter Bush | BA | Australian businessman, Chairman of Pacific Brands and a director of Insurance Australia Group, former CEO of McDonald's Australia and former Chair of Nine Entertainment |
| Greg Coffey | BEcon | Australian hedge fund manager |
| David Leckie | | Australian businessman and former CEO of Seven West Media |
| Catherine Livingstone AO | BA (Hons) | Australian businesswoman and President of the Business Council of Australia, the Chairwoman of Telstra and a Director of Macquarie Group and WorleyParsons |
| David Murray | MBA | Australian businessman, former CEO of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Chairman of the Australian Government Future Fund Board of Guardians |
| Napoleon Perdis | | Australian makeup artist and businessman |
| Iggy Pintado | | Australian writer and businessman |
| Stephen Ting | BEcon | Hong Kong businessman and CEO of Next Media |

## Government and politics
### Australia

* Peter Andren, Australian politician, former Member for Calare in the Australian House of Representatives
* Kerry Bartlett, Australian politician, former Member for Macquarie in the Australian House of Representatives
* Meredith Burgmann, Australian politician, former President of the New South Wales Legislative Council
* Sam Dastyari, Australian politician, former Senator representing New South Wales
* Peter Debnam, Australian politician, former NSW Leader of the Opposition and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Vaucluse
* Victor Dominello, Australian politician, Minister in the O'Farrell, Baird, Berejiklian and Perrottet ministries
* Trish Doyle, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the electorate of Blue Mountains
* Harry Edwards, Australian politician and economist
* John Faulkner, Australian politician, former Senator representing New South Wales
* John Hewson AM, Australian politician and former leader of the Liberal Party of Australia
* Stephen Jones, Australian politician, Minister in the Albanese government
* Mike Kelly AM, Australian politician, Minister in the Gillard and Rudd governments
* David Leyonhjelm, Australian politician, former Senator representing New South Wales
* Jann McFarlane, Australian politician, former Member for Stirling in the Australian House of Representatives
* Sally McManus, Australian union leader, Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions
* Tania Mihailuk, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council and former member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
* Rev. Fred Nile, Australian politician, former member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
* Rob Oakeshott, Australian politician, former Member for Lyne in the Australian House of Representatives
* Jamie Parker, Australian politician, former member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Balmain
* Tanya Plibersek, Australian politician, Minister in the Rudd, Gillard and Albanese governments
* Steven Pringle, former member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
* Eric Roozendaal, Australian politician, Minister in the Iemma, Rees, and Keneally ministries
* Janelle Saffin, Australian politician, Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and former Member for Page in the Australian House of Representatives
* Carl Scully, Australian politician, Minister in the Carr government
* Helen Sham-Ho OAM, Australian politician, former Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
* Lisa Singh, Australian politician, former Senator representing Tasmania
* Jim Soorley, Australian politician, former Lord Mayor of Brisbane
* Karin Sowada, Australian politician, former Senator representing New South Wales
* Rob Stokes, Australian politician, Minister in the O'Farrell, Baird, Berejiklian and Perrottet ministries

### International

| Name | Macquarie University qualifications or faculty role | Notability |
| Maliina Abelsen | MPol, AppSocRes | Greenlandic politician, Finance minister of Greenland |
| Patricia Holmes | | Australian diplomat, former Australian Ambassador to Argentina |
| Martin Indyk | | American academic and former diplomat, United States Ambassador to Israel |
| Freddie Pitcher | | Nauruan politician, former President of Nauru |
| David Stuart | | Australian diplomat, former Australian Ambassador to Austria |

### Other

* Peter Anderson, Australian former police minister and former Director of the Centre for Policing
* John Avery, Australian Chief Commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force
* Alison Broinowski, Australian academic, journalist, writer and former Australian public servant
* John Connor, Australian chief executive of Climate Institute of Australia
* Kathryn Greiner, Australian politician, alderman of the City of Sydney
* Frank Howarth, Australian public servant; former Director of the Australian Museum
* Greg Lindsay, Australian founder and executive director of the Centre for Independent Studies
* Judy Mundey, Australian feminist and activist
* Cameron Murphy AM, Australian civil libertarian
* Christine Nixon, Australian former Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police and Chair, Monash College and Deputy Chancellor, Monash University
* Kathryn Paterson, Australian New Zealand public servant
* Andrew Scipione, Australian Chief Commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force
* Patricia Scott, Australian public servant
* Jeannette Young, Australian medical doctor and Chief Health Officer of Queensland

