100 Notable alumni of
University of Melbourne
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The University of Melbourne is 106th in the world, 2nd in Oceania, and 2nd in Australia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Melbourne sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Cate Blanchett
- Occupations
- television producervoice actorfilm producerfilm actorstage actor
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Catherine Élise Blanchett AC is an Australian actor and film producer. Regarded as one of the best performers of her generation, she is recognized for her versatile work across independent films, blockbusters, and the stage. Blanchett has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award.
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Julian Assange
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- Internet activistbusinesspersontelevision producerjournalisthacker
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Julian Paul Assange is an Australian editor, publisher, and activist who founded WikiLeaks in 2006. He came to international attention in 2010 after WikiLeaks published a series of leaks from Chelsea Manning, a United States Army intelligence analyst: footage of a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad, U.S. military logs from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, and U.S. diplomatic cables. Assange has won multiple awards for publishing and journalism.
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Tenzin Gyatso
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- politicianLamabhikkhu
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The 14th Dalai Lama is the incumbent Dalai Lama, the highest spiritual leader and head of Tibetan Buddhism. Before 1959, he served as both the resident spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet, and subsequently established and led the Tibetan government in exile represented by the Central Tibetan Administration in Dharamsala, India. The adherents of Tibetan Buddhism consider the Dalai Lama a living Bodhisattva, specifically an emanation of Avalokiteśvara (in Sanskrit) or Chenrezig (in Tibetan), the Bodhisattva of Compassion, a belief central to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and the institution of the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama, whose name means Ocean of Wisdom, is part of the full title "圣 识一切 瓦齐尔达喇 达赖 喇嘛" (Holiness Knowing Everying Vajradhara Dalai Lama) given by Altan Khan, the first Shunyi King of Ming China in 1578 AD., is also known to Tibetans as Gyalwa Rinpoche, The Precious Jewel-like Buddha-Master, Kundun, The Presence, and Yizhin Norbu, The Wish-Fulfilling Gem. His devotees, as well as much of the Western world, often call him His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the style employed on his website. He is also the leader and a monk of the Gelug school, the newest school of Tibetan Buddhism, formally headed by the Ganden Tripa.
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Elizabeth Debicki
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- stage actorfilm actoractor
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Elizabeth Debicki is an Australian actress. Born in Paris and raised in Melbourne, she studied acting at the University of Melbourne, and made her film debut in the comedy A Few Best Men (2011). She gained wider recognition with her performances in Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby (2013)—which won her the AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress—and as Ayesha in the Marvel films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). Debicki's profile grew with roles in the limited series The Kettering Incident and The Night Manager (both 2016) and in Steve McQueen's heist thriller Widows (2018), and in 2019, she received the Cannes Trophée Chopard.
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Portia de Rossi
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- film actortelevision actormodelwriterautobiographer
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Portia Lee James DeGeneres, known professionally as Portia de Rossi, is an Australian-American retired actress. She played Nelle Porter on the American drama series Ally McBeal (1998–2002), for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award; Lindsay Bluth Fünke on the American television sitcom Arrested Development (2003–2006, 2013, 2018–2019), and Elizabeth North on the American political thriller series Scandal (2014–2017). She is the founder and CEO of the art company The General Public.
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Randeep Hooda
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- modelactor
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Randeep Hooda is an Indian actor, who works predominantly in Hindi cinema. Hooda is known for his versatility and physical transformations for his roles. He made his Hindi film debut with Monsoon Wedding (2001). He had a turning point in his career with the gangster film Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010), and continued to gain attention with supporting roles in films such as Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster (2011), Jannat 2 (2012), Jism 2 (2012), Cocktail (2012) and Heroine (2012).
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Julia Gillard
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- lawyerpolitician
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Julia Eileen Gillard is an Australian former politician who was the 27th prime minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013. She held office as the leader of the Labor Party and was the member of parliament (MP) for the Victorian division of Lalor from 1998 to 2013. She previously served as the 13th deputy prime minister from 2007 to 2010, under Kevin Rudd. She is the first and only woman to hold either office in Australian history.
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Isabel Lucas
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- modelfilm actoractor
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Isabel Lucas is an Australian actress, environmentalist and model. She is best known for her roles in Home and Away (2003–06), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Daybreakers (2009), The Waiting City (2009), The Pacific (2010), Immortals (2011), A Heartbeat Away (2011), Red Dawn (2012), The Loft (2014), The Water Diviner (2014), Knight of Cups (2015), and That's Not Me (2017). In 2015, she acted beside Nick Jonas in the thriller film Careful What You Wish For. In 2017, Lucas joined the American television series MacGyver. In 2018, she appeared in In Like Flynn which was a success in Australia, New Zealand, and Britain, and the same year played Brooke in Chasing Comets. Later in 2009, Lucas won Best Breakout Performance Female at SPIKE TV's 2009 Scream Awards for her role in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. In 2011 Lucas won a Young Hollywood Award for Female Star of Tomorrow. In 2012, Lucas starred in Ed Sheeran's "Give Me Love" music video.
