- Alan Jones
Alan Belford Jones AO (born 13 April 1941 or 1943) is an Australian radio broadcaster and convicted criminal. He has had a parallel career as a rugby union and rugby league coach and administrator. Before this, he was a teacher at several all-boy private schools, and he later became a speech writer for politicians, including the then-Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser. Like his colleague and competitor John Laws, the popularity of Jones' program (a mixture of talkback, …
- Greg Norman
Gregory John Norman AM (born February 10, 1955) is an Australian professional golfer and entrepreneur who spent 331 weeks as the world's number one ranked golfer in the 1980s and 1990s. He is nicknamed "The Great White Shark", or simply, "The Shark", a reference to a shark inhabiting Australian waters as well as Norman's size and blond locks.
- Michael Voss
Michael Voss (born July 7, 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer, usually playing midfield or in the forward line for Australian Football League team the Brisbane Lions. At 183cm, Voss was renowned for his hardness at the ball, inspirational leadership and the ability to turn a game by his presence at the contest. Voss is considered one of the finest players of his generation, <sup></sup> along with James Hird, Chris Grant, Shane Crawford, Scott West, Robert Harvey, …
- Cathy Freeman
Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman OAM (born February 16, 1973) is an Australian athlete who is particularly associated with the 400 m race. As an Aboriginal Australian, she is regarded as a role model for her people, and by many in the non-Aboriginal community as a symbol of national reconciliation between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. She was born in Mackay, Queensland. At the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, …
- Grant Hackett
Grant George Hackett is an Australian swimmer who won the men's 1500 metres freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This has lead him to be regarded as one of the greatest ever distance swimmers in history. He also collected a gold medal in Sydney for swimming in the heats of the 4×200 m freestyle relay. He is well regarded for his versatility, being the world record holder in the 1500 m and 800 m freestyle, …
- Steve Irwin
Stephen Robert "Steve" Irwin, nicknamed "The Crocodile Hunter", was an Australian wildlife expert and television personality. He achieved world-wide fame from the television program "The Crocodile Hunter", an internationally broadcast wildlife documentary series co-hosted with his wife Terri Irwin. Together with her, he also co-owned and operated Australia Zoo, founded by his parents in Beerwah, Queensland.
- Jayant Patel
Jayant Mukundray Patel (born April 10, 1950) is a surgeon who found himself at the centre of a scandal in early 2005 when he was accused of gross incompetence while working at Bundaberg Base Hospital in Queensland, Australia. He has been nicknamed "Doctor Death" in Australian media, particularly newspapers such as News Ltd's "The Courier-Mail".
- Schapelle Corby
Schapelle Leigh Corby (born 10 July 1977) is an Australian convicted and imprisoned in Indonesia for drug smuggling. She is a former shop assistant and beauty therapy student from Queensland. Corby is currently serving a twenty year sentence for the importation of of cannabis into Bali, Indonesia. She was convicted and sentenced in Bali on May 27, 2005 by the Denpasar (Indonesia) District Court and is currently serving her sentence in Kerobokan Prison, Bali.
- John Quiggin
John Quiggin (born 29 March 1956 in Adelaide) is an Australian economist and professor at the University of Queensland. Quiggin studied at the Australian National University, there achieving bachelor's degrees in Arts and Economics in 1978 and 1980 respectively, and further completing a master's degree in Economics in 1984. Quiggin was awarded his PhD from the University of New England in 1988.
- Wayne Bennett
Wayne James Bennett AM (born 1 January, 1950) is an Australian rugby league football identity. A former Australian Kangaroos player, he is the current coach of the multiple premiership-winning Brisbane Broncos and a former coach of the Queensland and Australian representative sides. Bennett holds records for most Grand Final wins and longest time with a single club in Australian rugby league coaching history.
- Wally Lewis
Walter James "Wally" Lewis AM (born 1 December, 1959 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who was one of the most pre-eminent five-eighths of the 1980s. He has since become a newsreader for the Australian Nine Network. Nicknamed The King and also The Emperor of Lang Park, Lewis represented Queensland in thirty-one State of Origin games from 1980 to 1991, and was captain for thirty of them.
- Matthew Hayden
Matthew Lawrence Hayden (born 29 October, 1971 in Kingaroy, Queensland to Laurence and Moya Hayden) is an Australian and Queensland cricketer.
