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Adelaide Adelaide ( , ; ) is the list of Australian capital cities, capital and most populous city of South Australia, as well as the list of cities in Australia by population, fifth-most populous city in Australia. The name "Adelaide" may refer to ei ...
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Arts and music

Prominent intellectuals, writers, artists, bands, and musicians to hail from Adelaide include:


Actors

*Dame Judith Anderson – ''
Rebecca Rebecca () appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical tradition, Rebecca's father was Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, also called Aram-Naharaim. Rebecca's brother was Laban (Bi ...
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And Then There Were None ''And Then There Were None'' is a mystery fiction, mystery novel by the English writer Agatha Christie, who described it as the most difficult of her books to write. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 6 N ...
''; Tony and
Emmy Award The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the year, each with their own set of rules and award categor ...
winner *
Elspeth Ballantyne Elspeth Ballantyne (born 1939) is a retired Australian actress, who appeared in theatre, television and film roles over a career that spanned nearly 60 years, a veteran of the industry having started her career as a child actor and becoming a ...
– ''
Prisoner A prisoner, also known as an inmate or detainee, is a person who is deprived of liberty against their will. This can be by confinement or captivity in a prison or physical restraint. The term usually applies to one serving a Sentence (law), se ...
'' * Holly Brisley – ''
Home and Away ''Home and Away'' (''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip to Kangaroo Point, N ...
'' * Sam Clark – ''
Neighbours ''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera that has aired since 18 March 1985. It was created by television executive Reg Watson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap '' Sons and ...
'' * Kate Fischer – '' Sirens'' *Sir Robert Helpmann – ''
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' is a 1968 children's film, children's Musical film, musical fantasy film directed by Ken Hughes and produced by Albert R. Broccoli. It stars Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, Gert Fröbe, Anna Quayle, ...
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (also known as ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English Children's literature, children's novel by Lewis Carroll, a mathematics university don, don at the University of Oxford. It details the story of a ...
'' * Nicholas Hope – '' Bad Boy Bubby'' * Dichen Lachman – ''Neighbours'', '' Dollhouse'' *
Anthony LaPaglia Anthony LaPaglia (, ; born 31 January 1959) is an Australian actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen he has received several accolades including three AACTA Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award. For his starring role as Jac ...
– ''
Without a Trace ''Without a Trace'' is an American police procedural drama television series created by Hank Steinberg that aired on CBS from September 26, 2002, to May 19, 2009 with the total of seven seasons and 160 episodes. The series focuses the cases of ...
'' * Jonathan LaPaglia – '' Seven Days'', ''
The District ''The District'' is an American crime drama and police procedural television series that aired on CBS from October 7, 2000, to May 1, 2004. The show followed the work and personal life of the chief of Washington, D.C.'s police department. P ...
'' * Glenn McMillan – '' Wonderland'', ''
Power Rangers Ninja Storm ''Power Rangers Ninja Storm'' is a television series and the eleventh season of the ''Power Rangers'' franchise, based on the 26th Super Sentai series '' Ninpu Sentai Hurricaneger''. The season marked a series of firsts in the franchise, being ...
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John Noble John Noble (born 20 August 1948) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Denethor in ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy (2001–2003), and Dr. Walter Bishop in the Fox science fiction series '' Fringe'' (2008–2013). ...
– ''
Fringe Fringe may refer to: Arts and music * "The Fringe", or Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world's largest arts festival * Adelaide Fringe, the world's second-largest annual arts festival * Fringe theatre, a name for alternative theatre * Purple fri ...
'' * Ben Oxenbould – '' Hey Dad..!'' * Teresa Palmer – '' December Boys'', ''
I Am Number Four ''I Am Number Four'' is a young adult fiction, young adult science fiction novel by Pittacus Lore (the pseudonym of James Frey and Jobie Hughes) and the first book in the ''Lorien Legacies'' series. The book was published by HarperCollins on Aug ...
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Lois Ramsey Lois June Ramsey (; 18 June 1922 – 22 January 2016) also billed as Lois Ramsay, was an Australian actress, best known for her regular roles on television series '' The Box'' and ''Prisoner''. She often played quirky, eccentric old ladies on ...
– '' Road to Nhill'', ''Home and Away'' * Mandahla Rose – ''All About E'', '' Oranges and Sunshine'' * Xavier Samuel – '' The Twilight Saga: Eclipse'' * Hugh Sheridan – ''
Packed to the Rafters ''Packed to the Rafters'' is an Australian family-oriented comedy drama television program which premiered on the Seven Network on Tuesday 26 August 2008 at 8:30 pm. The show continued on Tuesdays in this timeslot for its entire run. The dr ...
'' * Sarah Snook – ''
Succession Succession is the act or process of following in order or sequence. Governance and politics *Order of succession, in politics, the ascension to power by one ruler, official, or monarch after the death, resignation, or removal from office of ...
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Golden Globe The Golden Globe Awards are awards presented for excellence in both international film and television. It is an annual award ceremony held since 1944 to honor artists and professionals and their work. The ceremony is normally held every Januar ...
winner * Kodi Smit-McPhee – '' The Power of the Dog''; Oscar-nominated actor * Sonia Todd – '' McLeod's Daughters'' * Adam Tuominen – ''
Power Rangers Ninja Storm ''Power Rangers Ninja Storm'' is a television series and the eleventh season of the ''Power Rangers'' franchise, based on the 26th Super Sentai series '' Ninpu Sentai Hurricaneger''. The season marked a series of firsts in the franchise, being ...
'', '' Underbelly: Razor'', '' Escape from Pretoria'' * Melanie Vallejo – ''
Winners and Losers ''Winners & Losers'' is an Australian television drama series first broadcast on the Seven Network on 22 March 2011. It was created by the producers of '' Packed to the Rafters'' and is aired in the show's former time slot. ''Winners & Losers' ...
'', '' Power Rangers Mystic Force'' * Samara Weaving


