Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Is a former New Zealand politician.Prior to becoming an MP, East, was a lawyer and barrister with Ea

Is a former New Zealand politician.Prior to becoming an MP, East, was a lawyer and barrister with East Brewster, a prominent Rotorua-based legal firm. East also enagaged in local politics as a member of the Rotorua City Council which has now been subsumed

Is an Australian television presenter, financial analyst and financial advisor

Is an Australian television presenter, financial analyst and financial advisor

Is an Australian professional racing cyclist. Prior to turning to road cycling in 2003, Crake was a

Is an Australian professional racing cyclist. Prior to turning to road cycling in 2003, Crake was a successful mountain runner and stairclimbing champion. Crake is a five-time winner of the Empire State Building Run-up, the current record holder in 9 minu

Is an Australian judge

Is an Australian judge

Is a former road and track cyclist from New Zealand, who won the bronze medal in the men's 4000m tea

Is a former road and track cyclist from New Zealand, who won the bronze medal in the men's 4000m team pursuit at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in his native Christchurch. Brydon also represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West

Is a former first-class cricketer who played for Central Districts and Canterbury in New Zealand and

Is a former first-class cricketer who played for Central Districts and Canterbury in New Zealand and once for Somerset in England. A right-arm off-spin bowler and a right-handed lower order batsman, Unwin played first-class and List A cricket for Central

A British-born physicist, writer and broadcaster

A British-born physicist, writer and broadcaster

Is an oceanographer. While a civilian employee of the United States Naval Undersea Warfare Center, h

Is an oceanographer. While a civilian employee of the United States Naval Undersea Warfare Center, he flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-41-G as a Payload Specialist.

Is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party. He was MP for the seat of Eastern H

Is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party. He was MP for the seat of Eastern Hutt from the 1990 election until the 1996 elections, when the electorate boundaries were changed and it became Rimutaka. He won Rimutaka in 1996 and held t

Australian politician, was the leader of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition in Western A

Australian politician, was the leader of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition in Western Australia from 24 March 2006 until 17 January 2008.At the 1989 election, he won the previously safe Labor seat of Warren for the Liberal Party in the Wester

Is a professional basketball player for the New Zealand Breakers who play in the Australian National

Is a professional basketball player for the New Zealand Breakers who play in the Australian National Basketball League's and for the New Zealand Tall Blacks; he primarily plays point guard.

Is an Scottish-Australian football player. He currently is the captain of Altona East Phoenix and pl

Is an Scottish-Australian football player. He currently is the captain of Altona East Phoenix and plays alongside great footballers such as Vladimir "Vlado" Zoric, who used to play for the old Marconi Stallions in the NSL and Steve Iosifidis, who played f

Is a composer and performer of contemporary music

Is a composer and performer of contemporary music

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

Is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

Was the most feted and successful footballer of the family. Paul was capped 31 times between 1974 an

Was the most feted and successful footballer of the family. Paul was capped 31 times between 1974 and 1982 either at fullback or more frequently at fly half. He made his Wallaby debut in the first Test of 1974 against the All Blacks. He was a world-class

Was an Austrian physicist and mathematician, who obtained Dutch citizenship on March 24, 1922. He ma

Was an Austrian physicist and mathematician, who obtained Dutch citizenship on March 24, 1922. He made major contributions to the field of statistical mechanics and its relations with quantum mechanics, including the theory of phase transition and the Ehrenfest theorem. On December 21, 1904 he married Russian mathematician Tatyana Alexeyevna Afanasyeva (1876–1964), who collaborated with him in his work. They had two daughters and two sons: Tatyana ('Tanja') (1905–1984), also became a mathematician; Galinka ('Galja') (1910–1979), became an author and illustrator of children's books; Paul Jr. ('Pavlik') (1915–1939), who also became a physicist; and Vassily ('Wassik') (1918–1933).

Is a former Canterbury and New Zealand cricketer who played in 4 Tests and 17 ODIs from 1980 to 1985

Is a former Canterbury and New Zealand cricketer who played in 4 Tests and 17 ODIs from 1980 to 1985.

A right-handed opening batsman with a fine array of strokes, Whitelaw played first-class cricket for

A right-handed opening batsman with a fine array of strokes, Whitelaw played first-class cricket for Auckland with some success from 1928 to 1947, averaging 37 runs per innings. Yet he made only two Test match appearances, both matches on the short tour of New Zealand by the 1932-33 MCC side that followed the Bodyline tour of Australia. Both matches were dominated by the batting of Walter Hammond, who scored 563 runs in two innings, being dismissed just once. Whitelaw made 64 runs from four innings, two of them not out. But though he represented New Zealand in unofficial matches against the MCC team led by Errol Holmes in 1935-36, he never played Test cricket again.

Is an Australian amateur boxer from Tully, Queensland who fought at the 2008 Olympics at featherweig

Is an Australian amateur boxer from Tully, Queensland who fought at the 2008 Olympics at featherweight.

Is an Australian former football (soccer) player.His younger brother Craig Foster was former Austral

Is an Australian former football (soccer) player.His younger brother Craig Foster was former Australian International. Playing as a Striker,Foster debuted with South Melbourne FC before playing with Sunshine George Cross in the National Soccer League (NSL

Is the former New South Wales State Police minister.He represented Ashfield from May 1976 to March 1

Is the former New South Wales State Police minister.He represented Ashfield from May 1976 to March 1999 and Strathfield from March 1999 to February 2003 for the Australian Labor Party. He was Minister Consumer Affairs and Minister for Roads from October 1

Is a left-handed pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. He is 6' 1" and weighs 195 lbs.In

Is a left-handed pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. He is 6' 1" and weighs 195 lbs.In 2005, he had a stellar year, pitching in the 2005 Baseball World Cup in Holland for the Australia national baseball team, and was awarded the Florida State

Is a New Zealand rower.

Is a New Zealand rower.

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. He finished fourth in the K-4 1000 m

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. He finished fourth in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Is an Australian professional golfer who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour.Gow has won three ti

Is an Australian professional golfer who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour.Gow has won three times on the Nationwide Tour, once in 1997, once in 2000, and once in 2006. He has never won on the PGA Tour, but he did come close when he lost in a playoff