Carter (born 1952) – National MP and former Speaker of the House of Parliament
Andy Dalton – former All Black captain
Robbie Deans – former All Black and former Wallabies coach
Jonathan Elworthy (1936–2005) – former National MP
John Hayes (born 1948) – former diplomat and current National MP
Rodney Hide (born 1956) – former ACT MP
Mark Inglis – mountaineer
Annabel Langbein – cook and author
Don McKinnon (born 1939), former National MP
Jeremy Rockliff – Deputy Premier of Tasmania
Toni Street – television host
Reuben Thorne – former All Blacks Captain
Charles Upham VC & Bar – most highly decorated Commonwealth soldier of WWII
Wilson Whineray – former All Blacks Captain
=== Honorary degrees ===
Lincoln University has since 1993 been conferring honorary doctorates.
=== Faculty ===
Margaret Austin
Roger Field
Thomas Kirk
Bianca van Rangelrooy
Peter Skelton – environmental law
Kerry-Jayne Wilson
Roslyn Kerr – sports sociologist
=== Rhodes Scholars from Lincoln ===
1940 Henry Garrett
1951 Lloyd Evans
1986 Forbes …
