List of Famous people born in Australia
Remy Gardner
Remy Christopher Gardner is an Australian motorcycle racer. He is the son of Wayne Gardner. He currently races a Kalex in the 2020 Moto2 championship. He won the final race of the 2020 season in Portimao, Portugal. He will ride for Red Bull KTM Ajo team in 2021.
Alex Bolt
Alex Bolt is an Australian professional tennis player. His career-high ranking is World No. 125 in singles and World No. 81 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Highlights of Bolt's career thus far include a quarterfinal appearance at the 2014 Australian Open men's doubles, and also winning the China International Challenger with his partner Andrew Whittington.
Daniel Arzani
Daniel Arzani is an Australian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and winger for AGF, on loan from Manchester City, and the Australian national team.
Daniel Webber
Daniel Peter Webber is an Australian actor. Among his best known roles, Webber has portrayed Mötley Crüe lead singer Vince Neil in the 2019 film The Dirt, Lee Harvey Oswald in the American science fiction thriller miniseries 11.22.63 and Lewis Wilson in the Netflix original series The Punisher.
Lucas Browne
Lucas Browne is an Australian professional boxer, former mixed martial artist and kickboxer. He held the WBA (Regular) Heavyweight title in 2016 when he stopped Ruslan Chagaev in an upset victory and by doing so became the first heavyweight champion from Australia. In boxing, he held the Australian and Commonwealth heavyweight titles between 2012 and 2015. Browne was stripped of his world title two months later for failing a drug test.In November, Browne produced another positive drug test which he says was due to him buying (legally) a pre-workout supplement without taking the time to properly vet it for compatibility with the WBA's anti-doping regulations.
Jessica Mauboy
Jessica Hilda Mauboy is an Australian R&B and pop singer, songwriter, and actress. Born and raised in Darwin, Northern Territory, Mauboy rose to fame in 2006 on the fourth season of Australian Idol; she became the runner-up and subsequently signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia. After releasing a live album of her Idol performances and briefly being a member of the girl group Young Divas in 2007, Mauboy released her debut studio album, Been Waiting, the following year. It earned Mauboy her first number-one single "Burn", became the second highest-selling Australian album of 2009, and was certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).
Rick Springfield
Richard Lewis Springthorpe, known professionally as Rick Springfield, is an Australian musician and actor. He was a member of the pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971, then started his solo career with his debut single "Speak to the Sky" reaching the top 10 in Australia in mid-1972, when he moved to the United States. He had a No. 1 hit with "Jessie's Girl" in 1981 in both Australia and the U.S., for which he received the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. He followed with four more top 10 U.S. hits: "I've Done Everything for You", "Don't Talk to Strangers", "Affair of the Heart", and "Love Somebody". Springfield's two U.S. top 10 albums are Working Class Dog (1981) and Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet (1982).
Mel McLaughlin
Melanie Louise McLaughlin is an Australian sport presenter for the Seven Network. McLaughlin previously worked for Fox Sports where she hosted football (soccer) shows including Kick Off, Indian Super League and Fox Sports FC, while also being a regular on Fox Sports News.
Melissa George
Melissa Suzanne George is an Australian actress and entrepreneur. A former national rollerskating champion and model, George began her acting career playing Angel Parrish on the Australian soap opera Home and Away (1993–96). After moving to the United States, George made her big-screen debut in 1998 in the neo-noir/science fiction film Dark City. She later appeared in Steven Soderbergh's The Limey (1999), David Lynch's Mulholland Drive (2001), Sugar & Spice (2001), and Down with Love (2003)
Mitchell Starc
Mitchell Aaron Starc is an Australian international cricketer who plays for the Australian national team and New South Wales in domestic cricket. He is a left-arm fast bowler and a capable lower order left-handed batsman. He was a prominent member of the victorious Australian squad that won the 2015 Cricket World Cup and was declared Player of the Tournament as a result of his consistent performances. With 49 World Cup wickets, he is the joint 5th highest wicket taker in tournament's history.