List of people from Melbourne

This is a list of notable people from Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria, Australia.

Native Melburnians The following were born or grew up in Melbourne.

360 – hip-hop rapper

Daevid Allen – musician Dennis Allen – criminal Gordon Allpress – darts player Vanessa Amorosi – entertainer Aiva Anagnostiadis – racing driver Beau Anderson – darts player Phil Anderson – cyclist Bobi Andonov – singer Peter Andre – entertainer/singer Tina Arena – singer/entertainer Asphyxia – puppeteer and children's author Tilly Aston – rights activist for the blind Stephany Avila – actress

James Bailey – darts player Merril Bainbridge – local singer Mike Baird – bank manager, former NSW premier Dougie Baldwin – actor Eric Bana – comedian and actor Adam Bandt – politician Ron Barassi – Australian rules footballer Frederick Oswald Barnett – social reformer Jeremy Barrett – artist Max Barry – writer Kevin Bartlett – Australian rules footballer Russell Basser (born 1960) – Olympic water polo player Monica Bello – basketball player Kathleen "Loserfruit" Belsten – Youtuber John Bertrand – yachtsman Travis Blackley – Major League baseball player Hamish Blake – comedian Cate Blanchett – actress Andrew Bogut – NBA basketball player Jonah Bolden (born 1996) – NBA basketball player Anne Fraser Bon – pastoralist, philanthropist, and advocate Cris Bonacci – musician Isobel Borlase – basketball player Leigh Bowery – performing artist David Boyd – artist John Brack – artist May Brahe – composer Mark Bresciano – soccer player Brigita Brezovac – IFBB bodybuilder David Bridie – musician Damien Broderick – science fiction writer Havana Brown – DJ/singer Jordan Brown (born 1996) – footballer Emily Browning – actress/model Leigh Broxham – soccer player Stanley Bruce – prime minister of Australia Alice Burdeu – fashion model Debra Byrne – entertainer

Corey Cadby – darts player Ellen Cahill – street singer more commonly known as "Kate Killarney" John Cain – premier of Victoria Anthony Callea – tenor/entertainer Arthur Calwell – politician Liz Cambage (born 1991) – basketball player in the Israeli Female Basketball Premier League Deirdre Cash (Criena Rohan) – novelist Pat Cash – tennis player Steph Catley – soccer player for Australia Nick Cave – singer/actor Brian Chambers – cricketer Bianca Chatfield – netball player Chris Cheney – musician Anna Ciddor – author and illustrator Gabriella Cilmi – singer Graeme Clark Teale Coco – model Vince Colosimo – actor Kate Constable – novelist Julie Corletto – netball player Ryan Corr – actor Peter Costello – politician, treasurer of Australia Frank Costigan – lawyer and politician Noel Counihan – artist Steve Cox – artist Susan Crennan – High Court justice Barry Crocker – entertainer, children's TV personality Mal Cuming – darts player Bernard Curry – actor Abraham Cykiert – playwright, poet

Isabella Dalgarno (1805-1878) – Scottish born temperance advocate Brody Dalle – singer Andrew Dalton – countertenor Tenille Dashwood ("Emma") – professional wrestler Maude Davey (born 1963) – actress and theatre director Garry David – criminal Liam Davison – novelist Paul Dawber – actor, Neighbours, Sons & Daughters, The Novelist Dora de Beer – ethnologist and mountain climber Tania de Jong – soprano and entrepreneur (daughter of Eva Duldig, granddaughter of Karl Duldig) Emilie de Ravin – actress Alfred Deakin – prime minister of Australia Paul Dempsey – musician Catherine Deveny – comedian Anthony Di Pietro – businessman and soccer promoter Helena Dix – soprano Iris Dixon – cyclist Owen Dixon – chief justice Jason Donovan – entertainer Eva Duldig (born 1938) – tennis player, author Karl Duldig (1902–1986) – sculptor Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop – surgeon and war hero Judith Durham – entertainer (The Seekers)

