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This is a list of notable Australian Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
Business
Name |
Born – died |
Notable for |
Connection with Australia |
Connection with the United States
|
Elisabeth Murdoch |
1968– |
Daughter of Rupert Murdoch and businesswoman |
born in Australia with dual citizenship |
father is Australian-American
|
Rupert Murdoch |
1931– |
CEO of News Corporation |
born in Australia |
became naturalized U.S. citizen in 1985
|
Jacques Nasser |
1947– |
former CEO of Ford Motors |
born in Lebanon but raised in Australia |
resides in the U.S.
|
Matthew Pritzker |
1982– |
investor and businessman |
Australian mother |
born in the U.S.; American father
|
Public service
Name |
Born – died |
Notable for |
Connection with Australia |
Connection with the United States
|
Richard W. Fisher |
1949– |
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President |
Australian-American father |
U.S. citizen at birth
|
John Henderson |
|
blind activist |
born in Australia |
emigrated to the U.S. with parents as a child
|
Martin Indyk |
1951– |
former U.S. Ambassador to Israel |
British born, Australian raised |
U.S. diplomat
|
James Wolfensohn |
1933– |
former President of the World Bank |
born in Australia |
naturalized as U.S. citizen in 1980
|
Politics
Authors
Name |
Born – died |
Notable for |
Connection with Australia |
Connection with America
|
Geraldine Brooks |
1955– |
author |
born in Australia |
father is American; became naturalized U.S. citizen in 2002
|
Prudence Farrow |
1948– |
author |
Australian father |
U.S. born; Irish-American mother
|
Jill Ker Conway |
1934– |
author |
born in Australia |
works in the U.S.
|
Sumner Locke Elliott |
1917–1991 |
author of Careful, He Might Hear You |
born in Australia |
moved to the U.S. in 1948 and became naturalized U.S. citizen in 1955
|
Scientists
Artists
Name |
Born – died |
Notable for |
Connection with Australia |
Connection with America
|
Pat Oliphant |
1935– |
New York Times cartoonist |
born in Australia |
emigrated to U.S. in 1964
|
Sport
Name |
Born – died |
Notable for |
Connection with Australia |
Connection with America
|
Carsten Ball |
1987– |
retired tennis player |
Australian father |
American-born and resides in the U.S.
|
Darren Bennett |
1965– |
Australian rules football and American football |
born in Australia, played AFL |
played NFL
|
Jonah Bolden |
1996– |
basketball |
born in Melbourne |
father is American
|
Taj Burrow |
1978– |
surfing |
born in Australia |
parents are U.S. citizens
|
James Cruikshanks |
1971– |
professional wrestling |
born in Australia |
moved to U.S. as a child
|
Taylor Dent |
1981– |
tennis |
father is Australian Phil Dent |
mother is American Betty Ann Grubb Stuart and born in the U.S.
|
Leigh Diffey |
1971– |
auto racing commentator |
born in Australia |
became an American citizen in 2011
|
Colin Edwards |
1974– |
motorcycle racing |
Australian father |
born in the U.S.
|
Dante Exum |
1995– |
basketball |
born in Melbourne |
American parents
|
Luke Hume |
1988– |
rugby |
born in Australia |
Dual citizen to the U.S. and Australia
|
Robert Machado |
1973– |
surfing |
born in Sydney |
grew up in and lives in California
|
David Niu |
1966– |
rugby |
born in Australia |
naturalized U.S. citizen
|
Ben Simmons |
1996– |
basketball |
born in Melbourne |
father is American
|
James Spithill |
1979– |
sailing |
born in Sydney |
married to an American and skippered Oracle Team USA yacht to two victories
|
Kyrie Irving |
1992– |
basketball |
born in Melbourne |
American parents and Dual Citizen to the U.S. and Austrialia
|
Music
Name |
Born – died |
Notable for |
Connection with Australia |
Connection with America
|
Nellie Breen |
1897–1986 |
dancer and comedian |
Australian mother |
born in U.S.; American father
|
Aaron Brown |
1980– |
violinist and composer |
raised in Australia |
naturalized U.S. citizen
|
Flea |
1962– |
bassist for Red Hot Chili Peppers |
born in Melbourne |
lived in the U.S. since age 5
|
MC Lars |
1982– |
rapper |
father is Australian |
born in the U.S.
