Famous Australians by Picture

Can you name these famous Australian people based on a picture?

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First submitted	March 26, 2018
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1962–2006

b. 1983

b. 1990

b. 1968

b. 1967

1979–2008

1948–2022

b. 1968

b. 1969

b. 1939

b. 1990

1908–2001

b. 1963

b. 1964

b. 1976

b. 1975

b. 1980

b. 1951

b. 1968

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75 Comments

+14

Level 84

Nov 24, 2019

Turns out I don't recognise many ozzies

Level 49

Oct 16, 2024

Aussies*

Level 86

Nov 24, 2019

Why is Chris Hemsworth tied in second place???

Level 83

Nov 25, 2019

math

Level 75

Nov 26, 2019

He's even less well known than Steve Irwin now and is in fourth. Kidman and Jackman make sense since they've been around longer and have had more variety of roles to reach a broader audience.

Level 68

Dec 7, 2019

Because Chris Hemsworth is probably the most talkative person in this entire quiz, and thus everybody has heard his accent and remembers he’s Aussie. (That’s my theory and I’m sticking to it.)

+10

Level 86

Nov 24, 2019

Also, no aborigines? Cathy Freeman?

Level 82

Nov 25, 2019

or Yvonne Goolagong.

Level ∞

Oct 16, 2024

Added Evonne Goolagong.

Level 87

Oct 16, 2024

I guess Rod Laver (grand slam-winner) would've made this too tennis-centric.

Level 92

Nov 24, 2019

I was hoping for Errol Flynn so I would get a couple people, but I know for a fact Eric Bana must really be Corey Feldman.

Level 59

Dec 27, 2019

lol

Level 79

Nov 25, 2019

Keith Urban is a New Zealander.

Level 34

Nov 25, 2019

keith urban was born in new Zealand I agree

Level ∞

Nov 25, 2019

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Urban

Keith Lionel Urban (born 26 October 1967) is a New Zealand-Australian singer.

You can have more than one nationality.

Level 81

Oct 16, 2024

There's a special Australia-New Zealand thing whereby we each claim some celebrities that were born in the other country WHEN WE LIKE THEM, but disown them WHEN WE DON'T.

In this case, New Zealand gets to keep Keith Urban.

Level 81

Jul 6, 2025

The UK does this too, if you lose you're either Welsh, Scottish, or Northern Irish. But if you're a winner or successful you're British.

Level 79

Nov 26, 2019

Nicole Kidman was born in Hawaii, so by that theory, she shouldn't be on here either.

Level 73

Nov 26, 2019

So are you saying that because she wasn't born in Australia, it means she isn't Australian? That doesn't make sense. Isla Fischer was born in Oman and Olivia Newton-John was born in United Kingdom. Julia Gillard and Tony Abbot were born in Wales and England and they were Prime Ministers.

Level 80

Nov 26, 2019

I think Jzakibe is on your side, Nelly.

Level 79

Nov 26, 2019

Someone was saying that Keith Urban isn't Australian, he should be a New Zealender. I used the example of Nicole Kidman because she's clearly Australian even if she wasn't born there. So yes, I agree with you NellyFurtado.

Level 92

Nov 27, 2019

Trump was technically born in Jamaica.

+11

Level 76

Dec 26, 2019

Its true because he is Jamaican me crazy

Level 77

Nov 25, 2019

Missed a few that I recognized but just couldn't think of their names

Level 78

Nov 25, 2019

Turns out that Australians aren't famous outside Australia. I didn't get any and recognized the names of a grand total of 2.

+27

Level 68

Dec 7, 2019

With all due respect, I don’t think that just because *you* don’t know who these folks are, that doesn’t make them obscure.

+12

Level 86

Oct 16, 2024

It's amazing how many people on this site think that the definition of 'famous' or 'well-known' is "things I personally have heard of".

Level 73

Nov 25, 2019

Probably the most dominant sportsman in any sport throughout history, worldwide ... and only 31%. Sacrilege!

Level 75

Dec 27, 2019

Yeah, but it's only cricket which is played in about 10% of the world, so 31% isn't bad

Level 37

Jun 24, 2025

Cricket is actually the 2nd most common sport, after football/soccer.

Level 81

Nov 29, 2022

Don't worry, it's all the way up to 32% now!

Honestly though, I'm sure more than 32% have heard of him since he comes up all the time when people talk about Jordan, Gretzky, Brady, etc.; however, his name is hard to remember since it's pretty generic-sounding while not actually being generic and thus difficult to guess if you can't actually remember it.

Level 99

Dec 2, 2019

No Paul Hogan?!? :)

Level ∞

Oct 16, 2024

How could we forget the greatest Australian of all time? Added.

