Discover the notable alumni of Victoria University. The list includes people like Karl Urban, Ludwig Wittgenstein, J. J. Thomson, Lester B. Pearson & Arthur Eddington. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as film & theater personalities, scientists, writers, intellectuals & academics and physicians etc.
Karl Urban07 June 1972, New Zealander
Actor
Ludwig Wittgenstein26 April 1889, Austrian
Philosopher
J. J. Thomson18 December 1856, British
Physicist, Nobel Prize Winner
Lester B. Pearson23 April 1897, Canadian
14th Prime Minister of Canada
Arthur Eddington28 December 1882, British
Astronomer
Fred Hollows09 April 1929, New Zealander
Ophthalmologist
John Cockcroft27 May 1897, British
Physicist
Michael King15 December 1945, New Zealander
Historian & Biographer
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson14 February 1869, British
Physicist
Fleur Adcock10 February 1934, New Zealander
Poet
Arthur Harden12 October 1865, British
Biochemist
Taika Waititi16 August 1975, New Zealander
Actor, Film director, Screenwriter
Sam Neill14 September 1947, New Zealander, British
Actor, Winegrower
Melanie Lynskey16 May 1977, New Zealander
Actor, Film actor, Television actor
John Money08 July 1921, New Zealander, American
Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Physician, University
Jane Campion30 April 1954, New Zealander
Screenwriter, Film director, Actor
Fran Walsh10 January 1959, New Zealander
Actor, Screenwriter, Film producer, Songwriter,
Bill English1961 AD, New Zealander
politician, farmer
Antonia Prebble06 June 1984, New Zealander
Actor
Michelle Ang17 October 1983, Malaysian, American
Actor
Erik Thomson27 April 1967, Australian
Actor, Film actor
Jerry Collins04 November 1980, New Zealander
Rugby union player
Eleanor Catton24 September 1985, New Zealander
Novelist, Writer
Brian Cox03 March 1968, British
Physicist, university teacher,
musician
Conrad Smith12 October 1981, New Zealander
Rugby union player
Joseph John Thomson18 December 1856, British
Mathematician, Physicist
Tim Groser1950 AD, New Zealander
politician, diplomat
Robert Bateman24 May 1930, Canadian
painter
John William Money08 July 1921, New Zealander