University Of Melbourne Notable Alumni

Discover the notable alumni of University Of Melbourne. The list includes people like Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett, Julian Assange, Barry Humphries & Peter Singer. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as leaders, film & theater personalities, media personalities, miscellaneous and writers etc.
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 1 
Cate Blanchett
(One of the Finest and Most Versatile Actresses of Her Generation)
Cate Blanchett
86
Birthdate: May 14, 1969
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ivanhoe, Australia
 2 
Gotye
(Founding Member of The Melbourne Indie-Pop Trio 'The Basics')
Gotye
21
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: May 21, 1980
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bruges, Belgium
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 3 
Harold Holt
(Former Prime Minister of Australia)
Harold Holt
18
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 5, 1908
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Stanmore
Died: December 17, 1967
 4 
Cathy Freeman
(Australian Former Sprinter Who Specialised in the 400 metres Event)
Cathy Freeman
21
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 16, 1973
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 5 
Judith Durham
(Singer, Jazz musician, Pianist, Songwriter)
Judith Durham
5
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: July 3, 1943
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Essendon
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
 6 
Julian Assange
(Computer programmer)
Julian Assange
57
Birthdate: July 3, 1971
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Townsville, Australia
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 7 
Germaine Greer
11
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 29, 1939
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
 8 
Angela White
(Australian Porn Actor and Director)
Angela White
59
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 4, 1985
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Sydney, Australia
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 9 
Robert Menzies
(12th Prime Minister of Australia)
Robert Menzies
9
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 20, 1894
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Jeparit
Died: May 15, 1978
 10 
Julia Gillard
(27th Prime Minister of Australia (2010 - 2013))
Julia Gillard
37
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 29, 1961
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Barry, Wales
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 11 
Barry Humphries
(Actor, Author and Comedian Best Known for His Character ‘Dame Edna Everage’ on TV Show)
Barry Humphries
10
Birthdate: February 17, 1934
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kew, Australia
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 12 
Ronny Chieng
(Comedian)
Ronny Chieng
3
Birthdate: November 21, 1985
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Johor Bahru, Malaysia
 13 
Alfred Deakin
(Former Prime Minister of Australia)
Alfred Deakin
9
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 3, 1856
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Melbourne
Died: October 7, 1919
 14 
Elizabeth Blackburn
(Biological Researcher and Winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine)
Elizabeth Blackburn
8
Birthdate: November 26, 1948
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hobart, Australia
 15 
Elizabeth Debicki
(Actress Known for her Role in The Great Gatsby (2013))
Elizabeth Debicki
32
Birthdate: August 24, 1990
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 16 
Peter Singer
(Australian Philosopher Who is Known for His Book ‘Animal Liberation’)
Peter Singer
4
Birthdate: July 6, 1946
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 17 
Magda Szubanski
(Comedy Actress Known for Her Role as 'Sharon Strzelecki' in the Situational Comedy 'Kath & Kim')
Magda Szubanski
2
Birthdate: April 12, 1961
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Liverpool, Merseyside, England
 18 
Randeep Hooda
(Actor, Model)
Randeep Hooda
0
Birthdate: August 20, 1976
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Rohtak
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 19 
Penelope Mitchell
(Australian Actress Best Known for her Roles in the TV Series: 'The Vampire Diaries' and 'Hemlock Grove')
Penelope Mitchell
2
Birthdate: July 24, 1991
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 20 
Missy Higgins
(Singer-songwriter, Musician)
Missy Higgins
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 19, 1983
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 21 
Hamish Blake
(Writer, Actor)
Hamish Blake
2
Birthdate: December 11, 1981
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Melbourne
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 22 
Portia de Rossi
(Known for Her Role in the TV Series 'Ally McBeal')
Portia de Rossi
16
Birthdate: January 31, 1973
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Horsham, Australia
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 23 
Julia Zemiro
(Television presenter)
Julia Zemiro
3
Birthdate: April 14, 1967
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Aix-en-Provence
 24 
Kerry Greenwood
(Australian Author Best known for Her Series of Historical Detective Novels about the Fictional Character Phryne Fisher)
Kerry Greenwood
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1954 AD
Birthplace: Footscray, Australia
 25 
Geoffrey Edelsten
(Entrepreneur, Physician)
Geoffrey Edelsten
1
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: May 2, 1943
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Melbourne
 26 
Sir John Eccles
(Australian Neurophysiologist Who Won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for His Work on the Synapse)
Sir John Eccles
2
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: January 27, 1903
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
Died: May 2, 1997
 27 
Helen Garner
(Journalist, Novelist, Screenwriter)
Helen Garner
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 7, 1942
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Geelong
 28 
Tahir Raj Bhasin
(Actor)
Tahir Raj Bhasin
3
Birthdate: April 21, 1987
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Delhi, India
