List of Famous people born in Australia
Tom Williams
Thomas Williams is an Australian television personality and radio presenter.
Robyn Denholm
Robyn M. Denholm is an Australian business executive. She succeeded Elon Musk as chairwoman of Tesla, Inc. in November 2018.
Nicho Hynes
Nicho Hynes is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth or fullback for the Melbourne Storm in the NRL.
D'Arcy Short
D'Arcy John Matthew Short is an Australian international cricketer, who plays One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) for the Australian national team. At the domestic level, he plays for Western Australia and the Hobart Hurricanes. Short had an outstanding 2017–18 Big Bash League season, in which he scored 572 runs and was named the player of the tournament award.
Nic Naitanui
Nicholas Mark Naitanui is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was born in Sydney to Fijian parents, and his family moved to Perth, Western Australia after his father's death. Growing up in Midvale, Naitanui attended Governor Stirling Senior High School, and played football for the Midvale Junior Football Club. After representing Western Australia in the 2007 and 2008 AFL Under 18 Championships, he debuted in 2008 for the Swan Districts Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). Naitanui was drafted by West Coast with the second pick in the 2008 National Draft.
Julia Banks
Julia Helen Banks is an Australian lawyer and politician. Elected as the member for Chisholm in the Australian House of Representatives at the 2016 federal election, Banks was the only candidate for the governing Liberal-National Coalition to win a seat held by an opposition party. The previous member, Labor's Anna Burke, had held the seat since 1998 and did not stand for re-election in 2016. Following the Liberal Party leadership spill in August 2018 that saw Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull replaced by Scott Morrison, Banks stated she would not contest the 2019 federal election; and in November 2018 she announced she had quit the party to become an independent MP and sit on the crossbench. She unsuccessfully contested the seat of Flinders at the 2019 election, pitting her against government frontbencher Greg Hunt.
Gillian Armstrong
Gillian May Armstrong is an Australian feature film and documentary director, who specializes in period drama. Her films often feature female perspectives and protagonists.
Tim Wilson
Timothy Robert Wilson is an Australian politician and a member of the Liberal Party of Australia. Wilson serves as the Federal Member for Goldstein in the Australian House of Representatives. He was elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2019, and is currently the Chair of the Standing Committee on Economics.
David Macpherson
David Macpherson is a former professional male tennis player on the ATP Tour. He is the current coach of John Isner and the former coach of Bob and Mike Bryan.
Jeremy Kewley
Jeremy Leo Kewley is an Australian actor, writer, producer and convicted child sex offender. He made his professional acting debut at the age of 14 in the feature film The Devil's Playground.