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.
Kirsten Thomson
Born 1983
Wayne Riley
Born 1962
Evan Berger
Born 1987
Brad Shepherd
Born 1961
Danny Adcock
Born 1948
Greg Homeming
Born 1957
John Brown (Australian politician)
Born 1931
Frank Bartolillo
Born 1981
Paul Ambrose
Born 1984
Herbert Badham
1899 - 1961
John Forbes (sailor)
Born 1970
Kitty Flanagan
Born 1970
James Millar (Australian actor)
Born 1980
Chantelle Kerry
Born 1996
Norma Whalley
Died 1954
Candy Raymond
Born 1950
Wendy Sharpe
Born 1960
Franco Parisi (soccer)
Born 1983
Aaron Heslehurst
Born 1967
Dianne Bates
Born 1948
Kimberlee Green
Born 1986
Fred Leist
1878 - 1945
Brad Buckley
Born 1952
Meredith Burgmann
Born 1947
Nick Zisti
Born 1972
Ros Kelly
Born 1948
Jack Ahearn
1924 - 2017
Mark Bradshaw (composer)
Born 1983
Johanna Pigott
Born 1955
Edward Guglielmino
Born 1983
Syd Ward
1907 - 2010
Ben Pasternak
Born 1999
Ian Geoghegan
1940 - 2003
Chris Beath
Born 1984
Janelle Shepherd
Born 1985
Peter Butt
Born 1955
Tim Wallace (rugby)
Born 1969
Belinda Gavin
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Steve Balbi
Born 1964
David James (cell biologist)
Born 1958
Danielle Drady-Harte
Born 1967
Kristy Oatley
Born 1978
Anthony Randazzo
Born 1966
Richard Holden (economist)
Born 1974
Ian Walker (politician)
Born 1954
Grant Tilly
1937 - 2012
Stephen Garlock Liu
Born 1992
Alfred Strom
1916 - 1973
John Clayton (actor)
1940 - 2003
Tom Hughes (Australian politician)
Born 1923
Sam Talakai
Born 1991
Sam Wykes
Born 1988
Kathleen Deery de Phelps
1908 - 2001
Alan Collins (writer)
1928 - 2008
Kevin Newman (politician)
1933 - 1999
Margaret Holmes
1909 - 2009
Bryan Horrigan
Born 1962
David Hodgson (judge)
1939 - 2012
Craig H. Barratt
Born 1962
Patrick Nilan
Born 1941
David Tribe
1931 - 2017
Essie Ackland
1896 - 1975
Annabelle Bennett
Born 1950
Debbie Spillane
Born 1955
Leslie Herron
1902 - 1973
Natalie Lowe
Born 1980
Ken Wark
Born 1961
Jarrod Witts
Born 1992
Sean Carlow
Born 1985
Colin Laverty
1937 - 2013
John Ballesty
Born 1945
Greg McFadden
Born 1964
A. H. Savage
1850 - 1905
Phil Burton
Born 1974
Joe Kirkwood Sr.
