List of Famous people born in Australia

Brett Dean is a contemporary Australian composer, violist and conductor.

Andrew John Knight is an Australian TV writer and producer of film and television, known for his work on Rake, Jack Irish, Hacksaw Ridge, Ali's Wedding and The Water Diviner.

Lenore Smith is an Australian actress best known for her work in television. Internationally, she is best known for her role as Kate Wellings in the drama series The Flying Doctors.

Anthony Martin is an Australian actor.

David Hirschfelder is an Australian musician, film score composer and performer. As a musician he has been a member of Little River Band and John Farnham Band. He has composed film scores for many films, including Strictly Ballroom, Australia, The Railway Man, The Water Diviner and The Dressmaker. He was nominated for Academy Awards for his scores for Shine and Elizabeth.

Graeme Milbourne Clark AC is an Australian Professor of Otolaryngology at the University of Melbourne. He invented the multiple-channel cochlear implant.

Carmel Mary Tebbutt is a former Australian politician. She was the Labor Party Member for the former seat of Marrickville in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly until the 2015 election and was Deputy Premier of New South Wales from 2008 to 2011. She was also Minister for Health in the Keneally Government. She is the first woman to hold the position of Deputy Premier of New South Wales.

Dame Carmen Thérèse Callil, is an Australian publisher, writer and critic who has spent most of her career in the United Kingdom. She founded Virago Press in 1973. She is a recipient of the Benson Medal from the Royal Society of Literature in 2017.

Dianne Marie Alagich is an Australian former soccer player, who last played for Adelaide United in the W-League and the Matildas. A defender, she was capped 86 times, scoring on three occasions. She is 169 cm tall and her weight is 62 kg. She is the younger sister of former Adelaide United player Richie Alagich. On 19 December 2000, she was awarded the Australian Sports Medal.

Paul Joseph Mercurio is an Australian actor, dancer, and TV presenter. Mercurio is best known for his lead role in Baz Luhrmann's Strictly Ballroom (1992). His father was the character actor Gus Mercurio.