Famous people from Australia

Talia Gibson

Talia Gibson is an Australian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of No. 37, achieved on 28 September 2026, and a best in doubles of No. 83, also reached on 28 September 2026.

Bradman Best

Bradman Best is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League (NRL).

Patrick Carrigan

Patrick Carrigan is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a ball-playing lock or prop for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League, with whom he won the 2025 NRL Grand Final. He also represents Australia at international level.

Paul Gallen

Paul Gallen is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and retired professional boxer. He played as a lock, second-row and prop forward and captained the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL to their maiden NRL Premiership in 2016.

Dane Rampe

Dane Rampe is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously served as co-captain of the Swans from 2019 until the end of the 2023 season.

Peter Singer

Australian moral philosopher (born 1946)

John Noble

Australian actor and director

Rachael Carpani

Australian actress (1980–2025)

Germaine Greer

Australian writer and public intellectual (born 1939)

Margaret Court

Australian tennis player

Cathy Freeman

Australian short-distance runner

Rachael Taylor

Australian actress and model

Jacki Weaver

Australian actress

Tony Abbott

Prime Minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015

Isabel Lucas

Australian actress and model

Pat Rafter

Australian tennis player

Nick Kyrgios

Australian tennis player (born 1995)

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Harry Kewell

Australian soccer manager (born 1978)

Mark Viduka

Australian association football player

Matt Burke (rugby union, born 1973)

Matthew Coleman Burke is an Australian former international rugby union player who is currently a rugby commentator for Stan Sport and Channel Nine.

Ellyse Perry

Ellyse Alexandra Perry is an Australian international cricketer and former soccer player. Having debuted for both the national cricket and national soccer team at the age of 16, she is the youngest Australian to play international cricket and the first to appear in both ICC and FIFA World Cups. Gradually becoming a single-sport professional athlete from 2014 onward, Perry's acclaimed cricket career has continued to flourish and she is widely regarded to be one of the greatest female cricketer...

Cameron Smith (rugby league, born 1983)

Cameron Wayne Smith is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a hooker, spending his entire career with the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL). He has also been an assistant coach of the Queensland rugby league team under former Melbourne teammate Billy Slater since 2022.

Craig Revel Horwood

Craig Revel Horwood is an Australian–British dancer, choreographer, theatre director, author and former drag queen in the United Kingdom. He has twice been nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer, for his work on Spend Spend Spend (1999–2000) and the musical My One and Only (2001–2002).

Pia Miranda

Pia Miranda is an Australian actress. Her career was launched with her role in the 2000 feature film Looking for Alibrandi, an Australian film based on the novel of the same name by Melina Marchetta. She is also known for her roles as Karen Oldman in Neighbours (1998–1999), Jodie Spiteri in Wentworth (2015), and Jen in Mustangs FC (2017–2020), as well as winning Australian Survivor in 2019.