Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter E

Was an Australian politician. Born at Katanning, Western Australia, he was educated in Perth at Guil

Was an Australian politician. Born at Katanning, Western Australia, he was educated in Perth at Guildford Grammar School before returning to Katanning as a farmer and grazier. He was also a company director. In 1949 he was elected to the Australian Senate

Was an Australian cricketer, also known as The Bowling Baritone. He was a left arm orthodox bowler,

Was an Australian cricketer, also known as The Bowling Baritone. He was a left arm orthodox bowler, and a left hand bat. He scored 305 runs at a batting average of 16.05, and took 41 wickets at a bowling average of 34.51. He was in the first ever West Australian Sheffield Shield Team. In Western Australia's first season they made the final. O'Dwyer was one of WA's best, taking 5 wickets in one inning. O'Dwyer was the last man to dismiss Don Bradman in a first class match.

Is a former Australian footballer and manager. After playing his first four years of professional fo

Is a former Australian footballer and manager. After playing his first four years of professional football in Australia, Krncevic moved to the land of his parents in 1981, joining NK Dinamo Zagreb, where he had relative individual success, besides helping

Is a former Australian cricketer who played five first-class matches for Victoria between 1962 and 1

Is a former Australian cricketer who played five first-class matches for Victoria between 1962 and 1964. A right-arm medium pace bowler, Illingworth was best remembered for being no-balled for throwing in a Sheffield Shield match against South Australia in November 1964 by umpires Col Egar and Jack Ryan. His selection for Victoria was made more controversial by the fact that he had been called at district level for throwing prior to his first-class debut. During his career in local cricket, Illingworth played for Fitzroy in Victorian Premier Cricket. He made his debut in the first-grade team in the 1957–58 season. He was to represent them for 20 years, playing a total of 233 matches. Illingworth was selected to make his first-class début for Victoria against Tasmania at Kardinia Park in Geelong in February 1962. Illingworth's best performance in a Sheffield Shield match was against South Australia at the Adelaide Oval in the following week of November 1964, which was the same match in which he was called.

Is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays for J. League side Shimizu S-Pulse. He is of Cro

Is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays for J. League side Shimizu S-Pulse. He is of Croatian origin and was eligible to play for the nation of his parents. Eddy started his career playing for Northern Spirit and Sydney United in his native Au

Was an Australian rower. He was the first Australian to be recognised as a world champion in any spo

Was an Australian rower. He was the first Australian to be recognised as a world champion in any sport, after winning the World Sculling Championship in 1876, a title he held until 1880, when he was beaten by Canadian Ned Hanlan. Records show that rowing

Is an Australian professional golfer. He has had a huge amount of success playing in Australia, winn

Is an Australian professional golfer. He has had a huge amount of success playing in Australia, winning 11 times on the PGA Tour of Australasia, and winning over 50 tournaments in his career.He had a decorated amateur career, including a win at the Austra

Is a former Australian politician. He was an independent member of the South Australian House of Ass

Is a former Australian politician. He was an independent member of the South Australian House of Assembly between 1975 and 1977, representing the electorate of Pirie.At the 1975 state election, Labor and the opposition parties held 23 seats each. Connelly

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia. Magrath, a wing, was born in Sydney, New South W

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia. Magrath, a wing, was born in Sydney, New South Wales and claimed a total of 3 international rugby caps for Australia.

Was a boxer from New Zealand, who won the gold medal in the men's welterweight division at the 1928

Was a boxer from New Zealand, who won the gold medal in the men's welterweight division at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Is an Australian former football (soccer) player and coach.Smith represented Australia at the 1956

Is an Australian former football (soccer) player and coach.Smith represented Australia at the 1956 Olympic Games.

Was a cricketer who played for New South Wales and toured England with the Australian team in 1938 w

Was a cricketer who played for New South Wales and toured England with the Australian team in 1938 without playing a Test match. Born and raised in Sydney, he played grade cricket with the North Sydney club and scored 52 on his first-class debut against Victoria in 1934–35. White bowled with a fluent, upright action that maximised his height and he relied on accuracy and changes of pace rather than movement to secure wickets. Against South Australia in 1935–36, he captured 8/31 on a receptive pitch at the Sydney Cricket Ground, which included a spell of four wickets for no runs.

