List of people from Melbourne

This is a list of notable people from Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria, Australia.

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

Native Melburnians

The following were born or grew up in Melbourne.

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• 360 – hip-hop rapper

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A

• Daevid Allen – musician
• Gordon Allpress – darts
• Dennis Allen – criminal
• Vanessa Amorosi – entertainer
• Phil Anderson – cyclist
• Bobi Andonov – singer
• Peter Andre – entertainer/baddie
• Beau Anderson – darts
• Tina Arena – singer/entertainer
• Asphyxia – puppeteer and children's author
• Tilly Aston – rights activist for the blind
• Stephany Avila – actress

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B

• Merril Bainbridge – local singer
• Dougie Baldwin – actor
• Mike Baird – bank manager, former NSW premier
• Eric Bana – comedian and actor
• Adam Bandt – politician
• Ron Barassi – Australian rules footballer
• Frederick Oswald Barnett – social reformer
• Jeremy Barrett – artist ^[1]
• Max Barry – writer
• Kevin Bartlett – Australian rules footballer
• Russell Basser (born 1960) – Olympic water polo player
• John Bertrand – yachtsman
• Travis Blackley – Major League baseballer
• Hamish Blake – comedian
• Cate Blanchett – actress
• Andrew Bogut – NBA basketball player
• Jonah Bolden (born 1996) – NBA basketball player
• Anne Fraser Bon – pastoralist, philanthropist, and advocate
• Cris Bonacci – musician
• Leigh Bowery – performing artist
• David Boyd – artist
• John Brack – artist
• May Brahe – composer
• James Bailey – darts
• Mark Bresciano – soccer player
• Brigita Brezovac – IFBB bodybuilder
• David Bridie – musician
• Damien Broderick – science fiction writer
• Havana Brown – DJ/singer
• Jordan Brown (born 1996) – footballer
• Emily Browning – actress/model
• Leigh Broxham – soccer player
• Stanley Bruce – prime minister of Australia
• Alice Burdeu – fashion model
• Debra Byrne – entertainer

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C

• John Cain (senior) – premier of Victoria
• Corey Cadby – darts
• Ellen Cahill - Street singer more commonly known as "Kate Killarney"
• Anthony Callea – tenor/entertainer
• Arthur Calwell – politician
• Liz Cambage (born 1991) – basketball player in the Israeli Female Basketball Premier League
• Deirdre Cash (Criena Rohan) – novelist
• Pat Cash – tennis player
• Steph Catley – soccer player for Australia
• Nick Cave – singer/actor
• Brian Chambers – cricketer
• Bianca Chatfield – netball player
• Chris Cheney – musician
• Anna Ciddor – author and illustrator
• Gabriella Cilmi – singer
• Mal Cuming – darts
• Graeme Clark
• Teale Coco – model
• Steve Cox – artist
• Vince Colosimo – actor
• Kate Constable – novelist
• Julie Corletto – netball player
• Ryan Corr – actor
• Peter Costello – politician, treasurer of Australia
• Frank Costigan – lawyer and politician
• Noel Counihan – artist
• Susan Crennan – High Court justice
• Barry Crocker – entertainer, children's TV personality
• Bernard Curry – actor
• Abraham Cykiert – playwright, poet

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D

• Isabella Dalgarno (1805-1878) – Scottish born temperance advocate ^[2]
• Brody Dalle – singer
• Tenille Dashwood ("Emma") – professional wrestler
• Garry David – criminal
• Liam Davison – novelist
• Paul Dawber – actor, Neighbours , Sons & Daughters , The Novelist ^[3]
• Tania de Jong – soprano and entrepreneur (daughter of Eva Duldig, granddaughter of Karl Duldig)
• Emilie de Ravin – actress
• Alfred Deakin – Prime Minister of Australia
• Paul Dempsey – musician
• Catherine Deveny – comedian
• Anthony Di Pietro – businessman and soccer promoter
• Helena Dix – soprano
• Owen Dixon – chief justice
• Jason Donovan – entertainer
• Eva Duldig (born 1938) – tennis player, author
• Karl Duldig (1902–1986) – sculptor
• Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop – surgeon and war hero
• Judith Durham – entertainer (The Seekers)

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E

• Sir John Eccles – Nobel laureate, neurophysiologist
• Peter Eckersley – computer scientist, computer security researcher, and activist
• Matthew Elliott – test cricketer
• Jason Ellis – broadcaster
• Mark Evans – bassist (AC/DC)
• Dante Exum – NBA basketball player

