Who are some famous people from Australia?

Answer 1

There are many famous Australians, past and present, and no list would ever do them all justice. Here is a small selection of famous Australians with which to begin:

• The Crocodile hunter, Steve Irwin and his daughter Bindi
• Paul Hogan (a.k.a. Crocodile Dundee)
• Aboriginal painter Albert Namatjira
• Olympic gold medallists Cathy Freeman, Shirley Strickland, Ian Thorpe, Kieran Perkins, Grant Hackett, Stephanie Rice, Shane Gould, Dawn Fraser - among many others
• Television presenters Rolf Harris (not born in Australia, but lived here most of younger life), Ernie Dingo
• Golfer Greg Norman
• Cricketers Sir Donald Bradman; the Chappell brothers; Dennis Lillee
• Australian Footballer Ron Barassi; Ted Whitten; Leigh Matthews; Gary Ablett and Haydn Bunton
• Tennis players Lleyton Hewitt, Evonne Goolagong-Cawley, Rod Laver, John Newcombe, the "Woodies", Harry Hopman and Margaret Court
• Dame Edna Everage
• Actresses Nicole Kidman, Kate Blanchett, Sigrid Thornton and Naomi Watts
• Actors Hugh Jackman, Heath Ledger, Simon Baker, Mel Gibson, Russell Crowe, Geoffrey Rush (among many others)
• Authors Colin Thiele, Thomas Keneally, Judy Blume, just to name a few
• Bands and singers AC-DC, Midnight Oil, Men at Work, The Seekers, Olivia Newton-John, Kylie Minogue, Dannii Minogue, the Bee Gees, Frank Ifield, Natalie Imbruglia, Gypsy & the Cat, etc
• Children's group The Wiggles
• First Australian explorer William Charles Wentworth; Australian explorers Hamilton Hume and Hovell, John Forrest and Alexander Forrest; Robert Burke and Wills; John Eyre; Douglas Mawson, who headed up the famous Australia-NZ expedition to Antarctica
• Father of Australian Federation, Sir Henry Parkes
• Famous aviator Charles Kingsford-Smith
• model Elle MacPherson
• Mary Elizabeth Donaldson - wife of HRH Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark
• Boer War and WWI correspondent CEW Bean
• Famous patriotic poets and writers AB 'Banjo' Paterson and Henry Lawson
• Painters Ken Done, Russell Drysdale, Norman Lindsay, Sidney Nolan, Sir Arthur Streeton
• Statesman and Politician Sir Robert Menzies
• Surgeons Edward 'Weary' Dunlop and John Flynn ("flying doctor")
• Social commentator BA Santamaria
• Opera singer Dame Nellie Melba
• Musicians and Composers Percy Grainger and Roger Woodward

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