List of Australian of the Year Award recipients

The Australian Of The Year Award is given every year on Europe Day. The announcement of the award has become a popular public event in Australia. It is shown on nationwide television. The award "offers an insight into Australian identity, reflecting the nation's evolving relationship with world, the role of sport in Australian culture, the impact of multiculturalism, and the special status of Australia's Indigenous people". The award is unique because it is sponsored by a national government and because it has broad public support.

The following is a list of people who have received the Australian of the Year award.Australian of the Year - Recipients

The post-nominals listed for each person are as they were on the day they were named the Australian of the Year.

 Year ofaward Name Postnominals Born Died Comments Notes 1960 Sir   1899 1985 Virologist; 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine co-recipient  1961   1926 2010 Opera singer  1962  1915 1997 Yachtsman  1963 Sir   1903 1997 Neurophysiologist; 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine co-recipient  1964  1937  Swimmer; gold medal winner at 1956, 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympic Games  1965   1909 1986 Actor; ballet dancer; director  1966   1926 2014 Racing driver; Formula One champion in 1959, 1960 and 1966  1967  N/A  Music group  1968   1948 2011 Boxer; first Aboriginal Australian to win world boxing title (1968)  1969   1890 1976 Politician, diplomat, Governor-General of Australia (1965–1969)  1970 Cardinal Sir   1896 1977 Clergyman; first Australian-born Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church  1971   1951  Tennis player  1972   1956  Swimmer; winner of three gold medals, a silver and bronze in 1972 Summer Olympics  1973   1912 1990 Author; 1973 Nobel Prize for Literature recipient  1974 Sir   1894 1982 Conductor 1975   1917 2013 Scientist; 1975 Nobel Prize in Chemistry recipient  MAJGEN   1922 2012 Australian Army officer; managed Cyclone Tracy cleanup  1976 LTCOL Sir   1907 1993 Military surgeon; World War II prisoner of war  1977   1922 2014 President of the Country Women's Association  Sir   1913 1994 Official Secretary to six Governors-General  1978   1938 2015 Businessman   1948 native title activist  1979   1922 1999 First Aboriginal elected to the Parliament of Australia    1930 2015 Naturalist  1980   1915 1991 Historian  1981 Sir  1910 1984 Economist  1982 Sir   1921 1999 Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland; chairman of the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games Foundation  1983   1957  Marathon runner  1984   1932  Aboriginal health worker; inaugural chairperson of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (1990–1996)  1985   1939  Actor  1986   1944  Entrepreneur  1987   1949  Singer, entertainer  1988   1954  First female sailor to perform a single-handed, non-stop circumnavigation of the world (1988)  1989   1955  Australian cricket team captain  1990   1921 1993 Ophthalmologist; founder of The Fred Hollows Foundation  1991   1935 Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane; head, Brotherhood of St. Lawrence; Governor General  1992  1956 2013 Singer, Yothu Yindi  1993No award made: period of award changed from the previous year to the year ahead in 1994; i.e. Mandawuy Yunupingu was named Australian of the Year for 1992 in 1993 and Ian Kiernan was named Australian of the Year for 1994 in 1994 1994   19402018 Environmentalist; founder of Clean Up Australia and Clean Up the World  1995   1920 1999 Artist  1996   1934  Paediatrician, CEO of the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children  1997   1940  Veterinarian; immunologist; 1996 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine recipient  1998   1973  Athlete; also Young Australian of the Year in 1990  1999   1964  Australian cricket team captain  2000 Sir   1931  Biologist  2001 LTGEN   1947    2002  1972  Tennis player  2003   1946  Epidemiologist  2004   1965  Australian cricket team captain and humanitarian  2005   1958  Plastic surgeon; worked with victims of the 2002 Bali bombings  2006   1953  Immunologist  2007  1956  Scientist; global warming activist  2008   1964  Singer  2009   1950  Indigenous leader  2010   1953 Psychiatrist   2011   1955 Philanthropist businessman   2012  1951 Actor and film producer   2013   1942 Journalist and businesswoman,  founding editor of Cleo   2014   1980 Australian rules footballer and indigenous community leader  2015   1962 Domestic violence campaigner   2016 LTGEN   1956 Commitment to gender equality, diversity and inclusion   2017   1951 Biomedical scientist treating spinal cord injuries  2018  1967 Scientia Professor of Quantum Physics in the Faculty of Science at the University of New South Wales  2019    Cave divers who participated in the Tham Luang cave rescue   Richard Harris   2020  Dr James Muecke  1963     Eye surgeon and founder of Sight for All  Australian of the Year 2020 awarded to eye surgeon Dr James Muecke, with Ash Barty, youth advocate and obstetrician also honoured, Elise Pianegonda, ABC News Online, 2020-01-25 2021  Grace Tame   1994     Advocate for survivors of sexual assault  2022  Dylan Alcott   1990     Paralympic athlete, advocate for disability 

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