Comedians

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Anthony Lehmann Anthony Lehmann (born 20 August 1969), professionally known as Lehmo, is an Australian comedian, actor, television and radio presenter. Career Born in Peebinga, South Australia, Lehmann started out working as a chartered accountant before reali ...
– aka "Lehmo" Lehmann * Richard Marsland * Shaun Micallef *
Greig Pickhaver Gordon Greig Pickhaver (born 10 February 1948) is an Australian actor, comedian and writer, who forms one half of the satirical sports comedy duo '' Roy and HG'' as the excitable sports announcer HG Nelson. The award-winning duo teamed up in 1 ...
– aka "H.G. Nelson" * Roy Rene – aka "Mo McCackie" * Frank Woodley


Film directors

* Mario Andreacchio * David James Campbell * Alex Frayne *
Rolf de Heer Rolf de Heer (born 4 May 1951) is a Dutch Australian film director. De Heer was born in Heemskerk in the Netherlands but migrated to Sydney when he was eight years old.
* Scott Hicks * Pip Karmel * Justin Kurzel * Anthony Maras *
Michael James Rowland Michael James Rowland (born 15 January 1964) is an Australians, Australian film director. Early years Prior to his screen career, Rowland studied graphic design at the North Adelaide School of Art in South Australia and started his early worki ...


Humanities

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Graeme Hugo Graeme John Hugo (5 December 1946 – 20 January 2015) was an Australian demographer, academic, and geographer. Hugo, a professor of geography at University of Adelaide, was considered one of Australia's leading demographers. He served as the d ...
– demographer and Federation Fellow (2002) *
J. J. C. Smart John Jamieson Carswell Smart (16 September 1920 – 6 October 2012) was a British-Australian philosopher who was appointed as an Emeritus Professor by the Australian National University. He worked in the fields of metaphysics, philosophy of sci ...
– philosopher * Hugh Stretton – historian and sociologist * Peter Sutton – anthropologist * Wesley Wildman – philosopher, theologian, ethicist *
Ghil'ad Zuckermann Ghil'ad Zuckermann (, ; ) is an Israeli-born language revivalist and linguist who works in contact linguistics, lexicology and the study of language, culture and identity. Zuckermann was awarded the Rubinlicht Prize (2023) "for his researc ...
– linguist and revivalist


Journalists

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Annabel Crabb Annabel Crabb is an Australian political journalist, commentator and television host who is the ABC's chief online political writer. She has worked for Adelaide's '' The Advertiser'', ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', ''The Age'', the '' Sunday A ...
– political writer and commentator * Brady Haran – independent video journalist and Internet personality * Jenni Hogan – TV reporter and host,
Emmy Award The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the year, each with their own set of rules and award categor ...
winner * Christian Kerr – political commentator and journalist * David Koch – financial journalist and former presenter of ''
Sunrise Sunrise (or sunup) is the moment when the upper rim of the Sun appears on the horizon in the morning, at the start of the Sun path. The term can also refer to the entire process of the solar disk crossing the horizon. Terminology Although the S ...
'' * Bruce McAvaney – sports broadcaster * Hamish McLachlan – television sports commentator for the
Seven Network Seven Network (stylised 7Network, and commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is an Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, ...
* David Penberthy – editor-in-chief of the Australian newspaper ''
The Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a British daily broadsheet conservative newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally. It was found ...
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Musicians and bands

