Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 12 Tests from 1933 to 1937.

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 12 Tests from 1933 to 1937.

Is a former Australian cricketer and cricket administrator who played in 7 Tests from 1954 to 1956.

Is a former Australian cricketer and cricket administrator who played in 7 Tests from 1954 to 1956. He played first class cricket for Victoria and Tasmania, and was famously trapped lbw by Jim Laker to complete his ten-for at Old Trafford in 1956.

Is a professional statistician who was Government Statistician of New Zealand from 1992 to 2000 and

Is a professional statistician who was Government Statistician of New Zealand from 1992 to 2000 and National Statistician and Director of the Office for National Statistics, United Kingdom, and Registrar General of England and Wales from 2000 to 2005.

Is a professional boxer of Italian descent. He is the current IBO Lightweight and IBF Pan Pacific Li

Is a professional boxer of Italian descent. He is the current IBO Lightweight and IBF Pan Pacific Light Welterweight champion.

Is a professional boxer of Italian descent. He is the current IBF Pan Pacific Light Welterweight cha

Is a professional boxer of Italian descent. He is the current IBF Pan Pacific Light Welterweight champion.

Is a New Zealand football (soccer) player who plays for Wellington Phoenix as a midfielder.Leo's fat

Is a New Zealand football (soccer) player who plays for Wellington Phoenix as a midfielder.Leo's father was born in Greece, his mother born in New Zealand and his grandfather is from Romania but he chose to represent his place of birth, New Zealand. He gr

A retired Australian cricketer. A wicket-keeper, Coleman played in one Test match and 24 One Day Int

A retired Australian cricketer. A wicket-keeper, Coleman played in one Test match and 24 One Day Internationals for the Australian national women's cricket team.[1]After making her international debut against New Zealand in 2004,[2] she suffered an injury which kept her out of the international side for several years.[1] She earned a recall to the national side just before the 2007–08 Ashes series, when first choice wicket-keeper Jodie Purves broke her thumb in a club match.[3] However, Coleman retired following the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup, after Purves was preferred as wicket-keeper throughout the tournament.[4]

Is a former Australian politician. She was the Liberal member for Prahran in the Victorian Legislati

Is a former Australian politician. She was the Liberal member for Prahran in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2002. In 1996, Burke was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Liberal member for Prahran. She was the Parliamentar

Was a Croatian scientist, winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He received eight honoris cau

Was a Croatian scientist, winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He received eight honoris causa doctorates in in science, medicine, and law; seven prizes and medals; and twenty-four honorary memberships in chemical, biochemical, and other scientific societies.Ružicka's first works originated during that period in the field of chemistry of natural compounds. He remained in this field of research all his life. He investigated the ingredients of the Dalmatian insect powder (Pyrethrum cinereriifolium), a highly esteemed insecticide. In this way, he came into contact with the chemistry of terpene, a fragrant oil of vegetable origin, interesting to the perfume industry. He intended to start individual research and even started successful and productive cooperation with the Chuit & Naef Company (later known as Firmenich) in Geneva.

Is a former professional basketball player in the Australian National Basketball League from 1981 to

Is a former professional basketball player in the Australian National Basketball League from 1981 to the 2000/2001 season.

A British and Australian poet, editor, and teacher,Born in Blackburn, England, Harrop studied Englis

A British and Australian poet, editor, and teacher,Born in Blackburn, England, Harrop studied English Literature at the University of London (B.A., 1971) and English and Social History at Dalhousie University (M.A. 1974). He moved to Australia in 1977. [1]. He was a poetry editor for Overland and the founding editor of Helix [2]

Is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic Gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angel

Is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic Gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, USA. Along with Shane O’Brien, Conrad Robertson, and Keith Trask he won Gold in the coxless four.

Is currently a free-agent, due to his contract at Oldham Athletic being terminated on the 28th Febru

Is currently a free-agent, due to his contract at Oldham Athletic being terminated on the 28th February 2008. He was dropped for Chris Day by Ronnie Moore in the 2005-2006 season, and went to Blackpool FC. However, John Sheridan brought him back to Oldham

Was an Australian cartoonist and journalist.On his return to Australia, he joined the A.M. magazine

Was an Australian cartoonist and journalist.On his return to Australia, he joined the A.M. magazine as an illustrator before returning to the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, where he had his first assignment as a political cartoonist.His popularity

Is an Australian poet, publisher and editor. He has a long list of achievements in writing, publishi

Is an Australian poet, publisher and editor. He has a long list of achievements in writing, publishing and broadcasting. This includes the publication of eight books of poetry.

Was an Australian poet.Lesbia Venner Harford, daughter of E. J. and Helen Keogh, was born at Brighto

Was an Australian poet.Lesbia Venner Harford, daughter of E. J. and Helen Keogh, was born at Brighton, Victoria, on 9 April 1891. She was educated at the Sacré Coeur school at Malvern, Victoria, Mary's Mount school at Ballarat, Victoria, and at the University of Melbourne, where she graduated LL.B. in 1916.Becoming interested in social questions, she obtained work in a clothing factory to obtain first hand knowledge of the conditions under which women worked. She campaigned strongly against forced conscription in World War I. In 1916 she campaigned for the release of the Sydney Twelve, members of the Industrial Workers of the World arrested and charged with treason, arson, sedition and forger

Is a former Australian politician. Born in Harwich in the United Kingdom, she was a school guidance

Is a former Australian politician. Born in Harwich in the United Kingdom, she was a school guidance officer and lecturer in education at James Cook University in Queensland before entering politics. She sat on Mulgrave Shire Council from 1985 to 1990. In

Is a retired field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finish

Is a retired field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finished sixth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Her former name is Going.

Is a former Tennis player from Perth, Western Australia.Particularly noted as a junior player, in 19

Is a former Tennis player from Perth, Western Australia.Particularly noted as a junior player, in 1964 at the age of 14 she won a rare double in the Western Australian Women's open, taking both the Open and Junior titles. She won the Australian junior championship in 1967 and 1968 and reached the final of the Wimbledon Junior Invitational in 1968. That year she also won the French and United States Junior Championships.

A former New Zealand cricketer. Between 1979 and 1990 she played in six women's Test matches and twe

A former New Zealand cricketer. Between 1979 and 1990 she played in six women's Test matches and twenty-five women's one-day internationals as a batsman. Murdoch captained New Zealand in three Tests against Australia, drawing two and losing one. She won eight of the fifteen ODIs she captained, losing six times, with one "no result".

Is a former football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.Letcher made

Is a former football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.Letcher made her Football Ferns début in a 1-0 win over Taiwan on 28 March 1989, and finished her international career with five caps and one goal to her credit.

Is a retired field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finish

Is a retired field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finished sixth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. She was born in Christchurch.

Is an Australian female tennis player. Bowrey twice won the singles title at the French Championship

Is an Australian female tennis player. Bowrey twice won the singles title at the French Championships. In 1963, she defeated Ann Haydon Jones in the final, and in 1965, she defeated Margaret Court in the final. Bowrey was the runner-up at four Grand Slam

Is an Australian female tennis player.Bowrey won 13 Grand Slam titles during her career: two in sing

Is an Australian female tennis player.Bowrey won 13 Grand Slam titles during her career: two in singles, seven in women's doubles, and four in mixed doubles. She lost in the final of 14 other Grand Slam events.

Is a dual code professional rugby union player for Gloucester Rugby. He plays on the wing.He previou

Is a dual code professional rugby union player for Gloucester Rugby. He plays on the wing.He previously played rugby league for Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League and more recently Bradford Bulls in the European Super League. Vainikolo has also