List of Old Boys of Christ Church Grammar School
This is a list of Old Boys of Christ Church Grammar School, they being notable former students of Christ Church Grammar School, an Anglican Church school in Claremont, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
The source of most of the information below about each Old Boy's years of attendance is the school's centenary history, published in 2010.
Vice Regal
- Wayne Martin – Lieutenant Governor of Western Australia
Academia and science
Rhodes Scholars
- 1967: Peter Edwards – consultant historian, author
- 1970: Peter Hollingsworth – Head of Department of Clinical Immunology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
- 1974: Sir Rod Eddington – CEO, Cathay Pacific, Ansett Airlines and British Airways, director, News Corporation
- 1981: John Phillimore – Executive Director, John Curtin Institute of Public Policy, Curtin University
- 1991: Tim Davidson – Professor of Communications Systems, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- 1993: Glenn Leighton
- 2003: Adam Easton – Australian Defence Force
- 2005: David Knezevic – Post-doctoral associate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT
- 2011: Vinay Menon – Medical Practitioner
- 2016: Andrés Noé – Medical student
- 2017: Richard O'Halloran – Medical student
Chancellors and vice-chancellors
- Gordon Martin – Chancellor, Curtin University
Others – academia and science
- Simon Anderson – Winthrop Professor, School of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts, The University of Western Australia
- Tony Blackwell – adjunct Professor Landscape Architecture Discipline, School of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts, The University of Western Australia
- Ian Dadour – Winthrop Professor, Director, Centre for Forensic Science, University of Western Australia
- Graeme Hankey – Consultant Neurologist and Head of the Stroke Unit at Royal Perth Hospital and Clinical Professor, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, The University of Western Australia
- Andrew Hassell – Professor, Department of Mathematics, Australian National University, co-recipient of Australian Mathematical Society Medal, 2003
- Peter Leedman – Winthrop Professor, Head of the Laboratory for Cancer Medicine and Deputy Director of Western Australian Institute for Medical Research
- Irwin Lewis – first indigenous person to attend the University of Western Australia
- Ronald J P Lyon – Emeritus Professor of Geology and Geophysics, Stanford University, recipient of William T. Pecora award
- Andrew McGowan – Dean and President of the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, and McFaddin Professor of Anglican Studies at Yale Divinity School
- Michael Millward – Cancer Council professor of Clinical Cancer Research. Head of Medical Oncology at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, University of Western Australia
- John Newnham – Winthrop Professor, Head of School, School of Women's and Infants' Health, University of Western Australia
- Richard Pestell – Professor of Oncology and Medicine, Director, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA
- Ralph Simmonds – Professor of Law, Murdoch University
Business
- Howard Cearns – founding shareholder and director, Little World Beverages
- Sir Rod Eddington – CEO, Cathay Pacific, Ansett Airlines and British Airways; director, News Corporation; Chairman, Infrastructure Australia
- Andrew Forrest – Chairman and CEO, Fortescue Metals Group; philanthropist
- David Hohnen – founder, Cape Mentelle winery and Cloudy Bay Vineyards
- Peter Holmes à Court – CEO, Back Row Productions and Australian Agricultural Company
- Ian Jacoby – financier; General Manager of Industrial Acceptance Corporation, founder of Custom Credit and Ready Credit
- Murray McHenry – publican, co-owner, McHenry Hohnen vintners
- Gordon Martin – majority shareholder and Chairman, Coogee Chemicals
- Michael Wright – owner, Voyager Estate; philanthropist
Law
Chief Justice
- Wayne Martin – Chief Justice of Western Australia
Others – law
- Gresley Clarkson – Justice of the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea
- Ralph Simmonds – Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia
Media, entertainment, culture and the arts
- Piers Akerman – journalist, editor, columnist
- Nathan Cochrane – journalist, editor, IT editor The Age & The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia's first online journalist, one of the world's biggest game show winners
- Hal Colebatch – author, poet, lecturer, journalist, editor, and lawyer
