List of Famous people born in Australia
Harriet Dyer
Harriet Dyer is an Australian actress. She is best known for starring in the television series Love Child (2014–2017) and No Activity (2015–2018). She has also appeared in films, most notably The Invisible Man (2020).
Alex McKinnon
Alex McKinnon is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer whose career was cut short by a spinal injury suffered in a 2014 National Rugby League Premiership match against Melbourne. A Country New South Wales representative second-row, McKinnon also played lock and centre. He started his career with the St. George Illawarra Dragons before moving to the Newcastle Knights in 2012.
Brad Smith
Bradley Shaun Smith is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a left-back or winger for Major League Soccer club D.C. United and the Australia national team.
Jim Chalmers
James Edward Chalmers is an Australian politician who has served as shadow treasurer since 2019. He has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2013, representing the Division of Rankin in Queensland for the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
Todd Woodbridge
Todd Andrew Woodbridge, OAM is a retired Australian professional tennis player and current sports broadcaster with the Nine Network.
Jeff Fenech
Jeff Fenech is a retired Australian professional boxer. He won world titles in three weight divisions, and is best known for his trilogy with Ghanaian boxer Azumah Nelson. Fenech was trained by renowned Sydney-based trainer Johnny Lewis.
Paul Green
Paul Gregory Green is an Australian professional rugby league football coach who last coached the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL, and a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s.
Kerry O'Brien
Kerry Michael O'Brien is an Australian journalist based in Byron Bay. He is the former editor and host of The 7.30 Report and Four Corners on the ABC. He has been awarded six Walkley Awards during his career.
Steve Dickson
Steven Lance Dickson is an Australian politician. He was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly beginning in 2006, representing the electorates of Kawana (2006–2009) and Buderim (2009–2017). First elected for the Liberal Party, he joined the Liberal National Party in the 2008 merger, but switched to Pauline Hanson's One Nation in January 2017. He subsequently lost his seat to the LNP candidate at the 2017 election. Dickson served as Minister for National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing in the Campbell Newman government from 2012 to 2015.
Mahalia Barnes
Mahalia Violet Barnes is an Australian singer-songwriter and manager, the daughter of Scottish-Australian rock singer Jimmy Barnes and Jane Mahoney. She began performing as part of children's pop group The Tin Lids with siblings, Eliza-Jane 'E.J.', Elly-May and Jackie, but has since become a session and backup singer in her own right. She most recently has sung backup for Joe Bonamassa in the studio, and live.