List of Famous people born in New South Wales, Australia
Michael Taussig
Michael T. Taussig is an Australian anthropologist and professor at Columbia University. Although he has published on medical anthropology, he is best known for his engagement with Marx's idea of commodity fetishism, especially in terms of the work of Walter Benjamin.
Jeff Fatt
Jeffrey Wayne Fatt AM is an Australian musician and actor. He was a member of the children's group the Wiggles from its founding in 1991 to 2012, and was also in the 1980s and 1990s pop band the Cockroaches. He was the oldest member of the original Wiggles line up.
Elisabeth Murdoch
Elisabeth Murdoch is an Australian-born British and American media executive based in the United Kingdom. Murdoch is the second daughter of Australian-born American multi-billionaire media proprietor Rupert Murdoch. She was a non-executive chairperson of Shine Group, the UK-based TV programme production company she founded in 2001, until the company's parent – her father's 21st Century Fox – on 1 January 2015 merged its Shine division with ApolloGlobal Management's Endemol and Core Media production houses, specializing in reality TV.
Jason Behrendorff
Jason Paul Behrendorff is an Australian cricketer, currently listed with Western Australia and the Perth Scorchers in Australian domestic cricket.
Ryan Papenhuyzen
Ryan Papenhuyzen is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL), as a fullback.
Maggie Kirkpatrick
Margaret Anne Kirkpatrick is an Australian actress who is best known for her portrayal of the character Joan Ferguson, a sinister and cold lesbian prison officer, nicknamed "The Freak", in the popular Australian television soap opera Prisoner. More recently, she performed as Madame Morrible in an Australian production of the musical Wicked.
Zarah Garde-Wilson
Zarah Garde-Wilson is an Australian solicitor in Victoria who rose to prominence after she acted for many persons under investigation by Victoria Police in relation to the Melbourne gangland killings of 1998–2006. In 2016 she filed an affidavit stating "that 'Lawyer X's' identity was common knowledge within the legal fraternity and that she was aware of 'Lawyer X's' true identity."
Mark Bradshaw
Mark Bradshaw is an Australian composer known for his work in film and television.
Tara Brown
Tara Brown is an Australian television presenter and reporter. She was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Jordan Barrett
Jordan Kale Barrett is an Australian fashion model. In December 2016, Models.com selected him as the "Model of the Year." Vogue has called Barrett the "Model It Boy of the new Era." Barrett also received the "Man Of Style" award at The GQ Awards.