List of Famous people born in Australia

Alex Loughton

First Name Alex
Last Name Loughton
Born on May 3, 1983 (age 42)

Alexander Michael Loughton is an Australian professional basketball player who last played for the Cairns Marlins of the Queensland Basketball League (QBL).

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James Whelan

First Name James
Last Name Whelan
Born on July 11, 1996 (age 29)
Born in Australia, Victoria
Height 186 cm | 6'1

James Whelan is an Australian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–Nippo. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia.

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Kathy Watt

First Name Kathy
Last Name Watt
Born on September 11, 1964 (age 61)
Born in Australia, Victoria
Height 159 cm | 5'3

Kathryn ("Kathy") Ann Watt is an Australian racing cyclist who won two medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain . She has won 24 national championships in road racing, track racing, and mountain bike, four Commonwealth Games gold medals, and came third in the world time trial championship. She was made a life member of Blackburn Cycling Club in 1990. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

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Sonia Todd

First Name Sonia
Born on January 1, 1959 (age 67)

Sonia Todd is an Australian actress. She is best known for her television roles as Sgt. Georgia Rattray in Police Rescue, Meg Fountain in McLeod's Daughters and Gina Austin in the soap opera Home and Away.

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Melina Marchetta

First Name Melina
Born on March 25, 1965 (age 61)

Carmelina Marchetta is an Australian writer and teacher. Marchetta is best known as the author of teen novels, Looking for Alibrandi, Saving Francesca and On the Jellicoe Road. She has twice been awarded the CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers, in 1993 and 2004. For Jellicoe Road she won the 2009 Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association, recognizing the year's best book for young adults.

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Michael Rogers

First Name Michael
Last Name Rogers
Born on December 20, 1979 (age 46)
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Michael ('Mick') Rogers is a retired Australian professional road bicycle racer who competed professionally between 1999 and 2016, for the Mapei–Quick-Step, Quick-Step–Innergetic, Team HTC–Columbia, Team Sky and Tinkoff teams. He is a three-time World Time Trial Champion, winning consecutively in 2003, 2004 and 2005, and won Grand Tour stages at the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia.

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Adam Liaw

First Name Adam
Last Name Liaw
Born on September 8, 1978 (age 47)

Adam Liaw is a Malaysian Australian cook, television presenter and author. He was the winner of the second series of MasterChef Australia, defeating student Callum Hann in the final.

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Kaarle McCulloch

First Name Kaarle
Born on January 20, 1988 (age 38)
Height 168 cm | 5'6

Kaarle McCulloch is an Australian professional track cyclist and four time World Champion in the team sprint. She was part of the Australian sprint team that won bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games she won a gold medal in the Team sprint and a silver medal in the 500m Time Trial. Kaarle took a break from cycling following the London Olympics due a knee injury, missing the 2014 Commonwealth Games. In 2016 she missed selection for the Rio Olympics due to a contentious decision to send former teammate Anna Meares. Kaarle returned for the 2018 Commonwealth Games winning Gold in the 500m Time Trial and Team Sprint and Silver in the Keiran and Bronze in the Sprint. Kaarle is renowned for being an exceptionally kind-hearted athlete mentoring many junior cyclists.

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Kate Bell

First Name Kate
Last Name Bell
Born on November 12, 1983 (age 42)

Kate Bell is an Australian actress.

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Mark Renshaw

First Name Mark
Last Name Renshaw
Born on October 22, 1982 (age 43)
Height 179 cm | 5'10

Mark Renshaw is a retired Australian racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2019 for the Française des Jeux, Crédit Agricole, HTC–Highroad, Belkin Pro Cycling, Etixx–Quick-Step and Team Dimension Data teams. His most notable wins are the general classification of the 2011 Tour of Qatar, and the one-day race Clásica de Almería in 2013.

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