# List of Australian Americans

This is a list of notable Australian Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.

## Business

| Name | Born – died | Notable for | Connection with Australia | Connection with the United States |
| Elisabeth Murdoch | 1968– | Businesswoman | born in Australia with a dual citizenship | father is Australian-born Rupert Murdoch |
| Ken Ham | 1951– | Founder of the Young Earth Creationist organization Answers in Genesis | born in Australia | resides in the U.S. |
| Rupert Murdoch | 1931– | CEO of News Corporation | born in Australia | became naturalized U.S. citizen in 1985 |
| Jacques Nasser | 1947– | former CEO of Ford Motors | born in Lebanon but raised in Australia | resides in the U.S. |
| Matthew Pritzker | 1982– | investor and businessman | Australian mother | born in the U.S.; American father |

## Public service

| Name | Born – died | Notable for | Connection with Australia | Connection with the United States |
| Richard W. Fisher | 1949– | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President | Australian-American father | U.S. citizen at birth |
| John Henderson | 1925–2010 | blind activist | born in Australia | emigrated to the U.S. with parents as a child |
| Martin Indyk | 1951– | former U.S. Ambassador to Israel | British born, Australian raised | U.S. diplomat |
| James Wolfensohn | 1933–2020 | former President of the World Bank | born in Australia | naturalized as U.S. citizen in 1980 |

## Politics

| Name | Born – died | Notable for | Connection with Australia | Connection with America |
| Mick Bates | 1970– | Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates | born in Australia | naturalized U.S. citizen |
| Harry Bridges | 1901–1990 | International Longshore and Warehouse Union leader | born in Australia | became naturalized U.S. citizen in 1945 |
| Jeff Merkley | 1956– | Senator from Oregon | Australian paternal grandmother | born in the U.S. |
| Jon Ossoff | 1987– | Senator from Georgia | Australian mother | born in the U.S. |
| Gavin Buckley | 1963– | Mayor of Annapolis, Maryland | born in Australia | became naturalized U.S. citizen in 2009 |

## Authors

| Name | Born – died | Notable for | Connection with Australia | Connection with America |
| Geraldine Brooks | 1955– | author | born in Australia | father was American; became naturalized U.S. citizen in 2002 |
| Prudence Farrow | 1948– | author | Australian father | U.S. born; Irish-American mother |
| Jill Ker Conway | 1934–2018 | author & academic | born in Australia | worked in the U.S. |
| Sumner Locke Elliott | 1917–1991 | author of Careful, He Might Hear You | born in Australia | moved to the U.S. in 1948 and became naturalized U.S. citizen in 1955 |

## Scientists

| Name | Born – died | Notable for | Connection with Australia | Connection with America |
| Bruce Bolt | 1930–2015 | seismologist | born and raised in Australia | naturalized American citizen |
| Philip K. Chapman | 1935–2021 | astronaut | born in Australia | emigrated to the U.S. |
| Terence James Elkins | 1936– | physicist, 1st ascent of Mount Elkins, 1979 Harold Brown Award recipient | born in Australia | emigrated to the U.S. in 1963; naturalized U.S. citizen in 1971 |
| Paul D. Scully-Power | 1944– | oceanographer and astronaut | born in Australia | naturalized U.S. citizen in 1982 |
| Andy Thomas | 1951– | astronaut | born in Australia | naturalized U.S. citizen in 1986 |
| Elizabeth Blackburn | 1948– | winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | born in Australia | naturalized U.S. citizen |

## Artists

| Name | Born – died | Notable for | Connection with Australia | Connection with America |
| Pat Oliphant | 1935– | New York Times cartoonist | born in Australia | emigrated to U.S. in 1964 |

