Arts and Music
Prominent intellectuals, writers, artists, bands, and musicians to hail from Adelaide include:
Graeme Hugo – demographer and Federation Fellow (2002)
J. J. C. Smart – philosopher
Hugh Stretton – historian and sociologist
Peter Sutton – anthropologist
Ghil'ad Zuckermann – linguist and revivalist
Dame Judith Anderson AC DBE - Rebecca, And Then There Were None; Tony and Emmy Award winner
Holly Brisley - Home and Away
Sam Clark - Neighbours
Kate Fischer - Sirens
Sir Robert Helpmann CBE - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Nicholas Hope - Bad Boy Bubby
Dichen Lachman - Neighbours, Dollhouse
Anthony LaPaglia - Without a Trace
Jonathan LaPaglia - Seven Days, The District
Glenn McMillan - Wonderland
Ben Oxenbould - Hey Dad..!
Teresa Palmer - December Boys, I Am Number Four
Lois Ramsey - Road to Nhill, Home and Away
Xavier Samuel - The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Hugh Sheridan - Packed to the Rafters
Allen Tiller - Haunting: Australia
Sonia Todd - McLeod's Daughters
Melanie Vallejo - Winners and Losers
Samara Weaving
Anthony "Lehmo" Lehmann – comedian
Richard Marsland
Shaun Micallef
Greig Pickhaver AM – aka "H.G. Nelson"
Roy Rene – aka "Mo McCackie"
Frank Woodley
Mario Andreacchio
David James Campbell
Alex Frayne
Rolf de Heer
Scott Hicks
Pip Karmel
Anthony Maras
Gian Carlo Petraccaro
Michael James Rowland
Murali K. Thalluri
Eddie White
Annabel Crabb - political writer and commentator
Brady Haran - independent video journalist and Internet personality
Jenni Hogan - TV reporter and host, Emmy Award winner
Christian Kerr - political commentator and journalist
Bruce McAvaney OAM - sports broadcaster
Hamish McLachlan - television sports commentator for the Seven Network
David Penberthy - editor-in-chief of the Australian newspaper The Daily Telegraph
Musicians and bands
Allday
Atlas Genius
The Angels
At Sunset
The Audreys
Jimmy Barnes
Bit By Bats
Beeb Birtles
David Campbell
Wes Carr
Cold Chisel
Julian Cochran
Beccy Cole
Michael Crafter
Fraternity
Funkoars
Peter Furler
Sia Furler
Dave Graney
Angie Hart
Hilltop Hoods
The Hot Lies
I Killed the Prom Queen
Jim Keays
Paul Kelly
Lowrider
The Mark of Cain
The Masters Apprentices
Reece Mastin
Sarah McLeod
Sister Janet Mead
Orianthi Panagaris
Redgum
Aleesha Rome
Guy Sebastian
Glenn Shorrock
Benjamin Speed
The Superjesus
Swanee
Michelle Tumes
The Twilights
Universum
Virgin Black
Wolf & Cub
James Ashton - painter and arts educator
Dorrit Black - modernist printmaker and painter
Michal Dutkiewicz - comic book artist and illustrator, three time winner of the Stanley Award
Robert Hannaford AM - portrait artist, three time winner of the People's Choice Award of the Archibald Prize
Sir Hans Heysen OBE - landscape painter, nine time winner of the Wynne Prize
Nora Heysen AM - portrait artist, first female winner of the Archibald Prize
Ondrej Mares - sculptor and furniture maker
Jeffrey Smart AO - precisionist landscape painter
Susan Dorothea White - painter, sculptor and printmaker
Malcolm Afford - playwright and novelist
Guy Boothby - novelist and travel writer
James Bradley - novelist and critic
Brian Castro – novelist
Nancy Cato - author
J M Coetzee - novelist and essayist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Aidan Coleman - poet
David Conyers - science fiction author
Geoffrey Dutton AO - poet, author and historian, winner of the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry
Max Fatchen AM - journalist and children's author
Mem Fox AM - educator and children's author
Peter Goldsworthy AM - novelist, poet and scriptwriter, winner of the Helpmann Award
Christine Harris - children's and young adult author
Max Harris AO - poet, critic and columnist
Vernon Knowles - fantasy author
Caleb Lewis - playwright
DBC Pierre - novelist, winner of the Man Booker Prize
Gillian Rubinstein - children's author and playwright
Bel Schenk - poet
Tony Shillitoe - fantasy author
Tim Sinclair - poet and novelist
Hugh Stretton - historian and sociologist
Anne Summers - feminist writer and editor
Colin Thiele AC - children's author and educator, winner of the Dromkeen medal
David Thorne - humorist and satirist
Russel Ward - historian and author of The Australian Legend
Sean Williams - science fiction author
Ben Winch - novelist
Nan Witcomb - poet
Rick Allert AO - accountant, company director and chairperson
Balfours family - bakery founders
Barr Smith family - businessmen and philanthropists
Shaun Bonétt - property developer, entrepreneur and philanthropist
Cooper family - brewery founders
Thomas Elder GCMG - pastoralist, politician and philanthropist
Gerard family - founders of Clipsal
Edward Hayward Kt - owner and manager of John Martins
Sir Sidney Kidman - pastoralist, entrepreneur and landowner
Matthew and Zbigniew Michalewicz - entrepreneurs and co-founders of SolveIT Software
Rupert Murdoch AC - media mogul, chairperson and CEO of News Corporation
John Spalvins - managing director of Adelaide Steamship Company
Robert Stigwood - impresario, entertainment entrepreneur and film producer
Michael Tunn - radio announcer and program director
Gary Turner - producer, record company owner and founder of LearnToPlayMusic.com
Law and politics