|
Chloe Rose Lattanzi |
1986– |
singer, actress |
mother is Australian (born in England) |
born in the U.S.
|
Helen Reddy |
1941– |
actress, singer |
born in Australia |
naturalized U.S. citizen
|
Cody Simpson |
1997– |
pop singer |
born in Gold Coast, Queensland |
moved to the U.S. in 2010
|
Rebecca St. James |
1977– |
Christian pop rock singer-songwriter |
born in Sydney |
family moved to the U.S. at age 14; married Cubbie Fink in 2011
|
Rick Springfield |
1949– |
singer and actor |
born in Sydney |
lives in the U.S.
|
Mark Stoermer |
1977– |
bassist for The Killers |
father is Australian |
born in the U.S.
|
Iggy Azalea |
1990– |
rapper |
born in Sydney |
moved to the U.S. at age 16
|
Ashton Irwin |
1994– |
drummer for 5 Seconds of Summer |
born in Sydney |
father is American; Dual citizen to the U.S. and Australia
|
Keith Urban |
1967– |
country musician |
born in New Zealand |
naturalized U.S. citizen, married to American-born Australian actress Nicole Kidman, resident of Nashville, Tennessee[1]
|
Brody Dalle |
1979– |
singer-songwriter and guitarist |
born in Melbourne |
lives in the U.S.; married Josh Homme in 2007
|
Joseph Twist |
1982– |
composer in genres including ancient vocal music, opera, contemporary orchestral music, jazz, musical theatre and cabaret |
born in Brisbane; doctorate and master's degrees from University of Queensland, Australian Film, Television and Radio School, and New York University |
lives in the U.S.
|
Actors/Actresses
Name |
Born – died |
Notable for |
Connection with Australia |
Connection with America
|
Simon Baker |
1969– |
actor |
born in Launceston, Tasmania |
moved to the U.S. in the 1990s; has been a dual U.S. and Australian citizen since 2010
|
Jacinda Barrett |
1972– |
actress |
born in Brisbane |
moved to the U.S. in the 1990s; married to U.S. citizen Gabriel Macht and became naturalized U.S. citizen in 2009
|
Sean Brosnan |
1983– |
actor and filmmaker |
Australian mother |
born in the U.S.
|
Bonar Colleano |
1924–1958 |
actor |
Australian parents |
born and lived in the U.S. until he was 12
|
Angela White |
1985- |
pornographic actress |
born in Sydney moved to the U.S. in the 2010s.
|
Sean Murray |
1977– |
actor |
born in America to an American father and Australian mother; spent some of his childhood in Australia |
U.S. citizen
|
Mia Farrow |
1945– |
actress |
father is Australian |
born in the U.S. with dual citizenship
|
Errol Flynn |
1909–1959 |
actor |
born in Hobart |
became naturalized U.S. citizen in 1942
|
Daniel Goddard |
1971- |
actor |
born in Sydney |
became naturalized U.S. citizen in 2020
|
Mel Gibson |
1956– |
actor |
Australian paternal grandparents |
born in the U.S.
|
Penne Hackforth-Jones |
1949–2013 |
actress |
Australian maternal grandparents |
born in the U.S.
|
Tim Kazurinsky |
1950– |
actor and screenwriter |
Australian mother |
born in the U.S.; American father
|
Keir O'Donnell |
1978– |
actor |
born in Sydney |
moved to the U.S. in the 1980s
|
Leila George |
1992– |
actress |
born in Sydney; Mother is Australian Greta Scacchi |
Father is American Vincent D'Onofrio; dual U.S. and Australian citizen
|
Melissa George |
1976– |
actress |
born in Australia |
moved to U.S. in the 1990s; became naturalized U.S. citizen in 2008[2]
|
Nicholas Hammond |
1950– |
actor and director |
moved to Australia in the mid-1980s |
born in the U.S.
