Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is an Australian mathematical logician living in London, England.Makinson began his studies at Sydne

Is an Australian mathematical logician living in London, England.Makinson began his studies at Sydney University in 1958 and was an associate of the Libertarian Society and Sydney Push. He is a Visiting Professor in the London School of Economics, Univers

Is an Australian basketball player who has played for the Adelaide 36ers in the NBL.He started off b

Is an Australian basketball player who has played for the Adelaide 36ers in the NBL.He started off by playing for the Canberra Capitols in the Australian Basketball Association from the 1995 season. His last season was to be in 2001, when he was drafted b

Is a football (soccer) player. Until December 2009, he was contracted as a left back for the Austral

Is a football (soccer) player. Until December 2009, he was contracted as a left back for the Australian A-League club Central Coast Mariners. David is also the brother of Newcastle Jets midfielder, Adam D'Apuzzo. He formerly attended Trinity Grammar Scho

Is an Australian medical researcher, and the Governor of Victoria

Is an Australian medical researcher, and the Governor of Victoria

Was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1960s, who won three bronze medals in freestyle and medle

Was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1960s, who won three bronze medals in freestyle and medley relay events at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics in Rome and Tokyo respectively.

Is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for Brisbane Roar.

Is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for Brisbane Roar.

An Australian backstroke swimmer

An Australian backstroke swimmer

Is an Australian professional basketball player. He also holds a Danish passport. He is 7 ft (2.13m)

Is an Australian professional basketball player. He also holds a Danish passport. He is 7 ft (2.13m) tall. He is currently with the Houston Rockets.Andersen is a member of the senior Australian national basketball team. He won the gold medal at both the F

Is a political figure from the Australian territory of Norfolk Island. He is the current Chief Minis

Is a political figure from the Australian territory of Norfolk Island. He is the current Chief Minister of Norfolk Island since March 2010, a position he has held on three previous occasions. He is the longest-serving member of the Norfolk Legislative Ass

Is a New Zealand rugby league player. He has represented the North Queensland Cowboys and the New Ze

Is a New Zealand rugby league player. He has represented the North Queensland Cowboys and the New Zealand national team, making his debut in 2005 against Australia

Is an Australian rules footballer and former basketball player. He is currently with the Port Melbou

Is an Australian rules footballer and former basketball player. He is currently with the Port Melbourne Football Club of the Victorian Football League.Former NBL basketballer with the Cairns Taipans, Fanning was placed onto the Collingwood rookie list in

Is an Australian politician, an Australian Senator-Elect and as the Assistant National Secretary of

Is an Australian politician, an Australian Senator-Elect and as the Assistant National Secretary of the Australian Labor Party

Is Solomon Islands footballer, who is currently playing for Central United. Firisua began his profes

Is Solomon Islands footballer, who is currently playing for Central United. Firisua began his professional career with Laugu FC United and joined in Winter 2003 to New Zealand club Central United. He is also a member of Solomon Islands national football t

A former Australian Olympic athlete

A former Australian Olympic athlete

A contemporary Australian novelist, poet and writer of non-fiction.David Foster was born in Katoomba

A contemporary Australian novelist, poet and writer of non-fiction.David Foster was born in Katoomba, New South Wales and grew up in the Blue Mountains.[1] He studied science at University of Sydney and took a doctorate from Australian National University. He has worked as a research scientist, truck driver, postie and on a prawn trawler as well as writing. The subjects of his novels range from rock music to ancient mythology, with some characters like D'Arcy D'Oliveres, the comic post-man of several novels, taking something from his previous employment. He has been a University of New South Wales Literary Fellow.

An Australian concert pianist.In 1996, Fung was accepted to study at James Ruse Agricultural High Sc

An Australian concert pianist.In 1996, Fung was accepted to study at James Ruse Agricultural High School, one of the most academically selective schools in Australia. While there, he was elected to the Student Representative Council, served as a Prefect, and was greatly involved in the extra-curricular life of the school. He was awarded James Ruse Medal for Dux and the Medal for Music. In 2001, he scored a University Admissions Index (UAI) of 100, and was subsequently awarded the New South Wales Premier's Award, and the Australian Student Prize

Is a New Zealand rugby union player. He currently plays as a Hooker or Number 8 for the Southland St

Is a New Zealand rugby union player. He currently plays as a Hooker or Number 8 for the Southland Stags in the Air New Zealand Cup. He comes from a rugby background being the grand nephew of former All Black and Southland legend Les George.

Is a former first class cricketer who played for Canterbury. A right arm fast-medium bowler, he play

Is a former first class cricketer who played for Canterbury. A right arm fast-medium bowler, he played 24 games between 1968/69 and 1977/78. After retiring he became a cricket coach and led Eastern Province to victory in the 1989 Currie Cup. He also had a

Is a sports administrator and sports medicine specialist, and former Olympic Games swimming represen

Is a sports administrator and sports medicine specialist, and former Olympic Games swimming representative from New Zealand.

Is a former vice-captain of the Wallabies in rugby union, where he played in the lock position. Quee

Is a former vice-captain of the Wallabies in rugby union, where he played in the lock position. Queensland-born, he played most of his professional career with the ACT Brumbies in what was then the Super 12. At this level, he earned 81 caps - earning a fu

Is a professional golfer from Australia currently playing on the Asian Tour, where he has two victor

Is a professional golfer from Australia currently playing on the Asian Tour, where he has two victories.After not finding success early on in Asia, Gleeson decided to attempt to play golf in Australia. He was medalist at the qualifying school in 2001 and

Is an Australian public figure and businessman.

Is an Australian public figure and businessman.

An Australian author. He graduated from the Australian National University in 1974. He married Aliso

An Australian author. He graduated from the Australian National University in 1974. He married Alison Summers in 1975. Brooks and Summers then studied abroad and received their M.A. degrees from the University of Toronto. Brooks completed his Ph.D from the University of Toronto after returning to Australia in 1981 while teaching at the Royal Military College, Duntroon located in Canberra. In 1982 he began teaching at the University of Western Australia in Perth, Western Australia, where he met the poet Nicolette Stasko, who became his partner for the next twenty years. In 1986 he returned to the Australian National University as a lecturer, a post he held for the next four years. Brooks currently is an associate professor of Australian Literature at the University of Sydney. He married the Slovenian translator and photographer Teja Pribac in 2005.

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played for the Canterbury Wizards in the 1980's. He was the younger

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played for the Canterbury Wizards in the 1980's. He was the younger brother of Anthony Farrant.

Is an Australian cricket player, who played for the Tasmanian Tigers. He plays club cricket for King

Is an Australian cricket player, who played for the Tasmanian Tigers. He plays club cricket for Kingborough Cricket Club. David Dawson broke into the Australian first class cricket scene in spectacular fashion, when on debut, he became the first batsman to ever score a century on debut, and carry the bat through the innings at the same time. Like the Tigers senior keeper, Sean Clingeleffer he has fallen victim to the Tigers' policy of not picking a specialist keeper for one day cricket, and also fails to get regular games in the Pura Cup team.