* Allday * The Angels * At Sunset *
Atlas Genius Atlas Genius is an Australian alternative rock band formed in Adelaide, Australia in November 2009. The band's mainstay members are the Jeffery brothers, Keith on lead vocals and lead guitar; Michael on drums; and Darren Sell on keyboard. Their ...
* The Audreys *
Jimmy Barnes James Dixon Barnes ( Swan; born 28 April 1956) is an Australian rock singer. His career, both as a solo performer and as the lead vocalist with the rock band Cold Chisel, has made him one of the most popular and best-selling Australian music a ...
* The Beards * Beeb Birtles * Bit By Bats * David Campbell * Wes Carr * Julian Cochran *
Cold Chisel Cold Chisel are an Australian Pub rock (Australia), pub rock band, which formed in Adelaide in 1973 by mainstay members Ian Moss on guitar and vocals, Steve Prestwich on drums, Les Kaczmarek on bass and Don Walker (musician), Don Walker on pia ...
* Beccy Cole * Michael Crafter *
Delta Delta commonly refers to: * Delta (letter) (Δ or δ), the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet * D (NATO phonetic alphabet: "Delta"), the fourth letter in the Latin alphabet * River delta, at a river mouth * Delta Air Lines, a major US carrier ...
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Fraternity A fraternity (; whence, "wikt:brotherhood, brotherhood") or fraternal organization is an organization, society, club (organization), club or fraternal order traditionally of men but also women associated together for various religious or secular ...
* Funkoars * Peter Furler * Dave Graney *
Angie Hart Angela Ruth Hart, billed as Angie Hart, is an Australian singer best known for her role as lead vocalist in the alternative pop rock band Frente! and the indie pop duo Splendid (musical duo), Splendid with her then-husband Jesse Tobias. Hart's s ...
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Hilltop Hoods Hilltop Hoods are an Australian hip hop group that formed in 1994 in Blackwood, Adelaide, South Australia. They are regarded as pioneers of the " larrikin-like" style of Australian hip hop. The group was founded by Suffa (Matthew David Lambert) ...
* The Hot Lies * I Killed the Prom Queen * Jim Keays * Paul Kelly * Rachael Leahcar * Lowrider *
Tkay Maidza Takudzwa Victoria Rosa "Tkay" Maidza ( ; (born 17 December 1995) is a Zimbabwean-born Australian singer-songwriter and hip hop artist from Adelaide, South Australia. She has been nominated for and won many awards, and released two albums: '' Tk ...
* The Mark of Cain * The Masters Apprentices * Reece Mastin * Sarah McLeod * Sister Janet Mead * Rudy Nikkerud * Orianthi Panagaris * Redgum * Aleesha Rome *
Guy Sebastian Guy Theodore Sebastian (born 26 October 1981) is an Australian singer who rose to fame after winning the Australian Idol (season 1), first season of ''Australian Idol'', in 2003. Born in Malaysia and raised in Adelaide, Australia, Sebastian h ...
* Glenn Shorrock * Sia * Benjamin Speed * The Superjesus * Swanee *
Michelle Tumes Michelle Louise Tumes (born 1971) is an Australian contemporary Christian musician from Adelaide. In 1993, she moved to the United States and has released four studio albums, ''Listen'' (1998), ''Center of My Universe'' (2000), ''Dream'' (2001) ...
* The Twilights * Universum * Virgin Black * Wolf & Cub


Visual artists

* 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 Robert Lyall "Alfie" Hannaford is an Australian realist artist notable for his drawings, paintings, portraits and sculptures. He is a great-great-great-grandson of Susannah Hannaford. Early life, education, and family Robert Lyall Hann ...
– portrait artist, three-time winner of the People's Choice Award of the
Archibald Prize The Archibald Prize is an Australian portraiture art prize for painting, generally seen as the most prestigious portrait prize in Australia. It was first awarded in 1921 after the receipt of a bequest from J. F. Archibald, J. F. Archib ...
* Barbara Hanrahan – artist, printmaker and writer *Sir Hans Heysen – landscape painter, nine-time winner of the Wynne Prize * Nora Heysen – portrait artist, first female winner of the Archibald Prize * Ondrej Mares – sculptor and furniture maker * Joseph Stanislaus Ostoja-Kotkowski – painting, photography, film-making, theatre design, fabric design, murals, kinetic and static sculpture, stained glass, vitreous enamel murals, op-collages, computer graphics, and laser art * Geoffrey Proud – portrait and landscape painter, sculptor, winner of the 1990 Archibald Prize, winner of the 1975 Sulman Prize *
Jeffrey Smart Frank Jeffrey Edson Smart (26 July 1921 – 20 June 2013) was an expatriate Australian painter known for his precisionist depictions of urban landscapes that are "full of private jokes and playful allusions". Smart was born and educated ...
– precisionist landscape painter * Susan Dorothea White – painter, sculptor and printmaker


