List of people from Brunswick, Victoria explained

The following is a list of notable people from Brunswick, Victoria, Australia.

Sports

Australian Rules football

• • Henry Alder Rupert Balfe - also a soldier
• Alex Barningham
• Sam Barrett
  • • • Archie Baxter Norm Beckton Vic Belcher Billy Blackman
• Jack Booth
• Chic Breese
• Phil Busbridge
• Wally Carter
• Tommy Cockram
• Col Crawford
  • Claude Curtin Johnny Davies
• Harold Day
  • • Bill Denehy John Dowling Charlie Dummett
• Fred Finch
• John Fitzgerald
  • • Doug Fraser Jack Green Don Grossman
• Charlie Hackett
• Bill Harris
• George Hawkins
• Doug Hill
• Bill Heaphy
• Frank Hughes Jr.
• Alf Jackson - also military officer
• Maurie Johnson
• Fred Kennett
• Jim Kettle
• Ted Leehane
• Tom Maguire
  • • George Martin Aubrey Martyn Colin Martyn
• Jack McKenzie
• Sid Meehl
• John Mitchell
• Flurence Moore
• Georgia Nanscawen - also a hockey player
• Alan Nutter
• Mick O'Loughlin
• Les Oliver
• Norm Oliver
• Tom Pettit
• Henry Powell
• Les Powell
• Charles Rauber
• Frank Raymond
• Simon Roberts
• Pat Robertson
• Alan Sinclair
• Peter V. Smith
• Nicola Stevens
• Bill Stranger
• Joe Strong
• Charlie Tough
• Bernie Trafford
• Robert Walls
• Bill Wells
• Robert White
• Billy Wilson
• Vern Wright

Other sports

• David Cunningham - ice hockey player
• Sam Greco - martial artist
• Paul Hibbert - cricketer
• Bob Jane - race car driver and businessman
• Frank LoPorto - boxer
• Ian Lee - cricketer
• Terry MacGill - cricketer
• Luke McFadyen - rugby union player
• Richard Newman - cricketer
• Mickey Roche - cricketer
• Tarık Solak - kickboxing promoter
• Peter Thomson - golfer
• Henry Walkerden - cricketer

Politics and judiciary

• Frederick Oswald Barnett - social reformer
• Ruth Hope Crow - political activist
• John Curtin - 14th Prime Minister of Australia
• Lily D'Ambrosio - politician
• Harold Daffen - politician
• Frederic Eggleston - politician and lawyer
• Mohammed El-Leissy - politician and comedian
• William Folster - politician
• Bob Gray - politician
• Frederick Hickford - politician
• Maurice Kennedy - politician and trade unionist
• Cyril Isaac - politician
• Bill Kelty - trade unionist
• Bert Kyle - New Zealand politician
• Edward Meagher - politician
• Eddie Micallef - politician
• Leonard Edward Bishop Stretton (1893–1967) – judge and royal commissioner.^[1]

Music, arts and entertainment

• Sam Atyeo - painter and diplomat
• Charles William Bush (1919–1989) – artist^[2]
• Arthur Butchers - New Zealand historian
• Mae Dahlberg - actress
• Leonard French - artist
• Rosalie Ham - author
• Sarah Howell - cartoonist
• The Hawking Brothers - musicians
• Shane Maloney - author
• Aamer Rahman - comedian
• Eric Smith - artist
• Katy Steele - musician
• Charles Richard Wilton - journalist

Criminals

• Lewis Caine - criminal
• Christopher Dale Flannery - criminal
• Tony Mokbel - criminal

Other

• Henry Garnet Forrest - flying ace
• Anne Syrett Green - welfare worker and evangelist
• Solomon Lew - businessman
• Coralie Ling - Christian Minister
• Shane Mackinlay - Catholic bishop
• Albert H. Maggs - bookmaker
• Sally Norton - plant scientist
• Andrew Wilkie - zoo director
• Harry Winbush - architect

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stretton, Leonard Edward Bishop (1893–1967). 30 March 2015. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Griffiths. Tom.
2. Web site: Bush, Charles William (1919–1989). 2015-03-30. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Keys.