List of Famous people born in New South Wales, Australia

James Lloyd Morrison AM is an Australian jazz musician. Although his main instrument is trumpet, he has also performed on trombone, tuba, euphonium, flugelhorn, saxophone, clarinet, double bass, guitar, and piano. He is a composer, writing jazz charts for ensembles of various sizes and proficiency levels.

John Foxton Ross Kerr is an Australian pathologist. He was the first to describe the ultrastructural changes in apoptosis, and could show that they differ significantly from the changes that occur in necrosis, another form of programmed cell death. For the first time, he placed the roles of cell death in normal adult mammals, and in disease, into scientific focus.

Captain Peter Edward James Collins, was the Leader of the Opposition in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 4 April 1995 to 8 December 1998.

Robert W. Goodwin, billed as R. W. Goodwin, is an Australian-born American television producer and director best known for his work as senior executive producer of The X-Files. He lives in Bellingham, Washington.

Nash Edgerton is an Australian film director, actor and stuntman, and a principal member of the movie-making collective Blue-Tongue Films.

Cliff Lyons is an indigenous Australian former international rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. A Clive Churchill Medallist and two-time Dally M Medallist, he made 309 first-grade appearances with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, winning grand finals with them in 1987 and 1996. Lyons also represented New South Wales and Australia, being part of the successful 1990 Kangaroo Tour of Great Britain and France.

Clayton Watson is an Australian producer, actor, writer, and director. He grew up in the Australian outback on a sheep station close to Morgan, a small town in South Australia. He is best known for playing the role of Kid next to Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, and Carrie-Anne Moss in The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, and the short film "Kid's Story" in The Animatrix. He also reprised his role for The Matrix Online, and was nominated for Best Newcomer at the American Sci-Fi Awards. He won an AFI for his role in Always Greener, and has played the lead in two Stephen King films.

Laura Imbruglia is an Australian indie rock singer-songwriter.

Danielle Vanessa McGrath, née Carr is an Australian former pair skater. With her brother, Stephen Carr, she is a nineteen-time (1980–1998) Australian national champion. They competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics, placing 13th, the 1994 Winter Olympics, placing 11th, and the 1998 Winter Olympics, again placing 13th. They retired from competitive skating following the 1998 Olympic season. During their amateur career, they were coached by Sergei Shakhrai and Kerry Leitch.