# List of Old Sydneians

The following is a list of notable past pupils of Sydney Grammar School (SGS). Former pupils of the School are known as Old Sydneians.

## Politics, public service and the law
### Lawyers
#### High Court of Australia

* Sir Edmund Barton (1859–1864), former Justice of the High Court of Australia and the first Prime Minister of Australia
* William Gummow, former Justice of the High Court of Australia
* Sir Anthony Mason, former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia and Chancellor of the University of New South Wales
* Sir Richard O'Connor (1867), former Justice of the High Court of Australia and politician
* Albert Piddington, former Justice of the High Court of Australia
* Sir George Rich, former Justice of the High Court of Australia
* Sir Victor Windeyer, former Justice of the High Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
* James Allsop AO, current Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia

#### Supreme Court of New South Wales

* Sir Leslie Herron, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
* Kim Santow, former Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales Court of Appeal, and a former Chancellor of the University of Sydney
* Sir Kenneth Street, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
* Sir Philip Street, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales

#### Other notable lawyers

* Alan Blow AO, current Chief Justice of Tasmania and Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania
* Sir Norman Cowper, former lawyer. businessman, and administrator

### Politicians
#### Australian parliament

* Sir Edmund Barton (1859–1864), the first Prime Minister of Australia; Justice of the High Court of Australia
* Peter Baume, former Senator for New South Wales; physician; Chancellor of the Australian National University
* Max Falstein, Member for Watson (1940–1949) in the Australian House of Representatives
* Paul Fletcher, Member for Bradfield in the Australian House of Representatives
* Sir William McMahon (In Office 10 March 1971 – 5 December 1972), 20th Prime Minister of Australia
* Harold Thorby, former Member for Calare in the Australian House of Representatives and NSW government minister
* Malcolm Turnbull, 29th Prime Minister of Australia

#### New South Wales parliament

* Sir George Fuller, former Premier of New South Wales
* Alex Greenwich, current Member for Sydney
* Sir Norman Kater, politician, medical practitioner and grazier
* James Macarthur-Onslow, member of both the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council; Australian Army Major General; later a businessman
* John Maddison, former Attorney General of New South Wales
* Harold Thorby, former NSW government minister and Member for Calare in the Australian House of Representatives
* Andrew Tink, former politician, historian and author

#### Other state parliaments

* Alan Cobcroft, former member of the Legislative Council of Samoa
* John Fletcher, former Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and cricketer
* Charles Mein (1857–1859), justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland, Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
* Sir Boyd Dunlop Morehead, former Premier of Queensland

#### Local government and community activism

* George Newhouse, former Mayor of Waverley Municipal Council
* Brett Solomon, co-founder of accessnow.org

### Public servants

* Vivian Brain, former electrical engineer and first Deputy-Chairman of the Electricity Commission of New South Wales
* Nicholas Cowdery, former Director of Public Prosecutions in New South Wales.
* James Fraser, former civil engineer and Chief Commissioner of New South Wales Government Railways from 1917 to 1929
* Sir Robert Garran, former lawyer and first Solicitor-General of Australia
* Sir Hubert Murray, former Lieutenant-Governor of the Territory of Papua and boxer

#### Military service

* General John Antill, Australian Army Major General during World War I
* Clive Caldwell, Royal Australian Air Force World War II ace fighter pilot
* General Sir Harry Chauvel, Australian Army Chief of Staff
* General John Grey, Australian Army Chief and Chancellor of James Cook University
* James Gordon Legge, Australian Army Lieutenant General during World War I
* James Macarthur-Onslow, Australian Army Major General during the Second Boer War and World War I, and later politician and businessman
* Henry Normand MacLaurin, Australian Army Brigadier General during World War I

## Humanities
### Academia

* Henry Kingsley Archdall, academic and clergyman
* Sir Christopher Clark, academic and Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge
* Alec Hill, historian
* Dr Stephen Spurr, headmaster at the Westminster School
* E G Waterhouse, linguist, professor of German at Sydney University, plant breeder

### Social sciences

* Hugh Mackay, social commentator and former Chairman of Trustees of Sydney Grammar School
* Malcolm Mackerras, psephologist

