List of Famous people born in Victoria, Australia
Rebecca Maddern
Rebecca Maddern is an Australian television presenter and journalist.
Dieter Salomon
Dieter Salomon is a German politician and was mayor of Freiburg im Breisgau for two terms from 2002 until 2018. He is a member of the Alliance '90/The Greens.
Robert Allenby
Robert Allenby is an Australian professional golfer.
Vance Joy
James Gabriel Keogh, known professionally as Vance Joy, is an Australian singer and songwriter. He signed a five-album deal with Atlantic Records in 2013. He released his debut EP God Loves You When You're Dancing in March 2013. His song "Riptide" was voted number 1 on the 2013 Triple J Hottest 100. Joy released his debut studio album Dream Your Life Away on 5 September 2014 in Australia and on 9 September 2014 elsewhere. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2015, he won Best Male Artist. His second studio album, Nation of Two, was released in 2018.
Martin Foley
Martin Peter Foley is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2007, representing Albert Park. He has been Minister for Equality in the First and Second Andrews Ministry since December 2014 and Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services since September 2020. He was previously the Minister for Mental Health and Minister for Creative Industries prior to September 2020.
Xavier Samuel
Xavier Samuel is an Australian actor. He has appeared in leading roles in the feature films Adore, September, Further We Search, Newcastle, The Loved Ones, Frankenstein, A Few Best Men, and played Riley Biers in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and Billy in Spin Out.
Sam Newman
John Noel William Newman, better known as Sam Newman, is an Australian media executive and radio and television personality. Originally known for his contribution to Australian rules football as a player for the Geelong Football Club, he has come to be better known as a media personality with controversial views on certain topics.
Easton Wood
Easton Phillip Wood is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). He captained the Bulldogs to victory against the Sydney Swans in the 2016 AFL Grand Final, the club's first premiership win since 1954 and was the official captain from 2018 to 2019.
Michael Zerafa
Michael Zerafa is an Australian professional boxer who held the Commonwealth super-welterweight title in 2018.
Nick Seymour
Nicholas More Seymour is an Australian musician, painter, and record producer. He is the founding bass guitarist and a mainstay of the Australia and New Zealand based rock group Crowded House, and is also the younger brother of Mark Seymour, singer-songwriter-guitarist in the rock band, Hunters and Collectors.