33.8678° S, 151.2100° E — 4,382 FAMOUS PEOPLE
SYDNEY
Most Famous People Born in Sydney, Australia
A comprehensive ledger of notable people across arts, science, politics, sport, and public life.
Hugh Jackman
Born 1968
Iggy Azalea
Born 1990
Natalie Imbruglia
Born 1975
Ian Thorpe
Born 1982
Miranda Kerr
Born 1983
Baz Luhrmann
Born 1962
Michael Hutchence
1960 - 1997
Peter Weir
Born 1944
Rod Taylor
1930 - 2015
Paul Hogan
Born 1939
Joan Sutherland
1926 - 2010
Rick Springfield
Born 1949
Rebel Wilson
Born 1980
Malcolm Turnbull
Born 1954
Jacki Weaver
Born 1947
Phoebe Tonkin
Born 1989
John Cornforth
1917 - 2013
Delta Goodrem
Born 1984
Julian McMahon
Born 1968
James Clavell
1924 - 1994
Jai Courtney
Born 1986
V. Gordon Childe
1892 - 1957
John Farrow
1904 - 1963
Ken Rosewall
Born 1934
Tim Cahill
Born 1979
Bryan Brown
Born 1947
Thomas Keneally
Born 1935
Poppy Montgomery
Born 1972
John Pilger
Born 1939
Markus Zusak
Born 1975
John Newcombe
Born 1944
Claudia Black
Born 1972
Ryan Kwanten
Born 1976
Christopher Doyle
Born 1952
Peta Wilson
Born 1970
Jacqueline McKenzie
Born 1967
Indiana Evans
Born 1990
Alycia Debnam-Carey
Born 1993
Flume (musician)
Born 1991
Harry Kewell
Born 1978
Leo McKern
1920 - 2002
Annette Kellermann
1886 - 1975
Betty Cuthbert
1938 - 2017
Mark Schwarzer
Born 1972
Callan McAuliffe
Born 1995
Mile Jedinak
Born 1984
Rebecca St. James
Born 1977
Sally Pearson
Born 1986
Keiynan Lonsdale
Born 1991
Shane Gould
Born 1956
Robert Hughes (critic)
1938 - 2012
Peter Garrett
Born 1953
Deborra-lee Furness
Born 1955
Jack Thompson (actor)
Born 1940
Alice Englert
Born 1994
Christopher Egan
Born 1984
James McTeigue
Born 1967
Elizabeth von Arnim
1866 - 1941
Andrew Lesnie
1956 - 2015
Jim Jefferies (comedian)
Born 1977
Claudia Karvan
Born 1972
Bob Daisley
Born 1950
Matthew Reilly
Born 1974
Sharni Vinson
Born 1983
Lucas Neill
Born 1978
Johanna Konta
Born 1991
Keir O'Donnell
Born 1978
John Flanagan (author)
Born 1944
Peter Phelps
Born 1960
Geraldine Brooks (writer)
Born 1955
Samuel Alexander
1859 - 1938
Angela White
Born 1985
J. L. Mackie
1917 - 1981
Michael Pate
1920 - 2008
Aaron Mooy
Born 1990
David Michôd
Born 1972
Nell Campbell
Born 1953
Alex Dimitriades
Born 1973
John Alexander (Australian politician)
Born 1951
James Wolfensohn
1933 - 2020
Christopher Clark
Born 1960
Anthony Mundine
Born 1975
Luke Bracey
Born 1989
Massimo Luongo
Born 1992
Mark Milligan
Born 1985
Raewyn Connell
Born 1944
Kerry Packer
1937 - 2005
Robert May, Baron May of Oxford
1936 - 2020
Timmy Trumpet
Born 1987
Todd Woodbridge
Born 1971
Brett Whiteley
1939 - 1992
John Russell (Australian painter)
1858 - 1930
Rob Dougan
Born 1969
Gia Carides
Born 1964
Craig Gillespie
Born 1967
Richard Bonynge
Born 1930
Victoria Shaw (actress)
1935 - 1988
Sam Sparro
Born 1982
Robert Luketic
Born 1973
Cassandra Harris
1948 - 1991
Harry Hopman
1906 - 1985
Jennifer Rowe
Born 1948
Adam Federici
Born 1985
Virginia Hey
Born 1952
Joseph Jacobs
1854 - 1916
Sarah Blasko
Born 1976
Gilbert Murray
1866 - 1957
Simone Young
Born 1961
John Kerr (governor-general)
1914 - 1991
Stephan Elliott