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Barry Humphries
- Occupations
- film actorscreenwritertelevision actoractordrag queen
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John Barry Humphries AC CBE was an Australian comedian, actor, author and satirist. He was best known for writing and playing his stage and television characters Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. He appeared in numerous stage productions, films and television shows.
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Peter Singer
- Enrolled in the University of Melbourne
- In 1967 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- philosopherpoliticianwriterprofessor
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Peter Albert David Singer AC FAHA is an Australian moral philosopher who is Emeritus Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. Singer's work specialises in applied ethics, approaching the subject from a secular, utilitarian perspective. He wrote the book Animal Liberation (1975), in which he argues for vegetarianism, and the essay "Famine, Affluence, and Morality", which argues the moral imperative of donating to help the poor around the world. For most of his career, he was a preference utilitarian. He revealed in The Point of View of the Universe (2014), coauthored with Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek, that he had become a hedonistic utilitarian.
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Ronny Chieng
- Enrolled in the University of Melbourne
- Graduated with Bachelor of Commerce
- Occupations
- social workerlawyeractorcomedian
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Ronny Xin Yi Chieng is a Malaysian comedian and actor based in the United States. He is a senior correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show, and he created and starred in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation sitcom Ronny Chieng: International Student. He has also appeared in films such as Crazy Rich Asians and the English version of Inspector Sun and the Curse of the Black Widow.
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Harold Holt
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- lawyerpolitician
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Harold Edward Holt was an Australian politician and lawyer who served as the 17th prime minister of Australia from 1966 until his disappearance and presumed death in 1967. He held office as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia and held various ministerial positions from 1949 to 1966 in the governments of Robert Menzies and Arthur Fadden.
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Germaine Greer
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- broadcasterprofessoruniversity teacherwomen's rights activistjournalist
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Germaine Greer is an Australian writer and feminist, regarded as one of the major voices of the second-wave feminism movement in the latter half of the 20th century.
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Judith Durham
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- singer-songwriterpianistjazz musiciansinger
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Judith Durham AO was an Australian singer, songwriter, and musician who became the lead singer of the Australian folk music group the Seekers in 1962.
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Wu Chun
- Occupations
- modelactorsinger
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Wu Chun is a Taiwanese-Bruneian singer, actor, and entrepreneur. He was a member of Fahrenheit, a Taiwanese Mandopop vocal quartet boy band, from its debut in 2005 until June 2011. Wu Chun has been featured in various Taiwanese television series, including Tokyo Juliet (2006), Hanazakarino Kimitachihe (2006), Romantic Princess (2007), Hot Shot (2008), Sunshine Angel also known as Sunny Girl(2011), and Kindaichi Case Files (2012–2013). His film roles include The Butterfly Lovers (2008) and Lady of the Dynasty (2014). He has amassed a significant following on the Chinese social media site Sina Weibo.
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Tahir Raj Bhasin
- Occupations
- modelactor
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Tahir Raj Bhasin is an Indian actor, he works in Hindi films. Bhasin made his screen debut with Kismat Love Paisa Dilli (2012) and made brief appearances in Kai Po Che! (2013) and One by Two (2014).
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Bianca Censori
- Enrolled in the University of Melbourne
- Studied in 2013-2020
- Occupations
- architectarchitectural designermodelfashion model
- Biography
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Bianca Censori is an Australian architect and model known for her relationship with American rapper and fashion designer Kanye West, whom she married in a private ceremony in December 2022.
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Patrick Brammall
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- film actorscreenwritertelevision actoractor
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Patrick Brammall is an Australian actor and writer. He is best known for his roles as Sean Moody in the ABC comedy A Moody Christmas (2012); as Leo Taylor in Channel Ten's Offspring (2014–2016); and as Sergeant James Hayes in the ABC series Glitch (2015–2019). Alongside his wife Harriet Dyer, he is the co-creator, co-writer, and co-star of the comedy series Colin from Accounts (2022–present). He stars in the television series Evil (2019–2024) as Andy Bouchard, Kristen's husband, father of their daughters and a professional climbing guide.
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Magda Szubanski
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- film actorscreenwriterfilm directorcomedian
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Magdalene Mary Therese Szubanski AO, known as Magda Szubanski, is an Australian comedy actress, author, singer and LGBT rights advocate. She performed in Fast Forward, Kath & Kim as Sharon Strzelecki and in the films Babe (1995) and Babe: Pig in the City (1998), Happy Feet (2006) and Happy Feet Two (2011). In 2003 and 2004 surveys, she polled as the most recognised and well-liked Australian television personality.
