- Albert, Adrien (1907 - 1989)
Adrien Albert was Acting Head of Pharmacy (1938) and lecturer in Organic Chemistry (1939 -1947) at the University of Sydney.
- Alexander, Albert Ernest (1914 - 1970)
Professor of Physical Chemistry 1956-1970.
- Anderson, Francis (1858 - 1941)
Challis Professor of Logic and Mental Philosophy, 1890 - 1922, Lecturer, Logic and Mental Philosophy 1888 - 1890.
- Baas Becking, Laurens Gerhard Marinus (1895 - 1963)
Member of the Department of Botany, University of Sydney 1951 - 1952
Date: 1951 - 1952
- Bailey, Victor Albert (1895 - 1964)
Professor of Experimental Physics 1936 - 1952; Research Professor 1953 - 1960
- Barber, Horace Newton (1914 - 1971)
Lecturer in Botany 1943 - 1945.
- Barker, Thomas (1799 - 1875)
Thomas Barker made significant donations towards the Univeristy of Sydney.
- Barraclough, Samuel Henry Egerton (Henry) (1871 - 1958)
Fellow of the Senate 1938 - 1951, 1925 - 1933.
- Bashir, Marie Roslyn (1930 - )
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine 1993 - 2001; Chancellor 2007 - 2012
- Belov, Katherine (1973 - )
Professor of Comparative Genomics, School of Life and Environmental Sciences 2014 - ; Pro Vice-Chancellor of Global Engagement 2016 -
- Bennett, Isobel Ida Toon (1909 - 2008)
Professional Officer 1959 - 1971
- Bennett, John Makepeace (1921 - 2010)
Foundation Professor of Physics (Electronic Computing) 1961 -1982; Professor of Computer Science and Head of Basser Department of Computer Science 1982 - 1986
- Bennett, Maxwell Richard (Max) (1939 - )
Professor of Physiology 1983 - 2000; Professor of Neuroscience 2003 -
- Benson, William Noel (1885 - 1957)
Demonstrator 1909 - 1911; Lecturer 1915 - 1917
- Bentivoglio, Marie (1898 - 1998)
Head, Department of Geography 1928 - 1929
- Bilek, Marcela (1968 - )
Professor of Applied Physics 2000 -
- Bilger, Robert William (1935 - 2015)
Professor of Mechanical Engineering 1976 - 2006
- Birch, Arthur John (1915 - 1995)
Professor of Organic Chemistry 1952 - 1957
- Birch, Louis Charles (Charles) (1918 - 2009)
Challis Chair of Biology 1960 - 1984
- Bird, Graeme Austin (1930 - 2018)
Lawrence Hargrave Professor of Aeronautical Engineering 1964 - 1990
- Bishop, Peter Orlebar (1917 - 2012)
Peter Bishop held multiple positions at the University of Sydney Department of Physiology including Senior Lecturer from 1951 to 1954, Reader from 1954 to 1955 and Professor and Head of Physiology from 1955 to 1967. Prior to this he was a Fellow of the Postgraduate Committee in Medicine (1946 - 1950) and the National Health and Medical Research Council (1950 - 1951) within the University of Sydney. Peter Bishop was also made an Honorary Research Associate at the Department of Anatomy and Histology.
Date: 1946 - 1967
- Black, Robert Hughes (1917 - 1988)
Professor of Tropical Medicine 1963 - 1982
- Blackburn, Charles Bickerton (1874 - 1972)
Chancellor 1941 -1964; Deputy chancellor 1939 - 1941; Dean of medicine, 1932 - 1935; Lecturer in clinical medicine 1913 - 1934;
- Bland-Hawthorn, Jonathan (Joss) (1959 - )
Professor of Physics 2007 -
- Booth, Edgar Harold (1893 - 1963)
Senior Lecturer in Physics 1919 - 1937
- Brain, Orlando William Cornelius (1866 - 1936)
First lecturer in electrical engineering
- Branagan, David Francis (1930 - 2022)
Associate Professor of Geology, Department of Geology and Geophysics 1975 - 1989
- Brand-Miller, Janette Cecile (Jennie) (1952 - )
Professor of Human Nutrition, School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences (later School of Life and Environmental Biosciences) 2003 - 2017
- Bray, James Samuel (1840 - 1918)
James Bray was the Museum Curator at St John's College, The University of Sydney.
