List of people from Melbourne explained

This is a list of notable people from Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria, Australia.

Native Melburnians

The following were born or grew up in Melbourne.

• 360 – hip-hop rapper

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• Daevid Allen – musician
• Gordon Allpress – darts
• Dennis Allen – criminal
• Vanessa Amorosi – entertainer
• Phil Anderson – cyclist
• Bobi Andonov – singer
• Peter Andre – entertainer/baddie
• Beau Anderson – darts
• Tina Arena – singer/entertainer
• Asphyxia – puppeteer and children's author.
• Tilly Aston – rights activist for the blind
• Stephany Avila - actress

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B

• Merril Bainbridge – local singer
• Dougie Baldwin – actor
• Mike Baird – bank manager, former NSW premier
• Eric Bana – comedian and actor
• Adam Bandt – politician
• Ron Barassi – Australian rules footballer
• Frederick Oswald Barnett – social reformer
• Jeremy Barrett – artist^[1]
• Max Barry – writer
• Kevin Bartlett – Australian rules footballer
• Russell Basser (born 1960) - Olympic water polo player
• John Bertrand – yachtsman
• Travis Blackley – Major League baseballer
• Hamish Blake – comedian
• Cate Blanchett – actress
• Andrew Bogut – NBA basketball player
• Jonah Bolden (born 1996) – NBA basketball player
• Anne Fraser Bon – pastoralist, philanthropist, and advocate
• Cris Bonacci – musician
• Leigh Bowery – performing artist
• David Boyd – artist
• John Brack – artist
• May Brahe – composer
• James Bailey – darts
• Mark Bresciano – soccer player
• Brigita Brezovac – IFBB bodybuilder
• David Bridie – musician
• Damien Broderick – science fiction writer
• Havana Brown – DJ/singer
• Jordan Brown (born 1996) – footballer
• Emily Browning – actress/model
• Leigh Broxham – soccer player
• Stanley Bruce – prime minister of Australia
• Alice Burdeu – fashion model
• Debra Byrne – entertainer

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C

• John Cain (senior) – premier of Victoria
• Corey Cadby – darts
• Anthony Callea – tenor/entertainer
• Arthur Calwell – politician
• Liz Cambage (born 1991) – basketball player in the Israeli Female Basketball Premier League
• Deirdre Cash (Criena Rohan) – novelist
• Pat Cash – tennis player
• Steph Catley – soccer player for Australia
• Nick Cave – singer/actor
• Brian Chambers – cricketer
• Bianca Chatfield – netball player
• Chris Cheney – musician
• Anna Ciddor – author and illustrator
• Gabriella Cilmi – singer
• Mal Cuming – darts
• Graeme Clark
• Teale Coco – model
• Steve Cox – artist
• Vince Colosimo – actor
• Kate Constable – novelist
• Julie Corletto – netball player
• Ryan Corr – actor
• Peter Costello – politician, treasurer of Australia
• Frank Costigan – lawyer and politician
• Noel Counihan – artist
• Susan Crennan – High Court justice
• Barry Crocker – entertainer, children's TV personality
• Bernard Curry – actor
• Abraham Cykiert – playwright, poet

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D

• Isabella Dalgarno (1805-1878), Scottish born temperance advocate
• Brody Dalle – singer
• Tenille Dashwood ("Emma") – professional wrestler
• Garry David – criminal
• Liam Davison – novelist
• Paul Dawber – actor, Neighbours, Sons & Daughters, The Novelist
• Tania de Jong - soprano and entrepreneur (daughter of Eva Duldig, granddaughter of Karl Duldig)
• Emilie de Ravin – actress
• Alfred Deakin – Prime Minister of Australia
• Paul Dempsey – musician
• Catherine Deveny – comedian
• Anthony Di Pietro – businessman and soccer promoter
• Helena Dix – soprano
• Owen Dixon – chief justice
• Jason Donovan – entertainer
• Eva Duldig (born 1938) – tennis player, author
• Karl Duldig (1902–1986) – sculptor
• Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop – surgeon and war hero
• Judith Durham – entertainer (The Seekers)

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E

• Sir John Eccles – Nobel laureate, neurophysiologist
• Peter Eckersley – computer scientist, computer security researcher, and activist
• Matthew Elliott – test cricketer
• Jason Ellis – broadcaster
• Mark Evans – bassist (AC/DC)
• Dante Exum – NBA basketball player