|
Nicole Kidman |
1967– |
actress |
both parents are Australian; raised in Australia |
born in the U.S. with dual citizenship
|
Laurette Luez |
1928–1999 |
actress |
Australian mother |
American father; born in the U.S.
|
Alanna Masterson |
1988– |
actress |
Australian father |
born in the U.S.; American mother
|
Julian McMahon |
1968- |
actor |
born in Australia |
naturalized U.S. citizen
|
Poppy Montgomery |
1972– |
Without a Trace actor |
born in Australia |
lives and works in the U.S.; dual U.S. and Australian citizen
|
Meg Mundy |
1915–2016 |
actress |
Australian mother |
naturalized U.S. citizen
|
Nathan Parsons |
1988– |
actor |
born in Australia |
naturalized U.S. citizen
|
Liesel Pritzker Simmons |
1984– |
actress |
Australian mother |
born in the U.S.; American father
|
Emilie de Ravin |
1981– |
actress |
born in Australia |
became naturalized U.S. citizen in 2018
|
Ann Richards |
1917–2006 |
actress |
born in Australia |
moved to the U.S. in 1942; father was a U.S. citizen
|
Tristan Rogers |
1946– |
General Hospital actor |
born in Australia |
naturalized U.S. citizen
|
Portia de Rossi |
1973– |
Ally McBeal actress and wife of Ellen DeGeneres |
born in Australia |
naturalized U.S. citizen
|
Kristen Stewart |
1990– |
actress |
mother is Australian |
born in the U.S.
|
Sharni Vinson |
1983– |
actress |
born in Australia |
lives and works in the U.S.; dual U.S. and Australian citizen
|
Alex Winter |
1965– |
actor, film director, and screenwriter |
Australian father |
American mother; dual U.S. and U.K. citizen
|
Breanna Yde |
2003– |
actress |
Australian-born American Actress |
born in Sydney, New South Wales
|
Other
Name |
Born – died |
Notable for |
Connection with Australia |
Connection with America
|
Betsy Bloomingdale |
1922–2016 |
socialite, philanthropist |
parents are Australian |
born in the U.S.
|
Valda Cooper |
1915–2008 |
journalist, one of the first female reporters for the Associated Press |
born in Melbourne, Australia |
immigrated to the U.S. as an infant
|
Bindi Irwin |
1998– |
child television/film personality |
father is Australian Steve Irwin |
mother Terri Irwin is from Oregon, dual U.S. and Australian citizen
|
Robert Irwin |
2003– |
child television/film personality |
father is Australian Steve Irwin |
mother Terri Irwin is from Oregon, dual U.S. and Australian citizen
|
Elizabeth Jagger |
1984– |
model and actress, daughter of Mick Jagger |
paternal grandmother was Australian |
American mother; born in the U.S.
|
Laura James |
1990– |
fashion model, America's Next Top Model winner |
mother is Australian |
father is Dynasty actor John James; born in the U.S.
|
Thelma Keane |
1926–2008 |
negotiated copyrights for The Family Circus, inspiration for the comic's "Mommy" character |
born and raised in Queensland |
immigrated to the U.S. with her husband, Bil Keane
|
Brianna Keilar |
1980– |
television journalist for CNN |
born in Australia |
grew up in Orange County, California
|
Soledad O'Brien |
1966– |
television journalist for CNN |
father is Australian |
born in the U.S.
|
Anne Osborn Krueger |
1934– |
economist |
Australian father |
born in the U.S.
|
Katie Patrick |
1980- |
environmental spokesperson, entrepreneur |
born in Australia |
lives in the U.S.
|
Terry Tao |
1975– |
mathematician, 2006 Fields medalist |
born in Australia |
won a Fulbright Scholarship in 1992; attained Ph.D. at Princeton in 1996; married an American
|
Marsha Waggoner |
1940– |
champion poker player |
born in Australia |
lived in the U.S. since 1977
|
Christopher Wilder |
1945–1984 |
serial killer |
born in Australia |
emigrated to the U.S. in 1969; father is a U.S. citizen
|
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