University Of Queensland Notable Alumni

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Discover the notable alumni of University Of Queensland. The list includes people like Robert Forster, Norman Lindsay, Peter C. Doherty, Geoffrey Rush & Peter Cosgrove. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as leaders, miscellaneous, film & theater personalities, sportspersons and scientists etc.
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Geoffrey Rush
(Actor)
Geoffrey Rush
13
Birthdate: July 6, 1951
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Toowoomba, Australia
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 2 
Jack Thompson (Actor)
(Actor)
Jack Thompson (Actor)
1
Birthdate: August 31, 1940
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Manly
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 3 
Terri Irwin
(Naturalist Who is The Owner of Australia Zoo in 'Beerwah, Queensland')
Terri Irwin
27
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 20, 1964
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Eugene, Oregon, United States
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 4 
Norman Lindsay
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 22, 1879
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Creswick, Australia
Died: November 21, 1969
 5 
John Eales
(Australian Former Rugby Union Player and the Most Successful Captain in the History of Australian Rugby)
John Eales
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 27, 1970
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height: 6'7" (201 cm)
 6 
Lis Wiehl
(Author of fiction and nonfiction books, and a legal analyst)
Lis Wiehl
1
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: August 19, 1961
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Yakima, Washington, United States
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 7 
Clive Palmer
(Australian Politician)
Clive Palmer
12
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: March 26, 1954
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Melbourne
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 8 
Storm Keating
(Fashion Designer, Producer, Director)
Storm Keating
1
Birthdate: October 27, 1981
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Childers, Queensland, Australia
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 9 
Peter C. Doherty
(Scientist, Nobel Prize Winner)
Peter C. Doherty
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 15, 1940
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Brisbane, Australia
 10 
Alan Jones
(Former radio broadcaster, Rugby union coaches)
Alan Jones
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Birthdate: April 13, 1941
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Oakey, Queensland, Australia
 11 
Joh Bjelke-Petersen
(Politician)
Joh Bjelke-Petersen
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 13, 1911
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Dannevirke, New Zealand
Died: April 23, 2005
 12 
Johann Olav Koss
(Norwegian Speed Skater)
Johann Olav Koss
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 29, 1968
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Drammen, Norway
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 13 
Annastacia Palaszczuk
(39th Premier of Queensland)
Annastacia Palaszczuk
4
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 25, 1969
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Durack, Australia
 14 
Janet Fielding
(Actor)
Janet Fielding
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 9, 1953
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Brisbane
 15 
Ken Ham
(Australian Christian Fundamentalist and the Founder & CEO of 'Answers in Genesis', a Christian Apologetics Organization)
Ken Ham
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 20, 1951
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cairns Cairns, Queensland, Australia
 16 
David Malouf
(Australian Poet, Novelist, Short Story Writer and Playwright)
David Malouf
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 20, 1934
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Brisbane, Australia
 17 
Bob Katter
(Member of the Australian Parliament for Kennedy since 1993)
Bob Katter
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 22, 1945
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Cloncurry, Australia
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 18 
Alex Baumann
(Canadian Sports Administrator, Former Competitive Swimmer, and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Alex Baumann
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 21, 1964
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Prague, Czech Republic
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 19 
Kate Morton
(writer)
Kate Morton
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1976 AD
Birthplace: Berri
 20 
Campbell Newman
(Civil engineer, Engineer, Politician)
Campbell Newman
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 12, 1963
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Canberra
 21 
Quentin Bryce
(Teacher, Lawyer)
Quentin Bryce
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 23, 1942
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Brisbane
 22 
Bill Hayden
(Diplomat, Politician)
Bill Hayden
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 23, 1933
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Brisbane
 23 
Thea Astley
(Novelist)
Thea Astley
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 25, 1925
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Queensland, Australia
Died: August 17, 2004
 24 
Mark McGowan
(30th Premier of Western Australia)
Mark McGowan
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 13, 1967
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Newcastle, Australia
 25 
Wayne Swan
(Politician)
Wayne Swan
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 30, 1954
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Nambour
 26 
George Brandis
(Politician, Lawyer)
George Brandis
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 22, 1957