## Arts

| Name | Macquarie University qualifications or faculty role | Notability |
| Rosemary Blight | | Australian film producer |
| Murray Cook | | Australian musician, founding member of The Wiggles |
| Nevill Drury | MA (Hons) | Australian writer |
| Anthony Field | | Australian musician, founding member of The Wiggles |
| Adam Hills | | Australian comedian |
| Linda Klarfeld | | Czech Australian sculptor |
| Chris Lilley | BA | Australian comedian |
| Jennifer Maiden | | Australian poet |
| Greg Page | | Australian musician, founding member of The Wiggles |
* Thea Astley AO, Australian writer, four time Miles Franklin Award winner
* Boey Kim Cheng, Singapore-born Australian poet
* Timothy Hawkes OAM, Australian educator and writer, headmaster of The King's School, Parramatta
* Paul Kraus, Australian writer
* Jeni Mawter, Australian writer
* Liane Moriarty, Australian writer
* Şahînê Bekirê Soreklî, Kurdish writer
* Kimberley Starr, Australian writer
* Les Wicks, Australian poet

## Media

| Name | Notability |
| Rachael Carpani | Australian film actress, television actress |
| Sophie Falkiner | Australian television presenter |
| Yalda Hakim | Australian television presenter and news presenter |
| Margaret Pomeranz | Australian film critic |
* Jane Caro, Australian writer
* Anja Coleby, Australian model, television actress, television producer
* Miranda Devine, Australian journalist
* Michael Duffy, Australian journalist, writer, radio presenter
* Martin Flood, Australian quiz show contestant, top prize winner on Australia's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
* Kate Forsyth, Australian writer and journalist
* Hugh Mackay AO, Australian journalist, novelist, psychologist and sociologist
* Robert Ovadia, Australian journalist and television presenter
* Peter Overton, Australian journalist and television presenter
* Hugh Riminton, Australian journalist and television presenter
* Magdalena Roze, Australian meteorologist and television presenter
* Shane Smith, Australian-Canadian film festival programmer and television producer
* Keith Windschuttle, Australian historian and writer, editor of Quadrant
* Irfan Yusuf, Australian social commentator and writer

## Law

* Lloyd Babb SC, Australian barrister and NSW Director of Public Prosecutions
* Jayne Jagot, Australian judge, Judge of the Federal Court of Australia
* Lindy Jenkins, Australian judge, Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia
* Brian Preston SC, Australian judge, Chief Justice of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

## Religion

* Paul Barnett, Australian Anglican bishop, historian and biblical scholar
* Graham Joseph Hill, academic at the University of Divinity
* Tony Nichols, Australian Anglican bishop

## Sport

* Grant Brits, Australian swimmer
* Christine Jensen Burke, Australian-New Zealand mountain climber
* Liz Ellis, Australian netball player, former captain of Australian netball team
* Rachael Gunn, Australian Olympian and academic
* Patrik Hefti, Liechtenstein association football player
* Lauren Jackson, Australian basketball player
* Holly Lincoln-Smith, Australian water polo player
* Joel Milburn, Australian athlete
* Ian Thorpe, Australian swimmer (attended)
* Tom Trbojevic, rugby league player, currently playing for Manly Sea Eagles
* Melissa Wu, Australian diver

## Administration
### Chancellor

| Order | Chancellor | Years |
| 1 | Sir Garfield Barwick AK, GCMG, QC | 1967–1978 |
| 2 | Percy Partridge AC | 1978–1984 |
| 3 | Michael Kirby AC, CMG | 1984–1993 |
| 4 | Tim Besley AC | 1994–2001 |
| 5 | Maurice Newman AC | 2002–2008 |
| 6 | Michael Egan AO | 2008–2019 |
| 7 | Martin Parkinson AC, PSM | 2019–present |

