World's most famous Australian

You are probably not going to like this, but what about Rupert Murdoch?

He had to renounce his Aussie citizenship for business reasons, but I believe the Americans no longer require this of people taking up American citizenship.

Rocker

Yahoo Serious?

lol

Phar Lap?

Henry Lawson?

Simon,

just because you don't like Steve Irwan doesn't stop him from being considered famous. With the publicity he generates, he would have to be up there with the most recognisable Australians, surely. Sure he has his faults (we all do), but he is damn proud to be known as an Aussie. That has got to count for something.

I was just putting up an option.

R. M. Williams
Nancy Wake
Sir Mark Oliphant
Sir Douglas Mawson
John Flynn
Caroline Chisholm :confused: :confused: :confused:

And no-one has even considered anyone of the indigenous people but I won't get on that soap box now.

Greg, Jeff, Murray and Anthony from the Wiggles

Harry Kewel (sp ?)

I agree, Steve Irwin would deserve the title or 'worlds most famous australian'

I watched an interview on him on the ABC with that UK fella? anyway, he asked him about the way he talks, and how some people think he is putting it on... He swears black and blue thats he isn't putting it on, and I believe him.

You speak because of how you were raised, he speaks because of how he was raised.

Where's the aussie spirit........give him a go!!

cathy freeman (lighting the torch for the 2000 olympic games opening ceremony - lots of people watching, but is she remembered today ?)

My understanding is that its only comparatively recently that the Australian govt has let Australian Citizens add another nationality without losing Australian Citizenship. Though they let non-australian citizens aquire dual nationality without losing their original nationality.

If this was indeed the case then it could be why some high profile Australians don't have Australian citizenship anymore.

My comment "Please come up with somebody better than Steve Irwin" was because he is currently top of the list and I think there could be somebody better. It has nothing to do with whether I like him and it is not up to me anyway, I just posed the question. I have no problem with Steve Irwin, I just think there is a lot more to Australia than crocodile hunters.

I think the choice at the moment is between Steve Irwin, Greg Norman, Kylie, Rupert Murdoch, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe - in roughly that order.

Barnesy, I said that the list was the most internationally famous. If there was to be a list of greatest Australian, I accept it woul dbe very different.

Kenmill :eek:

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Originally Posted by simon c

Here's a bit of a question.

Who is the world's most famous Australian. I think the criteria is that they are famous in lots of countries (rather than being very famous in one) and being Australian is part of their fame.

I've had some thoughts, with reasons why they are or aren't:

Entertainment:
Errol Flynn - very famous, but not well known for being an Australian
Mel Gibson - was born in the US and now has US citizenship, but may have counted for a while
Kylie Minogue - one of the biggest starts in the UK
Paul Hogan - Very Australian and a big international star
Steve Irwin - Please don't let it be him
Peter Allen - Probably doesn't have the recognition across the board
Dame Edna - Huge in the UK, now has a name in the US
Rolf Harris - again, just limited to the UK

Sport:
Don Bradman - But cricket isn't a world sport
Mark Bosnich - was goalkeeper for the world's most famous soccer team
Many Tennis players - not sure how well known each individual tennis star is

Politics:
Nah - nobody ever knows who the Prime Minister of Australia is.

Anyone else?

I wonder what our colleagues from overseas think. Have they heard of any of these people.
As an ex-pom, Kylie is very famous and very famously Australian - but the UK is just one country.

Simon

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Aw! com'on fellas, You know I don't like to brag about it. Can't you talk about something else. I am sick of people pointing me out and whispering, "There he goes, the worlds most famous Australian", the words ring in my ears...

Errol Flynn wasn't an Aussie he came from Tasmania????

Somebody!!!

John Williams
Tommy Tiko
Stephanie Alexander
Iain McCalnan
Harry Butler
Blinky Bill (you all forgot him :D )
the late June Bronhill
Margaret Sutherland
Richard Bonnynge
Joh
Kev Hinze( :rolleyes: )
Don Burke
the list go's on...............
Ned Kelly was infamous, not famous.

Hi Five
John Howard (after Iraq, he quite possibly is)
Patrick White
Neville Shute
doorstop (inside his lunchbox anyway)
ACDC
The BeeGees.
Kate Blanchette
Peter Carey
Bruce

Which Bruce?

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Originally Posted by Iain

Which Bruce?

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you know him, married to Sheila