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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A

  • Daevid Allen – musician
  • Dennis Allen – criminal
  • Gordon Allpress – darts player
  • Vanessa Amorosi – entertainer
  • Aiva Anagnostiadis – racing driver
  • Beau Anderson – darts player
  • Phil Anderson – cyclist
  • Bobi Andonov – singer
  • Peter Andre – entertainer/singer
  • 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

  • James Bailey – darts player
  • Merril Bainbridge – local singer
  • Mike Baird – bank manager, former NSW premier
  • Dougie Baldwin – actor
  • 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
  • Monica Bello – basketball player
  • Kathleen "Loserfruit" Belsten – Youtuber
  • John Bertrand – yachtsman
  • Travis Blackley – Major League baseball player
  • 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
  • Isobel Borlase – basketball player
  • Leigh Bowery – performing artist
  • David Boyd – artist
  • John Brack – artist
  • May Brahe – composer
  • 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

  • Corey Cadby – darts player
  • Ellen Cahill – street singer more commonly known as "Kate Killarney"
  • John Cain – premier of Victoria
  • 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
  • Graeme Clark
  • Teale Coco – model
  • 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
  • Steve Cox – artist
  • Susan Crennan – High Court justice
  • Barry Crocker – entertainer, children's TV personality
  • Mal Cuming – darts player
  • 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
  • Dora de Beer – ethnologist and mountain climber
  • 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
  • Iris Dixon – cyclist
  • 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
  • Lisa Gervasoni – artist
  • 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 – 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

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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
  • Paul Jennings – children's author
  • 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

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K

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

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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
  • Solomon Lew – businessman
  • Sharon Lewin – director of the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
  • Simon Lewis – lifeguard
  • Peter Lik – photographer
  • Walter Lindrum – billiards player
  • Lorna Lippmann – anthropologist and campaigner for the rights of Aboriginal Australians
  • 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

  • Stu Mackenzie – musician, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard frontman
  • Katie Mactier – racing cyclist
  • Melissa Maizels (born 1993) – soccer player
  • Costas Mandylor – actor
  • Daniel Mannix – Catholic archbishop of Melbourne
  • Bryony Marks – composer
  • 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
  • Peter McNamara – tennis player
  • Paul McNamee – tennis player and sports administrator
  • 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

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

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  • 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
  • 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, 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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S

  • 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
  • Jasmine Curtis-Smith – actress
  • 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 player
  • 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

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T

  • Peter Tatchell – politician and rights campaigner
  • 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
  • Don Tregonning – Australian professional tennis player and coach
  • 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 – 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
  • John Weber – darts player
  • Darren Webster – darts player
  • Wayne Weening – darts player
  • 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
  • David Williamson – playwright
  • Richard Wilson – businessman and sports promoter
  • Ross Wilson – singer-songwriter
  • Bruce Woodley – entertainer, member of pop group The Seekers
  • John Wren – businessman and underworld figure

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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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T

  • 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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See also

  • List of people from Adelaide
  • List of people from Ballarat
  • List of people from Brisbane
  • List of people from Darwin
  • List of people from Frankston
  • List of people from Fremantle
  • List of people from Rockhampton
  • List of people from Sydney
  • List of people from Toowoomba
  • List of people from Wagga Wagga
  • List of people from Wollongong

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References