Level 70

Dec 7, 2019

Rod Laver (Tennis) Margaret Court (Tennis) Mary Mackillop (St Mary of the Cross), Douglas Mawson (Antarctic Explorer), Albert Namatjira (Artist) William Bragg (Nobel Laureate) , Kingsford-Smith (first flight England - Australia) ..... just to name a few that unlike pop singers and movie stars will be famous when 'celebs' are long forgotten.

Level 73

Dec 26, 2019

Billy Bragg is Australian? ;-)

Level 73

Dec 27, 2019

William Bragg is a physicist who did something with x-rays (I'm not a scientist, so don't really understand it). However, it's a stretch to call him Australian. He was born and died in England and only spent 23 of his 79 years in Australia, although he made a big impression on the University of Adelaide while in the land down under.

Level 50

Dec 26, 2019

How many of those people would you actually be able to recognise by sight?

Level ∞

Oct 16, 2024

Zero. I don't think that poster understands the purpose of a picture quiz.

Level 80

Dec 27, 2019

In which world does the fame of athletes outlive that of singers and actors? Which is more like to be watched after decades, old tennis matches or old movies?

Level 50

May 9, 2020

Howard Florey? Barry Marshall?

Level 79

Dec 26, 2019

I would have gotten Sia if the picture was of the back of her head.

Level 68

Dec 26, 2019

no love for greg norman? oh well.

Level 70

Dec 27, 2019

Pity ONJ doesn't work for Newton-John. It's often how we refer to her in writing. Also, why take everyone else's surnames, but not Furler for Sia?

Level 59

Dec 27, 2019

I now know that the most beautiful people a on earth are from Australia.

Level 67

Dec 28, 2019

I'm Australian, yet only scored 12. Weird.

Level 65

May 21, 2020

Olivia Newton-John was born in England

Level 73

May 22, 2020

Yeah everyone knows that. Isla Fischer was born in Oman, Tony Abbott was born in England and Julia Gillard was born in Wales. Doesn't mean they aren't Australian.

Level 55

Aug 18, 2020

Only 69% knew Kylie Minogue? Weird!

Level 82

Oct 16, 2024

I know who she is, but despite watching the episode of Doctor Who in which she plays a major role, I still didn't recognise her from a picture.

Level 59

Dec 10, 2020

No Aussie celebrity line up is complete without Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson present.

Level 87

Oct 17, 2024

I don't know if Sir Les Patterson is known outside of Australia. 100% agree on Dame Edna, though.

Level 79

Oct 16, 2024

Wow didn't know about Sia, Cate Blanchett, and must have forgot about Isla Fisher

Level 87

Oct 16, 2024

Why are you using a picture of Ariana Grande for whoever this Iggy Azalea person is?

Level ∞

Oct 16, 2024

Haha. But no, they don't really look alike.

Level 68

Oct 16, 2024

Just 'Kylie' should be accepted, she's known as that here

Level ∞

Oct 17, 2024

Okay

Level 67

Nov 25, 2024

She's known as that everywhere isn't she?

Level 81

Nov 25, 2024

Not in the US

Level 93

Nov 25, 2024

Yeah unfortunately in the US if you ask someone to name a famous Kylie, they'll more than likely say Kylie Jenner.

Level 70

Nov 25, 2024

If you did, you'd know we spell it Áussie.

Level 67

Nov 25, 2024

Isn't the photo of Paul Hogan also a photo of Crocodile Dundee? It doesn't say they can't be fictional answers so it's an oversight I think.

Level 56

Nov 25, 2024

The current prime minister is the least known...

Level 51

Nov 25, 2024

Rose Byrne is up there with these actors

Level 34

Nov 25, 2024

Hate to see Albanese on this list. He's such a flop

Level 74

Nov 28, 2024

Infinitely better than the troglodyte he replaced.

Level 67

Nov 26, 2024

1968 seems to have been a great year... guess how old I am...

Level 69

Nov 26, 2024

I had no clue that about half of these are actually Australian

Level 52

Nov 28, 2024

it is missing lazarbeam

Level 83

Dec 1, 2024

Late 60's produced a bunch.

Level 65

Jan 4, 2025

Wow, how is it possible that the current PM is the least guessed? I can't believe that tennis player I've never heard about is more famous than the leader of the country.

Level 74

Jun 10, 2025

I don't know if it's just me, but the answer box is hidden behind the first row of images. I'm using Firefox on a PC.

Level 18

Jun 20, 2025

Donald Bradman, the 2nd best cricketer after Tendulkar.

Level 50

Nov 4, 2025

I didn't knew anyone of these apart from the wildlife guy, the cricket guy and the FREAKING PRIME MINISTER OF OZ- WHO IS CURRENTLY THE 2ND LEAST GUESSED ANSWER 🤣. Are people really telling me they don't know who runs the country of Australia but knows all these other people ? What a weird world hah

Level 85

Dec 31, 2025

Am I the only one that though Eric Bana was Richard Gere?

Level 56

Mar 23, 2026

I had no idea Rebel Wilson was Australian