List of Melbourne High School alumni
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This is a list of people who attended Melbourne High School and went on to achieve distinguished posts in society. Lindsay Fox was expelled from Melbourne High School due to bad behaviour. Some say he was expelled because of poor academic performance.[1] Despite this, Lindsay Fox has maintained a good relationship with the school and has made many large donations. As part of this relationship he is permitted to land his helicopter on the school football oval whenever required.[2]
- Frank Berryman - Australian Army general
- Cameron Bruce – AFL footballer
- Leigh Bowery - Fashion designer
- Ron Clarke – Olympian, former holder of 17 world records for long distance running, philanthropist and Mayor of the Gold Coast
- Simon Crean – MHR (ALP), Opposition leader (2001–2003)
- Ralph Doubell – Olympic athlete, Australia's last male Track & Field Gold Medallist (1968 800m)
- Professor Kwong Lee Dow - Current Deputy Chair of Teaching Australia.
- Mark Dreyfus QC – barrister, endorsed ALP candidate for the seat of Isaacs at the 2007 federal election
- Sir John Eccles – Nobel Prize winner for Medicine
- Gareth Evans – Senator (ALP) (1978–1996), MHR (1996–1999), Foreign Minister (1988–1996)
- Jon Faine- ABC broadcaster
- Lindsay Fox AO – trucking magnate
- Paul Gartside – Writer, Actor and Composer
- Dean Geyer - Australian Idol Season 4 3rd place
- Max Gillies AM – political satirist
- Nick Green - Australian Olympic Rower and member of the Oarsome Foursome.
- Michael Gudinski – entrepreneurial businessman, founder of Mushroom Records
- Barry Jones AO – MHR (ALP) (1977–1998), former Minister for Education
- Graham Kennedy – television personality
- Julian Knight – Infamous for the Hoddle Street massacre
- Garry Lyon – AFL player, television sport personality
- Ian McFarlane – Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia
- Keith Miller MBE – cricketer, former AFL player
- David Morgan – Westpac CEO
- David Parkin – AFL premiership captain of Hawthorn (1978), former Carlton Coach
- Neil Roberts – Brownlow Medalist
- Professor Jeffrey Rosenfeld – surgeon, Victorian of the Year (2002)
- Bruce Ruxton AM OBE – President of the RSL (1979-2002)
- David Schwarz – AFL player
- Alan Stockdale – former Victorian MLA, (Lib), Victorian Treasurer (1992–1999), Macquarie Banker (1999–2005)
- Keith William "Bluey" Truscott – Squadron Leader 76 RAAF, WWII fighter ace and Melbourne AFL player (After whom the club's annual Best and Fairest award is named)
- Tom Wodak – Judge of the County Court of Victoria
- William Maldon Woodfull – Australian Test Cricket Captain
- Bruce Woodley, Keith Potger and Athol Guy – Members of Australian Folk band "The Seekers"
- Evan Willis - son of former Australian Federal Treasurer Ralph Willis and Australian Lacrosse Player
- Harry Zvi Abrahams - Brigadier General of the SAS serving in East Timor
- Raimond Gaita - Philosopher, and author of Memoir "Romulus, my Father"
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- Jones, Adrienne (2005-06-25). High praise indeed.