- Brennan, Maxwell Howard (1932 - )
Professor of Physics (plasma Physics) 1981 - 1997; Head, School of Physics 1988 - 1990; Pro Vice-Chancellor 1986 - 1989
- Brewer, Ilma Mary (1915 - 2006)
Ilma Brewer held multiple positions at the University of Sydney including Lecturer in Botany and Biology between 1963 - 1970 and Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences from 1970 to 1978.
Date: 1963 - 1978
- Briggs, George Henry (1893 - 1987)
Assistant Professor of Physics 1928 - 1939
- Brown, Robert Hanbury (1916 - 2002)
Robert Brown was a Professor of Physics (Astronomy) at the University of Sydney between 1964 and 1981
Date: 1964 - 1981
- Browne, William Rowan (1884 - 1975)
Assistant-Professor 1923 - 1940; Reader 1940 - 1949
- Bryden, Michael MacLaren (1938 - )
Professor, Department of Veterinary Anatomy 1987 - 2001
- Bullen, Keith Edward (1906 - 1976)
Professor of Applied Mathematics 1946 - 1971
- Burgess, Margaret Anne (1937 - )
Professor of Paediatrics and Preventive Medicine, 1998 - 2003
- Burke, David James (1944 - )
Associate Dean (Research), Sydney Medical School 2008 - 2013; Bushell Professor of Neurology, University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 2008 - 2013
- Burkitt, Arthur Neville St George Handcock (1891 - 1959)
Challis Professor in Anatomy 1926 - 1955; Associate Professor 1925 - 1926; Lecturer 1919 - 1924; Part-time Demonstrator in Anatomy 1918;
- Butler, Stuart Thomas (1926 - 1982)
Professor of theoretical Physics 1959 - 1977; Dean, Faculty of Science 1970 - 1973
- Byrne, Maria
Professor of Developmental and Marine Biology Anatomy and Histology, School of Medical Sciences Bosch Institute 2006 -
- Capell, Arthur (1902 - 1986)
Reader in Oceanic Languages, Department of Anthropology 1948 - 1967
- Carey, Gladys
Gladys Carey worked in the Department of Botany at The University of Sydney.
- Carslaw, Horatio Scott (1870 - 1954)
Professor of Pure and Applied Mathematics 1903 - 1935.
- Chambers, Thomas Carrick (1930 - )
Thomas Chambers was a Teaching Fellow at The University of Sydney from 1956 to 1957.
Date: 1956 - 1957
- Chapman, Henry George (1879 - 1934)
Professor of Pharmacology 1918 - 1921; Professor of Physiology 1921 - 1928
- Clubbe, Charles Percy Barlee (1854 - 1932)
Lecturer in Medicine 1895 - 1907
- Colefax, Alan Neville (1908 - 1961)
Lecturer in Zoology 1931 - 1961
- Collins, Archibald John (1890 - 1955)
Member of the Senate 1939 - 1954
- Cooke, William Ernest (1863 - 1947)
Professor of Astronomy 1912 - ?1936
- Copeland, Leslie Joshua (Les) (1946 - )
Professor of Agriculture 2001 - 2017; Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources 2001 - 2007
- Cossart, Yvonne Edna (1934 - 2014)
Bosch Professor of Infectious Diseases and Immunology 1986 - 2006; Head, Department of Infectious Diseases 1981 - 1992
- Cotton, Frank Stanley (1890 - 1955)
Frank Cotton held a number of positions at The University of Sydney in the field of Physiology between 1913 and 1955.
