List of Famous people born in Queensland, Australia
Jarrod Bannister
Jarrod Bannister was an Australian track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. His personal best throw of 89.02 metres, achieved in 2008, is the Australian and Oceanian record.
Wendell Sailor
Wendell Jermaine Sailor is an Australian former professional rugby footballer who represented his country in both rugby league and rugby union – a dual code international.
Michael Ware
Michael Ware is an Australian journalist formerly with CNN and was for several years based in their Baghdad bureau. He joined CNN in May 2006, after five years with sister publication Time. His last on-air appearance for the network was in December 2009.
Luke Mitchell
Luke Mitchell (born 17 April 1985) is an Australian actor and model. He attended the Film and Television Studio International and won the role of Chris Knight in Neighbours. Mitchell appeared in the third season of H2O: Just Add Water as Will, before starring as Romeo Smith in Home and Away. The role saw Mitchell win the Most Popular New Male Talent Logie Award in 2010. In 2013 he was cast as John Young in the CW's The Tomorrow People, whom he played until the series cancellation. In 2015, he joined the cast of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as the Inhuman Lincoln Campbell as a recurring character for its second season before being promoted to series regular for the third season. He joined NBC's Blindspot as a series regular during its second season, playing Roman Briggs.
Harry Grant
Harry Grant is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker for the Melbourne Storm in the NRL. Grant played for the Wests Tigers on loan for the 2020 NRL Season. The arrangement between Wests Tigers and Melbourne Storm to trade Grant with Paul Momirovski was the first loan arrangement in NRL history.
Jonathan Cantwell
Jonathan Cantwell was an Australian professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2014 for the Jittery Joe's, V Australia, Saxo–Tinkoff and Drapac Professional Cycling teams.
Christine Anu
Christine Anu is an Australian pop singer-songwriter and actress of Torres Strait Islander heritage. She gained popularity with the cover song release of the Warumpi Band's song "My Island Home". Anu has been nominated for 17 ARIA Awards.
Dorothy Hill
Dorothy Hill, AC, CBE, FAA, FRS was an Australian geologist and palaeontologist, the first female professor at an Australian university, and the first female president of the Australian Academy of Science.
Ben McDermott
Benjamin Reginald McDermott is an Australian cricketer.
Saya Sakakibara
Saya Sakakibara is an Australian cyclist competing in BMX Supercross events.