List of sons and daughters of the City of Sydney
List of sons and daughters of Sydney , New South Wales , Australia .
A.
- Laurence Aarons (1917–2005), politician
- Glenda Emilie Adams (1939-2007), writer
- Jack Ahearn (1924-2017), motorcycle racer
- John Alexander (* 1951), tennis player and politician
- Samuel Alexander (1859–1938), British philosopher
- John Anderson (born 1939), sailor
- Thomas Anderson (1939-2010), sailor
- Annette Andre (* 1939), actress
- John Andrews (* 1933), Australian-Canadian architect
- Michael Archer (* 1945), paleontologist
- Graham Arnold (born 1963), football player
- Valda Aveling (1920–2007), harpsichordist and pianist
- Iggy Azalea (* 1990), rapper
B.
- Reginald Baker (1884–1953), athlete, Olympic medalist, film actor, and stunt performer
- Natasha Barker (* 1970), weightlifter
- Dale Barlow (born 1959), jazz musician
- Courtney Barnett (* 1988), singer-songwriter and guitarist of alternative rock
- Edmund Barton (1849–1920), 1st Prime Minister of Australia
- Colin Beashel (born 1959), sailor
- Matthew Barton (born 1991), tennis player
- Katherine Bates (* 1982), cyclist
- Michael Beauchamp (* 1981), soccer player
- Rachael Beck (* 1971), actress and singer
- Arthur Benjamin (1893–1960), pianist and composer
- Greg Bennett (* 1972), duathlete and triathlete
- Bruce Beresford (* 1940), film director, writer, screenwriter, producer and actor
- Tabrett Bethell (* 1982), actress and model
- Daisy Betts (* 1982), actress
- Adam Biddle (born 1988), football player
- Arthur Birch (1915–1995), organic chemist
- Claudia Black (born 1972), actress
- Michael Blackburn (* 1970), sailor
- Milan Blagojevic (born 1969), football player
- Donald Frederick Blaxell (* 1934), botanist
- Leslie Boardman (1889-1975), swimmer
- Richard Bonynge (* 1930), conductor
- Mitch Booth (born 1963), sailor
- Dean Bouzanis (* 1990), Australian-Greek soccer goalkeeper
- Bill Bowrey (born 1943), tennis player
- Anne Boyd (* 1946), composer and music teacher
- Oliver Bozanic (* 1989), soccer player
- Geoff Brabham (* 1952), racing car driver
- Luke Bracey (born 1989), actor
- Steven Bradbury (* 1973), short track athlete
- Daniel Bragg (* 1992), soccer player
- Craig Branch (* 1977), ski racer
- Rebecca Breeds (* 1987), actress
- Matthew Breeze (born 1972), football referee
- Christopher Brennan (1870-1932), poet
- Mark Bridge (born 1985), football player
- Ryan Briscoe (born 1981), racing driver
- John Bromwich (1918–1999), tennis player
- Geraldine Brooks (* 1955), journalist and writer
- Alex Brosque (born 1983), football player
- Warwick Brown (born 1949), racing car driver
- Bryan Brown (born 1947), actor
- Walter Browne (1949–2015), Australian-American chess master
- Tony Buck (* 1962), drummer and percussionist
- Kerem Bulut (* 1992), Australian-Turkish soccer player
- Liz Burch (born 1954), actress
- Matt Burke (born 1973), rugby union player
- Fiona Burnett (* 1971), jazz musician
- Don Burrows (1928-2020), jazz musician
- Tina Bursill (born 1951), actress
- Tom Burton (* 1990), sailor
- Nathaniel Buzolic (born 1983), actor
- Rose Byrne (born 1979), actress
C.
