List of Famous people born in Australia
Jayney Klimek
Jayney Miriam Klimek, is a Berlin-based Australian-born singer-songwriter.
Geoff Brabham
Geoff Brabham is an Australian racing driver. Brabham spent the majority of his racing career in the United States.
Roslyn Packer
Roslyn Redman Packer is an Australian philanthropist and widow of media mogul Kerry Packer.
John Alexander
John Gilbert Alexander is an Australian politician and former professional tennis player.
Peter C. Doherty
Peter Charles Doherty is an Australian immunologist and Nobel laureate. He received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1995, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with Rolf M. Zinkernagel in 1996 and was named Australian of the Year in 1997. In the Australia Day Honours of 1997, he was named a Companion of the Order of Australia for his work with Zinkernagel. He is also a National Trust Australian Living Treasure. In 2009 as part of the Q150 celebrations, Doherty's immune system research was announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland for its role as an iconic "innovation and invention".
Bill Bowrey
William Bowrey is a former Australian tennis player.
David Buckingham
Amyand David Buckingham born in Pymble, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia was a chemist, with primary expertise in chemical physics.
Hélène Joy
Hélène Joy is an Australian-Canadian television, stage and film actress originally from Perth, Western Australia. She is best known for her work in television series Durham County and Murdoch Mysteries.
Tony Whitlam
Antony Philip Whitlam QC is an Australian lawyer who has served as a politician and judge. He is the son of Gough Whitlam and Margaret Whitlam.
Simon Crean
Simon Findlay Crean is a former Australian politician and trade unionist. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1990 to 2013, representing the Labor Party, and served as a minister in the Hawke, Keating, Rudd and Gillard Governments. He was the leader of the Labor Party from November 2001 to December 2003.