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.