List of Australian National University people
This is an incomplete list of Australian National University people, including alumni and staff.
Alumni
Academia
- Des Ball, security specialist and ANU Professor
- Rosi Braidotti, feminist
- Harold Brookfield, academic
- Verity Burgmann, academi
- Dipesh Chakrabarty, historian and theorist
- Yang Hi Choe-Wall, Koreanist
- Peter Coutts, archaeologist
- Glyn Davis, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne since 2005
- Peter Drysdale, economist
- Alan Dupont, academic
- Stevan Eldred-Grigg, historian and novelist
- Nicholas Evans, linguist
- Alan Finkel, historian
- John Frow, academic
- Bill Gammage, historian
- Ross Garnaut, economist
- Alan Gilbert, Vice Chancellor of the University of Melbourne 1996-2004, Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester 2004-2010
- Malcolm Gillies, Vice-Chancellor of London Metropolitan University
- Nicholas Gruen, economist
- William Hale, academic
- Allan Hawke, Diplomat and ANU Chancellor
- Chris Heyde, probabilist
- S A Hosseini, sociologist
- Wassana Im-Em, demographer
- Brij Lal, historian
- Marcia Langton, anthropologist (BA, ANU), geographer (PhD, Maquarie)
- Donald Laycock, linguist
- Michael McRobbie, President of Indiana University
- Toby Miller, academic
- David Nash, linguist
- Harjot Oberoi, academic
- Patrick O'Farrell, historian
- John Quiggin, economist
- Margaret Reeson, historian
- Ralph Regenvanu, anthropologist, artist and politician[1]
- Elizabeth Anne Reid, academic
- Michael Roe, historian
- Leonie Sandercock, academic
- Carmel Schrire, anthropologist
- Bernard Smith, art historian
- Clem Tisdell, economist
- Donald Tuzin, social anthropologist
- Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Nobel Prize winning medical researcher
- Shafqat Munir, Bangladeshi Security and Political Analyst
Business
- David Anderson, CEO of Ports Australia
- Paul Binsted, Managing Director of Lazard Australia 2004-2007
- Bruce Bonyhady, Chairman of Acadian Asset Management Australia
- John Bryant, CEO of Kellogg Company
- David Chessell, Co-Founder of Access Economics
- Cheong Choong Kong, former CEO of Singapore Airlines and current Chairman of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation
- Chris Corrigan, former CEO of Patrick Corporation and current Chairman of Qube Logistics
- Yen-Chun Chang, Chairman of the Board and President of Mapleton International Corporation, Taiwan
- Professor Geoffrey Garrett, Incoming Dean of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
- Donald Larkin, CEO of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 1999-2008
- André Morony, Chairman of Australian Ethical Investment
- Alan Oster, Chief Economist of National Australia Bank
- Chris Richardson, Co-Founder of Access Economics
- Stephen Roberts, Chief Country Officer, Citigroup Australia
- William Shields, Chief Economist of Macquarie Group 1987-2001
- Alastair Walton, Chairman of BKK Partners Investment Bank
Government
Politicians
Prime Ministers of Australia
Other federal politicians
- Phil Barresi, Member of the Australian House of Representatives 1996-2007
- Kim Beazley Sr, Member of the Australian House of Representatives 1945-1977, Federal Minister 1972-1975
- Bob Catley, Member of the Australian House of Representatives 1990-1993
- Barry Cohen, Member of the Australian House of Representatives 1969-1990
- Stephen Conroy, Member of the Australian Senate since 2006, Federal Minister 2007-2013
- Craig Emerson, Member of the Australian House of Representatives since 1998, Federal Minister 2007-2013
- Christine Gallus, Member of the Australian House of Representatives 1990-2004
- Peter Garrett, Member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2004, Federal Minister 2007-2013
- Gary Gray, Member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2007, Federal Minister since 2010-2013
- Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, Member of the Australian Senate since 2005
- Alan Griffin, Member of the Australian House of Representatives since 1993, Federal Minister 2007-2010
- Dame Margaret Guilfoyle, Member of the Australian Senate 1971-1987
- Harry Jenkins, Member of the Australian House of Representatives since 1986, Speaker of the House 2008-2011
- Michael Keenan, Member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2004
- John Kerin, Member of the Australian House of Representatives 1972-1993, Federal Minister 1983-1993
