List of people from Adelaide

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This is a list of notable people from Adelaide.

Arts and music[]

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

Actors[]

Comedians[]

Film directors[]

Humanities[]

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

Journalists[]

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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 BonythonKCMG - 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 WilsonAM - member of the Australian House of Representatives and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs
  • Sir Keith WilsonCBE - senator and member of the Australian House of Representatives
  • List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Adelaide
  • List of Premiers of South Australia
  • Category: Federal politicians from South Australia

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
  • Brendon Coventry - surgical oncologist and medical researcher, discovered the human immune cycle
  • 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
  • Christopher Rawson and Mary Penfold - winemakers
  • 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

Sport[]

Internationally and nationally recognised sports people from Adelaide include:

Aerobatics[]

Archery[]

Australian rules football[]

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; three-time NBL Championship winner and 2002 NBL Most Valuable Player; NBL's all-time leading rebounder; played for the Australian Boomers in four Olympic Games and two World Championships
  • Lindsay Gaze - played for the Australian Boomers in three Olympics and coached the team in four Olympics; two-time NBL Championship winning coach, three-time NBL Coach of the Year; member of the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame, FIBA Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
  • Joe Ingles - plays for the Utah Jazz in the NBA. He also represents the Australian Boomers.
  • Ben Madgen - plays in the NBL for the Sydney Kings
  • Brett Maher - played in the NBL for the Adelaide 36ers, captained the team to three Championships, played in three Olympic Games for the Australian Boomers
  • Mike McKay - played in the NBL for the West Adelaide Bearcats, Adelaide 36ers, Brisbane Bullets, Canberra Cannons and Wollongong Hawks; won the 1985 Rookie of the Year and 1986 NBL championship with the 36ers; played for the Australian Boomers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
  • Brad Newley - plays in Spain for CB Gran Canaria, drafted to the NBA by the Houston Rockets; has played for the Australian Boomers in the Olympic Games, World Championships and Commonwealth Games
  • Erin Phillips - plays in the WNBA for the Phoenix Mercury, played for the Connecticut Sun, won a championship with the Indiana Fever, played in the WNBL for the Adelaide Lightning, Olympic silver medalist and FIBA gold medalist with the Australian Opals
  • Luke Schenscher - 7'1" (216 cm) tall Centre, played in the NBA for the Chicago Bulls and the Portland Trail Blazers; plays in the NBL for the Adelaide 36ers; played in the East Asian Games for the Australian Boomers in 2001 while still in high school; member of the 2003–04 NCAA All-Final Four Team
  • Phil Smyth AM - played in the NBL for the St Kilda Saints, Canberra Cannons, Adelaide 36ers and Sydney Kings; won three championships as a player at Canberra and coached the 36ers to three Championship wins; played for the Australian Boomers in four Olympic Games and five World Championships; captained the Boomers from 1983-1995

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[]

Golf[]

Kickboxing[]

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

Martial arts[]

Motor sports[]

Professional wrestling[]

Soccer[]

Sport aerobics[]

Swimming[]

Tennis[]

  • Darren Cahill - Australian Open doubles finalist, US Open singles semi-finalist
  • Lleyton Hewitt - U.S. Open and Wimbledon winner and World number one
  • 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[]

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

Other[]

  • Gladys Elphick - Australian Aboriginal active in Aboriginal affairs
  • David Hicks - former Guantanamo Bay inmate, falsely convicted of 'providing material support to terrorism'


See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Bowman, Matt (20 November 1999). "Veteran pilot still pushing the sky's limits". The Advertiser. p. 28.
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