- Tina Arena
- Chris Bailey - frontman for punk rock band The Saints
- Peter Garrett - former lead singer and songwriter of Midnight Oil & currently a political activist
- Andy Gibb, (1958-1988), pop singer
- Michael Hutchence, (1960-1997), singer of INXS
- Natalie Imbruglia - singer
- Daniel Johns, (born 1978), singer of Silverchair[?]
- Jeff Lang[?] - guitar virtuoso
- Nellie Melba - opera singer
- Kylie Minogue, (born 1968), singer
- Olivia Newton-John, (born 1948), singer
- Helen Reddy[?] - singer
- Bon Scott[?], Malcolm[?] & Angus Young[?] - members of hard rock band AC/DC
- Mark Seymour[?] - lead singer of the Hunters & Collectors[?]
- Deniz Tek[?] - of the punk rock band Radio Birdman
- Mandawuy Yunupingu[?] - singer & political activist
- Edmund Barton, (1849-1920), first Prime Minister of Australia
- Neville Bonner[?] - politician
- Bob Brown[?] - Green leader and Senator
- Germaine Greer, (born 1939), feminist
- Pauline Hanson - former Senator, controversial founder of the One Nation Party
- Harold Holt, (1908-1967), Prime Minister
- John Howard, (born 1939), Prime Minister
- Eddie Mabo[?] - political activist
- Robert Menzies, (1894-1978), politician
- Henry Parkes[?] - "father of Federation"
- Gough Whitlam, (1916-), politician
- Sir Donald Bradman, (1908-2001), cricketer
- Betty Cuthbert, (born 1938), athlete
- Roy Emerson[?] - tennis player
- Johnny Famechon[?] - world boxing champion
- Jeff Fenech, (born 1964), world boxing champion
- Dawn Fraser[?] - swimmer
- Cathy Freeman, (born 1973), athlete
- Evonne Goolagong - tennis player
- Lleyton Hewitt, (born 1981), tennis player
- Rod Laver, (born 1938), tennis player
- Luc Longley- basketball player, many NBA teams.
- John Newcombe[?] - tennis player
- Greg Norman, (born 1955), golfer
- Patrick Rafter - tennis player
- Ian Thorpe, (born 1982), swimmer
- Michele Timms, (born 1965), basketball player, Phoenix Mercury WNBA
- Kostya Tszyu, (born 1969), world boxing champion, Russian born but Australian citizen.
See also: List of people by nationality