1897 - 1970
Drew Morphett
1948 - 2017
Feiz Mohammad
Born 1970
Mitch Firth
Born 1985
Toby Creswell
Born 1955
Nancy Keesing
1923 - 1993
Christina Horiatopoulos
Born 1983
Trent Whiddon
Born 1986
Joan Kerr
1938 - 2004
Timothy Augustine Coghlan
1856 - 1926
Lloyd Swanton
Born 1960
Marea Gazzard
1928 - 2013
Sarah Walsh (athlete)
Born 1998
Rory Sidey
Born 1986
David Olliffe
Born 1975
Debbie Freeman
Born 1962
Carl Berendsen
1890 - 1973
Peter Makrillos
Born 1995
Tom Flood
Born 1955
Peter Sharne
Born 1956
Peter Cain
Born 1958
Jim Irvine (field hockey)
Born 1948
Glenn Rogers
Born 1977
Jason Billington
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Katherine Belov
Born 1973
Muriel Porter
Born 1948
Virginia Bell
Born 1951
Peter Freebody
Born 1950
Heath Franklin
Born 1980
Scott Arnold (squash player)
Born 1986
Leslie Melville
1902 - 2002
Frank Hodgkinson
1919 - 2001
Chris Heyde
1939 - 2008
Sam Conrad
Born 1983
John Sharp (Australian politician)
Born 1954
Elle Dawe
Born 1990
Alan Murray (golfer)
1940 - 2019
Stevče Aluševski
Born 1972
Andrew Voss
Born 1966
Catriona Rowntree
Born 1971
Tim Freedman
Born 1964
Karen Brooks (author)
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Arzu Ceylan
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Bexta
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Mark Binskin
Born 1960
Doug Jones (international arbitrator)
Born 1949
Dennis Ferguson
1948 - 2012
Matthew Nash
Born 1981
Alan Gaius Ramsay McIntosh
1942 - 2016
Michael Egan (Australian politician)
Born 1948
Adrian Knox
1863 - 1932
Jonathon Milne
Born 1986
Ann Carr-Boyd
Born 1938
Lara Pitt
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Nancye Hayes
Born 1943
Sharri Markson
Born 1984
Michael Tierney (musician)
Born 1977
Wendy Rule
Born 1966
Nicole Paparistodemou
Born 1991
Casey Burgess
Born 1988
Jason Taylor (rugby league)
Born 1971
David Brown (meteorologist)
Born 1959
Francesca Hung
Born 1994
Jim Bailey (athlete)
1929 - 2020
Tom Laurich
Born 1980
Jeff Shaw (politician)
1949 - 2010
Daniel Bragg
Born 1992
Didem Erol
Born 1975
Robert Clancy (doctor)
Born 1941
Wilhelmina Rawson
1851 - 1933
Oriel Gray
1920 - 2003
Peter Hehir
Born 1949
April Rose Pengilly
Born 1988
Warren Brown (cartoonist)
Born 1965
Miriam Manzano
Born 1975
Terepai Richmond
Born 1971
Maurice Charles O'Connell (Australian politician)
1812 - 1879
Albert Chowne
1920 - 1945
Sarah Aley
Born 1984
Ian MacDougall
1938 - 2020
Freda Robertshaw
1916 - 1997
Hayden Cox
Born 1982
Stephen Edgar
Born 1951
Emma Birdsall
Born 1992
Brian Muir (racing driver)
1931 - 1983
Doris Fish
1952 - 1991
Elizabeth Cain
Born 1962
Agnes Bennett
1872 - 1960
Adrian d'Hagé
Born 1946
Paul Smith (Australian actor)
Born 1968
Mark Mathews
Born 1983
Mary-Anne Williams
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Sue Newman
Born 1950
Luke Foley
Born 1970
Hannah Mouncey
Born 1989
Feleti Mateo
Born 1985
Brian Harrison (theologian)
Born 1945
Natalie Buck
Born 1980
Shannon Lush
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David Williams (rugby league)
Born 1986
Spencer McLaren
Born 1973
Kane Evans
Born 1992
Ian Ramsay
Born 1958
Bryan Fletcher (rugby league)
Born 1974
Michelle Rowland
Born 1971
Brendan Jones (radio personality)
Born 1968
Harold Thornton
1915 - 2004
Cathy Wilcox
Born 1963
Danielle Brogan
Born 1988
