List of Famous people born in Victoria, Australia
Christopher Prowse
Christopher Charles Prowse is an Australian Roman Catholic bishop. He is currently the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Canberra – Goulburn; appointed to the post on 12 September 2013 and installed as Archbishop on 19 November 2013. On 12 September 2016 Prowse was named as Apostolic Administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wagga Wagga following the retirement of Bishop Gerard Hanna. On 26 May 2020 Pope Francis announced Mark Stuart Edwards would become the sixth Bishop of Wagga Wagga, however Prowse would Apostolic Administrator until Bishop Edwards' installation on 22 July 2020.
Lindsay Tanner
Lindsay James Tanner is an Australian former Labor Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Melbourne from 1993 to 2010 and Minister for Finance from 2007 to 2010, during which time he played a role in Australia's response to the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 and 2009. In 2010, he retired from politics, and has since written several books and been a political commentator.
Murray Hocking
Murray Hocking is a badminton player from Australia. As well as representing Australia in 3 commonwealth games he represented his country in badminton at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, making it to the round of 32.
Simon Clarke
Simon Clarke is an Australian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Qhubeka Assos. He previously rode for the Astana (2011) and Orica–GreenEDGE (2012–2015) teams in the UCI World Tour. Before turning professional, Clarke competed in track cycling as an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. He is not related to fellow Australian cyclist and past teammate Will Clarke.
Emilie Gassin
Patrick Lane
Patrick Lane is an Australian cyclist riding for Avanti IsoWhey Sports.
Glenn O'Shea
Glenn O'Shea is an Australian track cyclist who won the Omnium at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. He was also a member of the Australian team that won silver in the team pursuit at the 2012 World Championships and the 2012 Olympics.
Paul Staight
Paul Staight is an Australian badminton player. He competed in the men's doubles tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Matthew Lloyd
Matthew Lloyd is an Australian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2014. Lloyd is the first Australian cyclist to win a King of the Mountains competition in a grand tour.
Gulliver McGrath
Gulliver William McGrath is an Australian actor.