Flinders University - Distinguished Alumni and Persons

Distinguished Alumni and Persons

  • Philip Bourne (1953-), professor of pharmacology at UCSD
  • Rodney Brooks (1954-), professor of robotics at MIT
  • Kate Ellis (1977-), Australian federal politician and minister
  • Noni Hazlehurst (1953-), actress
  • Scott Hicks (1953-), film director
  • Caleb Lewis (1978-), playwright
  • Mohammad Kaykobad, (1954-), Computer Scientist, Professor of CSE, BUET
  • Stephanie Key, (1954-), South Australian State politician and former Rann Government Minister
  • Sam Mac, radio and television personality
  • Mamoru Mohri (1948-), retired astronaut, scientist and engineer
  • Brendan Nelson (1958-), former Australian federal politician and minister
  • Greig Pickhaver (also known as H.G. Nelson), actor, comedian and writer
  • Mike Rann, former Premier, appointed as a Flinders University professor
  • Amanda Rishworth (1978-), Australian federal politician
  • Xavier Samuel (1983-), actor
  • John Schumann, Michael Atkinson, Verity Truman, Chris Timms (founding members of Redgum)
  • Terence Tao (1975-), Fields Medalist, professor of mathematics at UCLA University of California Los Angeles
  • Sialeʻataonga Tuʻivakanō (1952-), Prime Minister of Tonga

To date, Flinders has produced four Rhodes scholars.

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