Cultural Production in
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Australia ranks 22nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Czechia, Belgium, and Argentina. Memorable people born in present day Australia include Lawrence Bragg, Gough Whitlam, and Geoffrey Rush. Memorable people who died in Australia include Gough Whitlam, Truganini, and Jack Brabham. Australia has been the birth place of many athletes, and actors and the death place of many politicians, and athletes.
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. Australia has a total area of 7,688,287 km2 (2,968,464 sq mi), making it the sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania. It is the world's oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with some of the least fertile soils. It is a megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates including deserts in the interior and tropical rainforests along the coast. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2006, present day Australia was the birth place of 1,456 globally memorable people, including Lawrence Bragg, Gough Whitlam, and Geoffrey Rush. Additionaly, 234 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Australia including Gough Whitlam, Truganini, and Jack Brabham.
People Born in Present Day Australia
Go to all RankingsLawrence Bragg
PHYSICIST
1890 - 1971
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 1
Gough Whitlam
POLITICIAN
1916 - 2014
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 2
Geoffrey Rush
ACTOR
1951 - Present
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 3
Rod Laver
TENNIS PLAYER
1938 - Present
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 4
Sia
MUSICIAN
1975 - Present
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 5
Rupert Murdoch
BUSINESSPERSON
1931 - Present
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 6
George Lazenby
ACTOR
1939 - Present
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 7
Truganini
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1812 - 1876
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 8
Cate Blanchett
ACTOR
1969 - Present
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 9
Elton Mayo
PSYCHOLOGIST
1880 - 1949
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 10
Chris Hemsworth
ACTOR
1983 - Present
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 11
Alexander Prokhorov
PHYSICIST
1916 - 2002
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Present Day Australia
Go to all RankingsJoan Lindsay
WRITER
1896 - 1984
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 134
Peter Scully
POLITICIAN
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 135
Owen Davidson
TENNIS PLAYER
1943 - 2023
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 168
Sheila Fitzpatrick
HISTORIAN
1941 - Present
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 170
Rodney Heath
TENNIS PLAYER
1884 - 1936
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 178
Wayne Gardner
RACING DRIVER
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 188
John Finnis
PHILOSOPHER
1940 - Present
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 218
Marjorie Cox Crawford
TENNIS PLAYER
1903 - 1983
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 221
Joseph Jacobs
WRITER
1854 - 1916
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 243
Judy Amoore
ATHLETE
1940 - Present
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 247
Oodgeroo Noonuccal
WRITER
1920 - 1993
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 248
Richard Norton
ACTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 252
People Deceased in Present Day Australia
Go to all RankingsGough Whitlam
POLITICIAN
1916 - 2014
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 1
Truganini
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1812 - 1876
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 2
Jack Brabham
RACING DRIVER
1926 - 2014
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 3
Malcolm Young
MUSICIAN
1953 - 2017
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 4
Fred Perry
TENNIS PLAYER
1909 - 1995
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 5
Eugene Merle Shoemaker
ASTRONOMER
1928 - 1997
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 6
V. Gordon Childe
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1892 - 1957
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 7
Patrick White
WRITER
1912 - 1990
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 8
Ronald Fisher
STATISTICIAN
1890 - 1962
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 9
Robin Warren
PHYSICIAN
1937 - 2024
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 10
Macfarlane Burnet
BIOLOGIST
1899 - 1985
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 11
Steve Irwin
PRESENTER
1962 - 2006
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Present Day Australia
Go to all RankingsLjubiša Broćić
COACH
1911 - 1995
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 39
Joan Lindsay
WRITER
1896 - 1984
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 65
Rodney Heath
TENNIS PLAYER
1884 - 1936
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 81
Maria Vicol
FENCER
1935 - 2015
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 87
Marjorie Cox Crawford
TENNIS PLAYER
1903 - 1983
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 100
Ron Tauranac
ENGINEER
1925 - 2020
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 103
Attila Abonyi
SOCCER PLAYER
1946 - 2023
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 105
Oodgeroo Noonuccal
WRITER
1920 - 1993
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 109
Judith Durham
SINGER
1943 - 2022
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 111
Elemér Szathmáry
SWIMMER
1926 - 1971
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 127
Edgar Moon
TENNIS PLAYER
1904 - 1976
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 128
Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher
SWIMMER
1925 - 2014
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 135
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Australia were athletes (360), actors (203), soccer players (160), tennis players (110), and cyclists (91), while most who died were politicians (33), athletes (28), tennis players (22), writers (18), and swimmers (15).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Australia, including Ron Clarke, Peter Norman, and John Winter. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Australia, including Ron Clarke, Peter Norman, and John Winter.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Australia since 1700.