List of Famous people born in Geelong, Australia
Ben Cousins
Benjamin Luke Cousins is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for West Coast and Richmond in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Daryl Somers
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.
Rebecca Maddern
Rebecca Maddern is an Australian television presenter and journalist.
Oscar Asche
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.
Ian Burn
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.
Russell Boyd
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.
Leigh Howard
Leigh Howard is an Australian professional racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team Pro Racing Sunshine Coast.
George Fairbairn
Sir George Fairbairn was a pastoralist and Australian politician.