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F

• John Farnham – entertainer
• Brendan Fevola – Australian rules footballer
• Jon Finlayson – actor and artist
• John Fitzgerald – tennis player
• Edwin Flack – tennis player
• Flea (born Michael Balzary) – musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• Damien Fleming – test cricketer
• Joel Fletcher – disk jockey
• Debbie Flintoff-King – Olympic athlete
• Amanda Fosang – biomedical researcher
• Lindsay Fox – logistics CEO
• Malcolm Fraser – prime minister of Australia
• Anna Funder – author

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G

• Anna Galvin – actress
• Alphonse Gangitano – organised crime figure
• Zarah Garde-Wilson – attorney
• Helen Garner – novelist
• Andrew Gaze – professional basketball player
• Lisa Gerrard – singer/composer
• Sir John Gorton – prime minister of Australia
• Gotye – musician
• Alan J. Gow – motor sports promoter
• Percy Grainger – composer/pianist
• Germaine Greer – writer and feminist
• Vince Grella – soccer player
• Rachel Griffiths – actress
• Savannah Guthrie – TV broadcaster currently working for NBC News

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H

• Joe Hachem – poker player
• Ross Hannaford – musician
• Frank Hardy – novelist and political activist
• Colin Hay – musician/actor
• Chris Hemsworth – actor
• Liam Hemsworth – actor
• Luke Hemsworth – actor
• Paul Hester (d. 2005) – musician
• Missy Higgins – singer, actress and entertainer
• Derryn Hinch ("The Human Headline") – broadcaster
• Peter Hitchener – news presenter (Nine News)
• Harold Holt – prime minister of Australia
• Danielle Horvat – actress
• Rowland S. Howard – musician, writer and performer of the song (I Know) A Girl Called Jonny
• Merv Hughes – test cricketer
• Barry Humphries (Dame Edna Everage) – comedian
• Rex Hunt – Australian rules footballer and media personality
• Graham Hunt – darts

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I

• Aubri Ibrag – actress, model, Internet personality
• Kyrie Irving – NBA basketball player
• Steve Irwin – wildlife expert
• Isaac Isaacs – chief justice and governor-general of Australia

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J

• Margaret Jackson – business executive
• Christie Jenkins – trampoline athlete
• Stephen Jolly – activist and politician
• Alan Jones – Formula One World Drivers' Champion
• Dean Jones – test cricketer
• Vance Joy – singer
• Isha Judd – author and spiritual teacher
• Paul Jennings – children's author

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K

• Ash Keating – artist
• Moira Kelly (humanitarian) – humanitarian aid worker
• Paul Kelly – musician
• Graham Kennedy – entertainer
• Marny Kennedy – actress/singer
• Jeff Kennett – premier of Victoria
• Jennifer Keyte – news presenter (Seven News)
• Graham Kinniburgh – organized crime figure
• Michael Klim – Olympic swimmer
• Michael Klinger – cricketer
• Barrie Kosky – opera director
• Lynne Kosky – politician
• Anthony Koutoufides – Australian rules footballer
• Tori Kewish – darts

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L

• Norman Lacy – politician
• John Landy – Olympic athlete
• Elizabeth Langley – Canadian performer, choreographer, teacher
• Lex Lasry – Supreme Court judge
• Andrew Lauterstein – Olympic swimmer
• Bill Lawry – test cricketer
• Andy Lee – comedian
• Michael Leunig – cartoonist and controversialist
• Simon Lewis – lifeguard
• Sharon Lewin – Director of the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
• Solomon Lew – businessman
• Peter Lik – photographer
• Walter Lindrum – billiards player
• Luc Longley – NBA basketball player
• Colin Lovitt – lawyer/QC
• Richard Lowenstein – film director
• Craig Lowndes – three time Supercars Championship winner (1996, 1998, 1999)
• Sydney Lucas – centenarian soldier

