- Heath Ledger
Heathcliff Andrew Ledger (April 4, 1979 – January 22, 2008) was an Academy Award-nominated Australian actor. After appearing in television roles during the 1990s, Ledger developed a Hollywood career. He starred in both critical and financial successes, including The Patriot, Monster's Ball and Brokeback Mountain, and completed the role of The Joker in the forthcoming The Dark Knight. Ledger was found dead in a New York City apartment on January 22, 2008.
- Static
Static (aka Aaron Danks), born in Port Hedland, Western Australia is an electronic music artist & recording label owner. Static grew up in Perth, Western Australia and is still based there. Static has had a number of releases on 12" Vinyl, CD and MP3. In 2001, Static had his first 12" release on a United States drum & bass label "Argon Records" entitled "Android" with a remix by well-known UK artists Profound Noize (aka Stakka & Skynet) from Audio Blueprint.
- Stan Lazaridis
Stanley "Stan" Lazaridis (born August 16, 1972 in Perth, Australia), is an Australian football (soccer) player of Pontic-Greek descent.He plays as a left-sider though is equally at home on the wing in a deeper-lying midfield role or even at left-back. He currently plays for his home-town club, Perth Glory. His reputation as a young left-footed teenager began with Olympic Kingsway where, despite his age, he intimidated many a defender with his extraordinary change of pace.
- Jamie Harnwell
Jamie Harnwell (born July 21, 1977 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a centre half or a striker for Perth Glory in Australia. He has previously played for Leyton Orient in England
- Haylie Ecker
Haylie Ecker, first violin of the crossover classical string quartet bond, is from Perth, Australia and has received a First Class Honours Degree in Music and a postgraduate degree in Advanced Solo Studies from London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She has played extensively around the world as a soloist and continues her classical violin career in addition to playing with bond. She knew Tania Davis, the quartet's violist, before bond started.
- Kim Beazley
Kim Christian Beazley (born December 14 1948), son of Kim Edward Beazley, is an Australian politician, who was Leader of the Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1996 to 2001 and from 2005 to 2006. Beazley was a minister under Bob Hawke from 1983 to 1991 and under Paul Keating from 1991 to 1996. He was Deputy Prime Minister in 1995-1996. Elected Labor Leader in March 1996, he resigned in November 2001 after losing two federal elections.
- Bobby Despotovski
Slobodan "Bobby" Despotovski (born July 14 1971 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player of Serbian origin. He was one of the most successful strikers in the now defunct Australian National Soccer League. Despotovski was with the Western Australian team Perth Glory for 10 years and is now the coach of Inglewood United. Despotovski holds both the game and goal scoring record for Perth Glory.
- David Tarka
David Tarka (born February 10, 1983 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a central defender for A-League club Perth Glory. This is David's second spell at the club after he had a nightmare run of injuries while at Nottingham Forest F.C. David was an Australian youth international and was an Australian schoolboy international in 1999.
- Gemma Ward
Gemma Ward (born November 3, 1987) is an Australian supermodel and actress. One of the most well known models in the world, she is considered a model of the moment by many fashion insiders and fans alike, with her baby doll-like look inspiring a new craze in fashion.
- Alan Bond
Alan Bond (born 22 April 1938) is an Australian businessman famous for high-profile business ventures, including what was at the time the biggest corporate collapse in Australian history, and for which he was convicted of fraud and sent to jail. Bond was born in the Hammersmith district of London, England, and emigrated to Australia with his parents and sister Geraldine in 1950. Beginning his career as a signwriter he formed what was to be Bond Corporation in 1959.
- Rove McManus
John "Rove" McManus (born January 21, 1974) is a Gold Logie Award winning Australian variety show host, and owner of the production company Roving Enterprises.
- Rick Hart
Rick Hart is a Western Australian businessman and president of the Fremantle Football Club. Hart commenced retail trading in electrical appliances in 1975 and in 1979 he first used his name as part of the company names. In 2005 he sold the "Rick Hart Group" to the Clive Peeters Limited prior to their public listing on the Australian Stock Exchange. In 2002 Hart was appointed President of the Fremantle Football Club.
- Rolf Harris
Rolf Harris, CBE, AM (born 30 March 1930) is an Australian musician, composer, painter, and television host. He was born in Bassendean, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, Australia, to Cromwell ("Crom") Harris and Agnes Margaret Harris (née Robbins) who had emigrated from Wales. He was named after Rolf Boldrewood, an Australian writer whom his mother admired. Harris attended Perth Modern School in Subiaco, and the University of Western Australia.