Born 1964
Rachael Carpani
Born 1980
Arthur Benjamin
1893 - 1960
Marc Newson
Born 1963
Mustafa Amini
Born 1993
Malcolm Williamson
1931 - 2003
Billie Kay
Born 1989
Tal Wilkenfeld
Born 1986
Kate Grenville
Born 1950
Lee Smith (editor)
Born 1960
Saskia Burmeister
Born 1985
Nathaniel Buzolic
Born 1983
Ned Zelić
Born 1971
David Carney
Born 1983
Shirley Hazzard
1931 - 2016
John Polson
Born 1965
Graham Arnold
Born 1963
Maeve Dermody
Born 1985
Ron Randell
1918 - 2005
Tony Popovic
Born 1973
Barry Long
1926 - 2003
Allan Border
Born 1955
Liane Moriarty
Born 1966
Jim Sharman
Born 1945
Ben Lee
Born 1978
Oliver Bozanic
Born 1989
Anthony Šerić
Born 1979
Steve Keen
Born 1953
Cicely Courtneidge
1893 - 1980
Simon Wincer
Born 1943
Alex Brosque
Born 1983
Alex Wilkinson
Born 1984
Tomi Juric
Born 1991
Joanne Samuel
Born 1957
Josef Salvat
Born 1988
Fanny Durack
1889 - 1956
Craig Moore
Born 1975
Daisy Betts
Born 1982
Hayden Foxe
Born 1977
Alison Wonderland
Born 1986
Peyton Royce
Born 1992
Yael Stone
Born 1985
Edward Cassidy
Born 1924
Alexandra Park (actress)
Born 1989
James Holland (footballer)
Born 1989
Leeanna Walsman
Born 1979
Hedley Bull
1932 - 1985
Jana Pittman
Born 1982
Tabrett Bethell
Born 1981
Geoffrey Robertson
Born 1946
Peter Cosgrove
Born 1947
Nick Tate
Born 1942
Layne Beachley
Born 1972
Danny Vukovic
Born 1985
Chris Noonan
Born 1952
Luke Davies
Born 1962
Craig Alexander (triathlete)
Born 1973
James Morrison (jazz musician)
Born 1962
Steven Bradbury
Born 1973
Brittany Byrnes
Born 1987
Johnny Warren
1943 - 2004
Matt Giteau
Born 1982
Alan Marshal (actor)
1909 - 1961
Anna Skellern
Born 1985
Bud Tingwell
1923 - 2009
Jessica McNamee
Born 1986
Anthony Fisher
Born 1960
Bobby Pearce (rower)
1905 - 1976
Martin Sharp
1942 - 2013
George Smith (rugby union)
Born 1980
Julia Stone
Born 1984
Ivy Latimer
Born 1994
Scott Morrison
Born 1968
Thaao Penghlis
Born 1945
Kerem Bulut
Born 1992
Richard Francis-Bruce
Born 1948
Dimitri Petratos
Born 1992
Angus Stone
Born 1986
Chris McCormack (triathlete)
Born 1973
Rebecca Rigg
Born 1967
Viv Albertine
Born 1955
Zoe Naylor
Born 1977
Toby Leonard Moore
Born 1981
Adam Arkapaw
Born 2013
Paul Okon
Born 1972
Danielle Spencer (Australian actress)
Born 1969
Angus Sampson
Born 1979
Walter Browne
1949 - 2015
Peter Kelamis
Born 1967
Matt Burke
Born 1973
Scott Chipperfield
Born 1975
Frederick Septimus Kelly
1881 - 1916
Jack Lang (Australian politician)
1876 - 1975
Rennae Stubbs
Born 1971
Zeljko Kalac
Born 1972
Bradley McGee
Born 1976
Rebecca Breeds
Born 1987
Craig Nicholls
Born 1977
Daniel Lapaine
Born 1970
Joel Griffiths
Born 1979
Daphne Akhurst
1903 - 1933
David Zdrilic
Born 1974
Nathan Jawai
Born 1986
Leon Errol
1881 - 1951
Nick Carle
Born 1981
Caleb Ewan
Born 1994
Bronwyn Bishop
Born 1942
Ante Covic
Born 1975
Kirk Baxter
Born 1972
Chris Rogers (cricketer)
Born 1977
Cyril Ritchard
1897 - 1977
Brett Climo
Born 1964
Mark Bridge
Born 1985
Matt Simon
Born 1986
Aleks Marić
Born 1984
Yvonne Minton
Born 1938
Adam Saunders
Born 1986
James Tomkins (rower)
Born 1965
Michael Beauchamp
Born 1981
Peter Menzies Jr.
