List of Famous people born in Australia
Miranda Otto
Miranda Otto is an Australian actress. She is the daughter of actors Barry and Lindsay Otto and the paternal half-sister of actress Gracie Otto. Otto began her acting career in 1986 at age 18 and appeared in a variety of independent and major studio films in Australia. She made her major film debut in Emma's War, in which she played a teenager who moves to Australia's bush country during World War II.
Shiori Kutsuna
Shioli Kutsuna is a Japanese-Australian actress, known for her role as Ran Mori in Shinichi Kudo's Written Challenge!, Minami Maho in Beck, Haru/Harumi in 125 Years Memory, and Yukio in Deadpool 2. She plays Mitsuki in the Apple TV+ series Invasion (2021). In 2014, she won the Japan Academy Film Prize for Newcomer of the Year.
Mile Jedinak
Michael John "Mile" Jedinak is an Australian former professional footballer who served as the captain of the Australia national team.
Emma Husar
Emma Husar was the Australian Labor Party (ALP) member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of Lindsay from 2016 to 2019. Following an internal investigation and media reports regarding staff complaints, she was disendorsed by the ALP.
Israel Folau
Israel Folau is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the Catalans Dragons in the Betfred Super League. He has previously played Australian rules football and rugby union. In 2019, he became the record holder for most tries scored in Super Rugby history.
Michael Voss
Michael Voss is a former professional football player and current senior coach of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Ariarne Titmus
Ariarne Titmus is an Australian swimmer. She currently represents the Cali Condors which is part of the International Swimming League. In 2015, Titmus and her family moved from Tasmania to Queensland for better training opportunities. She competed in the women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.
Isabelle Cornish
Isabelle Cornish is an Australian actress. She is known for her television roles, particularly in Puberty Blues and Home and Away, and Crystal in the 2017 American television series Inhumans.
Shane Watson
Shane Robert Watson is an Australian former cricketer, and occasional captain in all formats, who has played for Australia's national cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-handed fast-medium swing bowler who played international cricket between 2002 and 2016. He was the world No. 1 T20I all-rounder for 150 weeks, including an all-time record of 120 consecutive weeks. He was the last player to retire from Australia's golden era of the early 2000s.
Molly Meldrum
Ian Alexander "Molly" Meldrum AM is an Australian music critic, journalist, record producer and musical entrepreneur. He was the talent co-ordinator, on-air interviewer, and music news presenter on the former popular music program Countdown (1974–87) and is widely recognised for his trademark Stetson hat, which he has regularly worn in public since the 1980s. On 15 December 2011, Meldrum had a life-threatening fall from a ladder in the backyard of his Melbourne home. He was placed under intensive care in a critical condition at the Alfred Hospital and had surgery for his head and spinal injuries. By April 2012 he had recovered enough to give interviews and resume work duties.