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Robert Menzies
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- politicianlawyerdiplomatpreface author
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Sir Robert Gordon Menzies was an Australian politician and lawyer who served as the 12th prime minister of Australia from 1939 to 1941 and from 1949 to 1966. He held office as the leader of the United Australia Party (UAP) in his first term, and subsequently as the inaugural leader of the Liberal Party of Australia in his second. He was the member of parliament (MP) for the Victorian division of Kooyong from 1934 to 1966. He is the longest-serving prime minister in Australian history.
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Bill Shorten
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- politiciantrade unionistlawyer
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William Richard Shorten is an Australian former politician and trade unionist. He was the leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and leader of the opposition from 2013 to 2019. He also served as a cabinet minister in the Gillard (2011–2013), Rudd (2013) and Albanese governments (2022–2025).
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Penelope Mitchell
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- actorfilm actor
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Penelope Mitchell is an Australian actress, best known for playing the roles of Letha Godfrey in the American horror television series Hemlock Grove, and Liv Parker in The Vampire Diaries.
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Marta Dusseldorp
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- actorfilm actor
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Marta Dusseldorp is an Australian stage, film and theatre actress. Her television credits include BlackJack, Crownies, Jack Irish and A Place to Call Home.
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John Bluthal
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- screenwritertelevision actorstage actoractor
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John Bluthal was a Polish-born Australian actor and comedian, noted for his six-decade career internationally in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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Feliks Zemdegs
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- speedcuber
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Feliks Aleksanders Zemdegs is an Australian Rubik's Cube speedsolver. He is one of only two speedcubers ever to win the World Cube Association World Championship twice (the other being Max Park), winning in 2013 and 2015, and is widely considered the most successful and greatest speedcuber of all time. He has set more than 350 records across various speedcubing events: 121 world records (being the only cuber to have more than 100), 216 continental records, and 7 national records.
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Airlangga Hartarto
- Enrolled in the University of Melbourne
- In 1996 studied Modern Monetary Theory
- In 1997 graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Airlangga Hartarto is an Indonesian politician and businessman. He is the current Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs in President Joko Widodo's Onward Indonesia Cabinet, appointed on 23 October 2019. He was also the chairman of Golkar Party from 2017 to 2024.
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Waleed Aly
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- journalisttelevision presenterradio personalitycolumnistlawyer
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Waleed Aly is an Australian television presenter, journalist, academic, and lawyer.
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Elizabeth Blackburn
- Enrolled in the University of Melbourne
- Studied in 1972
- Occupations
- university teacherbiologistbiochemistmolecular biologist
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Elizabeth Helen Blackburn is an Australian-American Nobel laureate who is the former president of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. In 1984, Blackburn co-discovered telomerase, the enzyme that replenishes the telomere, with Carol W. Greider. For this work, she was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, sharing it with Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak, becoming the first Australian woman Nobel laureate.
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John Monash
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- civil engineerengineermilitary personnelbusinessperson
- Biography
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General Sir John Monash was an Australian civil engineer and military commander of the First World War. He commanded the 13th Infantry Brigade before the war and then, shortly after its outbreak, became commander of the 4th Brigade in Egypt, with which he took part in the Gallipoli campaign.
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James P. Gorman
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- lawyerfinancier
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James Patrick Gorman AO is an Australian-American businessman and financier. He is Chairman Emeritus of Morgan Stanley. Prior to becoming Chairman Emeritus in January 2025, Gorman served as Executive Chairman from January to December 2024, CEO from January 2010 until December 2023 and Chairman from January 2012 until December 2023. He joined the Firm in February 2006 and was named Co-President in December 2007. Since January 2, 2025, he has been the Chairman of The Walt Disney Company.
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Peter Yates
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- film producerscreenwritertelevision directordirectorfilm director
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Peter James Yates was an English film director and producer. He was known for making films in a wide variety of genres, including the Steve McQueen police thriller film Bullitt in 1968. He received nominations for four Academy Awards (twice for Best Director and Best Picture), three BAFTA Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards.
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Samuel Pisar
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- writerhuman rights activistjuristlawyer
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Samuel Pisar was a Polish-American lawyer, author, and Holocaust survivor.
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Vince Colosimo
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- actortelevision actor
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Vincenzo Colosimo is an Australian stage, television and screen actor. He has worked in both Australia and the United States. He is of Italian descent and lives in Melbourne, Australia. He was previously married to Australian actress Jane Hall.
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Kate Box
- Born in
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Australia - Occupations
- actor
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Kate Box is an Australian stage, film, and television actress. She is known for her roles as Nicole Vargas in Rake, Lou Kelly in Wentworth, and as Dulcie Collins in Deadloch.
