List of Famous people born in Australia

Leisel Jones

Leisel Marie Jones
First Name Leisel
Born on August 30, 1985 (age 40)
Height 177 cm | 5'10

Leisel Marie Jones, OAM is an Australian former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medallist. A participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics – at just 15 years old – and 2004 Summer Olympics, she was part of gold-medal-winning Australian team in the women's 4×100-metre medley relay at the Athens Games in 2004 and a gold medallist for 100-metre breaststroke in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

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Shannon Bennett

First Name Shannon
Last Name Bennett
Born on November 23, 1975 (age 50)
Born in Australia, Victoria

Shannon Bennett is an Australian chef and author. He is best known as the head chef of restaurant Vue de monde, at Melbourne's Rialto Tower as well as many appearances as a guest judge on the popular cooking show MasterChef Australia.

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Paterson Clarence Hughes

First Name Paterson
Last Name Hughes
Born on September 19, 1917
Died on September 7, 1940 (aged 22)

Paterson Clarence Hughes, DFC was an Australian fighter ace of World War II. Serving with the Royal Air Force (RAF), he was credited with as many as seventeen aerial victories during the Battle of Britain, before being killed in action on 7 September 1940. His tally made him the highest-scoring Australian of the battle, and among the three highest-scoring Australians of the war.

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Harry Cooper

First Name Harry
Last Name Cooper
Born on February 20, 1943 (age 83)

Harry Leonard Cooper,, is an Australian veterinarian and television personality who is best known for his media appearances.

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Michael Ware

First Name Michael
Last Name Ware
Born on March 25, 1969 (age 57)

Michael Ware is an Australian journalist formerly with CNN and was for several years based in their Baghdad bureau. He joined CNN in May 2006, after five years with sister publication Time. His last on-air appearance for the network was in December 2009.

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Luke Mitchell

First Name Luke
Last Name Mitchell
Born on April 17, 1985 (age 41)
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Luke Mitchell (born 17 April 1985) is an Australian actor and model. He attended the Film and Television Studio International and won the role of Chris Knight in Neighbours. Mitchell appeared in the third season of H2O: Just Add Water as Will, before starring as Romeo Smith in Home and Away. The role saw Mitchell win the Most Popular New Male Talent Logie Award in 2010. In 2013 he was cast as John Young in the CW's The Tomorrow People, whom he played until the series cancellation. In 2015, he joined the cast of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as the Inhuman Lincoln Campbell as a recurring character for its second season before being promoted to series regular for the third season. He joined NBC's Blindspot as a series regular during its second season, playing Roman Briggs.

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Torah Bright

First Name Torah
Born on December 27, 1986 (age 39)
Height 163 cm | 5'4

Torah Jane Bright is an Australian professional snowboarder. She is Australia's most successful Winter Olympian, former Olympic gold and silver medalist, two time X Games gold medalist, three time US Open winner, two time Global Open Champion, three time World Superpipe Champion, former TTR World Champion and recipient of the Best Female Action Sports Athlete at the ESPY awards. In 2014 Bright became the first Olympic athlete to qualify for all three snowboarding disciplines; halfpipe, slopestyle and boarder-cross.

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Harry Grant

First Name Harry
Last Name Grant
Born on February 17, 1998 (age 28)

Harry Grant is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker for the Melbourne Storm in the NRL. Grant played for the Wests Tigers on loan for the 2020 NRL Season. The arrangement between Wests Tigers and Melbourne Storm to trade Grant with Paul Momirovski was the first loan arrangement in NRL history.

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Suffa

Born on May 6, 1977 (age 48)

Matthew David Lambert, better known by his stage name Suffa, is an Australian rapper and producer best known as one of the members of the hip hop group, Hilltop Hoods. He has produced tracks for other artists, such as Funkoars and Kate Miller-Heidke, in addition to his work with the Hilltop Hoods. Lambert has been an active artist for over 15 years since the release of the debut Hilltop Hoods album.

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David Andersen

First Name David
Last Name Andersen
Born on June 23, 1980 (age 45)
Born in Australia, Victoria
Height 211 cm | 6'11

David Emil Andersen is an Australian former professional basketball player who last played for the Illawarra Hawks of the National Basketball League (NBL). One of Australia's most experienced and successful players, Andersen won 12 league championships abroad and played in Italy, Russia, Spain, Turkey and France. He also played in the NBA, spending two years in the league between 2009 and 2011. He has an Australian mother and a Danish father, and thus holds a Danish passport.

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