- John Howard
John Winston Howard is an Australian politician and the 25th Prime Minister of Australia. He is the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister after Sir Robert Menzies. He previously served as Treasurer in the government led by Malcolm Fraser from 1977–1983 and was Leader of the Liberal Party (thus also Leader of the Coalition Opposition) from 1985–1989 through the 1987 federal election against Bob Hawke. Elected again as Leader of the Opposition in 1995, …
- Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman mini-bio : Nicole Mary Kidman is an Academy Award-winning actress, and one of Hollywood's leading actresses. She has also ventured into singing. In 1995, she appeard in To Die For, a satirical comedy that earned her praise from critics and she won a Golden Globe Award for her work in the film. In 2002, Kidman received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Moulin Rouge! and in 2003 she won the Oscar for her work in The Hours.
- Ian Thorpe
Ian James Thorpe OAM (born 13 October 1982 in Sydney, New South Wales), also known as the "Thorpedo" or "Thorpey", is a former Australian freestyle swimmer. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and in 2001 he became the first person to win six gold medals in one World Championship. In total, Thorpe has won eleven World Championship golds, the second-highest number of any swimmer.
- Russell Crowe
Russell Ira Crowe (born April 7, 1964) is a New Zealand-Australian actor. Crowe is a recipient of an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in 2000's Gladiator.
- Tim Cahill
Timothy Joel "Tim" Cahill (born December 6, 1979 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays as an attacking central midfielder for the Australian national team and Everton Football Club. He is best known internationally for scoring the first goal by an Australian at a FIFA World Cup. In 2007 he also became the first Australian player to score at an Asian Cup.
- Delta Goodrem
Delta Lea Goodrem (born November 9, 1984) is a multi-ARIA Award winning Australian singer-songwriter, pianist and Logie Award winning actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the popular Australian soap "Neighbours", and this assisted her in establishing an international music career. Her musical output falls under the pop and ballad genres and heavily features the piano, …
- Paul Keating
Paul John Keating (born 18 January 1944), is a former Australian politician and the 24th Prime Minister of Australia, serving as Prime Minister from 1991 to 1996. He came to prominence as the reforming Treasurer in the Hawke government. As Prime Minister he is noted for his many legislative achievements, and his victory in the 1993 Federal election, which many had considered "unwinnable" for Labor.
- Lucas Neill
Lucas Edward Neill (born March 9, 1978 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for West Ham United, and most often plays at right-back or centre-back. He is a regular member of the Australian national team and was a member of the Australian squad which competed in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
- Harry Kewell
Harry Kewell (born September 22,1978 in Smithfield, Sydney), is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for Liverpool F.C. in the English Premier League. An exceptional dribbler on the wing also capable of playing as an attacking midfielder and as a second striker, he is often regarded within the media as "Australia's finest football export", despite his career being blighted with injury.
- Graham Arnold
Graham James Arnold (born August 3, 1963 in Sydney, New South Wales) is the current coach of the Australian national football (soccer) team. He was appointed to work as an assistant to Frank Farina in 2000. The two replaced Raul Blanco, who was the interim coach in charge after Terry Venables decided not to renew his contract with Soccer Australia after the failed World Cup campaign in 1997.
- David Carney
David Carney (born November 30, 1983 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays as a right midfielder for Sydney FC in the Hyundai A-League. In 2006 Carney was an integral part of Sydney FC's inaugural A-League championship winning side, attracting the attention of clubs in Germany and Romania. Before joining the club, Carney played for Oldham Athletic, Halifax Town and Hamilton Academical.
- Craig Moore
Craig Andrew Moore (born December 12, 1975 in Sydney, New South Wales), is a defender from Australia, who plays for the Australia national football (soccer) team. Moore, a product of the Rangers youth system, became an important player in Rangers' defence up until 2004 (although he did spend most of the 1998/99 season at Crystal Palace, where he was also highly successful, despite the Eagles' relegation).
- Philip Ruddock
Philip Maxwell Ruddock (born March 12, 1943), is the Attorney-General in the Coalition Government of Australian Prime Minister John Howard. He also serves on the Board of Advisors of Global Panel Australasia.
