List of Famous people born in Victoria, Australia
Peter Blackburn
Peter Grant Blackburn is an Australian badminton player who affiliated with the Ballarat Badminton Association. He competed at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, and collected four bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games. Blackburn graduated from the Ballarat University College with a Diploma in Teaching in 1991. He was awarded the Hollioake Medallion in 1991, 1994 and 1995 for his outstanding contribution to sport in the City of Ballarat, and in 1999 he was named Ballarat Sportsperson of the Year.
Trent Lowe
Trent Lowe is a professional road bicycle racer from Australia. He rode for Garmin–Transitions on the UCI ProTour from 2008 to 2010. Lowe was one of only two Australians on the Slipstream Squad, the other being Chris 'CJ' Sutton who came from Cofidis in 2007. The former full-time professional mountain biker had a breakthrough year on the road in 2005 riding for the US domestic team, Jittery Joe's, where he caught eye of Discovery Channel sports manager Johan Bruyneel. He was signed for Discovery Channel for his superior climbing abilities. In 2002 he won the UCI MTB World Junior XC Championship, then he won the under-23 Australian National Mountain Bike Championship in 2003 and 2004.
Rhonda Cator
Rhonda Cator is a retired female badminton player from Australia.
Richard Wynne
Richard William Wynne is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 1999, representing the electorate of Richmond. He has been Minister for Planning in the Andrews Ministry since December 2014 and also became the Minister for Housing and Minister for Multicultural Affairs in 2018. He previously served as Parliamentary Secretary for Justice (1999–2002), Cabinet Secretary (2002–2006), Minister for Housing (2006–2010), Minister for Local Government (2006–2010) and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (2007–2010) in the Bracks Ministry and Brumby Ministry. He is a member of the Labor Party and a member of the Socialist Left faction.
Nick Green
Nicholas David Green OAM is an Australian former rower, a dual Olympic gold medallist and four time World Champion. From 1990 to 1998 he was a member of Australia's prominent world class crew – the coxless four known as the Oarsome Foursome. Now a sports administrator, since 2014 he has been Chief Executive of Cycling Australia.
Glenn Warfe
Glenn Warfe is an Australian badminton player. He competed for Australia at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.
Les Tomlinson
Leslie Rogers "Les" Tomlinson is an Australian Catholic bishop. On 3 February 2012, it was announced that Pope Benedict XVI had appointed Tomlinson as the seventh Bishop of Sandhurst. He was installed on 1 March 2012. He was formerly an auxiliary bishop and Vicar General in the Archdiocese of Melbourne.
Paul Stevenson
Paul Stevenson is an Australian badminton player. He competed in the mixed doubles tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Hilton Forrest Deakin
Hilton Forrest Deakin was an Australian Roman Catholic prelate.
Emma Dean
Emma Dean is an Australian chef and television presenter, who came to prominence as the winner of the fifth series of MasterChef Australia.