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F

• John Farnham – entertainer
• Brendan Fevola – Australian rules footballer
• Jon Finlayson – actor and artist
• John Fitzgerald – tennis player
• Edwin Flack – tennis player
• Flea (born Michael Balzary) – musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• Damien Fleming – test cricketer
• Joel Fletcher – disk jockey
• Debbie Flintoff-King – Olympic athlete
• Amanda Fosang – biomedical researcher
• Lindsay Fox – logistics CEO
• Malcolm Fraser – prime minister of Australia
• Anna Funder – author

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G

• Anna Galvin – actress
• Alphonse Gangitano – organised crime figure
• Zarah Garde-Wilson – attorney
• Helen Garner – novelist
• Andrew Gaze – professional basketball player
• Lisa Gerrard – singer/composer
• Sir John Gorton – prime minister of Australia
• Gotye – musician
• Alan J. Gow – motor sports promoter
• Percy Grainger – composer/pianist
• Germaine Greer – writer and feminist
• Vince Grella – soccer player
• Rachel Griffiths – actress
• Savannah Guthrie – TV broadcaster currently working for NBC News

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H

• Joe Hachem – poker player
• Ross Hannaford – musician
• Hanni (singer) – member of South Korean girl group NewJeans
• Frank Hardy – novelist and political activist
• Colin Hay – musician/actor
• Chris Hemsworth – actor
• Liam Hemsworth – actor
• Luke Hemsworth – actor
• Paul Hester (d. 2005) – musician
• Missy Higgins – singer, actress and entertainer
• Derryn Hinch ("The Human Headline") – broadcaster
• Peter Hitchener – news presenter
• Harold Holt – prime minister of Australia
• Danielle Horvat – actress
• Rowland S. Howard – musician, writer
• Merv Hughes – test cricketer
• Barry Humphries (Dame Edna Everage) – comedian
• Rex Hunt – Australian rules footballer and media personality
• Graham Hunt – darts

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I

• Aubri Ibrag – actress, model, Internet personality
• Kyrie Irving – NBA basketball player
• Steve Irwin – wildlife expert
• Isaac Isaacs – chief justice and governor-general of Australia

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J

• Margaret Jackson – business executive
• Christie Jenkins – trampoline athlete
• Stephen Jolly – activist and politician
• Alan Jones – 1980 Formula One World Drivers' Champion
• Dean Jones – test cricketer
• Vance Joy – singer
• Isha Judd – author and spiritual teacher
• Paul Jennings – children's author

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K

• Ash Keating – artist
• Moira Kelly (humanitarian) – humanitarian aid worker
• Paul Kelly – musician
• Graham Kennedy – entertainer
• Marny Kennedy – actress/singer
• Jeff Kennett – premier of Victoria
• Jennifer Keyte – news presenter ( Seven News )
• Graham Kinniburgh – organized crime figure
• Michael Klim – Olympic swimmer
• Michael Klinger – cricketer
• Barrie Kosky – opera director
• Lynne Kosky – politician
• Anthony Koutoufides – Australian rules footballer
• Tori Kewish – darts

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L

• Norman Lacy – politician
• John Landy – Olympic athlete
• Elizabeth Langley – Canadian performer, choreographer, teacher
• Lex Lasry – Supreme Court judge
• Andrew Lauterstein – Olympic swimmer
• Bill Lawry – test cricketer
• Abbey Lee – actress and model
• Andy Lee – comedian
• Michael Leunig – cartoonist and controversialist
• Simon Lewis – lifeguard
• Sharon Lewin – Director of the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
• Solomon Lew – businessman
• Peter Lik – photographer
• Walter Lindrum – billiards player
• Luc Longley – NBA basketball player
• Colin Lovitt – lawyer/QC
• Richard Lowenstein – film director
• Craig Lowndes – three time Supercars Championship winner (1996, 1998, 1999)
• Sydney Lucas – centenarian soldier

