List of Famous people born in Australia
Mike Baird
Michael Bruce Baird is an Australian investment banker and former politician who was the 44th Premier of New South Wales, the Minister for Infrastructure, the Minister for Western Sydney, and the Leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party from April 2014 to January 2017.
Murray Bartlett
Murray Bartlett is an Australian actor.
Em Rusciano
Emelia Rusciano is an Australian comedian, writer, singer and radio presenter.
Ajdin Hrustic
Ajdin Hrustic is an Australian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga.
Rhea Ripley
Demi Bennett is an Australian professional wrestler, currently signed with WWE where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Rhea Ripley. She is the inaugural NXT UK Women's Champion and a former NXT Women's Champion. She is also the only person to have won both titles, and the first female Australian champion in WWE history.
Jessica McNamee
Jessica McNamee is an Australian actress. She rose to fame in Australia playing roles in the Seven Network television programs Home and Away and Packed to the Rafters. From 2014 to 2015, she starred as patrol officer Theresa Kelly in the USA Network series Sirens. Her film roles include The Vow (2012) and Chips (2017). In 2017, she portrayed tennis player Margaret Court in Battle of the Sexes.
Paula Duncan
Paula Margaret Duncan is an Australian actress. Her numerous television roles include playing Nurse Lisa Brooks in The Young Doctors (1976–77), Detective Danni Francis in Cop Shop (1977–83), for which she twice won the Logie Award for Most Popular Actress, Lorelei Wilkinson in Prisoner (1986), Janet Bryant in Richmond Hill (1988) and Bridget Jackson in Home and Away (1990). Her sister was actress Carmen Duncan.
Ben Lee
Benjamin Michael Lee is an Australian musician and actor. Lee began his career as a musician at the age of 14 with the Sydney band Noise Addict, but focused on his solo career when the band broke up in 1995. He appeared as the protagonist in the Australian film The Rage in Placid Lake (2003). He has released eleven solo studio albums.
Ben Lawson
Ben Lawson is an Australian actor. From 2006 until 2008, he played Frazer Yeats in the Australian soap opera Neighbours. The role earned him a Logie Award nomination. Lawson has since appeared in several American television series, including The Deep End, Covert Affairs, and Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23. In 2011, he starred opposite Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher in the film No Strings Attached. From 2017 to 2018, he starred as Damien Rennett on the ABC political drama Designated Survivor. He also played baseball coach Rick Wlodimierzin in the second season of 13 Reasons Why, and Larry Hemsworth on The Good Place. Lawson portrays Lachlan Murdoch in the 2019 film Bombshell, alongside his brother Josh Lawson who played James Murdoch. In 2021, he will star in the Netflix series Firefly Lane.
Jarome Luai
Jarome Luai is a Samoan international rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth or halfback for the Penrith Panthers in the NRL.