Date: 1913 - 1955
- Cotton, Leo Arthur (1883 - 1963)
Professor of Geology and Physical Geography 1925 - 1948; Dean, Faculty of Science 1944 - 1946
- Cowan, Henry Jacob (Jack) (1919 - 2007)
Foundation Professor in Architectural Science, 1954 - 1984
- Cox, James Charles (1834 - 1912)
Lecturer in Medicine 1883 - 1912.
- Craig, David Parker (1919 - 2015)
Professor of Chemistry 1952 - 1956
- Craig, Robert Gordon (1870 - 1931)
Lecturer in Surgery 1914-
- Cramond, Teresa Rita O'Rourke (Tess) (1926 - 2015)
Delivered The University of Sydney's Jobson Visiting Lecture 1975
- Crocker, Robert Langdon (1914 - 1963)
Professor of Biology 1954 - 1963
- Crossley, Paul Merlin (Merlin)
Professor of Molecular Genetics 2005 - 2009; Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research 2006 - 2008
- Dakin, William John (John) (1883 - 1950)
Professor of Zoology 1928 - 1948
- Dancer, Edward Norman (Norman) (1946 - )
Professor and Chair, School of Mathematics and Statistics 1993 -
- D'Arcy, Constance Elizabeth (1879 - 1950)
Member of the Senate 1919 - 1949; Deputy Chancellor 1943 - 1946
- David, Tannatt William Edgeworth (1858 - 1934)
Professor of Geology 1891 - 1924
- Davidson, Bruce Robinson (1924 - 1994)
Senior Lecturer in agricultural economics 1968 - 1989
- Davies, Harold Whitridge (1894 - 1946)
Professor of Physiology 1930 - 1940.
- Davis, Edward Hughesdon (1920 - 1981)
Senior lecturer, 1952-1963;
Associate Professor of Soil Mechanics, 1963-1968;
Professor of Civil Engineering (Soil Mechanics) 1968-1979;
Challis Professor and Head, School of Engineering 1979-1981.
- Dawson, William Siegfried (1891 - 1975)
Professor of Psychiatry 1927 - 1951
- Deane, Henry (1847 - 1924)
Examiner in Engineering c1890 -
- Dew, Harold Robert (1891 - 1962)
Harold Dew was Bosch Lecturer of Surgery at The University of Sydney and also served as Dean of Medicine.
Date: 1930 - 1956
- Dickman, Christopher Richard (Chris) (1955 - )
Professor in Terrestrial Ecology 2004 -
- Dodd, Sydney (1874 - 1926)
Lecturer, Pathology and Bacteriology, Veterinary School, 1911 - 1926
- Douglass, Henry Grattan (1790 - 1865)
Henry Douglass served on the senate of The University of Sydney.
- Dulhunty, John Allan (1911 - 1994)
Reader in Geology 1957 - 1973
- Dun, William Sutherland (1868 - 1934)
Lecturer in Palaeontology 1902 - 1934
- Durack, Joseph J.E. (1877 - 1955)
Joseph Durack was a Demonstrator in Physics, University of Sydney 1899-1900
Date: 1899 - 1900
- Dwyer, Francis Patrick John (1910 - 1962)
Senior Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry 1946 - 1954.
- Earl, John Campbell (1890 - 1978)
Professor of Organic Chemistry 1928 - 1947
- Eggleton, Benjamin J. (Ben) (1970 - )
Professor of Physics 2003 - ; Director, Institute of Photonics and Optical Science 2009 - 2018; Director, Nano Institute 2018 - ; Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research)2022 -
- Elkin, Adolphus Peter (1891 - 1979)
Professor of Anthropology 1933 - 1956
- Emmens, Clifford Walter (1913 - 1999)
Inaugural Professor of Veterinary Physiology 1948 - 1978
- England, Matthew H. (1966 - )
Professor and Director, Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC) 2007 -
- English, Anthony William (Tony) (1943 - 2015)
Associate Professor, Veterinary Conservation Biology 2002 - 2005
- Fawsitt, Charles Edward (1878 - 1960)
Professor of Chemistry 1909 - 1946; Dean, Faculty of Science 1923 - 1929
- Field, Leslie David (1953 - )
Professor of Organic Chemistry 1994 - 2005; Head, School of Chemistry 1997 - 2002; Member of the Senate 2003 - 2005
- Fink, Peter Thomas (Tom) (1922 - 1994)
P N Russell Professor, Mechanical Engineering 1960 - 1967; Dean, Faculty of Engineering 1964 - 1967.