### Deputy Chancellor

| Order | Name | Title | Years | Notes |
| 1 | John Lincoln AM | Deputy Chancellor | 1976–2000 | |
| 1 | John Lincoln AM | Emeritus Deputy Chancellor | 2000–2011 | |

### Vice-Chancellors

| Order | Chancellor | Years |
| 1 | Alexander Mitchell | 1965–1975 |
| 2 | Edwin Webb | 1976–1986 |
| 3 | Dianne Yerbury AO | 1987–2006 |
| 4 | Steven Schwartz AM | 2006–2012 |
| 5 | S Bruce Dowton | 2012–present |

## Other faculty

Notable past and current faculty members include:
* Wally Abraham, Australian architect and town planner
* Deidre Anderson, Australian sports psychologist and Deputy Vice-Chancellor
* Joan Beck, Egyptian archaeology, Honorary Fellow of Macquarie University
* David Christian, British-American historian
* Max Coltheart AM, Australian cognitive scientist and academic at Macquarie University
* Raewyn Connell, Australian sociologist
* Stephen Crain, American-Australian linguist
* Paul Davies, British physicist, writer and broadcaster
* Patrick De Deckker (de), Australian paleontologist
* William Dumbrell, Australian biblical scholar
* Tim Flannery, Australian mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist and global warming activist
* Jacqueline Jarrett Goodnow, Australian cognitive psychologist
* Jenny Hammond, Australian linguist
* Anita Heiss, Australian writer, presenter and commentator
* Ann Henderson-Sellers, Australian climatologist
* Ian Hogbin, British-born Australian anthropologist
* Bryan Horrigan, Australian legal academic
* Geoffrey Hull, Australian linguist
* Sohail Inayatullah, Pakistani-Australian futurologist
* Naguib Kanawati, Egyptian-Australian Egyptologist
* Daniel Kane, Australian linguist
* Konrad Kwiet, German Australian historian
* Marion Maddox, Australian writer, academic and political commentator
* Richard Makinson, Australian physicist
* Gabriele Marranci, Italian anthropologist
* John Mathews, Australian competitive dynamics and global strategist
* Christian Matthiessen, Swedish linguist
* Pat Michie, Australian neuroscientist/psychologist and academic at Newcastle University
* B. K. Misra, neurosurgeon
* Michael Morgan AO, Australian neurosurgeon
* José Enrique Moyal, Israeli-Australian mathematician
* Alanna Nobbs, Australian historian and writer
* Marlene Norst, Austrian Australian linguist
* Boyo Ockinga, Australian Egyptologist, epigrapher, and philologist
* Suzanne O'Reilly, Australian geologist
* Brian Orr, Australian physicist
* Pam Peters, Australian linguist
* Josef Pieprzyk, Polish-Australian cryptologist
* Ingrid Piller, Australian linguist
* Jim Piper AM, New Zealand-Australian physicist
* Andrew Pitman, British atmospheric scientist
* Arthur William Pryor, Australian physicist
* Murry Salby, American atmospheric scientist
* Leonie Sandercock, Canadian Australian urban theorist
* Patricia Margaret Selkirk, Australian biologist
* David Skellern AO, Australian electronic engineer and computer scientist
* Christina Slade, Australian academic and vice-chancellor of Bath Spa University
* Ross Street, Australian mathematician and Fellow of the Australian Mathematical Society
* Keith Suter, Australian social scientist
* Esther Szekeres, Hungarian–Australian mathematician
* David Throsby AO, Australian economist
* Andrew Tink AM, Australian former politician, writer and legal academic
* Alfred van der Poorten, Dutch Australian mathematician and Fellow of the Australian Mathematical Society
* John Veevers, Australian geologist
* Neil Weste, Australian inventor and engineer
* Clive Williams, British Australian political scientist