List of people from Ballarat

This is a list of people from Ballarat. Those included are notable past or present inhabitants originating from, or associated with, the Australian regional city of Ballarat, Victoria.

Contents

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

A

• Leslie "Bull" Allen, soldier, recipient of the United States' Silver Star
• Georgia Amoore, basketball player
• Reginald Ansett, businessman and founder of Ansett Airways ^[1]

B

• Henry Bailey, Victorian Minister of Lands and Water Supply 1924–1932; born and educated in Ballarat ^[2]
• Robert Bath, Ballarat's first Olympian, competed in boxing
• Geoffrey Blainey, former professor at the University of Melbourne; former chair in Australian studies at Harvard University ^[3]
• Sir Henry Bolte, 38th premier of Victoria ^[4]
• Ray Borner, Australian Boomers basketball player and four-time Olympian ^[5]
• Steve Bracks, premier of Victoria ^[6]
• John Button, Federal Labor politician ^[7]

C

• Raffaello Carboni, author of an eyewitness account of the uprising at the Eureka Stockade ^[8]
• Marie Collier, operatic soprano ^[9]
• F. W. Commons, monumental mason ^[10]
• Susan Crennan, former justice of the High Court of Australia ^[9]
• Thomas Curnow, schoolteacher who prevented Ned Kelly's gang from derailing a police train

D

• Henry Daglish, premier of Western Australia ^{[11] [12]}
• Jacqueline Dark, opera singer ^[13]
• David Davies, artist ^[14]
• Kimberley Davies, actress^{[ citation needed ]}
• Bob Davis, Geelong Football Club champion^{[ citation needed ]}
• Alfred Deakin, inaugural Federal member of Parliament for Ballarat; second prime minister of Australia ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Roger Donaldson, film producer, director, writer^{[ citation needed ]}
• William Dunstan, Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross ^[9]
• Will Dyson, illustrator and political cartoonist

E

• Harold Elliott, major general of the Australian army (educated in Ballarat)
• Warren Ellis, musician, composer, member of Dirty Three, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Grinderman; composed music for several movies, including The Proposition and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford ^{[ citation needed ]}

F

• Frank Fenner, virologist^{[ citation needed ]}
• David Fleay, naturalist, first breeder of the platypus ^{[ citation needed ]}

G

• Duncan Gillies, 14th premier of Victoria

H

• Clarice Halligan, nurse, and prisoner of war
• Eileen Healy, Sister of Mercy ^[15]
• Gertrude Healy, violinist, teacher, conductor
• David Hirschfelder, film score composer, performer
• David Hobson, opera singer
• Thomas Hollway, 36th premier of Victoria
• Keith Holman, rugby league player and coach
• Craig Revel Horwood, Australian-British dancer, choreographer, and theatre director in the United Kingdom; judge on Strictly Come Dancing
• Bill Hunter, actor ^[9]
• Bridget Hustwaite (born 1991), radio and television presenter, journalist and Endometriosis Australia ambassador ^[16]

I

• Bryce Ives, theatre maker, commentator, media producer, former Ballarat Young Person of the Year, director of the Federation University Arts Academy and Gippsland Centre of Art & Design

J

• William G. James, the ABC's first director of music^{[ citation needed ]}

L

• Peter Lalor, leader of the Eureka Rebellion (1854); colonial Parliamentarian;^{[ citation needed ]} author of The Story of the Eureka Stockade^{[ citation needed ]}
• Frank Little, Catholic archbishop of Melbourne^{[ citation needed ]}
• Tony Lockett, Australian Football League footballer, Brownlow Medallist and holder of the all-time goalkicking record. ^{[17] [18]}
• Ted Lovett, Australian rules footballer ^[9]
• Arthur Alfred Lynch (1861–1934), son of John Lynch; engineer and journalist; a Boer colonel in the Boer War who fought with the Boers (1899–1900); sentenced to death for treason against the British in 1903, pardoned in 1907; elected in House of Commons in absentia by Irish in 1901 and 1909–1918; later became a medical doctor ^[19]

M

• Robyn Maher, basketball player ^[9]
• Michael Malthouse, former coach of Collingwood Football Club, Footscray Football Club and West Coast Football Club (AFL Premiership coach in 1992, 1994 and 2010) ^[20]
• Russell Mark, Olympic shooting gold medallist ^[21]
• Norm McLeod, footballer for Melbourne Football Club, 1897-1898 ^[22]
• Sir Douglas Menzies, justice of the High Court of Australia ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Sir Robert Menzies, prime minister of Australia^{[ citation needed ]}
• Steve Moneghetti, Olympic marathon runner ^[23]
• Elsie Morison, opera singer^{[ citation needed ]}
• Leslie Morshead, general in the Australian Army; ^[24] Morshead Park is named after him^{[ citation needed ]}

N

• Hilda Rix Nicholas, painter ^[25]
• David Noonan, artist; lives and works in London ^[26]
• Benjamin Northey, chief conductor of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra ^[9]

O

• Alfred Arthur O'Connor, miner and politician^{[ citation needed ]}

P

• Michelle Payne, 2015 Melbourne Cup winner ^[9]
• Cardinal George Pell, Catholic archbishop emeritus of Sydney ^[27]
• Drew Petrie, professional Australian rules footballer^{[ citation needed ]}

R

• Rosina Raisbeck, opera singer ^[28]
• Shayne Reese, Olympic swimmer ^[9]
• Gwen Richardson, travel writer ^[29]
• Sir Macpherson Robertson, founder of confectionery company MacRobertson's (Freddo, Old Gold, Cherry Ripe)
• Alfred Ronalds, fly fishing author and artisan ^[30]

S

• Matthew Short, cricketer
• Nathan Spielvogel, author
• Cyril Staples, cricketer
• Henry Sutton, inventor ^[31]

T

• Jared Tallent, Olympian race walker ^[32]
• Luke Tonkin, actor ^[33]

V

• James Valentine, journalist ^[9]

W

• Hugh D.T. Williamson (1901–1985), banking executive and philanthropist
• Paul Wiltshire, record producer, songwriter and entrepreneur

Y

• Ellen Young (1810–1872), poet

See also

• Biography portal
• Australia portal

• List of people from Adelaide
• List of people from Brisbane
• List of people from Darwin
• List of people from Frankston
• List of people from Fremantle
• List of people from Melbourne
• List of people from Rockhampton
• List of residents of Sydney
• List of people from Toowoomba
• List of people from Wagga Wagga
• List of people from Wollongong

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