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.

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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

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 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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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 * 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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 * 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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 * Joe Hachem – poker player
 * Ross Hannaford – musician
 * 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 (Nine News)
 * Harold Holt – prime minister of Australia
 * Danielle Horvat – actress
 * Rowland S. Howard – musician, writer and performer of the song (I Know) A Girl Called Jonny
 * 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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 * 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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 * Margaret Jackson – business executive
 * Christie Jenkins – trampoline athlete
 * 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
 * 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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 * 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
 * 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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 * 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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 * Roseanne Park (Rosé) – member of South Korean girl group Blackpink; raised in Melbourne
 * John James Parton – Big Brother UK contestant
 * Sid Patterson – track cyclist
 * Guy Pearce – actor
 * Andreja Pejic – model
 * Kirk Pengilly – musician (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
 * 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)
 * Neil Robertson – snooker player
 * Anastasia Rodionova – tennis player
 * Jodie Rogers – diver
 * Lionel Rose – boxer
 * Ruby Rose – actress
 * Normie Rowe – singer
 * Phil Rudd – drummer (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 (Skyhooks)/television presenter
 * Dane Swan – Australian rules footballer
 * Red Symons – guitarist, entertainer and radio presenter (774 ABC Melbourne)
 * 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 in the Minnesota Twins organization
 * John Thwaites – politician
 * George Tolhurst – composer
 * Tones and I – singer and songwriter
 * Anna Torv – actress
 * Geoffrey Tozer – pianist
 * Zbych Trofimiuk – actor
 * Zoja Trofimiuk – sculptor
 * Anthony Troiano – musician / baddie
 * Christos Tsiolkas – author
 * Albert Tucker – artist

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 * Holly Valance – actress/singer
 * Mark Viduka – soccer player
 * Steve Vizard – entertainer and businessman
 * Karl von Möller – film maker and cinematographer

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 * Ron Walker – 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)
 * Kathy Watt – Olympic cyclist
 * 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
 * David Williamson – playwright
 * Richard Wilson – businessman and sports promoter
 * Ross Wilson – singer/songwriter
 * John Wren – businessman and underworld figure
 * Wayne Weening – darts
 * John Weber – darts
 * Darren Webster – darts
 * Bruce Woodley – entertainer (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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 * Brent Hobba – professional basketball player

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M

 * Sir Robert Menzies – prime minister of Australia

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 * 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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