## Sport

| Name | Born – died | Notable for | Connection with Australia | Connection with America |
| Carsten Ball | 1987– | retired tennis player | Australian father | American-born and resides in the U.S. |
| Darren Bennett | 1965– | Australian rules football and American football | born in Australia, played AFL | played NFL |
| Jonah Bolden | 1996– | basketball | born in Melbourne | father is American |
| Taj Burrow | 1978– | surfing | born in Australia | parents are U.S. citizens |
| James Cruikshanks | 1971– | professional wrestling | born in Australia | moved to U.S. as a child |
| Taylor Dent | 1981– | tennis | father is Australian Phil Dent | mother is American Betty Ann Grubb Stuart and born in the U.S. |
| Leigh Diffey | 1971– | auto racing commentator | born in Australia | became an American citizen in 2011 |
| Colin Edwards | 1974– | motorcycle racing | Australian father | born in the U.S. |
| Dante Exum | 1995– | basketball | born in Melbourne | American parents |
| Luke Hume | 1988– | rugby | born in Australia | Dual citizen to the U.S. and Australia |
| Kyrie Irving | 1992– | basketball | born in Melbourne | American parents and Dual Citizen to the U.S. and Australia |
| Nia Jax | 1984– | professional wrestler | born in Sydney | grew up in Hawaii |
| Jay Johnstone | 1945–2020 | baseball | Australian mother | born in the U.S. |
| Robert Machado | 1973– | surfing | born in Sydney | grew up in and lives in California |
| David Niu | 1966– | rugby | born in Australia | naturalized U.S. citizen |
| Ben Simmons | 1996– | basketball | born in Melbourne, mother is Australian | father is American Dave Simmons |
| James Spithill | 1979– | sailing | born in Sydney | married to an American and skippered Oracle Team USA yacht to two victories |

## Music

| Name | Born – died | Notable for | Connection with Australia | Connection with America |
| Peter Allen | 1944–1992 | singer-songwriter, musician, and entertainer | born in Tenterfield, New South Wales | lived in the U.S. |
| Iggy Azalea | 1990– | rapper | born in Sydney | moved to the U.S. at age 16 |
| Nellie Breen | 1897–1986 | dancer and comedian | Australian mother | born in U.S.; American father |
| Aaron Brown | 1980– | violinist and composer | raised in Australia | naturalized U.S. citizen |
| Brody Dalle | 1979– | singer-songwriter and guitarist | born in Melbourne | lives in the U.S since 1998 |
| Sam Farrar | 1978– | member of the pop rock band Maroon 5 | Australian parents | born and raised in Los Angeles |
| Flea | 1962– | bassist for Red Hot Chili Peppers | born in Melbourne | lived in the U.S. since age 5 |
| Gracie Folds | 1999– | singer-songwriter | mother is Australian; born in Adelaide | lives in the U.S.; father is American Ben Folds |
| Ashton Irwin | 1994– | drummer for 5 Seconds of Summer | born in Sydney | father is American; dual citizen to the U.S. and Australia |
| MC Lars | 1982– | rapper | father is Australian | born in the U.S. |
| Chloe Rose Lattanzi | 1986– | singer, actress | mother was Australian Olivia Newton-John (born in England) | born in the U.S. |
| Helen Reddy | 1941–2020 | actress, singer | born in Australia | naturalized U.S. citizen |
| Cody Simpson | 1997– | pop singer | born in Gold Coast, Queensland | moved to the U.S. in 2010 |
| Rebecca St. James | 1977– | Christian pop rock singer-songwriter | born in Sydney | family moved to the U.S. at age 14; married Cubbie Fink in 2011 |
| Rick Springfield | 1949– | singer and actor | born in Sydney | lives in the U.S. |
| Mark Stoermer | 1977– | bassist for The Killers | father is Australian | born in the U.S. |
| Irwin Thomas | 1971– | singer-songwriter and guitarist | mother was an Australian-born folk singer and dancer; she returned to Australia in 1980, with her son. | born in 1971 in Manhattan, New York City. |
| Joseph Twist | 1982– | composer in genres including ancient vocal music, opera, contemporary orchestral music, jazz, musical theatre and cabaret | born in Brisbane; doctorate and master's degrees from University of Queensland, Australian Film, Television and Radio School, and New York University | lives in the U.S. |
| Keith Urban | 1967– | country musician | born in New Zealand | naturalized U.S. citizen, married to American-born Australian actress Nicole Kidman, resident of Nashville, Tennessee |
| Betty Who | 1991- | musician, singer-songwriter | born in Australia | naturalized U.S. citizen |
| Kate Ceberano | 1966- | singer-actress | born in Australia | father born in America Tino Ceberano |
| Deni Hines | 1970- | singer-actress | born in Australia | mother born in America Marcia Hines |
| John Butler | 1975- | musician, founder John Butler Trio | father is Australian | born in the U.S..; American mother |