Sir John Langdon Bonython KCMG - member of the first Australian parliament
Sir John Lavington Bonython - Mayor and Lord Mayor of Adelaide
Michael Bradley - mayor of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
James Crawford - Legal academic and Judge of the International Court of Justice (2014)
Mario Despoja - leader of the Croatian community in Australia
Natasha Stott Despoja AM - senator and leader of the Australian Democrats
Alexander Downer AC - Foreign Affairs Minister and Leader of the Opposition
Alexander Downer, Sr. KBE - member of the House of Representatives and High Commissioner to London
John Downer KCMG KC - twice Premier of South Australia
John Finnis - Professor of Law at University College, Oxford
Julia Gillard - Prime Minister and leader of the Australian Labor Party
Janine Haines - senator and leader of the Australian Democrats
Sir Charles Kingston - Premier of South Australia and Minister for Trade and Customs in the first Commonwealth parliament
Dame Roma Mitchell AC DBE CVO - Australia's first female QC, first female judge, and first female Governor
Catherine Helen Spence - suffragist, electoral reformer, prohibitionist, and first female political candidate in Australia
Ian Wilson AM - member of the Australian House of Representatives and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs
Sir Keith Wilson CBE - senator and member of the Australian House of Representatives
List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Adelaide
List of Premiers of South Australia
Category: Federal politicians from South Australia
World-renowned Adelaide scientists include:
Len Beadell OAM BEM - surveyor, roadbuilder and explorer; asteroid 3161 Beadell is named after him
William Henry Bragg OM KBE PRS - physicist, chemist and mathematician, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics
William Lawrence Bragg CH OBE MC FRS - physicist and crystallographer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics and youngest Nobel Laureate
Rodney Brooks - roboticist, director of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and founding member of the iRobot corporation
Brendon Coventry - surgical oncologist and medical researcher, discovered the human immune cycle
Baron Howard Florey OM FRS FRCP - pharmacologist and pathologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Cecil Madigan - geologist and meteorologist, member of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition
Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS FAA - geologist and explorer, leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition
Sir Mark Oliphant AC KBE FRS FAA - nuclear physicist, winner of the Hughes Medal and the Faraday Medal
Christopher Rawson and Mary Penfold - winemakers
Reg Sprigg AO - geologist and conservationist
Terence Tao FRS FAA - mathematician, winner of the Fields Medal
Andy Thomas AO - aerospace engineer and NASA astronaut
David Unaipon - inventor and writer, commemorated on the Australian fifty-dollar note
Robin Warren AC - pathologist and researcher, winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine
Sir Hubert Wilkins - Arctic explorer, ornithologist and geographer
Internationally and nationally recognised sports people from Adelaide include:
Chris Sperou - thirteen time National Aerobatics Champion, and five time participant in the FAI World Aerobatic Championships
Simon Fairweather OAM - Olympic gold medalist
Nathan Buckley - captained the Collingwood Football Club, winner of the Brownlow Medal
Adam Cooney - plays for the Western Bulldogs, winner of the Brownlow Medal
Bryce Gibbs - plays for the Carlton Football Club
Matthew Pavlich - captained the Fremantle Football Club
Adelaide Football Club players
Port Adelaide Football Club players
Mark Bradtke - played one season in the NBA for the Philadelphia 76ers, played in the NBL for the Adelaide 36ers, Melbourne Tigers and Brisbane Bullets. Three time NBL Championship winner and 2002 NBL Most Valuable Player. NBL's all-time leading rebounder. Played for the Australian Boomers in four Olympic Games and two World Championships
Lindsay Gaze - played for the Australian Boomers in three Olympics and coached the team in four Olympics. Two time NBL Championship winning coach, three time NBL Coach of the Year and a member of the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame, FIBA Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Ben Madgen - plays in the NBL for the Sydney Kings
Brett Maher - played in the NBL for the Adelaide 36ers, captained the team to three Championships, played in three Olympic Games for the Australian Boomers
Mike McKay - played in the NBL for the West Adelaide Bearcats, Adelaide 36ers, Brisbane Bullets, Canberra Cannons and Wollongong Hawks. Won the 1985 Rookie of the Year and 1986 NBL championship with the 36ers. Played for the Australian Boomers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Brad Newley - plays in Spain for CB Gran Canaria, drafted to the NBA by the Houston Rockets. Has played for the Australian Boomers in the Olympic Games, World Championships and Commonwealth Games