- Andrew Symonds
Andrew Symonds (born 9 June, 1975, Birmingham, England) is an Australian cricketer of West Indian heritage who moved to Australia with his parents, after they adopted him, when he was one year old. Symonds is a talented, powerful, right-handed batsman. He can also bowl off spin or medium pace, making him a good all-rounder. He is an exceptional fielder, with a report prepared by Cricinfo in late 2005 showing that since the 1999 Cricket World Cup, …
- Ian Healy
Ian Andrew Healy (born April 30, 1964 in Brisbane) was an Australian cricketer. An excellent wicketkeeper and useful right-handed lower middle-order batsman, he made his first-class debut for the Queensland state team in the 1986-1987 season, as understudy to Peter Anderson. Healy was a shock call-up to the Australian national team for the 1988-1989 tour of Pakistan, having played only six first-class games to date, …
- Natalie Cook
Natalie Louise Cook OAM (born January 19, 1975) is an Australian professional beach volleyball player and Olympic gold medallist. Cook was born in Townsville, Queensland. She was the dux of her high school, and subsequently studied medicine. At the same time, she took up volleyball, captaining the Australian Indoor Junior Team in 1992. In 1993, she began playing beach volleyball, before giving up her academic career and going professional the following year.
- Noel Pearson
Noel Pearson (born June 25, 1965 in Cooktown, Australia) is an Indigenous Australian lawyer, land rights activist and Director of the Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership, an organisation promoting the economic and social development of Cape York. Pearson has for several years strongly argued that Indigenous policy needs to change direction, notably in relation to welfare, substance abuse, child protection, and economic development.
- Duncan Armstrong
Duncan John D'Arcy Armstrong <small>OAM</small> (born April 7, 1968 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won gold in the 200 m freestyle at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. He is currently a swimming commentator on Channel Nine's "Wide World of Sports" and is also a well known swimming safety advocate. Coached by the flamboyant Laurie Lawrence, Armstrong made his debut in the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, …
- Carl Barron
Carl Barron (b. 1965?) is an Australian comedian. His style is based on observational humour. He was born in Longreach, Queensland and formerly worked as a roof tiler. Barron has released two DVDs, entitled "Carl Barron Live" and "Carl Barron: Whatever Comes Next". In 1993 he was voted "Comic of the Year" and "Best Up and Coming Talent" and has since made many TV appearances in commercials and on shows such as The Glass House and Rove Live.
- Samantha Riley
Samantha Linette Riley (born November 13, 1972) is an Australian breaststroke swimmer of Aboriginal descent of the 1990s who competed for Australia in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, winning three medals. Having been advised as a child to begin swimming to combat asthma, the Brisbane schoolgirl broke into the Australian team for the 1991 World Championships in Perth, winning a silver medal in the medley relay.
- Jenny Morris
Jennifer ("Jenny") Morris is a former field hockey defender, who was a member of the Australian Women’s Hockey Team, best known as the "Hockeyroos", that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Four years later she was on the squad, winning the title once again, this time in front of their home crowd in Sydney, Australia. Making her international debut in 1992, Morris was famous for her penalty corner. <br
- Glynis Nunn
Glynis Nunn <small>OAM</small> (born December 4, 1960) is a former Australian heptathlete, the first Olympic champion in the event. Born Glynis Leanne Saunders in Toowoomba, Queensland, she began competing in athletics at age 9, when she was a student at Toowoomba South State School. She starred in several events, and was thus a natural competitor in the pentathlon (which was replaced by the heptathlon in 1981).
- Kieren Perkins
Kieren John Perkins OAM (born August 14, 1973), is a former Australian professional swimmer. One of the world's best-ever long-distance swimmers, he won two Olympic gold medals in 1992 and 1996 in the 1500-metre freestyle, and a silver medal in 2000.
- Darren Lockyer
Darren Lockyer (born 24 March, 1977) is an Australian professional rugby league player and current captain of the Brisbane Broncos, Queensland and Australian rugby league teams. He currently playes at five-eighth and is widely considered one of the finest players in the modern game and was previously regarded as the greatest fullback of the modern era.
- Rachael Grinham
Rachael Grinham (born 22 January, 1977 in Toowoomba, Queensland) is a professional squash player from Australia. She won the British Open in 2003 and 2004, and was runner-up at the World Open in 2005. She reached the World No. 1 ranking in 2004. Rachael's younger sister Natalie Grinham is also a top squash player.
- Margaret Keech
Margaret Majella Keech is an Australian politician. In 2001 she was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for the seat of Albert for the Labor Party. She is currently the minister for Tourism, Fair Trading and Wine Industry Development. Prior to entering politics Keech had a professional career in education, serving as a teacher at many of the local schools in her electorate.
