Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter M

An art scholar from Australia and director of the J. Paul Getty Museum

An art scholar from Australia and director of the J. Paul Getty Museum

Is a field hockey midfielder from Australia, who was a member of the team that won gold at the 2004

Is a field hockey midfielder from Australia, who was a member of the team that won gold at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Four years earlier, when Sydney hosted the Summer Games, he finished in third spot with The Kookaburras , as the Men's National

Is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He played club football for

Is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He played club football for the North Sydney Bears, the ill fated Northern Eagles, Parramatta Eels and Wests Tigers, as well as representative football for New South Wales and for the

Is a former Australian Labor politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council

Is a former Australian Labor politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 2001 until 2008, and Treasurer of New South Wales from 2006 to 2008.Costa shifted to a political career in 2001, when he became a member of the Legisl

Is an Australian pure mathematician

Is an Australian pure mathematician

Is a South Australian cricketer. He was educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide where he excelled a

Is a South Australian cricketer. He was educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide where he excelled at cricket and was a regular member of the school's First XI. He is a right-handed batsman and bowls right arm medium-fast. He is currently playing A grade cricket for East Torrens. In 2008 he was called up for the under 19 Australian national squad to compete in the Under 19's World Cup where he was a valuable asset to the team. He has since been called up to the South Australian Redbacks squad for his first Sheffield Shield game on February 13 2009 against the Queensland Bulls.

Is an Australian politician. He was formerly the member for South Barwon in the Victorian Legislativ

Is an Australian politician. He was formerly the member for South Barwon in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. He ran for and was elected to the council of the City of Greater Geelong in 1995. He was a popular and high-profile councillor, and subsequentl

Is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of R

Is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives from 2004 to 2007, representing the electorate of Bass. He was defeated at the 2007 federal election, and subsequently switched to state pol

Is a cricketer. Although he is a left-arm medium-pace bowler, he bats right-handed. He was a member

Is a cricketer. Although he is a left-arm medium-pace bowler, he bats right-handed. He was a member of the New Zealand Under 19 side in the 2002 Under 19 Cricket World Cup, and has played for the Auckland Aces since 2003. Bates has the record of most runs

Is an Australian politician and has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of

Is an Australian politician and has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives

Was an Australian first class cricketer who played for the Victorian Bushrangers, the Tasmanian Tige

Was an Australian first class cricketer who played for the Victorian Bushrangers, the Tasmanian Tigers, and despite never playing Test cricket or One Day Internationals for Australia, also participated in the South African rebel tours. Michael Taylor made his debut in the 1977-78 season, and was a regular player in the Victorian Bushrangers line-up until the 1984-85 season, when he decided to join the Australian Rebels in South Africa the following year. It proved to be an exceptionally good tour for Taylor, as he was the leading run-scorer for the tourists, making 668 runs including 3 centuries, and 3 half-centuries at 55.66, with a high score of 109.

Is a New Zealand soccer midfielder who most recently played for the Ecuadorian club Aucas. Wilson pl

Is a New Zealand soccer midfielder who most recently played for the Ecuadorian club Aucas. Wilson played college soccer at Stanford University and represented New Zealand at international level. Wilson played for New Zealand U-17 at the 1997 FIFA U-17 Wor

Was an Australian sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won a silver medal in the 4x100m freest

Was an Australian sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won a silver medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.Delany was best known for being a member of the so-called Mean Machine. Debuting at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane.

Is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Asse

Is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since 2008.Nahan first entered politics at the 2008 state election when he defeated incumbent Labor MP Tony McRae for the seat of Riverton.

Is a popular South African cricket commentator of Australian origin. He was born in Adelaide, South

Is a popular South African cricket commentator of Australian origin. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia. He worked for Supersport for over five years, hosting cricket show Extra Cover and making regular appearances on Super Saturday. On October 28, 2006 he recorded his last Supersport appearance. As a first class cricketer, he represented Leicestershire, Northern Transvaal, South Australia and Transvaal domestic sides. He also represented the Australian XI in the South African rebel tours from 1985-87.

Is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia, serving from 1996 to 2009.Justice Kirby attended

Is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia, serving from 1996 to 2009.Justice Kirby attended Fort Street High School in Sydney. He received his Bachelor of Arts (1959), Bachelor of Laws (1962), Bachelor of Economics (1965) and Master of Laws (Firs

Is a Australian football striker. He currently plays for Oakleigh Cannons.

Is a Australian football striker. He currently plays for Oakleigh Cannons.

An Australian poet active in the 1960s and early 1970s

An Australian poet active in the 1960s and early 1970s

Is an Australian cricketer, a left-handed specialist batsman. Hussey is also widely known by his nic

Is an Australian cricketer, a left-handed specialist batsman. Hussey is also widely known by his nickname Mr Cricket. Hussey was a relative latecomer to both the one-day international and Test Australian teams, debuting at 28 and 30 years of age in the respective formats, with 15,313 first-class runs before making his Test debut. He also plays in the Indian Premier League for the Chennai Super Kings, although he opted out of the 2009 season. Hussey earned a Cricket Australia contract in 2004–05 after excelling in the ING Cup. Statistically, Hussey's international career has been very successful, with his career batting average in tests being 55.29 as of April 2009 (and between 2006 and 2008 hovering between 75 and 85) and in ODIs 54.72. His Test average is among the highest of contemporary batsmen. He is currently second on the list of best averages ever in ODI cricket. Hussey debuted for the Australian One-day team against India on February 1, 2004 at his home WACA ground in Perth. In this match Hussey made 17* helping Australia win the match by five wickets. Hussey made his Test debut at the Gabba in Brisbane on the 3rd November 2005, as a replacement for fellow Western Australian batsman Justin Langer in the Australia vs. West Indies series.

Is a New Zealand cricketer. He played 64 first-class matches for Northern Districts before shifting

Is a New Zealand cricketer. He played 64 first-class matches for Northern Districts before shifting to Wellington to extend his first-class career. He was born in Pukekohe. He is the older brother of Neal Parlane.

Is a former Labour Party member of the New Zealand House of Representatives and cabinet minister in

Is a former Labour Party member of the New Zealand House of Representatives and cabinet minister in the reformist fourth Labour government. He is also a noted New Zealand historian, and has published a number of books on New Zealand politics, including bi

Was an Australian Liberal Party politician who represented the Division of Macarthur in the House of

Was an Australian Liberal Party politician who represented the Division of Macarthur in the House of Representatives and the state of New South Wales in the Senate. Baume was elected to represent the Division of Macarthur in the 1975 federal election, and

An international politics scholar

An international politics scholar

An Australian professional rugby league player for the Brisbane Broncos club in the National Rugby L

An Australian professional rugby league player for the Brisbane Broncos club in the National Rugby League competition. He previously played for the St George Illawarra Dragons and the Newcastle Knights. His usual position is at hooker.Ennis' first season at the Broncos, in 2006, was cut short by a knee injury suffered in round 5 against the South Sydney Rabbitohs at Suncorp Stadium. While changing direction, Ennis snapped his anterior cruciate ligament and required a full knee reconstruction. Ennis missed the rest of the season, and subsequently, the premiership win in October.

Is an Australian football (soccer) player from Cairns who plays for Gold Coast United.His career beg

Is an Australian football (soccer) player from Cairns who plays for Gold Coast United.His career began at Sydney University in the New South Wales Winter Super League. He then spent two seasons playing for Marconi Stallions (2002-2004) in the now defunct