- Catherine King, Member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2001, Federal Minister 2013
- Joe Ludwig, Member of the Australian Senate since 1999, Federal Minister 2007-2013
- Brett Mason, Member of the Australian Senate since 1999
- Nick Minchin, Member of the Australian Senate 1993-2011, Federal Minister 1997-2007
- Susan Ryan, Member of the Australian Senate 1975-1988
- Zed Seselja, Member of the Australian Senate since 2013
- Warwick Smith, Member of the Australian House of Representatives 1984-1998, Federal Minister 1996-1998
- Alex Somlyay, Member of the Australian House of Representatives 1990-2013, Federal Minister 1997-1998
- Warren Snowdon, Member of the Australian House of Representatives since 1987, Federal Minister 2007-2013
- Peter White, Member of the Australian House of Representatives 1981-1990
State Premiers and territory Chief Ministers
State Premiers
Territory Chief Ministers
Other State and territory politicians
- Alistair Coe, Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly since 2008
- Roslyn Dundas, Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly 2001-2004
- John Hannaford, Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council 1984-2000, State Minister 1990-1995
- Kate Jones, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 2007-2012, State Minister 2009-2011
- Andrew McIntosh, Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 1999
- Michael Moore, Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly 1989-2001
- Shane Rattenbury, Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly since 2008, Speaker of the Assembly 2008-2012
- Zed Seselja, Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly since 2004, Leader of the Opposition 2007-2013
- Andrew Tink, Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council 1988-2007
- Michael Yabsley, Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council 1984-1994, State Minister 1988-1992
Civil servants
- Peter Achterstraat, Auditor-General of New South Wales
- Carol Austin, Member of the Australian Government Future Fund Board
- Gary Banks, Chairman of the Productivity Commission 1998-2012
- Glenys Beauchamp, Secretary of the Department of Industry since 2013
- Peter Boxall, Secretary of the Department of Finance 1997-2002
- Stephen Brady, Official Secretary to the Governor-General of Australia since 2008
- Brian Cassidy, CEO of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
- Blair Comley, Secretary of the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 2011-2013
- Malcolm Crompton, Australian Privacy Commissioner 1999-2004
- Michael D'Ascenzo, Commissioner of Taxation 2005-2012
- Gordon de Brouwer, Secretary of the Department of the Environment since 2013
- Bernie Fraser, Secretary of the Australian Treasury 1984-1989
- Paul Grimes, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture since 2013
- Jane Halton, Secretary of the Department of Health (Australia) since 2001
- Stuart Hamilton, Secretary of the Department of Environment 1993-1996
- Allan Hawke, Secretary of the Department of Defence 1999-2002
- Christopher Higgins, Secretary of the Australian Treasury 1989-1990
- Michael Keating, Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet 1991-1996
- Renee Leon, Secretary of the Department of Employment since 2013
- Bill McLennan, Head of the Australian Bureau of Statistics 1995-2000
- Simon Overland, Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police 2009-2011
- Martin Parkinson, Secretary of the Australian Treasury 2011-2014
- Lisa Paul, Secretary of the Department of Education (Australia) since 2004
- James Popple, Senior Member, Australian Administrative Appeals Tribunal
- Finn Pratt, Secretary of the Department of Social Services since 2009
- Don Russell, Secretary of the Department of Industry 2011-2013
- Patricia Scott, Secretary of the Department of Communications 2007-2009
- Rod Sims, Chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
- Dennis Trewin, Head of the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2000-2007
- Nick Warner, Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service
Diplomats
- Ian Biggs, Australian Ambassador to Turkey[2]
- Richard Butler, Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations 1992-1996
- Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, Bangladeshi Ambassador to the United Nations 2001-2007, Foreign Minister (2007-2009) Principal Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies [ISAS], National University of Singapore
