List of Australians
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2 Literature 3 Movies and TV 4 Music 5 Politics 6 Science 7 Sport 8 Other |
Art
- Reg Mombassa
- Albert Namatjira, (1902-1959), painter
- Sir Sidney Nolan - painter
- Sir Arthur Streeton - painter
- Brett Whiteley
Literature
- Wilfred Burchett, (1911-1983), journalist
- James Clavell, (1924-1994), British author of Shogun fame
- Henry Lawson - prose and poetry
- John Marsden - most popular Australian author for young adults, and writer of the Tomorrow series.
- Sally Morgan
- Oodgeroo Noonuccal (aka Kath Walker)
- Banjo Paterson, (1864-1941), writer, author of Waltzing Matilda and The Man from Snowy River
- Patrick White, (1912-1990), winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
- Tim Winton - Western Australian author of books such as Cloudstreet
Movies and TV
- Eric Bana - actor
- Bruce Beresford - filmmaker
- Cate Blanchett - actor
- Bryan Brown - actor
- Russell Crowe, (born NZ 1964), actor
- Judy Davis - actor
- Portia De Rossi - actor
- Ernie Dingo - actor
- Errol Flynn - (1909-1959) actor
- Mel Gibson - (born 1956) - actor American born, Australian raised
- Rachel Griffiths - actor
- David Gulpilil - actor & dancer
- Scott Hicks - filmmaker
- Paul Hogan - (born 1939) actor
- Barry Humphries - actor/comedian
- Steve Irwin - (born 1962) The Crocodile Hunter
- Hugh Jackman - actor
- Nicole Kidman - (1967-) actor American born, Australian raised
- Baz Luhrmann - filmmaker
- Phillip Noyce - filmmaker
- Guy Pearce, (born 1967), actor
- Gina Riley - comedian
- Fred Schepisi - filmmaker
- Yahoo Serious - comedian
- Peter Weir, (born 1944), filmmaker
Music
- Tina Arena
- Chris Bailey - frontman for punk rock band The Saints
- Peter Garrett - former lead singer and songwriter of Midnight Oil, currently a political activist
- Lisa Gerrard, (1961?- ) - former Dead Can Dance(1981-1998) member, solo artist and movie score composer
- Andy Gibb, (1958-1988), pop singer
- Michael Hutchence, (1960-1997), frontman for INXS
- Natalie Imbruglia - singer
- Daniel Johns, (born 1978), singer of Silverchair
- Jeff Lang - guitar virtuoso
- Dame Nellie Melba - opera singer
- Kylie Minogue, (born 1968), singer
- Olivia Newton-John, (born 1948), singer
- Helen Reddy - singer
- Bon Scott, Malcolm & Angus Young - members of hard rock band AC/DC
- Mark Seymour - lead singer of the Hunters & Collectors
- Deniz Tek - of the punk rock band Radio Birdman
- Keith Urban, (born NZ 1967), country musician
- Mandawuy Yunupingu - singer & political activist
Politics
- Sir Edmund Barton, (1849-1920), first Prime Minister of Australia
- Neville Bonner - politician
- Bob Brown - Green leader and Senator
- Germaine Greer, (born 1939), feminist
- Pauline Hanson - former Senator, controversial founder of the One Nation Party
- Harold Holt, (1908-1967), Prime Minister
- John Howard, (born 1939), Prime Minister
- Mark Latham, Leader of the opposition (Australian Labor Party) (2003- )
- Eddie Mabo - political activist
- Sir Robert Menzies, (1894-1978), Prime Minister
- Sir Henry Parkes - "father of Federation"
- Gough Whitlam, (1916-), Prime Minister
Science
- Sir William Lawrence Bragg - physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- Peter Doherty - immunologist, Nobel Prize winner
- Sir John Eccles (born 1903) - Nobel prize physiologist
- Tim Flannery - zoologist and author
- Lord Howard Florey - co-inventor of penicillin
- Sir Gustav Nossal - immunologist
- Professor Fiona Stanley - epidemiologist
Sport
- Darren Bennett, (born 1965), Australian rules football player turned American football star
- Sir Donald Bradman, (1908-2001), cricketer
- Betty Cuthbert, (born 1938), athlete
- Herb Elliott - middle distance runner
- Roy Emerson - tennis player
- Brett Emerton - soccer
- Johnny Famechon - world boxing champion
- Jeff Fenech, (born 1964), world boxing champion
- Dawn Fraser - swimmer
- Cathy Freeman, (born 1973), athlete
- Evonne Goolagong - tennis player
- Lleyton Hewitt, (born 1981), tennis player
- Harry Kewell, (born 1978), soccer
- Rod Laver, (born 1938), tennis player
- Ray Lindwal - cricketer
- Luc Longley - basketball player, many NBA teams.
- Lew Hoad - tennis player
- Keith Miller - cricketer
- John Newcombe - tennis player
- Greg Norman, (born 1955), golfer
- Patrick Rafter - tennis player
- Ian Thorpe, (born 1982), swimmer
- Michele Timms, (born 1965), basketball player, Phoenix Mercury WNBA
- Kostya Tszyu, (born 1969), world boxing champion, Russian born but Australian citizen.
- Mark Viduka, (born 1975), soccer
- Karrie Webb, (born 1974), golfer
Other
- Daisy Bates - self-proclaimed anthropologist
- Rev John Flynn - founder of the Royal Flying Doctor's Service
- Megan Gale - model and actress
- Rolf Harris - artist, singer and TV personality
- Fred Hollows - eye doctor; move to List Of New Zealanders
- Frank Hurley - photographer on Shackleton's ill-fated Antarctica expedition
- Ned Kelly, (c. 1854-1880), bushranger
- Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, (1897-1935), aviator
- Elle MacPherson - model
- Sir Douglas Mawson - explorer
- Peter Singer - philosopher, major influence on animal rights movement.
- Truganini - so-called last of the Tasmanian Aborigines


