The Most Famous
DESIGNERS from Australia
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Australian Designers of all time. This list of famous Australian Designers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Catherine Martin (b. 1965)
With an HPI of 54.90, Catherine Martin is the most famous Australian Designer. Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.
Catherine Martin Luhrmann (born 26 January 1965) is an Australian costume designer, production designer, set designer, and film producer. She is best known for her frequent collaborations with director Baz Luhrmann. She has received numerous accolades, including four Academy Awards, six BAFTA Awards, and a Tony Award. Martin was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2025. Martin came to international prominence for providing both the costumes and production design in Luhrmann's feature directorial debut Strictly Ballroom (1992), which later became the first installment of the "Red Curtain Trilogy". Martin received her first Oscar nomination for art direction in the second part of the trilogy, Romeo + Juliet (1996). She then collected the Academy Award for Best Costume Design as well as the Academy Award for Best Production Design for her work in the Curtain's last chapter, Moulin Rouge! (2001). Martin became just the second woman to win multiple Oscars in a single year (after Edith Head) and the first to accomplish this feat twice, winning the same two categories for The Great Gatsby (2013). She was also Oscar-nominated for Australia (2008) and Elvis (2022). Having won four awards out of nine nominations, she holds the record for the most Oscar wins of any Australian.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Australian designers born between 1965 and 1965. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Australian designers include Catherine Martin.
