List of people from Adelaide

Arts and music

Prominent intellectuals, writers, artists, bands, and musicians to hail from Adelaide include:

Actors

Dame Judith Anderson AC DBE – Rebecca, And Then There Were None; Tony and Emmy Award winner
Elspeth Ballantyne – Prisoner
Holly Brisley – Home and Away
Sam Clark – Neighbours
Kate Fischer – Sirens
Sir Robert Helpmann CBE – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Nicholas Hope – Bad Boy Bubby
Dichen Lachman – Neighbours, Dollhouse
Anthony LaPaglia – Without a Trace
Jonathan LaPaglia – Seven Days, The District
Glenn McMillan – Wonderland, Power Rangers Ninja Storm
John Noble – Fringe
Ben Oxenbould – Hey Dad..!
Teresa Palmer – December Boys, I Am Number Four
Lois Ramsey – Road to Nhill, Home and Away
Xavier Samuel – The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Hugh Sheridan – Packed to the Rafters
Sarah Snook – Succession; Golden Globe winner
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog; Oscar-nominated actor
Sonia Todd – McLeod's Daughters
Adam Tuominen – Power Rangers Ninja Storm, Underbelly: Razor, Escape from Pretoria
Melanie Vallejo – Winners and Losers, Power Rangers Mystic Force
Samara Weaving

Comedians

Anthony Lehmann – aka "Lehmo" Lehmann
Richard Marsland
Shaun Micallef
Greig Pickhaver AM – aka "H.G. Nelson"
Roy Rene – aka "Mo McCackie"
Frank Woodley

Film directors

Humanities

Graeme Hugo – demographer and Federation Fellow (2002)
J. J. C. Smart – philosopher
Hugh Stretton – historian and sociologist
Peter Sutton – anthropologist
Wesley Wildman – philosopher, theologian, ethicist
Ghil'ad Zuckermann – linguist and revivalist

Journalists

Annabel Crabb – political writer and commentator
Brady Haran OAM – independent video journalist and Internet personality
Jenni Hogan – TV reporter and host, Emmy Award winner
Christian Kerr – political commentator and journalist
David Kosh – financial journalist and former presenter of Sunrise
Bruce McAvaney OAM – sports broadcaster
Hamish McLachlan – television sports commentator for the Seven Network
David Penberthy – editor-in-chief of the Australian newspaper The Daily Telegraph

Musicians and bands

Visual artists

James Ashton – painter and arts educator
Dorrit Black – modernist printmaker and painter
Michal Dutkiewicz – comic book artist and illustrator, three-time winner of the Stanley Award
Robert Hannaford AM – portrait artist, three-time winner of the People's Choice Award of the Archibald Prize
Barbara Hanrahan – artist, printmaker and writer
Sir Hans Heysen OBE – landscape painter, nine-time winner of the Wynne Prize
Nora Heysen AM – portrait artist, first female winner of the Archibald Prize
Ondrej Mares – sculptor and furniture maker
Joseph Stanislaus Ostoja-Kotkowski AM – painting, photography, film-making, theatre design, fabric design, murals, kinetic and static sculpture, stained glass, vitreous enamel murals, op-collages, computer graphics, and laser art
Geoffrey Proud – portrait and landscape painter, sculptor, winner of the 1990 Archibald Prize, winner of the 1975 Sulman Prize
Jeffrey Smart AO – precisionist landscape painter
Susan Dorothea White – painter, sculptor and printmaker

Writers

Malcolm Afford – playwright and novelist
Guy Boothby – novelist and travel writer
James Bradley – novelist and critic
Brian Castro – novelist
Nancy Cato – author
J. M. Coetzee – novelist and essayist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Aidan Coleman – poet
David Conyers – science fiction author
Geoffrey Dutton AO – poet, author and historian, winner of the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry
Max Fatchen AM – journalist and children's author
Mem Fox AM – educator and children's author
Peter Goldsworthy AM – novelist, poet and scriptwriter, winner of the Helpmann Award
Christine Harris – children's and young adult author
Max Harris AO – poet, critic and columnist
Vernon Knowles – fantasy author
Kym Lardner – children's author, illustrator, and storyteller
Caleb Lewis – playwright
DBC Pierre – novelist, winner of the Man Booker Prize
Gillian Rubinstein – children's author and playwright
Bel Schenk – poet
Tony Shillitoe – fantasy author
Tim Sinclair – poet and novelist
Hugh Stretton – historian and sociologist
Anne Summers – feminist writer and editor
Colin Thiele AC – children's author and educator, winner of the Dromkeen medal
David Thorne – humorist and satirist
Russel Ward – historian and author of The Australian Legend
Sean Williams – science fiction author
Ben Winch – novelist
Nan Witcomb – poet
Laetitia Withall – poet, author and suffragette

