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List of Old Boys of Cranbrook School, Sydney

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This is a List of notable Old Boys of Cranbrook School Sydney, they being notable former students - known as "Old Cranbrookians" of the Anglican Church school, Cranbrook School in Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, Australia.

Contents

Academic

  • Richard Hunter – Regius Professor of Greek and Fellow of Trinity College, The University of Cambridge
  • Ardon Harry Hyland – Former Deputy Vice-Chancellor of James Cook University; Emeritus Professor at Southern Cross University (also attended Brisbane Boys' College)

    • Business

  • Rodney Adler – former director of failed telecommunications company One.Tel and insurance company HIH Insurance
  • Mike Cannon-Brookes – CEO and co-founder of Atlassian
  • Michael Crouch AO – current Chairman of Zip Industries
  • James Fairfax AC – a former arts patron and philanthropist (also attended Geelong Grammar School)
  • David Gyngell – CEO of Australian commercial broadcasting network, Channel Nine
  • Michael Hannan – the publisher and owner of FPC Magazines
  • James Packer  – Chairman of CPH Investments and Crown Limited
  • Kerry Packer AC – a former media tycoon
  • Jodee Rich – founder of One.Tel, a failed telecommunications company, and PeopleBrowsr

    • Chess

  • Cecil Purdy AO - Chess International Master and inaugural World Correspondence Chess champion

    • Diplomacy

  • Hugh Gilchrist (1916–2010) – diplomat and author of Australians and Greeks

    • Media, entertainment and the arts

  • Oliver Ackland - actor
  • Steve Clark - Rock n Roll Hall of Fame EG, Died Pretty, Triple J
  • Peter Draffin - novelist
  • John Gaden - actor
  • David Handley - founder of Sculpture by the Sea
  • Gabriella Jabison - costume designer at Weta Workshop, notable cosplay artist
  • Peter Kingston AM - artist and activist
  • Mungo Wentworth MacCallum - political journalist, humorist and commentator
  • Jim Maxwell AM – ABC Radio cricket commentator
  • Garry McDonald AO - comedian, star of Mother and Son and creator of alter-ego Norman Gunston
  • Craig McGregor - writer/novelist, academic, and cultural critic
  • Andrew Pfeiffer - landscape architect
  • John Rayment - lighting designer, Soulmates
  • Sam Reid - film actor
  • Kim Ryrie - co-designer of the Fairlight CMI
  • Adam Shand - writer and freelance journalist, located in Africa for three years to report on Rwanda and Zimbabwe
  • Andrew Sharp - stage, film, and TV actor, and singer
  • Martin Sharp AM - artist, cartoonist, songwriter, and filmmaker
  • Harvey Shore - Logie winning TV writer/Producer
  • Tony Sheldon - award-winning stage actor/singer, film and TV actor
  • Antony Szeto - film director
  • Michael Turtle - Triple J newsreader and ABC-TV news journalist
  • Nick Vindin - sports presenter with SBS World News Australia; travel correspondent with Smooth radio network
  • Peter Vogel - co-designer of the Fairlight CMI
  • Michael White - landscape architect, architect, and cultural anthropologist
  • Kip Williams - Artistic Director at Sydney Theatre Company, Helpmann Award winning theatre director.
  • Simon Wincer - film director

    • Law

  • Justice Ken Handley – former NSW Supreme Court, Court of Appeal Judge
  • Justice Robert Macfarlane – NSW Supreme Court, Court of Appeal Judge
  • Paul Mason – Commissioner for Children, Tasmania
  • Sir Laurence Whistler Street AC, KCMG – 14th Chief Justice of New South Wales

    • Politics

  • Tim Bruxner – elected former member of the NSW Parliament and Deputy Premier of New South Wales
  • Sean Carmichael – elected member of Woollahra Local Council
  • Ben Franklin – elected member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales
  • David Griffin – elected 74th Lord Mayor of Sydney
  • Michael Knight AO – elected former member of the NSW Parliament and Sydney 2000 Olympics Minister

    • Military

  • Group Captain Pete Jeffrey DSO, DFC – a WWII fighter ace
  • Air Marshal Sir James Anthony Rowland AC, KBE, DFC, AFC – a former naval officer, Governor of New South Wales and Chancellor of the University of Sydney

    • Sport

  • Anthony Abrahams (1967) – national rugby union player (Wallaby)
  • Daniel Batman (1998) – Sydney 2000 Olympic 400m runner (also attended The Scots College)
  • Edward Cowan (2000) – Australian Test cricketer
  • Paul Darveniza – national rugby union player (Wallaby)
  • James Hunter (2009) – basketball player
  • Will Langford (2010) – AFL Premiership Player (2014) for Hawthorn Football Club
  • Murray Rose (1956) – Olympic gold medal swimmer
  • Luke Kendall, Australian Basketball player
  • Steven Solomon (2011) – London 2012 Olympic 400m runner
  • Ed Stubbs (2006) – Australian Rugby 7s representative

    • Medicine

  • Prof. David Cooper AO, FAA – HIV researcher
  • Prof. Colin Johnston AO – heart and liver researcher
  • Prof. Miles Little AO – surgeon and poet
  • Prof. James May AC – surgeon and surgical pioneer

    • References

    List of Old Boys of Cranbrook School, Sydney Wikipedia
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