List of Cranbrook School, Sydney alumni

For other places of the same name, see Cranbrook (disambiguation).

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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Academia and medicine

• Prof. David Cooper AC FRACP FRCP FAA FAHMS  –HIV researcher ^[1]
• 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 ^{[2] [3]} and international Rugby Union Wallaby
• Prof. Richard Hunter FBA  –Regius Professor of Greek and Fellow of Trinity College, the University of Cambridge ^[4]
• 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 ^[5]
• John Miles Little - surgeon and academic; former Head Boy at Cranbrook ^[6]

Business

• Rodney Adler  –former director of failed telecommunications company One.Tel and HIH Insurance ^[7]
• Mike Cannon-Brookes  –CEO and co-founder of Atlassian ^[8]
• Michael Crouch AC  –former Chairman of Zip Industries ^[9]
• Ken Dixon – chairman of Rowntree's
• James Fairfax AC  –former arts patron and philanthropist (also attended Geelong Grammar School) ^[10]
• David Gyngell  –CEO of Australian commercial broadcasting network, Channel Nine ^{[11] [12]}
• Samuel Hordern CMG  – stockbroker and Grazier ^[13]
• The Hon Clyde Packer  –journalist, media entrepreneur, politician and author ^[14]
• James Packer AM  –chairman of CPH Investments and Crown Limited ^{[11] [12]}
• Kerry Packer AC  –former media tycoon ^[15]
• Jodee Rich  –founder of One.Tel and PeopleBrowsr ^[16]

Government, politics and the law

• The Hon Tim Bruxner  –former elected member of the NSW Parliament and Deputy Premier of New South Wales ^[17]
• Ben Franklin  –elected member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales ^[18]
• Hugh Gilchrist OAM – diplomat and author of Australians and Greeks ^[19]
• Sir David Griffin CBE – elected 74th Lord Mayor of Sydney ^[20]
• Michael Knight AO  –elected former member of the NSW Parliament and Sydney 2000 Olympics Minister ^[21]
• Julian Martin Leeser  –member for Berowra ^[22]
• 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 ^[23]
• 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 ^[13]

Media, entertainment and the arts

• Oliver Ackland  –actor ^[24]
• Sumner Locke Elliott  –writer, playwright
• Billy Field  –singer and songwriter ^[25]
• John Gaden AO  –actor ^[26]
• Peter Kingston AM  –artist
• Mungo Wentworth MacCallum  –political journalist, humorist and commentator ^[27]
• Jim Maxwell AM  –ABC Radio cricket commentator ^[13]
• Garry McDonald AO  –comedian, star of Mother and Son and creator of alter-ego Norman Gunston ^[13]
• Craig McGregor  –writer/novelist, academic, and cultural critic ^[28]
• Andrew Pfeiffer  – landscape architect ^[29]
• Sam Reid  –film & television actor, co-lead of Interview with the Vampire and The Newsreader ^[30]
• Adam Shand  –writer and freelance journalist, located in Africa for three years to report on Rwanda and Zimbabwe ^[31]
• Martin Sharp AM  –artist, cartoonist, songwriter, and filmmaker ^[13]
• Tony Sheldon  –stage actor/singer, film and TV actor ^[32]
• Harvey Shore  –Logie-winning TV writer/producer ^[33]
• 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 ^[34]
• Patrick White  –writer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature ^[35]
• Kip Williams  –Artistic Director of Sydney Theatre Company ^[36]
• Simon Wincer  –film director ^[37]

Military

• Group Captain Pete Jeffrey DSO , DFC  –WWII fighter ace ^[38]
• 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 ^[39]

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 ^[40] and neurologist
• James Hunter (2009) –basketball player ^[41]
• Luke Kendall  –Australian basketball player
• Will Langford (2010) – Australian rules football premiership player (2014) for Hawthorn Football Club ^[42]
• Cecil Purdy AO  –chess International Master and inaugural World Correspondence Chess champion
• Murray Rose AM (1956) –Olympic gold medal swimmer ^[43]
• Steven Solomon (2011) –London 2012 Olympic 400m runner ^[44]
• William Somerville  –New Zealand cricket bowler ^[45]
• Ed Stubbs (2006) –Australian Rugby 7s representative ^[46]
• Grae Morris  –Paris 2024 Olympic silver medal Windsurfer ^[47]
• Sam Konstas (2023)  –Australian Cricketer ^[48]

See also

• Combined Associated Schools
• Category:People educated at Cranbrook School, Sydney

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External links

• Cranbrook School website