List of Famous people born in Australia

Claudia O'Doherty

First Name Claudia
Last Name O'Doherty
Born on November 29, 1983 (age 42)
Height 157 cm | 5'2

Claudia O'Doherty is an Australian actress, writer, and comedian. She won the 2009 Melbourne Fringe Best Comedy Award and the Brisbane Comedy Festival Award for her debut show Monsters of the Deep 3D. O'Doherty co-wrote the books 100 Facts About Pandas and 100 Facts About Sharks with David O'Doherty and Mike Ahern. She was a main cast member in the Netflix TV series Love.

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Roy Emerson

First Name Roy
Last Name Emerson
Born on November 3, 1936 (age 89)
Height 183 cm | 6'0

Roy Stanley Emerson is an Australian former tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam doubles titles, for a total of 28 Grand Slam tournament titles. He is the only male player to have completed a career Grand Slam in both singles and doubles, and first of two men to have completed a double career Grand Slam in singles. His 28 major titles are the all-time record for a male player. In 1964, he was ranked world No. 1.

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Mahesh Jadu

First Name Mahesh
Born on October 26, 1982 (age 43)
Born in Australia, Victoria

Mahesh Jadu is an Australian actor of Mauritian ancestry. He is best known for the role of Dr. Doug Harris in the soap opera Neighbours and the role of Ahmad in Netflix original series Marco Polo. He also portrayed the supporting role of Shanmugum in the miniseries Better Man and Vilgefortz in The Witcher.

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Rohan Browning

First Name Rohan
Last Name Browning
Born on December 31, 1997 (age 28)

Rohan Browning is an Australian sprinter. He represented his country in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2017 World Championships without qualifying for the final. He also competed in the 100 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games narrowly missing the final. Rohan currently studies a Bachelor of Laws at the University of Sydney.

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Michael Cheika

First Name Michael
Last Name Cheika
Born on March 4, 1967 (age 59)

Michael Cheika is an Australian rugby coach and former player. He was the coach of the Australian national team from 2014 to 2019. In 2015, he received the World Rugby Coach of the Year award.

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Josh Frydenberg

First Name Josh
Last Name Frydenberg
Born on July 17, 1971 (age 54)
Born in Australia, Victoria

Joshua Anthony Frydenberg is an Australian politician who has been federal treasurer and deputy leader of the Liberal Party since August 2018. He has been a Member of Parliament for Kooyong since the 2010 election.

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Adam Goodes

First Name Adam
Last Name Goodes
Born on January 8, 1980 (age 46)

Adam Roy Goodes is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). Goodes holds an elite place in VFL/AFL history as a dual Brownlow Medallist, dual premiership player, four-time All-Australian, member of the Indigenous Team of the Century and representative of Australia in the International Rules Series. In addition, he has held the record for the most VFL/AFL games played by an Indigenous player, surpassing Andrew McLeod's record of 340 during the 2014 AFL season before having his own record surpassed by Shaun Burgoyne during the 2019 AFL season.

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Lachie Neale

First Name Lachie
Born on May 24, 1993 (age 32)

Lachlan Neale is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Fremantle Football Club from 2012 to 2018. He won the 2020 Brownlow Medal.

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Greg Page

First Name Greg
Last Name Page
Born on January 16, 1972 (age 54)

Gregory John Page, AM is an Australian singer, musician and actor. He is best known as the original lead singer and a founding member of the children's band the Wiggles from 1991 to 2006 and then again from 2012 to 2013. Page has also recorded several solo albums.

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Essie Davis

Esther Davis
First Name Essie
Last Name Davis
Born in Australia, Tasmania
Height 168 cm | 5'6

Esther Davis is an Australian actress and singer, best known for her roles as Phryne Fisher in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries and its film adaptation, Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears, along with Amelia Vanek in The Babadook. Other major works include a recurring role as Lady Crane in season six of the television series Game of Thrones, Sister Iphigenia in Lambs of God, and the role of Ellen Kelly in Justin Kurzel's True History of the Kelly Gang.

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