List of Australians Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

This is a list of Australians, who are in any way notable.

See also the list of 100 Australian Living Treasures.

Creative Art

• Howard Arkley, painter
• Charles Blackman, painter
• Arthur Boyd, painter
• Noel Counihan, social realist painter
• Sir William Dobell, painter
• Ken Done, painter
• Sir Russell Drysdale, painter
• Donald Friend, painter
• Joy Hester, painter
• Sir Hans Heysen, painter
• Nora Heysen (died 2003), painter
• Robert Hughes, art critic
• Norman Lindsay, painter
• Tracey Moffatt, film and video maker, photographer
• Reg Mombassa, Pop artist, cartoonist and buisnessman
• Albert Namatjira (1902-1959), painter
• Sir Sidney Nolan - painter
• Margaret Preston (1875-1963), modernist painter and woodblock artist
• Tom Roberts, painter
• Martin Sharp, pop artist
• Jeffrey Smart, painter
• Stelarc, performance artist
• Sir Arthur Streeton - painter
• Albert Tucker, painter
• Brett Whiteley, painter
• Arthur Boyd, painter

• Eric Bana - actor
• Bruce Beresford - filmmaker (Barry McKenzie, Don's Party, Breaker Morant, The Fringe Dwellers, Driving Miss Daisy)
• Cate Blanchett - actor
• Bille Brown - actor
• Bryan Brown - actor
• John Clarke, (born NZ), actor, comedian
• Paul Cox - (born Netherlands) filmmaker
• Russell Crowe, (born NZ 1964), actor
• Judy Davis - actor
• Portia De Rossi - actor
• Ernie Dingo - actor
• Carmen Duncan - (born 1942) soap actress, with roles to her credit in the U.S. as well as Australia
• Errol Flynn - (1909-1959) actor
• Colin Friels - actor
• Mel Gibson - (born 1956) - actor American born, Australian raised
• Rachel Griffiths - actor
• David Gulpilil - actor & dancer
• Scott Hicks - filmmaker (Shine, Snow Falling on Cedars)
• Paul Hogan - (born 1939) actor
• P. J. Hogan - film director (Muriel's Wedding, My Best Friend's Wedding, Peter Pan)
• Barry Humphries - actor/comedian
• Steve Irwin - (born 1962) The Crocodile Hunter
• Hugh Jackman - actor
• Nicole Kidman - (born 1967) actor American born, Australian raised
• Anthony LaPaglia - actor
• Heath Ledger - (born 1979) actor
• Baz Luhrmann - filmmaker
• Stephanie McIntosh - actress
• Amy Mizzi - actress
• Phillip Noyce - filmmaker
• Guy Pearce - (born 1967), actor
• Gina Riley - comedian
• Geoffrey Rush - actor (won 1997 Academy Award for Best Actor for Shine)
• Fred Schepisi - filmmaker
• Yahoo Serious - comedian, filmmaker
• Jack Thompson - (born 1940), actor
• Sigrid Thornton - actor
• Peter Weir - (born 1944), filmmaker
• David Wenham - actor

• Phillip Adams
• Margo Kingston
• Paul Kelly
• John Pilger
• Marian Wilkinson

• Patsy Adam-Smith, (1924-2001), Author, Historian and Servicewoman
• C.E.W. Bean, (1879-1968), journalist, WWI war correspondent and historian
• Vincent Buckley, (1927-1988), poet, teacher, editor, critic
• Wilfred Burchett, (1911-1983), journalist
• Peter Carey, novelist, twice winner of the Booker Prize
• James Clavell, (1924-1994), British author of Shogun fame
• David Williamson, playwright
• Nick Earls, novelist
• Dame Mary Gilmore, poet
• A. D. Hope, poet
• Paul Jennings, children's author
• Henry Lawson - prose and poetry
• Kathy Lette, novelist (Puberty Blues)
• John Marsden - most popular Australian author for young adults, and writer of the Tomorrow series.
• Sally Morgan
• D'Arcy Niland (1919-1967), author (The Shiralee)
• Oodgeroo Noonuccal (aka Kath Walker)
• Ruth Park (born NZ), author
• Banjo Paterson, (1864-1941), writer, author of Waltzing Matilda and The Man from Snowy River
• Steele Rudd, Author
• Christina Stead, novelist (The Man Who Loved Children)
• Patrick White, (1912-1990), winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
• Tim Winton - Western Australian author of books such as Cloudstreet
• Judith Wright, poet (South of My Days)

• Dr John F. Cade - discovered usefulness of lithium for treating bipolar disorder
• Dr Victor Chang - heart surgeon
• Reverend John Flynn - founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
• Dr Fred Hollows - (born NZ) eye doctor