Writers

* Malcolm Afford – playwright and novelist *
Guy Boothby Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 – 26 February 1905) was a prolific Australian novelist and writer, noted for sensational fiction in variety magazines around the end of the nineteenth century. He lived mainly in England. He is best known fo ...
– novelist and travel writer *
James Bradley James Bradley (September 1692 – 13 July 1762) was an English astronomer and priest who served as the third Astronomer Royal from 1742. He is best known for two fundamental discoveries in astronomy, the aberration of light (1725–1728), and ...
– novelist and critic * Brian Castro – novelist * Nancy Cato – author *
J. M. Coetzee John Maxwell Coetzee Order of Australia, AC Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, FRSL Order of Mapungubwe, OMG (born 9 February 1940) is a South African and Australian novelist, essayist, linguist, and translator. The recipient of the 2003 ...
– novelist and essayist, winner of the
Nobel Prize in Literature The Nobel Prize in Literature, here meaning ''for'' Literature (), is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in ...
* Aidan Coleman – poet * David Conyers – science fiction author * Geoffrey Dutton – poet, author and historian, winner of the
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry The Grace Leven Prize for Poetry was an annual poetry award in Australia, given in the name of Grace Leven who died in 1922. It was established by William Baylebridge who "made a provision for an annual poetry prize in memory of 'my benefactress ...
* Max Fatchen – journalist and children's author * Mem Fox – educator and children's author * Peter Goldsworthy – novelist, poet and scriptwriter, winner of the Helpmann Award * Christine Harris – children's and young adult author * Max Harris – poet, critic and columnist * Vernon Knowles – fantasy author * Kym Lardner – children's author, illustrator, and storyteller * Caleb Lewis – playwright * DBC Pierre – novelist, winner of the
Man Booker Prize The Booker Prize, formerly the Booker Prize for Fiction (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019), is a prestigious literary award conferred each year for the best single work of sustained fiction written in the English language, wh ...
* 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 Anne Summers (born 12 March 1945) is an Australian writer and columnist, best known as a leading feminist, editor and publisher. She was formerly First Assistant Secretary of the Office of the Status of Women in the Department of the Prime Min ...
– feminist writer and editor * Colin Thiele – children's author and educator, winner of the Dromkeen medal * David Thorne – humorist and satirist *
Russel Ward Russel Braddock Ward AM (9 November 1914 – 13 August 1995) was an Australian historian. He is best known for ''The Australian Legend'' (1958), an examination of the development of the " Australian character", which was awarded the Ernest Sc ...
– historian and author of ''The Australian Legend'' * Sean Williams – science fiction author * Ben Winch – novelist * Nan Witcomb – poet * Laetitia Withall – poet, author and suffragette


Business and media

* Rick Allert – accountant, company director and chairperson * Balfours family – bakery founders * Barr Smith family – businessmen and philanthropists * Matt Barrie – entrepreneur, CEO Freelancer Limited * Shaun Bonétt – property developer, entrepreneur and philanthropist * Cooper family – brewery founders * Thomas Elder – pastoralist, politician and philanthropist * Gerard family – founders of Clipsal * Haigh Family – chocolatiers * Edward Hayward – 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 Keith Rupert Murdoch ( ; born 11 March 1931) is an Australian - American retired business magnate, investor, and media mogul. Through his company News Corp, he is the owner of hundreds of List of assets owned by News Corp, local, national, a ...
– media mogul, chairperson and CEO of
News Corporation The original incarnation of News Corporation (abbreviated News Corp. and also variously known as News Corporation Limited) was an American Multinational corporation, multinational mass media corporation founded and controlled by media mogul Ru ...
* Mary Penfold – winemaker * John Spalvins – managing director of Adelaide Steamship Company *
Robert Stigwood Robert Colin Stigwood (16 April 1934 – 4 January 2016) was an Australian-born British-resident music entrepreneur, film producer, and impresario, best known for managing musicians such as Cream, Andy Gibb, and the Bee Gees; theatrical produc ...
– 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

*
Julie Bishop Julie Isabel Bishop (born 17 July 1956) is an Australian former politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia), Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2018 and Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia#Federal deputy leader ...
Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Deputy Leader of the
Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia (LP) is the prominent centre-right political party in Australia. It is considered one of the two major parties in Australian politics, the other being the Australian Labor Party (ALP). The Liberal Party was fo ...
*Sir
John Langdon Bonython Sir John Langdon Bonython (; Charles Earle Funk, ''What's the Name, Please?'' (Funk & Wagnalls, 1936). 15 October 184822 October 1939) was an Australian editor, newspaper proprietor, philanthropist, journalist and politician who served ...
– member of the first Australian parliament *Sir
John Lavington Bonython Sir John Lavington Bonython (10 September 1875 – 6 November 1960) was a prominent public figure in Adelaide, known for his work in journalism, business and politics. In association with his father, he became involved in the management of n ...
– mayor and Lord Mayor of Adelaide * Michael Bradley – mayor of
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, 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 – senator and leader of the
Australian Democrats The Australian Democrats is a centrist political party in Australia. Founded in 1977 from a merger of the Australia Party and the New Liberal Movement, both of which were descended from Liberal Party splinter groups, it was Australia's lar ...
* Alexander DownerForeign Affairs Minister and Leader of the Opposition * Alexander Downer, Sr. – member of the House of Representatives and High Commissioner to London * John Downer – twice Premier of South Australia * John Finnis – Professor of Law at
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Julia Gillard Julia Eileen Gillard (born 29 September 1961) is an Australian former politician who served as the 27th prime minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013. She held office as the leader of the Labor Party (ALP), having previously served as the ...
prime minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...
and leader of the
Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also known as the Labor Party or simply Labor, is the major Centre-left politics, centre-left List of political parties in Australia, political party in Australia and one of two Major party, major parties in Po ...
* 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 – Australia's first female QC, first female judge, and first female
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* Christopher Pyne – Minister for Defence *
Catherine Helen Spence Catherine Helen Spence (31 October 1825 – 3 April 1910) was a Scottish-born Australian author, teacher, journalist, politician, leading suffragist, and Georgist. Spence was also a minister of religion and social worker, and supporter of el ...
– suffragist, electoral reformer, prohibitionist, and first female political candidate in Australia * Ian Wilson – member of the Australian House of Representatives and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs *Sir Keith Wilson – senator and member of the Australian House of Representatives * Penny Wong
Labor Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the labour ...
politician and Minister for Foreign Affairs *
List of mayors and lord mayors of Adelaide This is a list of the mayors and lord mayors of the City of Adelaide, a Local government in Australia, local government area of South Australia. The first local government in Australia was formed on 31 October 1840 with the election of ninet ...
* List of premiers of South Australia * : Federal politicians from South Australia