- Michael Beauchamp
Michael Beauchamp is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays for German Bundesliga team 1. FC Nürnberg on loan from Central Coast Mariners, and was a member of the Australian 2006 World Cup squad.
- James Holland
James Holland (born May 15 1989 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an football (soccer) player. He is a train-on striker for the Australian A-League club Central Coast Mariners. He was a short-term signing added to the Mariners playing roster in the 2006-07 season. Holland captained the NSW Under-16 side at the 2005 Qantas National Talent Identification Championships in Parklea, a tournament the NSW team ultimately won.
- Kerry Packer
Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer AC (17 December 1937 - 26 December 2005), son of Sir Frank Packer, was an Australian publishing, media and gaming tycoon who owned the Nine Network. He was famous for his outspoken nature, wealth, expansive business empire and clashes with the Australian Taxation Office and the Costigan Commission. At the time of his death, Packer was the richest and one of the most influential men in Australia.
- Mark Schwarzer
Mark Schwarzer (born October 6, 1972 in Sydney) is an Australian football (soccer) player. Schwarzer is an Australian international goalkeeper, who currently plays for English Premiership football team Middlesbrough. He is of German descent, his parents Hans-Joachim and Doris having emigrated to Australia in the 1960s. He speaks English, Spanish and German.
- Johnny Warren
John Warren MBE OAM (known as Johnny Warren) (May 17 1943 in Sydney, Australia - November 6 2004 in Sydney) was a football (soccer) player, coach, administrator, writer, promoter and legend of the game in Australia. He is a member of the Football Federation Australia - Football Hall of Fame. The Johnny Warren Medal, awarded to the Australian national league's player of the year, was named in his honour.
- Andrew Denton
Andrew Christopher Denton (born May 4 1960) is an Australian comedian and television presenter, and is the host of the ABC's weekly interview program "Enough Rope". He is one of Australia's most quick-witted comedians and interviewers and his talents have won him nation-wide fame.
- Peter Jensen
The Most Reverend Peter Jensen (born 11 July 1943), is the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Australia, and Metropolitan of the Province of New South Wales. Jensen was born in Sydney and educated at Bellevue Hill Public School and The Scots College. After completing his Leaving Certificate, he studied law for two years and worked as an articled clerk before he moved into primary school teaching.
- Joel Griffiths
Joel Griffiths (born August 21, 1979) is an Australian football (soccer) player. A right sided attacking midfielder, he currently plays for Newcastle United Jets in his native Australia. He made this transfer on July 31st 2006 for an undisclosed fee after a brief spell in England with Leeds United, having signed from Swiss club Neuchatel Xamax on January 17, 2006. He only managed two substitute appearances for Leeds, …
- Patrick White
Patrick Victor Martindale White (May 28, 1912, Knightsbridge, London - September 30, 1990) was an Australian author widely regarded as one of the major English-language novelists of the 20th century. From 1935 until death, he published twelve novels, two short story collections, eight plays, and non-fiction. His fiction freely employs shifting narrative vantages and the stream of consciousness technique. In 1973, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
- Morris Iemma
Morris Iemma (pronounced Yemma), born 21 July 1961, is an Australian politician and the Premier of New South Wales. He took office on 3 August 2005 following the resignation of Bob Carr.
- Paul Smith
Paul Smith (born 1968 in Sydney) is an Australian actor, most known for his role as the original Simon in the TV sitcom "Hey Dad...!", and as Steve in children's series "The Henderson Kids". His last major role was in the Australian television movie "The Private War of Lucinda Smith" in 1990. After disappearing from the acting scene, he moved to Hobart, and managed a computer company called DAP Computers.
- Banjo Paterson
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson (February 17, 1864 - February 5, 1941) was a famous Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the district around Binalong, New South Wales where he spent much of his childhood. Paterson's more notable poems include "Waltzing Matilda", "The Man from Snowy River" and "Clancy of the Overflow".
- Elle MacPherson
Elle Macpherson is an Australian supermodel and actress. She is most famous worldwide for her four cover appearances on "Sports Illustrated's" swimsuit issue in the 1980s and 1990s. Nicknamed “The Body”, she is 183cm tall.
