# List of people from Melbourne

This is a list of notable people from Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria, Australia.
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* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
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## Native Melburnians

The following were born or grew up in Melbourne.
* 360 – hip-hop rapper
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### A

* 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
* 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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### C

* John Cain (senior) – premier of Victoria
* Corey Cadby – darts
* Ellen Cahill - Street singer more commonly known as "Kate Killarney"
* 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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### D

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

* 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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### F

* 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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### N

* 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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### O

* 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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### Q

* Stephen Quartermain – news presenter, Ten Eyewitness News
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### R

* Raja Ram – musician
* Diego Ramirez (artist) – 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) – 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
* 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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### V

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

* 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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### F

* Tim Ferguson – comedian
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### G

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

* Brent Hobba – professional basketball player
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### K

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

### M

* Sir Robert Menzies – prime minister of Australia
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### N

* Sir Gustav Nossal – Australian researcher
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### P

* Hoa Pham – writer and psychologist
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### R

* Christopher Raja – writer
* Geoffrey Rush – actor
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### S

* 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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### W

* David Warren – inventor
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### Y

* James Yammouni – comedian (The Janoskians)
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