List of Famous people born in Australia
Francesca Hung
Francesca Hung is an Australian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Australia 2018. She represented Australia at the Miss Universe 2018 pageant in Bangkok, Thailand.
Andrew Wilkinson
Andrew Wilkinson is an Australian-born Canadian politician. He is the leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party, and served as the leader of BC's Official Opposition. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election and re-election in 2017. He represents the electoral district of Vancouver-Quilchena.
Paul Harragon
Paul William Harragon OAM nicknamed Chief or Chief Harragon is an Australian rugby league football identity. A former Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative forward, he played rugby for the Newcastle Knights whom he captained to the 1997 ARL premiership. Harragon was a regular presenter of The Footy Show and as of 2013 is the Chairman of the Newcastle Knights Advisory Board.
Noni Hazlehurst
Leonie Elva "Noni" Hazlehurst, is an Australian actress, director, writer, presenter and broadcaster who has appeared on television and radio, in dramas, mini-series and made for television films, as well also on stage and in feature films since the early 1970s. Hazlehurst has been honoured with numerous awards including Australian Film Institute Awards, ARIA Awards and Logies, including being inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2016.
Johanna Griggs
Johanna Leigh Griggs is an Australian television presenter and former competitive swimmer. She won a bronze medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.
Laura Brent
Laura Brent is an Australian actress, best known for her role as Lilliandil in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
Carol Carlotta Spencer
Carlotta is the stage name of Carol Spencer, a transgender Australian cabaret performer and television personality. She began her career as an original cast member of the long-running Sydney-based male revue Les Girls cabaret show, which had an international following and started in 1962 in Sydney's Kings Cross. Carlotta performed spot-numbers as a singer and comedian, and eventually became the show's compere and lead attraction. Her appearance in the television series Number 96 as Miss Robyn Ross, is the first time a transgender actress played a transgender TV character anywhere in the world.
Anna Gare
Anna Gare is an Australian musician, cook, television personality and author.
M. E. Clifton James
Meyrick Edward Clifton James was an actor and soldier, with a resemblance to Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. This was used by British intelligence as part of a deception campaign during the Second World War.
Frederika Alexis Cull
Frederika Alexis Cull is an Indonesian-Australian beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Puteri Indonesia 2019. She represented Indonesia at the Miss Universe 2019 pageant, where she placed in the Top 10, Frederika became the seventh Indonesian, and the first representative of Jakarta SCR to be placed as a finalist in Miss Universe history.