### Media and journalism

* George Blaikie, author and journalist
* Richard Carleton, reporter with the Australian edition of 60 Minutes
* Charles Firth, member of The Chaser comedy team
* Bruce Gyngell, first man to appear on Australian television
* Paul Karp, chief political correspondent at Guardian Australia
* Dominic Knight, member of The Chaser comedy team
* Chas Licciardello, member of The Chaser comedy team
* Tim Palmer, journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
* Siimon Reynolds, Australian advertising executive who developed the Grim Reaper advertisement for AIDS awareness
* Nicholas Stuart, author and journalist
* Jonathan Swan, journalist with Axios

## Business

* Len Ainsworth, founder of Aristocrat Leisure Limited
* Demetrius Comino, engineer, inventor and philanthropist
* Sir James Oswald Fairfax (1863–1928), newspaper proprietor
* Sir James Reading Fairfax (1834–1919), newspaper proprietor
* David Gonski, current Chairman of the Future Fund, Coca-Cola Amatil, Australia Council chairman, and Chancellor of the University of New South Wales
* Simon Hannes, Macquarie Bank executive who was convicted of insider trading
* Sir Samuel Hordern, a director of Anthony Hordern & Sons
* Steven Lowy, co-Chief Executive Officer of Westfield Corporation

## Sport
### Athletics

* Slip Carr, Australian Olympian sprinter (1924)
* Lachlan Renshaw, Australian Olympian middle-distance runner (2008)

### Boxing

* Sir Hubert Murray (1872–1877), English Amateur Heavyweight Boxing Champion; Lieutenant-Governor of the Territory of Papua

### Cricket

* Eric Barbour, NSW cricketer with 23 first class matches and 1,577 runs
* Sir Edmund Barton (1859–1864), first class umpire; first Prime Minister of Australia
* Jim Burke, Australian international with 24 tests and 1,280 runs
* Albert Cotter, Australian international with 21 tests and 89 wickets
* John Fletcher, Queensland cricketer with 3 first class matches and 97 runs
* Sir Norman Gregg, NSW cricketer with 3 first class matches and 116 runs
* Hunter Hendry, Australian international with 11 tests and 335 runs
* Sammy Jones, Australian international with 12 tests and 428 runs
* Alan McGilvray, NSW cricketer with 20 first class matches and 684 runs, most notable for his cricket radio broadcasting
* William Robison, NSW cricketer with 1 first class match and 15 runs
* Fred Spofforth, Australian international with 18 tests and 94 wickets; first test cricketer to take a hat-trick
* Alan Walker, NSW and Nottingham cricketer with 94 first class matches and 221 wickets; also played for Australia in rugby union
* Sammy Woods, Australian and England international with 6 tests and 10 wickets; also played for England in rugby union

### Rowing

* Mervyn Finlay, Australian Olympian (1952; 1 bronze medal)
* Joe Gould, Australian Olympian (1936)
* Frederick Septimus Kelly, British Olympian (1908; 1 gold medal)
* Vic Middleton, Australian Olympian (1952)
* Hugh Ward, Australasian Olympian (1912); soldier who was awarded the Military Cross and two Bars
* Stuart Welch, Australian dual Olympian (2000 and 2004; 1 silver medal, 1 bronze medal)

### Rugby league

* Dallas Hodgins, North Sydney Bears player
* Nick Pappas (1969–1978), Chairman of South Sydney Rabbitohs