Sir John Eccles – Nobel laureate, neurophysiologist Peter Eckersley – computer scientist, computer security researcher, and activist Matthew Elliott – test cricketer Jason Ellis – broadcaster Mark Evans – bassist (AC/DC) Dante Exum – NBA basketball player

John Farnham – entertainer Brendan Fevola – Australian rules footballer Jon Finlayson – actor and artist John Fitzgerald – tennis player Edwin Flack – tennis player Flea (born Michael Balzary) – musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers) Damien Fleming – test cricketer Joel Fletcher – DJ Debbie Flintoff-King – Olympic athlete Amanda Fosang – biomedical researcher Lindsay Fox – logistics CEO Malcolm Fraser – prime minister of Australia Anna Funder – author

Anna Galvin – actress Alphonse Gangitano – organised crime figure Zarah Garde-Wilson – attorney Helen Garner – novelist Andrew Gaze – professional basketball player Lisa Gerrard – singer/composer Lisa Gervasoni – artist Sir John Gorton – prime minister of Australia Gotye – musician Alan J. Gow – motor sports promoter Percy Grainger – composer/pianist Germaine Greer – writer and feminist Vince Grella – soccer player Rachel Griffiths – actress Savannah Guthrie – TV broadcaster currently working for NBC News

Joe Hachem – poker player Ross Hannaford – musician Hanni – member of South Korean girl group NewJeans Frank Hardy – novelist and political activist Colin Hay – musician/actor Chris Hemsworth – actor Liam Hemsworth – actor Luke Hemsworth – actor Paul Hester (d. 2005) – musician Missy Higgins – singer, actress and entertainer Derryn Hinch ("The Human Headline") – broadcaster Peter Hitchener – news presenter Harold Holt – prime minister of Australia Danielle Horvat – actress Rowland S. Howard – musician, writer Merv Hughes – test cricketer Barry Humphries (Dame Edna Everage) – comedian Rex Hunt – Australian rules footballer and media personality

Aubri Ibrag – actress, model, Internet personality Kyrie Irving – NBA basketball player Steve Irwin – wildlife expert Isaac Isaacs – chief justice and governor-general of Australia

Margaret Jackson – business executive Christie Jenkins – trampoline athlete Paul Jennings – children's author Stephen Jolly – activist and politician Alan Jones – Formula One World Drivers' Champion Dean Jones – test cricketer Vance Joy – singer Isha Judd – author and spiritual teacher

Ash Keating – artist Moira Kelly – humanitarian aid worker Paul Kelly – musician Graham Kennedy – entertainer Marny Kennedy – actress/singer Jeff Kennett – premier of Victoria Tori Kewish – darts player Jennifer Keyte – news presenter (Seven News) Graham Kinniburgh – organized crime figure Michael Klim – Olympic swimmer Michael Klinger – cricketer Barrie Kosky – opera director Lynne Kosky – politician Anthony Koutoufides – Australian rules footballer

Norman Lacy – politician John Landy – Olympic athlete Elizabeth Langley – Canadian performer, choreographer, teacher Lex Lasry – Supreme Court judge Andrew Lauterstein – Olympic swimmer Bill Lawry – test cricketer Abbey Lee – actress and model Andy Lee – comedian Michael Leunig – cartoonist and controversialist Solomon Lew – businessman Sharon Lewin – director of the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Simon Lewis – lifeguard Peter Lik – photographer Walter Lindrum – billiards player Lorna Lippmann – anthropologist and campaigner for the rights of Aboriginal Australians Luc Longley – NBA basketball player Colin Lovitt – lawyer/QC Richard Lowenstein – film director Craig Lowndes – three time Supercars Championship winner (1996, 1998, 1999) Sydney Lucas – centenarian soldier

