List of Famous people born in Australia
Peter Handscomb
Peter Stephen Patrick Handscomb is an Australian cricketer who is the current captain for Victoria and Middlesex.
Greg Inglis
Gregory Paul Inglis, also known by the nickname of "G.I.", is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the Warrington Wolves in the Betfred Super League.
Hugo de Garis
Hugo de Garis is a retired researcher in the sub-field of artificial intelligence (AI) known as evolvable hardware. He became known in the 1990s for his research on the use of genetic algorithms to evolve artificial neural networks using three-dimensional cellular automata inside field programmable gate arrays. He claimed that this approach would enable the creation of what he terms "artificial brains" which would quickly surpass human levels of intelligence.
Edrick Lee
Edrick Lee is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a winger and centre for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL.
Joy Chambers
Joy Chambers is an Australian actress, author, and businesswoman.
Jamie Durie
Jamie Paul Durie OAM is an Australian horticulturalist and landscape designer, furniture designer, television host, television producer, and author of eleven books on landscape architecture, garden design and lifestyle. He is the founder and director of a design company PATIO Landscape Architecture and Durie Design and also is a 2008 Gold Medal winner at Britain's prestigious Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show in Chelsea, London for Australian Garden and designed by Durie. As of 2018, Durie has hosted more than 50 design shows around the world.
Darren Lehmann
Darren Scott Lehmann is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer of German-Australian descent, who coached the Australian national team. Lehmann made his ODI debut in 1996 and Test debut in 1998. He was on the fringes of national selection for the entirety of the 1990s, and only became a regular in the ODI team in 2001 and Test team in late 2002, before being dropped in early 2005. Primarily an aggressive left-handed batsman, Lehmann was also a part-time left arm orthodox bowler, and gained renown for his disregard for physical fitness and modern dietary regimes. He announced his retirement from first-class cricket in November 2007.
Gina G
Gina G is an Australian singer who represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo 1996, with the song "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit", which reached No. 1 in the UK singles chart and number 8 in the Contest. The song remains the last UK Eurovision entry to top the UK charts. The song also reached the US top 20 in 1997 and earned her a 1998 Grammy Award nomination for Best Dance Recording. Her other UK Top 30 hits are "I Belong to You" #6 (1996), "Fresh" #6 (1997), "Ti Amo" #11 (1997) and "Gimme Some Love" #25 (1997).
Alex Hepburn
Alex Hepburn is a former Australian cricketer and convicted sex offender, who last played for Worcestershire County Cricket Club in England. In April 2019, he was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for the rape of a sleeping woman as part of a WhatsApp-based "sexual conquest game". He is imprisoned at HM Prison Littlehey.
Clive Palmer
Clive Frederick Palmer is an Australian businessman and politician. He has iron ore, nickel and coal holdings.