• Don Bennett, Aviation pioneer, commander of the Royal Air Force Pathfinders
• Henry Gordon Bennett, (1887-1962), WWI & WWII general
• Sir Thomas Blamey, WWII general and Australia's only Field Marshal
• Clive Caldwell, Top-scoring fighter ace of WWII
• Sir Henry George Chauvel, (1865-1945), WWI general
• Sir Roden Cutler, WWII Victoria Cross recipient, diplomat and Governor of New South Wales
• Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop, (1907-1993) WWII Surgeon
• Sir Hughie Edwards, (1914-1982) Victoria Cross recipient, senior Bomber Command Officer during WWII, Governor of Western Australia
• Albert Jacka, First Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross in WWI
• James Whiteside M'Cay, (1864-1930), WWI general
• Rawdon Hume "Ron" Middleton VC, (1916-1942), Posthumous Victoria Cross recipient
• Sir John Monash, (1865-1931), WWI general
• Sir Leslie Morshead, (1889-1959) WWII General and Commander during the Siege of Tobruk
• Keith Payne, Victoria Cross recipient
• Arnold Potts, WWII Brigadier, esp. during decisive Kokoda Trail battles
• Keith William "Bluey" Truscott, WWII ace
• Nancy Wake (born NZ 1912), operative with WWII French resistance
• Sir Richard Williams, First Chief of Air Staff, Royal Australian Air Force

• Vanessa Amorosi - singer
• Christine Anu - singer
• Tina Arena - singer
• Chris Bailey - frontman for punk rock band The Saints
• Jimmy Barnes - singer
• Betty Beath - composer
• Richard Bonynge - conductor, pianist, husband of Dame Joan Sutherland
• Philip Bracanin - composer
• Daryl Braithwaite - singer
• John Butler - musician
• Joan Carden - soprano
• Stuart Challender - conductor
• Peter Dawson - baritone
• Ross Edwards - composer
• Peter Garrett - former lead singer and songwriter of Midnight Oil, currently a political activist
• Lisa Gerrard, (born 1961) - former Dead Can Dance(1981-1998) member, solo artist and movie score composer
• Andy Gibb, (1958-1988), pop singer
• Delta Goodrem - singer, pianist
• Percy Grainger, pianist, composer (later became an American citizen)

• Dame Joan Hammond - (born NZ) (1912-1996) violinist, soprano
• Sir Bernard Heinze - conductor
• David Helfgott (born 1947) - pianist
• Matthew Hindson - composer
• Michael Hutchence, (1960-1997), frontman for INXS
• Natalie Imbruglia - singer
• Daniel Johns, (born 1978), singer of Silverchair
• Kamahl, (born Malaysia, Sri Lankan descent), singer, actor
• Elena Kats-Chernin - Russian-born composer
• Jeff Lang - guitar virtuoso
• Jimmy Little - singer
• Paul Mac - electronic musician
• Sir Charles Mackerras - conductor
• Dame Nellie Melba - opera singer
• Kylie Minogue, (born 1968), singer
• Gladys Moncrieff, singer
• Olivia Newton-John, (born UK 1948), singer
• Shannon Noll - singer, runner-up to Guy Sebastian in 2003 Australian Idol
• Johnny O'Keefe - singer 'The Wild One'
• Lemon - Musician and founder of the successful independent group Frost.
• Joseph Post - conductor
• Helen Reddy - singer

• Bon Scott, Malcolm & Angus Young - members of hard rock band AC/DC
• Peter Sculthorpe - composer
• Guy Sebastian - singer, winner of 2003 Australian Idol
• Mark Seymour - lead singer of the Hunters & Collectors;
• Sara Storer - country music singer
• Dame Joan Sutherland - soprano, known as 'La Stupenda'
• Deniz Tek - of the punk rock band Radio Birdman
• Keith Urban, (born NZ 1967), country musician
• Carl Vine - composer
• Gerard Willems - Dutch-born pianist
• John Williams - guitarist
• Kevin Bloody Wilson - comedy singer/songwriter
• Simone Young - conductor
• Mandawuy Yunupingu - singer & political activist

• Tony Abbott, Liberal Minister in John Howard's government
• Lance Barnard, Deputy PM to Gough Whitlam
• Sir Edmund Barton, (1849-1920), first Prime Minister of Australia
• Peter Beattie, Premier of Queensland
• Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland
• Neville Bonner - politician
• Steve Bracks, Premier of Victoria
• Bob Brown - Green leader and Senator
• Brian Burke - WA premier, later Ambassador to the Holy See - jailed for corruption
• Jim Cairns, Treaurer and Deputy PM to Gough Whitlam
• Bob Carr, Premier of NSW
• Ben Chifley, Labour Prime Minister 1945-49
• Peter Costello, Treasurer in John Howard's government since 1996
• Simon Crean, Opposition Leader to John Howard 2001-03
• Bob Collins - NT politician, Federal Senator, Minister of Hawke government
• Don Dunstan - SA premier
• Herbert Evatt, Labour politician, Opposition Leader to Menzies
• Paul Everingham - first Chief Minister of the Northern Territory; later Federal politician
• Sir Arthur Fadden, Treasurer under Menzies
• Tim Fischer, Deputy Prime Minister 1996-1999

