Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Is a retired New Zealand athlete, who represented New Zealand at Olympic Games and Commonwealth Game

Is a retired New Zealand athlete, who represented New Zealand at Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games over two decades. He competed in Shot Put, Discus and Weightlifting events. At the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, he achieved his best resul

Known as Les Murray, is an Australian poet, anthologist and critic. His career spans over forty year

Known as Les Murray, is an Australian poet, anthologist and critic. His career spans over forty years, and he has published nearly thirty volumes of poetry, as well as two verse novels and collections of his prose writings.

Was an Australian sportsman who played both rugby league and cricket at a high level. A right-handed

Was an Australian sportsman who played both rugby league and cricket at a high level. A right-handed batsman and leg spin bowler, Cody played first-class cricket between 1912 and 1922. After matches for New South Wales Colts, he made his first-class debut for New South Wales against Western Australia in November 1912. He played six further first-class matches that season. Whilst he never played Test cricket, Cody did play several times for the Australian national side. In 1913, he toured North America with Australia, playing matches in Bermuda, Canada and the USA. The Bermuda leg included one match against the Bermuda national side. The Canadian leg featured matches played all across the country, with matches in Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played for Otago. He was born and died in Dunedin. Anderson made a s

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played for Otago. He was born and died in Dunedin. Anderson made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1923-24 season, against New South Wales. From the tailend, he scored 4 runs in the first innings in w

Was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1910s, who won a gold medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyl

Was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1910s, who won a gold medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. Although little is known about Boardman, he never won any Australian championships and was not among the orig

Is an Australian former rugby league player for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the New South Wales Ru

Is an Australian former rugby league player for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the New South Wales Rugby League competition. He holds the record for the third most number of tries in a NSWRL season, scoring 29 tries in 1954. This is the standing record for

Is a former New Zealand football player who represented her country.King made her Football Ferns deb

Is a former New Zealand football player who represented her country.King made her Football Ferns debut in a 3-0 win over Hawaii on 12 December, 1987 and ended her international career with 28 caps to her credit.

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 19 Tests from 1954 to 1961.

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 19 Tests from 1954 to 1961.

Was an Australian fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1956 Summer Oly

Was an Australian fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Was an Australian politician. Norman represented Glen Iris in the Victorian Legislative Assembly for

Was an Australian politician. Norman represented Glen Iris in the Victorian Legislative Assembly for four years, and led the Liberal Country Party from 1951–1952. Norman was a staunch Methodist and an equally staunch conservative. He held strong small-gov

Was an Australian politician.Bury was elected as the Liberal Party of Australia Member for Wentworth

Was an Australian politician.Bury was elected as the Liberal Party of Australia Member for Wentworth in 1956 at a by-election following the resignation of Eric Harrison to become High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. According to Peter King, he "... wo

Was an Australian academic and poet. He was Professor of English at the Royal Military College, Dunt

Was an Australian academic and poet. He was Professor of English at the Royal Military College, Duntroon, the senior lecturer of English and Latin at Canberra University College and chairman of the Literature Censorship Board. [1]In 1911, Allen was appointed as a senior lecturer in classics and English at Sydney Teachers College. After his marriage in 1915 to (sister of Sir Thomas Bavin) he became professor of English at the Royal Military College, Duntroon. During his tenue at Duntroon he produced plays for the Canberra Society of Arts and Literature and wrote poetry and children's verse. In 1931, he became the sole lecturer in English and classics at Canberra University College (now the Australian National University).

"is an Australian pianist and composer.At the age of 5 he performed for Fox Movietone News, and at t

"is an Australian pianist and composer.At the age of 5 he performed for Fox Movietone News, and at the age of 9 for Australian national television. His mature debut as a pianist came at the age of 13, with Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2. He learned the oboe at an early age, and has even performed Mozart’s Oboe Concerto. He doesn’t play the oboe these days.

Was a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Queensland Division of Oxley f

Was a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Queensland Division of Oxley from 8 October 1988 to 2 March 1996. He originally won his seat in a 1988 by-election after sitting member and former ALP leader Bill Hayden was promoted fr

Is an American-born yachtswoman who competed for New Zealand at two Olympic Games and won a silver m

Is an American-born yachtswoman who competed for New Zealand at two Olympic Games and won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Egnot teamed with Jan Shearer in the women's 470 class and finished second behind the Spanish crew.

Was an Australian fencer. He competed in the team sabre events at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Was an Australian fencer. He competed in the team sabre events at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules footbal

Was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules football with Essendon and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). After managing only five appearances for Essendon during his time at the club in 1899 and 1900, Rainey crossed to Melbourne where he had more success. He played a full season in 1902, including Melbourne's Semi Final loss to his old club, and kicked 17 goals. Rainey finished his football career with 23 VFL games and 20 goals. Rainey played his cricket as an all-rounder and participated in two first-class matches for Victoria, both against Tasmania at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He put in a good performance in the second of those matches, in 1905, scoring an unbeaten 60 and taking 6/46 in Tasmania's second innings.

Was a cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. Known universally as "Chuck", he was the “w

Was a cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. Known universally as "Chuck", he was the “wayward genius” of Australian cricket during the 1930s. A gifted slow bowler who could spin the ball harder and further than his contemporaries, Fleetwood-Smith’s cricket suffered from a lack of self-discipline that also characterised his personal life.[1] Unfortunate in that his career coincided with those of Bill O'Reilly and Clarrie Grimmett, he played only ten Test matches but left a lasting impression with one delivery in particular. His dismissal of Wally Hammond in the fourth Test of the 1936–37 Ashes series rivalled Shane Warne’s ball of the century. He has the unwanted record of conceding the most runs by a bowler in a Test match innings.

Was an Australian first class cricketer who played for New South Wales and Lancashire. Poidevin also

Was an Australian first class cricketer who played for New South Wales and Lancashire. Poidevin also played competitive tennis, representing Australia in the 1906 Davis Cup as well as in Grand Slams (though missing the 1908 Summer Olympics because of administrative bungling).

Was an Australian cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who playe

Was an Australian cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Tasmania. He was born and died in Sydney. Phelps made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1928-29 season, against New South Wales. From the tailend, he scored a single run in the first innings in which he batted, and a duck in the second, as Tasmania lost the match by an innings margin.

Is a former Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1968.

Is a former Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1968.

Is a former Australian first-class cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowle

Is a former Australian first-class cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he made eighteen appearances for South Australia. He made his top-score of 123 against New South Wales in his penultimate first-class match.

Was an English-born New Zealand cricketer. He was a wicket-keeper who played for Auckland. Stephen-S

Was an English-born New Zealand cricketer. He was a wicket-keeper who played for Auckland. Stephen-Smith made two first-class appearances for the team during the 1931-32 season. He made two scores of 9 runs on his debut first-class appearance, against Ota

Was a first-class cricketer in Australia and New Zealand, and Test match umpire in New Zealand. A ri

Was a first-class cricketer in Australia and New Zealand, and Test match umpire in New Zealand. A right-hand batsman and off-break bowler, he played 23 matches of first-class cricket between 1895/96 and 1909/10. He took 37 wickets at the excellent bowling average of 18.97, with best bowling of 6/23 for Canterbury against Wellington in December 1899 (he also hit 70 and 44 with the bat in that match). His only other 5-wicket haul came for Wellington against Otago in December 1907: he took 4/20 and 5/87 in that match.

Was an Australian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he was eliminated in the se

Was an Australian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he was eliminated in the second round of the light heavyweight class after losing his fight to František Havelka.