- Martin Indyk, United States Ambassador to Israel 1995-1997 and 2000-2001
- Sione Ngongo Kioa, Tongan Ambassador to 10 countries
- Feleti Teo, Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat 2008
- Peter Woolcott, former Australian Ambassador to Italy
United Nations officials
- Robert Piper, Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel, with the rank of UN Assistant Secretary General. Also founding member of the Doug Anthony Allstars
Foreign officials
- Chatib Basri, Finance Minister in the Indonesian Government since 2013
- Don Brash, Leader of the Opposition in New Zealand 2003-2006, Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand 1988-2002
- Patricia Hewitt, Member of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom 1997-2010, British Minister 2001-2007
- Carlos Jarque, Mexican Government Minister 1995-2000
- Prince Katsura, Member of the Imperial House of Japan
- Gordon Darcy Lilo, Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands since 2011
- Marty Natalegawa, Foreign Minister of Indonesia since 2009
- Mari Pangestu, Minister in the Indonesian Government since 2004
- Kuini Speed, Deputy Prime Minister of Fiji 1999-2000
- Jian Yang, Member of the House of Representatives of New Zealand since 2011
Law
Justices of High Court of Australia
Justices of Federal Court of Australia
- Alan Robertson, Justice of the Federal Court of Australia since 2011
- John Griffiths, Justice of the Federal Court of Australia since 2012
- Tony Whitlam, Justice of the Federal Court of Australia 1993-2005
Justices of Family Court of Australia
Justices of the Supreme Courts of Australian states and territories
Federal Magistrates of Australia
Legal practitioners
Law professors
Humanities
Arts
- David Bradbury, filmmaker[3]
- Michael Brand, art scholar
- Jim Cotter, composer
- Jessica Cottis, conductor
- Ian Cresswell, composer
- Will Firth, translator
- Hannah Gadsby, comedian
- Alister Grierson, director and scriptwriter
- Geoffrey Lancaster, classical pianist and conductor
- Henry Nixon, actor
- Tim Rogers, musician
- Richard Roxburgh, actor
- Anita Ondine Smith, writer-producer
- Adam Spreadbury-Maher, theatre director and producer
- Katia Tiutiunnik, composer
- Sally Whitwell, ARIA Award winning pianist
Journalism and Media
Literature, writing and poetry
- Don Aitkin, writer
- Diane Bell, anthropologist, author
- Michael Byrne, poet
- Kevin Hart, poet and literary critic
- Debra Oswald, scriptwriter
- Guy Pearse, author
- Gayla Reid, writer
- Brendan Shanahan, author
- David Vernon, writer and sceptic
- Gerard Windsor, author and literary critic
- Vanessa Woods, author
Military
Sciences
Biology
Chemistry
Mathematics
Medicine
Physics
Sport
Other
Faculty
Notable past and current faculty members include:
- Anthony Irvine Adams, public health physician
- Nicholas Agar, philosopher
- Patrick Atiyah, English barrister and legal writer
- Arthur Llewellyn Basham South Asian historian
- Michael Barnsley Mathematician and entrepreneur
- Larissa Behrendt, indigenous academicor
- David Bensusan-Butt, economist
- Arthur Birch, organic chemist
- Boediono, Indonesian Vice President
- Geoffrey Brennan, philosopher
- Richard P. Brent, mathematical scientist
- Miroslav Bukovsky, composer
- Hedley Bull, Professor of International Relations
- Harvey Raymond Butcher, astronomer
- John Caldwell, demographer
- David Chalmers, philosopher
- Yang Hi Choe-Wall, Koreanist
- Manning Clark, historian
- John Coates, mathematician
- John Cockcroft, Nobel Prize- winning nuclear physicist, former chancellor
- Mark Colyvan, philosopher
- H. C. Coombs, economist and public servant
- David P. Craig, research chemist
- Gavan Daws, historian and writer
- Rafe de Crespigny, sinologist
- Robert Dessaix, novelist and essayist
- Peter C. Doherty, Nobel Prize-winning immunologist
- Thomas K. Donaldson, mathematician
- Robert M. Douglas, medical researcher
- Sir John Eccles, Nobel Prize-winning neurophysiologist
- Fred Emery, social scientist
- Kep Enderby, lawyer and politician
- Denis Evans, physicist and chemist
- Frank Fenner, scientist
- Michael Flood, sociologist
- Lord Howard Florey, Nobel Prize winning medical researcher, former chancellor
- Derek Freeman, anthropologist
- Robert Gilbert, polymer chemist
- Colin Groves, anthropologist
- Fred Gruen, economist
- Wang Gungwu, specialist in studying the Chinese diaspora