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Alfred Deakin
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- politicianpoetjournalistdiplomat
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Alfred Deakin was an Australian politician who served as the second prime minister of Australia from 1903 to 1904, 1905 to 1908 and 1909 to 1910. He held office as the leader of the Protectionist Party, and in his final term as that of the Liberal Party. He is notable for being one of the founding fathers of Federation and for his influence in early Australian politics.
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Bennett Foddy
- Years
- 1978-.. (age 47)
- Occupations
- video game developer
- Biography
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Bennett Foddy is an Australian video game designer based in New York. Raised in Australia and trained as a moral philosopher on topics of drug addiction, Foddy was a bassist in the electronic music group Cut Copy and a hobbyist game designer while he finished his dissertation. During his postdoctoral research at Princeton University and time on staff at Oxford University, Foddy developed games of very high difficulty, including QWOP, which became an Internet sensation at the end of 2010 with the rise of new online social sharing tools. He later became an instructor at the NYU Game Center. His most famous game aside from QWOP is Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy, a philosophical, physics-based platform game released in 2017.
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Rob Sitch
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- screenwriterfilm directorcomediantelevision actordirector
- Biography
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Robert Ian Sitch is an Australian director, producer, screenwriter, actor and comedian. He directed and co-wrote the comedy films The Castle (1997) and The Dish (2000); the former of which is often considered one of the greatest Australian films ever made. On television, he is known for the 1990s comedy series Frontline and the long-running comedy series Utopia (2014–present).
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Richard Marles
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- politiciantrade unionistlawyer
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Richard Donald Marles is an Australian politician and lawyer serving as the 19th and current deputy prime minister of Australia and the Minister for Defence since May 2022. He has been the deputy leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) since 2019, having served as the member of Parliament (MP) for the division of Corio since 2007.
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Red Symons
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- guitaristsingersongwriter
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Redmond Symons is an Australian musician and television and radio personality. He was the lead guitarist in the band Skyhooks, the snide judge of 'Red Faces' (a segment of the long-running variety show Hey Hey It's Saturday) and a judge on talent search show Australia's Got Talent. He hosted ABC Radio Melbourne's breakfast show from 2003 until 2017.
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Gillon McLachlan
- Occupations
- sports executive
- Biography
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Gillon McLachlan is a former Australian sports administrator and now CEO of a major gambling company. He is the former chief executive officer of the Australian Football League (AFL). He was appointed to the role in 2014, succeeding Andrew Demetriou, having previously been his deputy, and finished his contract at the end of the 2023 season, passing the reins to Andrew Dillon. Gillon is now the CEO of Tabcorp.
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Michel Faber
- Enrolled in the University of Melbourne
- In 1980 studied English studies
- Occupations
- poetnovelistscience fiction writerwriterjournalist
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Michel Faber is a Dutch-born writer of English-language fiction, including his 2002 novel The Crimson Petal and the White, and Under the Skin (2000) which was adapted for film by Jonathan Glazer, starring Scarlett Johansson. His novel for young adults, D: A Tale of Two Worlds, was published in 2020. His book, Listen: On Music, Sound and Us, a non-fiction work about music, came out in October 2023.
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Desmond Chiam
- Enrolled in the University of Melbourne
- Graduated with Juris Doctor in law
- Occupations
- screenwritertelevision actorfilm produceractor
- Biography
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Desmond Chiam is an Australian actor best known for his role as Wyatt Cole on Reef Break, General Riga on The Shannara Chronicles and Dovich on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
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Raewyn Connell
- Occupations
- sociologistprofessor
- Biography
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Raewyn Connell, usually cited as R. W. Connell, is an Australian feminist sociologist and Professor Emerita at the University of Sydney, mainly known for co-founding the field of masculinity studies and coining the concept of hegemonic masculinity, as well as for her work on Southern theory.
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Andrew Peacock
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomatlawyer
- Biography
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Andrew Sharp Peacock AC GCL was an Australian politician and diplomat. He served as a cabinet minister and went on to become leader of the Liberal Party on two occasions (1983–1985 and 1989–1990), leading the party to defeat at the 1984 and 1990 elections.
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Robert Luketic
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directordirectorfilm producer
- Biography
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Robert Luketic is an Australian film director. His films include Legally Blonde, Monster-in-Law (2005), 21 (2008), Killers (2010), and Paranoia (2013).
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Kerry Greenwood
- Occupations
- playwrightlawyerpoet lawyernovelistwriter
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Kerry Isabelle Greenwood OAM is an Australian author and lawyer. She has written many plays and books, most notably a string of historical detective novels centred on the character of Phryne Fisher, which was adapted as the popular television series Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. She writes mysteries, science-fiction, historical fiction, children's stories, and plays. Greenwood earned the Australian women's crime fiction Davitt Award in 2002 for her young adult novel The Three-Pronged Dagger.
