List of Famous people born in Australia
Ian Moss
Ian Richard Moss is an Australian rock musician from Alice Springs. He is the founding mainstay guitarist and occasional singer of Cold Chisel. In that group's initial eleven year phase from 1973 to 1984, Moss was recorded on all five studio albums, three of which reached number one on the national Kent Music Report Albums Chart. In August 1989 he released his debut solo album, Matchbook, which peaked at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart. It was preceded by his debut single, "Tucker's Daughter", which reached number two on the related ARIA Singles Chart in March. The track was co-written by Moss with Don Walker, also from Cold Chisel. Moss had another top ten hit with "Telephone Booth" in June 1989.
Felix Mallard
Felix Mallard is an Australian actor, musician, and model. From 2014 until 2019, he played Ben Kirk in the television soap opera Neighbours. Mallard starred in the American comedy series Happy Together as Cooper. In 2020, he played Lucas Caravaggio in the Netflix series Locke & Key.
Adam Reynolds
Adam Reynolds, is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a halfback for and captains the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL.
Ollie Wines
Oliver Wines is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Wines received a nomination for the 2013 AFL Rising Star award in Round 1 of the 2013 season, his debut match. He served as Port Adelaide co-captain in the 2019 season. Wines' standout 2021 season earned him a Brownlow Medal with a record-tying 36 votes.
Alycia Debnam-Carey
Alycia Jasmin Debnam-Carey is an Australian actress. She has portrayed the characters Commander (Heda) Lexa on The CW science fiction television series The 100 and Alicia Clark on the AMC horror drama television series Fear the Walking Dead (2015–present).
Brian To'o
Brian To'o is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for the Penrith Panthers in the NRL.
Peter Sterling
Peter Maxwell John Sterling OAM nicknamed Sterlo, is an Australian former rugby league commentator, television personality and player. He was one of the all-time great halfbacks and a major contributor to Parramatta Eels' dominance of the New South Wales Rugby League premiership in the 1980s. Sterling played eighteen Tests for the Australian national team between 1982 and 1988. He also played in thirteen State of Origins for New South Wales, winning man of the match on four occasions. Sterling played in four premiership-winning sides with Parramatta in 1981–1983 and 1986 and has been inducted into the Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame. His time spent playing for English club Hull F.C. also earned him membership in their hall of fame.
Samantha Stosur
Samantha Jane Stosur is an Australian professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in doubles, a ranking which she first received on 6 February 2006 and held for 61 consecutive weeks. Also a former top ten singles player, Stosur reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 on 21 February 2011 and spent a total of 165 weeks ranked inside the top ten, between March 2010 and June 2013. Stosur was also the top-ranked Australian singles player for 452 consecutive weeks, from October 2008 to June 2017, and was ranked inside the top 25 for a period of nine straight years. She has won a combined total of 38 titles on the WTA Tour, as well as amassed over $19 million in prize money.
Tai Tuivasa
Tai Tuivasa is an Australian mixed martial arts fighter currently competing in the Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Danté Exum
Dante Exum is an Australian-American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He chose to bypass college and was ultimately selected by the Utah Jazz with the fifth overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft.