List of sons and daughters of the City of Melbourne

The following people are associated with the Australian city of Melbourne as sons and daughters :

A.

Tatjana Alexander (* 1969), German actress
David Allan (1951–1989), racing cyclist
Daevid Allen (1938-2015), rock musician
Donald Allan (* 1949), racing cyclist
Robert Allenby (* 1971), professional golfer
Daniel "Danny" Allsopp (* 1978), soccer player
Vanessa Amorosi (* 1981), pop singer
David Andersen (born 1980), basketball player
Gary "Angry" Anderson (* 1947), rock singer and actor
Tina Arena (* 1967), pop singer
Gillian Armstrong (born 1950), director

B.

Michael Balzary (* 1962), bassist
Eric Bana (born 1968), actor
Adam Basil (* 1975), sprinter
John Beasley (1930-2017), racing cyclist
John Bertrand (* 1946), sailor
Peter Besanko (* 1955), racing cyclist
Cate Blanchett (born 1969), actress
Andrew Bogut (* 1984), basketball player
Alana Boyd (* 1984), pole vaulter
Raelene Boyle (* 1951), track and field athlete and Olympian
Nicole Bradtke (* 1969), tennis player
Richard P. Brent (* 1946), mathematician and computer scientist
Mark "Marco" Bresciano (* 1980), football player
Barry Brook (* 1974), environmental scientist
Norman Brookes (1877–1968), tennis player
Brian Brown (1933-2013), jazz musician
Neil Brown (born 1940), author, lawyer and politician
Coral Browne (1913–1991), theater and film actress
Ian Browne (* 1931), track cyclist and Olympic champion
Emily Browning (born 1988), actress
Leigh Broxham (born 1988), football player
David Bruce (1855–1931), Australian-English physician and parasitologist
Stanley Bruce (1883–1967), politician, diplomat and Prime Minister
Colin Brumby (1933-2018), composer
Tristan Buckmaster (* 1985), mathematician
Helen Buday (* 1962), actress and singer
Douglas Buxton (1917-1984), sailor

C.

Helen Caldicott (* 1938), doctor, author and anti-nuclear weapons activist
Keith Campbell (1931-1958), motorcycle racer
Robert Campbell (* 1984), poker player
Alisa Camplin (* 1974), freestyle ski jumper
Lawrence Carroll (1954–2019), Australian-American painter and object artist
Bridie Carter (born 1970), actress
Gabriella Cilmi (* 1991), pop singer
Manning Clark (1915-1991), historian
Melissa Coleman (* 1968), cellist
Max Collie (1931–2018), jazz musician
Simon Colosimo (* 1979), football player
Damian Conway (* 1964), computer science professor
Ashley Cooper (1936-2020), tennis player
Jacqui Cooper (* 1973), freestyle skier
Ryan Corr (born 1989), actor
Zelman Cowen (1919–2011), legal scholar, politician and Governor General
Neil Crang (* 1949), racing car driver
Jason Culina (born 1980), soccer player

D.

Joseph Eric D'Arcy (1924-2005), Roman Catholic bishop
Cameron Daddo (* 1965), actor and musician
Brody Dalle (* 1979), singer and guitarist
Jason Davidson (born 1991), soccer player
Owen Davidson (born 1943), tennis player
Alex Davison (* 1979), racing car driver
James Davison (* 1986), racing driver
Emilie de Ravin (* 1981), actress
Portia de Rossi (* 1973), actress
Luke DeVere (born 1989), football player
Virgil Donati (* 1957), drummer
Jason Donovan (born 1968), singer and actor
Anthony Robert Dorigo (born 1965), English football player
Ralph Doubell (* 1945), track and field athlete and Olympic champion
Malcolm Douglas (1941-2010), animal filmmaker and one of the greatest crocodile experts
Dub FX (bourgeois Benjamin Stanford ) (* 1983), beatboxer and live looping artist

E.

John Carew Eccles (1903-1997), physiologist
Colin Eggleston (1941–2002), film director, screenwriter, film editor and film producer
Mark Evans (* 1956), former bass player for the Australian hard rock band AC / DC
Paul England (1929–2014), racing car driver
Şeyma Erenli (* 1988), soccer player

F.

