List of Chief Justices of Australia by age

This is a list of Chief Justices of Australia by age. This table can be sorted to display Australian Chief Justices by name, order, date of birth, age at appointment, age at retirement, or lifespan.

Two measures of longevity are given; this is to allow for the differing number of leap days occurring within the life of each Chief Justice. The first figure is the number of days between date of birth and date of death, allowing for leap days; in parentheses the same period given in years and days, with the years being the number of whole years the Chief Justice lived, and the days being the remaining number of days after his last birthday. Where the Chief Justice in question is still living, the longevity is calculated up to 13 November 2024.

Overview

The median age of accession is roughly 61 years and 7.5 months, which falls between Anthony F. Mason and Robert French. The youngest person to become Chief Justice was Adrian Knox, at the age of 55 years, 323 days. The oldest person to become Chief Justice was Frank G. Duffy, at the age of 78 years, 327 days.

The longest-lived Chief Justice was Garfield Barwick, who died at the age of 94 years, 22 days. The oldest living Chief Justice is Anthony F. Mason (born 21 April 1925); Mason's age is . Mason will tie Barwick if he lives to 14 May 2019.

Chief Justices of Australia

#	Chief Justice	Date of birth	Appointed by	Date of appointment	Age at appointment	Date of retirement	Age at retirement	Date of death	Lifespan
1	Griffith, SamuelSamuel Griffith	1845-06-21(1845-06-21)21 June 1845	Deakin, AlfredDeakin	5 October 1903 (1903-10-05)	58-106	17 October 1919 (1919-10-17)	74-118	1920-08-099 August 1920(1920-08-09)	days ()
2	Knox, AdrianAdrian Knox	1863-11-29(1863-11-29)29 November 1863	Hughes, BillyHughes	18 October 1919 (1919-10-18)	55-323	31 March 1930 (1930-03-31)	66-122	1932-04-2727 April 1932(1932-04-27)	days ()
3	Isaacs, IsaacIsaac Isaacs	1855-08-06(1855-08-06)6 August 1855	Scullin, JamesScullin	2 April 1930 (1930-04-02)	74-239	21 January 1931 (1931-01-21)	75-168	1948-02-1111 February 1948(1948-02-11)	days ()
4	Duffy, FrankFrank G. Duffy	1852-02-29(1852-02-29)29 February 1852	Scullin, JamesScullin	22 January 1931 (1931-01-22)	78-327	1 October 1935 (1935-10-01)	83-214	1936-07-2929 July 1936(1936-07-29)	days ()
5	Latham, JohnJohn G. Latham	1877-08-26(1877-08-26)26 August 1877	Lyons, JosephLyons	11 October 1935 (1935-10-11)	58-046	7 April 1952 (1952-04-07)	74-225	1964-07-2525 July 1964(1964-07-25)	days ()
6	Dixon, OwenOwen Dixon	1886-04-28(1886-04-28)28 April 1886	Menzies, RobertMenzies	18 April 1952 (1952-04-18)	65-356	13 April 1964 (1964-04-13)	77-351	1972-07-077 July 1972(1972-07-07)	days ()
7	Barwick, GarfieldGarfield Barwick	1903-06-22(1903-06-22)22 June 1903	Menzies, RobertMenzies	27 April 1964 (1964-04-27)	60-310	11 February 1981 (1981-02-11)	77-234	1997-07-1414 July 1997(1997-07-14)	days ()
8	Gibbs, HarryHarry Gibbs	1917-02-17(1917-02-17)17 February 1917	Fraser, MalcolmFraser	12 February 1981 (1981-02-12)	63-361	5 February 1987 (1987-02-05)	69-353	2005-06-2525 June 2005(2005-06-25)	days ()
9	Mason, AnthonyAnthony F. Mason	1925-04-21(1925-04-21)21 April 1925	Hawke, BobHawke	6 February 1987 (1987-02-06)	61-291	20 April 1995 (1995-04-20)	69-364	2024-11-13	days ()
10	Brennan, GerardGerard Brennan	1928-05-22(1928-05-22)22 May 1928	Keating, PaulKeating	21 April 1995 (1995-04-21)	66-334	21 May 1998 (1998-05-21)	69-364	2024-11-13	days ()
11	Gleeson, MurrayMurray Gleeson	1938-08-30(1938-08-30)30 August 1938	Howard, JohnHoward	22 May 1998 (1998-05-22)	59-265	29 August 2008 (2008-08-29)	69-365	2024-11-13	days ()
12	French, RobertRobert French	1947-03-19(1947-03-19)19 March 1947	Rudd, KevinRudd	1 September 2008 (2008-09-01)	61-166	Incumbent	00-000Incumbent	2024-11-13	days ()
#	Chief Justice	Date of birth	Appointed by	Date of appointment	Age at appointment	Date of retirement	Age at retirement	Date of death	Lifespan