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Famous Australians by Picture

Can you name these famous Australian people based on a picture?
Quiz by Hugh2000
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Last updated: October 16, 2024
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First submittedMarch 26, 2018
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Average score50.0%
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1962–2006
b. 1983
b. 1990
b. 1968
b. 1967
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
69 Comments
+13
Level 84
Nov 24, 2019
Turns out I don't recognise many ozzies
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Level 49
Oct 16, 2024
Aussies*
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Level 84
Nov 24, 2019
Why is Chris Hemsworth tied in second place???
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Level 78
Nov 25, 2019
math
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Level 74
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.
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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.)
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Level 84
Nov 24, 2019
Also, no aborigines? Cathy Freeman?
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Level 80
Nov 25, 2019
or Yvonne Goolagong.
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Level ∞
Oct 16, 2024
Added Evonne Goolagong.
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Level 86
Oct 16, 2024
I guess Rod Laver (grand slam-winner) would've made this too tennis-centric.
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Level 91
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.
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Level 60
Dec 27, 2019
lol
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Level 78
Nov 25, 2019
Keith Urban is a New Zealander.
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Level 34
Nov 25, 2019
keith urban was born in new Zealand I agree
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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.

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Level 80
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.

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Level 77
Nov 26, 2019
Nicole Kidman was born in Hawaii, so by that theory, she shouldn't be on here either.
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Level 71
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.
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Level 79
Nov 26, 2019
I think Jzakibe is on your side, Nelly.
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Level 77
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.
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Level 91
Nov 27, 2019
Trump was technically born in Jamaica.
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Level 75
Dec 26, 2019
Its true because he is Jamaican me crazy
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Level 75
Nov 25, 2019
Missed a few that I recognized but just couldn't think of their names
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Level 76
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.
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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.
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Level 84
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".
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Level 73
Nov 25, 2019
Probably the most dominant sportsman in any sport throughout history, worldwide ... and only 31%. Sacrilege!
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Level 74
Dec 27, 2019
Yeah, but it's only cricket which is played in about 10% of the world, so 31% isn't bad
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Level 82
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.

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Level 97
Dec 2, 2019
No Paul Hogan?!? :)
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Level ∞
Oct 16, 2024
How could we forget the greatest Australian of all time? Added.
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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.
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Level 73
Dec 26, 2019
Billy Bragg is Australian? ;-)
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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.
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Level 51
Dec 26, 2019
How many of those people would you actually be able to recognise by sight?
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Level ∞
Oct 16, 2024
Zero. I don't think that poster understands the purpose of a picture quiz.
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Level 79
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?
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Level 51
May 9, 2020
Howard Florey? Barry Marshall?
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Level 81
Dec 26, 2019
The very first quiz in which I didn't know ANY of the answers. And even after getting the correct answers visible I only recognized six of the names as having ever heard of :)
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Level 81
Dec 26, 2019
I would have gotten Sia if the picture was of the back of her head.
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Level 69
Dec 26, 2019
no love for greg norman? oh well.
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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?
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Level 60
Dec 27, 2019
I now know that the most beautiful people a on earth are from Australia.
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Level 67
Dec 28, 2019
I'm Australian, yet only scored 12. Weird.
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Level 62
May 21, 2020
Olivia Newton-John was born in England
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Level 71
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.
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Level 55
Aug 18, 2020
Only 69% knew Kylie Minogue? Weird!
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Level 83
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.
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Level 60
Dec 10, 2020
No Aussie celebrity line up is complete without Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson present.
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Level 86
Oct 17, 2024
I don't know if Sir Les Patterson is known outside of Australia. 100% agree on Dame Edna, though.
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Level 74
Oct 16, 2024
Wow didn't know about Sia, Cate Blanchett, and must have forgot about Isla Fisher
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Level 86
Oct 16, 2024
Why are you using a picture of Ariana Grande for whoever this Iggy Azalea person is?
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Level ∞
Oct 16, 2024
Haha. But no, they don't really look alike.
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Level 68
Oct 16, 2024
Just 'Kylie' should be accepted, she's known as that here
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Level ∞
Oct 17, 2024
Okay
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Level 67
Nov 25, 2024
She's known as that everywhere isn't she?
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Level 82
Nov 25, 2024
Not in the US
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Level 91
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.
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Level 71
Nov 25, 2024
If you did, you'd know we spell it Áussie.
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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.
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Level 55
Nov 25, 2024
The current prime minister is the least known...
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Level 51
Nov 25, 2024
Rose Byrne is up there with these actors
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Level 29
Nov 25, 2024
Hate to see Albanese on this list. He's such a flop
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Level 75
Nov 28, 2024
Infinitely better than the troglodyte he replaced.
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Level 66
Nov 26, 2024
1968 seems to have been a great year... guess how old I am...
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Level 66
Nov 26, 2024
I had no clue that about half of these are actually Australian
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Level 52
Nov 28, 2024
it is missing lazarbeam
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Level 78
Dec 1, 2024
Late 60's produced a bunch.
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Level 56
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.