Frances Ann Stewart
1840 - 1916
Henry Hauenstein
1881 - 1940
Tegan Bennett Daylight
Born 1969
Bruno Ackermann
Born 1957
Nicola Carey
Born 1993
George Burnett Barton
1836 - 1901
Ryan Girdler
Born 1972
Tony Longhurst
Born 1957
Richard Bradshaw (puppeteer)
Born 1938
Philip Whistler Street
1863 - 1938
Nicholas Eadie
Born 1958
Melissa Doyle
Born 1970
Kevin Connor (artist)
Born 1932
Ben Roberts (rugby league)
Born 1985
Luke Eve
Born 1974
Daniel Mortimer
Born 1989
Jeremy Rollestone
Born 1972
James Brown (Australian soccer)
Born 1990
Sally McManus
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John Saumarez Dumaresq
1873 - 1922
Trader Faulkner
Born 1927
Christopher Simon
Born 1963
Sonya Kilkenny
Born 1969
Andrew O'Keefe
Born 1971
Jason Chong
Born 1969
Kosta Petratos
Born 1998
Tom English (rugby union)
Born 1991
Carl Bridge
Born 1950
Adam Foti
Born 1984
Bruce Myles
Born 1940
Chris Brooks (guitarist)
Born 1974
Melanie Oppenheimer
Born 1957
Hugh Hastings
1917 - 2004
Cherry Hood
Born 1959
Arthur Hennessy
1876 - 1959
Cedric Popkin
1891 - 1968
John Hill (Australian politician)
Born 1949
Darren Cross (musician)
Born 1974
Aileen Britton
1916 - 1986
Mark Gravas
Born 1966
Taip Ramadani
Born 1972
Elisabeth White
Born 1976
Mick Young
1936 - 1996
Amanda Harrison
-
Jules Stewart
Born 1959
Greg Mackey
1961 - 2014
Luke Stedman
Born 1976
Tom Heward-Belle
Born 1997
Willie Kelly (politician)
1877 - 1960
Debbie Kruger
Born 1962
George Donikian
Born 1951
Belinda Trussell
Born 1971
Wilfred Arthur
1919 - 2000
Keith Galloway
Born 1985
Harris Horder
1900 - 1943
Jake Delaney
Born 1997
Sue-Anne Webster
Born 1965
Harry Lourandos
Born 1945
Bruce Beeby
1921 - 2013
Kenneth Jacobs
1917 - 2015
Lynda Kinkade
Born 1983
Verna Susannah Coleman
1925 - 2011
Mark Minichiello
Born 1982
Ewart Smith
1920 - 1991
Brad Takairangi
Born 1989
Kenneth Street (jurist)
1890 - 1972
Mark Vaile
Born 1956
Julie Stockton
Born 1959
Elizabeth Webby
Born 1942
Peter Baume
Born 1935
Gabrielle Upton
Born 1964
Pamela Ann Davy
1939 - 2018
David McKenzie (fencer)
1936 - 1981
Chris Kalantzis
Born 1967
Ben Fordham
Born 1976
Tom Willis (footballer)
Born 1983
Kenneth Harrison (POW)
1918 - 1982
Kevin Curtain
Born 1966
James McLean (golfer)
Born 1978
Pat Hills
1917 - 1992
Jason Stevens
Born 1973
Tom Budin
Born 1995
Allan McDonald (tennis)
Born 1951
Jason Clark (rugby league)
Born 1988
Anthony Ryan (bobsleigh)
Born 1980
Alison Rehfisch
1900 - 1975
James Noel Adams
Born 1943
Andrew Tierney
Born 1974
Mr. Bill (musician)
Born 1988
Cindy Pan
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Rel Hunt
Born 1974
Denny Lawrence
Born 1951
Nathan Merritt
Born 1983
Dowell Philip O'Reilly
1865 - 1923
J. Griffyth Fairfax
1886 - 1976
Christopher Kelen
Born 1958
Alex Perry
Born 1963
Will Kostakis
Born 1989
Tom Whitaker
Born 1979
Frank Clark (racewalker)
Born 1943
David Besnard
Born 1977
Maria Despas
Born 1967
Peter Gwargis
Born 2000
Alan Cardy
Born 1945
Nicola Kuleski
Born 1996
Beril Jents
1918 - 2013
Terence Brady (bishop)
Born 1947
John Harvey (racing driver)
1938 - 2020
Anthony Roberts
Born 1970
Craig Boyce
Born 1967
Graham Ogden
Born 1938
Doug Waterhouse
1916 - 2000
Chris Kennedy (filmmaker)
1955 - 2013
Mike Munro
Born 1952
Frank Tidswell
1867 - 1941
Stephen Skinner (author)
Born 1948
Pat Conroy (politician)
Born 1979