Born 1983
Victor Trumper
1877 - 1915
Alex Gersbach
Born 1997
George Beranger
1895 - 1973
Bjarne Melgaard
Born 1967
Eddy Bosnar
Born 1980
Jordan Rodrigues
Born 1992
Alicia Banit
Born 1990
Ryan Griffiths (footballer)
Born 1981
Laura Imbruglia
Born 1983
Andrew Durante
Born 1982
Tim Pocock
Born 1985
Betty Who
Born 1991
Matt Doran
Born 1976
Stephen Wooldridge
1977 - 2017
Snowy Baker
1884 - 1953
Catherine Sutherland
Born 1974
Ryan Rowland-Smith
Born 1983
Michael Taussig
Born 1940
Tina Bursill
Born 1951
Kenneth Cook
1929 - 1987
Peter Gavin Hall
1951 - 2016
Starley (singer)
Born 1987
Matt Corby
Born 1990
Adam Ashley-Cooper
Born 1984
Catherine Hamlin
1924 - 2020
Murray Bartlett
Born 1971
Christopher Sutton (cyclist)
Born 1984
John Andrews (architect)
1933 - 2019
Erik Paartalu
Born 1986
Dean Bouzanis
Born 1990
Norman Thomas Gilroy
1896 - 1977
James Mackay (actor)
Born 1984
Vince Melouney
Born 1945
Annette Andre
Born 1939
Melina Marchetta
Born 1965
Anthony Simcoe
Born 1969
DCUP
Born 1985
Firass Dirani
Born 1984
Charles Blackman
1928 - 2018
David Atkins
Born 1955
Israel Folau
Born 1989
Ronald N. Bracewell
1921 - 2007
Paul Scully-Power
Born 1944
Peter Greste
Born 1965
Xenia Goodwin
Born 1994
Randa Abdel-Fattah
Born 1979
Mike Archer (paleontologist)
Born 1945
Joe Hockey
Born 1965
Justine Clarke
Born 1971
Scott Jamieson
Born 1988
Lorraine Crapp
Born 1938
Kel Nagle
1920 - 2015
Jamie O'Neal
Born 1966
Breanna Yde
Born 2003
Kevin Parker (musician)
Born 1986
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)
1929 - 1995
Nicole da Silva
Born 1981
Zali Steggall
Born 1974
Steve Smith (cricketer)
Born 1989
Brad Thomas
Born 1977
Charles Coleman (actor)
1885 - 1951
Michael Wenden
Born 1949
Ruben Zadkovich
Born 1986
Ken Done
Born 1940
Phil Dent
Born 1950
Angourie Rice
Born 2001
Jane Saville
Born 1974
Bernard Foley
Born 1989
Naomi Sequeira
Born 1994
Ahmad Elrich
Born 1981
Constantine Giannaris
Born 1959