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 29 
Pallavi Sharda
(Australian Actress of Indian Descent Who Works in Australian Films and Hindi Films)
Pallavi Sharda
4
Birthdate: March 5, 1990
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Perth, Australia
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 30 
Feliks Zemdegs
(Known for Rubik's Cube speedsolver)
Feliks Zemdegs
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 20, 1995
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
 31 
Red Symons
(Singer, Guitarist, Songwriter)
Red Symons
1
Birthdate: June 13, 1949
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Brighton
 32 
Morris West
(Australian Writer and Playwright Who Often Focused on International Politics in His works)
Morris West
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 26, 1916
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: St Kilda, Australia
Died: October 9, 1999
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 33 
John Bluthal
(Legendary Polish-Australian Comedian and Actor Who Had a Successful Career in Britain)
John Bluthal
1
Birthdate: August 12, 1929
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Jezierzany, Galicia, Poland
Died: November 15, 2018
 34 
Greg Hunt
(Politician)
Greg Hunt
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 18, 1965
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Melbourne
 35 
Desmond Chiam
(Actor role as Wyatt Cole on Reef Break, General Riga on The Shannara Chronicles)
Desmond Chiam
1
Birthdate: July 30, 1987
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 36 
Santo Cilauro
(Australian Comedian Who is the Co-Founder of the Popular TV Sketch Comedy Show, 'The D-Generation')
Santo Cilauro
0
Birthdate: November 25, 1961
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
 37 
Waleed Aly
(Radio personality, Television presenter, Lawyer, Songwriter)
Waleed Aly
5
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: August 15, 1978
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Melbourne
 38 
Frank Macfarlane Burnet
(Australian Physician and Winner of the 1960 Nobel Prize in Medicine)
Frank Macfarlane Burnet
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 3, 1899
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Traralgon, Australia
Died: August 31, 1985
 39 
James P. Gorman
(Australian-American Financier, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of 'Morgan Stanley')
James P. Gorman
2
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: July 14, 1958
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
 40 
David Leyonhjelm
(Former Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party in the Senate)
David Leyonhjelm
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 1, 1952
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Nhill, Australia
 41 
Jana Wendt
(Gold Logie award-winning television journalist)
Jana Wendt
0
Birthdate: May 9, 1956
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
 42 
Michel Faber
(Famous for His Novel 'The Crimson Petal and the White')
Michel Faber
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 13, 1960
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: The Hague, Netherlands
 43 
David Karoly
(Australian Atmospheric Scientist)
David Karoly
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: July 12, 1955
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
 44 
Edward Dunlop
(Australian Surgeon Who Was Renowned for His Leadership During World War II)
Edward Dunlop
1
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: July 12, 1907
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Wangaratta, Australia
Died: July 2, 1993
 45 
Stella Young
(Australian Disability Activist, Comedian, and Journalist)
Stella Young
1
Birthdate: February 24, 1982
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Stawell, Victoria, Australia
Died: December 6, 2014
 46 
Andrew Peacock
(Diplomat, Politician, Lawyer)
Andrew Peacock
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 13, 1939
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Melbourne
 47 
Peter Warner
(Sailor)
Peter Warner
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 22, 1931
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
Died: April 13, 2021
 48 
John Flynn
(Minister)
John Flynn
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 25, 1880
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Moliagul, Australia
Died: May 5, 1951
 49 
Ninian Stephen
(20th Governor-General of Australia)
Ninian Stephen
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: June 15, 1923
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, England
Died: October 29, 2017
 50 
Ian Frazer
(Australian scientist)
Ian Frazer
2
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: January 6, 1953
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Founded by Hugh Childers in the year 1853 is the University of Melbourne situated in Australia. It is a public research university and is in fact Australia’s second oldest university and Victoria’s oldest university. It includes 11 distinct academic units and has affiliations with several institutions and research centers. Being a sandstone university, it is a member of many prestigious groups such as the Universitas 21. With over 47,000 individuals comprising of the student body, diversity at its best is seen in the campus with 12,000 full-time students representing over 130 countries across the globe. The university offers undergraduate, postgraduate and higher research degrees in areas of Arts, Commerce, Science, Design, Fine Arts, Medicine and so on. As per the CWTS Leiden Ranking, the University of Melbourne was ranked 123rd in the world and 2nd in Australia. Times Higher Education has also deemed the university 33rd in the world. With various international connections and collaborations through seminars, courses, internship and leadership programs, the university gives its students the exposure and experience through its international networks. With over 2,80,000 alumni’s worldwide including academics, politicians, scientists, artists and leaders, the university has produced numerous distinguished celebrities who have conquered various spheres of life. Robert Menzies, Elizabeth Blackburn, John Monash and Peter Singer make up its list of honorable alumni’s. Presenting to you, a complete list of achievers who attended the University of Melbourne.