Cultural Production in
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Australia
Australia ranks 22nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Czechia, Belgium, and Argentina. Memorable people born in present day Australia include Lawrence Bragg, Macfarlane Burnet, and Gough Whitlam. Memorable people who died in Australia include Macfarlane Burnet, Gough Whitlam, and Don Bradman. Australia has been the birth place of many athletes, and actors and the death place of many politicians, and athletes.
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It has a total area of 7,688,287 km2 (2,968,464 sq mi), making it the sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania. Australia is the world's flattest and driest inhabited continent. It is a megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates including deserts in the interior and tropical rainforests along the coast. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2010, present day Australia was the birth place of 1,457 globally memorable people, including Lawrence Bragg, Macfarlane Burnet, and Gough Whitlam. Additionaly, 237 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Australia including Macfarlane Burnet, Gough Whitlam, and Don Bradman.
People Born in Present Day Australia
Go to all RankingsLawrence Bragg
PHYSICIST
1890 - 1971
HPI: 82.07
Rank: 979
Macfarlane Burnet
BIOLOGIST
1899 - 1985
HPI: 77.22
Rank: 1,001
Gough Whitlam
POLITICIAN
1916 - 2014
HPI: 76.74
Rank: 1,010
Don Bradman
CRICKETER
1908 - 2001
HPI: 74.98
Rank: 1,166
Peter C. Doherty
PHYSICIAN
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 219
George Miller
FILM DIRECTOR
1945 - Present
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 895
Geoffrey Rush
ACTOR
1951 - Present
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 805
Tamam Shud case
MAFIOSO
1903 - 1948
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 1,112
Sia
MUSICIAN
1975 - Present
HPI: 72.20
Rank: 926
John Cornforth
CHEMIST
1917 - 2013
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 983
Elizabeth Blackburn
BIOLOGIST
1948 - Present
HPI: 72.13
Rank: 171
Cate Blanchett
ACTOR
1969 - Present
HPI: 71.61
Rank: 454
Newly Added People Born in Present Day Australia
Go to all RankingsPeople Deceased in Present Day Australia
Go to all RankingsMacfarlane Burnet
BIOLOGIST
1899 - 1985
HPI: 77.22
Rank: 175
Gough Whitlam
POLITICIAN
1916 - 2014
HPI: 76.74
Rank: 186
Don Bradman
CRICKETER
1908 - 2001
HPI: 74.98
Rank: 102
Tamam Shud case
MAFIOSO
1903 - 1948
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 52
Truganini
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1812 - 1876
HPI: 71.15
Rank: 194
Jack Brabham
RACING DRIVER
1926 - 2014
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 178
Patrick White
WRITER
1912 - 1990
HPI: 70.59
Rank: 92
Robin Warren
PHYSICIAN
1937 - 2024
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 117
Eugene Merle Shoemaker
ASTRONOMER
1928 - 1997
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 100
Fred Perry
TENNIS PLAYER
1909 - 1995
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 212
Malcolm Young
MUSICIAN
1953 - 2017
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 104
Ronald Fisher
STATISTICIAN
1890 - 1962
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 181
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Australia were athletes (363), actors (203), soccer players (160), tennis players (110), and cyclists (91), while most who died were politicians (33), athletes (28), tennis players (22), writers (18), and swimmers (15).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Australia, including Ron Clarke, Al Lawrence, and Betty Cuthbert. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Australia, including Mara, Bobby Pearce, and Ron Clarke.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Australia since 1700.