• Julia Gillard, shadow minister for health 2003-
• Germaine Greer, (born 1939), feminist, writer, academic (moved to U.K.)
• Nick Greiner, Premier of NSW
• Pauline Hanson - former Senator, controversial founder of the One Nation Party
• Bob Hawke, ALP Prime Minister 1983-91
• Harold Holt, (1908-1967), Prime Minister
• John Howard, (born 1939), Prime Minister
• Paul Keating, ALP Prime Minister 1991-96
• Jeff Kennett, Former Premier of Victoria
• Cheryl Kernot, Leader of the Australian Democrats, defected to ALP and lost seat in 2001
• Mark Latham, Leader of the Opposition (Australian Labor Party) (2003- )
• Sir John McEwen, Country Party leader, briefly Prime Minister after Holt's drowning
• Sir William McMahon, Liberal Prime Minister 1971-72
• Eddie Mabo - political activist
• Malcolm Mackerras - commentator and academic (author of Mackerras Pendulum)
• Clare Martin - first female and first ALP Chief Minister of the NT
• Sir Robert Menzies, (1894-1978), Prime Minister
• Kerry Nettle, Green senator
• Sir Henry Parkes - "father of Federation"
• Peter Reith, Liberal Minister under John Howard
• Wilson Tuckey, controversial Liberal politician
• Gough Whitlam, (1916-), Prime Minister
• Neville Wran, Premier of NSW

• 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
• Howard, Lord Florey of Adelaide and Marston - lead development of mass-production of penicillin
• James Harrison - pioneer of mechanical refrigeration, (1816 - 1893)
• Sir Gustav Nossal - immunologist
• Professor Fiona Stanley - epidemiologist

• Darren Bennett (born 1965), Australian rules football player turned American football star
• Raelene Boyle, athlete
• Sir Donald Bradman (1908-2001), cricketer
• Matt Burke (born 1973), rugby union player
• Maureen Caird, athlete
• Margaret Smith Court (born 1942), tennis player
• Betty Cuthbert (born 1938), athlete
• Ralph Doubell (born 1945), 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
• Teddy Flack (1873-1935), athlete
• Dawn Fraser - swimmer
• Cathy Freeman (born 1973) - athlete
• Andrew Gaze (born 1965) - basketball player
• Evonne Goolagong - tennis player
• Shane Gould, swimmer
• George Gregan (born 1973), rugby union player

• Grant Hackett, swimmer
• Matthew Hayden, cricketer
• Lleyton Hewitt (born 1981), tennis player
• Jodie Henry - swimmer
• Lew Hoad - tennis player
• Kim Hughes, cricketer
• Lauren Jackson (born 1981), basketball player
• Marjorie Jackson, athlete, later Governor of South Australia
• Harry Kewell (born 1978), soccer
• Michael Klim, swimmer
• John Landy, athlete, second person to run a mile in under 4 minutes; later Governor of Victoria
• Rod Laver (born 1938), tennis player
• Brett Lee, cricketer (fast bowler)
• Libby Lenton - swimmer
• Wally Lewis - Rugby League player
• Ray Lindwall - cricketer
• Luc Longley - basketball player, many NBA teams

• Glenn McGrath - cricketer
• Anna Meares - track cyclist
• Pauline Menczer - Surfer
• Mal Meninga, Rugby League icon
• Keith Miller - cricketer
• Anthony Mundine - Rugby League, then boxer
• Tony Mundine - boxer
• John Newcombe - tennis player
• Greg Norman, (born 1955), golfer
• Glynis Nunn, athlete
• Stuart O'Grady, cyclist
• Kieren Perkins, swimmer
• Mark Philippoussis, tennis player
• Ricky Ponting - cricketer
• Patrick Rafter - tennis player
• Bruce Reid, (born 1963), cricketer
• Frank Sedgman, tennis player
• Janine Shepherd, cross-country skiier turned motivational speaker
• Matt Shirvington, athlete
• Shirley Strickland (1925-2004), athlete
• Bill Sweetenham, swimming coach
• Andrew Symonds, cricketer

• 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
• Shane Warne - cricketer
• Mark Waugh - cricketer
• Steve Waugh - cricketer
• Karrie Webb, (born 1974) - golfer

• Daisy Bates - self-proclaimed anthropologist
• Mary Elizabeth Donaldson - Crown Princess of Denmark, wife of HRH Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark
• Megan Gale - model and actress
• Eve van Grafhorst, AIDS patient and activist (moved to New Zealand)
• Rolf Harris - artist, singer and TV personality
• Sir Lawrence Hartnett - businessman
• Harry Hawker, (1889-1921) aviation pioneer
• Bert Hinkler - (1892-1933), aviator
• 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
• Michael Mansell - Aboriginal activist
• Sir Douglas Mawson - explorer
• Rupert Murdoch - Media Mogul
• Rodney Rude - standup comedian
• Peter Singer - philosopher, major influence on animal rights movement.
• Christopher Skase - businessman and fugitive
• Dick Smith - businessman
• Alfred Traeger - (1895 - 1980), inventor of pedal radio
• Olegas Truchanas - conservationist and wildlife photographer
• Trugernanna or Truganini- called last of the Tasmanian Aborigines

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• List of Australian musicians
• List of Australian Jews
• Prime Minister of Australia
• Australian Labor Party
• Liberal Party of Australia

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