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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.

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360 – hip-hop rapper

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

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B

Merril Bainbridge – local singer
Dougie Baldwin – actor
Mike Baird – bank manager, former NSW premier
Eric Bana – comedian and actor
Adam Bandt – politician
Ron Barassi – Australian rules footballer
Frederick Oswald Barnett – social reformer
Jeremy Barrett – artist^[1]
Max Barry – writer
Kevin Bartlett – Australian rules footballer
Russell Basser (born 1960) - Olympic water polo player
John Bertrand – yachtsman
Travis Blackley – Major League baseballer
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
Leigh Bowery – performing artist
David Boyd – artist
John Brack – artist
May Brahe – composer
James Bailey – darts
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

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John Cain (senior) – premier of Victoria
Corey Cadby – darts
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
Mal Cuming – darts
Graeme Clark
Teale Coco – model
Steve Cox – artist
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
Susan Crennan – High Court justice
Barry Crocker – entertainer, children's TV personality
Bernard Curry – actor
Abraham Cykiert – playwright, poet

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Isabella Dalgarno (1805-1878), Scottish born temperance advocate^[2]
Brody Dalle – singer
Tenille Dashwood ("Emma") – professional wrestler
Garry David – criminal
Liam Davison – novelist
Paul Dawber – actor, Neighbours, Sons & Daughters, The Novelist^[3]
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
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)

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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

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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 – disk jockey
Debbie Flintoff-King – Olympic athlete
Amanda Fosang – biomedical researcher
Lindsay Fox – logistics CEO
Malcolm Fraser – prime minister of Australia
Anna Funder – author

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G

Anna Galvin – actress
Alphonse Gangitano – organised crime figure
Zarah Garde-Wilson – attorney
Helen Garner – novelist
Andrew Gaze – professional basketball player
Lisa Gerrard – singer/composer
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

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H

Joe Hachem – poker player
Ross Hannaford – musician
Hanni (singer) — 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
Graham Hunt – darts

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I

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

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J

Margaret Jackson – business executive
Christie Jenkins – trampoline athlete
Stephen Jolly – activist and politician
Alan Jones – 1980 Formula One World Drivers' Champion
Dean Jones – test cricketer
Vance Joy – singer
Isha Judd – author and spiritual teacher
Paul Jennings – children's author

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K

Ash Keating – artist
Moira Kelly (humanitarian) – humanitarian aid worker
Paul Kelly – musician
Graham Kennedy – entertainer
Marny Kennedy – actress/singer
Jeff Kennett – premier of Victoria
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
Tori Kewish – darts

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L

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
Simon Lewis – lifeguard
Sharon Lewin – Director of the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
Solomon Lew – businessman
Peter Lik – photographer
Walter Lindrum – billiards player
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

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M

Katie Mactier – racing cyclist
Melissa Maizels (born 1993) – soccer player
Costas Mandylor – actor
Daniel Mannix – Catholic archbishop of Melbourne
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
Noel McNamara – social activist
Peter McNamara – tennis player
Paul McNamee – tennis player and sports administrator
Bryony Marks – composer
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

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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

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

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P

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

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Stephen Quartermain – news presenter, Ten Eyewitness News

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R

Raja Ram – musician
Diego Ramirez (artist) – artist^[4]^[5]^[6]
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 - Australian tailor and trade unionist (1848-1937)^[7]
Neil Robertson – snooker player
Anastasia Rodionova – tennis player
Jodie Rogers – diver^[8]
Rosé (singer) – 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

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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
Peter Singer – philosopher
Jerry Skinner – deputy prime minister of New Zealand
Reuben Solo – comedian^[9]
Daryl Somers – entertainer
James Sorensen – actor model
Jesse Spencer – actor, musician
Caitlin Stasey – actress
Christine Stephen-Daly – actress
Russell Stewart – darts
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
Keith Sullivan – darts player

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Peter Tatchell – politician and rights campaigner
Don Tregonning – Australian professional tennis player and coach
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
Anna Torv – actress
Geoffrey Tozer – pianist
Zbych Trofimiuk – actor
Zoja Trofimiuk – sculptor
Anthony Troiano – musician
Christos Tsiolkas – author
Albert Tucker – artist

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Holly Valance – actress/singer
Mark Viduka – soccer player
Steve Vizard – entertainer and businessman