- Clive Hamilton, philosopher
- Sir Keith Hancock, historian
- A. D. Hope, poet and essayist
- Leonard Huxley, physicist
- Ken Inglis, historian
- Edward A. Irving, geologist
- Frank Cameron Jackson, philosopher
- Zvonimir Janko, mathematician
- Rhys Jones, archaeologist
- Richard Joyce, philosopher
- James Jupp, political scientist
- Eugene Kamenka, philosopher
- Peter Karmel, economist
- Roger Keesing, anthropologist
- John Kekes, philosopher
- Ben Kerkvliet, political scientist
- Brij Lal, historian, novelist and writer of non-fiction
- Geoffrey Lancaster, musicologist and pianist
- Rae Langton, philosopher
- Andrew Leigh, economist
- Loren Lomasky, philosopher
- Ian McAllister, Irish-Australian public opinion political scientist
- Gavan McCormack, Orientalist
- Brendan McKay, computer scientist
- Warwick McKibbin, economist
- Henry Evans Maude, anthropologist
- Achdiat Karta Mihardja, novelist and writer[5]
- T. B. Millar, historian and political scientists
- John Minford, sinologist and literary translator
- Pat Moran, statistician
- Fred Nadel, anthropologist
- Bernhard Neumann, mathematician
- Hanna Neumann, mathematician, first female professor of mathematics in Australia
- Cliff Ollier, geologist
- Sir Mark Oliphant, physicist and Governor of South Australia
- John Passmore, philosopher
- Philip Pettit, philosopher
- Thomas Pogge, philosopher
- Lindsay Pryor, botanist
- Leo Radom, research chemist
- Anthony Reid, historian of Southeast Asia
- Ted Ringwood, geologist
- Malcolm Ross, linguist
- Amin Saikal, political scientist
- Jonathan Schaffer, philosopher
- Susanna Schellenberg, philosopher
- Brian P. Schmidt, Nobel Prize winning Physicist
- Peter Self, academic
- Jeremy Shearmur, philosopher
- J. J. C. Smart, philosopher
- Michael Smith, philosopher
- Thomas Smith, economist
- Allan Snyder, optical physicist/visual scientist
- Oskar Spate, geographer
- Kim Sterelny, philosopher
- Trevor Swan, economist
- Richard Sylvan, philosopher
- Royall Tyler, Japan specialist
- Neil Trudinger, Mathematician
- Jonathan Unger, contemporary China specialist
- Michael Vernon, scientist and consumer activist
- Ling Wang (Wang Ling), historian of Chinese science
- Jack Waterford, journalist
- Anna Wierzbicka, linguist
Administration
Chancellors
| Order | Chair of Interim Council | Academic qualifications | Years | Notes |
| 1 | Richard Mills, OBE | DSc (LSE), LLM (Melb) | 1946–1951 | 1 |
| Order | Chancellor | Academic qualifications | Years | Notes |
| 1 | Viscount Bruce, CH, MC | FRS, PC, BCL (Cantab) | 1951–1961 | |
| 2 | Sir John Cockcroft, OM, KCB, CBE | BMath (Cantab) | 1961–1965 | |
| 3 | Baron Florey, OM | FRS, PhD (Cantab), MA (Oxon) | 1965–1968 | |
| 4 | Dr. H. C. Coombs | PhD (LSE), MA (UWA) | 1968–1976 | |
| 5 | Sir John Crawford, AC, CBE | MEc (Syd) | 1976–1984 | |
| 6 | Sir Richard Blackburn, OBE | BA, BCL (Oxon) | 1984–1987 | |
| 7 | Sir Gordon Jackson, AK | | 1987–1990 | |
| 8 | Sir Geoffrey Yeend, AC, CBE | BComm (Melb) | 1990–1994 | |
| 9 | Peter Baume, AC | MD (Syd) | 1994–2006 | |
| 10 | Allan Hawke | BSc (Hons), PhD (ANU), FAIPA, FAIM, FAICD | 2006–2009 | 10 |
| 11 | Kim Beazley, AC | BA (Hons), MA (UWA), MPhil (Oxon) | 2009–2010 | |
| 12 | Gareth Evans, AC, QC | BA, LLB (Hons)(Melb), MA (Oxon) | 2010– | |
- 1 Mills served as Chair of the Interim Council while the University was initially beginning operations. While Bruce was officially the first Chancellor, Mills had been effectively fulfilling the same function.
- 10 Hawke retired on 1 January 2009 and was succeeded by Kim Beazley.
Vice-Chancellors
| Order | Vice-Chancellor | Academic qualifications | Years | Notes |
| 1 | Sir Douglas Copland, CMG | MA (Hons)(UNZ), DLitt (Melb) | 1948–1953 | |
| 2 | Sir Leslie Melville, KBE | BEc (Syd) | 1953–1960 | |
| 3 | Sir Leonard Huxley, KBE | DPhil (Oxon) | 1960–1967 | |
| 4 | Sir John Crawford, AC, CBE | MEc (Syd) | 1968–1973 | |
| 5 | Robert Williams | | 1973–1975 | |
| 6 | Donald Anthony Low, AO | MA, DPhil (Oxon), PhD, LittD (Cantab), FAHA, FRHistS | 1975–1982 | |
| 7 | Peter Karmel, AC, CBE | PhD (Cantab) | 1982–1987 | |
| 8 | Lawrence Walter Nichol | DSc, PhD (Adel), FAA, FASBMB | 1988–1993 | |
| 9 | Deane Terrell, AO | MEc (Hons)(Adel), PhD (Oxon) | 1994–2001 | |
| 10 | Ian Chubb, AC | MSc, DPhil (Oxon), HonDSc (Flinders) | 2001–2011 | |
| 11 | Ian Young, AO | BE (Hons), MEngSc, PhD (JCU), HonFIEAust, FTSE | 2011– | |
References