- Tim Cahill (born 1979), soccer player
- Judy Canty (1931-2016), track and field athlete, long jumper
- Nick Carle (born 1981), soccer player
- David Carney (born 1983), football player
- Rachael Carpani (born 1980), actress
- Stephen Carr (born 1966), figure skater
- Danielle Carr-McGrath (* 1969), figure skater
- Richard Carter (1953-2019), actor
- Rebecca Cartwright (born 1983), actress and singer
- Alex Carver (* 1991), racing cyclist
- Adam Casey (* 1986), football player
- Edward Idris Cassidy (* 1924), Roman Catholic Curia Cardinal
- David Chalmers (* 1966), philosopher
- Connor Chapman (* 1994), football player
- Scott Chipperfield (* 1975), Australian-Swiss football player
- Lyn Christie (1928-2020), jazz bassist and university lecturer
- James Clavell (1924–1994), British-American novelist, screenwriter and director
- Graeme Clifford (* 1942), film editor and director
- Michael Clifford (* 1995), band member of 5 Seconds of Summer
- John Coates (* 1950), lawyer and sports official, IOC member
- Shannon Cole (born 1985), football player
- Toni Collette (* 1972), actress and singer
- Barry Conyngham (* 1944), composer and music teacher
- Kenneth Cook (1929–1987), journalist, screenwriter and director
- John W. Cornforth (1917–2013), chemist and Nobel Prize winner
- Thomas Cornish (* 2000), track cyclist
- Peter Cosgrove (* 1947), officer and since 2014 Governor General of Australia
- James Courtney (* 1980), racing driver
- Ante Covic (* 1975), soccer goalkeeper
- Teagan Croft (born 2004), actress
- Nina Curtis (* 1988), sailor
- Betty Cuthbert (1938-2017), track and field athlete
- Michael Cvetkovski (* 1987), Australian-North Macedonian football player
D.
- John Earls Dalton (* 1934), professor of cultural and social anthropology
- Adam D'Apuzzo (* 1986), football player
- Lisa Darmanin (* 1991), sailor
- Glenn Davies (* 1950), Anglican Archbishop of Sydney
- Luke Davison (* 1990), track cyclist
- Alycia Debnam-Carey (* 1993), actress
- Alex De Minaur (* 1999), tennis player
- Phil Dent (born 1950), tennis player
- Billy Dib (born 1985), featherweight boxer
- Richard Dixon (1865–1949), British regatta sailor
- Evie Dominikovic (* 1980), Australian tennis player of Yugoslav origin
- Rob Dougan (* 1969), pop musician
- Christopher Doyle (* 1952), cameraman, photographer, director, screenwriter and actor
- James Duckworth (born 1992), tennis player
- Laura Dundovic (* 1987), beauty queen and actress
- Fanny Durack (1889–1956), swimmer
- Andrew Durante (* 1982), Australian-New Zealand soccer player
E.
- Sean Eadie (born 1969), cyclist
- Jeannie Ebner (1918–2004), Austrian writer, translator and editor
- Christopher Egan (* 1984), film and stage actor
- Nathan Elasi (* 1989), football player
- Stephan Elliott (* 1964), film director and screenwriter
- Ahmad Elrich (* 1981), Lebanese-Australian soccer player
- Jo Ann Endicott (born 1950), dancer
- Alice Englert (* 1994), actress
- Indiana Evans (born 1990), actress and singer
- Caleb Ewan (* 1994), racing cyclist
F.