Stu Mackenzie – musician, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard frontman Katie Mactier – racing cyclist Melissa Maizels (born 1993) – soccer player Costas Mandylor – actor Daniel Mannix – Catholic archbishop of Melbourne Bryony Marks – composer John Marsden – writer and educationalist Kirstie Marshall – politician and aerial skier Mangok Mathiang (born 1992) – Australian-Sudanese basketball player for Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League John McAll – pianist Mat McBriar – American football punter Frederick McCubbin – painter Scott McDonald – Australian rules footballer Hal and Jim McElroy – film/television producers Brad McEwan – journalist (Ten Eyewitness News) John Reid McGowan – boxer Eddie McGuire – entertainer Sir William McKie – musician Sharelle McMahon – netball player Peter McNamara – tennis player Paul McNamee – tennis player and sports administrator Clement Meadmore – sculptor Dame Nellie Melba – opera singer Ben Mendelsohn – actor Keith Miller – test cricketer Dannii Minogue – pop star Kylie Minogue – pop star Peter Mitchell – news presenter (Seven News) Radha Mitchell – actress Anika Molesworth – agroecology scientist Sir John Monash – civil engineer and military commander Jason Moran – criminal Lewis Moran – criminal Mark Moran – criminal Bob Morley – actor Leslie Morshead – army officer and businessman Dame Elisabeth Murdoch – philanthropist Sir Keith Murdoch – journalist Rupert Murdoch – press magnate Vali Myers – artist and dancer

Andrew Nabbout – soccer player Bert Newton – entertainer Matthew Newton – actor and son of entertainer Bert Newton Olivia Newton-John – singer/actress Livinia Nixon – TV presenter (Nine News) Keith Nugent – physicist

Dermot O'Brien – film producer and director Joan O'Hagan – novelist Ida Rentoul Outhwaite – illustrator Scott Owen – bassist

Nikos Pantazopoulos – artist John James Parton – Big Brother UK contestant Sid Patterson – track cyclist Guy Pearce – actor Andreja Pejic – model Kirk Pengilly – musician, member of Australian band INXS Elliot Perlman – writer and barrister Kath Pettingill – criminal (Pettingill family) Mark Philippoussis – tennis player Oscar Piastri – McLaren Formula 1 driver Harry "Snub" Pollard – comedian Bill Ponsford – test cricketer Richard Pratt – businessman Jane Price (1860–1948) – painter Clifton Pugh – artist

Stephen Quartermain – news presenter, Ten Eyewitness News

Raja Ram – musician Diego Ramirez – artist Dean Rankine – comic artist and writer Chopper Read – criminal Helen Reddy – singer and activist James Mahmud Rice – sociologist Jim Richards – racing driver Steven Richards – racing driver Robert Richter – lawyer and rights activist William Ricketts – potter and sculptor Gina Riley – comedian/actress Helen Lothan Robertson – tailor and trade unionist (1848–1937) Neil Robertson – snooker player Anastasia Rodionova – tennis player Jodie Rogers – diver Rosé – singer, member of South Korean girl group Blackpink Lionel Rose – boxer Ruby Rose – actress Normie Rowe – singer Phil Rudd – drummer, member of Australian band AC/DC

Fred Schepisi – film director Peter Scully – criminal Anna Segal – Olympic freestyle skier and two-time world champion Sam Sejavka – writer and musician Phineas Selig – journalist Mark Seymour – musician Patricia Shaw – novelist Ann Shoebridge – milliner Peter Siddle – test cricketer Ben Simmons – NBA basketball player Jasmine Curtis-Smith – actress Peter Singer – philosopher Jerry Skinner – deputy prime minister of New Zealand Reuben Solo – comedian Daryl Somers – entertainer James Sorensen – actor model Jesse Spencer – actor, musician Caitlin Stasey – actress Christine Stephen-Daly – actress Russell Stewart – darts player Craig Stott – actor Graeme "Shirley" Strachan – singer and television presenter, member of Australian rock band Skyhooks Dane Swan – Australian rules footballer Red Symons – guitarist, entertainer and radio presenter

Peter Tatchell – politician and rights campaigner Squizzy Taylor – criminal Eliza Taylor-Cotter – actress J. G. Thirlwell – singer, composer Lewis Thorpe – professional baseball pitcher John Thwaites – politician George Tolhurst – composer Tones and I – singer-songwriter

List of people from Melbourne

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