Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Is a football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.

Is a football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.

Is a female field hockey striker from Australia, who made her debut for the Australian women's natio

Is a female field hockey striker from Australia, who made her debut for the Australian women's national team during the Argentina Tour in 2001. Nicknamed Pete she was a member of the Hockeyroos at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where the team

First working as a model in Australia and Europe, she moved to Los Angeles where she studied acting

First working as a model in Australia and Europe, she moved to Los Angeles where she studied acting in 1991. She studied with people like Arthur Mendoza from The Actors Circle Theatre in Los Angeles, as well as Tom Waits at the TomKat Repertory Group. She

A former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representin

A former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Southern Highlands for the Liberal Party of Australia from 1996 until her retirement prior to the 2007 election.She worked in the television industry fro

Is a former women's cricketer for Australia whose international playing career ran from 1977 until 1

Is a former women's cricketer for Australia whose international playing career ran from 1977 until 1985. A right-handed batsman, Verco scored a century in Test cricket.

Was a boxer from Australia.Jackson was born in Christiansted, at the island Saint Croix which was th

Was a boxer from Australia.Jackson was born in Christiansted, at the island Saint Croix which was then the capital of the Danish West Indies (yet after after his time it became U.S. Virgin Islands) the son of Peter Jackson, warehouseman, and his wife, and

L Australian kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist. He jogs to the ring to AC/DC's Thunderstruck

L Australian kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist. He jogs to the ring to AC/DC's Thunderstruck and has trademarked his special moves like his somersault kick, The Rolling Thunder.

Is a Greek Australian footballer currently playing for Adelaide City in the South Australian Super L

Is a Greek Australian footballer currently playing for Adelaide City in the South Australian Super League. He was included in FourFourTwo magazine's list of ten best players outside the A-League, published in 2007. Eleftherakis holds 11 caps for the Austr

An Australian philosopher

An Australian philosopher

Peter Alexander Ivany is an Australian born media mogul. Son to Alex and Agota Ivany and brother to

Peter Alexander Ivany is an Australian born media mogul. Son to Alex and Agota Ivany and brother to Paul. He currently runs Ivany Investment Group (IIG) and previously was the CEO of Hoyts (1988-1999).

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 8 Tests from 1904 to 1909.

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 8 Tests from 1904 to 1909.

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 8 Tests from 1904 to 1909. His undemocratic appointment as

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 8 Tests from 1904 to 1909. His undemocratic appointment as vice-captain-cum-treasurer of the Australian cricket team in England in 1909 irrupted latent animus between the Australian Board of Control for International Cricket and its players. It was this which motivated the Big Six, supported by the South Australian Cricket Association and some disgruntled members of the Melbourne Cricket Club, to pull out of the 1912 Triangular Tournament.

Is a former Australian senator and Labor politician from 1974 to 1993.He was elected to the Australi

Is a former Australian senator and Labor politician from 1974 to 1993.He was elected to the Australian Senate in 1974, and served as Minister for Resources and Energy from 1983 to 1984 and Finance Minister from 1984 to 1990. He was noted for his pro-free

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

Is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finished seventh at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. His two year older brother Brent was also on the side, that competed in 1984. He also par

Is a right-handed batsmen and also bowls right arm medium.

Is a right-handed batsmen and also bowls right arm medium.

Was an Australian freestyle and medley swimmer of the 1960s, who won a bronze medal in the 4x100m me

Was an Australian freestyle and medley swimmer of the 1960s, who won a bronze medal in the 4x100m medley relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Although he set multiple world records, Reynolds peaked between Olympics and was unable to capture an indi

He commenced writing poetry while travelling through Texas in 1983. His early works, including his f

He commenced writing poetry while travelling through Texas in 1983. His early works, including his first book Thunder Road, Thunder Heart (1988), show the influence of American Beat writers such as Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and Charles Bukowski. His poems have appeared in over one hundred literary magazines worldwide, predominantly in English but also in Arabic, German, Japanese, Polish, Spanish and French. He has lived in Melbourne and London, and travelled widely throughout Australia, Europe, North America and Africa, occasionally as an artist-in-residence. In 2007 he became an artist in residence at the University of Macau

Was an Australian visual artist, a master craftsman in a variety of printing techniques, and an art

Was an Australian visual artist, a master craftsman in a variety of printing techniques, and an art theorist. Unlike many modern artists, Peter saw no contradiction between abstract and figurative art. He just used them as alternative methods of exploring a subject.In 1954 Graham began to explore native Australian wildlife (notably Kangaroos) He began developing a new form of visual geometry related to Chaos Theory from 1960, eventually called Thematic Orchestration. This new visual language enabled the 2D deconstruction and synthesis of an observed subject, in a way fundamentally different from traditional abstraction. Thematic Orchestration allows the artist to 'grow' an image, producing almost infinite conscious invention.

Was a cricketer who played one Test for New Zealand in 1965. Truscott was a right-handed batsman who

Was a cricketer who played one Test for New Zealand in 1965. Truscott was a right-handed batsman who had a brief first-class career, lasting just five years. He played three matches for Canterbury without great success in 1961-62, but in the next two sea

Truscott was a right-handed batsman who had a brief first-class career, lasting just five years. He

Truscott was a right-handed batsman who had a brief first-class career, lasting just five years. He played three matches for Canterbury without great success in 1961-62, but in the next two seasons played only for the New Zealand Under-23 side in one match each season. In 1963-64, he scored 165 when opening the batting for the Under-23s against Auckland, and this remained his only first-class century.

Was an Australian poet born at Perth. He was later educated at the University of Western Australia,

Was an Australian poet born at Perth. He was later educated at the University of Western Australia, and the University of Melbourne. He travelled extensively through Australia, working in the 1960s as a journalist and writer, including writing for The Mavis Bramston Show. In the 1980s moved to Turkey, where he became a Muslim and took the name Yusuf Bladen-Pryor.[1]

Is a former Australian Goalkeeper, now the goalkeeping coach at A-League side Adelaide United FC. He

Is a former Australian Goalkeeper, now the goalkeeping coach at A-League side Adelaide United FC. He used to play for Guangzhou Apollo in Chinese Jia-A League and is regarded as one of the best foreign players in Guangzhou football history.

An Australian figurative and abstract painter, and one of the key late-20th century Australian artis

An Australian figurative and abstract painter, and one of the key late-20th century Australian artists. His work is characterised by an intense emotional power of often dark narratives, and esoteric symbolism.Booth's landscapes are charged with emotion and symbolic meaning. Memories of his childhood in the blackened industrial landscape of Sheffield seem to infuse the work, especially his well-known apocalyptic figurative paintings, which look like images of the end of the world; illustrations for The Book of Revelation. These images contain an intense image of anxiety, evoking the aftermath of some terrible destruction, vividly pictured with menacing forms and agitated, heavily applied brushstrokes.

Is deputy leader of the New Zealand First party. He formerly managed a stevedoring company and led t

Is deputy leader of the New Zealand First party. He formerly managed a stevedoring company and led the New Zealand Stevedoring Employers Association; he holds a sea captain's certificate.

Is an Australian politician. He has been an ALP member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembl

Is an Australian politician. He has been an ALP member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since February 2001, representing the electorate of Albany.