Ashley Allan Noffke (born April 30, 1977) is an Australian cricketer. Born in Nambour, Queensland, he is a fast-medium bowler who got an ACB contract at the age of 24, and has been on Ashes tours, but has yet to play a Test match. He currently plays for the Queensland Bulls, and for his club side, the Sunshine Coast Scorchers, while not on state commitments. In addition to his bowling skills, he is also a handy bat, with a high score of 114 not out in first-class cricket.

Wayne Maxwell Swan (born 30 June 1954), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1993 to March 1996 and again since October 1998, representing the Division of Lilley, Queensland. He was born in Nambour, Queensland, and was educated at the University of Queensland. He was a lecturer at the Queensland Institute of Technology before entering politics.

Chris Hartley (born 24 May, 1982) in Nambour, Queensland, is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Queensland Bulls in Australian domestic cricket. He is their first choice wicketkeeper batsman and has been mentioned as a potential replacement for Adam Gilchrist when he retires. Hartley is a hard-hitting left-hand batsman and became the first from his state since Matthew Hayden to score a debut century with 103 against South Australia in 2003-04.

Billy Slater (born June 18 1983 in Nambour, Queensland) is an Australian rugby league player for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. He has also played for Queensland. His preferred position is Fullback; though he can also play at centre or on the wings.

Ian Michael Baker-Finch (born 24 October 1960) is an Australian professional golfer who is best known for winning The Open Championship in 1991. Born in Nambour, Australia. Baker-Finch turned professional in 1979. Baker-Finch credits Jack Nicklaus as his greatest influence, saying that he based his game on NIcklaus's book, "Golf My Way". He began his professional career on the PGA Tour of Australasia, winning his first professional tournament, the New Zealand Open, …

Duncan Arthur Phillips, (born March 3 1964 in Nambour, Queensland), is an Australian pop/rock drummer, percussionist, keyboardist, and composer. He is best known for his career with the Newsboys as their drummer and percussionist. Phillips' involvement with musical performance began in the 80's with a band he had in Queensland, Australia, which played for local youth groups. Peter Furler and Phillips were in rival bands at the time.

Robert ("Bob") Morton Newburgh Tisdall (May 16, 1907 in Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon "now" Sri Lanka - July 27, 2004 in Nambour, Queensland, Australia) was an Irish athlete who won a gold medal in the 400 m hurdles at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Born to an Anglo-Irish family, Tisdall was raised in Nenagh, County Tipperary. He had run only six 400 m hurdles when he won the gold medal at the 1932 Olympic Games in a world record time of 51.7 seconds, …

Samuel Atwell (b. April 6, 1979) is an Australian television and movie actor. Born in Nambour, Queensland, he and his family lived in Indonesia for 6 years before returning to Queensland where he grew up in Brisbane. He has always had a passion for acting and pursued speech and drama courses throughout school. He actually did some work with Channel 7 at the end of primary school and Children's TV for 'Unicef', and also completed a short film made for television.

Casey McGuire (born January 24, 1980 in Nambour, Queensland) is an Australian rugby league player for the Les Catalans club in the European Super League (Europe) competition. McGuire has previously played for the Parramatta Eels and the Brisbane Broncos. He was even selected for the Queensland Maroons in 2005. At the Broncos he was a utility player, normally used in games from the bench. He is hoping to retain a permanent position in the halves at Les Catalans.

Angela Kennedy (born February 28 1976 in Nambour, Queensland) is a former Australian butterfly swimmer of the 1990s, who won a silver medal in the 4x100m medley relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She combined with Helen Denman, Sarah Ryan and Nicole Stevenson to qualify Australia for the final, before Susie O'Neill, Samantha Riley, Stevenson and Ryan trailed the United States home. In her only individual event, the 100m butterfly, …

Trevor Kent (born 24 April, 1940 in Queensland, Australia, died 4 November, 1989 in Melbourne) was an Australian theatre and television actor who achieved a level of public recognition in the 1980s. Kent initially worked as a primary school teacher, teaching for three years in Nambour and Buderim in Queensland while acting in amateur theatre groups. Kent moved to Sydney to train as an actor with the Independent Drama School in the early 1960s, …

Ian J. Nankervis (born 3 January, 1948) was a former Geelong Football Club player for 17 seasons and captain. As of 2005, Nankervis still holds the Geelong Football club record of most senior level games played at 325 Victorian Football League (VFL) games. Nankervis also represented Victoria at state level on 12 occasions. Nankervis was recruited from Barwon. Initially he played mainly as a forward pocket-rover, scoring a creditable 203 goals.