- Lauren Fagan , opera and concert singer (soprano)
- Harold Farncomb (1899–1971), naval officer and lawyer
- John Farrow (1904–1963), screenwriter and director
- Jeff Fenech (born 1964), boxer
- Sophie Ferguson (* 1986), tennis player
- Anthony Fisher (* 1960), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney
- Flume (* 1991), electronica DJ and music producer
- John Forbes (* 1970), sailor
- Hayden Foxe (born 1977), football player
- Kat Frankie (* 1978), singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Dawn Fraser (born 1937), swimmer
G
- Frank Gardner (1930–2009), racing car driver
- Peter Garrett (* 1953), musician and politician
- Heather Garriock (* 1982), soccer player and coach
- Nick Gates (* 1972), racing cyclist
- David Giles , (* 1964), sailor
- Norman Thomas Gilroy (1896–1977), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney
- Matt Giteau (born 1982), rugby union player
- Daniel Goddard (* 1971), film actor and model
- Antony Golec (* 1990), football player
- Delta Goodrem (* 1984), singer and actress
- Shane Gould (* 1956), swimmer
- Ian Gray (1963-2010), football player
- Mel Greig (* 1982), presenter and journalist
- Adam Griffiths (born 1979), football player
- Joel Griffiths (* 1979), soccer player
- Ryan Griffiths (born 1981), soccer player
- Reginald Roy Grundy (1923-2016), entrepreneur
- Jonathan Guerreiro (* 1991), Russian ice dancer
H
- Bruce David Hales (born 1953), businessman
- Ken G. Hall (1901–1994), film director, producer and screenwriter
- Harold Hardwick (1888–1959), swimmer, boxer, and rugby union player
- Cassandra Harris (1948–1991), film actress
- Tess Haubrich (* 1990), actress and model
- Cecil Healy (1881-1918), swimmer
- Dean Heffernan (* 1980), football player
- Luke Hemmings (* 1996), band member of 5 Seconds of Summer
- Lauren Hewett (born 1981), actress
- Virginia Hey (born 1952), actress
- James Holland (* 1989), football player
- Harold Holt (1908–1967), Prime Minister of Australia 1966–1967
- Calum Hood (* 1996), member of 5 Seconds of Summer
- Janusz Hooker (* 1969), rower
- Nicholas Hough (* 1993), hurdler
- John Howard (* 1939), Prime Minister of Australia 1996–2007
- Hu Xin (* 1981), Sino-Australian actress
- Robert Hughes (born 1948), actor
- Gary Humphries (born 1958), politician
- Louis Hunter (born 1992), actor
- Noel S. Hush (1924-2019), chemist
- Michael Hutchence (1960–1997), singer in the rock band INXS
I.
- Natalie Imbruglia (* 1975), singer and actress
- Ashton Irwin (* 1994), band member of 5 Seconds of Summer
J
- Hugh Jackman (born 1968), actor
- Nathan Jawai (born 1986), basketball player
- Mile Jedinak (* 1984), Australian football player of Croatian origin
- Daniella Jeflea (* 1987), Australian tennis player of Yugoslav origin
- Emma Johnson (born 1980), swimmer
- Greg Jones (born 1989), tennis player
- Tomi Juric (* 1991), Australian-Croatian soccer player
K
- Zeljko Kalac (* 1972), football goalkeeper
- Robert Kaleski (1877–1961), journalist, writer, cynologist and dog breeder
- Claudia Karvan (* 1972), actress
- Paul Keating (* 1944), Prime Minister of Australia 1991–1996
- Andrea Keller (* 1973), jazz musician
- Annette Kellerman (1887–1975), swimmer and film actress
- Thomas Keneally (* 1935), writer
- Miranda Kerr (* 1983), photo model
- Harry Kewell (born 1978), football player
- Joyce King (1920-2001), athlete
- Johanna Konta (* 1991), Australian-British tennis player with Hungarian ancestors
- Eileen Kramer (* 1914), dancer, choreographer, painter and author
- Matthew Krok (born 1982), actor
- Ryan Kwanten (born 1976), actor
L.
- Nicole Laird (* 1993), beach volleyball player
- Kelvin Lancaster (1924–1999), American economist
- Daniel Lapaine (born 1970), actor
- Andrew Lesnie (1956-2015), cinematographer
- Peter Levy (* 1955), cameraman
- Matthew Lewis (born 1990), football player
- Horace Lindrum (1912–1974), snooker and billiards player
- Keiynan Lonsdale (* 1991), actor, dancer and singer
- Thelma Coyne Long (1918-2015), tennis player
- Sophie Luck (* 1989), actress
- Baz Luhrmann (* 1962), director, screenwriter and actor
- Robert Luketic (* 1973), director
- David Lumsdaine (* 1931), composer
- Massimo Luongo (* 1992), soccer player
M.