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Ron Walker (Australian businessman) – businessman and Lord Mayor of Melbourne
Stan Walker – singer
James Wan – film producer and director
Sir Joseph Ward – prime minister of New Zealand
Shane Warne – test cricketer
Gordon Watson (squash player) – squash player
Kathy Watt – Olympic cyclist
Jessica Weintraub - rhythmic gymnast
Matt Welsh – world champion swimmer
Leigh Whannell – actor/screenwriter
Jamie Whincup – racing driver
Christian Whitehead – game programmer
Ted Whitten – Australian rules footballer
Carl Williams (criminal) – criminal
David Williamson – playwright
Richard Wilson (businessman) – businessman and sports promoter
Ross Wilson (musician) – singer/songwriter
John Wren – businessman and underworld figure
Wayne Weening – darts player
John Weber (darts player) – darts player
Darren Webster – darts player
Bruce Woodley – entertainer, member of pop group The Seekers

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X

Bohdan X – singer-songwriter

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Z

Feliks Zemdegs – Rubik's Cube speed solver

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Non-native Melburnians

These people were not born in Melbourne but are or were well known for living or working there.

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B

Courtney Barnett – singer-songwriter
Paula Bossio – author and illustrator
Steve Bracks – premier of Victoria
Frank Macfarlane Burnet – Nobel laureate virologist

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D

Portia de Rossi – actress
Peter Doherty – immunologist and Nobel Prize Laureate

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Tim Ferguson – comedian

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Julia Gillard – prime minister of Australia
Delta Goodrem – actress/singer

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Brent Hobba – professional basketball player

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Joshua Katz (born 1997), Olympic judoka
Nathan Katz (born 1995), Olympic judoka
Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva (born 2002), Olympic rhythmic gymnast

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Sir Robert Menzies – prime minister of Australia

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Sir Gustav Nossal – Australian researcher

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Hoa Pham – writer and psychologist

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R

Christopher Raja – writer
Geoffrey Rush – actor

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Guy Sebastian – singer
Nevil Shute – novelist
Billy Slater – rugby league player
John J. Smithies – artist/arts manager
John So – Lord Mayor of Melbourne

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Archie Thompson – soccer

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David Warren – inventor

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James Yammouni – comedian (The Janoskians)

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References

^ "Jeremy Barrett". Collection Online. National Gallery of Victoria. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
^ Mitchell, Ann M., "Isabella Dalgarno (1805–1878)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 31 January 2024
^ Paul Dawber at IMDb
^ "Diego Ramirez". Currents New Media. Retrieved 23 February 2021. Diego Ramirez (b. 1989, Mexico) is an artist living and working in Melbourne.
^ "'aXolotl's Happiness' – Diego Ramirez (VIC)". FELTspace. Retrieved 23 February 2021. Diego Ramirez (b. 1989, Mexico) is an artist and writer living and working in Melbourne.
^ "Mars video Exchange". Metro Arts Brisbane. Retrieved 23 February 2021. As part of an exchange with Melbourne-based gallery MARS, Metro Arts will present the work of three innovative Melbourne video artists: Stephen Haley, Hannah Raisin and Diego Ramirez, ...
^ Love, Peter, "Helen Lothan Robertson (1848–1937)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 8 March 2024
^ "Jodie Rogers Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
^ Ryan, Fynn (18 February 2024). "Fringe Review: 'Reuben Solo: Please Clap' Earns Its Applause". Isolated Nation. Retrieved 6 May 2024.

[NGV1-1] "Jeremy Barrett". Collection Online. National Gallery of Victoria. Retrieved 9 August 2015.

[2] Mitchell, Ann M., "Isabella Dalgarno (1805–1878)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 31 January 2024

[3] Paul Dawber at IMDb

[4] "Diego Ramirez". Currents New Media. Retrieved 23 February 2021. Diego Ramirez (b. 1989, Mexico) is an artist living and working in Melbourne.

[5] "'aXolotl's Happiness' – Diego Ramirez (VIC)". FELTspace. Retrieved 23 February 2021. Diego Ramirez (b. 1989, Mexico) is an artist and writer living and working in Melbourne.

[6] "Mars video Exchange". Metro Arts Brisbane. Retrieved 23 February 2021. As part of an exchange with Melbourne-based gallery MARS, Metro Arts will present the work of three innovative Melbourne video artists: Stephen Haley, Hannah Raisin and Diego Ramirez, ...

[7] Love, Peter, "Helen Lothan Robertson (1848–1937)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 8 March 2024

[8] "Jodie Rogers Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2019.

[9] Ryan, Fynn (18 February 2024). "Fringe Review: 'Reuben Solo: Please Clap' Earns Its Applause". Isolated Nation. Retrieved 6 May 2024.

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