List of Famous people born in Queensland, Australia
Barry Otto
Barry Otto is an Australian actor and voice artist, primarily of cinema, and an amateur artist.
Tony Sheldon
Tony Sheldon is an Australian actor/singer best known for his work in theatre; he is also a writer.
Reg Watson
Reginald James Watson was a pioneering Australian television producer and screenwriter, best known for creating Crossroads, described as Britain's "first true soap opera", and Australian serials such as Prisoner, Sons and Daughters and Neighbours.
Duncan Armstrong
Duncan John D'Arcy Armstrong is an Australian former competitive swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Armstrong is best remembered for winning a gold and silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Stuart Tinney
Stuart Brian Tinney, OAM is an Olympic-level equestrian rider, who competes for Australia. He won a team gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, a team bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Mark Stockwell
Mark William Stockwell is an Australian former competition swimmer and three-time Olympic medallist. Stockwell is a Queensland native who specialised in freestyle sprint events, and had a successful international swimming career during the mid-1980s including the Olympics, Pan Pacific Championships, and Commonwealth Games. Following his retirement from competitive swimming, he has become a successful business executive and has been active in the administration of national sports organisations in Australia.
Matthew Mitcham
Matthew John Mitcham OAM is a retired Australian diver and trampolinist. As a diver, he was the 2008 Olympic champion in the 10 m platform, having received the highest single-dive score in Olympic history. This made him the first openly gay athlete to win an Olympic gold medal. He is also the first Australian male to win an Olympic gold medal in diving since Dick Eve at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Jodie Henry
Jodie Clare Henry, OAM is an Australian competitive swimmer, Olympic gold medallist and former world-record holder.
Bille Brown
Bille Brown AM born as William Gerald Brown was an Australian stage, film and television actor and acclaimed playwright.
Lawrence Springborg
Lawrence James Springborg is an Australian politician. He led the National Party in the Queensland Parliament from 2003 to 2006 and again in 2008, before becoming the first leader of the merged Liberal National Party from 2008 to 2009. He led the LNP again from 2015 to 2016 before announcing his retirement. He currently serves as Mayor of Goondiwindi Regional Council, having been elected in March 2020.