This is a list of notable Old Wesley Collegians, former students of Wesley College, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Alumni of Wesley College are known as Old Collegians and are automatically members of the school's alumni association, the Old Wesley Collegians Association, which was founded in 1882.
Academia, scholars, philosophers, clergymen and educators
Samuel Alexander OM, British philosopher and the first Jewish fellow of an Oxbridge College Waleed Aly, lecturer at Global Terrorism Research Centre, School of Political & Social Inquiry, and at the Monash University Faculty of Arts; spokesman for the Islamic Council of Victoria; presenter on Network Ten's The Project The Hon. Chief Justice Michael Black AC QC, Barrister, Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, Foundation Chairman of the Victorian Bar’s Readers Course, chair of the Advisory Committee (Juris Doctor Degree at the Melbourne Law School) Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC, historian Dr Andrew Dent AC, associate professor of medicine (Melbourne University) Professor Brian Lewis, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture (University of Melbourne) Professor John Henry Michell, mathematician and Senior Wrangler (Cambridge University) Professor Graham Oppy, philosopher (Monash University) Joseph Lade Pawsey, pioneer of the study of radio astronomy in Australia Lawrence Pyke, Rhodes Scholar, Headmaster of Newington College Sir David Rivett KCMG, Rhodes Scholar and associate professor and professor of chemistry (University of Melbourne) Walter Rosenhain, metallurgist Professor Chris Silagy AO, leading pioneer in evidence-based medicine Professor Warren Thomson OAM, Music (University of Sydney) Sir Harold L. White CBE, Parliamentary Librarian of Australia and National Librarian Professor Carl Wood AC, CBE, FRCS, FRANZCOG; IVF pioneer (Monash University)
Business and sports administration
Sir Frank Beaurepaire, founder of Beaurepaires and Olympic Tyres
Sir John Grice, director of National Australia Bank (first Wesley student to qualify for entrance to University of Melbourne) Daryl Jackson AM, architect; chairman of the Australian Film Institute; trustee of NGV; vice president of Melbourne Cricket Club Poppy King, businesswoman; Young Australian of the Year 1995 (also attended Lauriston Girls' School) Eric McCutchan, manager of the Victorian Football League; inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame in 1996 Ross Oakley, chief executive officer of the Australian Football League, Victorian Rugby Union, Melbourne Rebels and Royal Insurance, director of Harris Scarfe (1997–2001); chairman of the Royal Australian Holdings Ltd, the Royal Life Insurance Australia Ltd, the State Training Board of Victoria, the Get Going Sport Foundation; director of AAMI and Tisdall Wines; inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame in 2009 Wayne Reid OBE, president of Tennis Australia Graeme Samuel AC, former chairman of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
Entertainment, media and the arts
Actors
Laura Brent, actor
Isabella Dunwill, actor
William Franklyn, British actor
Christopher Gabardi, actor
Christopher "Kick" Gurry, Hollywood actor (star of Speed Racer, Looking for Alibrandi) Alan Hopgood, actor and dramatist Lachy Hulme, actor Samuel Johnson, actor, AFI recipient and Logies nominee, radio host (Nova FM) Lloyd Lamble (1934–2008), Australian and British film, theatre, radio and television actor Kyal Marsh, actor Eloise Mignon, actor (also attended St Michael's Grammar School, St Kilda) Chris Scalzo, actor Jason Stephens, actor Ashley Zukerman, actor Jane Harber, actor
Comedians
Richard Stubbs, comedian
Musicians
David Briggs, musician (Little River Band) Sophia Brous, musician, former program director of the Melbourne Jazz Festival and former curator of music at the Adelaide Festival Justine Electra, musician Paul Grabowsky, musician The Groop, 1960s rock band (original lineup) Louis Lavater (1867–1953) composer and author Ollie McGill, musician (keyboard player in The Cat Empire) The Temper Trap, band Bruce Watson, songwriter
Producers
Malcolm Douglas, Australian wildlife documentary filmmaker and crocodile hunter
Radio and television
Lloyd Lamble, radio announcer (3DB) Pete Smith, radio and television announcer Richard Stubbs, Melbourne ABC radio host Derek Guille, Musician and radio host