- Firth, Raymond William (1901 - 2002)
Acting Professor of Anthropology 1930 - 1932
- Ford, Edward (Ted) (1902 - 1986)
Dean, Faculty of Medicine 1953 - 1957; Acting Vice-Chancellor 1960 - 1961
- Freeman, Hans Charles (1929 - 2008)
Professor of Chemistry 1995 - 1997; Head, School of Chemistry 1975 - 1976
- Gaensler, Bryan Malcolm (1973 - )
Professor of Physics 2006 - 2015
- Geddes, William Robert (Bill) (1916 - 1989)
Professor, Department of Anthropology 1959 - 1977; Head of Department 1959 - 1971, 1975 - 1977
- Gibson, William Hope Harnett (1892 - 1967)
Reader in Mechanical Engineering, 1947 - 1957; Senior Lecturer, 1945 - 1947; Demonstrator, 1915 - 1921.
- Gilbert, Robert G. (1946 - )
Professor of Chemistry 1992 - ; Director, Key Centre for Polymer Colloids 1999 -
- Greenup, Richard (1803 - 1866)
Secretary 1851; Examiner in medicine 1856; Examiner in chemistry and experimental physics 1858
- Hall, Ruth Milne (1945 - )
Professor of Microbiology 2005 -
- Harrison, Launcelot (1880 - 1928)
Challis Professor of Zoology 1922 - 1928
- Haswell, William Aitcheson (1854 - 1925)
Challis Professor of Biology (later Zoology) 1889 - 1917
- Henderson, Anthony
Professor of Mathematics 2016 - 2022; Executive Director, Mathematical Research Institute 2018 - 2021
- Hill, James Peter (1873 - 1954)
James Hill was a demonstrator in biology and lecturer in embryology at the University of Sydney (1892 - 1906).
- Ho, Simon
Professor, School of Life and Environmental Sciences 2010 - ; Head, the Molecular Ecology, Evolution, and Phylogenetics Laboratory 2011 -
- Hogbin, Herbert Ian Priestley (1904 - 1989)
Reader in Anthropology 1948 - 1969; Lecturer in Anthropology 1936 - 1948
- Holmes, Edward Charles (1965 - )
University of Sydney - Professor in Biology and Medicine 2012 -
- Holmes, James Macdonald (1896 - 1966)
Professor of Geography 1929 - 1945; McCaughey Chair of Geography 1945 - 1961
- Hunter, Robert John (1933 - )
Associate Professor in Physical Chemistry 1972 - 1990; Head, School of Chemistry 1987 - 1990
- Hush, Noel Sydney (1924 - 2019)
Foundation Professor of Theoretical Chemistry 1971 - 1989
- Hutchins, David Robert (1926 - 2019)
Associate Professor of Veterinary Clinical Studies 1970 - 1990
- Iredale, Thomas William (1897 - 1971)
Thomas Iredale held multiple positions at the University of Sydney between 1927 and 1962 including Lecturer in Chemistry (1927 - 1944), Senior Lecturer (1944 - 1947) and Reader (1947 - 1962).
Date: 1927 - 1962
- Jolliffe, Katrina (Kate)
Professor of Chemistry 2009 - ; Head, School of Chemistry 2013 - 2016
- Joshi, Nalini
Professor of Applied Mathematics and Statistics 2002 - ; Director, Centre for Mathematical Biology 2006 - 2013
- Kelly, Gregory Maxwell (Max) (1930 - 2007)
Professor of Pure Mathematics 1973 - 1994
- Kenner, James (1885 - 1974)
Professor of Organic Chemistry 1924 - 1927
- King, James (1800 - 1857)
James King is commemorated by the James King Irrawang Travelling Scholarship at The University of Sydney.
