List of Old Knox Grammarians explained

This is a list of Old Knox Grammarians, former students of the Uniting Church school, Knox Grammar School in Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia.

Academics and medicine

• Bruce Carter, educator, former Principal of Emanuel School, Sydney^[1]
• David Hunter, Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine at the University of Oxford
• Vaughan Pratt, professor, MIT 1972–1981, Stanford 1981–2000, emeritus 2000–present
• Michael Spence, academic, 25th Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Sydney 2008–present

Business

• David S. Clarke, Macquarie Bank chairman^[2]

Media, entertainment and the arts

• Michael Barkl OAM, composer
• Stuart Beattie, screenwriter
• Ian Cooper, violinist
• Bruce Elder, journalist
• Peter FitzSimons, columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald and Sun Herald, author, former Wallabies player^[3]
• Adam Garcia, actor and dancer
• John Howard, film and television actor
• Hugh Jackman, actor;^[2] school captain of Knox in 1986
• Richard Lane, radio personality and writer
• John Laws, radio presenter^[2]
• Reg Livermore, actor and entertainer^[4]
• Rod McGeoch AO, lawyer, businessman and public speaker^[5]
• Peter Mochrie, actor
• Richard Neville, former editor of the satirical Oz magazine^[2]
• Jordan Rodrigues, actor
• Mark Scott, vice chancellor of University of Sydney
• Rai Thistlethwayte, singer-songwriter
• Steve Toltz, Man Booker Prize shortlisted author of A Fraction of the Whole
• Hugo Weaving, actor^[4]
• Gus Worland, radio and television host
• Peter Yeldham screenwriter, playwright and author

Politics, public service and the law

• Paul Brereton AM RFD, Justice of the NSW Supreme Court and Court of Appeal, Major General^[6]
• Sir John Fuller, former New South Wales MP, Leader of the Opposition 1976–1978
• Hon Sir Kenneth Jacobs, former Justice of the High Court of Australia
• Hon Nick Minchin, former Federal cabinet minister; leader of Opposition in the Senate^[4]
• Brian Preston, Chief Justice of the New South Wales Land and Environment Court
• Rt Hon Ian Sinclair, former Federal cabinet minister and Speaker of the House
• Hon Gough Whitlam, former Prime Minister of Australia (also attended Mowbray House School, Telopea Park High School and Canberra Grammar School)^[7]
• James Roland Wood, former judge

Sport

• Ben Alexander, ACT Brumbies representative and Australian Wallabies rugby player
• Braeden Campbell, AFL player
• Tom Carter, NSW Waratahs representative
• Cameron Clark, Olympian representing Australia national rugby sevens team and NSW Waratahs representative
• Steve Cutler, Australian Wallabies rugby player
• Troy Dargan, NRL player and Cook Islands representative
• Matthew Dunn, Olympic swimmer and gold medallist in Pan Pacific and Commonwealth Games
• Nicholas Frost, ACT Brumbies player
• Chris Green, New South Wales cricket team representative and Sydney Thunder representative and 2015–16 Big Bash League season Grand Final winner
• Alan Gurr, Australian V8 Supercar driver
• Sam Kitchen, Edinburgh Rugby player
• Lachlan Mitchell, London Wasps player
• Matthew Nicholson, state cricketer who played one test for Australia
• Evan Olmstead Canadian international rugby player, representative of Newcastle Falcons, Auckland Rugby and Birritz Olympique
• Luke Parks, AFL footballer
• Rex Pemberton, youngest Australian to climb Mount Everest, at 21^[8]
• Max Purcell, Australian tennis player
• Bailey Simonsson, NRL player (also attended Newington College)
• Nic Stirzaker, Melbourne Rebels representative and captain^[9]
• Lachlan Swinton, NSW Waratahs player, Australian Wallabies representative
• Bruce Taafe, Australian Wallabies rugby player, NSW Waratah Exec VP Wall St IT corporations
• Ross Turnbull, Australian Wallabies rugby player, coach of NSW and briefly Wallabies head coach; head of ARU board for several years
  • Connor Watson, Australian National Rugby League player for the Newcastle Knights, formerly played for the Sydney Roosters Simon Whitfield, gold medallist at 2000 Olympics Men's Triathlon held in Sydney

See also

• List of non-government schools in New South Wales
• List of boarding schools
• Combined Associated Schools

External links

• Knox Grammar School website

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Suzannah Pearce. Who's Who in Australia Live!. CARTER Bruce Northleigh. 17 November 2006. Crown Content Pty Ltd. North Melbourne, Vic.
2. News: Gerard . Noonan . Lesson for the school of hard Knox. The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney . 24 November 2007. 23 January 2008.
3. Web site: Peter FitzSimons . 23 January 2008 . Clients . The Fordham Company . https://web.archive.org/web/20070906202359/http://www.thefordhamcompany.com.au/clients/view?c=peter-fitzsimons . 6 September 2007 . dead .
4. Web site: Knox Grammar School . 23 January 2008 . New South Wales . School Choice . https://web.archive.org/web/20070830192913/http://www.schoolchoice.com.au/find_a_school?cid=12348&pid=2701612 . 30 August 2007 . dead .
5. https://okga.org.au/nsw/knox/uploads/PDFs/Rod%20McGeoch%20AO%20bio.pdf
6. Web site: Barlass. Tim. 2020-12-12. 'No one does it for popularity': Justice Brereton. 2021-02-16. The Age. en.
7. Web site: Gough Whitlam. 2 August 2007 . Prime Ministers of Australia. National Museum of Australia.
8. Web site: Introducing Rex Pemberton . 23 January 2008 . Rex Pemberton: The Youngest Aussie to Climb Everest . Kumuka Worldwide . https://web.archive.org/web/20071203160122/http://www.rexpemberton.com/motivational.htm . 3 December 2007 . dead .
9. Web site: Nic Stirzaker. Melbourne Rebels. 25 October 2016.