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M

• Katie Mactier – racing cyclist
• Melissa Maizels (born 1993) – soccer player
• Costas Mandylor – actor
• Daniel Mannix – Catholic archbishop of Melbourne
• John Marsden – writer and educationalist
• Kirstie Marshall – politician and aerial skier
• Mangok Mathiang (born 1992) – Australian-Sudanese basketball player for Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• John McAll – pianist
• Mat McBriar – American football punter
• Frederick McCubbin – painter
• Scott McDonald – Australian rules footballer
• Hal and Jim McElroy – film/television producers
• Brad McEwan – journalist (Ten Eyewitness News)
• John Reid McGowan – boxer
• Eddie McGuire – entertainer
• Sir William McKie – musician
• Sharelle McMahon – netball player
• Noel McNamara – social activist
• Peter McNamara – tennis player
• Paul McNamee – tennis player and sports administrator
• Bryony Marks – composer
• Clement Meadmore – sculptor
• Dame Nellie Melba – opera singer
• Ben Mendelsohn – actor
• Keith Miller – test cricketer
• Dannii Minogue – pop star
• Kylie Minogue – pop star
• Peter Mitchell – news presenter (Seven News)
• Radha Mitchell – actress
• Anika Molesworth – agroecology scientist
• Sir John Monash – civil engineer and military commander
• Jason Moran – criminal
• Lewis Moran – criminal
• Mark Moran – criminal
• Bob Morley – actor
• Leslie Morshead – army officer and businessman
• Dame Elisabeth Murdoch – philanthropist
• Sir Keith Murdoch – journalist
• Rupert Murdoch – press magnate
• Vali Myers – artist and dancer

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N

• Andrew Nabbout – soccer player
• Bert Newton – entertainer
• Matthew Newton – actor and son of entertainer Bert Newton
• Olivia Newton-John – singer/actress
• Livinia Nixon – TV presenter (Nine News)
• Keith Nugent – physicist

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O

• Joan O'Hagan – novelist
• Ida Rentoul Outhwaite – illustrator
• Scott Owen – bassist
• Dermot O'Brien – film producer and director

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P

• Nikos Pantazopoulos – artist
• John James Parton – Big Brother UK contestant
• Sid Patterson – track cyclist
• Guy Pearce – actor
• Andreja Pejic – model
• Kirk Pengilly – musician, member of Australian band INXS
• Elliot Perlman – writer and barrister
• Kath Pettingill – criminal (Pettingill family)
• Mark Philippoussis – tennis player
• Oscar Piastri – McLaren Formula 1 driver
• Harry "Snub" Pollard – comedian
• Bill Ponsford – test cricketer
• Richard Pratt – businessman
• Jane Price (1860–1948) – painter
• Clifton Pugh – artist

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Q

• Stephen Quartermain – news presenter, Ten Eyewitness News

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R

• Raja Ram – musician
• Diego Ramirez (artist) – artist ^{[4] [5] [6]}
• Dean Rankine – comic artist and writer
• Chopper Read – criminal
• Helen Reddy – singer and activist
• James Mahmud Rice – sociologist
• Jim Richards – racing driver
• Steven Richards – racing driver
• Robert Richter – lawyer and rights activist
• William Ricketts – potter and sculptor
• Gina Riley – comedian/actress
• Helen Lothan Robertson - tailor and trade unionist (1848-1937) ^[7]
• Neil Robertson – snooker player
• Anastasia Rodionova – tennis player
• Jodie Rogers – diver ^[8]
• Rosé (singer) – singer, member of South Korean girl group Blackpink
• Lionel Rose – boxer
• Ruby Rose – actress
• Normie Rowe – singer
• Phil Rudd – drummer, member of Australian band AC/DC

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S

• Fred Schepisi – film director
• Peter Scully – criminal
• Anna Segal – Olympic freestyle skier and two-time world champion
• Sam Sejavka – writer and musician
• Phineas Selig – journalist
• Mark Seymour – musician
• Patricia Shaw – novelist
• Ann Shoebridge – milliner
• Peter Siddle – test cricketer
• Ben Simmons – NBA basketball player
• Peter Singer – philosopher
• Jerry Skinner – deputy prime minister of New Zealand
• Reuben Solo – comedian ^[9]
• Daryl Somers – entertainer
• James Sorensen – actor model
• Jesse Spencer – actor, musician
• Caitlin Stasey – actress
• Christine Stephen-Daly – actress
• Russell Stewart – darts
• Craig Stott – actor
• Graeme "Shirley" Strachan – singer and television presenter, member of Australian rock band Skyhooks
• Dane Swan – Australian rules footballer
• Red Symons – guitarist, entertainer and radio presenter
• Keith Sullivan – darts player