- Alex Brosque
Alex Brosque (born October 12, 1983 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player of Uruguayan descent who currently plays for Sydney FC in the A-League competition.
- Paul Henderson
Paul John Henderson (born April 22, 1976 in Sydney, Australia) is a professional football (soccer) goalkeeper who currently plays for Leicester City. Henderson became the latest Australian to join Leicester City when he signed on a free transfer from Bradford City, where he had been a regular member of the first team, in the summer of 2005. He joins fellow Aussies Danny Tiatto, Patrick Kisnorbo and James Wesolowski in the City squad.
- Sarah Blasko
Sarah Blasko is an Australian musician. She was born in Sydney soon after her family returned from French-speaking Réunion where her parents had been missionaries. An original and largely self-reliant musical artist, Blasko is known for her writing and production skills, as well as her unique voice and stage presence.
- Jack Thompson
Jack Thompson AM (born August 31 1940) is an Australian actor and one of the major figures of Australian cinema. He is best known as a lead actor in several acclaimed Australian films including popular classics "Sunday Too Far Away" (1975), "The Man from Snowy River" (1982) and "Breaker Morant" (1980). He won Cannes and AFI acting awards for the latter film. He was the recipient of a Living Legend Award at the 2005 Inside Film Awards.
- John Pilger
John Pilger was born and educated in Sydney, Australia. He has been a war correspondent, film-maker and playwright. Based in London, he has written from many countries and has twice won British journalism's highest award, that of "Journalist of the Year," for his work in Vietnam and Cambodia.
- Anh Do
Anh Do is a Vietnamese Australian actor and Stand-up comedian. He is perhaps best known for his leading role in the movie Footy Legends. He has also made appearances on television programs such as The Footy Show (NRL) performing stand up comedy. He is the brother of film director Khoa Do and has had acting roles in several of his films.
- Joe Hockey
Joseph Benedict "Joe" Hockey (born 2 August 1965), Australian politician, is the Federal Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. He is a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of North Sydney since March 1996. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and attended St Aloysius' College and the University of Sydney, residing at St John's College, where he graduated with degrees in Arts and Law.
- Michael Hutchence
Michael Kelland John Hutchence (January 22 1960 - November 22 1997) was the original lead singer of the Australian rock band INXS.
- Josh Pyke
Josh Pyke is an Australian singer-songwriting musician, best known for his songs "Middle of the Hill" which was voted number 19 in the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005, "Memories and Dust" and "Private Education" which were voted number 38 and 57 respectively in the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2006.
- Ned Zelic
Nediljko Zelić, short form Ned Zelić, is an Australian football (soccer) player who most recently played for the Newcastle United Jets. He previously played for the Australian team but made himself unavailable after disagreements with coach Frank Farina. Zelic was a member of the Australian team that competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He is of Croat origin.
- Joan Sutherland
Dame Joan Sutherland OM, AC, DBE (born November 7, 1926) is an Australian dramatic coloratura soprano noted for her contribution to the bel canto revival of the 1950s and 1960s. She was hailed La Stupenda after an Alcina performance in La Fenice in 1960.
- Mark Bridge
Mark Bridge (born November 7, 1985 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a striker for the Australian A-League club Newcastle United Jets. He is currently a member of Australia U-23 national team. He was also called up to Australia senior squad for their Asian Cup qualifiers against Kuwait on August 16.
- Robert Hughes
Robert Hughes (born 1948) is an Australian actor whose most famous roles include "ABBA: The Movie" and the TV sitcom "Hey Dad...!" Hughes has worked extensively in Australian theatre, film and television and as a Sydney Theatre Company company artist from 1981. Theatre roles included "The War Horse" and "Great Big Adventure Book for Boys". Television roles have included: "Chopper Squad", "Cop Shop", "The Sullivans", …
- John Singleton
John Singleton AM is an Australian entrepreneur. He was born in Sydney in 1942 and educated at Fort Street High School, New South Wales. Singleton, known as "Singo", commenced a career in advertising in the 1960s before founding with others the Sydney agency Strauss, Palmer and Singleton, McAllan (SPASM) which was later sold to the US Doyle Dane Bernbach network in the early 1970s.