Business and media

Rick Allert AO – accountant, company director and chairperson
Balfours family – bakery founders
Barr Smith family – businessmen and philanthropists
Matt Barrie – entrepreneur, CEO Freelancer Limited
Shaun Bonétt – property developer, entrepreneur and philanthropist
Cooper family – brewery founders
Thomas Elder GCMG – pastoralist, politician and philanthropist
Gerard family – founders of Clipsal
Haigh's Family - Chocolatiers
Edward Hayward Kt – owner and manager of John Martins
Sir Sidney Kidman – pastoralist, entrepreneur and landowner
Matthew and Zbigniew Michalewicz – entrepreneurs and co-founders of SolveIT Software
Rupert Murdoch AC – media mogul, chairperson and CEO of News Corporation
Mary Penfold – winemaker
John Spalvins – managing director of Adelaide Steamship Company
Robert Stigwood – impresario, entertainment entrepreneur and film producer
Michael Tunn – radio announcer and program director
Gary Turner – producer, record company owner and founder of LearnToPlayMusic.com

Law and politics

Julie Bishop – Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia
Sir John Langdon Bonython KCMG – member of the first Australian parliament
Sir John Lavington Bonython – mayor and Lord Mayor of Adelaide
Michael Bradley – mayor of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
James Crawford – Legal academic and Judge of the International Court of Justice (2014)
Mario Despoja – leader of the Croatian community in Australia
Natasha Stott Despoja AM – senator and leader of the Australian Democrats
Alexander Downer AC – Foreign Affairs Minister and Leader of the Opposition
Alexander Downer, Sr. KBE – member of the House of Representatives and High Commissioner to London
John Downer KCMG KC – twice Premier of South Australia
John Finnis – Professor of Law at University College, Oxford
Julia Gillard – prime minister and leader of the Australian Labor Party
Janine Haines – senator and leader of the Australian Democrats
Sir Charles Kingston – Premier of South Australia and Minister for Trade and Customs in the first Commonwealth parliament
Dame Roma Mitchell AC DBE CVO – Australia's first female QC, first female judge, and first female Governor
Christopher Pyne – Minister for Defence
Catherine Helen Spence – suffragist, electoral reformer, prohibitionist, and first female political candidate in Australia
Ian Wilson AM – member of the Australian House of Representatives and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs
Sir Keith Wilson CBE – senator and member of the Australian House of Representatives
Penny Wong – Labor politician and Minister for Foreign Affairs
List of mayors and lord mayors of Adelaide
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Science

World-renowned Adelaide scientists include:

Len Beadell OAM BEM – surveyor, roadbuilder and explorer; asteroid 3161 Beadell is named after him
William Henry Bragg OM KBE PRS – physicist, chemist and mathematician, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics
William Lawrence Bragg CH OBE MC FRS – physicist and crystallographer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics and youngest Nobel Laureate
Rodney Brooks – roboticist, director of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and founding member of the iRobot corporation
Baron Howard Florey OM FRS FRCP – pharmacologist and pathologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Basil Stuart Hetzel AC – medical researcher who made a major contribution to combating iodine deficiency
Cecil Madigan – geologist and meteorologist, member of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition
Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS FAA – geologist and explorer, leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition
Sir Mark Oliphant AC KBE FRS FAA – nuclear physicist, winner of the Hughes Medal and the Faraday Medal
Enid Lucy Robertson AM – botanist, conservationist
Reg Sprigg AO – geologist and conservationist
George Szekeres FAA AM – mathematician, after whom the George Szekeres Medal is named
Terence Tao FRS FAA – mathematician, winner of the Fields Medal
Andy Thomas AO – aerospace engineer and NASA astronaut
David Unaipon – inventor and writer, commemorated on the Australian fifty-dollar note
Robin Warren AC – pathologist and researcher, winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine
Sir Hubert Wilkins – Antarctic aviation pioneer, Arctic explorer, ornithologist and geographer
Col Bailey – naturalist