Peter Faiman (* 1944), director and producer
Chet Faker (born 1988), singer
Kim Farrant (* 1975), film director, screenwriter and film producer
Jaimi Faulkner (* 1982), singer-songwriter
Michael Ferrante (* 1981), football player
Courtney Field (born 1997), cyclist
Sarah Fitz-Gerald (* 1968), squash player
Tim Flannery (* 1956), biologist and zoologist
Andrew Florent (1970-2016), tennis player
Robby Foldvari (* 1960), Australian snooker player
Richard Franklin (1948–2007), film director
Malcolm Fraser (1930-2015), politician
Marcus Fraser (* 1978), golfer
Neale Fraser (born 1933), tennis player
Mark French (* 1984), cyclist
Anna Funder (* 1966), writer, documentary filmmaker and lawyer

G

Douglas Gamley (1924–1998), film composer
Natalie Gauci (* 1981), Italian-Maltese singer
Tony Gaze (1920–2013), aviator and racing car driver
Simon Gerrans (* 1980), racing cyclist
Lisa Gerrard (* 1961), musician and singer
Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912–1990), composer
Jackie Glazier (* 1973), poker player
Pierre Gorman (1924–2006), educator and psychologist
John Gorton (1911–2002), Prime Minister of Australia
Gotye (* 1980), Belgian-Australian musician
Jessica Gower (born 1977), actress
Germaine Greer (* 1939), intellectual, author and publicist
Vince Grella (* 1979), football player
Rachel Griffiths (born 1968), actress
Jeannie Gunn (1870–1961), writer
Neil J. Gunther (* 1950), scientist

H

Joe Hachem (born 1966), poker player
Georgina Haig (* 1985), actress
Sarah Hanson-Young (* 1981), politician
Andrew Harris (* 1994), tennis player
Sonya Hartnett (* 1968), writer
Paul Hawkins (1937–1969), racing driver
Bella Heathcote (born 1987), actress
Chris Hemsworth (born 1983), actor
Liam Hemsworth (born 1990), actor
Luke Hemsworth (born 1981), actor
Mark Hensby (born 1971), golfer
Paul Hester (1959–2005), drummer for the bands Split Enz and Crowded House
Julian Hill (* 1973), politician
Danielle Horvat (born 1991), actress
Barry Humphries (born 1934), comedian, satirist and character actor
Geoff Hunt (* 1947), squash player and trainer
Ernest Hutcheson (1871–1951), pianist, music teacher and composer

I.

Stephen Robert Irwin (1962-2006), documentary filmmaker and actor
Kyrie Irving (born 1992), basketball player

J

Mahesh Jadu (* 1982), actor
Tessa James (born 1991), actress
Mallory Jansen (* 1989), actress
Darryl Johansen (* 1959), chess grandmaster
Gordon Johnson (born 1946), cyclist
Alan Jones (* 1946), racing driver
Alfred Winslow Jones (1900–1989), founder of the hedge fund industry

K

Norman Kaye (1927–2007), actor and musician
Marny Kennedy (* 1994), actress
Ben Kiernan (* 1953), historian
Pam Kilborn (* 1939), track and field athlete and Olympian
Tom King (* 1973), sailor
Alf Klimek (* 1956), musician, pop singer and composer
Jayney Klimek (* 1962), singer
Johnny Klimek (* 1962), film composer and music producer
Antun Kovacic (* 1981), soccer player
Karen Kronemeyer (* 1981), Dutch squash player

L.

Richard-William Lamb (1907–1974), racing cyclist
Mathew Allan Leckie (born 1991), soccer player
Dorian Le Gallienne (1915–1963), composer
James Lemke (* 1988), tennis player
Marco Leonardi (* 1971), actor
Joan Lindsay (1896–1984), writer
Johnny Logan (born 1954), singer and songwriter
Colin Long (1918-2009), tennis player
Isabel Lucas (born 1985), actress
Trevor Lucas (1943–1989), folk singer and guitarist

M.

