Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a former New Zealand rower who won 2 Olympic medals. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico Storey

Is a former New Zealand rower who won 2 Olympic medals. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico Storey won the Gold medal in the coxed four along with Dick Joyce, Ross Collinge, Warren Cole and Simon Dickie (cox).

Australian judge

Australian judge

A Melbourne-born, Australian graffiti artist and break dancer.Starting out painting trains and walls

A Melbourne-born, Australian graffiti artist and break dancer.Starting out painting trains and walls in the 1980s, Duel was one of Australia's earliest accomplished graffiti artists.He featured in the 1994 television Australian documentary, Sprayed Conflict by producer/director Robert Moller which appeared at a number of Australian film festivals and was released on video and later on DVD.[1][2]

Was an Indian-born Australian cricketer who played for Victoria. He was born in India and died in Pa

Was an Indian-born Australian cricketer who played for Victoria. He was born in India and died in Paddington. Cooper made a single first-class appearance for the team, during the 1850-51 season, against Tasmania. From the opening order, Cooper scored 4 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and a duck in the second.

Is an Australian former association football player. Cummings joined Melbourne Hakoah as a 12 year-o

Is an Australian former association football player. Cummings joined Melbourne Hakoah as a 12 year-old in 1970. After six seasons with Hakoah he transferred to South Melbourne for a $10,000 transfer fee. He played at South Melbourne until 1981. Cummings m

Is a retired football player who represented New Zealand at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.His sen

Is a retired football player who represented New Zealand at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.His senior career began with North Shore United before he moved to Australia to join Canberra City in the Australian National Soccer League.

Is an Australian parliamentarian and New South Wales Minister for Roads and Ports. He is also Leader

Is an Australian parliamentarian and New South Wales Minister for Roads and Ports. He is also Leader of Government Business in the New South Wales Legislative Council for the NSW Liberals & Nationals Government. Gay was first elected as a member of the Ne

Was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He served as Deputy Prime Minister from 1981 to

Was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He served as Deputy Prime Minister from 1981 to 1984 under Prime Minister Robert Muldoon.He represented the Hastings electorate in Parliament from 1960 to 1972, when he was defeated. With Rob Muldoon and

Was a painter who won the Archibald Prize in 1939 and 1940.His family emigrated to Australia in 1889

Was a painter who won the Archibald Prize in 1939 and 1940.His family emigrated to Australia in 1889. He ran the Meldrum School of painting between 1916 and 1926. While living in France, he married Jeanne Eugenie Nitsch, a singer with the Opéra-Comique. Meldrum and his wife returned to Australia in 1931.He criticized Nora Heysen's 1938 Archibald win, saying that women could not be expected to paint as well as men.

Was a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He was a member of the legendary 1905 Original All Blacks

Was a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He was a member of the legendary 1905 Original All Blacks and went on the 1907-1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain.

Is a New Zealander footballer who currently plays for Columbus Crew in Major League Soccer. Oughton

Is a New Zealander footballer who currently plays for Columbus Crew in Major League Soccer. Oughton has represented the New Zealand national team, on numerous occasions. He received his first cap in 2002 in a win over Tahiti in the Oceania Nations Cup. He

Is a professional skateboarder. He also, has his own shoe line with Vans. He is featured in the Tony

Is a professional skateboarder. He also, has his own shoe line with Vans. He is featured in the Tony Hawk video games Tony Hawk's Project 8, Tony Hawk's Proving Ground,[citation needed] and Tony Hawk: Ride.

Is a football (soccer) player who last played as a midfielder for the New Zealand Knights in the Hyu

Is a football (soccer) player who last played as a midfielder for the New Zealand Knights in the Hyundai A-League. He started playing in Canberra joining the AIS before signing with Wollongong Wolves in the National Soccer League. After the collapse of th

Is an Olympic-level swimmer and model from the United States of America. Beard participated in the 1

Is an Olympic-level swimmer and model from the United States of America. Beard participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics, and 2008 Summer Olympics, capturing a total of seven medals, the most recent in the 2004 games. She held the world number one ranking of 200 meter breaststrokers in 2003. In U.S. competition, Beard won three 200 meter breaststroke, three 100 meter breaststroke, and two 200 meter individual medley US National titles.

Was an Australian backstroke swimmer of the 2000s, who won the silver medal in the 4 × 100 m med

Was an Australian backstroke swimmer of the 2000s, who won the silver medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. In 2001 at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships, Calub combined with Jones, Thomas and Sarah Ryan to win the 4 × 100 m

A French professional basketball player for the NBA's San Antonio Spurs and member of France's natio

A French professional basketball player for the NBA's San Antonio Spurs and member of France's national basketball team. Brought up in a family with close ties to basketball, Parker played for two years in the French basketball league before entering the 2001 NBA Draft. He was selected by the San Antonio Spurs and quickly became their starting point guard, helping the Spurs win three NBA Championships in 2003, 2005 and 2007. Employing his pace and high field goal percentage to great effect, Parker has been selected as an NBA All-Star twice and was the 2007 NBA Finals MVP

Was an Australian author.Cusack wrote twelve novels (two of which were collaborations), seven plays,

Was an Australian author.Cusack wrote twelve novels (two of which were collaborations), seven plays,[2] three travel books, two children's books and one non-fiction book. Her collaborative novels were Pioneers on Parade (1939) with Miles Franklin, and Come In Spinner (1951) with Florence James.[3]The drama Red Sky at Morning was filmed in 1944, staring Peter Finch.[4] The biography Caddie, the Story of a Barmaid, to which Cusack wrote an introduction and helped the author write, was produced as the film Caddie in 1976, starring Helen Morse and Jack Thompson. The novel Come In Spinner was produced as a television series by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1989.