Science

World-renowned Adelaide scientists include: * Len Beadell – surveyor, roadbuilder and explorer; asteroid 3161 Beadell is named after him *
William Henry Bragg Sir William Henry Bragg (2 July 1862 – 12 March 1942) was an English physicist and X-ray crystallographer who uniquelyThis is still a unique accomplishment, because no other parent-child combination has yet shared a Nobel Prize (in any fiel ...
– physicist, chemist and mathematician, winner of the
Nobel Prize in Physics The Nobel Prize in Physics () is an annual award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for those who have made the most outstanding contributions to mankind in the field of physics. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the ...
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William Lawrence Bragg Sir William Lawrence Bragg (31 March 1890 – 1 July 1971) was an Australian-born British physicist who shared the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics with his father William Henry Bragg "for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by ...
– physicist and crystallographer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics and youngest
Nobel Laureate The Nobel Prizes (, ) are awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institutet, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make outstanding contributions in th ...
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Rodney Brooks Rodney Allen Brooks (born 30 December 1954) is an Australian robotics, roboticist, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, author, and robotics entrepreneur, most known for popularizing the behavior based robotics, actionist approach to ro ...
– roboticist, director of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and founding member of the iRobot corporation *Baron
Howard Florey Howard Walter Florey, Baron Florey, (; 24 September 1898 – 21 February 1968) was an Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Ernst Chain and Sir Alexander Fleming for his ro ...
– pharmacologist and pathologist, winner of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine () is awarded yearly by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute for outstanding discoveries in physiology or medicine. The Nobel Prize is not a single prize, but five separate prizes that, acco ...
* Basil Stuart Hetzel AC – medical researcher who made a major contribution to combating
iodine deficiency Iodine deficiency is a lack of the trace element iodine, an essential nutrient in the diet. It may result in metabolic problems such as goiter, sometimes as an endemic goiter as well as congenital iodine deficiency syndrome due to untreated ...
* Cecil Madigan – geologist and meteorologist, member of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition *Sir
Douglas Mawson Sir Douglas Mawson (5 May 1882 – 14 October 1958) was a British-born Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton, he was a key expedition leader during ...
– geologist and explorer, leader of the Australasian
Antarctic The Antarctic (, ; commonly ) is the polar regions of Earth, polar region of Earth that surrounds the South Pole, lying within the Antarctic Circle. It is antipodes, diametrically opposite of the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antar ...
Expedition *Sir Mark Oliphant – nuclear physicist, winner of the
Hughes Medal The Hughes Medal is a silver-gilt medal awarded by the Royal Society The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. T ...
and the
Faraday Medal The Faraday Medal is a top international medal awarded by the UK Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) (previously called the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE)). As one of the world's most prestigious awards in engineering, it ...
* Enid Lucy Robertson – botanist, conservationist * Reg Sprigg – geologist and conservationist * George Szekeres – mathematician, after whom the George Szekeres Medal is named * Terence Tao – mathematician, winner of the
Fields Medal The Fields Medal is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians under 40 years of age at the International Congress of Mathematicians, International Congress of the International Mathematical Union (IMU), a meeting that takes place e ...
* Andy Thomas – aerospace engineer and
NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the federal government of the United States, US federal government responsible for the United States ...
astronaut *
David Unaipon David Ngunaitponi (28 September 1872 – 7 February 1967), known as David Unaipon, was an Aboriginal Australian preacher, inventor, and author. A Ngarrindjeri man, his contribution to Australian society helped to break many stereotypes of Abo ...
– inventor and writer, commemorated on the Australian fifty-dollar note * Robin Warren – pathologist and researcher, winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine *Sir Hubert Wilkins – Antarctic aviation pioneer,
Arctic The Arctic (; . ) is the polar regions of Earth, polar region of Earth that surrounds the North Pole, lying within the Arctic Circle. The Arctic region, from the IERS Reference Meridian travelling east, consists of parts of northern Norway ( ...
explorer, ornithologist and geographer * Col Bailey – naturalist


