List of Famous people born in Australia
Steve Courtley
Steve Courtley is an Australian special effects artist who is most known for his work in The Matrix films.
Richard Wynne
Richard William Wynne is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 1999, representing the electorate of Richmond. He has been Minister for Planning in the Andrews Ministry since December 2014 and also became the Minister for Housing and Minister for Multicultural Affairs in 2018. He previously served as Parliamentary Secretary for Justice (1999–2002), Cabinet Secretary (2002–2006), Minister for Housing (2006–2010), Minister for Local Government (2006–2010) and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (2007–2010) in the Bracks Ministry and Brumby Ministry. He is a member of the Labor Party and a member of the Socialist Left faction.
Emma Dean
Emma Dean is an Australian chef and television presenter, who came to prominence as the winner of the fifth series of MasterChef Australia.
Jackie Trad
Jacklyn Anne Trad is a former Australian politician. She was Deputy Premier of Queensland from 2015 to 2020, Treasurer of Queensland from 2017 to 2020 and represented the Electoral district of South Brisbane for the Labor Party from April 2012 to October 2020.
Terri Butler
Terri Megan Butler is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has represented the Division of Griffith in the House of Representatives since a 2014 by-election. She worked as an industrial lawyer prior to entering parliament.
Paul Rogers
Paul Andrew Rogers is an Australian retired basketball player who played in the National Basketball League. He was also drafted in the 1997 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers but never played an NBA game.
Verdet Kessler
Verdet Emily Caci Kessler is an Australian badminton player from the Glenelg club. Kessler was the women's singles national champion in 2013 and 2014, and also won the women's singles title at the Oceania Championships in 2014. She awarded the Cliff Cutt Trophy for the exhibits the highest standards of sportsmanship, personality, court demeanour, playing ability and appearance throughout the tournament. She is the daughter of a Bermudian ballet dancer and German handballer.
John Polson
John Polson is an Australian actor, director and founder of Tropfest.
Simon Clarke
Simon Clarke is an Australian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Qhubeka Assos. He previously rode for the Astana (2011) and Orica–GreenEDGE (2012–2015) teams in the UCI World Tour. Before turning professional, Clarke competed in track cycling as an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. He is not related to fellow Australian cyclist and past teammate Will Clarke.