- Korner, Paul Ivan (1925 - 2012)
Foundation Scandrett Professor of Cardiology 1968 - 1974
- Kuchel, Philip William (1946 - )
McCaughey Professor of Biochemistry 1999 - 2012
- Lagudah, Evans
Adjunct Professor, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, 2016 -
- Lake, John Sydney (1930? - 1978)
Associate Professor, Department of Zoology 1966 - 1971
- Lambie, Charles George (1891 - 1961)
Bosch Professor of Medicine 1930 - 1957
Date: 1930 - 1957
- Lancaster, Henry Oliver (1913 - 2001)
Professor of Medical Statistics, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine 1946 - 1959; Professor of Mathematical Statistics 1959 - 1978
- Lascelles, Alexander Kirk (Alick) (1930 - 2015)
Professor of Dairying 1964 - 1973
- Latham, Oliver (1877 - 1974)
Lecturer in Neuropathology 1941 -
- Lawrence, Peter (1921 - 1987)
Peter Lawrence was Professor of Anthropology at The University of Sydney from 1971 to 1986.
Date: 1971 - 1986
- Lawson, Abercrombie Anstruther (1870 - 1927)
Foundation Professor of Botany 1913 - 1927.
- Le Fèvre, Raymond James Wood (1905 - 1986)
Professor of Chemistry 1946 - 1970; Head, School of Chemistry 1948 - 1970
- Leech, Thomas David James (1902 - 1973)
Demostrator and Lecturer in Civil Engineering, 1926-1939, foundation Geoffrey Sulman Memorial Lecturer in Aerodynamics 1934.
- Lehrer, Gustav Isaac (1947 - )
Professor of Pure Mathematics 1990 - ; Head, School of Mathematics and Statistics 1991 - 1994
- Lidwill, Mark Cowley (Bunny) (1878 - 1968)
Lecturer in Anaesthetics 1913 - 1933
- Lindoy, Leonard Francis (1937 - )
Chair and Head of Organic Chemistry 1996 - 2001
- Linnane, Anthony William (Tony) (1930 - 2017)
Lecturer 1959 - 1962; Adjunct Professor, School of Medicine (2014 - ).
- Lions, Francis (1901 - 1972)
Senior Lecturer in Chemistry 1944 - 1946
- Liversidge, Archibald (1846 - 1927)
Professor of Geology and Mineralogy 1874-1881; Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy 1881 - 1891; Professor of Chemistry 1891-1907; Member of the Senate 1898 - 1904
- Lusby, Sydney Gordon (1885 - 1973)
Lecturer in Mathematics 1908
- Macarthur, William (1800 - 1882)
Member of the Senate 1860 - 1880
- MacLaurin, Henry Normand (1835 - 1914)
Chancellor 1896 - ; Vice-chancellor 1887 - 1889 and 1895 - 1896; Member of Senate 1883 - .
- Macleay, William John (1820 - 1891)
William Macleay was the founder of the Macleay Museum at The University of Sydney.
- Maddison, David Clarkson (1927 - 1981)
Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine 1962 - 1974; Dean, 1972 - 1974
- Madsen, John Percival Vissing (1879 - 1969)
Lecturer 1909 - 1912; Assistant Professor 1912 - 1920; Professor 1920 - 1949.
- Makinson, Richard Elliss Bodenham (1913 - 1979)
Richard Makinson was Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer and Reader in Physics at the University of Sydney 1939-1968.
Date: 1939 - 1968
- Martin, Alfred Horatio (1883 - 1953)
Lecturer, Department of Psychology 1921 -
- Martin, Leslie Harold (1900 - 1983)
Dean of Military Studies and Professor of Physics, Royal Military College, Duntroon 1967 - 1970
- McArthur, Annie Margaret (Margaret) (1919 - 2002)
Senior Lecturer, Department of Anthropology 1975 - 1976
- McCusker, Charles Brian Anthony (1919 - )
Charles McCusker was Professor of High Energy Nuclear Physics at the University of Sydney 1961-1985 and Reader in Experimental Physics 1959-1961.