- John Leslie Mackie (1917–1981), philosopher and professor
- Anthony Madigan (1930-2017), boxer
- Frederic Manning (1882–1935), poet
- Lisa Marangon (* 1980), triathlete
- Aleks Marić (* 1984), Serbian-Australian basketball player
- Michelle Martin (* 1967), squash player
- Robert May OM, AC, Kt (1936-2020) British physicist and biologist
- Callan McAuliffe (born 1995), actor
- Garry McCoy (born 1972), motorcycle racer
- Bradley McGee (born 1976), racing cyclist
- Julie McGregor (born 1948), actress
- Hugh D. McIntosh (1876–1942), sports promoter, newspaper publisher, and theater entrepreneur
- Jacqueline McKenzie (born 1967), actress
- Leo McKern (1920–2002), actor
- Craig McLachlan (born 1965), actor and singer
- Robin McLeavy (born 1981), actress
- Julian McMahon (* 1968), actor
- William McMahon (1908–1988), Prime Minister of Australia (1971–1972)
- Jessica McNamee (born 1986), actress
- Edward McWhinney (1924-2015), Canadian legal scholar
- Bjarne Melgaard (* 1967), Norwegian artist
- Ante Milicic (* 1974), Australian football player of Croatian origin
- Mark Milligan (born 1985), football player
- Mario Millo (* 1955), musician, composer and songwriter
- Nicholas Milton (* 1967), Australian violinist and conductor
- Yvonne Minton (* 1938), opera singer (mezzo-soprano)
- Sarah Monahan (born 1977), actress
- Cyril Monk (1882–1970), violinist, music teacher and composer
- Poppy Montgomery (born 1972), actress
- Toby Leonard Moore (born 1981), actor
- Aaron Mooy (* 1990), Australian-Dutch soccer player
- Jamie Morgan (born 1971), tennis player
- Stirling Mortlock (* 1977), captain of the Australian national rugby union team
- Shaun Murphy (* 1970), Irish-Australian football player and coach
- Gilbert Murray (1866–1957), British classical scholar of Australian origin
N
- Kel Nagle (1920-2015), professional golfer
- Jason Naidovski (* 1989), soccer player
- Lucas Neill (* 1978), football player
- John Newcombe (born 1944), tennis player
- Rachel Neylan (* 1982), racing cyclist
- Craig Nicholls (born 1977), singer, songwriter and guitarist ( The Vines )
O
- Trent Oeltjen (* 1983), baseball player
- Christopher O'Connell (born 1994), tennis player
- Johnny O'Keefe (1935–1978), rock and roll performer
- Paul Okon (* 1972), football player
- Jamie O'Neal (born 1966), country singer and songwriter
P
- Erik Paartalu (* 1986), Australian football player of Estonian origin
- Malcolm Page (born 1972), sailor
- Franco Parisi (* 1983), football player
- Alexandra Park (* 1989), actress
- Michael Pate (1920–2008), actor
- Marise Payne (* 1964), liberal politician, defense minister
- Sally Pearson (* 1986), track and field athlete
- Barrington Pheloung (1954-2019), composer
- Kerryn Phelps (* 1957), physician and politician
- Peter Phelps (* 1960), actor
- Ralph Piddington (1906–1974), anthropologist and psychologist
- Jana Pittman (* 1982), track and field athlete
- John Polson (born 1965), actor and director
- Tony Popovic (* 1973), football player
- Olivia Price (* 1992), sailor
- Max Purcell (* 1998), tennis player
Q
- Queenie Paul (1893–1982), actress, singer and dancer
R.
- Anthony Randazzo (born 1966), Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Broken Bay
- Paul Reid (* 1979), football player
- Todd Reid (1984-2018), tennis player
- Matthew Reilly (born 1974), writer
- Blake Ricciuto (* 1992), soccer player
- Alice Robinson (* 2001), New Zealand ski racer
- Nicholas Rogers (* 1969), film actor and photo model
- Ken Rosewall (born 1934), tennis player
- Sarah Roy (* 1986), cyclist
- Suzanne Dorothy Rutland (* 1946), professor at the University of Sydney
- Sebastian Ryall (* 1989), football player
- Matthew Ryan (* 1964), eventing rider and horse breeder
S.