## Actors/actresses

| Name | Born – died | Notable for | Connection with Australia | Connection with America |
| Simon Baker | 1969– | actor | born in Launceston, Tasmania | moved to the U.S. in the 1990s; has been a dual U.S. and Australian citizen since 2010 |
| Jacinda Barrett | 1972– | actress | born in Brisbane | moved to the U.S. in the 1990s; married to U.S. citizen Gabriel Macht and became naturalized U.S. citizen in 2009 |
| Billy Bevan | 1887–1957 | actor | born in Orange | |
| Cate Blanchett | 1969– | actress | born in Melbourne | American father; dual U.S. and Australian citizen |
| Charles Coleman | 1885–1951 | character actor | born in Sydney | |
| Bonar Colleano | 1924–1958 | actor | Australian parents | born and lived in the U.S. until he was 12 |
| Aisha Dee | 1993– | actress, and singer | born in Australia; Australian mother | father is African American |
| Mia Farrow | 1945– | actress | father was Australian | born in the U.S. with dual citizenship |
| Errol Flynn | 1909–1959 | actor | born in Hobart | became naturalized U.S. citizen in 1942 |
| Sean Flynn | 1941-1970 | actor | son of Australian actor Errol Flynn | born in the U.S |
| Leila George | 1992– | actress | born in Sydney; mother is Australian Greta Scacchi | father is American Vincent D'Onofrio; dual U.S. and Australian citizen |
| Melissa George | 1976– | actress | born in Australia | moved to U.S. in the 1990s; became naturalized U.S. citizen in 2008 |
| Mel Gibson | 1956– | actor | paternal grandmother was Australian Eva Mylott | born in the U.S. |
| Daniel Goddard | 1971– | actor | born in Sydney | became naturalized U.S. citizen in 2020 |
| Robert Greig | 1879–1958 | actor | born in Melbourne | |
| Nicholas Hammond | 1950– | actor and director | moved to Australia in the mid-1980s | born in the U.S. |
| Penne Hackforth-Jones | 1949–2013 | actress | Australian maternal grandparents | born in the U.S. |
| Tim Kazurinsky | 1950– | actor and screenwriter | Australian mother | born in the U.S.; American father |
| Nicole Kidman | 1967– | actress | both parents are Australians; raised in Australia | born in the U.S. with dual citizenship |
| Laurette Luez | 1928–1999 | actress | Australian mother | American father; born in the U.S. |
| Alanna Masterson | 1988– | actress | father is Lebanese Australian Joe Reaiche | born in the U.S.; American mother |
| Jordan Masterson | 1986– | actor | father is Lebanese Australian Joe Reaiche | born in the U.S.; American mother |
| Julian McMahon | 1968– | actor | born in Australia | naturalized U.S. citizen |
| Poppy Montgomery | 1972– | Without a Trace actor | born in Australia | lives and works in the U.S.; dual U.S. and Australian citizen |
| Meg Mundy | 1915–2016 | actress | Australian mother | naturalized U.S. citizen |
| Sean Murray | 1977– | actor | born in America to an American father and Australian mother; spent some of his childhood in Australia | U.S. citizen |
| Keir O'Donnell | 1978– | actor | born in Sydney | moved to the U.S. in the 1980s |
| Nathan Parsons | 1988– | actor | born in Australia | naturalized U.S. citizen |
| Liesel Pritzker Simmons | 1984– | actress | Australian mother | born in the U.S.; American father |
| Emilie de Ravin | 1981– | actress | born in Australia | became naturalized U.S. citizen in 2018 |
| Ann Richards | 1917–2006 | actress | born in Australia | moved to the U.S. in 1942; father was a U.S. citizen |
| Margot Robbie | 1990– | actress, known for her role as playing Harley Quinn in the DC movie Suicide Squad | born in Australia | moved to and lives in the U.S |
| Tristan Rogers | 1946– | General Hospital actor | born in Australia | naturalized U.S. citizen |
| Portia de Rossi | 1973– | Ally McBeal actress and wife of Ellen DeGeneres | born in Australia | naturalized U.S. citizen |
| Jesse Spencer | 1979– | actor | born in Melbourne, Australia | naturalized U.S. citizen |
| Tammin Sursok | 1983– | Home and Away, The Young and the Restless, and Pretty Little Liars actress | born in South Africa, raised in Australia | naturalized U.S. citizen |
| Kristen Stewart | 1990– | actress | mother is Australian | born in the U.S. |
| Sharni Vinson | 1983– | actress | born in Australia | lives and works in the U.S.; dual U.S. and Australian citizen |
| Angela White | 1985– | pornographic actress | born in Sydney | moved to the U.S. in the 2010s |
| Alex Winter | 1965– | actor, film director, and screenwriter | Australian father | American mother; dual U.S. and U.K. citizen |
| Breanna Yde | 2003– | actress | Australian-born American Actress | born in Sydney, New South Wales |
| Jane Badler | 1953– | actress singer | moved to Australia in the mid-80's or 90's. | born in the U.S. |
| Shannon Kenny | 1968– | actress | born in Australia | moved to the U.S. in the 1990s; married to U.S. citizen Néstor Carbonell |
| Claire Holt | 1988– | actress | born in Brisbane | naturalized U.S.citizen |
| Makenzie Vega | 1994– | actress | moved to Australia in 2016 | born in the U.S. |
| Brooke Harman | 1985– | actress | Australian mother | born in the U.S.; American father |
| Ben Lawson | 1980– | actor | born in Brisbane | became naturalized U.S. citizen in 2023 |

