(with residential college, if any, in parentheses where known)
Arthur Henry Adams, journalist and writer
Barbara Anderson, novelist
Rui Maria de Araújo, Prime Minister of Timor-Leste.

Annette Baier, moral philosopher
Muriel Bell, nutritionist and medical researcher
David Benson-Pope, politician
Christine Jensen Burke, mountain climber
Dame Silvia Cartwright, Governor General
Brian Christie, neuroscientist
Nathan Cohen, world champion and Olympic champion rower
David Cunliffe (Carrington), politician
Thomas Davis, politician, diplomat and researcher
Glen Denham, Tall Black
Derek Denny-Brown
Sarah Derrett, injury prevention specialist
Archibald Durward FRSE, anatomist
Marc Ellis (University College), All Black
Bill English (Selwyn), 39th Prime Minister of New Zealand
Solomon Faine, microbiologist
Janet Frame, writer
Ian Fraser, broadcaster
Caroline Freeman, first female graduate of the University of Otago
William Fyfe, geochemist
Jon Gadsby, comedian and actor
John Gallas, poet and educator
Sir Harold Delf Gillies, plastic surgeon
Sir Malcolm Grant (Selwyn), lawyer and Vice-Chancellor of University College London (2003–13); subsequently Chairman of NHS England and Chancellor of the University of York
Stephen Guest, legal academic
Geoffrey Harding OAM, medical practitioner
Graeme Hart, businessman
Volker Heine, physicist
Jan Hellriegel, singer/songwriter
Greg Henderson, cyclist
Sir Peter Buck, doctor, military leader, health administrator, politician, anthropologist and museum director.

Brent Hodge (Cumberland), director
Fergus Hume, novelist
David Kirk (Selwyn), All Black captain and businessman
Josh Kronfeld (Aquinas College), All Black
Chris Laidlaw, All Black and politician
Michael Laws, (Arana) politician, writer, broadcaster
Tania Lineham, science teacher, winner of the Prime Minister’s Science Teacher Prize, 2015
John Edward "Jack" Lovelock, athlete
Chris Mahony, World Bank professional, University of Oxford doctorate, athlete
Kamisese Mara (Knox), politician
Stella Maxwell, fashion model
Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas, businesswoman
Archibald McIndoe, plastic surgeon
Joseph William Mellor, chemist
Arnold Nordmeyer, politician
Christopher Norton, composer
Anton Oliver (University College), Captain of the All Blacks
Prof. Datuk Dr. Mazlan Othman, astrophysicist, Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
Lord Porritt (Selwyn), Olympian, physician to the Queen and Governor General
Arthur Prior, philosopher
Lauren Kim Roche, physician and author
Emily Siedeberg, first female medical graduate
Robert Stout (Aquinas), Prime Minister of New Zealand
Sulaiman Daud, politician
Peter Tapsell, politician
Jeremy Waldron, legal philosopher
Murray Webb, cricketer and caricaturist
Bridget Williams, publisher
Allan Wilson, molecular biologist
Mel Young, conservation biologist
(with residential college, if any, in parentheses where known)
Arthur Henry Adams, journalist and writer
Barbara Anderson, novelist
Rui Maria de Araújo, Prime Minister of Timor-Leste.
Annette Baier, moral philosopher
Muriel Bell, nutritionist and medical researcher
David Benson-Pope, politician
Christine Jensen Burke, mountain climber
Dame Silvia Cartwright, Governor General
Brian Christie, neuroscientist
Nathan Cohen, world champion and Olympic champion rower
David Cunliffe (Carrington), politician
Thomas Davis, politician, diplomat and researcher
Glen Denham, Tall Black
Derek Denny-Brown
Sarah Derrett, injury prevention specialist
Archibald Durward FRSE, anatomist
Marc Ellis (University College), All Black
Bill English (Selwyn), 39th Prime Minister of New Zealand
Solomon Faine, microbiologist
Janet Frame, writer
Ian Fraser, broadcaster
Caroline Freeman, first female graduate of the University of Otago
William Fyfe, geochemist
Jon Gadsby, comedian and actor
John Gallas, poet and educator
Sir Harold Delf Gillies, plastic surgeon
Sir Malcolm Grant (Selwyn), lawyer and Vice-Chancellor of University College London (2003–13); subsequently Chairman of NHS England and Chancellor of the University of York
Stephen Guest, legal academic
Geoffrey Harding OAM, medical practitioner
Graeme Hart, businessman
Volker Heine, physicist
Jan Hellriegel, singer/songwriter
Greg Henderson, cyclist
Sir Peter Buck, doctor, military leader, health administrator, politician, anthropologist and museum director.
Brent Hodge (Cumberland), director
Fergus Hume, novelist
David Kirk (Selwyn), All Black captain and businessman
Josh Kronfeld (Aquinas College), All Black
Chris Laidlaw, All Black and politician
Michael Laws, (Arana) politician, writer, broadcaster
Tania Lineham, science teacher, winner of the Prime Minister’s Science Teacher Prize, 2015
John Edward "Jack" Lovelock, athlete
Chris Mahony, World Bank professional, University of Oxford doctorate, athlete
Kamisese Mara (Knox), politician
Stella Maxwell, fashion model
Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas, businesswoman
Archibald McIndoe, plastic surgeon
Joseph William Mellor, chemist
Arnold Nordmeyer, politician
Christopher Norton, composer
Anton Oliver (University College), Captain of the All Blacks
Prof. Datuk Dr. Mazlan Othman, astrophysicist, Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
Lord Porritt (Selwyn), Olympian, physician to the Queen and Governor General
Arthur Prior, philosopher
Lauren Kim Roche, physician and author
Emily Siedeberg, first female medical graduate
Robert Stout (Aquinas), Prime Minister of New Zealand
Sulaiman Daud, politician
Peter Tapsell, politician
Jeremy Waldron, legal philosopher
Murray Webb, cricketer and caricaturist
Bridget Williams, publisher
Allan Wilson, molecular biologist
Mel Young, conservation biologist
University of Otago