List of Old Knox Grammarians

This is a list of Old Knox Grammarians, former students of the Uniting Church school, Knox Grammar School in Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia.

Academics and medicine

Bruce Carter, educator, former Principal of Emanuel School, Sydney{{cite encyclopedia| editor = Suzannah Pearce| encyclopedia = Who's Who in Australia Live!| title = CARTER Bruce Northleigh| date = 17 November 2006| publisher = Crown Content Pty Ltd| location = North Melbourne, Vic}}
David Hunter {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AC}}, Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine at the University of Oxford
Vaughan Pratt, professor, MIT 1972–1981, Stanford 1981–2000, emeritus 2000–present
Michael Spence, academic, 25th Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Sydney 2008–present

Business

David S. Clarke, Macquarie Bank chairman{{Cite news| first = Gerard | last = Noonan | title = Lesson for the school of hard Knox| url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/school-of-hard-knox/2007/11/23/1195753310035.html|work = The Sydney Morning Herald| location = Sydney | date = 24 November 2007| accessdate = 23 January 2008}}

Media, entertainment and the arts

Michael Barkl OAM, composer
Stuart Beattie, screenwriter
Ian Cooper, violinist
Bruce Elder, journalist
Peter FitzSimons, columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald and Sun Herald, author, former Wallabies player{{Cite web |url=http://www.thefordhamcompany.com.au/clients/view?c=peter-fitzsimons |title=Peter FitzSimons |accessdate=23 January 2008 |work=Clients |publisher=The Fordham Company |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070906202359/http://www.thefordhamcompany.com.au/clients/view?c=peter-fitzsimons |archive-date=6 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}
Adam Garcia, actor and dancer
John Howard, film and television actor
Hugh Jackman, actor; school captain of Knox in 1986
Richard Lane, radio personality and writer
John Laws, radio presenter
Reg Livermore, actor and entertainer{{Cite web|url=http://www.schoolchoice.com.au/find_a_school?cid=12348&pid=2701612 |title=Knox Grammar School |accessdate=23 January 2008 |work=New South Wales |publisher=School Choice |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830192913/http://www.schoolchoice.com.au/find_a_school?cid=12348&pid=2701612 |archivedate=30 August 2007 |url-status=dead }}
Rod McGeoch AO, lawyer, businessman and public speakerhttps://okga.org.au/nsw/knox/uploads/PDFs/Rod%20McGeoch%20AO%20bio.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}
Peter Mochrie, actor
Richard Neville, former editor of the satirical Oz magazine
Jordan Rodrigues, actor
Mark Scott, vice chancellor of University of Sydney
Rai Thistlethwayte, singer-songwriter
Steve Toltz, Man Booker Prize shortlisted author of A Fraction of the Whole
Hugo Weaving, actor
Gus Worland, radio and television host
Peter Yeldham screenwriter, playwright and author

Politics, public service and the law

Paul Brereton AM RFD, Justice of the NSW Supreme Court and Court of Appeal, Major General{{Cite web|last=Barlass|first=Tim|date=2020-12-12|title='No one does it for popularity': Justice Brereton|url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/no-one-does-it-for-popularity-justice-brereton-follows-in-his-father-s-footsteps-20201211-p56moe.html|access-date=2021-02-16|website=The Age|language=en}}
Daniel Du, Preeminent Corporate Lawyer
Sir John Fuller, former New South Wales MP, Leader of the Opposition 1976–1978
Hon Sir Kenneth Jacobs, former Justice of the High Court of Australia
Hon Nick Minchin, former Federal cabinet minister; leader of Opposition in the Senate
Brian Preston, Chief Justice of the New South Wales Land and Environment Court
Rt Hon Ian Sinclair, former Federal cabinet minister and Speaker of the House
Hon Gough Whitlam, former Prime Minister of Australia (also attended Mowbray House School, Telopea Park High School and Canberra Grammar School){{Cite web|url= http://www.nma.gov.au/education/school_resources/websites_and_interactives/primeministers/gough_whitlam/|title= Gough Whitlam|accessdate= 2 August 2007|work= Prime Ministers of Australia|publisher= National Museum of Australia|archive-date= 13 November 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111113030730/http://www.nma.gov.au/education/school_resources/websites_and_interactives/primeministers/gough_whitlam/|url-status= dead}}
James Roland Wood, former judge
H.E.Miles Armitage, Incumbent Ambassador of Australia to Turkey

Sport

Ben Alexander, ACT Brumbies representative and Australian Wallabies rugby player
Braeden Campbell, AFL player
Tom Carter, NSW Waratahs representative
Cameron Clark, Olympian representing Australia national rugby sevens team and NSW Waratahs representative
Steve Cutler, Australian Wallabies rugby player
Troy Dargan, NRL player and Cook Islands representative
Matthew Dunn, Olympic swimmer and gold medallist in Pan Pacific and Commonwealth Games
Nicholas Frost, ACT Brumbies player
Chris Green, New South Wales cricket team representative and Sydney Thunder representative and 2015–16 Big Bash League season Grand Final winner
Alan Gurr, Australian V8 Supercar driver
Sam Kitchen, Edinburgh Rugby player
Lachlan Mitchell, London Wasps player
Matthew Nicholson, state cricketer who played one test for Australia
Evan Olmstead Canadian international rugby player, representative of Newcastle Falcons, Auckland Rugby and Birritz Olympique
Luke Parks, AFL footballer
Rex Pemberton, youngest Australian to climb Mount Everest, at 21{{Cite web|url=http://www.rexpemberton.com/motivational.htm |title=Introducing Rex Pemberton |accessdate=23 January 2008 |work=Rex Pemberton: The Youngest Aussie to Climb Everest |publisher=Kumuka Worldwide |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203160122/http://www.rexpemberton.com/motivational.htm |archivedate=3 December 2007 |url-status=dead }}{{primary source inline|date=March 2013}}
Max Purcell, Australian tennis player
Bailey Simonsson, NRL player (also attended Newington College)
Nic Stirzaker, Melbourne Rebels representative and captain{{cite news|title=Nic Stirzaker|url=https://melbournerebels.com/team/players/nic-stirzaker/|newspaper=Melbourne Rebels|accessdate=25 October 2016}}
Lachlan Swinton, NSW Waratahs player, Australian Wallabies representative
Bruce Taafe, Australian Wallabies rugby player, NSW Waratah Exec VP Wall St IT corporations
Ross Turnbull, Australian Wallabies rugby player, coach of NSW and briefly Wallabies head coach; head of ARU board for several years
Connor Watson, Australian National Rugby League player for the Newcastle Knights, formerly played for the Sydney Roosters
Simon Whitfield, gold medallist at 2000 Olympics Men's Triathlon held in Sydney