List of Famous people born in Geelong, Australia

Ben Cousins

First Name Ben
Last Name Cousins
Born on June 30, 1978 (age 47)
Born in Australia, Victoria

Benjamin Luke Cousins is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for West Coast and Richmond in the Australian Football League (AFL).

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Daryl Somers

First Name Daryl
Born on August 6, 1951 (age 74)
Born in Australia, Victoria

Daryl Paul Somers, OAM is an Australian television personality and musician, and a triple Gold Logie award-winner. He rose to national fame as the host and executive producer of the long-running comedy-variety program Hey Hey It's Saturday and continued his television celebrity and status as host of the live-performance program Dancing with the Stars. In 2018, Somers was honoured by Australia Post by having his portrait featured on a series of postage stamps.

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Rebecca Maddern

First Name Rebecca
Born on August 6, 1977 (age 48)
Born in Australia, Victoria

Rebecca Maddern is an Australian television presenter and journalist.

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Oscar Asche

First Name Oscar
Last Name Asche
Born on January 26, 1871
Died on March 23, 1936 (aged 65)
Born in Australia, Victoria

John Stange(r) Heiss Oscar Asche, better known as Oscar Asche, was an Australian actor, director, and writer, best known for having written, directed, and acted in the record-breaking musical Chu Chin Chow, both on stage and film, and for acting in, directing, or producing many Shakespeare plays and successful musicals.

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Ian Burn

First Name Ian
Last Name Burn
Born on December 29, 1939
Died on September 29, 1993 (aged 53)
Born in Australia, Victoria

Ian Burn was an influential Australian conceptual artist. He was a notable member of the Art and Language group that flourished in the 1970s. Ian Burn was also an art writer, curator, and scholar.

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Russell Boyd

First Name Russell
Last Name Boyd
Born on April 21, 1944 (age 81)
Born in Australia, Victoria

Russell Boyd, ACS, ASC, is an Australian cinematographer. He rose to prominence with his highly praised work on Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), the first of several collaborations with director Peter Weir. Boyd is a member of both the Australian Cinematographers Society since 1975 and the American Society of Cinematographers since 2004.

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Leigh Howard

First Name Leigh
Last Name Howard
Born on October 18, 1989 (age 36)
Born in Australia, Victoria
Height 176 cm | 5'9

Leigh Howard is an Australian professional racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team Pro Racing Sunshine Coast.

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George Fairbairn

First Name George
Last Name Fairbairn
Born on March 23, 1855
Died on October 23, 1943 (aged 88)
Born in Australia, Victoria

Sir George Fairbairn was a pastoralist and Australian politician.

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