Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Is an Australian slalom canoer who has competed since the mid 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympic

Is an Australian slalom canoer who has competed since the mid 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of seventh in the C-2 event at Beijing in 2008.

Is an Australian rugby union player contracted to the NSW Waratahs. He is seen as one of the fastest

Is an Australian rugby union player contracted to the NSW Waratahs. He is seen as one of the fastest wingers in Australia and his ability to run from deep has seen him score some incredible solo tries. Turner's strong kicking game has also allowed him to

Is a former Australian Field Hockey player who participated in two Olympic games.Elmer was part of t

Is a former Australian Field Hockey player who participated in two Olympic games.Elmer was part of the Australia national field hockey team in both the 1992 Olympic Games and the 1996 Olympic Games winning a silver medal in 1992 and a bronze in 1996. He w

Is an Australian footballer who last played with the Central Coast Mariners in the A-League. He star

Is an Australian footballer who last played with the Central Coast Mariners in the A-League. He started his career at the now defunct Wollongong Wolves, before moving to the United States to play for Coastal Carolina University. In 2003 he moved to Englan

Is a former field hockey goalkeeper from Australia, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olymp

Is a former field hockey goalkeeper from Australia, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992. At each appearance the risk engineer won a medal, although most of the time he was the stand-in for first cho

Is a former player and now assistant coach of the Queensland Bulls in the Australian domestic cricke

Is a former player and now assistant coach of the Queensland Bulls in the Australian domestic cricket competitions. Stevens is a former Queensland colts and youth captain. Despite this he played his first Australian domestic game for South Australia, in 2002-03. After limited success he returned to Brisbane and made his Pura Cup debut for them in 2004-05. His maiden first-class century came against Western Australia at the Gabba. He was part of Queensland's record-breaking Pura Cup final victory in 2005-06 and scored 66 opening the batting. Stevens took the game winning catch as they won by an innings and 354 runs.

Is a former football (soccer) player and coach.Scheinflug played 6 full international matches for Au

Is a former football (soccer) player and coach.Scheinflug played 6 full international matches for Australia before becoming assistant coach to Rale Rasic before the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He later coached the Socceroos team as well as the under 17 and 20 t

Is a New Zealand politician and trade unionist. She was a Member of Parliament for the left-wing All

Is a New Zealand politician and trade unionist. She was a Member of Parliament for the left-wing Alliance party, and later became the party's leader after the group experienced a schism.

Was a Hungarian–born Australian chess master.Both he and his elder brother Endre started playing i

Was a Hungarian–born Australian chess master.Both he and his elder brother Endre started playing in master chess events in Budapest while they were schoolboys. He was granted the title of master at the age of 19. In the late 1920s Steiner spent two years

Is a Australian association footballer currently playing for Australian W-League team Queensland Roa

Is a Australian association footballer currently playing for Australian W-League team Queensland Roar.

Was one of New Zealand's best-known jockeys, now retired. He won a record number of races totalling

Was one of New Zealand's best-known jockeys, now retired. He won a record number of races totalling 2479, mainly in the 1980s including the 1989 Japan Cup on champion mare Horlicks, which broke the world record over 2400m. He was also jockey of the unfort

Is a New Zealand rugby league player, he currently plays for the New Zealand Warriors. In 2008 Hohai

Is a New Zealand rugby league player, he currently plays for the New Zealand Warriors. In 2008 Hohaia was a member of the World Cup winning New Zealand team.

Is a former Australian politician. Born in Perth, Western Australia, he was active in Tasmania. A mi

Is a former Australian politician. Born in Perth, Western Australia, he was active in Tasmania. A minister with the Uniting Church, he also had a Bachelor of Education.In 1989, Armstrong was elected, together with Christine Milne, Di Hollister, Gerry Bate

Is a New Zealand cricketer. He was born in Papakura. He made his ODI debut in the 2005 series agains

Is a New Zealand cricketer. He was born in Papakura. He made his ODI debut in the 2005 series against Australia from 1 March to 5 March, 2005.

Is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the Auckland Aces in the State Championship and the Aucklan

Is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the Auckland Aces in the State Championship and the Auckland Stars in the NBL, and has recently signed as the marquee player of the New Zealand Breakers in the HUMMER NBL Championship. He was born in Auckland. He i

Is the current president of the New Zealand Professional Boxing Association (NZPBA) , a New Zealand

Is the current president of the New Zealand Professional Boxing Association (NZPBA) , a New Zealand boxing promoter, referee, and a former New Zealand professional boxer. Revill compiled a professional record of 21 wins and 13 losses, with 13 knockouts, i

Is a former football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level. He was also

Is a former football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level. He was also an accomplished cricketer, playing first class cricket for Otago from 1935 to 1957.

Is an Australian swimmer living in Perth, Australia. She attended Leeming Senior High School in the

Is an Australian swimmer living in Perth, Australia. She attended Leeming Senior High School in the Suburb of Leeming.

An Aboriginal Australian academic and writer

An Aboriginal Australian academic and writer

Is an Australian Greens Senator for Queensland.Waters ran first on the Queensland Green Senate ticke

Is an Australian Greens Senator for Queensland.Waters ran first on the Queensland Green Senate ticket at the 2007 federal election and received 7.3 per cent of the vote, an increase of 1.9 percentage points, failing to gain election. She was first on the

Australian politician

Australian politician

Was a professional wrestler best known as Larry O'Dea. He was one half of the tag team known as "The

Was a professional wrestler best known as Larry O'Dea. He was one half of the tag team known as "The Australians". Larry made his professional wrestling debut in the 1960s. In 1971, Davies started teaming up with Ron Miller as one-half of the tag team "Th

Australian boxer, however his name is best known as a popular colloquial term. It is usually used as

Australian boxer, however his name is best known as a popular colloquial term. It is usually used as a verb at the end of a sentence such as to give it a bit of a Larry Dooley, meaning to exert extra effort. The term is often used by Australian cricket commentator Richie Benaud when describing an aggressive batsman.[1]

Emdur was born in the Sydney suburb of Bondi. Growing up near the beach, he developed a keen interes

Emdur was born in the Sydney suburb of Bondi. Growing up near the beach, he developed a keen interest in surfing from an early age. He had trouble with every subject in school and dropped out at 15. Emdur began his career as a copyboy at The Sydney Mornin

Is a retired Australian basketball player, and CEO of Basketball Australia.Larry played for Lang Par

Is a retired Australian basketball player, and CEO of Basketball Australia.Larry played for Lang Park Basketball club as a junior. He was one of the star players in the early years of Australia's fledgling National Basketball League (NBL). Sengstock playe