A former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council who served b

A former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council who served between 1991 and 2011, representing the Australian Labor Party. He was the Minister for Fisheries and the Minister for Mineral Resources from 1999–2003. Des

Is a geologist and emeritus scientist with the Geological Survey of Canada

Is a geologist and emeritus scientist with the Geological Survey of Canada

An Australian jurist, lawyer and politician

An Australian jurist, lawyer and politician

Was a leading Australian sportsman of the twentieth century, playing representative cricket, Austral

Was a leading Australian sportsman of the twentieth century, playing representative cricket, Australian rules football, tennis, badminton, golf, billiards, snooker and athletics. He has been called "probably the greatest all-round sportsman Tasmania has produced". A wicket-keeper, Pickett began playing for Tamar Cricket Club in the Northern Tasmania Cricket Association alongside Laurie Nash. In a match against the 1930 Australian side enroute to England, Pickett, who worked on the front counter of the Launceston Examiner newspaper, sought time off to play. Pickett was also a leading Australian rules footballer, playing for the City club in the Northern Tasmania Football Association and winning the Tasman Shields Trophy for the NTFA best and fairest in 1935.

Was an Australian cricketer who played first class cricket for Tasmania. He was a talented all round

Was an Australian cricketer who played first class cricket for Tasmania. He was a talented all rounder, a right-handed batsman, who could unusually bowl fast-medium, off-breaks and leg-breaks, and was successful with all three styles. His first class career lasted from the 1809/91 season until 1910/11. He died on 23 December 1953 aged 84 years.

Was an Australian cross country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 74th in the 18 km even

Was an Australian cross country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 74th in the 18 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. Haslingden also competed in the 50 km event at those same games, but did not finish. Together with Cedric Sloane, as

Was an Australian politician.Dickens was elected as the member for Wilcannia in the New South Wales

Was an Australian politician.Dickens was elected as the member for Wilcannia in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1889 and held the seat until defeated by the Labor Party candidate, Richard Sleath in 1894. Dickens then became a rabbit inspector

Was an Australian politician. Before entering poltiics he trained in wireless technology before beco

Was an Australian politician. Before entering poltiics he trained in wireless technology before becoming an engineer operator in 1915 and serving in World War I. In 1924 he was managing director of the Eastern Transport Company and in 1925 established the

Was an Australian administrator, politician and chancellor of the University of Sydney.

Was an Australian administrator, politician and chancellor of the University of Sydney.

Australian politician, was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1904 to 1917

Australian politician, was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1904 to 1917, then a member of the Australian House of Representatives until 1919.During his time as Member for Geraldton, Heitman was a member of the Western Australi

Was an Australian politician and publisher.Findley was elected as an Australian Labor Party member f

Was an Australian politician and publisher.Findley was elected as an Australian Labor Party member for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Melbourne in 1900 but was expelled from parliament soon after on 25 June 1901 for seditious libel as editor o

Was a professional Australian snooker and billiards player. He remains the only player to have been

Was a professional Australian snooker and billiards player. He remains the only player to have been world championship runner-up in both snooker and billiards without winning either title.

Was an Australian poet, journalist and short story writer.He was born at Morrisons near Ballarat in

Was an Australian poet, journalist and short story writer.He was born at Morrisons near Ballarat in March 1865. His father, George Dyson, arrived in Australia in 1852 and after working on various diggings became a mining engineer, his mother came from a life of refinement in England. The family led a roving life during Dyson's childhood, moving successively to Alfredton, Bendigo, Ballarat and Alfredton again. Unconsciously the boy was storing for future use the life of the miners, farmers and bushmen, among whom he lived. At 12 he began to work as an assistant to a travelling draper, after that was a whimboy in a mine, and for two or three years an assistant in a factory at Melbourne