List of Famous people born in Victoria, Australia

Frederick McEvoy

First Name Frederick
Last Name McEvoy
Born on February 12, 1907
Died on November 7, 1951 (aged 44)
Born in Australia, Victoria

Frederick Joseph McEvoy was an Australian born British multi-discipline sportsman and socialite. He had most sporting success as a bobsledder in the late 1930s, winning several medals including three golds at the FIBT World Championships. He married three wealthy heiresses and was a close friend of Errol Flynn. He usually shortened his name to Freddie McEvoy and was nicknamed "Suicide Freddie".

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Matt Welsh

Matthew James Welsh
First Name Matt
Last Name Welsh
Born on November 18, 1976 (age 49)
Born in Australia, Victoria
Height 188 cm | 6'2

Matthew James Welsh, OAM is an Australian swimmer who is the former world champion in the backstroke and butterfly. He took two golds in 50-metre butterfly and 50-metre backstroke, during one hour, at the World Championships in Shanghai 2006. Welsh retired from professional swimming in March 2008 when he failed to secure a place in the team for the Beijing Olympics.

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Eric Bana

Eric Banadinović
First Name Eric
Last Name Bana
Born on August 9, 1968 (age 57)
Born in Australia, Victoria
Height 188 cm | 6'2

Eric Banadinović,, known professionally as Eric Bana, is an Australian actor and comedian. He began his career in the sketch comedy series Full Frontal before gaining notice in the comedy drama The Castle (1997). He achieved further critical recognition for starring in the biographical crime film Chopper (2000).

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George Pell

First Name George
Last Name Pell
Born on June 8, 1941 (age 84)
Born in Australia, Victoria

George Pell is an Australian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as the inaugural prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy between 2014 and 2019, and was a member of the Council of Cardinal Advisers between 2013 and 2018. Ordained a priest in 1966 and bishop in 1987, he was made a cardinal in 2003. Pell served as the eighth Archbishop of Sydney (2001–2014), the seventh Archbishop of Melbourne (1996–2001) and an auxiliary bishop of Melbourne (1987–1996). He has also been an author, columnist and public speaker. Since 1996, Pell has maintained a high public profile on a wide range of issues, while retaining an adherence to Catholic orthodoxy.

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Andrew Bogut

First Name Andrew
Last Name Bogut
Born on November 28, 1984 (age 41)
Born in Australia, Victoria
Height 213 cm | 7'0

Andrew Michael Bogut is an Australian former professional basketball player who spent the majority of his career playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) centre was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the first overall pick in the 2005 NBA draft. He earned All-NBA Third Team honors with the Bucks in 2010. He was traded to the Golden State Warriors in 2012, and was named NBA All-Defensive Second Team in 2015, when he won an NBA championship with the Warriors.

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Tim Smith

First Name Tim
Last Name Smith
Born on October 15, 1983 (age 42)
Born in Australia, Victoria
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Timothy Colin Smith is an Australian politician in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, serving as the member for Kew since 2014. He is a former state and national representative rower who won a medal at the 2005 World Championships.

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Mark Philippoussis

First Name Mark
Last Name Philippoussis
Born on November 7, 1976 (age 49)
Born in Australia, Victoria
Height 196 cm | 6'5

Mark Anthony Philippoussis is an Australian retired tennis player of Greek and Italian descent. He turned professional in 1994. His greatest achievements are winning two Davis Cup titles with Australia in 1999 and 2003, winning the deciding rubber in the final of each. He also reached the finals of the 1998 US Open and the 2003 Wimbledon tournaments, losing to countryman Pat Rafter and Swiss Roger Federer respectively. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8.

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Dylan Alcott

Dylan Martin Alcott
First Name Dylan
Last Name Alcott
Born on December 4, 1990 (age 35)
Born in Australia, Victoria

Dylan Martin Alcott, is an Australian wheelchair basketballer, wheelchair tennis player, radio host and motivational speaker. Alcott was a member of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team, known colloquially as the Australian "Rollers". At the age of 17 he became the youngest "Rollers" gold medal winner for wheelchair basketball, and was the youngest to compete in the Wheelchair Basketball competition. In 2014, he returned to wheelchair tennis with the aim of participating at the 2016 Rio Paralympics, at which he won gold medals in the Men's Quad Singles and Doubles. He was named the 2016 Australian Paralympian of the Year due to his outstanding achievements at Rio. Alongside his sporting career, he hosted the weekend afternoon radio show on Australian radio station Triple J, and the ABC live music show The Set, as well as being a commentator for the 2019 Australian Open. He also was a member of the panel on the AFL Footy Show in 2019. He is the only man to complete the Calendar-Year Grand Slam in quad doubles, winning all four major titles in 2019; in addition he has also won a non-calendar year Grand Slam in quad singles.

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Emily Browning

First Name Emily
Born on December 7, 1988 (age 37)
Born in Australia, Victoria
Height 155 cm | 5'1

Emily Jane Browning is an Australian actress. Browning made her film debut in the television film The Echo of Thunder (1998), and subsequently appeared in television shows such as High Flyers (1999), Something in the Air (2000–2001), and Blue Heelers (2000–2002). Her breakthrough role was in the 2002 horror film Ghost Ship, which introduced her to a wider audience. In 2005, Browning won the Australian Film Institute International Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Violet Baudelaire in the film Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004).

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John Blackman

First Name John
Last Name Blackman
Born on July 14, 1947 (age 78)
Born in Australia, Victoria

John Blackman is an Australian radio and television presenter, voice-artist and comedy writer and author. He is most widely known for his voice-over work for the long-running Nine Network comedy variety show Hey Hey It's Saturday from 1971 until 1999 and then returning for the reunion specials in 2009 and in 2021, with a brief relaunch in 2010.

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