Deputy Chancellors
The Deputy Chancellor is a Fellow of Senate who has been elected by Senate for a two year term of office to assist the Chancellor in his or her role, acting as Chancellor when required or when the Chancellor is absent from the University or can otherwise not attend to the functions of the position.
| 1923-1926 | Cecil Purser, BA MB ChM Sydney |
| 1926-1928 | The Hon Sir Philip Whistler Street KCMG, BA Sydney |
| 1928-1934 | Sir Mungo William MacCallum KCMG, MA Glas LLD Sydney HonDLitt Oxf |
| 1936-1941 | The Hon Sir Percival Halse Rogers KBE, BA Sydney BCL Oxf |
| 1936-1939 | Arthur Edward Mills, MB ChM Sydney |
| 1939-1941 | Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn OBE, BA Adel MD ChM Sydney HonDLitt UNE & Sydney HonDSc Tas, NSW & Qld HonLLD Melb & WAust, FRCP FRSM FRACP HonFRCPEd |
| 1942-1943 | John Job Crew Bradfield CMG, BE DScEng Sydney |
| 1943-1946 | Dame Constance D’Arcy DBE, MB ChM Sydney |
| 1946-1952 | The Hon Mr Justice Ernest David Roper, BA LLB Sydney |
| 1953-1954 | Sir Charles George McDonald, MB ChM Sydney, FRCP FRACP |
| 1954-1958 | The Hon Sir Victor Windeyer CBE CB DSO ED, MA LLB Sydney |
| 1958-1966 | Major-General Ivan Noel Dougherty CBE DSO ED, BEc Sydney |
| 1966-1969 | The Reverend Bertram Russell Wyllie, MA BD |
| 1969-1970 | Sir Hermann David Black AC, MEc DUniv Sydney HonDLitt N'cle(NSW) DUniv UNE, FCIS FASA |
| 1970-1971 | The Hon Mr Justice Russell Le Gay Brereton, BA LLB Sydney |
| 1971-1986 | The Hon Mr Justice David Mayer Selby AM ED, BA LLB Sydney |
| 1986-1989 1991-2000 |
Daphne Anne Kok, BA LLM Sydney |
| 1989-1991 | Emeritus Professor Dame Leonie Judith Kramer AC DBE, BA Melb MA Sydney DPhil Oxf HonDLitt Tas HonLLD Melb & ANU HonDLitt Qld & NSW DUniv GUPS St Petersburg, FACE FAHA |
| 2000-2003 | Renata Ruzena Kaldor AO, BA DipEd UNSW |
| 2004-2008 | Emeritus Professor Ann E Sefton AO, BSc(Med) MB BS PhD DSc Sydney |
| 2008– | Alan Cameron AO, BA LLM Sydney |