Sport

Internationally and nationally recognised sports people from Adelaide include:


Aerobatics

* Chris Sperou – thirteen-time National Aerobatics Champion, and five-time participant in the FAI World Aerobatic Championships


Archery

* Simon FairweatherOlympic gold medalist


Athletics

* Matthew Clarke (born 1995) – distance runner * Jessica Stenson (born 1987) – distance runner


Australian rules football

* Nathan Buckley – captained the
Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. ...
, winner of the
Brownlow Medal The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal (and informally as Charlie), is awarded to the best and fairest player in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by the f ...
* Mark Ricciuto – player for the Adelaide Crows, winner of the Brownlow Medal * Adam Cooney – player for the
Western Bulldogs The Western Bulldogs are a professional Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray. The club competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition. Originally named the Footscray F ...
and the
Essendon Football Club The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed the Bombers or colloquially the Dons, is a professional Australian rules football club that plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the game's premier competition. The club was formed by the McCrac ...
, winner of the Brownlow Medal * Matthew Pavlich – captained the
Fremantle Football Club The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Dockers or colloquially Freo, is a professional Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The team was founded in 1994 to represen ...
* Adelaide Football Club players *
Port Adelaide Football Club Port Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, Alberton, South Australia. The club's senior men's team plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), where it is nicknamed the ...
players


Basketball

* Mark Bradtke – played one season in the
NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Ca ...
for the
Philadelphia 76ers The Philadelphia 76ers, also known colloquially as the Sixers, are an American professional basketball team based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The 76ers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlan ...
, played in the NBL for the Adelaide 36ers,
Melbourne Tigers Melbourne United is an Australian professional basketball team based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. United compete in the National Basketball League (Australia), National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at Joh ...
and
Brisbane Bullets The Brisbane Bullets are an Australian professional men's basketball team in the National Basketball League (NBL) based in Brisbane, Queensland. They competed from 1979 to 2008, and returned to the league in 2016. Brisbane were one of ten NBL ...
* Lindsay Gaze – played for the Australian Boomers in three Olympics and coached the team in four Olympics * Joe Ingles – plays for the
Orlando Magic The Orlando Magic are an American professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. The Magic compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division (NBA), Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference (NB ...
in the
NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Ca ...
* Ben Madgen – plays in the NBL for the
Sydney Kings The Sydney Kings are an Australian men's professional basketball team competing in the National Basketball League (Australia), National Basketball League (NBL). The team is based in Sydney, New South Wales, and play their home games at Qudos Ba ...
* Brett Maher – played in the NBL for the Adelaide 36ers * Mike McKay – played in the NBL for the West Adelaide Bearcats, Adelaide 36ers,
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, Canberra Cannons and Wollongong Hawks * Brad Newley – plays in Spain for CB Gran Canaria, drafted to the NBA by the
Houston Rockets The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston. The Rockets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division (NBA), Southwest Division of the Western Conference (NBA) ...
*
Erin Phillips Erin Victoria Phillips (born 19 May 1985) is an Australian basketball player and former Australian rules football player. She played nine seasons in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) for five different teams and is a two-time ...
– plays in the WNBA for the
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, played for the
Connecticut Sun The Connecticut Sun are an American professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut. The Sun compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Eastern Conference (WNBA), Eastern Conference. The team i ...
* Luke Schenscher – played in the NBA for the
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and the
Portland Trail Blazers The Portland Trail Blazers (colloquially known as the Blazers) are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. The Trail Blazers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Division (N ...
* Phil Smyth – played in the NBL for the St Kilda Saints, Canberra Cannons, Adelaide 36ers and
Sydney Kings The Sydney Kings are an Australian men's professional basketball team competing in the National Basketball League (Australia), National Basketball League (NBL). The team is based in Sydney, New South Wales, and play their home games at Qudos Ba ...


Brazilian jiu-jitsu

* Craig Jones – two-time ADCC silver medalist (2019–2022)


