List of Australians

Table of contents

1 Art
2 Literature
3 Movies and TV
4 Music
5 Politics
6 Science
7 Sport
8 Other

Art

Howard Arkley, painter
Charles Blackman, painter
Sir William Dobell, painter
Ken Done, painter
Sir Russell Drysdale, painter
Sir Hans Heysen, painter
Nora Heysen (died 2003), painter
Reg Mombassa
Albert Namatjira, (1902-1959), painter
Sir Sidney Nolan - painter
Tom Roberts, painter
Jeffrey Smart, painter
Sir Arthur Streeton - painter
Albert Tucker, painter
Brett Whiteley, painter

Literature

Wilfred Burchett, (1911-1983), journalist
Peter Carey, novelist, twice winner of the Booker Prize
James Clavell, (1924-1994), British author of Shogun fame
Nick Earls, novelist
Dame Mary Gilmore, poet
A D Hope, poet
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
Oodgeroo Noonuccal (aka Kath Walker)
Banjo Paterson, (1864-1941), writer, author of Waltzing Matilda and The Man from Snowy River
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')

Movies and TV

Eric Bana - actor
Bruce Beresford - filmmaker
Cate Blanchett - actor
Bille Brown - 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
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 - (1967-) actor American born, Australian raised
Baz Luhrmann - filmmaker
Phillip Noyce - filmmaker
Guy Pearce, (born 1967), actor
Gina Riley - comedian
Geoffrey Rush - actor (won 1997 Best Actor Oscar for "Shine")
Fred Schepisi - filmmaker
Yahoo Serious - comedian
Peter Weir, (born 1944), filmmaker

Music

Tina Arena
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
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, (1961?- ) - former Dead Can Dance(1981-1998) member, solo artist and movie score composer
Andy Gibb, (1958-1988), pop singer
Percy Grainger, pianist, composer (later became an American citizen)
Dame Joan Hammond - New Zealand born soprano
Sir Bernard Heinze - conductor
Matthew Hindson - composer
Michael Hutchence, (1960-1997), frontman for INXS
Natalie Imbruglia - singer
Daniel Johns, (born 1978), singer of Silverchair
Elena Kats-Chernin - Russian-born composer
Jeff Lang - guitar virtuoso
Sir Charles Mackerras - conductor
Dame Nellie Melba - opera singer
Kylie Minogue, (born 1968), 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'
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
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
Simone Young - conductor
Mandawuy Yunupingu - singer & political activist

Politics

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 Amassador 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 Hiward'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
H V 'Bert' Evatt, Labour politician, Opposition Leader to Menzies
Paul Everingham - first Chief Minister of the Northern Territory; later Federal politician
Sir Arthur Fadden, record-breaking Treasurer under Menzies
Germaine Greer, (born 1939), feminist
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
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
Clare Martin - first female and first ALP Chief Minister of the NT
Sir Robert Menzies, (1894-1978), Prime Minister
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

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-discoverer of penicillin
James Harrison - pioneer of mechanical refrigeration, (1816 - 1893)
Sir Gustav Nossal - immunologist
Professor Fiona Stanley - epidemiologist

Sport

Darren Bennett, (born 1965), Australian rules football player turned American football star
Raelene Boyle, athlete
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
Shane Gould, swimmer
Grant Hackett, swimmer
Lleyton Hewitt, (born 1981) - tennis player
Kim Hughes, cricketer
Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, 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)
Ray Lindwall - cricketer
Luc Longley - basketball player, many NBA teams.
Lew Hoad - tennis player
Mal Meninga, Rugby League icon
Keith Miller - cricketer
John Newcombe - tennis player
Greg Norman, (born 1955), golfer
Kieren Perkins, swimmer
Mark Phillipoussis, tenis player
Patrick Rafter - tennis player
Frank Sedgeman, tennis player
Matt Shirvington, athlete
Margaret Smith Court - tennis player
Shirley Strickland, athlete
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

Other

Daisy Bates - self-proclaimed anthropologist
Mary Elizabeth Donaldson - future wife of HRH Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark
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
Michael Mansell - Aboriginal activist
Sir Douglas Mawson - explorer
Peter Singer - philosopher, major influence on animal rights movement.
Truganini - so-called last of the Tasmanian Aborigines