### Rugby union

* Malcolm Blair, Australian international with 3 caps and 0 points
* Ernie Carr, Australian international with 6 caps and 3 points; brother of Slip Carr
* Slip Carr, Australian international with 4 caps and 9 points; Australian Olympic athlete; brother of Ernie Carr
* Tim Clark, Australian sevens international
* Cam Crawford, NSW Waratahs and ACT Brumbies player with 13 Super Rugby caps and 40 points
* Emile de Lissa, President, Barbarian F.C.
* David Emanuel, Australian international with 9 caps and 0 points
* Arthur Finlay, Australian international with 12 caps and 0 points
* Charlie Fox, Australian international with 17 caps and 6 points; also the Australian captain
* Charles Hammand, Australian international with 2 caps and 0 points
* Bill Hemingway, Australian international with 5 caps and 9 points
* Julian Huxley, Australian international with 9 caps and 22 points
* Wal Ives, Australian international with 5 caps and 0 points
* Doug Keller, Australian and Scotland international with 13 caps and 0 points; also Scottish captain
* Bob Loudon, Australian international with 13 caps and 12 points; Australian captain; brother of Darby Loudon
* Darby Loudon, Australian international with 4 caps and 5 points; Australian captain; brother of Bob Loudon
* Jack Maddocks Current player for the Melbourne Rebels, played for Australian Under-20s
* Hyam Marks (1886–1892), Australian international with 2 caps and 0 points; played in first ever test
* Andrew Mower, Scotland international with 13 caps and 0 points
* Walter Phipps, Australian international with 1 cap and 0 points
* Roland Raymond, Australian international with 13 caps and 30 points
* Alex Ross, Australian international with 20 caps and 43 points; also the Australian captain
* Geoff Storey, Australian international with 8 caps and 0 points
* Alan Walker, Australian international with 5 caps and 3 points; also a first class cricketer
* Alfred Walker, Australian international with 16 caps and 9 points; also the Australian captain
* Johnnie Wallace, Australia and Scotland international with 17 caps and 48 points; also the Australian captain
* Clarrie Wallach, Australian international with 5 caps and 0 points
* Colin Windon, Australian international with 20 caps and 33 points; also the Australian captain
* Sammy Woods, England international with 13 caps and 6 points; also an international for Australia and England in cricket

### Swimming

* Boy Charlton, Australian Olympian (1924, 1928 and 1932; 1 gold medal, 3 silver medals, 1 bronze medal)
* Frederick Lane, Australian Olympian (1900; 2 gold medals); Australia's first Olympic swimmer

### Tennis

* John Newcombe, seven-time Grand Slam winner

### Other sports

* Andrew Lock, Australian mountaineer
* Rohan Chapman-Davies, Australian Olympic mogul skier
* Jim Ferrier, golfer

## Arts
### Performing arts
#### Film and theatre

* Dr Richard James Allen, writer, director and choreographer (Thursday's Fictions 2006 and numerous short films)
* Stephan Elliott, writer and director (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 1994)
* Richard Francis-Bruce, Academy Award-nominated film editor (The Shawshank Redemption 1994, Seven 1995, Air Force One 1997)
* Andrew Lesnie, Academy Award-winning cameraman (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2002)
* John Meillon, film, television and voice actor (Crocodile Dundee, Crocodile Dundee II)
* Gregan McMahon, actor and theatrical producer
* Julian McMahon (1973–1986), actor; son of Prime Minister McMahon
* Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, film and theatre actor

#### Music

* Alexander Briger, conductor
* Nigel Butterley, composer
* Tim Derricourt, songwriter for indie rock group Dappled Cities and current English master at Sydney Grammar School
* Ross Edwards, composer
* Sam Fischer, singer-songwriter
* Rob Hirst, drummer for Midnight Oil
* Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor
* Antony Walker (1980–1985), conductor

### Visual arts

* Charles Bryant, visual artist
* Max Dupain, photographer
* Donald Friend, visual artist and author

### Writing and poetry

* Dr Richard James Allen, poet, dancer, choreographer and director
* John Le Gay Brereton, poet and professor of English
* Michael Dransfield, poet
* Joseph Jacobs, folklorist and literary critic best known for preserving fairy-tales such as Jack and the Beanstalk and The Three Little Pigs
* Dowell Philip O'Reilly, poet and short story writer
* Banjo Paterson, poet and journalist

## Science and medicine

* Dr Bryan Gaensler, Young Australian of the Year, 1999; former assistant professor of astronomy at Harvard University; current professor at the University of Sydney
* Dr Rowan Gillies, former international president of Médecins Sans Frontières
* Sir Norman McAlister Gregg, ophthalmologist who discovered the link between maternal rubella and birth defects
* Edward Rennie, chemist