Erin Phillips - plays in the WNBA for the Phoenix Mercury, played for the Connecticut Sun, won a championship with the Indiana Fever, played in the WNBL for the Adelaide Lightning, Olympic silver medalist and FIBA gold medalist with the Australian Opals
Luke Schenscher - 7'1" (216 cm) tall Centre, played in the NBA for the Chicago Bulls and the Portland Trail Blazers – plays in the NBL for the Adelaide 36ers, played in the East Asian Games for the Australian Boomers in 2001 while still in high school. A member of the 2003–04 NCAA All-Final Four Team
Phil Smyth AM - played in the NBL for the St Kilda Saints, Canberra Cannons, Adelaide 36ers and Sydney Kings. Won three championships as a player at Canberra and coached the 36ers to three Championship wins. Played for the Australian Boomers in four Olympic Games and five World Championships. Captained the Boomers from 1983-1995
Greg Blewett - played for the Australian national cricket team
Sir Donald Bradman AC - captained Australia, all-time highest Test batting average of any player with 99.94 (Note: Bradman was born on Cootamundra, New South Wales in 1908 and moved to Adelaide in 1934)
Greg Chappell MBE - captained Australia
Ian Chappell - captained Australia
Trevor Chappell - played for Australia
Jason Gillespie - played for Australia
Clem Hill - captained Australia
David Hookes - played for Australia
Barry Jarman OAM - captained Australia
Arthur G. Jenkins - first South Australian to umpire a cricket Test match
Darren Lehmann - played for Australia. Current (2015) coach of the Australian team
Wayne Phillips - played for Australia
Vic Richardson OBE - captained Australia. Also won Magarey Medal (Australian Rules Football) and represented Australia in Baseball. Grandfather of Ian, Greg and Trevor Chappell
Shaun Tait - plays for Australia
Annette Edmondson - Commonwealth Games gold medalist 2014, Olympic bronze medalist in the omnium 2012
Alex Edmondson - Commonwealth Games Team pursuit champion, World individual pursuit champion 2014
Stephanie Morton - Commonwealth Games Individual Sprint Champion 2014
Alexandra Manly - professional cyclist at Orica-AIS
Stuart O'Grady OAM - Olympic gold medalist in the Men's Madison, silver and bronze medalist in the 4000m Team Pursuit, bronze medalist in the Points Race, and four time second-place finisher in the Tour de France
Michael Turtur OAM - Olympic gold medalist in the Team Pursuit, and Race Director of the Tour Down Under
Sam Willoughby - Olympic silver medalist in the Men's BMX and UCI BMX world champion
Matthew Glaetzer - Olympic Gold, Silver and bronze medalist for the Australian Cyclist team since 2009
Kimberley Wells (cyclist) - Two time national criterium champion, and current professional cyclist.
Geoff Ogilvy - U.S. Open winner and three time World Golf Championships winner
Adam Scott - U.S. Masters winner and World number one
Frank Giorgi - two time Australian champion and world Super Middleweight champion
Paul Slowinski - four time Muay Thai world champion
John Boulger - two time Australian Speedway Champion, nine time South Australian Champion, captained Australia to win the Speedway World Team Cup
Jeremy Burgess - MotoGP engineer, helped Wayne Gardner, Mick Doohan and Valentino Rossi to 12 World Championships
Garrie Cooper - founder of Elfin Sports Cars, Australian 1½ Litre Champion, Australian Sports Car Champion and Singapore Grand Prix winner
Daniel Falzon - two time Australian Superbike Champion
Steve Martin - Superbike World Championship veteran and World Endurance Champion
Billy McConnell - competes in the British Supersport Championship
Nick Percat - V8 Supercar driver, Australian Formula Ford Champion and Bathurst 1000 winner
Vern Schuppan - Formula One driver, 24 Hours of Le Mans winner and Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year
Johnnie Walker - Australian Drivers' Champion and Australian Grand Prix winner
Jack Young - two time Speedway World Champion and nine time South Australian Champion
Dianne Alagich - played in the Women's United Soccer Association for the San Jose CyberRays, played for the Matildas
John Aloisi - played in La Liga, Premier League and Serie A, played for the Socceroos at the FIFA World Cup
Alex Tobin - captained the Socceroos
Aurelio Vidmar - captained the Socceroos
Tony Vidmar - played for the Socceroos
Adelaide United FC players
Awer Mabil - Plays for FC Midtjylland
Kylie Halliday - placed second at the Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships
Kyle Chalmers - 2016 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the 100m freestyle
Darren Cahill - Australian Open doubles finalist, US Open singles semi-finalist
Lleyton Hewitt - U.S. Open and Wimbledon winner and World number one
Alicia Molik - Australian Open and French Open doubles winner, reached World top ten singles ranking
Mark Woodforde OAM - two time Australian Open, one time French Open, six time Wimbledon, and three time French Open doubles winner, Olympic gold and silver medalist and World number one
Blake Gaudry - 2012 Summer Olympics competitor, Australian Gymnastics Championships Winner
Kerri Pottharst OAM - Olympic gold and bronze medalist in beach volleyball
David Hicks - former Guantanamo Bay inmate, falsely convicted of 'providing material support to terrorism'
