This is a list of Macquarie University people.
Academia and science
Name Macquarie University qualifications or faculty role Notability NotesJanine DeakinBSc (Honours), PhD in BiologyAustralian geneticist and a professor at the University of Canberra
Business Name Macquarie University qualifications or faculty role Notability Notes Rodney Adler Australian businessman and former HIH director Matt Barrie MAppFin Australian businessman Peter Bush BA Australian businessman, Chairman of Pacific Brands and a director of Insurance Australia Group, former CEO of McDonald's Australia and former Chair of Nine Entertainment Greg Coffey BEcon Australian hedge fund manager David Leckie Australian businessman and former CEO of Seven West Media Catherine Livingstone BA (Hons) Australian businesswoman and President of the Business Council of Australia, the Chairwoman of Telstra and a Director of Macquarie Group and Worley David Murray MBA Australian businessman, former CEO of the Commonwealth Bank and Chairman of the Future Fund Board of GuardiansNapoleon Perdis Australian makeup artist and businessman Stephen Ting BEcon Hong Kong businessman and CEO of Next Media
Government and politics Australia Peter Andren, Australian politician, former Member for Calare in the Australian House of Representatives Kerry Bartlett, Australian politician, former Member for Macquarie in the Australian House of Representatives Meredith Burgmann, Australian politician, former President of the New South Wales Legislative Council Sam Dastyari, Australian politician, former Senator representing New South Wales Peter Debnam, Australian politician, former NSW Leader of the Opposition and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Vaucluse Victor Dominello, Australian politician, Minister in the O'Farrell, Baird, Berejiklian and Perrottet ministries Trish Doyle, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the electorate of Blue Mountains Harry Edwards, Australian politician and economist John Faulkner, Australian politician, former Senator representing New South Wales John Hewson , Australian politician and former leader of the Liberal Party of Australia Stephen Jones, Australian politician, Minister in the Albanese government Mike Kelly , Australian politician, Minister in the Gillard and Rudd governments David Leyonhjelm, Australian politician, former Senator representing New South Wales Jann McFarlane, Australian politician, former Member for Stirling in the Australian House of Representatives Sally McManus, Australian union leader, Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions Tania Mihailuk, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council and former member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Rev. Fred Nile, Australian politician, former member of the New South Wales Legislative Council Rob Oakeshott, Australian politician, former Member for Lyne in the Australian House of Representatives Jamie Parker, Australian politician, former member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Balmain Tanya Plibersek, Australian politician, Minister in the Rudd, Gillard and Albanese governments Steven Pringle, former member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Eric Roozendaal, Australian politician, Minister in the Iemma, Rees, and Keneally ministries Janelle Saffin, Australian politician, Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and former Member for Page in the Australian House of Representatives Carl Scully, Australian politician, Minister in the Carr government Helen Sham-Ho , Australian politician, former Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council Lisa Singh, Australian politician, former Senator representing Tasmania Jim Soorley, Australian politician, former Lord Mayor of Brisbane Karin Sowada, Australian politician, former Senator representing New South Wales Rob Stokes, Australian politician, Minister in the O'Farrell, Baird, Berejiklian and Perrottet ministries
International Name Macquarie University qualifications or faculty role Notability Notes Maliina Abelsen MPol, AppSocRes Greenlandic politician, Finance minister of Greenland Patricia Holmes Australian diplomat, former Australian Ambassador to Argentina Martin Indyk American academic and former diplomat, United States Ambassador to Israel Freddie Pitcher Nauruan politician, former President of Nauru David Stuart Australian diplomat, former Australian Ambassador to AustriaHarini AmarasuriyaMA in Applied and Development AnthropologySri Lankan politician, Prime Minister of Sri LankaRose MwebazaPhD, Environment and Natural Resource GovernanceUganda lawyer
Other Peter Anderson, Australian former police minister and former Director of the Centre for Policing John Avery, Australian Chief Commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force Alison Broinowski, Australian academic, journalist, writer and former Australian public servant John Connor, Australian chief executive of Climate Institute of Australia Kathryn Greiner, Australian politician, alderman of the City of Sydney Frank Howarth, Australian public servant; former Director of the Australian Museum Greg Lindsay, Australian founder and executive director of the Centre for Independent Studies Judy Mundey, Australian feminist and activist Cameron Murphy , Australian civil libertarian Christine Nixon, Australian former Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police and Chair, Monash College and Deputy Chancellor, Monash University Kathryn Paterson, Australian New Zealand public servant Andrew Scipione, Australian Chief Commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force Patricia Scott, Australian public servant Jeannette Young, Australian medical doctor and Chief Health Officer of Queensland
