Famous People Born in Australia & Oceania

Can you name the 16 people born in the continent of Australia with over 70 Wikipedia languages as of 2020?

Unfortunately no people from the Pacific island countries made it – the closest were kings George Tupou V & Tupou VI of Tonga at 50 languages.

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Born in	Lifespan	Hint	Person
NZ	1871–1937	father of nuclear physics, discovered nucleus, radon, α/β radiation	Ernest Rutherford
NZ	1919–2008	mountaineer & explorer, first to climb Mount Everest	Edmund Hillary
NZ	1964–	actor (Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind, Robin Hood, Noah)	Russell Crowe
AU	1971–	imprisoned journalist & whistleblower, founder of Wikileaks	Julian Assange
AU	1969–	actress (Lord of the Rings, The Aviator, Thor: Ragnarok)	Cate Blanchett
AU	1968–	successful singer & actress called "Princess of Pop"	Kylie Minogue
AU	1979–2008	actor (Brokeback Mountain, The Dark Knight), posthumous Oscar	Heath Ledger
AU	1968–	actor (X-Men series, The Prestige, Van Helsing, Les Misérables)	Hugh Jackman
AU	1961–	female unusual singer, composer & musician (Dead Can Dance)	Lisa Gerrard
AU	1957–	prime minister of Australia 2007–10 & 2013 (Labor Party)	Kevin Rudd
NZ	1961–	director, writer, producer (Lord of the Rings, Hobbit, King Kong)	Peter Jackson
NZ	1980–	prime minister of New Zealand since 2017 (Labour Party)	Jacinda Ardern
AU	1962–2006	conservationist & TV wildlife presenter (The Crocodile Hunter)	Steve Irwin
AU	1890–1971	physicist (X-ray crystallography), 1941 Nobel Prize with his father	Lawrence Bragg
AU	1983–	actor (Thor & Avengers series, Men in Black: International, Rush)	Chris Hemsworth
AU	1909–1959	hedonistic actor during Golden Age (Robin Hood, Captain Blood)	Errol Flynn

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