Date: 1959 - 1985
- McDonald, Charles George (1892 - 1970)
Chancellor 1964 - 1970
- McIntosh, Robert Alexander (1939 - )
Professor (personal chair) of Cereal Genetics and Cytogenetics1993 - 2000
- McIntyre, Archibald Keverall (1913 - 2002)
Archibald McIntyre held a Research Fellowship at The University of Sydney from 1938 until 1940.
Date: 1938 - 1940
- McLuckie, John (1890 - 1956)
Assistant Professor of Botany, from 1925.
- Mellor, David Paver (1903 - 1980)
Lecturer in Chemistry 1929 - 1948; Reader 1948 - 1955
- Melrose, Donald Blair (1940 - )
Professor of Physics (Theoretical) 1979 - 2015
- Messel, Harry (1922 - 2015)
Professor and Head of School of Physics 1952 - 1987
- Michaelis, Anthony R. (1916 - 2007)
Anthony Michaelis created Scientific films at The University of Sydney after the Second World War.
- Mills, Arthur Edward (1865 - 1940)
Professor of Medicine 1920 - 1930; Dean, Faculty of Medicine 1920 - 1925; Deputy Chancellor 1936 - 1938
Date: 1890 - 1938
- Mills, Bernard Yarnton (1920 - 2011)
Professor of Astrophysics 1965 - 1985
- Moore, Walter John (1918 - 2001)
Walter Moore was Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Sydney 1973-1983.
Date: 1973 - 1983
- Morris, Brian James (1950 - )
Professor of Molecular Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine 1999 - 2013
- Murray, Patrick Desmond Fitzgerald (1900 - 1967)
Challis Professor of Zoology 1960 - 1966
Date: 1924 - 1960
- Myers, David Milton (1911 - 1999)
Professor of Electrical Engineering, 1949 - 1959.
- Nangle, James (1868 - 1941)
Member of the Senate 1913 - 1934
- Napper, Donald Harold (1937 - )
Professor of Physical Chemistry 1985 - 2003; Head, School of Chemistry 1990 - 1992 and 1996 - 1997; Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Head, College of Science and Technology 1997 - 2003
- New, Elizabeth Joy
Associate Professor 2018 - 2020; Professor of Chemistry 2021 -
- Nicholson, Charles (1808 - 1903)
Vice Provost 1851; Chancellor 1854 - 1861
- Nicol, Thomas Bruce (1896 - 1987)
Part-time lecturer, Water Supply and Sewerage 1928-1949
- North, Kathryn Nance
Douglas Burrows Professor of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine 2004 - ?2013
- Osborn, Theodore George Bentley (1887 - 1973)
Professor of Botany 1928 - 1937; Dean, Faculty of Science 1930 - 1933; Fellow of the Senate 1931 - 1937
- Osborne, George Davenport (1899 - 1955)
Reader in Geology 1949 - 1955; Senior lecturer, Geology 1945 - 1949.
- Ouvrier, Robert Arthur (1940 - )
Inaugural Petre Foundation Professor of Paediatric Neurology 2001 - 2013
- Payne, Richard James
Professor of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology 2015 -
- Pell, Morris Birkbeck (1827 - 1879)
Morris Pell was Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, University of Sydney 1852-1873.
Date: 1852 - 1873
- Phillips, Gilbert Edward (1904 - 1952)
Lecturer in Neurology and Applied Neurophysiology, Department of Anatomy 1937 - 1952
- Piesse, Edmund Leolin (1880 - 1947)
Piesse established the first school of Oriental Studies in 1918
- Pitman, Michael George (1933 - 2000)
Professor of Biology (Plant Physiology) 1966 - 1983
- Plomley, Norman James Brian (1912 - 1994)
Senior lecturer in anatomy 1950 - 1960
- Pollock, James Arthur (1865 - 1922)
Professor of Physics 1899 - 1922
- Poulos, Harry George (1940 - )
Professor, Civil engineering, 1982-; Reader, Civil engineering, 1972-1982; Senior lecturer, Civil engineering, 1969-1972; Lecturer, Civil engineering, 1964-1965.
