List of Famous people born in Victoria, Australia
Alan Tudge
Alan Tudge is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2010, representing the Division of Aston for the Liberal Party. He has been a government minister since 2016, serving as Minister for Human Services (2016–2017), Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs (2017–2018), and Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure (2018–present). He was promoted to Cabinet after the 2019 federal election. On 13 December 2019, Tudge was appointed the acting Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural and Office Affairs.
Chaz Mostert
Chaz Mostert is an Australian professional racing driver competing in the Repco Supercars Championship. He currently drives the No. 25 Holden ZB Commodore for Walkinshaw Andretti United. Mostert was the winner of the 2014 Bathurst 1000 with Paul Morris and has also previously won the 2010 Australian Formula Ford Championship. At the conclusion of the 2019 season, Mostert signed for Walkinshaw Andretti United. Where he won the 2021 Bathurst 1000 with co driver. Lee Holdsworth.
Penny Taylor
Penelope Jane Taylor is an Australian retired professional basketball player who is now an assistant coach of the Phoenix Mercury. During her 19-year career, Taylor spent the most time with the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA, where she won three championships. She also won the WNBL with her first club, the Australian Institute of Sport, and played in China, Italy, Turkey and Russia. As part of the Australian woman's national team, Taylor won two Olympic medals and led the Australian Opals to a gold medal at the World Championships, winning tournament MVP honours ahead of teammate Lauren Jackson.
Ben Mendelsohn
Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn is an Australian actor, who first rose to prominence in Australia for his breakout role in The Year My Voice Broke (1987).
Savannah Guthrie
Savannah Clark Guthrie is an American broadcast journalist and attorney. She is a main co-anchor of the NBC News morning show Today, a position she has held since July 2012.
Daryl Somers
Daryl Paul Somers, OAM is an Australian television personality and musician, and a triple Gold Logie award-winner. He rose to national fame as the host and executive producer of the long-running comedy-variety program Hey Hey It's Saturday and continued his television celebrity and status as host of the live-performance program Dancing with the Stars. In 2018, Somers was honoured by Australia Post by having his portrait featured on a series of postage stamps.
Oscar Piastri
Oscar Piastri is an Australian racing driver and member of the Renault Sport Academy. He won the 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup, and is currently the reigning FIA Formula 3 champion.
Axle Whitehead
Axle Whitehead is an Australian TV host, singer, musician, and actor. He was a host on Video Hits. In 2008, he released his first studio album Losing Sleep which debuted outside the ARIA top 50. He also played Liam Murphy in Channel Seven's Home and Away and was the host of The World's Strictest Parents. In 2015, Whitehead began playing the role of Davis, a musician, in the Showtime series, Shameless. He formerly hosted game show The Wall.
Craig Revel Horwood
Craig Revel Horwood is an Australian–British professional ballroom dancer, choreographer, conductor, singer, author, theatre director and television personality in the United Kingdom. He is a patron of the Royal Osteoporosis Society.
Josh Giddey
Joshua Giddey is an Australian professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected by the Thunder with the sixth overall pick in the 2021 NBA draft.