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M

• Katie Mactier – racing cyclist
• Melissa Maizels (born 1993) – soccer player
• Costas Mandylor – actor
• Daniel Mannix – Catholic archbishop of Melbourne
• John Marsden – writer and educationalist
• Kirstie Marshall – politician and aerial skier
• Mangok Mathiang (born 1992) – Australian-Sudanese basketball player for Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• John McAll – pianist
• Mat McBriar – American football punter
• Frederick McCubbin – painter
• Scott McDonald – Australian rules footballer
• Hal and Jim McElroy – film/television producers
• Brad McEwan – journalist (Ten Eyewitness News)
• John Reid McGowan – boxer
• Eddie McGuire – entertainer
• Sir William McKie – musician
• Sharelle McMahon – netball player
• Noel McNamara – social activist
• Peter McNamara – tennis player
• Paul McNamee – tennis player and sports administrator
• Bryony Marks – composer
• Clement Meadmore – sculptor
• Dame Nellie Melba – opera singer
• Ben Mendelsohn – actor
• Keith Miller – test cricketer
• Dannii Minogue – pop star
• Kylie Minogue – pop star
• Peter Mitchell – news presenter (Seven News)
• Radha Mitchell – actress
• Anika Molesworth – agroecology scientist
• Sir John Monash – civil engineer and military commander
• Jason Moran – criminal
• Lewis Moran – criminal
• Mark Moran – criminal
• Bob Morley – actor
• Leslie Morshead – army officer and businessman
• Dame Elisabeth Murdoch – philanthropist
• Sir Keith Murdoch – journalist
• Rupert Murdoch – press magnate
• Vali Myers – artist and dancer

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N

• Andrew Nabbout – soccer player
• Bert Newton – entertainer
• Matthew Newton – actor and son of entertainer Bert Newton
• Olivia Newton-John – singer/actress
• Livinia Nixon – TV presenter (Nine News)
• Keith Nugent – physicist

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O

• Joan O'Hagan – novelist
• Ida Rentoul Outhwaite – illustrator
• Scott Owen – bassist
• Dermot O'Brien – film producer and director

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P

• Roseanne Park (Rosé) – member of South Korean girl group Blackpink; raised in Melbourne
• John James Parton – Big Brother UK contestant
• Sid Patterson – track cyclist
• Guy Pearce – actor
• Andreja Pejic – model
• Kirk Pengilly – musician (INXS)
• Elliot Perlman – writer and barrister
• Kath Pettingill – criminal (Pettingill family)
• Mark Philippoussis – tennis player
• Oscar Piastri – McLaren Formula 1 driver
• Harry "Snub" Pollard – comedian
• Bill Ponsford – test cricketer
• Richard Pratt – businessman
• Jane Price (1860–1948) – painter
• Phạm Ngọc Hân (Hanni) — member of South Korean girl group NewJeans
• Clifton Pugh – artist

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Q

• Stephen Quartermain – news presenter, Ten Eyewitness News

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R

• Raja Ram – musician
• Diego Ramirez (artist) – artist^{[2] [3] [4]}
• Dean Rankine – comic artist and writer
• Chopper Read – criminal
• Helen Reddy – singer and activist
• James Mahmud Rice – sociologist
• Jim Richards – racing driver
• Steven Richards – racing driver
• Robert Richter – lawyer and rights activist
• William Ricketts – potter and sculptor
• Gina Riley – comedian/actress
• Helen Lothan Robertson - Australian tailor and trade unionist (1848-1937)
• Neil Robertson – snooker player
• Anastasia Rodionova – tennis player
• Jodie Rogers – diver^[5]
• Lionel Rose – boxer
• Ruby Rose – actress
• Normie Rowe – singer
• Phil Rudd – drummer (AC/DC)

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• Fred Schepisi – film director
• Peter Scully – criminal
• Anna Segal – Olympic freestyle skier and two-time world champion
• Sam Sejavka – writer and musician
• Phineas Selig – journalist
• Mark Seymour – musician
• Patricia Shaw – novelist
• Ann Shoebridge  - milliner
• Peter Siddle – test cricketer
• Ben Simmons – NBA basketball player
• Peter Singer – philosopher
• Jerry Skinner – deputy prime minister of New Zealand
• Reuben Solo – comedian^[6]
• Daryl Somers – entertainer
• James Sorensen – actor/model
• Jesse Spencer – actor/musician
• Caitlin Stasey – actress
• Christine Stephen-Daly – actress
• Russell Stewart – darts
• Craig Stott – actor
• Graeme "Shirley" Strachan – singer (Skyhooks)/television presenter
• Dane Swan – Australian rules footballer
• Red Symons – guitarist, entertainer and radio presenter (774 ABC Melbourne)
• Keith Sullivan – darts player