Mary MacKillop (1842–1909), canonized religious sister
Katie Mactier (* 1975), cyclist
Costas Mandylor (born 1965), actor
Chris Mann (1949–2018), poet, composer and performer
Tony Marchant (born 1937), cyclist
Daphne Marlatt (* 1942), writer
Barney McAll (* 1966), jazz musician
Catherine McClements (born 1965), actress
Peter McNamara (1955-2019), tennis player
Paul McNamee (born 1954), tennis player
Scott McDonald (born 1983), soccer player
Ben Mendelsohn (* 1969), actor and musician
Leon Mestel (1927-2017), British theoretical astrophysicist
Michael Meszaros (* 1945), sculptor and medalist
Ljubo Milicevic (* 1981), football player
Anna Millward (* 1971), racing cyclist
Dannii Minogue (* 1971), singer and actress
Kylie Minogue (* 1968), singer and actress
John Monash (1865–1931), engineer and general
Jocelyn Moorhouse (* 1960), film director, film producer and screenwriter
John Aloysius Morgan (1909–2008), Roman Catholic auxiliary and military bishop
Damian Mori (* 1970), soccer player
James Morris (* 1994), chess player
Ron Mueck (* 1958), artist and sculptor
Russell Mulcahy (born 1953), director
Ian Munro (* 1963), pianist, composer and music teacher
Rupert Murdoch (* 1931), media entrepreneur
Gerald Murnane (* 1939), writer
Stephen Murray-Smith (1922–1988), editor and author
Emmanuel "Manny" Muscat (* 1984), Maltese-Australian football player

N

Peter Nicholls (1939–2018), author and lexicographer
John Nicholson (born 1949), cyclist
Sidney Nolan (1917–1992), painter and printmaker
Peter Norman (1942-2006), athlete

O

Gideon Obarzanek (* 1966), ballet dancer and choreographer
Mark O'Connor (born 1945), writer
Steven O'Dor (born 1987), football player

P

Avraam Papadopoulos (* 1984), football player
Gerald Patterson (1895-1967), tennis player
Sydney Patterson (1927–1999), track cyclist
Allan Pease (* 1952), bestselling author and communication trainer
Shane Perkins (* 1986), track cyclist
Elliot Perlman (born 1964), writer
Mark Philippoussis (* 1976), tennis player
Lucas Plapp (* 2000), racing cyclist
Snub Pollard (1889–1962), actor
Tomislav "Tom" Pondeljak (* 1976), football player
John Pyper-Ferguson (born 1964), actor

Q

Helen Quinn (* 1943), theoretical physicist

R.

Helen Reddy (born 1941), singer and actress
Janet Rice (born 1960), politician, Australian Greens
Henry Handel Richardson (1870–1946), writer
Neil Robertson (* 1982), snooker player
Laura Robson (* 1994), British tennis player
May Robson (1858–1942), actress
Lyndal Roper (* 1956), historian
Andy Rose (* 1990), soccer player
Ruby Rose (* 1986), actress, model, presenter and DJ
Phil Rudd (* 1954), drummer in the hard rock band AC / DC

S.

Wendy Saddington (1949-2013), singer
Dieter Salomon (* 1960), politician, Lord Mayor of the City of Freiburg im Breisgau from 2002 to 2018
John Sangster (1928–1995), jazz musician and film composer
Kristian Sarkies (* 1986), soccer player
Peter Singer (* 1946), philosopher and ethicist
Joseph Sirianni (born 1975), tennis player
Ivan Southall (1921–2008), youth author
Jesse Spencer (born 1979), actor
Hristijan Spirovski (* 1987), pianist and pop singer
Tash Sultana (* 1995), musician and singer-songwriter
Gary Sweet (born 1957), actor
Barry Smith (* 1940), motorcycle racer and world champion

T

Eliza Taylor (* 1989), actress
Penny Taylor (born 1981), basketball player
Judy Tegart (born 1937), tennis player
Peter Thomson (1929-2018), golfer
Frank Thring (1926–1994), film and theater actor
Anna Torv (* 1979), actress
Daniel Trenton (* 1977), Taekwondoin
Paolo "Paul" Vincenzo Trimboli (* 1969), football player
Brett Tucker (born 1972), actor
Barry Tuckwell (1931–2020), horn player and conductor

V

Holly Valance (born 1983), singer and actress
Laurie Venn (* 1953), racing cyclist
Mark Anthony Viduka (* 1975), football player
Nick Vujicic (* 1982), evangelist and motivational speaker

W.

Murray Wall (* 1945), jazz musician
Leigh Whannell (born 1977), screenwriter and actor
James Whelan (* 1996), racing cyclist
Gough Whitlam (1916–2014), 21st Prime Minister of Australia
Donna Williams (1963–2017), writer and artist
John Williams (born 1941), guitarist
Matthew Wilson (born 1977), racing cyclist
Tim Wilson (* 1980), politician
Geoffrey Wright (* 1959), film director
Sean Wroe (born 1985), athlete

Z

Feliks Zemdegs (* 1995), Speedcuber