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Greg Hunt
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gregory Andrew Hunt is an Australian former politician who was the Minister for Health between January 2017 and May 2022. He was a Liberal Party member of the House of Representatives between November 2001 and 2022, representing the Division of Flinders in Victoria. He has previously served as a parliamentary secretary in the Howard government (2004–2007), Minister for the Environment (2013–2016), Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science (2016–2017), and Minister for Sport (2017).
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John Eccles
- Occupations
- philosopherphysicianneurologistphysiologistprofessor
- Biography
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Sir John Carew Eccles was an Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the synapse. He shared the prize with Andrew Huxley and Alan Lloyd Hodgkin.
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Gillian Armstrong
- Occupations
- film producerfilm directorart directoractorscreenwriter
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Gillian May Armstrong is an Australian feature film and documentary director, best known for My Brilliant Career (1979), Mrs. Soffel (1984), High Tide (1987), The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992), and Little Women (1994). She is a Member of the Order of Australia. She has won many film awards, including an AFI Best Director Award, has been nominated for numerous others, and is the holder of several honorary doctorates.
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Morris West
- Occupations
- writernovelist
- Biography
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Morris Langlo West AO was an Australian novelist and playwright, best known for his novels The Devil's Advocate (1959), The Shoes of the Fisherman (1963) and The Clowns of God (1981). His books were published in 27 languages and sold more than 60 million copies worldwide. Each new book he wrote after he became an established writer sold more than one million copies.
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Tiffiny Hall
- Occupations
- television personality
- Biography
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Tiffiny Elizabeth Hall is an Australian personal trainer, author, journalist and television personality best known from television appearances on Gladiators, the morning show The Circle (2010), The Biggest Loser Australia: Families (2011) and The Biggest Loser Australia: Singles (2012).
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Tom Gleisner
- Occupations
- film actorscreenwritertelevision presenterdirectoractor
- Biography
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Thomas Edmund Gleisner AO is an Australian comedian, television presenter, producer, director, writer, occasional actor and author. Gleisner currently hosts Network 10's Have You Been Paying Attention?.
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Phil Harvey
- Occupations
- record producermusiciancreative directormanager
- Biography
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Philip Christopher Harvey is an English manager and creative director. He is best known for his work with the rock band Coldplay. While attending Trinity College, Oxford, he used to organise and promote student parties at local clubs, dropping out of his course to manage the band and helping them finance Safety (1998). They signed a record deal with Parlophone in 1999 and found global fame with Parachutes (2000) and subsequent albums.
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Stella Young
- Occupations
- journalistdisability rights activist
- Biography
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Stella Jane Young was an Australian comedian, journalist and disability rights activist.
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Alan Tudge
- Occupations
- politicianmanagement consultantpolitical adviser
- Biography
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Alan Tudge is an Australian former politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the House of Representatives between 2010 and 2023. He was a cabinet minister in the Morrison government from 2019 to 2022.
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Livinia Nixon
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Livinia Helen Nixon is an Australian television presenter and actress.
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Adam Elliot
- Enrolled in the University of Melbourne
- Studied in 1996-1997
- Occupations
- screenwriterdirectorfilm directorproduceranimator
- Biography
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Adam Benjamin Elliot is an Australian animator and filmmaker based in Melbourne. Established as an independent auteur of minimalistic narrative-driven films in animation, all of his films have generally use of tragicomedy genre with themes of bittersweet nature and psychological development to the characters; based loosely on his family and friends, each of his films considered a Clayography – a portmanteau genre of clay animation and biography, coined by himself.
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Jenny Hval
- Occupations
- composermusiciansingersongwriterwriter
- Biography
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Jenny Hval is a Norwegian singer-songwriter, record producer, and novelist. She has released eight solo albums, two under the alias Rockettothesky and six under her own name.
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John Landy
- Occupations
- politicianmiddle-distance runnerengineerathletics competitor
- Biography
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John Michael Landy AC CVO MBE FTSE was an Australian middle-distance runner and state governor. He was the second man to break the four-minute mile barrier in the mile run and held the world records for the 1500-metre run and the mile race. He was also the 26th Governor of Victoria from 2001 to 2006.
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Dylan Lewis
- Occupations
- music critic
- Biography
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Dylan Thomas Lewis is an Australian television and radio host. He is currently the host of Mornings on Double J. As a musician, he played in funk/alternative rock band The Brown Hornet under the stage name Dirk Vile.