Sport

Internationally and nationally recognised sports people from Adelaide include:

Aerobatics

Chris Sperou – thirteen-time National Aerobatics Champion, and five-time participant in the FAI World Aerobatic Championships

Archery

Simon Fairweather OAM – Olympic gold medalist

Athletics

Matthew Clarke (born 1995) – distance runner
Jessica Stenson (born 1987) – distance runner

Australian rules football

Nathan Buckley – captained the Collingwood Football Club, winner of the Brownlow Medal
Adam Cooney – player for the Western Bulldogs and the Essendon Football Club, winner of the Brownlow Medal
Matthew Pavlich – captained the Fremantle Football Club
Adelaide Football Club players
Port Adelaide Football Club players

Basketball

Mark Bradtke – played one season in the NBA for the Philadelphia 76ers, played in the NBL for the Adelaide 36ers, Melbourne Tigers and Brisbane Bullets
Lindsay Gaze – played for the Australian Boomers in three Olympics and coached the team in four Olympics
Joe Ingles – plays for the Orlando Magic in the NBA
Ben Madgen – plays in the NBL for the Sydney Kings
Brett Maher – played in the NBL for the Adelaide 36ers
Mike McKay – played in the NBL for the West Adelaide Bearcats, Adelaide 36ers, Brisbane Bullets, Canberra Cannons and Wollongong Hawks
Brad Newley – plays in Spain for CB Gran Canaria, drafted to the NBA by the Houston Rockets
Erin Phillips – plays in the WNBA for the Phoenix Mercury, played for the Connecticut Sun
Luke Schenscher – played in the NBA for the Chicago Bulls and the Portland Trail Blazers
Phil Smyth AM – played in the NBL for the St Kilda Saints, Canberra Cannons, Adelaide 36ers and Sydney Kings

Brazilian jiu-jitsu

Craig Jones – two-time ADCC silver medalist (2019–2022)

Cricket

Greg Blewett – played for the Australian national cricket team
Sir Donald Bradman AC – captained Australia, all-time highest Test batting average of any player with 99.94 (Note: Bradman was born in Cootamundra, New South Wales in 1908 and moved to Adelaide in 1934)
Greg Chappell MBE – captained Australia
Ian Chappell – captained Australia
Trevor Chappell – played for Australia
Albert Gillespie – played first-class cricket in England
Jason Gillespie – played for Australia
George Goodfellow – played first-class cricket in England
Clem Hill – captained Australia
David Hookes – played for Australia
Barry Jarman OAM – captained Australia
Arthur G. Jenkins – first South Australian to umpire a cricket Test match
Darren Lehmann – played for Australia; current (2015) coach of the Australian team
Wayne Phillips – played for Australia
Vic Richardson OBE – captained Australia; won Magarey Medal (Australian Rules Football) and represented Australia in Baseball; grandfather of Ian, Greg and Trevor Chappell
Shaun Tait – plays for Australia

Cycling

Alex Edmondson – Commonwealth Games Team pursuit champion, World individual pursuit champion 2014
Annette Edmondson – Commonwealth Games gold medalist 2014, Olympic bronze medalist in the omnium 2012
Matthew Glaetzer – Olympic gold, silver and bronze medalist for the Australian Cyclist team since 2009
Alexandra Manly – professional cyclist at Orica-AIS
Stephanie Morton – Commonwealth Games Individual Sprint Champion 2014
Stuart O'Grady OAM – Olympic gold medalist in the Men's Madison, silver and bronze medalist in the 4000m Team Pursuit, bronze medalist in the Points Race, and four-time second-place finisher in the Tour de France
Michael Turtur OAM – Olympic gold medalist in the Team Pursuit, and Race Director of the Tour Down Under
Kimberley Wells – two-time national criterium champion, and current professional cyclist
Sam Willoughby – Olympic silver medalist in the men's BMX and UCI BMX world champion

