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100 Prominent and Influential Australians

This is by definition subjective - changes will be considered, but I think it's pretty close
Not all of them have had a positive influence
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Aviation
Reg Ansett
Leaker/attention-seeker
Julian Assange
Athlete/actor
Snowy Baker
Botanist
Joseph Banks
First PM
Edmund Barton
Champion surfer
Layne Beachley
WWI Correspondent
Charles Bean
Cricketer/broadcaster
Richie Benaud
Actor
Cate Blanchett
Aboriginal MP
Neville Bonner
F1 Champion
Jack Brabham
Engineer
John Bradfield
Cricketer
Donald Bradman
Touring Car Racer
Peter Brock
Magazine editor
Ita Buttrose
Author
Peter Carey
Heart Surgeon
Victor Chang
Early filmmaker
Charles Chauvel
Historian
Manning Clark
Tennis
Margaret Court
First female MP
Edith Cowan
Horse trainer
Bart Cummings
WW2 PM
John Curtin
Athlete
Betty Cuthbert
Boxer
Les Darcy
PM
Alfred Deakin
F1 Motorcycle Champ
Mick Doohan
Doctor/POW/Rugby player
Weary Dunlop
Swimmer
Fanny Durack
Country singer
Slim Dusty
News media
John Fairfax
Pop/rock singer
John Farnham
Boxer
Jeff Fenech
First to circumnavigate
Mathew Flinders
Penicillin
Howard Florey
Royal Flying Doctor Service
John Flynn
Actor
Errol Flynn
Swimmer
Dawn Fraser
Qantas founder
Hudson Fysh
Children's author
May Gibbs
Actor
Mel Gibson
Feminist author
Germaine Greer
TV Producer
Reg Grundy
Found gold at Kalgoorlie
Paddy Hannan
PM
Bob Hawke
70s/80s Comedian
Paul Hogan
Eye surgeon
Fred Hollows
Department Store
Anthony Hordern
PM
John Howard
WWI PM
Billy Hughes
Dame Edna Everage
Barry Humphries
Author
Ion Idriess
Meteorologist
Inigo Jones
Bushranger
Ned Kelly
Pastoralist
Sidney Kidman
Aviator
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Eureka Stockade
Peter Lalor
Athlete
John Landy
Tennis
Rod Laver
Author/poet
Henry Lawson
Cricket
Dennis Lillee
Artist
Norman Lindsay
Land rights campaigner
Eddie Mabo
Wool industry pioneer
John Macarthur
Colonial Governor
Lachlan Macquarie
Antarctic explorer
Douglas Mawson
Combine harvester
Hugh McKay
First Saint
Mary McKillop
Actor
John Meillon
Opera Singer
Nellie Melba
PM
Robert Menzies
Rugby League
Dally Messenger
Explorer
Thomas Mitchell
WWI General
John Monash
Boer War scapegoat?
Breaker Morant
Media Empire
Rupert Murdoch
Poet
Les Murray
Artist
Sidney Nolan
Golf
Greg Norman
Early Rock singer
Johnny O'Keefe
Media/World Series Cricket
Kerry Packer
Federationist
Henry Parkes
Poet/author
Banjo Paterson
Aboriginal activist
Charles Perkins
First Governor
Arthur Philip
Actor
Chips Rafferty
Artist
Tom Roberts
Boxer
Lionel Rose
Tennis
Ken Rosewall
Opera Singer
Joan Sutherland
Golf
Peter Thomson
Swimmer
Ian Thorpe
Aviatrix
Nancy Bird Walton
Cricket
Shane Warne
Explorer/Politician
William Wentworth
Author
Patrick White
Bushman/Bootmaker
RM Williams
Playwright
David Williamson
AFL Founder
Tom Wills
Rock Guitarist
Angus Young
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