- Tanc Sade (born 1980), actor
- Jane Saville (* 1974), track and field athlete
- Tim Schenken (* 1943), racing car driver
- Mark Schwarzer (* 1972), soccer goalkeeper and record national player for Australia
- Paul Desmond Scully-Power (* 1944), American astronaut
- Anthony Šerić (* 1979), Croatian football player
- Diana Shelstad (* 1947), Australian-American mathematician
- Matt Simon (* 1986), soccer player
- Tyler Simpson (1985-2011), football player
- Stuart Skelton (* 1968), tenor
- Tom Slingsby (* 1984), sailor
- Bruce Small (1895–1980), entrepreneur and politician
- Tate Smith (born 1981), canoeist
- William Snow (* 1960), actor and photo model
- Robert Spears (1893–1950), cyclist and politician
- Danielle Spencer (born 1969), actress, singer and songwriter
- James Spithill (* 1979), sailor
- Amanda Spratt (* 1987), racing cyclist
- Rick Springfield (born 1949), Australian-American musician and actor
- Rebecca St. James (born 1977), singer
- Zali Steggall (* 1974), skier
- Amanda Stewart (* 1959), poet and performance artist
- Bryanne Stewart (* 1979), tennis player
- Nellie Stewart (1858–1931), actress and singer
- Yael Stone (born 1985), actress
- Yvonne Strahovski (* 1982), actress
- Alfred Strom (1916–1973), racing cyclist
- Rennae Stubbs (* 1971), tennis player
- Catherine Sutherland (born 1974), actress
- Joan Sutherland (1926-2010), soprano
- Gary Sutton (born 1955), cyclist and trainer
- Ray Swinfield (1939–2019), jazz and studio musician
T
- Nick Tate (born 1942), actor
- Rod Taylor (1930-2015), actor
- Grosvenor Thomas (1856–1923), painter
- Dick Thornett (1940–2011), water polo, rugby league and rugby union player
- Ian Thorpe (* 1982), swimmer
- Charles Tingwell (1923–2009), actor
- James Tomkins (born 1965), rower
- Phoebe Tonkin (* 1989), actress
- Andrew Tridgell (born 1967), programmer
- Malcolm Turnbull (* 1954), politician and Prime Minister of Australia since 2015
V
- Sharni Vinson (* 1983), actress and dancer
- Aleksandar Vukic (* 1996), tennis player
W.
- Dave Walker (* 1941), racing car driver
- Cecil Walker (1900–1969), racing cyclist
- Minnie Walton (1852–1879), singer and actress
- Laurie Warder (born 1962), tennis player
- John Warren (1943-2004), football player
- Kim Warwick (born 1952), tennis player
- Jason Waterhouse (born 1991), sailor
- Aimee Watson (* 1987), cross-country skier
- Callum Watson (* 1989), cross-country skier
- Ron Webb (1932–2020), cycle track architect
- Peter Weir (* 1944), director
- David Wenham (born 1965), actor
- Daniel Weltlinger (* 1977), jazz musician
- Tracey Wheeler (* 1967), soccer player
- Matthew White (born 1974), racing cyclist
- Brett Whiteley (1939–1992), painter and draftsman
- Lucinda Whitty (* 1989), sailor
- Tal Wilkenfeld (* 1986), jazz and fusion bassist
- Alex Wilkinson (born 1984), football player
- Michael Wilkinson (* 1970), costume designer
- Malcolm Williamson (1931-2003), composer
- Nathan Wilmot (* 1979), regatta sailor
- Peta Wilson (* 1970), model and actress
- Rebel Wilson (* 1980), actress, screenwriter, film producer and stand-up comedian
- Simon Wincer (* 1943), film director and producer
- Stephen F. Windon (* 1959), cameraman
- James David Wolfensohn (* 1933), President of the World Bank (1995–2005)
- Todd Woodbridge (born 1971), tennis player
- Roger Woodward (* 1942), pianist, music teacher and composer
- Stephen Wooldridge (1977-2017), racing cyclist
- Constance Worth (1912–1963), actress
Y
- Simone Young (* 1961), conductor, opera director and university professor
- Breanna Yde (born 2003), actress
Z
- Ruben Zadkovich (* 1986), football player
- David Zdrilic (* 1974), Australian football player of Croatian origin
- Ned Zelic (* 1971), football player
- Trent Zimmerman (born 1968), politician
Individual evidence
- ↑ John Anderson in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Tom Anderson in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Natasha Barker in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Emma Johnson in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Trent Oeltjen in the database of Sports-Reference (English)