List of Famous people born in Australia
Luke Keary
Luke Keary is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL.
Stephen Curry
Stephen Curry is an Australian comedian and actor who has appeared in many television drama and comedy series, and feature films.
Kim Brennan
Kimberley Jean "Kim" Brennan is a retired Australian rower. She is a sixteen-time national champion, two-time World Champion, three-time Olympian and Olympic gold medallist.
Mat Rogers
Mathew Steve Rogers is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He also played rugby union at the highest level, becoming a dual-code international. The son of the late Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks legend and CEO Steve Rogers, Mat played for the Sharks as well. He played in two State of Origin series for Queensland, and 7 Tests for the Australian national side before his switch to union in 2001. Rogers played at fly half in his final season for the Waratahs and started in a number of games for the Wallabies in various positions in the backline. He returned to rugby league in 2007 with the newly formed Gold Coast Titans club and retired in 2010. With the Titans beset by injuries and poor form, Rogers announced his comeback to help out the club on-field in 2011, but a serious injury forced him to announce his retirement again just minutes into his first game back. Rogers is also well known for another career path on the Network Ten revival of Australian Survivor competing in both the third and fifth seasons. Despite not winning he has since become a massive fan favourite amongst the Survivor fan base being dubbed "The Godfather".
Mojo Juju
Mojo Ruiz de Luzuriaga, known professionally as Mo'Ju and previously as Mojo Juju, is an ARIA Award-nominated Australian musician, best known for their 2018 album Native Tongue and the lead single of the same title. The single won the Best Independent Single category in the 2019 AIR Awards. They play guitar and piano, write songs and sing, and have created music in a number of genres.
Omar Jasika
Omar Jasika is an Australian tennis player. He is the 2014 US Open boys' singles champion defeating Quentin Halys in the final. Jasika along with Naoki Nakagawa also won the 2014 US Open boys' doubles title after defeating Rafael Matos and João Menezes in the final. In winning both, Jasika became the first player in 28 years to win both the boys’ singles and doubles events at the US Open.
Corey Brown
Corey Brown is an Australian jockey who is best known for:
- riding Shocking to victory in the 2009 Melbourne Cup.
- riding Rekindling to win the 2017 Melbourne Cup.
- riding Apache Cat to a string of Group 1 victories in 2008/09.
- appearing as a regular host on the racing industry related television show “Off the Rails” with Greg Radley and former jockey “Miracle” Malcolm Johnston.
Alicia Molik
Alicia Molik is an Australian former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 and won a bronze medal for Australia at the 2004 Athens Olympics by upsetting then world No. 3 and reigning French Open champion Anastasia Myskina. Molik peaked at No. 6 in the doubles rankings and won Grand Slam titles at the 2005 Australian Open and the 2007 French Open alongside Svetlana Kuznetsova and Mara Santangelo, respectively. She won the 2004 Zurich Open, defeating Maria Sharapova in the final, and reached the finals of the 2004 Wimbledon, 2004 US Open, and 2007 Wimbledon mixed doubles events, as well as the quarterfinals of the 2005 Australian Open singles tournament.
Emilie de Ravin
Emilie de Ravin is an Australian actress. She starred as Tess Harding on Roswell (2000–2002), Claire Littleton on the ABC drama Lost, and as Belle on the ABC drama Once Upon a Time (2011–2018). De Ravin's film credits include Santa's Slay (2005), The Hills Have Eyes (2006) and Ball Don't Lie (2008). She starred as Emily, the heroin-addicted ex-girlfriend of Brendan Frye, in the neo-noir film Brick (2005). She had a cameo in Public Enemies (2009) and starred as Ally in Remember Me (2010). De Ravin has been included on Maxim's Hot 100 list three times: in 2005, 2006, and 2008.
Costa Georgiadis
Costa Georgiadis is an Australian landscape architect and television presenter. He is a second generation Australian of Greek descent.