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Sydney
 27 
Raymond Dart
(Anatomist & Anthropologist Known for His Involvement in the Discovery of the First Fossil of 'Australopithecus Africanus')
Raymond Dart
0
Birthdate: February 4, 1893
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Brisbane, Australia
Died: November 22, 1988
 28 
Robert Newbery
(Former Australian Diver and Olympic Medalist)
Robert Newbery
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 2, 1979
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Australia
 29 
Wayne Goss
(Politician, Lawyer)
Wayne Goss
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: February 26, 1951
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Mundubbera, Australia
Died: November 10, 2014
 30 
Deborah Priya Henry
(Beauty pageant contestant, Model, Socialite)
Deborah Priya Henry
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 21, 1985
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 31 
Dane Bird-Smith
(Australian Racewalker and Olympic Medalist)
Dane Bird-Smith
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 15, 1992
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kippa-Ring, Australia
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 32 
Peter Slipper
(Farmer)
Peter Slipper
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 14, 1950
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Ipswich
 33 
Andrew N. Liveris
Andrew N. Liveris
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 5, 1954
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Darwin
 34 
Dorothy Hill
(Geologist, Paleontologist)
Dorothy Hill
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 10, 1907
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died: April 23, 1997
 35 
Eric Partridge
(New Zealand-British Lexicographer Best Known for His a Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English)
Eric Partridge
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 6, 1894
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Waimata Valley, New Zealand
Died: June 1, 1979
 36 
John-Paul Langbroek
(Who has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland)
John-Paul Langbroek
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 31, 1961
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Assen, Netherlands
 37 
Taneti Maamau
(6th President of Kiribati)
Taneti Maamau
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 16, 1960
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Onotoa Island, Kiribati
 38 
Ahmed Shaheed
(Politician, Diplomat)
Ahmed Shaheed
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 27, 1964
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Maldives
 39 
Harry Gibbs
(8th Chief Justice of Australia)
Harry Gibbs
1
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: February 7, 1917
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Sydney, Australia
Died: June 25, 2005
 40 
Andrew McGahan
(Novelist)
Andrew McGahan
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 10, 1966
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Dalby, Queensland, Australia
Died: February 1, 2019
 41 
Fatafehi Tuipelehake
(11th Prime Minister of Tonga)
Fatafehi Tuipelehake
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 7, 1922
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Died: April 10, 1999
 42 
Eva Burrows
(Author)
Eva Burrows
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 15, 1929
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Newcastle, Australia
Died: March 20, 2015
 43 
Hassan Saeed
(Lawyer, Politician)
Hassan Saeed
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 1970 AD
Birthplace: Maldives
 44 
Maddison Keeney
(Diver)
Maddison Keeney
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 23, 1996
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Auckland, New Zealand
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 45 
Alf Howard
(Australian Educator, Scientist, and Explorer)
Alf Howard
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 30, 1906
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Camberwell, Australia
Died: July 4, 2010
 46 
Micks
(Lifestyle Instagram Star)
Micks
0
Listed In: Instagram Stars
Birthdate: June 26, 1995
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Cape Town, South Africa
 47 
David Theile
(Australian Backstroke Swimmer)
David Theile
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 17, 1938
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
Established in 1991 is the University of Queensland or UQ, which is a flagship research university, located in Brisbane, Australia. Being a contributing charter member of edX and Universitas 21 network, this research university incorporates over one hundred research institutes and centers. University of Queensland is rated 55th in the world as per the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2016. It has also received acclamation for being ranked 60th in the world in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2017. The university comprises of six faculties that give its students an edge to accomplish their professional goals. The departments include Medicine, Science, Business, Engineering, Health and Behavioral Science and Humanities. With the student body comprising of over 51,000 students hailing from 141 nations, the University of Queensland has prime focus on excellence in quality of education. It has been the recipient of more Australian Awards for University Teaching than any other institution in the country. Having pioneered the invention of HPV vaccine against cervical cancer, the university is constantly improving, improvising and innovating to be a forerunner of research and development, globally. UQ is already extending its international reach with its establishments overseas in Brunei and the United States. UQ has produced notable alumni’s over the years who have contributed radically to shaping society. Geoffery Rush, Quentin Bryce, Peter Beattie and Tim Munro are some individuals who attended the university. Presenting to you, the whole list of celebrities who are now alumni’s of UQ.