page_title: University of Otago
section_title: Alumni
hierarchical_section_title: University of Otago / Notable people / Alumni
caption_attribution_description: Arthur Porritt in 1923, the year he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship. Image courtesy of the Alexander Turnbull Library, S P Andrew Ltd :Portrait negatives. Ref: 1/1-018584-F.
context_page_description: The University of Otago is a collegiate university based in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. It scores highly for average research quality, and in 2006 was second in New Zealand only to the University of Auckland in the number of A-rated academic researchers it employs. In the past it has topped the New Zealand Performance Based Research Fund evaluation.
  The university was created by a committee led by Thomas Burns, and officially established by an ordinance of the Otago Provincial Council in 1869. The university accepted its first students in July 1871, making it the oldest university in New Zealand and third-oldest in Oceania. Between 1874 and 1961 the University of Otago was a part of the federal University of New Zealand, and issued degrees in its name.
  Otago is known for its vibrant student life, particularly its flatting, which is often in old houses. Otago students have a long standing tradition of naming their flats. The nickname "Scarfie" comes from the habit of wearing a scarf during the cold southern winters.
context_section_description: (with residential college, if any, in parentheses where known)
  Arthur Henry Adams, journalist and writer
  Barbara Anderson, novelist
  Rui Maria de Araújo, Prime Minister of Timor-Leste.
  Annette Baier, moral philosopher
  Muriel Bell, nutritionist and medical researcher
  David Benson-Pope, politician
  Christine Jensen Burke, mountain climber
  Dame Silvia Cartwright, Governor General
  Brian Christie, neuroscientist
  Nathan Cohen, world champion and Olympic champion rower
  David Cunliffe (Carrington), politician
  Thomas Davis, politician, diplomat and researcher
  Glen Denham, Tall Black
  Derek Denny-Brown
  Sarah Derrett, injury prevention specialist
  Archibald Durward FRSE, anatomist
  Marc Ellis (University College), All Black
  Bill English (Selwyn), 39th Prime Minister of New Zealand
  Solomon Faine, microbiologist
  Janet Frame, writer
  Ian Fraser, broadcaster
  Caroline Freeman, first female graduate of the University of Otago
  William Fyfe, geochemist
  Jon Gadsby, comedian and actor
  John Gallas, poet and educator
  Sir Harold Delf Gillies, plastic surgeon
  Sir Malcolm Grant (Selwyn), lawyer and Vice-Chancellor of University College London (2003–13); subsequently Chairman of NHS England and Chancellor of the University of York
  Stephen Guest, legal academic
  Geoffrey Harding OAM, medical practitioner
  Graeme Hart, businessman
  Volker Heine, physicist
  Jan Hellriegel, singer/songwriter
  Greg Henderson, cyclist
  Sir Peter Buck, doctor, military leader, health administrator, politician, anthropologist and museum director.
  Brent Hodge (Cumberland), director
  Fergus Hume, novelist
  David Kirk (Selwyn), All Black captain and businessman
  Josh Kronfeld (Aquinas College), All Black
  Chris Laidlaw, All Black and politician
  Michael Laws, (Arana) politician, writer, broadcaster
  Tania Lineham, science teacher, winner of the Prime Minister’s Science Teacher Prize, 2015
  John Edward "Jack" Lovelock, athlete
  Chris Mahony, World Bank professional, University of Oxford doctorate, athlete
  Kamisese Mara (Knox), politician
  Stella Maxwell, fashion model
  Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas, businesswoman
  Archibald McIndoe, plastic surgeon
  Joseph William Mellor, chemist
  Arnold Nordmeyer, politician
  Christopher Norton, composer
  Anton Oliver (University College), Captain of the All Blacks
  Prof. Datuk Dr. Mazlan Othman, astrophysicist, Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
  Lord Porritt (Selwyn), Olympian, physician to the Queen and Governor General
  Arthur Prior, philosopher
  Lauren Kim Roche, physician and author
  Emily Siedeberg, first female medical graduate
  Robert Stout (Aquinas), Prime Minister of New Zealand
  Sulaiman Daud, politician
  Peter Tapsell, politician
  Jeremy Waldron, legal philosopher
  Murray Webb, cricketer and caricaturist
  Bridget Williams, publisher
  Allan Wilson, molecular biologist
  Mel Young, conservation biologist
caption: Lord Porritt, athlete, physician and 11th Governor-General
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