- Lloyd Davies OAM – author, lawyer
- Jon Doust – comedian, author
- Andrew Geoghegan – television journalist and presenter,
- Stuart Halusz – actor
- John Hamilton – journalist, author
- Richard Hassell – architect and designer, co-founder and co-owner, WOHA, Singapore
- Peter Holland – radio and television presenter
- Andrew Jaspan – journalist, Editor-in-Chief of The Age, Melbourne
- Tony Jones AM – artist, sculptor
- Irwin Lewis – indigenous Australian artist
- David McComb – singer, songwriter, The Triffids
- Mark McEntee – guitarist, Divinyls
- Tim Minchin – musician, comedian, composer
- John Oldham – landscape architect
- Nelson Woss – film producer
- Nick Allbrook – Band member of Tame Impala, frontman of Pond
Military
- Craig Williams AM – Major General; Commander, 2nd Division, Australian Army Reserve
- , DSC – Sub-Lieutenant, awarded Distinguished Service Cross for attack on Japanese midget-subs
Politics and public service
Cabinet ministers
- Ken Baston – Minister for Agriculture and Food and Minister for Fisheries, Barnett Ministry, Western Australia
- Senator Ian Campbell – Minister in various portfolios, Second, Third and Fourth Howard Ministries, Australia
- Murray Criddle – Minister for Transport in the Court-Cowan Ministry, Western Australia
- Peter Foss – Minister in various portfolios in the Court-Cowan Ministry, Western Australia
- Doug Shave – Minister in various portfolios in the Court-Cowan Ministry, Western Australia
Other Members of Parliament
- Ric Charlesworth – Member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of Perth
- Senator Alan Eggleston – Senator for Western Australia
- Mal Washer – Member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of Moore
Others – politics and public service
- Sir William Heseltine GCB GCVO AC QSO PC – Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II, 1986–1990
- Bruce Haigh – diplomat, political analyst
- Richard Utting – Mayor of the City of Fremantle
Sport
Australian rules football
- John Annear – AFL football player
- Andrew Browne – AFL football player
- Jaxon Crabb – AFL football player, Sandover Medallist, 2005
- Tony Evans – AFL football player
- Chris Lewis – AFL football player
- Murray McHenry – Chairman, West Coast Eagles
- Luke McPharlin – AFL football player
- Eric Mackenzie – AFL football player
- Tom Swift – AFL football player
- Ryan Turnbull – AFL football player, Sandover Medallist, 2001
- Tim English – AFL Football player, Western Bulldogs
- Jake Patmore – AFL Football player, Port Adelaide
Basketball
- Matt Burston – NBL player
- Ben Purser – NBL player
Cricket
- Jim Allenby – state and county cricketer
- Ric Charlesworth – state cricketer
- Stuart MacGill – international cricketer
- Daniel Marsh – state and county cricketer
- Ashton Turner – state cricketer
Golf
- Roger Mackay – professional golfer; winner, Australian PGA Championship, 1987; WA Sportsman of the Year, 1991
Field hockey
- Craig Boyne – international player
- Ric Charlesworth – international player and coach ; WA Sportsman of the Year, 1976, 1979, 1986 and 1987
- Adam Froese – international player
- Scott Webster – international player, including at the World Hockey Cup, 2002
Motor sport
- Mike Thackwell – racing driver; competed in F1, F2, F3000, F3, sports cars, CART
Olympics
- Jim Battersby – rowing, Los Angeles 1984
- Ric Charlesworth – hockey, Munich 1972, Montreal 1976, Los Angeles 1984, Seoul 1988, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, London 2012
- Tommaso D'Orsogna – swimming, London 2012
- George Ford – water polo, Rio de Janeiro 2016
- Adam Froese – hockey, Rio de Janeiro 2016
- Bill Kirby – swimming, Sydney 2000
- Lindsay Nylund – gymnastics, Moscow 1980
- Miguel Porteous – freestyle skiing, Pyeongchang 2018
- Nico Porteous – freestyle skiing, Pyeongchang 2018
- Richard Sands – equestrian and eventing, Munich 1972
- Todd Skipworth – rowing, London 2016, Rio de Janeiro 2016
- Jonathan van Hazel – swimming, Athens 2004
- Robin Bell – Canoe/Kayak/Slalom, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 Bronze
Paralympics
- Geoff Hill – Paralympian, discus and soccer
- Joshua Hofer OAM – swimming, Madrid Paralympics 1992
Rugby league
- Peter Holmes à Court – co-owner and CEO of South Sydney Rabbitohs
Water polo
- George Ford – international player
- Nick O'Halloran – international player, including at the FINA Water Polo World League, 2007
Yachting
- Peter Gilmour – international yachtsman, WA Sportsman of the Year, 1987
- Jon Sanders AO OBE – yachtsman, circumnavigator