List of Famous people born in New South Wales, Australia
Daniel Christian
Daniel Trevor Christian is an Australian professional cricketer. He is considered to be a Twenty20 cricket specialist and has played for franchises all over the globe. Christian is known as a powerful hitter and a useful medium pacer. CricInfo's Peter English described him as a "natural all-rounder". His inclusion is seen as a landmark to Aboriginal inclusiveness in Australian cricket.
Michael McCormack
Michael Francis McCormack is an Australian politician who has been leader of the National Party and Deputy Prime Minister of Australia since February 2018. He is also Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, having previously served as Minister for Defence Personnel and Minister for Veterans' Affairs from 2017 to 2018. McCormack has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2010, representing the Division of Riverina in New South Wales. He was a newspaper editor before entering politics.
Francesca Hung
Francesca Hung is an Australian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Australia 2018. She represented Australia at the Miss Universe 2018 pageant in Bangkok, Thailand.
Paul Harragon
Paul William Harragon OAM nicknamed Chief or Chief Harragon is an Australian rugby league football identity. A former Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative forward, he played rugby for the Newcastle Knights whom he captained to the 1997 ARL premiership. Harragon was a regular presenter of The Footy Show and as of 2013 is the Chairman of the Newcastle Knights Advisory Board.
Johanna Griggs
Johanna Leigh Griggs is an Australian television presenter and former competitive swimmer. She won a bronze medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.
Carol Carlotta Spencer
Carlotta is the stage name of Carol Spencer, a transgender Australian cabaret performer and television personality. She began her career as an original cast member of the long-running Sydney-based male revue Les Girls cabaret show, which had an international following and started in 1962 in Sydney's Kings Cross. Carlotta performed spot-numbers as a singer and comedian, and eventually became the show's compere and lead attraction. Her appearance in the television series Number 96 as Miss Robyn Ross, is the first time a transgender actress played a transgender TV character anywhere in the world.
Jennifer Robinson
Jennifer Robinson is an Australian human rights lawyer and barrister with Doughty Street Chambers in London. Before coming to the Bar, she founded the Bertha Justice Initiative and is Director of Legal Advocacy for the Bertha Foundation in London. She is also an adjunct lecturer in Law at the University of Sydney Law School.
Hannah Mouncey
Hannah Mouncey is an Australian national squad handball player who also plays Australian rules football. Mouncey represented Australia in men's handball before transitioning. She has been the subject of controversy over her eligibility to participate in women's competitions. Mouncey debuted with the Australia women's national handball team at the 2018 Asian Women's Handball Championship.
Harley Windsor
Harley Windsor is an Australian pair skater. With his former skating partner, Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya, he is the 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy champion, the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medallist, the 2018 CS U.S. Classic bronze medallist and a two-time Australian national champion.
Anthony Field
Anthony Donald Joseph Field AM is an Australian musician, actor, songwriter and producer. He is best known as a member of the children's group the Wiggles and a member of the 1980s and 1990s pop band the Cockroaches. While still a teenager, he helped found the Cockroaches with his brothers, Paul and John. The Cockroaches recorded two albums and enjoyed moderate success, interrupted by Field's service in Australia's regular army, until they disbanded in the late 1980s.