List of Famous people born in Victoria, Australia
Sarah Hanson-Young
Sarah Coral Hanson-Young is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for South Australia since July 2008, representing the Australian Greens. She is the youngest woman to be elected to federal parliament, winning election at the age of 25 and taking office at the age of 26. She was the youngest person ever elected to the Senate, until Jordon Steele-John was elected on a recount in 2017.
Marlene Kairouz
Marlene Kairouz is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2008. She was the Minister for Consumer Affairs, Gaming and Liquor Regulation between 2016 and 2020.
Julia Banks
Julia Helen Banks is an Australian lawyer and politician. Elected as the member for Chisholm in the Australian House of Representatives at the 2016 federal election, Banks was the only candidate for the governing Liberal-National Coalition to win a seat held by an opposition party. The previous member, Labor's Anna Burke, had held the seat since 1998 and did not stand for re-election in 2016. Following the Liberal Party leadership spill in August 2018 that saw Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull replaced by Scott Morrison, Banks stated she would not contest the 2019 federal election; and in November 2018 she announced she had quit the party to become an independent MP and sit on the crossbench. She unsuccessfully contested the seat of Flinders at the 2019 election, pitting her against government frontbencher Greg Hunt.
Gillian Armstrong
Gillian May Armstrong is an Australian feature film and documentary director, who specializes in period drama. Her films often feature female perspectives and protagonists.
Tim Wilson
Timothy Robert Wilson is an Australian politician and a member of the Liberal Party of Australia. Wilson serves as the Federal Member for Goldstein in the Australian House of Representatives. He was elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2019, and is currently the Chair of the Standing Committee on Economics.
Jeremy Kewley
Jeremy Leo Kewley is an Australian actor, writer, producer and convicted child sex offender. He made his professional acting debut at the age of 14 in the feature film The Devil's Playground.
Anthony Pratt
Anthony Joseph Pratt, an Australian businessman and billionaire, is the Executive Chairman of Visy Industries and Pratt Industries in America, which is the world's largest privately owned packaging and paper company. Pratt is the son of the late Richard Pratt, a former manufacturing magnate and former president of the Carlton Football Club, and Jeanne Pratt, a philanthropist.
Josh Kennedy
Joshua P. Kennedy is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Hawthorn Football Club.
Tony Smith
Anthony David Hawthorn Smith is an Australian politician who is the 30th and current Speaker of the House of Representatives. He has been a Liberal Party Member of the House of Representatives since 2001, representing the Division of Casey in Victoria.
Ed Oxenbould
Ed Oxenbould is an Australian actor. He rose to prominence for his role in the film Julian (2012). Subsequently, he appeared in the television series Puberty Blues (2012–2014) and became more well-known for his role in the film Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014). He continued to gain fame for his roles in the films Paper Planes (2015), The Visit (2015), Better Watch Out, (2016) and Wildlife (2018).