Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter P

McDermott was born in Adelaide, a fraternal twin and one of six children in a Catholic family. His f

McDermott was born in Adelaide, a fraternal twin and one of six children in a Catholic family. His father, John, was a senior public servant and his mother, Betty, a home manager. The family moved to Canberra when McDermott was three.[1][2] He attended a

Is a former tennis playe

Is a former tennis playe

Is an Australian cross country skier who has competed since 1997. Competing in two Winter Olympics,

Is an Australian cross country skier who has competed since 1997. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 20th in the team sprint event at Vancouver in 2010 while earning his best individual finish of 51st in the individual sprint e

Is a former professional footballer who played for Bristol Rovers and represented New Zealand at int

Is a former professional footballer who played for Bristol Rovers and represented New Zealand at international level. Nixon made his All Whites debut as a substitute in a 1-0 win over Taiwan on 6 March, 1988 and he ended his international playing career

Is a football (soccer) player. He most recently played as a central defender for Australian A-League

Is a football (soccer) player. He most recently played as a central defender for Australian A-League club the Central Coast Mariners before being released because he "is not the right kind of player for the direction that we want our club to move in".

Is a former Australian football (soccer) player who retired after playing with Australian side Newca

Is a former Australian football (soccer) player who retired after playing with Australian side Newcastle United Jets. He previously captained the Australian National Team and has represented Australia Olympic Football Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in B

Is an Australian football (soccer) player from South Australia. He has played in the NSL with West A

Is an Australian football (soccer) player from South Australia. He has played in the NSL with West Adelaide SC from 1996 until 1999 and then went to play in the South Australian Super League with Adelaide City. Paul was signed by A-League outfit Perth Glo

Is a retired field hockey player from Australia, who won the silver medal with the Men's National Te

Is a retired field hockey player from Australia, who won the silver medal with the Men's National Team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Four years earlier he captured the bronze medal.

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Gibbs, a fly-half, was born in Birmingham and cla

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Gibbs, a fly-half, was born in Birmingham and claimed 1 international rugby cap for Australia.

Reiffel's career best bowling figures of 6-71 came at Edgbaston in 1993, of Australians only Shane W

Reiffel's career best bowling figures of 6-71 came at Edgbaston in 1993, of Australians only Shane Warne has better figures there. He took 104 wickets at 26.96 in 35 Tests, taking 5 or more wickets in an innings 5 times. He was an accurate bowler whose main attacking weapon was seam bowling.

(born on January 26, 1977) is an Australian golfer.

(born on January 26, 1977) is an Australian golfer.

Is a former field hockey midfield player from Australia, who was a member of the Men's National Hock

Is a former field hockey midfield player from Australia, who was a member of the Men's National Hockey Team. He twice won a medal at the Summer Olympics.

Is an Australian millionaire airline magnate, and former owner of the Minardi Formula One racing tea

Is an Australian millionaire airline magnate, and former owner of the Minardi Formula One racing team

Is an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legis

Is an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from December 1996 to May 1997, representing North Metropolitan Region.

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in 7 Tests from 1961 to 1963.

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in 7 Tests from 1961 to 1963.

Is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council

Is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1988 to 1996.He joined the Australian Labor Party in 1975, and worked as a research officer from 1981 until 1988. He was elected as a Labor member of

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played one first-class match for the Wellington Firebirds. He was th

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played one first-class match for the Wellington Firebirds. He was the son of Eric Tindill.

A science fiction author, community internetwork activist and performer. A strong stream of his art

A science fiction author, community internetwork activist and performer. A strong stream of his art is comic, though dark and surreal at times. His writing is characterised by its off-the-wall invention, naturalistic dialogue and strong Australian character.Paul Voermans was born in Traralgon, Victoria, Australia, of Indo ancestry. Brought up in Melbourne, he attended a Clarion Workshop-style, writing course at Monash University at the age of 16 and his first story appeared in The View from the Edge (George Turner, ed.) shortly afterwards.

Is a retired Australian football (soccer) player, who is most famous for his long-term role as capta

Is a retired Australian football (soccer) player, who is most famous for his long-term role as captain of the Socceroos, Australia's national football team. Born in Cheshire, England, Wade moved to Australia with his parents at age 11. By 1984, he had att

Was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly f

Was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2008, representing the electorate of Southern River.He won re-election at the 2005 state election by defeating Holmes a second time. Seeking a

Is a former Australian cricketer, who also represented Western Australia and South Australia. He was

Is a former Australian cricketer, who also represented Western Australia and South Australia. He was a strongly built right-arm fast bowler, whom was also a right-hand batsman.

A professional Tongan Super Heavyweight kickboxer and boxer fighting out of Mejiro Gym in Amsterdam,

A professional Tongan Super Heavyweight kickboxer and boxer fighting out of Mejiro Gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He's fighting in K-1 and was a K-1 Fighting Network Romania finalist in 2007 .[1]

A cricketer. She has played one Test Match and 17 one-day international for the White Ferns, Austral

A cricketer. She has played one Test Match and 17 one-day international for the White Ferns, Australia

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 2000s. She won a bronze medal in the

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 2000s. She won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Gainesville.

Hanson was raised in Woolloongabba, an inner city suburb of Brisbane. Her grandfather was an immigra

Hanson was raised in Woolloongabba, an inner city suburb of Brisbane. Her grandfather was an immigrant from England in 1908. Her father owned a take-away food shop (fish and chip shop). Hanson left school at the age of fifteen after barely passing, and worked in a variety of unskilled clerical and service jobs. She accumulated several rental properties, becoming independently wealthy. She married twice and has four children. In her early political career, she was famous for having owned a fish and chips shop in Ipswich, a city near Brisbane.