Politics and Business
- A large proportion of the country's leading companies in and beyond the twentieth century originated in Dunedin. A selection of relevant company or brand names includes Arthur Barnett, Cottonsofts, Donaghy, Fletchers, Fisher and Paykel, Fulton Hogan, Hallensteins, Methven, Mosgiel, NZI, Ravensdown, the Union Company of Sir James Mills, RadioWorks (formerly Radio Otago), Wests, Whitcoulls, and Wrightson.
- Deputy Prime Minister (1999–2008) Michael Cullen
- Pamela Tate SC, appointed Solicitor-General for Victoria, Australia in 2003, was born in Dunedin, and received one of her degrees from the University of Otago.
- Ethel Benjamin, New Zealand's first female lawyer.
- Mai Chen - prominent constitutional lawyer
- Bendix Hallenstein, businessman
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