This is a list of University of New South Wales alumni.
Academia
Toby Walsh, computer scientist and artificial intelligence expert
Dijana Alić, architect and academic
Michael Barber, mathematician, physicist and Vice-Chancellor of Flinders University from 2008 until 2014 (Mathematics) Gernot Heiser, John Lions chair and computer scientist Sharon Beder, arts academic (Engineering) Glyn Davis , current Vice-Chancellor of University of Melbourne (Political science) John Deeble, Architect of Medicare Australia Rosalyn Diprose, philosopher and UNSW academic (Philosophy) Ross Fitzgerald , academic, historian, novelist, secularist, and political commentator (PhD Politics) Michael Fullilove, public and international policy academic, executive director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy (Arts/Law) David Gonski , prominent businessman, Chancellor of UNSW Sydney (Commerce/LLB) Atiqul Islam, accountant and current Vice-chancellor of North South University, Bangladesh (Commerce) Koo Tsai Kee, Singaporean academic and former politician (Surveying) Chandran Kukathas, Malaysian-born Australian political theorist and academic (MA, Politics) Jane Stapleton, academic and Master at Christ's College, Cambridge Tony Vinson, Emeritus Professor, Education and Social Work
Business
Rodney Adler, former FAI Insurance chief executive
Cheryl Bart , lawyer, company director and mountain climber (Commerce/LLB 1986) Mark Bouris, chairman of Yellow Brick Road and television personality Mike Cannon-Brookes, entrepreneur, billionaire, and co-CEO of the software company Atlassian (Information Science) Paul Clitheroe , television presenter and businessman (Arts) Matt Comyn, CEO of Commonwealth Bank Roger Corbett , former chairman of the Reserve Bank of Australia, and a former CEO of Woolworths (Commerce) Douglas Daft , prominent Australian and US business executive who served as CEO of The Coca-Cola Company between 1999 and 2004; now a global non-executive director (Dipl.Admin) Satyajit Das, banker, author and academic (Law) John De Margheriti, software developer and entrepreneur, founding father of Australia's video games industry (Electrical engineering) Michael Easson , businessman and former union leader (Politics/History) Richard Farleigh, private investor (Economics) Scott Farquhar, entrepreneur, billionaire, and co-CEO of the software company Atlassian (Arts/Science) Angela Mak Soek Fun, Hong Kong-based business executive (Commerce/LLB) David Gonski , prominent businessman, Chancellor of UNSW Sydney (Commerce/LLB) John M. Green, deputy chairman of QBE Insurance; co-founder of Pantera Press; author Catherine Harris , co-founder and chairman of Harris Farm Markets and company director (Commerce) Philip Hercus, founder of International Catamaran Designs (Engineering) Grant King, managing director, Origin Energy (Engineering) David Lowy, non-executive deputy chairman of the Westfield Group Steven Lowy, group managing director of the Westfield Group Donald McDonald, former chairman of Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Warwick McKibbin, Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of Australia; economist John Niland, director of Macquarie Group; Chairman of Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust; former Vice-Chancellor of UNSW Sydney John Prescott, former CEO of BHP Gregory G. Rose, principal engineer at Qualcomm (Engineering) George Savvides, managing director, Medibank Private (Engineering) Jillian Segal, non-executive director, National Australia Bank; Deputy Chancellor of UNSW Sydney (Law) Gai Waterhouse, horse trainer and businesswoman
Community activism
Sharan Burrow, global union leader (Education) Eva Cox , writer, feminist, sociologist, social commentator and activist (Sociology) Louise Crossley, scientist and environmental activist (PhD) Karen Dawn, American animal rights and welfare advocate and writer (Psychology) Graeme Dunstan, cultural and political activist (Engineering) Tim Flannery, mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist and global warming activist; 2007 Australian of the Year (PhD Palaeontology) Peter Garrett, musician, social activist, former politician (LLB 1977) Heinz Harant, student activist and founder of the university's alumni association (Electrical engineering (Hons) 1955) Betty Kitchener , Australian mental health educator and consumer advocate