List of Famous people born in Victoria, Australia
Michael Rymer
Michael Rymer is an Australian television and film director, best known for his work on the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica TV series, for which he directed the pilot miniseries and several episodes of the series. He also directed In Too Deep and Queen of the Damned.
Kevin Andrews
Kevin James Andrews is an Australian politician and member of the Liberal Party of Australia. He is currently a backbench Member of the House of Representatives for the seat of Menzies, to which he was first elected at the 1991 by-election. Andrews is a conservative and a Catholic.
Antony I. Ginnane
Antony I. Ginnane is an Australian film producer best known for his work in the exploitation field. He was head of the Screen Producers Association of Australia from 2008 to 2011.
Matthew Chau
Matthew Chau is a badminton player from Australia. He was four times men's doubles Oceania Champion winning in 2015–2018. Chau competed in the men's doubles at the 2016 Summer Olympics alongside Sawan Serasinghe.
Timothy Costelloe
Timothy John Costelloe SDB, an Australian metropolitan bishop, is the ninth Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Perth, Western Australia, appointed in February 2012.
Penelope Plummer
Penelope Plummer is an Australian actress, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 1968. The then 18-year-old librarian from Kempsey, New South Wales, became the first contestant from her country to win the title. The pageant was held in London, United Kingdom.
Tom Leaper
Tom Leaper is a former Australian racing cyclist. He finished in second place in the Australian National Road Race Championships in 1998.
Simon Gerrans
Simon Gerrans is an Australian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2018, for the AG2R Prévoyance, Crédit Agricole, Cervélo TestTeam, Team Sky, Orica–Scott and BMC Racing Team squads. He currently works as an athlete intern at Goldman Sachs in London.
John Pyper-Ferguson
John Pyper-Ferguson is an Australian-born Canadian actor. He has appeared in a wide range of films and television shows. His notable works include playing Sonny Hamilton on Hamilton's Quest, Peter Hutter on The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., and Joe Whedon on Brothers & Sisters. He also portrayed Tomas Vergis on the science fiction drama television series Caprica, Tex on the TNT television series The Last Ship, as well as Jack Soloff on USA Network's television series Suits.
Scott McNeil
Scott McNeil is an Australian-born Canadian voice, film and television actor. He currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. One of the most well-known Canadian voice actors of all time, McNeil has provided voices to many characters in animated shows, most notably Dragon Ball Z, Beast Wars: Transformers, X-Men: Evolution, Inuyasha and Fullmetal Alchemist. He has done live action work as well.