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Helen Garner
- Occupations
- screenwriterjournalistnovelist
- Biography
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Helen Garner is an Australian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. Garner's first novel, Monkey Grip, published in 1977, immediately established her as an original voice on the Australian literary scene—it is now widely considered a classic. She has a reputation for incorporating and adapting her personal experiences in her fiction, something that has brought her widespread attention, particularly with her novels Monkey Grip and The Spare Room (2008).
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Mark Regev
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Mark Regev is an Australian-Israeli diplomat, government advisor and civil servant. Between June 2020 and April 2021, he served as the Prime Minister's Senior Advisor for Foreign Affairs and International Communications. From 2016 to 2020 Regev was Ambassador of Israel to the United Kingdom. Previously, he was the International Spokesperson for the Prime Minister's Office (2007 to 2016).
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David Warren
- Occupations
- inventorchemistuniversity teacheradviserengineer
- Biography
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David Ronald de Mey Warren AO was an Australian scientist, best known for inventing and developing the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder (also known as FDR, CVR and "the black box").
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Graeme Simsion
- Occupations
- writernovelistscreenwriter
- Biography
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Graeme C. Simsion is a New Zealand-born Australian author, screenwriter, playwright, and data modeller, best known for his first novel The Rosie Project.
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Bruce Pascoe
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Bruce Pascoe is an Australian writer of literary fiction, non-fiction, poetry, essays and children's literature. As well as his own name, Pascoe has written under the pen names Murray Gray and Leopold Glass. Pascoe identifies as Aboriginal. Since August 2020, he has been Enterprise Professor in Indigenous Agriculture at the University of Melbourne.
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David Leyonhjelm
- Enrolled in the University of Melbourne
- Graduated with Bachelor of Veterinary Science
- Occupations
- politicianadviserveterinarian
- Biography
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David Ean Leyonhjelm is an Australian former politician. He was a Senator for New South Wales, representing the Liberal Democratic Party from 2014 to 2019. Having been elected at the 2013 federal election, he took office on 1 July 2014, and was re-elected in the 2016 full Senate election. He resigned from the Senate in March 2019 to stand for the Legislative Council at the 2019 New South Wales state election, but failed to be elected. Before being elected to federal parliament, Leyonhjelm worked as a veterinarian and then as an agribusiness consultant. He also writes columns for several Australian publications, with a concentration on rural issues.
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Alison Bell
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Alison Bell is an Australian stage, film and television actress and writer.
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Mustapa Mohamed
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Dato' Sri Mustapa bin Mohamed, commonly known as Tok Pa among local Kelantanese, is a Malaysian former politician who served as the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department for Economic Affairs for third term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022, second term in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin from March 2020 to August 2021 and first term in the BN administration under former Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi from March 2004 to February 2006 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Jeli from March 2004 to November 2022. He was a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) and formerly Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalitions and the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He left UMNO for BERSATU in 2018, left BERSATU and retired from politics in 2023.
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Adnan Buyung Nasution
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Adnan Buyung Nasution, also known as Adnan Bahrum Nasution was an Indonesian lawyer, advocate, and activist.
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Anthony Goldbloom
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- businessperson
- Biography
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Anthony John Goldbloom is the founder and former CEO of Kaggle, a data science competition platform which has used predictive modelling competitions to solve data problems for companies, such as NASA, Wikipedia, Ford and Deloitte. Kaggle has operated across a range of fields, including mapping dark matter and HIV/AIDS research. Kaggle has received considerable media attention following news that it had received $11.25 million in Series A funding from a round led by Khosla Ventures and Index Ventures.
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Dan Tehan
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- politician
- Biography
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Daniel Thomas Tehan is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Liberal Party and has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2010 election, representing the Victorian seat of Wannon. He held ministerial office in the Coalition governments under Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison, serving as Minister for Defence Materiel (2016), Defence Personnel (2016–2017), Veterans' Affairs (2016–2017), Social Services (2017–2018), Education (2018–2020), and Trade, Tourism and Investment (2020–2022). He was a public servant and political adviser before entering parliament.
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Mark Dreyfus
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- politicianbarristersolicitor
- Biography
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Mark Alfred Dreyfus KC is an Australian politician and lawyer who has been attorney-general of Australia and cabinet secretary since June 2022, having held both roles previously in 2013 and from 2010 to 2013 respectively. Dreyfus is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), and has been the MP for Isaacs since the 2007 election.
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Thomas R. Pickering
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- diplomat
- Biography
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Thomas Reeve Pickering is a retired United States ambassador. Among his many diplomatic appointments, he served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from 1989 to 1992.
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Frank Macfarlane Burnet
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- immunologistchemistphysicianvirologistresearcher
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Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet OM AK KBE FRS FAA FRSNZ, usually known as Macfarlane or Mac Burnet, was an Australian virologist known for his contributions to immunology. He won a Nobel Prize in 1960 for predicting acquired immune tolerance. He also developed the theory of clonal selection.