- Anthony Danze
Anthony Danze (born March 15, 1984 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player currently playing for Perth Glory as a midfielder in the A-League. Danze was playing for his local side ECU Joondalup as a junior when talent scouts from Southampton F.C. signed him up to play in their youth academy in England. Danze turned down a contract offered by the Southampton F.C. determined to prove himself in Australia before leaving to play football overseas.
- Dino Djulbic
Dino Djulbic is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for Perth Glory in the A-League. Dino is a tough West Australian Defender who impressed Perth Glory’s coaching staff when on trial with the club in 2006. He possesses a combination of skill on the pitch and a dedication to the game that’s second to none which coach Ron Smith believes will allow him to compete at the elite level of the game for many years to come.
- Dave Hole
Dave Hole (born March 30, 1948 in Heswall, Cheshire, England) is an Australian slide guitarist well known for his exciting style of playing rock & roll and blues music. Moving to Perth, Western Australia aged four years, he became interested in blues music after hearing a school friend's Muddy Waters album when he was around six years of age.
- Tony Franken
Anthony (Tony) Franken (born 11th January, 1965) is a former Australian soccer goalkeeper from Perth, Western Australia. He is widely considered one of Australia's best ever. He represented Australia on 14 occasions between 1984-1992 and represented his country at under 20 level at the 1983 World Youth Cup Finals in Mexico and under 23 level in 1984.
- Kim Edward Beazley
Kim Edward Beazley, AO (born September 30, 1917), Australian politician, was Minister for Education in the government of Gough Whitlam and a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives for 32 years, from 1945 to 1977. Beazley was educated at the University of Western Australia and the Australian National University. He worked as a school teacher and university tutor before entering politics.
- Richard Garcia
Richard Garcia (born September 4, 1981 in Perth) is a Spanish-Australian football (soccer) player, currently playing for Football League Championship side Hull City.
- Kerry Stokes
Kerry Stokes AO (born on) is the chairman of Seven Network, one of the largest broadcasting corporations in Australia, and a recipient of the Order of Australia recognising his contributions to Australian business. Stokes has great interest in art and was elected to the board of the National Gallery of Australia, and was chairman for five years, from 1996. Stokes is also the sole owner of the Australian & Northern China Caterpillar franchise, WesTrac.
- Courtney Murphy
Courtney Murphy was a contestant in the 2004 season of the Australian reality television series "Australian Idol". He is 24 years of age, and his home town is Perth in Western Australia. He was eliminated from the competition following the program on 8 November 2004 after making it to the final three. Murphy played the parts of "Roger" a "T'Bird" in the "Grease Arena Spectacular" which toured Australia from May until June 2005.
- John Hughes
John Joseph Hughes is a well-known and established motor dealer in Australia. Born and raised in Fremantle, Western Australia, he has achieved the award for highest volume selling Hyundai Dealer for the World for 8 years running between 1997-2003. He played an integral part in establishing the brand Hyundai in Australia. Hughes, along with Alan Bond, through Bond Motor Corp. are responsible for bringing the Korean car manufacturer to Australia.
- Luc Longley
Lucien James "Luc" Longley (born January 19 1969 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a retired Australian professional basketball player, who was the first Australian to play in the NBA. He attended college at the University of New Mexico. Known for his passing ability and free spirit, Longley drew comparisons to fellow redhead Bill Walton upon his entry into the NBA. Longley was drafted 7th overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves in 1991.
- Megan Gale
Megan Gale (born August 7, 1976) is an Australian supermodel and actress who has achieved considerable fame, first in Italy but now equally so in her native Australia.
- Hank Marvin
Brian Robson Rankin (born 28 October 1941), better known by the stage name Hank B. Marvin, is the English lead guitarist for the band The Shadows. The group, which primarily performed instrumentals and was initially formed as a backing band for singer Cliff Richard, is considered to be the U.K's most influential band until the emergence of The Beatles. Marvin inspired guitarists such as Peter Frampton, Eric Clapton, David Gilmour, Brian May, Tony Iommi, …
- Ric Charlesworth
Dr Richard "Ric" (or "Rick") Ian Charlesworth <small>AM</small> (born December 6 1952, Subiaco, Western Australia) is a sports and performance consultant and a former Australian cricketer and field hockey player and coach. He is a Doctor of Medicine. Charlesworth attended Christ Church Grammar School until he graduated in 1969. He then attended The University of Western Australia.
- Mike Ellis
Mike Ellis (born July 27, 1958 in Perth, Western Australia) is a retired Australian professional basketball player in the National Basketball League. He was the first captain of the Perth Wildcats when they formed in 1982 as the Westate Wildcats and captained the side from 1982-1992. He lead the team to successive championships in 1990 and 1991, before being replaced by Andrew Vlahov. He was the club's leading scorer in 1983 and 1984.
