List of Tasmanians

This is a list of notable Tasmanians, by birth or association.

Arts

• Actors - Simon Baker, Bob Cooke, Errol Flynn, Alison Whyte, Jaason Simmons, Rachael Taylor, Chris King, Robert Grubb, Lucky Grills, Essie Davis, Phillip Borsos, Don Sharp
• Choreographers - Graeme Murphy
• Composers - Maria Grenfell, Don Kay, Constantine Koukias, Douglas Knehans, Peter Sculthorpe, John Joseph Woods
• Musicians - Eileen Joyce, Striborg, Psycroptic, The Bedroom Philosopher, The Innocents, The Paradise Motel
• Comic artist - Sols (Alan Salisbury)
• Fictional - Tasmanian Devil (Looney Tunes)
• Painters - Geoffrey Dyer, John Glover,
• Photographers - Peter Dombrovskis, Olegas Truchanas
• Television - Charles Wooley, Peter Cundall
• Writers - Richard Davey, Richard Flanagan, Peter Conrad, Christopher Koch, Margaret Scott, Nan Chauncy
• Fashion designer - Alannah Hill
• Engravers - Richard Jarman

Historic

• Alec Campbell, longest surviving war veteran from the Battle of Gallipoli
• Harold Gatty, navigator and aviation pioneer
• Ettie Rout, journalist and wartime sexual health campaigner
• Truganini, last full-blood Tasmanian aborigine
• Jane Franklin early Tasmanian pioneer.
• Martin Bryant, perpetrator of the 1996 Port Arthur Massacre
• John Gellibrand, Founder of Legacy Australia
• George Clarke (New Zealand pioneer), University of Tasmania's first vice-chancellor May 1890 to May 1898, and chancellor from May 1898 to May 1907
• William Field (Australian pastoralist), convict turned businessman

Politics

• Federal - Michael Ferguson, Mark Baker, Dick Adams, Lance Barnard, Neal Blewett, Bob Brown, Brian Harradine, Dame Enid Lyons, Joseph Lyons, Michael Hodgman (later a state politician), Ken Wriedt, Kevin Newman, Jocelyn Newman
• State - Jim Bacon, Paul Lennon, Eric Reece, Will Hodgman, Michael Field, Ray Groom (previously federal), Robin Gray, Doug Lowe, Bill Neilson
• Other - Andrew Inglis Clark, Richard Jones

Sport

• Australian rules football - Matthew Richardson, Darrel Baldock, Ian Stewart, Peter Hudson, Laurie Nash, Paul Williams, Roy Cazaly, Steven Febey, Nick Riewoldt, Jack Riewoldt, Russell Robertson, Brad Green, Daryn Cresswell, Rodney Eade, Royce Hart, James Manson, Viv Valentine, Verdun Howell
• Chess - Ian Rogers
• Cricket - David Boon, Ricky Ponting, Max Walker, Ben Hilfenhaus, Tim Paine, Ted McDonald
• Motor racing - Marcos Ambrose, John Bowe
• Netball - Natasha Chokljat
• Rowing - George Quinlan Roberts
• Mixed Martial Arts - Bec Hyatt
• Other - David Foster (Woodchopping)

Science

• Elizabeth Blackburn, first woman from Australia to win a Nobel Prize
• Bill Mollison

Recent Notables

• Mary Donaldson, now the Crown Princess Mary of Denmark
• Mathew Goggin, Professional Tasmanian golfer on US PGA Tour
• Regina Bird, winner Big Brother Australia 2003
• Tim Lane, Journalist and Sports Commentator
• Phillip Aspinall, Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane and Primate of Australia
• Eric Philips OAM, Polar Adventurer and Guide