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T

• Peter Tatchell – politician and rights campaigner
• Don Tregonning – Australian professional tennis player and coach
• Squizzy Taylor – criminal
• Eliza Taylor-Cotter – actress
• J. G. Thirlwell – singer, composer
• Lewis Thorpe – professional baseball pitcher
• John Thwaites – politician
• George Tolhurst – composer
• Tones and I – singer-songwriter
• Anna Torv – actress
• Geoffrey Tozer – pianist
• Zbych Trofimiuk – actor
• Zoja Trofimiuk – sculptor
• Anthony Troiano – musician
• Christos Tsiolkas – author
• Albert Tucker – artist

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V

• Holly Valance – actress/singer
• Mark Viduka – soccer player
• Steve Vizard – entertainer and businessman

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W

• Ron Walker (Australian businessman) – businessman and Lord Mayor of Melbourne
• Stan Walker – singer
• James Wan – film producer and director
• Sir Joseph Ward – prime minister of New Zealand
• Shane Warne – test cricketer
• Gordon Watson (squash player) – squash player
• Kathy Watt – Olympic cyclist
• Jessica Weintraub – rhythmic gymnast
• Matt Welsh – world champion swimmer
• Leigh Whannell – actor/screenwriter
• Jamie Whincup – racing driver
• Christian Whitehead – game programmer
• Ted Whitten – Australian rules footballer
• Carl Williams (criminal) – criminal
• David Williamson – playwright
• Richard Wilson (businessman) – businessman and sports promoter
• Ross Wilson (musician) – singer-songwriter
• John Wren – businessman and underworld figure
• Wayne Weening – darts player
• John Weber (darts player) – darts player
• Darren Webster – darts player
• Bruce Woodley – entertainer, member of pop group The Seekers

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X

• Bohdan X – singer-songwriter

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Z

• Feliks Zemdegs – Rubik's Cube speed solver

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Non-native Melburnians

These people were not born in Melbourne but are or were well known for living or working there.

A

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B

• Courtney Barnett – singer-songwriter
• Paula Bossio – author and illustrator
• Steve Bracks – premier of Victoria
• Frank Macfarlane Burnet – Nobel laureate virologist

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D

• Portia de Rossi – actress
• Peter Doherty – immunologist and Nobel Prize Laureate

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F

• Tim Ferguson – comedian

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G

• Julia Gillard – prime minister of Australia
• Delta Goodrem – actress/singer

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H

• Brent Hobba – professional basketball player

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K

• Joshua Katz (born 1997), Olympic judoka
• Nathan Katz (born 1995), Olympic judoka
• Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva (born 2002), Olympic rhythmic gymnast

M

• Sir Robert Menzies – prime minister of Australia

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N

• Sir Gustav Nossal – Australian researcher

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P

• Hoa Pham – writer and psychologist

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R

• Christopher Raja – writer
• Geoffrey Rush – actor

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S

• Guy Sebastian – singer
• Nevil Shute – novelist
• Billy Slater – rugby league player
• John J. Smithies – artist/arts manager
• John So – Lord Mayor of Melbourne

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T

• Archie Thompson – soccer

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W

• David Warren – inventor

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Y

• James Yammouni – comedian (The Janoskians)

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See also

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

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References

1. "Jeremy Barrett". Collection Online. National Gallery of Victoria. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
2. Mitchell, Ann M., "Isabella Dalgarno (1805–1878)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 31 January 2024
3. Paul Dawber at IMDb
4. "Diego Ramirez". Currents New Media. Retrieved 23 February 2021. Diego Ramirez (b. 1989, Mexico) is an artist living and working in Melbourne.
5. "'aXolotl's Happiness' – Diego Ramirez (VIC)". FELTspace. Retrieved 23 February 2021. Diego Ramirez (b. 1989, Mexico) is an artist and writer living and working in Melbourne.
6. "Mars video Exchange". Metro Arts Brisbane. Retrieved 23 February 2021. As part of an exchange with Melbourne-based gallery MARS, Metro Arts will present the work of three innovative Melbourne video artists: Stephen Haley, Hannah Raisin and Diego Ramirez, ...
7. Love, Peter, "Helen Lothan Robertson (1848–1937)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 8 March 2024
8. "Jodie Rogers Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
9. Ryan, Fynn (18 February 2024). "Fringe Review: 'Reuben Solo: Please Clap' Earns Its Applause". Isolated Nation. Retrieved 6 May 2024.