- Natalie Grinham
Natalie Grinham (born 16 March 1978, in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia) is a professional squash player from Australia. During her career, she has won three Commonwealth Games Gold Medals, and finished runner-up at both the World Open and the British Open. Natalie's older sister Rachael Grinham is also a top squash player. Natalie's most significant tournament victory to date came at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. She defeated World No. 1 Nicol David in the semi-finals, …
- Gordon Nuttall
The Honorable Gordon Richard Nuttall (born 13 June, 1953) is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Labor Party, and served as the member for Sandgate in the Queensland Legislative Assembly. He served as parliamentary secretary to the Premier for Multicultural Affairs and then Minister for Industrial Relations and then Health in the Beattie Government, but resigned from that portfolio following ongoing criticism of his handling the "Dr Death" scandal.
- Shane Webcke
Shane Webcke (born 28 September, 1974 in Toowoomba, Queensland) is an Australian former rugby league player, who spent his entire first grade career playing for the Brisbane Broncos. His position of choice was at prop forward and at his peak he was renowned as the best prop in the world. Webcke represented Queensland in the State of Origin on twenty-one separate occasions and has also captained the side.
- Michael Kasprowicz
Michael Scott Kasprowicz (born 10 February 1972 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian cricketer. He is a right arm fast bowler, effective outfielder and useful lower order batsman, and has enjoyed a successful career both in Australia and in the English county scene since making his debut for Queensland as a seventeen year old in the 1989-1990 domestic season. He is well known for his 'never-say-die' and willing attitude.
- Rod Laver
Rodney George ("Rod") Laver MBE (born August 9 1938, in Rockhampton, Australia) is a former tennis player from Australia who was the World No. 1 player for up to 7 consecutive years. More famously, he is the only player in tennis history to have twice won all four of tennis' Grand Slam singles titles in the same year—first as an amateur in 1962, and then again as a professional in 1969, and the only male player in the open era to have achieved a calendar Grand Slam.
- Andy Bichel
Andrew John Bichel (born August 27, 1970 in Laidley, Queensland) is an Australian cricket player. Primarily a seam bowler, his style is right arm medium fast. However, Bichel is not averse to giving the ball a good thump, and he bats right handed. He is also known as the 'nice guy' in Australian cricket for his down to earth attitude and great work ethic. Representing Queensland in the Australian domestic competitions, Bichel has earned a reputation as a hard worker, …
- Terry MacKenroth
Terence Michael "Terry" Mackenroth (born 16 July 1949) is a former Queensland Australian Labor Party politician, serving almost 18 years with a notable parliamentary service history and a number of ministerial roles including Treasurer and Deputy Premier.
- Mike Reynolds
Mike Reynolds MP (born) is the current Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly (Australia).
- John Doyle
John Doyle (born July 31, 1977 in Rockhampton, Queensland) is a former Rugby League player who played for the North Queensland Cowboys then theSydney Roosters in the National Rugby League competition.
- Simon Black
Simon Black (born April 3 1979) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League. Black is a midfielder with a reputation for hard work and skill. He has the ability to get under the pack to retrieve the ball as well as deliver it with precision to teammates and rarely wastes a possession. Born in Mount Isa, Queensland, he relocated to Western Australia with his family at a very young age.
- Karrie Webb
Karrie Anne Webb (born 21 December, 1974 in Ayr, Queensland) is Australia's most successful female golfer, and one of the top players in the history of global women's golf. She currently plays mainly on the U.S. based LPGA tour and also turns out once or twice a year on the ALPG Tour in her home country.
- Geoffrey Rush
Geoffrey Roy Rush (born 6 July 1951) is an Academy Award- and Emmy Award-winning Australian actor. He is the first Australian-born person to win an Academy Award for acting.
- Sam Watson
Sam Watson (b. 1952) is an Australian Aboriginal activist and a socialist politician. He has run as the candidate of the Socialist Alliance in the 2004 election in Queensland. Watson teaches a course in Black Australian Literature at the University of Queensland. He is also a writer and a filmmaker. He has received honours for his 1990 novel "The Kadaitcha Sung" and acclaim for his 1995 film "Black Man Down".
- Tom Burns
Tom Burns (October 27, 1931 - June 4, 2007) was an Australian politician who led the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in Queensland between 1974 and 1978 and was Deputy Premier of Queensland between 1989 and 1996. He served as the Member for Lytton in the Parliament of Queensland between 1972 and 1996.
- Anthony West
Anthony West (born July 17, 1981 in Maryborough) is an Australian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He has won one race, the 2003 Dutch TT in the 250cc class. He is known as "The Rain man" because of his ability to ride well in the wet.