## Other

| Name | Born – died | Notable for | Connection with Australia | Connection with America |
| Betsy Bloomingdale | 1922–2016 | socialite, philanthropist | parents are Australian | born in the U.S. |
| Valda Cooper | 1915–2008 | journalist, one of the first female reporters for the Associated Press | born in Melbourne, Australia | immigrated to the U.S. as an infant |
| Savannah Guthrie | 1971– | television journalist, co-anchor of The Today Show | born in Melbourne, Australia | immigrated to the U.S. as an infant |
| Bindi Irwin | 1998– | child television/film personality | father was Australian Steve Irwin | mother Terri Irwin is from Oregon, dual U.S. and Australian citizen |
| Robert Irwin | 2003– | child television/film personality | father was Australian Steve Irwin | mother Terri Irwin is from Oregon, dual U.S. and Australian citizen |
| Elizabeth Jagger | 1984– | model and actress, daughter of Mick Jagger | paternal grandmother was Australian | mother is Jerry Hall; born in the U.S. |
| Georgia May Jagger | 1992– | model and actress, daughter of Mick Jagger | paternal grandmother was Australian | mother is Jerry Hall; born in the U.S. |
| Laura James | 1990– | fashion model, America's Next Top Model winner | mother is Australian | father is Dynasty actor John James; born in the U.S. |
| Thelma Keane | 1926–2008 | negotiated copyrights for The Family Circus, inspiration for the comic's "Mommy" character | born and raised in Queensland | immigrated to the U.S. with her husband, Bil Keane |
| Brianna Keilar | 1980– | television journalist for CNN | born in Australia | grew up in Orange County, California |
| Soledad O'Brien | 1966– | television journalist | father is Australian | born in the U.S. |
| Anne Osborn Krueger | 1934– | economist | Australian father | born in the U.S. |
| Katie Patrick | 1980– | environmental spokesperson, entrepreneur | born in Australia | lives in the U.S. |
| Terry Tao | 1975– | mathematician, 2006 Fields medalist | born in Australia | won a Fulbright Scholarship in 1992; attained Ph.D. at Princeton in 1996; married an American |
| Felicia Taylor | 1964–2023 | television journalist | father was Australian Rod Taylor | born in the U.S. |
| Marsha Waggoner | 1940– | champion poker player | born in Australia | lived in the U.S. since 1977 |
| Christopher Wilder | 1945–1984 | serial killer | born in Australia | emigrated to the U.S. in 1969; father is a U.S. citizen |
| Peta Murgatroyd | 1986– | professional dancer | born in Australia | naturalized U.S. citizen |