- Power, Frederick Danvers (1861 - 1955)
Lecturer in Mining
- Priddle, Raymond Arthur (1913 - 1971)
Fellow of the Senate 1969 - 1971
- Priestley, Henry (1884 - 1961)
Fellow of the University Senate 1948; Dean of the Faculty of Science 1946 - 1948; Head of the Department of Biochemistry 1939 - ; Acting Professor of physiology 1928 - c1938; Associate professor of biochemistry 1921 - 1928; Lecturer and Chief demonstrator in physiology 1981 - 1920.
- Radcliffe-Brown, Alfred Reginald (1881 - 1955)
Professor of Anthropology 1926 - 1931
- Radom, Leo (1944 - )
Professor, School of Chemistry 2003 - 2014
- Rathgeber, Henri Daniel (1908 - 1995)
Reader in Physics 1965 - 1973
- Read, John (1884 - 1963)
Professor of Organic Chemistry, Pure and Applied, 1916 - 1923
- Reeve, Edward (1822 - 1889)
Edward Reeve was appointed as the first Curator of the Nicholson Museum, University of Sydney in 1860.
- Reid, Robert Lovell (Bob) (1921 - 1996)
Lecturer in Animal Nutrition 1949 - 1958
- Ritchie, Ernest (1917 - 1976)
Ernest Ritchie held multiple positions within the Chemistry Department of The University of Sydney between 1937 and 1976 including Professor of Organic Chemistry 1971 - 1976
Date: 1937 - 1971
- Robertson, Rutherford Ness (1913 - 2001)
Assistant Lecturer (later Lecturer, School of Botany 1939 - 1946
- Roderick, Jack William (1913 - 1990)
Challis Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Sydney (1951 - 1978); in 1981 the University of Sydney named the J.W. Roderick Laboratory for Materials and Structures in his honor.
- Room, Thomas Gerald (Gerald) (1902 - 1986)
Professor of Pure Mathematics 1935 - 1968; Dean, Faculty of Science 1952 - 1956 and 1960 - 1965; Member of the Senate 1950 - 1956 and 1960 - 1963
- Seddon, Herbert Robert (1887 - 1964)
Honorary Lecturer 1928 - 1936.
- Seneta, Eugene (1941 - )
Professor of Mathematical Statistics 1979 - 2004
- Simmons, Michelle Yvonne (1967 - )
Scientia Professor of Quantum Physics, Faculty of Science 2009 -
- Simpson, Stephen James (1957 - )
Professor, School of Biological Sciences 2005 - 2015; Professor, School of Life and Environmental Sciences 2015 - ; Academic Director, Charles Perkins Centre 2012 -
- Skirving, Robert Scot (1859 - 1956)
Lecturer in Clinical Medicine 1889 - 1911.
- Smith, John (1821 - 1885)
John Smith was the first Professor of Chemistry and Experimental Physics at the University of Sydney 1852-1881.
Date: 1852 - 1881
- Smith, Stewart Arthur (1880 - 1961)
Acting Professor of Medicine 1913 - 1915
- Smith-White, Spencer (1909 - 1998)
Professor of Botany 1963 - 1974.
