List of Famous people born in Australia
Alex Chambers
Alex Chambers is an Australian mixed martial artist who currently fights in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and competes in the Strawweight division. She has also fought in Invicta FC. She was also a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned.
Kai Sakakibara
Kai Sakakibara is an Australian male, BMX rider, representing his nation at international competitions. He competed in the time trial event at the 2015 UCI BMX World Championships.
Tara Rushton
Tara Rushton is an Australian sports presenter and journalist. Rushton currently presents the association football series Kick Off and Sunday Shootout on Fox Sports Australia as well as appearing on Fox Sports News.
Rachel Griffiths
Rachel Anne Griffiths is an Australian actress and director. Raised primarily in Melbourne, she began her acting career appearing on the Australian series Secrets before being cast in a supporting role in the comedy Muriel's Wedding (1994), which earned her an AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. In 1997, she was the lead in Nadia Tass's drama Amy. She had a role opposite Julia Roberts in the American romantic comedy My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), followed by her role as Hilary du Pré in Hilary and Jackie (1998), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Tony Bonner
Anthony Frederick Bonner is an Australian television, film and stage actor and singer. Bonner became famous in the 1960s children's television series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, later moving on to lead roles in the dramas Cop Shop and Skyways.
Phil Jamieson
Philip Jamieson is an Australian musician from Hornsby, New South Wales. He is a founding member and singer-guitarist for the rock band Grinspoon.
Simon Hanselmann
Simon Hanselmann is a Tasmanian-born cartoonist best known for his Megg, Mogg and Owl series. Hanselmann has been nominated four times for an Ignatz Award, twice for an Eisner Award and won Best Series at Angouleme 2018.
Dan Spielman
Dan Spielman is an Australian actor. His career spans film, television and theatre.
Olympia Valance
Olympia Montana Valance is an Australian actress and model, whose roles include Paige Smith in the soap opera Neighbours and Tahlia Woods in Playing For Keeps. For her role as Paige, Valance received a nomination for the Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent.
Justin Langer
Justin Lee Langer is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer. He is the current coach of the Australia men's national team, having been appointed to the role in May 2018 following a ball tampering scandal under the previous head coach, Darren Lehmann. A left-handed batsman, Langer is best known for his partnership with Matthew Hayden as Australia's test opening batsmen during the early and mid-2000s, considered one of the most successful ever. Representing Western Australia domestically, Langer played English county cricket for Middlesex and also Somerset. He holds the record for the most runs scored at first-class level by an Australian.