Philosopher, and author of Memoir "Romulus, my Father" Dean Geyer – Australian Idol contestant, Season 4, 2006, 3rd place Harry Gordon – journalist and Olympic historian Athol Guy – Member of Australian Folk band The Seekers Nazeem Hussain - Comedian Graham Kennedy – television personality George Megalogenis – Journalist Keith Potger – Member of Australian Folk band The Seekers Imre Salusinszky – columnist for The Australian and Chair of the Australia Council Jonathon Welch - Opera singer, conductor and founder of The Choir of Hard Knocks Bruce Woodley – Member of Australian Folk band The Seekers Hieu Nguyen– digital artist Medicine and science Sir John Eccles, AC, FRS – Nobel Prize winner for Medicine Professor George Keith Batchelor – applied mathematician and fluid dynamicist, founder of the Journal of Fluid Mechanics Professor Noel Bayliss, CBE – chemist Professor Ian Gust, AO – researcher on microbiology and immunology, former research and development director for CSL Limited Professor Jeffrey Rosenfeld, AC, OBE - neurosurgeon Professor Sir Leslie H. Martin (1900–1983) – physicist J. Hyam Rubinstein – Professor of Mathematics at the University of Melbourne Professor Brett Sutton - Victorian Chief Health Officer Military Sir Frank Horton Berryman – Australian Army general and Royal Military College, Duntroon, graduate Keith William "Bluey" Truscott – Commanding Officer No. 76 Squadron RAAF, World War II fighter ace and Melbourne AFL player (after whom the club's annual Best and Fairest award is named) Air Vice Marshal Henry Wrigley – founding member of the RAAF Julian Knight - Australian Army cadet and reservist, perpetrator of the Hoddle Street massacre Politics, public service and the law Maurice Ashkanasy – Australian Barrister and former Chairman of the Victorian Bar Council Alan Bird – MHR (ALP) for Division of Batman (1949–1962) Daniel Bowen – President of the Public Transport Users Association Alex Chernov AO QC – Justice of the Supreme Court; Chancellor of the University of Melbourne; Governor of the State of Victoria Frank Crean – MHR (ALP), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Overseas Trade Simon Crean – MHR (ALP), Federal Opposition leader (2001–2003), Minister for Trade (2007 – 2013) Bill Cutts – diplomat Rae Else-Mitchell – judge of the New South Wales Supreme Court and legal scholar Gareth Evans AC QC – Chancellor of Australian National University; Senator (ALP) (1978–1996); MHR (1996–1999); Foreign Minister (1988–1996); Barrister John Galbally CBE QC – MHR (ALP); Barrister Max Gillies AM – political satirist