- Smith-White, William Broderick (1909 - 1986)
Associate Professor of Mathematics 1960 - 1974
- Stephens, William John (1829 - 1890)
Professor of Geology and Palaeontology 1890; Chair of natural history 1882
- Stephenson, Neville George (1916 - 1994)
Associate Professor of Zoology 1970 - 1978; Head, School of Biological Sciences 1978 - 1980
- Sternhell, Sever (1930 - 2022)
Professor of Organic Chemistry 1977 - 1999; Head, School of Chemistry 1977 - 1978 and 1986
- Stewart, James Douglas (1869 - 1955)
Professor of Veterinary Science 1910 - 1939
- Stone, Jonathan (1942 - )
Challis Professor of Anatomy 1987 - 2003
- Stuart, Thomas Peter Anderson (1856 - 1920)
Professor of Anatomy and Physiology 1883 - 1890; Professor of Physiology 1890 - 1920; Dean of Medicine 1891 - ; Fellow of the Senate 1883 - 1920
- Stump, Claude Witherington (1891 - 1971)
Professor of Embryology and Histology, University of Sydney 1928-1956; Associate Professor 1926-1928
- Tanner, Roger Ian (1933 - )
P.N. Russell Professor of Mechanical Engineering 1975 - ; Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) 1994 - 1997
- Tao, Dacheng
Professor of Computer Science 2016 -
- Taylor, Thomas Griffith (1880 - 1963)
Associate Professor of Geography 1920 to 1928
- Taylor, Walter Charles (1930 - 2009)
Professor of Organic Chemistry 1985 - 1998
- Thomas, John (Jack) (1928 - 2017)
Head of the Department of Pharmacy 1976 - 1978
- Thomson, Alexander Morrison (1841 - 1871)
Alexander Thomson was Reader in Geology and Mineralogy, University of Sydney from 1866 and the inaugural Professor of Geology in 1869.
- Threlfall, Richard (1861 - 1932)
Professor of Physics 1886 - 1898
- Tillyard, Robin John (1881 - 1937)
Lecturer in Zoology 1917 - 1920
- Vallance, Thomas George (1928 - 1993)
Associate Professor of Petrology 1965 - 1989
- Vassallo, Anthony Michael (Tony) (1955 - )
Inaugural Delta Electricity Chair in Sustainable Energy Development 2008 -
- Vonwiller, Oscar Ulrich (1882 - 1972)
Professor of Physics 1923 - 1946; Dean, Faculty of Science 1939 - 1941
- Wake, Robert Gerard Milton (Gerry) (1933 - 2020)
Professor of Biochemistry 1977 -
- Walker, Norman Alan (Alan) (1929 - 2013)
Challis Professor of Biology 1991 - 1993
- Ward, Hugh Kingsley (1887 - 1972)
Bosch Professor of Bacteriology 1935 - 1952
- Warren, William Henry (1852 - 1926)
Challis Professor of Engineering 1890 - 1925
- Waterhouse, Eben Gowrie (Gowrie) (1881 - 1977)
Professor of German 1938 - 1945
- Waterhouse, Peter Michael (1955 - )
Professor, School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences 2008 - 2014
- Waterhouse, Walter Lawry (1887 - 1969)
Professor of Agriculture 1946 - 1952
- Watson, Irvine Armstrong (1914 - 1986)
Professor of Agriculture (Plant Breeding) 1962 - 1977; Head, Department of Agricultural Botany 1966 - 1976; Dean, Faculty of Agriculture 1966 - 1967; Director of the Plant Breeding Institute 1974 - 1977
- Watt, Robert Dickie (1881 - 1965)
Professor of Agriculture, 1910 - 1946; Dean, Faculty of Agriculture 1920 - 1946; Fellow of the Senate 1934 - 1935
- Weiss, Anthony Steven
McCaughey Chair in Biochemistry 2015 -
- Wellisch, Edward Montague (1882 - 1948)
Lecturer in Mathematics, 1915 - 1926; Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics 1926-1946
- Wilkinson, Herbert John (1891 - 1963)
Lecturer in Anatomy and Histology c1926 - 1930
- Williamson, Geordie (1981 - )
Professor of Mathematics, 2017 - ; Director, Mathematical Research Institute 2018 -
- Wilson, James Thomas (1861 - 1945)
Challis Professor of Anatomy 1890 - 1920; Fellow of the Senate 1916 - 1920; Dean, Faculty of Medicine 1920
- Woolcock, Ann Janet (1937 - 2001)
Professor of Respiratory Medicine (Personal Chair) 1984 - ?
- Wright, Richard Stafford
Professor of Anthropology 1982 - 1990
- Wright, Sydney Edward (1914 - 1966)
Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry 1960 - 1966