Famous people from Australia

Felix Dean

Felix Dean is a former Australian child actor, known for playing VJ Patterson in the soap opera Home and Away from 2007 and 2014. He also appeared in the sketch comedy series Comedy Inc..

Manase Fainu

Manase Fainu is a Tongan former international rugby league footballer who played as a hooker for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the NRL before he was convicted of a violent crime and sentenced to eight years in prison.

Lisa Gerrard

Australian musician, singer and composer

Malcolm Turnbull

Prime Minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018

Mark Schwarzer

Australian association football player

Ian Thorpe

Australian swimmer

Daly Cherry-Evans

Daly Cherry-Evans is Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for Hull FC in the English Super League. Regarded as one of the best halfbacks in rugby league history, he is known for his game reading tactics, fitness, longevity and ability to kick match-winning field goals under pressure on either foot.

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Mathew Ryan

Australian association football player

Ken Rosewall

Australian tennis player

Nicole Kidman

Australian-American actress, producer, and model (born 1967)

Hugh Jackman

Australian and English actor and singer (born 1968)

John Howard

Prime Minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007

Samantha Stosur

Australian tennis player (born 1984)

Ashleigh Barty

Australian tennis player

Steph Hodgins-May

Steph Hodgins-May is an Australian politician and environmental lawyer. She was elected deputy leader of the Australian Greens since 30 September 2026. She has been a Senator for Victoria since 2024, representing the Greens. She was previously a Greens candidate for the House of Representatives on four occasions. Prior to entering parliament, she held roles with the United Nations and Greenpeace.

Richard Morecroft

Richard Morecroft was an Australian radio announcer, TV newsreader and presenter, and conservationist. He presented the ABC News SA bulletin, before becoming the long-running host of the nightly bulletin of ABC News NSW from 1983 until 2002. Between 2010 and 2012, he hosted the quiz show Letters and Numbers.

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Les Kiss

Les Kiss is an Australian rugby union coach and former rugby league coach and professional rugby league footballer, representing Queensland in the State of Origin. Kiss is the current head coach of the Australia national rugby union team. Prior to this he was head coach of London Irish in the Gallagher Premiership until the club went into administration in June 2023.

Sam Pang

Samuel Pang is an Australian comedian, television presenter, writer, producer and former radio host. He won the Gold Logie Award in 2026.

Zan Rowe

Susanna "Zan" Rowe is an Australian radio and television presenter. Rowe is regular presenter on ABC digital radio station Double J and host of the podcast and television series Take 5. Rowe is an industry adjunct associate professor at RMIT University.

Casey Donovan (singer)

Casey Donovan is an Indigenous Australian singer and actress, best known for winning the second season of the singing competition show Australian Idol in 2004. She won the competition at the age of 16, becoming the series' youngest winner. In 2017, Donovan won the third series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here. Donovan also hosted the NITV music show Fusion with Casey Donovan.

Travis Bazzana

Travis William Bazzana is an Australian professional baseball second baseman for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was selected first overall by the Guardians in the 2024 MLB draft and made his MLB debut in 2026, with him also making his first All-Star game appearance the same year.

Ben Simmons

Benjamin David Simmons is an Australian-American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for one season with the LSU Tigers, after which he was named a consensus first-team All-American and the USBWA National Freshman of the Year. Simmons was selected with the first overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. After sitting out a year due to an injured right foot, he was named the NBA R...

Jess Wilson

Jessica Kate Wilson is an Australian politician who has served as the leader of the Opposition in Victoria and the leader of the Victorian Liberal Party since 2025. She has been the member of parliament (MP) for the district of Kew since 2022.

Cameron Munster

Cameron Munster is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL) and captains Queensland in State of Origin.