Arts Name Macquarie University qualifications or faculty role Notability Notes Rosemary Blight Australian film producer Murray Cook Australian musician, founding member of The Wiggles Nevill Drury MA (Hons) Australian writer Anthony Field Australian musician, founding member of The Wiggles Adam Hills Australian comedian Linda Klarfeld Czech Australian sculptor Chris Lilley BA Australian comedian Jennifer Maiden Australian poet Greg Page Australian musician, founding member of The Wiggles Thea Astley , Australian writer, four time Miles Franklin Award winner Boey Kim Cheng, Singapore-born Australian poet Timothy Hawkes , Australian educator and writer, headmaster of The King's School, Parramatta Paul Kraus, Australian writer Jeni Mawter, Australian writer Liane Moriarty, Australian writer Şahînê Bekirê Soreklî, Kurdish writer Kimberley Starr, Australian writer Les Wicks, Australian poet
Media Name Macquarie University qualifications or faculty role Notability Notes Rachael Carpani Australian film actress, television actress Sophie Falkiner Australian television presenter Yalda Hakim Australian television presenter and news presenter Margaret Pomeranz Australian film critic
Jane Caro, Australian writer Anja Coleby, Australian model, television actress, television producer Miranda Devine, Australian journalist Michael Duffy, Australian journalist, writer, radio presenter Martin Flood, Australian quiz show contestant, top prize winner on Australia's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Kate Forsyth, Australian writer and journalist Hugh Mackay , Australian journalist, novelist, psychologist and sociologist Robert Ovadia, Australian journalist and television presenter Peter Overton, Australian journalist and television presenter Hugh Riminton, Australian journalist and television presenter Magdalena Roze, Australian meteorologist and television presenter Shane Smith, Australian-Canadian film festival programmer and television producerTravis Johnson, "Shane Smith: Bringing Hot Docs Down Under". Film Ink. Keith Windschuttle, Australian historian and writer, editor of Quadrant Irfan Yusuf, Australian social commentator and writer
Law
Lloyd Babb , Australian barrister and NSW Director of Public Prosecutions Jayne Jagot, Australian judge, Judge of the Federal Court of Australia Lindy Jenkins, Australian judge, Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia Brian Preston , Australian judge, Chief Justice of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
Religion Paul Barnett, Australian Anglican bishop, historian and biblical scholar Graham Joseph Hill, academic at the University of Divinity Tony Nichols, Australian Anglican bishop
Sport
Grant Brits, Australian swimmer Christine Jensen Burke, Australian-New Zealand mountain climber Liz Ellis, Australian netball player, former captain of Australian netball team Rachael Gunn, Australian Olympian and academic Patrik Hefti, Liechtenstein association football player Lauren Jackson, Australian basketball player Holly Lincoln-Smith, Australian water polo player Joel Milburn, Australian athlete Ian Thorpe, Australian swimmer (attended) Tom Trbojevic, rugby league player, currently playing for Manly Sea Eagles Melissa Wu, Australian diver
Administration
Chancellor Order Chancellor Years Notes 1 Sir Garfield Barwick 19671978 2 Percy Partridge 19781984 3 Michael Kirby 19841993 High Court Bibliography . Retrieved 22 January 2010. 4 Tim Besley 19942001 5 Maurice Newman 20022008 6 Michael Egan 20082019 7 Martin Parkinson 2019present
Deputy Chancellor Order Name Title Years Notes 1 John Lincoln Deputy Chancellor 19762000 Emeritus Deputy Chancellor 20002011
Vice-Chancellors Order Chancellor Years Notes 1 Alexander Mitchell 19651975 2 Edwin Webb 19761986 3 Dianne Yerbury 19872006 4 Steven Schwartz 20062012 5 S Bruce Dowton 2012present
Other faculty
Notable past and current faculty members include:
Wally Abraham, Australian architect and town planner Deidre Anderson, Australian sports psychologist and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Joan Beck, Egyptian archaeology, Honorary Fellow of Macquarie University David Christian, British-American historian Max Coltheart , Australian cognitive scientist and academic at Macquarie University Raewyn Connell, Australian sociologist Stephen Crain, American-Australian linguist Paul Davies, British physicist, writer and broadcaster Patrick De Deckker (de), Australian paleontologist William Dumbrell, Australian biblical scholar Tim Flannery, Australian mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist and global warming activist Jacqueline Jarrett Goodnow, Australian cognitive psychologist Jenny Hammond, Australian linguist Anita Heiss, Australian writer, presenter and commentator Ann Henderson-Sellers, Australian climatologist Ian Hogbin, British-born Australian anthropologist Bryan Horrigan, Australian legal academic Geoffrey Hull, Australian linguist Sohail Inayatullah, Pakistani-Australian futurologist Naguib Kanawati, Egyptian-Australian Egyptologist Daniel Kane, Australian linguist Konrad Kwiet, German Australian historian Marion Maddox, Australian writer, academic and political commentator Richard Makinson, Australian physicist Gabriele Marranci, Italian anthropologist John Mathews, Australian competitive dynamics and global strategist Christian Matthiessen, Swedish linguist Pat Michie, Australian neuroscientist/psychologist and academic at Newcastle University B. K. Misra, neurosurgeon Michael Morgan , Australian neurosurgeon José Enrique Moyal, Israeli-Australian mathematician Alanna Nobbs, Australian historian and writer Marlene Norst, Austrian Australian linguist Boyo Ockinga, Australian Egyptologist, epigrapher, and philologist Suzanne O'Reilly, Australian geologist Brian Orr, Australian physicist Pam Peters, Australian linguist Josef Pieprzyk, Polish-Australian cryptologist Ingrid Piller, Australian linguist Jim Piper , New Zealand-Australian physicist Andrew Pitman, British atmospheric scientist Arthur William Pryor, Australian physicist Murry Salby, American atmospheric scientist Leonie Sandercock, Canadian Australian urban theorist Patricia Margaret Selkirk, Australian biologist