Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter E

Was an Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda and Collingwood in the Victorian Football

Was an Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda and Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s. McIntyre, a ruckman, began his football career at Sandringham in 1939 before crossing to the VFL where he joined St Kilda. A dentist by profession, he played his football as an amateur and didn't appear at all for St Kilda in 1942 due to Navy commitments. He represented Victoria in an interstate match against South Australia at Adelaide in 1945.

Also went by 'Alec', was an Australian rugby league and rugby union player - a dual-code rugby inter

Also went by 'Alec', was an Australian rugby league and rugby union player - a dual-code rugby international.He was a pioneer Australian representative footballer selected in the first Australia national rugby union team overseas touring side to New Zeala

Also known as George or Alec, was an Australian rugby league and rugby union player - a dual-code ru

Also known as George or Alec, was an Australian rugby league and rugby union player - a dual-code rugby international.

Was a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He was a member of the 1905 Original All Blacks. He won hi

Was a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He was a member of the 1905 Original All Blacks. He won his first Test cap for New Zealand on January 1, 1906 against France. In total he played 3 Tests over a period of 1906 to 1907. He died in 1935 in Christchur

An Australian surgeon who was renowned for his leadership whilst being held prisoner by the Japanese

An Australian surgeon who was renowned for his leadership whilst being held prisoner by the Japanese during World War II

Was an Australian cricketer. Having played as a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowle

Was an Australian cricketer. Having played as a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler for New South Wales from 1937 to 1946, Crossan was at the time of his death the last surviving New South Wales player to have appeared for the team before the Second World War. "He was the last link to an era of great players, including former Australian representatives, Stan McCabe, Bill O'Reilly, Bert Oldfield, Sid Barnes, Arthur Chipperfield and Jack Fingleton, who all played alongside Ern in his debut match in 1937" wrote David Gilbert, Chief Executive of the club.

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played for the Wellington in the 1890s and the 1900s. He batted righ

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played for the Wellington in the 1890s and the 1900s. He batted right-handed and bowled right arm medium pace. In 40 first-class matches Upham scored 598 runs at 12.20 and took 226 wickets at 15.01 with a best of 7/24. He a

Was an Australian politician. He served as an independent member for Newcastle in the New South Wale

Was an Australian politician. He served as an independent member for Newcastle in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 19 March 1988 to 3 May 1991.

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 2 Tests from 1933 to 1934.

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 2 Tests from 1933 to 1934.

Was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1920s, who won a silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle rel

Was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1920s, who won a silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. He also competed in the 100m freestyle. He spent the majority of his career in the shadow of Manly Swimming Club m

Was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket with Queensland and represented Australas

Was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket with Queensland and represented Australasia in standing high jump at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Hutcheon, who was from Toowoomba, represented Australasia at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, as an 18 year old. He competed in the Men's Standing High Jump, where he was the youngest out of all 23 athletes in the event and the only from the Australasian team. The gold medal was won by American olympic great Ray Ewry. His Queensland representative cricket career began in 1920 when he made his first-class debut in a match against New South Wales. All but two of his first-class appearances were made against New South Wales, his other opponents were South Australia and the touring New Zealand national team.

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1914–15 to 1927–28, and accompan

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1914–15 to 1927–28, and accompanied the New Zealand national cricket team on their tour of England in 1927. In 1927, after several years playing minor cricket for Wanganui, Bernau was selecte

Was an Australian sportsman, playing Test cricket and Australian rules football. Jones played 19 Tes

Was an Australian sportsman, playing Test cricket and Australian rules football. Jones played 19 Tests from 1894 to 1902 and represented Port Adelaide Football Club. Nicknamed Jonah, Jones was one of the best and fastest bowlers of his time, initially erratic but subsequently gaining control of line and length to good effect. Jones was first no-balled in a match between South Australia and the visiting English side in 1897/98. Phillips again no-balled him once in the 2nd Test of that series, Jones thus becoming the first bowler to be called for throwing in a Test match.

Is a former field hockey goalkeeper from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won

Is a former field hockey goalkeeper from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 12 Tests from 1935 to 1938.

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 12 Tests from 1935 to 1938.

Is a former Australian politician. He was the Liberal member for Glen Waverley in the Victorian Legi

Is a former Australian politician. He was the Liberal member for Glen Waverley in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1985 to 2002.Smith left the army in 1984, and in 1985 was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Liberal member for the

A physicist who became known as the "father" of nuclear physics. He pioneered the orbital theory of

A physicist who became known as the "father" of nuclear physics. He pioneered the orbital theory of the atom through his discovery of Rutherford scattering off the nucleus with his gold foil experiment.

Was a cricketer who made one first-class appearance for Canterbury in 1894–95. Playing in a drawn

Was a cricketer who made one first-class appearance for Canterbury in 1894–95. Playing in a drawn match against Wellington, he made seven runs in the first-innings batting at number eight, and three in the second-innings after being promoted to number fou

Was an Australian rugby union international and first-class cricketer. Currie, who was born in Duned

Was an Australian rugby union international and first-class cricketer. Currie, who was born in Dunedin, represented Otago in six first-class cricket matches during the 1894/95 and 1893/94 New Zealand cricket seasons, as a wicket-keeper. After moving to Australia, he appeared in one further first-class match for Queensland, against New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 1899.

Was a former Australian male tennis player.

Was a former Australian male tennis player.

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Reid, a centre, claimed a total of 3 internationa

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Reid, a centre, claimed a total of 3 international rugby caps for Australia.

Is a former Australian football (soccer) player. Currently, he is head soccer coach for Geelong Gram

Is a former Australian football (soccer) player. Currently, he is head soccer coach for Geelong Grammar School.Playing as a midfielder, Tapai debuted with Footscray JUST at age 18 in the NSL. In 1992, Tapai moved to overseas to play for Stoke City in Engl

Was an Austrian born poet, theatre and film critic, screen play author, film director and publisher

Was an Austrian born poet, theatre and film critic, screen play author, film director and publisher who later became a psychologist.

Was an Austrian physicist and philosopher and is the namesake for the Mach number and the optical il

Was an Austrian physicist and philosopher and is the namesake for the Mach number and the optical illusion known as Mach bands.Up to the age of 14 he was educated at home by his parents. He then joined a Gymnasium in Kremsier (now Kromeríž), where he studied for three years. In 1855 he entered the University of Vienna. There he studied physics and for one semester medical physiology, receiving his doctorate in physics in 1860 and his Habilitation the following year. His early work focused on the Doppler effect in optics and acoustics. In 1864 he took a job as Professor of Mathematics in Graz, having turned down the position of a chair in surgery at the University of Salzburg to do so, and in 1866 he was appointed as Professor of Physics. During that period Mach continued his work in psycho-physics and in sensory perception. In 1867 he took the chair of Professor of Experimental Physics at Charles-Ferdinand University, Prague, where he stayed for 28 years.

Was an Austrian pianist, componist and educator.Pauer formed a direct link with great Viennese tradi

Was an Austrian pianist, componist and educator.Pauer formed a direct link with great Viennese traditions: his mother was a member of the famous Streicher family of piano makers, and for a time (1839–44) he was a piano pupil of Mozart's son, F. X. W. Mozart and a composition student of Simon Sechter. After further study with Franz Lachner in Munich (1845–47) he worked as a conductor and composer in Mainz, before moving to London in 1851.