Cricket

* Greg Blewett – played for the Australian national cricket team *Sir
Donald Bradman Sir Donald George Bradman (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), nicknamed "The Don", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. His cricketing successes have been claimed by Shane ...
captained Australia, all-time highest Test
batting average Batting average is a statistic in cricket, baseball, and softball that measures the performance of batters. The development of the baseball statistic was influenced by the cricket statistic. Cricket In cricket, a player's batting average is ...
of any player with 99.94 (''Note: Bradman was born in
Cootamundra Cootamundra, nicknamed Coota, is a town in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia and within the Riverina. It is within the Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council. At the 2016 Census, Cootamundra had a population of 6,782. I ...
,
New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...
in 1908 and moved to Adelaide in 1934)''
* Greg Chappell – captained Australia * Ian Chappell – captained Australia *
Trevor Chappell Trevor Martin Chappell (born 12 October 1952) is a former Australian cricketer, a member of the South Australian Chappell family which excelled at cricket. He played 3 tests and 20 One Day Internationals for Australia. He won the Sheffield Shi ...
– played for Australia * Albert Gillespie – played first-class cricket in England *
Jason Gillespie Jason Neil Gillespie (born 19 April 1975) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer who played all three formats of the game. Jason Gillespie was appointed as the head coach for Pakistan's red-ball (Test) cricket team on April 28, 202 ...
– played for Australia * George Goodfellow – played first-class cricket in England *
Clem Hill Clement Hill (18 March 18775 September 1945) was an Australian cricketer who played 49 Test matches as a specialist batsman between 1896 and 1912. He captained the Australian team in ten Tests, winning five and losing five. A prolific run ...
– captained Australia * David Hookes – played for Australia *
Barry Jarman Barrington Noel Jarman (17 February 193617 July 2020) was an Australian Test cricketer and International Cricket Council (ICC) match referee. Jarman played in 19 Test matches for the Australian cricket team between 1959 and 1969, including o ...
– 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 – captained Australia; won Magarey Medal (
Australian Rules Football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
) and represented
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in
Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...
; grandfather of Ian, Greg and Trevor Chappell * Shaun Tait – plays for Australia


Cycling

* Alex Edmondson – Commonwealth Games Team pursuit champion, World individual pursuit champion 2014 * Annette Edmondson – Commonwealth Games gold medalist 2014, Olympic bronze medalist in the omnium 2012 *
Matthew Glaetzer Matthew Glaetzer (born 24 August 1992) is an Australian Track cycling, track cyclist specialising in sprint events. He has represented Australia at four Olympic Games (2012 Summer Olympics, 2012, 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016, 2020 Summer Olympics, ...
– Olympic gold, silver and bronze medalist for the Australian Cyclist team since 2009 * Alexandra Manly – professional cyclist at Orica-AIS * Stephanie Morton – Commonwealth Games Individual Sprint Champion 2014 * Stuart O'Grady – 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 The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...
*
Michael Turtur Michael Colin Turtur (born 2 July 1958 in Adelaide, South Australia) is a former track cyclist and Summer Olympics, Olympic gold medallist in the Team pursuit, 4000m Team Pursuit at the 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, with t ...
– Olympic gold medalist in the Team Pursuit, and Race Director of the Tour Down Under * Kimberley Wells – two-time national criterium champion, and current professional cyclist * Sam Willoughby – Olympic silver medalist in the men's BMX and UCI BMX world champion


Darts

* Rob Modra – two-time Geelong Open Darts Championships


Golf

* Geoff OgilvyU.S. Open winner and three-time
World Golf Championships The World Golf Championships (WGC) were a group of annual professional golf tournaments played from 1999 through 2023 created by the International Federation of PGA Tours as a means of gathering the best players in the world together more freque ...
winner * Adam ScottU.S. Masters winner and World number one


Kickboxing

* Frank Giorgi – two-time Australian champion and world Super Middleweight champion * Paul Slowinski – four-time
Muay Thai Muay Thai or Muaythai (, , ), sometimes referred to as Thai boxing, the Art of Eight Limbs or the Science of Eight Limbs, is a Thai martial art and full-contact combat sport that uses stand-up striking, sweeps, and various clinch fighting, cl ...
world champion


Motor sports

* John Boulger – two-time Australian Speedway Champion, nine-time South Australian Champion, captained
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
to win the
Speedway World Team Cup The Speedway World Team Cup was an annual motorcycle speedway, speedway event held each year in different countries. The competition started in 1960 and was replaced with the Speedway World Cup in 2001. Format From 1960 until 1985, each team c ...
* Jeremy Burgess
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engineer, helped Wayne Gardner,
Mick Doohan Michael Sydney Doohan ( ; born 4 June 1965) is an Australian former Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle road racing List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions, World Champion, who won five consecutive List of 500cc/Mo ...
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 Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and musician. Known for Steve Martin filmography, his work in comedy films, television, and #Discography, recording, he has received List of awards a ...
Superbike World Championship Superbike World Championship (also known as WorldSBK, SBK, World Superbike, WSB, or WSBK) is a silhouette road racing series based on heavily modified production sports motorcycles. The championship was founded in . The Superbike World Champion ...
veteran and World Endurance Champion * Billy McConnell – competes in the British Supersport Championship * Nick PercatV8 Supercar driver, Australian Formula Ford Champion and
Bathurst 1000 The Bathurst 1000 (known for sponsorship reasons as the Repco Bathurst 1000) is a Touring car racing, touring car race held annually on the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is currently run as part of the Supe ...
winner * Vern Schuppan
Formula One Formula One (F1) is the highest class of worldwide racing for open-wheel single-seater formula Auto racing, racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The FIA Formula One World Championship has been one ...
driver,
24 Hours of Le Mans The 24 Hours of Le Mans () is an endurance-focused Sports car racing, sports car race held annually near the city of Le Mans, France. It is widely considered to be one of the world's most prestigious races, and is one of the races—along with ...
winner and Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year *
Johnnie Walker Johnnie Walker is a brand of Scotch whisky produced by Diageo in Scotland. It was established in the Scottish burgh of Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire in 1820, and continued to be produced and bottled at the town's Hill Street plant, once the world's ...
Australian Drivers' Champion and Australian Grand Prix winner * Jack Young – two-time Speedway World Champion and nine-time South Australian Champion