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Peter Hollingworth
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- priestpolitician
- Biography
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Peter John Hollingworth, AC, OBE is an Australian retired Anglican bishop. Engaged in social work for several decades, he served as the archbishop of the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane in Queensland for 11 years from 1989 and was the 1991 Australian of the Year. He served as the 23rd governor-general of Australia from 2001 until 2003. He is also an author and recipient of various civil and ecclesiastical honours. In May 2003 Hollingworth became the third Australian governor-general to resign, after criticisms were aired over his conduct as Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane in the 1990s.
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Gareth Evans
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- barristerpoliticiandiplomat
- Biography
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Gareth John Evans, is an Australian politician, international policymaker, academic, and barrister. He represented the Labor Party in the Senate and House of Representatives from 1978 to 1999, serving as a Cabinet Minister in the Hawke and Keating governments from 1983 to 1996 as Attorney-General, Minister for Resources and Energy, Minister for Transport and Communications and most prominently, from 1988 to 1996, as Minister for Foreign Affairs. He was Leader of the Government in the Senate from 1993 to 1996, Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 1996 to 1998, and remains one of the two longest-serving federal Cabinet Ministers in Labor Party history.
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John Flynn
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- aircraft pilotpriest
- Biography
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John Flynn OBE was an Australian Presbyterian minister who founded the Australian Inland Mission (AIM) which later separated into Frontier Services and the Presbyterian Inland Mission, as well as founding what became the Royal Flying Doctor Service, the world's first air ambulance.
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Leslie Morshead
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- military personnel
- Biography
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Lieutenant General Sir Leslie James Morshead, KCB, KBE, CMG, DSO, ED was an Australian soldier, teacher, businessman, and farmer, whose military career spanned both world wars. During the Second World War, he led the Australian and British troops at the Siege of Tobruk (1941) and at the Second Battle of El Alamein, achieving decisive victories over Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps. His soldiers nicknamed him "Ming the Merciless", later simply "Ming", after the villain in the Flash Gordon comics.
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Nicholas Biwott
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Nicholas Kipyator Kiprono arap Biwott was a Kenyan businessman, politician, and philanthropist, who worked in the governments of the fathers of Kenyan independence, Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel arap Moi. He held eight senior civil servant and ministerial positions that included Minister of State (1979–82), Minister of Energy (1963), Minister of East African and Regional Co-operation (1998–99) and Minister of Regional Development, Science, and Technology (1982).
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Ted Baillieu
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- real estate agentpoliticianarchitect
- Biography
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Edward Norman Baillieu AO is a former Australian politician who was Premier of Victoria from 2010 to 2013. He was a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2014, representing the electorate of Hawthorn. He was elected leader of the Liberal Party in opposition in 2006, and served as Premier from 2010 until 2013 after winning the 2010 state election. He resigned as Premier on 6 March 2013, and was succeeded by Denis Napthine.
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Sheila Fitzpatrick
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- historianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Sheila Mary Fitzpatrick is an Australian historian, whose main subjects are history of the Soviet Union and history of modern Russia, especially the Stalin era and the Great Purges, of which she proposes a "history from below", and is part of the "revisionist school" of Communist historiography. She has also critically reviewed the concept of totalitarianism and highlighted the differences between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in debates about comparison of Nazism and Stalinism.
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Linda Dessau
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- judgebarrister
- Biography
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Linda Marion Dessau AC CVO is an Australian jurist and barrister who served as the 29th governor of Victoria from 2015 to 2023. She is the first female and the first Jewish holder of the office. She was previously a judge of the Family Court of Australia from 1995 to 2013.
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Jonny Pasvolsky
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- actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Jonathan Marc Pasvolsky, also known as Jonny Pasvolsky, is a South African-born Australian actor.
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Agnes Milowka
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- marketing managercave diverwritercaverunderwater photographer
- Biography
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Agnes Milowka was an Australian technical diver, underwater photographer, author, maritime archaeologist and cave explorer. She gained international recognition for penetrating deeper than previous explorers into cave systems across Australia and Florida, and as a public speaker and author on the subjects of diving and maritime archaeology. She died aged 29 while diving in a confined space.
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James Paterson
- Enrolled in the University of Melbourne
- Graduated with Bachelor of Commerce
- Occupations
- editorpoliticianpolitical adviser
- Biography
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James William Paterson is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for Victoria since 2016, representing the Liberal Party. He was appointed to Peter Dutton's shadow ministry following the Coalition's defeat at the 2022 federal election.
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Weary Dunlop
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- military physiciansurgeonrugby union playerpharmacist
- Biography
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Colonel Sir Ernest Edward "Weary" Dunlop, AC, CMG, OBE was an Australian surgeon who was renowned for his leadership while being held prisoner by the Japanese during the Second World War.