Darts

Rob Modra – two-time Geelong Open Darts Championships

Golf

Geoff Ogilvy – U.S. Open winner and three-time World Golf Championships winner
Adam Scott – U.S. Masters winner and World number one

Kickboxing

Frank Giorgi – two-time Australian champion and world Super Middleweight champion
Paul Slowinski – four-time Muay Thai world champion

Motor sports

John Boulger – two-time Australian Speedway Champion, nine-time South Australian Champion, captained Australia to win the Speedway World Team Cup
Jeremy Burgess – MotoGP engineer, helped Wayne Gardner, Mick Doohan and Valentino Rossi to 12 World Championships
Garrie Cooper – founder of Elfin Sports Cars, Australian 1½ Litre Champion, Australian Sports Car Champion and Singapore Grand Prix winner
Daniel Falzon – two-time Australian Superbike Champion
Steve Martin – Superbike World Championship veteran and World Endurance Champion
Billy McConnell – competes in the British Supersport Championship
Nick Percat – V8 Supercar driver, Australian Formula Ford Champion and Bathurst 1000 winner
Vern Schuppan – Formula One driver, 24 Hours of Le Mans winner and Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year
Johnnie Walker – Australian Drivers' Champion and Australian Grand Prix winner
Jack Young – two-time Speedway World Champion and nine-time South Australian Champion

Professional wrestling

Bronson Reed – billed from Black Forest, signed to the WWE, former NXT North American Champion
Rhea Ripley – signed to the WWE, current 2023 Women's Royal Rumble winner; former 1/2 of the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions; former Raw Women's Champion former NXT Women's Champion and former NXT UK Women's Champion (as well as being the inaugural champion for the latter)

Soccer

Dianne Alagich – played in the Women's United Soccer Association for the San Jose CyberRays, played for the Matildas
John Aloisi – played in La Liga, Premier League and Serie A, played for the Socceroos at the FIFA World Cup
Charlotte Grant – plays for the Matildas
Diana Hall – played for the Matildas
Awer Mabil – plays for FC Midtjylland
Joel Porter – played for the Socceroos
Alex Tobin – captained the Socceroos
Aurelio Vidmar – captained the Socceroos
Tony Vidmar – played for the Socceroos
Adelaide United FC players

Sport aerobics

Kylie Halliday – placed second at the Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships

Swimming

Kyle Chalmers – 2016 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the 100m freestyle
Emily Seebohm – 2012 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay and 2008 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the 4 × 100 metre medley relay

Tennis

Darren Cahill – Australian Open doubles finalist, US Open singles semi-finalist
Lleyton Hewitt – U.S. Open and Wimbledon winner and World number one
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Alicia Molik – Australian Open and French Open doubles winner, reached World top ten singles ranking
Mark Woodforde OAM – two-time Australian Open, one-time French Open, six-time Wimbledon, and three-time French Open doubles winner; Olympic gold and silver medalist; World number one

Trampoline gymnastics

Blake Gaudry – 2012 Summer Olympics competitor, Australian Gymnastics Championships Winner

Volleyball

Tania Gooley-Humphry (born 1973) – beach volleyball and indoor volleyball player
Tamsin Hinchley (born 1980) – volleyball player
Becchara Palmer (born 1988) – beach volleyball player
Kerri Pottharst OAM (born 1965) – Olympic gold and bronze medalist in beach volleyball
Andrew Schacht (born 1973) – beach volleyball player

Other

Garry Gordon Cooper – retired airline captain, ex RAAF pilot
Gladys Elphick – Australian Aboriginal active in Aboriginal affairs
David Hicks – former Guantanamo Bay inmate, falsely convicted of 'providing material support to terrorism'
Mohammad Tawhidi (b. 1982 or 1983), also known as the Imam of Peace, influencer and Imam

References

Bowman, Matt (20 November 1999). "Veteran pilot still pushing the sky's limits". The Advertiser. p. 28.
"Matildas' Charlotte Grant hailed for true Aussie grit". The West Australian. 12 April 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.

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