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This is a list of Australians, who are in any way notable.See also the list of 100 Australian Living Treasures.
1 Creative art
- Howard Arkley , painter
- Charles Blackman , painter
- Arthur Boyd, painter
- Noel Counihan, social realist painter
- Sir William Dobell , painter
- Ken Done , painter
- Sir Russell Drysdale , painter
- Donald Friend , painter
- Joy Hester , painter
- Sir Hans Heysen , painter
- Nora Heysen (died 2003), painter
- Robert Hughes, art critic
- Norman Lindsay, painter
- Tracey Moffatt , film and video maker, photographer
- Reg Mombassa, Pop artist, cartoonist and buisnessman
- Albert Namatjira (1902-1959), painter
- Sir Sidney Nolan - painter
- Margaret Preston (1875-1963), modernist painter and woodblock artist
- Tom Roberts, painter
- Martin Sharp, pop artist
- Jeffrey Smart, painter
- Stelarc , performance artist
- Sir Arthur Streeton - painter
- Albert Tucker, painter
- Brett WhiteleyBrett Whiteley ( April 7, 1939, Sydney, Australia 1992) was an Australian artist. In 1960, Whiteley won a Travelling Scholarship from the Italian Government, and moved to Europe. He married Wendy Julius in 1962, and their only child, daughter Arkie Whitel, painter
- Arthur Boyd, painter
2 Film and television
- Eric BanaEric Bana (born 9 August, 1968, in Melbourne to a German mother and a Croatian father, as Eric Banadinovic is an Australian actor and comedian. Eric Bana began his career as a stand-up comic, first coming to national attention in the comedy sketch series - actor
- Bruce BeresfordBruce Beresford (born 16 August 1940) is an Australian film director, and to a much lesser extent writer, producer and actor. Born in Sydney, he works both in Australia and the United States. He is also a contemporary of actor John Bell (who shared lodgin - filmmaker ( Barry McKenzie , Don's Party , Breaker MorantHarry 'Breaker' Morant ( 1864- 27 February 1902) was an Anglo- Australian drover, horseman, poet and soldier whose renowned skill with horses earned him the nickname "The Breaker". Articulate, intelligent and well educated, he was also a published poet an, The Fringe Dwellers , Driving Miss DaisyDriving Miss Daisy is a 1989 Warner Bros. film which tells the story of the relationship between an old Southern Jewish lady ( Jessica Tandy) and her African-American chauffeur Hoke ( Morgan Freeman) over the span of many years. As the title implies, howe)
- Cate BlanchettCate Blanchett (born May 14, 1969) is an Australian actress. She was born as Catherine Elise Blanchett in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia as the daughter of a Texan navy officer who came ashore in Melbourne and never left and a Melbourne schoolteacher. - actor
- Bille Brown - actor
- Bryan BrownBryan Brown (born June 23 1947 in Sydney) is an Australian actor. He went to England in 1964, eventually winning minor roles at the Old Vic and later returned to Australia to join the Queensland Theatre Company. He is married to actress Rachel Ward. Filmo - actor
- John ClarkeJohn Morrison Clarke (born July 29, 1948) is a comedian and writer. He was born in Palmerston North, New Zealand, but has lived in Australia since the 1970s. He is a regular actor and writer on Australian TV. He first became known during the mid-to-late 1, (born NZ), actor, comedian
- Paul Cox - (born Netherlands) filmmaker
- Russell Crowe, (born NZ 1964), actor
- Judy Davis - actor
- Portia De Rossi - actor
- Ernie Dingo - actor
- Carmen Duncan - (born 1942) soap actress, with roles to her credit in the U.S. as well as Australia
- Errol Flynn - (1909-1959) actor
- Colin Friels - actor
- Mel Gibson - (born 1956) - actor American born, Australian raised
- Rachel Griffiths - actor
- David Gulpilil - actor & dancer
- Scott Hicks - filmmaker ( Shine, Snow Falling on Cedars )
- Paul Hogan - (born 1939) actor
- P. J. Hogan - film director ( Muriel's Wedding, My Best Friend's Wedding, Peter Pan)
- Barry Humphries - actor/comedian
- Steve Irwin - (born 1962) The Crocodile Hunter
- Hugh Jackman - actor
- Nicole Kidman - (born 1967) actor American born, Australian raised
- Anthony LaPaglia - actor
- Heath Ledger - (born 1979) actor
- Baz Luhrmann - filmmaker
- Stephanie McIntosh - actress
- Amy Mizzi - actress
- Phillip Noyce - filmmaker
- Guy Pearce - (born 1967), actor
- Gina Riley - comedian
- Geoffrey Rush - actor (won 1997 Academy Award for Best Actor for Shine)
- Fred Schepisi - filmmaker
- Yahoo Serious - comedian, filmmaker
- Jack Thompson - (born 1940), actor
- Sigrid Thornton - actor
- Peter Weir - (born 1944), filmmaker
- David Wenham - actor
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