- Judy Davis
Judy Davis (born 23 April, 1955) is an Academy Award-nominated Australian actress.
- Herb Elliott
Herbert James ("Herb") Elliott AC MBE (born February 25, 1938) is a former Australian athlete, one of the world's greatest middle distance runners. He never lost a race over 1500 metres or the mile and during his career he broke the four-minute mile on 17 occasions. Elliott, a native of Perth, Western Australia, attended Aquinas College in Perth Aquinas College, Perth.
- John Roberts
John Charles Roberts (AO) (born January 23 1934 - June 8 2006) was an Australian businessman who was an Executive Director and the Founding Chairman of construction company Multiplex.
- Dante Arthurs
Dante Wyndham Arthurs (born August 8, 1984) from Perth, Western Australia, Australia is a remand prisoner charged with the wilful murder, sexual penetration and deprivation of liberty of 8-year-old Perth girl, Sofia Rodriguez-Urrutia-Shu, whose naked body was discovered on June 26, 2006 by her 14-year-old brother in a disabled toilet of Livingston Shopping Centre in Canning Vale, 10 minutes after she disappeared.
- Harry Butler
Harry Butler, CBE (born March 25, 1930) is an Australian naturalist and environmental consultant. Butler was born in Perth, Western Australia. He attended Claremont Teachers' College in Western Australia and later the Western State College in the United States. He is a gifted and entertaining populariser of science and natural history for both child and adult audiences, and as conservation consultant to the Barrow Island oilfield and many other projects, …
- Craig Deans
Craig Deans (born May 7, 1974 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a central defender for the Australian A-League club Newcastle United Jets.
- Chris Murphy
Christopher Bryce Murphy (born March 25, 1976 in Perth, Australia), is an Australian male singer-songwriter who rose to fame when he placed fourth in "Australian Idol 2006". Starting piano lessons at age 11, he added guitar to his list of skills and began playing in his band, 'Murphy's Lore' at the age of 16. Over the years, Chris has worked part time jobs and has given guitar lessons to supplement his income. His wife, Sherri, collaborates with him in their duo, …
- Jack Wong Sue
Jack Wong Sue, DCM, JP also known as Jack Sue, born 12 September, 1925 is a prominent Chinese Australian mariner and soldier, a veteran of World War II and an author. Wong Sue was born and grew up in Perth, Western Australia (WA). Following the outbreak of the Pacific War, and even though he was only 16, Wong Sue was given a white feather, a symbol of perceived cowardice sometimes presented to men of military age in wartime.
- Greg Egan
Greg Egan (August 20, 1961, Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian computer programmer and science fiction author. Egan specialises in hard science fiction stories with mathematical and quantum ontology themes, including the nature of consciousness. Other themes include genetics, simulated reality, mind transfer, sexuality, artificial intelligence, and the superiority of rational materialism over religion.
- Johnny Diesel
Diesel is an Australian musician. He has recorded nine albums under either this name, his birth name of Mark Lizotte or the epithet Johnny Diesel. Two of his albums have been No. 1 Australian hits and he has also played on several albums by his brother-in-law, rock singer Jimmy Barnes. Best known as a singer and guitarist, Diesel is also competent on bass guitar, drums and percussion and keyboards.
- Dennis Lillee
Dennis Keith Lillee (born July 18, 1949 in Subiaco, Western Australia) is a former Australian cricketer. Australia's most consistent fast bowler during the 1970s and early 1980s, Lillee was known for his fiery temperament, 'never-say-die' attitude and popularity with the fans. In the early part of his career Lillee was an extremely quick bowler, but a number of stress fractures in his back almost ended his career.
- Damien Oliver
Damien Oliver (born June 22, 1972 in Perth, Western Australia) is a Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Oliver comes from a racing family; his father Ray Oliver rode with success until meeting his death in a race fall at Kalgoorlie Western Australia. The younger of two sons, Damien has reached greater heights than his brother Jason Oliver who was killed in a fall at Ascot Racecourse, …
- Simon Haynes
Simon Haynes was born in 1967 in Kent, England and at the age of eight emigrated to Alicante, Spain. In 1983 his family emigrated to Perth, Western Australia, where Simon has lived to this day. Graduating from Curtin University in 1988 with a degree in film and creative writing, he went to work in the computing industry. Ten years later he was writing fiction, and so returned to Curtin to study computing. An early version of Hal Spacejock was written during the lectures.