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T

• Peter Tatchell – politician and rights campaigner
• Don Tregonning – Australian professional tennis player and coach
• Squizzy Taylor – criminal
• Eliza Taylor-Cotter – actress
• J. G. Thirlwell – singer/composer
• Lewis Thorpe – professional baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization
• John Thwaites – politician
• George Tolhurst – composer
• Tones and I – singer and songwriter
• Anna Torv – actress
• Geoffrey Tozer – pianist
• Zbych Trofimiuk – actor
• Zoja Trofimiuk – sculptor
• Anthony Troiano – musician / baddie
• Christos Tsiolkas – author
• Albert Tucker – artist

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V

• Holly Valance – actress/singer
• Mark Viduka – soccer player
• Steve Vizard – entertainer and businessman
• Karl von Möller – film maker and cinematographer

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W

• Ron Walker – businessman and Lord Mayor of Melbourne
• Stan Walker – singer
• James Wan – film producer and director
• Sir Joseph Ward – prime minister of New Zealand
• Shane Warne – test cricketer
• Gordon Watson (squash player)
• Kathy Watt – Olympic cyclist
• Jessica Weintraub (born 2007) - rhythmic gymnast
• Matt Welsh – world champion swimmer
• Leigh Whannell – actor/screenwriter
• Jamie Whincup – racing driver
• Christian Whitehead – game programmer
• Ted Whitten – Australian rules footballer
• Carl Williams – criminal
• David Williamson – playwright
• Richard Wilson – businessman and sports promoter
• Ross Wilson – singer/songwriter
• John Wren – businessman and underworld figure
• Wayne Weening – darts
• John Weber – darts
• Darren Webster – darts
• Bruce Woodley – entertainer (The Seekers)

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X

• Bohdan X – singer-songwriter

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Z

• Feliks Zemdegs – Rubik's Cube speed solver

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Non-native Melburnians

These people were not born in Melbourne but are or were well known for living or working there.

A

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B

• Courtney Barnett – singer-songwriter
• Paula Bossio – author and illustrator
• Steve Bracks – premier of Victoria
• Frank Macfarlane Burnet – Nobel laureate virologist

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D

• Portia de Rossi – actress
• Peter Doherty – immunologist and Nobel Prize Laureate

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F

• Tim Ferguson – comedian

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G

• Julia Gillard – prime minister of Australia
• Delta Goodrem – actress/singer

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H

• Brent Hobba – professional basketball player

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K

• Joshua Katz (born 1997), Olympic judoka
• Nathan Katz (born 1995), Olympic judoka
• Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva (born 2002), Olympic rhythmic gymnast

M

• Sir Robert Menzies – prime minister of Australia

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N

• Sir Gustav Nossal – Australian researcher

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P

• Hoa Pham – writer and psychologist

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R

• Christopher Raja – writer
• Geoffrey Rush – actor

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S

• Guy Sebastian – singer
• Nevil Shute – novelist
• Billy Slater – rugby league player
• John J. Smithies – artist/arts manager
• John So – Lord Mayor of Melbourne

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T

• Archie Thompson – soccer

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W

• David Warren – inventor

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Y

• James Yammouni – comedian (The Janoskians)

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See also

• List of people from Adelaide
• List of people from Ballarat
• List of people from Brisbane
• List of people from Darwin
• List of people from Frankston
• List of people from Fremantle
• List of people from Rockhampton
• List of people from Sydney
• List of people from Toowoomba
• List of people from Wagga Wagga
• List of people from Wollongong

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Jeremy Barrett. Collection Online. National Gallery of Victoria. 9 August 2015.
2. Web site: Diego Ramirez . Diego Ramirez (b. 1989, Mexico) is an artist living and working in Melbourne. . Currents New Media . 23 February 2021.
3. Web site: 'aXolotl's Happiness' – Diego Ramirez (VIC) . Diego Ramirez (b. 1989, Mexico) is an artist and writer living and working in Melbourne. . FELTspace . 23 February 2021.
4. Web site: Mars video Exchange . As part of an exchange with Melbourne-based gallery MARS, Metro Arts will present the work of three innovative Melbourne video artists: Stephen Haley, Hannah Raisin and Diego Ramirez, ... . Metro Arts Brisbane . 23 February 2021.
5. Web site: Jodie Rogers Bio, Stats, and Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418073345/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/jodie-rogers-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . 24 June 2019 . en.
6. News: Ryan . Fynn . Fringe Review: 'Reuben Solo: Please Clap' Earns Its Applause . 6 May 2024 . Isolated Nation . 18 February 2024.