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Nicole Kidman
Nicole Mary Kidman is an Australian and American actress and producer. Known for her work in blockbusters and independent films across many genres, she has consistently ranked among the world's highest-paid actresses since the late 1990s. Her accolades include an Academy Award, an Actor Award, a British Academy Film Award, six Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Volpi Cup.
Julia Gillard
Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013
Kevin Rudd
26th Prime Minister of Australia
Chris Hemsworth
Christopher Hemsworth is an Australian actor and film producer. Born and raised in Melbourne, Victoria, and Bulman, Northern Territory, he rose to prominence playing Kim Hyde in the Australian television series Home and Away (2004–2007) before beginning a film career in Hollywood. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Hemsworth starred as Thor in the 2011 film of the same name and reprised the role in several subsequent installments, which established him among the world's highest-paid actors.
Rupert Murdoch
Keith Rupert Murdoch is a former business magnate, investor, and media mogul. Through his company News Corp, he is the owner of hundreds of local, national, and international publishing outlets around the world, including in the United Kingdom, in Australia, in the United States, book publisher HarperCollins, and the television broadcasting channels Sky News Australia and Fox News. He was also the owner of Sky, 21st Century Fox, and the now-defunct News of the World. With a net worth of US$21.7 billion as of 2 March 2022, Murdoch is the 31st-richest person in the United States and the 71st richest in the world according to Forbes magazine. Due to his extensive wealth and influence over media and politics, Murdoch has been described as an oligarch.
Steve Irwin
Stephen Robert Irwin was an Australian conservationist, environmentalist, zookeeper, television personality, and wildlife educator. Nicknamed the "Crocodile Hunter", he is regarded as an influential figure in Australian popular culture, and as one of the greatest conservationists of all time.
Lisa Gerrard
Australian musician, singer and composer
Anthony Albanese
31st prime minister of Australia since 2022
Geoffrey Rush
Australian actor (born 1951)
Errol Flynn
Australian actor (1909–1959)
Tim Cahill
Australian association football player
Natalie Imbruglia
Australian-British singer and actress
Colleen McCullough
Australian author (1937-2015)
Paul Keating
Australian politician, 24th Prime Minister of Australia
Flea (musician)
Michael Peter Balzary, known professionally as Flea, is an Australian and American musician and actor. He is a founding member and bassist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. Flea is the only continuous member of the band and, alongside vocalist Anthony Kiedis, the only one to appear on every album. Flea has also been a member of the supergroups Atoms for Peace, Antemasque, Pigface, and Rocket Juice & the Moon, and has played with acts including the Circle Jerks, the Mars Volta, Johnny Cash, Tom Waits, Alanis Morissette, Young MC, Nirvana, What Is This, Fear, and Jane's Addiction.
P. L. Travers
Australian-British novelist, actress and journalist (1899–1996)
Simon Baker
Simon Lucas Baker is an Australian actor and director. He first gained prominence on the Australian soap opera E Street (1992–1993). He later starred in the CBS legal drama The Guardian (2001–2004), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama in 2002. From 2008 to 2015, he portrayed Patrick Jane in the drama series The Mentalist, earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2009. Baker has also appeared in several films, including L.A. Confidential (1997), Restaurant (1998), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), and Margin Call (2011).
Dominic Purcell
actor
Lucas Neill
Australian association football player
Harold Holt
Australian politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (1908-1967)
Johnny Logan
Irish singer and songwriter
Joshua Kennedy
Australian association football player
Patrick Rafter
Australian tennis player
Elizabeth Debicki
Elizabeth Debicki is an Australian actress. Born in Paris and raised in Melbourne, she studied acting at the University of Melbourne. Her accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as a nomination for a British Academy Television Award. She received the Cannes Trophée Chopard in 2018.
Ned Kelly
Australian bushranger (1854–1880)
Chris Watson
Australian politician, third Prime Minister of Australia (1867-1941)
Paul Hogan
Australian actor and comedian
Thomas Keneally
Australian novelist
Miranda Otto
Australian actress
John Curtin
Australian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (1885-1945)
Julian McMahon
Australian–American actor (1968–2025)
John Pilger
Australian journalist (1939–2023)
William McMahon
Australian politician, 20th Prime Minister of Australia (1908–1988)
S. M. Bruce
Australian politician, eighth Prime Minister of Australia (1883-1967)
Joseph Cook
6th prime minister of Australia from 1913 to 1914
George Pell
Australian Catholic cardinal (1941–2023)
James Scullin
Australian politician, ninth Prime Minister of Australia (1876-1953)
Joseph Lyons
Australian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (1879-1939)
John Gorton
Australian politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (1911–2002)
Helen Reddy
Australian and American singer and actress (1941–2020)
Bob Morley
Australian actor
Alex O'Loughlin
Australian film and television actor
Pat Cash
Australian tennis player
Adelaide Kane
Australian actress
Peter Cosgrove
Australian general; 26th Governor-General of Australia
Luke Hemsworth
Australian actor
Michael Hutchence
Australian singer (1960–1997)
Frank Forde
Australian politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (1890-1983)
Chris Vance
British actor
Jason Donovan
Australian actor and singer
Richard Flanagan
Australian writer and novelist
Casey Dellacqua
Australian tennis player
Sidney Nolan
Australian artist (1917–1992)
Tim Minchin
British-Australian comedian, actor and musician (born 1975)
Callan McAuliffe
actor
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott
New Zealand snowboarder
Bindi Irwin
Bindi Sue Irwin is an Australian conservationist, zookeeper, television personality, and actress. The daughter of conservationists Steve and Terri Irwin, she serves as the chief executive officer of Australia Zoo in Beerwah, Queensland.
Edward Cassidy
Australian Roman Catholic cardinal (1924–2021)
Lionel Logue
Australian speech and language pathologist; speech therapist (1880-1953)
Bill Hayden
former Governor-General of Australia from 1989 to 1996