# List of University of Wollongong people

This is a list of University of Wollongong people including notable alumni and staff.

## Staff

* Noel Cressie – Distinguished Professor of Spatial Statistics
* Beverly Derewianka – Emeritus Professor of linguistics
* Andrew Ford – English-born Australian composer, writer and radio presenter
* Kristine French – plant biologist and conservationist
* Jenny Hammond – linguist
* Richard Harland – author
* Christian Heim – composer, psychiatrist
* Rob Hood – author
* Natalie Matosin – National Health and Medical Research Council CJ Martin Early Career Research Fellow
* Cecilia Nembou – educator, women's rights activist, and first female vice-chancellor for a university in Papua New Guinea
* Sharon Robinson – Antarctic researcher and plant physiologist
* Willy Susilo – cryptographer, IEEE Fellow
* Gordon Wallace – electromaterials scientist
* Alan Wearne – poet

## Alumni

In 2012, in a survey of over 5,000 employers, the QS World University Rankings placed UOW at 99th in the world for graduate employability. As of 2014, the university has turned out more than a hundred thousand graduates, and also has members all over the world in 143 countries. Although a large number of alumni live in Wollongong and Sydney, and a significant number also live in Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, London, New York and Washington, D.C.
* Estelle Asmodelle – transgender model, writer and activist
* Van Badham – writer
* Glenn Barkley – director, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
* Kate Bell – actor, Blue Water High
* Clare Bowen – actor, Nashville (2012 TV series)
* Mez Breeze – new media artist
* Matt Brown – politician, academic and solicitor
* Michael Byrne – poet
* Jay Caselberg – author
* Ben Creagh – rugby league player for the St. George Illawarra Dragons NRL team
* Mark Cutifani – CEO, AngloAmerican
* Cromok – Malaysian thrash metal band
* Stef Dawson – actress, The Hunger Games
* Bryan Doyle MP – NSW State Member for Campbelltown
* Lee Furlong – television presenter; Fox Sports news reader; wife of Australian cricketer Shane Watson
* Nita Green – Labor Senator for Queensland
* Zaiping Guo – Professor and materials engineer
* David Hurley – Former Australian Chief of Defence Force, Governor of New South Wales
* Stephen Jones – Member of the Australian Parliament
* "Dr Karl" Kruszelnicki – scientist, author and commentator
* Stephen Martin – former Federal Parliamentary Speaker
* George McHugh – Big 4 auditor
* Julian McMahon – actor; son of former Australian Prime Minister Sir William McMahon
* Clinton Mead – Mayor of Campbelltown City Council
* Josh Morris – rugby league player for the Bulldogs NRL team
* Bill Neskovski – playwright
* Jamie Peacock – England and Great Britain rugby league captain
* Netatua Pelesikoti – Tongan environmental scientist
* Wendy Richardson – playwright
* B. Sandhya – Additional Director General of Police of Kerala state in India and an author
* Thomas Spohr – solicitor and prosecutor
* Roger Summons – Professor of Geobiology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
* Kumi Taguchi – Australian Broadcasting Corporation newsreader
* Melanie Tait – writer & broadcaster
* Victoria Thaine – actor, Caterpillar Wish
* John Tranter – poet
* Bundit Ungrangsee – orchestral conductor
* Julienne van Loon – novelist
* Gareth Ward – local councillor on Shoalhaven City Council; Graduate Member of University Council; politician
* Graham West – Vice President, St Vincent De Pauls
* Alex Zelinsky – Chief Defence Scientist of Australia; co-founder Seeing Machines Limited; serves on UOW Council