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Jeremy Howard
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- pedagoguecomputer scientistdata scientistentrepreneur
- Biography
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Jeremy Howard is an Australian data scientist, entrepreneur, and educator.
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Anna Funder
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- writernovelistlawyerjournalist
- Biography
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Anna Funder is an Australian author. She is the author of Stasiland, All That I Am, Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life and the novella The Girl With the Dogs.
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Bev Francis
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- powerliftershot putter
- Biography
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Beverley "Bev" Francis is an Australian gym owner and retired professional bodybuilder, powerlifter, and national shot put champion.
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Isaac Isaacs
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- judgepoliticianauthorbarrister
- Biography
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Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs, GCB, GCMG, PC, KC was an Australian lawyer, politician, and judge who served as the ninth Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1931 to 1936. He had previously served on the High Court of Australia from 1906 to 1931, including as Chief Justice from 1930.
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Kevin Andrews
- Enrolled in the University of Melbourne
- In 1979 graduated with Bachelor of Laws
- Occupations
- politicianbarrister
- Biography
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Kevin James Andrews AM was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Liberal Party and served as a cabinet minister in the Howard and Abbott governments. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1991 to 2022, representing the Victorian seat of Menzies.
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Steve Vizard
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- screenwritercomedianlawyer
- Biography
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Stephen William Vizard is an Australian television and radio presenter, producer, writer, lawyer and businessman. He is an adjunct professor at Monash University and University of Adelaide.
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Mechai Viravaidya
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- politician
- Biography
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Mechai Viravaidya is a former politician and activist in Thailand known for promoting condoms, family planning, and AIDS awareness. Since the 1970s, Mechai has been affectionately called "Mr. Condom", and condoms are often referred to as "mechais" in Thailand. From the time that he began his work, the average number of children in Thai families has decreased from 7 to 1.5. He has been credited with leading efforts that improved the lives of millions of people.
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Richard Casey, Baron Casey
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- politiciandiplomatdiarist
- Biography
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Richard Gavin Gardiner Casey, Baron Casey was an Australian statesman who served as the 16th governor-general of Australia, in office from 1965 to 1969. He was also a distinguished army officer, long-serving cabinet minister, Ambassador to the United States, member of Churchill's War Cabinet, and Governor of Bengal.
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Tony Smith
- Occupations
- research assistantpolitician
- Biography
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Anthony David Hawthorn Smith is an Australian politician who served as the 30th speaker of the House of Representatives from 2015 to 2021. A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the division of Casey from 2001 until he stood down in 2022.
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John Cain
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- politicianbarrister
- Biography
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John Cain was an Australian politician who was the 41st Premier of Victoria, in office from 1982 to 1990 as leader of the Labor Party. During his time as premier, reforms were introduced such as liberalised shop trading hours and liquor laws, equal opportunity initiatives, and occupational health and safety legislation.
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John Brumby
- Enrolled in the University of Melbourne
- Graduated with Bachelor of Commerce
- Occupations
- politiciantrade unionistteacher
- Biography
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John Mansfield Brumby AO is the current Chancellor of La Trobe University and former Victorian Labor Party politician who was Premier of Victoria from 2007 to 2010. He became leader of the Victorian Labor Party and premier after the resignation of Steve Bracks. He also served as the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and the Minister for Multicultural Affairs. He contested his first election as premier at the November 2010 Victorian state election. His government was defeated by the Liberal/National Coalition led by Ted Baillieu. Brumby resigned as Labor leader after the election, on 30 November, to be replaced by Daniel Andrews. Within weeks of this leadership change, Brumby left parliament, with a Broadmeadows by-election taking place on 19 February 2011.
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Barry Jones
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- engineerpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Barry Owen Jones AC FAA FAHA FTSE FASSA FACE FRSA is an Australian writer, teacher, lawyer, social activist, quiz champion, and former politician in the Australian Labor Party. He campaigned against the death penalty throughout the 1960s, particularly against the execution of Ronald Ryan. He is on the National Trust's list of Australian Living Treasures.
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Kelly O'Dwyer
- Occupations
- businesspersonpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Kelly Megan O'Dwyer is a former Australian politician. She served in the House of Representatives from 2009 to 2019, representing the Liberal Party, and held senior ministerial office from 2015 to 2019.
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Denis Napthine
- Occupations
- veterinarianpolitician
- Biography
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Denis Vincent Napthine AO is an Australian former politician and veterinarian who served as the 47th premier of Victoria from 2013 to 2014. He held office as the leader of the Victorian division of the Liberal Party of Australia (LPA) and was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the district of Portland from 1988 to 2002, before transferring to that of South-West Coast from 2002 to 2015.
