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Australia ranks 23rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Belgium, Greece, and Czechia. Memorable people born in present day Australia include Lawrence Bragg, George Lazenby, and Geoffrey Rush. Memorable people who died in Australia include Jack Brabham, Truganini, and Malcolm Young. Australia has been the birth place of many actors and soccer players and the death place of many politicians and athletes.
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of 7,617,930 square kilometres (2,941,300 sq mi), Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with deserts in the centre, tropical rainforests in the north-east, and mountain ranges in the south-east. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1565 and 2002, present day Australia was the birth place of 789 globally memorable people, including Lawrence Bragg, George Lazenby, and Geoffrey Rush. Additionaly, 146 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Australia including Jack Brabham, Truganini, and Malcolm Young.
1890 - 1971
HPI: 76.09
Rank: 1
1939 - Present
HPI: 75.70
Rank: 2
1951 - Present
HPI: 75.69
Rank: 3
1939 - Present
HPI: 74.71
Rank: 4
1909 - 1959
HPI: 74.64
Rank: 5
1880 - 1949
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 6
1926 - 2014
HPI: 73.27
Rank: 7
1979 - 2008
HPI: 73.23
Rank: 8
1931 - Present
HPI: 72.98
Rank: 9
1969 - Present
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 10
1983 - Present
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 11
1938 - Present
HPI: 72.57
Rank: 12
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 107
1952 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 112
1934 - 2016
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 144
1891 - 1946
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 172
1905 - 1976
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 176
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 188
1924 - 2007
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 203
1970 - Present
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 212
1921 - 2010
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 222
1928 - 1958
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 239
1865 - 1931
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 262
2000 - Present
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 276
1926 - 2014
HPI: 73.27
Rank: 1
1812 - 1876
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 2
1953 - 2017
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 3
1909 - 1995
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 4
1962 - 2006
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 5
1855 - 1880
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 6
1912 - 1990
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 7
1892 - 1957
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 8
1890 - 1962
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 9
1927 - 2007
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 10
1903 - 1948
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 11
1936 - 1992
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 12
1947 - 2020
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 33
1912 - 1962
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 50
1780 - 1841
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 73
1924 - 2007
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 76
1921 - 2010
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 83
1928 - 1958
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 89
1865 - 1931
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 96
1930 - 2010
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 105
1927 - 1976
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 107
1909 - 1986
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 115
1890 - 1960
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 116
1934 - 2019
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 117
Most individuals born in present day Australia were actors (142), soccer players (120), tennis players (67), cyclists (56), and athletes (53), while most who died were politicians (30), athletes (13), writers (12), tennis players (11), and explorers (8).
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Australia, including George Lazenby, Geoffrey Rush, and Paul Hogan. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Australia, including George Lazenby, Geoffrey Rush, and Paul Hogan.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Australia since 1700.