Professional wrestling

* Bronson Reed – billed from Black Forest, signed to the WWE, former NXT North American Champion *
Rhea Ripley Demi Bennett (born 11 October 1996) is an Australian professional wrestler. As of July 2017, she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw (WWE brand), Raw WWE brand extension, brand under the ring name Rhea Ripley. She is a List of Women ...
– signed to the WWE, current 2023 Women's Royal Rumble winner; former 1/2 of the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions; former Raw Women's Champion, former Smackdown Women's Champion (before it was nenamed to the Women's World Championship, former NXT Women's Champion, former NXT UK Women's Champion and 2-time Women's World Champion (including the reign when the championship was renamed) (as well as being the inaugural champion for the latter)


Soccer

*
Dianne Alagich Dianne Marie Alagich (born 12 May 1979) is an Australians, Australian former Association football, soccer player, who last played for Adelaide United FC (W-League), Adelaide United in the W-League (Australia), W-League in 2009 and the Australia ...
– played in the
Women's United Soccer Association The Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) was the world's first women's soccer league in which all the players were paid as professionals. Founded in February 2000, the league began its first season in April 2001 with eight teams in the Uni ...
for the San Jose CyberRays, played for the Matildas * John Aloisi – played in
La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest ...
,
Premier League The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football Lea ...
and
Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...
, played for the Socceroos at the
FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams of the members of the FIFA, Fédération Internatio ...
* Charlotte Grant – plays for the Matildas * Diana Hall – played for the Matildas * Awer Mabil – plays for FC Midtjylland * Joel Porter – played for the Socceroos * Alex Tobin – captained the Socceroos *
Aurelio Vidmar Aurelio Vidmar ( ; born 3 February 1967) is an Australian association football manager and former player, currently manager of Melbourne City. He is a former captain of the Australia national team and former coach of the Australia U23 nati ...
– captained the Socceroos * Tony Vidmar – played for the Socceroos * Adelaide United FC players


Sport aerobics

* Kylie Halliday – placed second at the Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships


Swimming

* Kyle Chalmers
2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...
gold medalist in the 100m freestyle * Emily Seebohm
2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
gold medalist in the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay and
2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...
gold medalist in the 4 × 100 metre medley relay


Tennis

* Darren Cahill
Australian Open The Australian Open (stylized ΛO) is a tennis tournament organised by Tennis Australia annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. It is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Sl ...
doubles finalist, US Open singles semi-finalist *
Lleyton Hewitt Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (born 24 February 1981) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) fo ...
– U.S. Open and
Wimbledon Wimbledon most often refers to: * Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London * Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to: Places London * W ...
winner and World number one * Thanasi Kokkinakis *
Alicia Molik Alicia Molik (born 27 January 1981) is an Australian former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 6. Molik won a bronze medal in singles for Australi ...
– Australian Open and
French Open The French Open (), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a tennis tournament organized by the French Tennis Federation annually at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. It is chronologically the second of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam ...
doubles winner, reached World top ten singles ranking *
Mark Woodforde Mark Raymond Woodforde, OAM (born 23 September 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He is best known as one half of " The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge. Woodforde was born in Adelaide, and join ...
– two-time Australian Open, one-time French Open, six-time Wimbledon, and three-time French Open doubles winner; Olympic gold and silver medalist; World number one


Trampoline gymnastics

* Blake Gaudry
2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
competitor, Australian Gymnastics Championships Winner


Volleyball

* Tania Gooley-Humphry (born 1973) – beach volleyball and indoor volleyball player * Tamsin Hinchley (born 1980) – volleyball player * Becchara Palmer (born 1988) – beach volleyball player * Kerri Pottharst (born 1965) – Olympic gold and bronze medalist in beach volleyball * Andrew Schacht (born 1973) – beach volleyball player


Other

* Garry Gordon Cooper – retired airline captain, ex RAAF pilot * Gladys Elphick
Australian Aboriginal Aboriginal Australians are the various indigenous peoples of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland and many of its islands, excluding the ethnically distinct people of the Torres Strait Islands. Humans first migrated to Australia (co ...
active in Aboriginal affairs *
David Hicks David Matthew Hicks (born 7 August 1975) is an Australian who attended al-Qaeda's Al Farouq training camp in Afghanistan. Hicks traveled to Pakistan after converting to Islam to learn more about the faith, eventually leading to his time in th ...
– former Guantanamo Bay inmate, falsely convicted of ' providing material support to terrorism' * Mohammad Tawhidi (b. 1982 or 1983), also known as the Imam of Peace –
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and Imam


See also

* List of University of Adelaide people


References

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