Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Is an Australian speed skater and a former inline speed skating world champion. Muir was selected in

Is an Australian speed skater and a former inline speed skating world champion. Muir was selected in the Australian squad to compete in the Women's 500 metres and Women's 1000 metres, at the 2010 Winter Olympics at Vancouver.

A professional Australian middleweight kickboxer and martial artist, fighting out of Nugget's Thaibo

A professional Australian middleweight kickboxer and martial artist, fighting out of Nugget's Thaiboxing Gym (NTG) in Brisbane, Australia. In 2007 he took part of the reality based television series The Contender Asia.

Is a New Zealand Boxer who has garnered considerable controversy during his boxing career. Despite a

Is a New Zealand Boxer who has garnered considerable controversy during his boxing career. Despite an earlier conviction for killing his five month old daughter, Pownceby gained selection to the 2004 New Zealand Olympic Team, and the 2006 New Zealand Comm

Is an Australian football (soccer) player of ethnic Macedonian origin whose adaptability means he ca

Is an Australian football (soccer) player of ethnic Macedonian origin whose adaptability means he can play as a defender (right and left sided), right wing-back or a right winger. He currently plays for FC Universitatea Craiova in the Liga I competition.

Is a New Zealand freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games and in the 1938 Bri

Is a New Zealand freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games and in the 1938 British Empire Games.

Was a chess player and Australian Chess Champion in 1923-24, 1925-26, 1926 and 1927. He was the fath

Was a chess player and Australian Chess Champion in 1923-24, 1925-26, 1926 and 1927. He was the father-in-law of Cecil Purdy.

Was born at Napier in New Zealand, a sportsman who excelled in rowing and golf and was also well kno

Was born at Napier in New Zealand, a sportsman who excelled in rowing and golf and was also well known as a race horse owner.In the spring of 1901, Spencer Gollan, along with two professional oarsmen, Tom Sullivan and George Towns, broke the record for ro

A batsman who liked to play his strokes, the highlight of his long test career was his only century,

A batsman who liked to play his strokes, the highlight of his long test career was his only century, 111 scored in five and a half hours against Pakistan in a losing cause in Lahore in 1955. He also made three fifties against South Africa, making 709 runs on New Zealand's 1961/62 tour there. He was also part of the team that was bowled out for just 26, the record lowest test score. In 148 first-class matches for Otago between 1947/48 and 1968/69 he scored 6573 runs at an average of 25.47. He made 5 centuries, the highest a fine unbeaten 114 against Wellington. He continued in club cricket after his long first class career, playing up to the age of 58, and was a leading bowls administrator.

Better known as Bert Hinkler, was a pioneer Australian aviator (dubbed "Australian Lone Eagle"[1]),

Better known as Bert Hinkler, was a pioneer Australian aviator (dubbed "Australian Lone Eagle"[1]), inventor, first person to fly solo from England to Australia, and the first person to fly solo across the Southern Atlantic Ocean.

Is an Australian football player of Serbian descent, who is currently playing for the East Bengal in

Is an Australian football player of Serbian descent, who is currently playing for the East Bengal in the I-League.He doesn't know much about Indian football and came to know about East Bengal through his friend Mijin, a Serbian footballer who plays for Ma

Is a field hockey midfielder from New Zealand, who made her international debut for the national tea

Is a field hockey midfielder from New Zealand, who made her international debut for the national team in 2003 at a three nations tournament in Japan. The Cantabrian has since developed into a solid and valuable midfielder for The Black Sticks ever since,

Is an Australian association footballer currently playing for Australian W-League team Perth Glory.

Is an Australian association footballer currently playing for Australian W-League team Perth Glory.

Is a retired professional rugby league footballer who has been named amongst the greatest New Zealan

Is a retired professional rugby league footballer who has been named amongst the greatest New Zealand has ever produced. He currently plays for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League. His usual position is at halfback, but he has also brief

Is a English association footballer currently playing for Newcastle United Jets. Stacey also plays w

Is a English association footballer currently playing for Newcastle United Jets. Stacey also plays with Merewether United in the Northern NSW Women's Premier League in the 2009 season.

A retired Greek-Australian kickboxer and 8 time World Champion of kickboxing. He was born in Austral

A retired Greek-Australian kickboxer and 8 time World Champion of kickboxing. He was born in Australia, however of Greek parentage.

Was a right-wing[2] Australian radio broadcaster who presented a popular night time show on 2UE Sydn

Was a right-wing[2] Australian radio broadcaster who presented a popular night time show on 2UE Sydney and which was networked across parts of Australia via Southern Cross.

Was a New Zealand track and field athlete who competed in javelin throwing at the 1928 Summer Olympi

Was a New Zealand track and field athlete who competed in javelin throwing at the 1928 Summer Olympics at Amsterdam, the 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton, the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, and the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland.

Is an Australian former football (soccer) player.He was predominantly a left winger though he had be

Is an Australian former football (soccer) player.He was predominantly a left winger though he had been known to perform at left-back. He last played for his home-town club, Perth Glory and made 58 official appearances for Australia and was called up to th

Was an Australian cricketer whose career highlight was commanding officer of the Australian Services

Was an Australian cricketer whose career highlight was commanding officer of the Australian Services XI during the Victory Tests of 1945. Sismey, although commanding officer of the side, was not the on-field captain. That honour was bestowed upon Test cricketer Lindsay Hassett. Born on July 15, 1916, in Junee, New South Wales, Sismey played for New South Wales and Scotland during his 15 year career at first-class cricket level from 1938/39 through to 1952. A right-hand batsman who averaged 17.68 during his first-class career he is better known as a wicketkeeper.

Was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. Knowl

Was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. Knowles was elected as the Australian Labor Party member for Ingleburn in 1981 and re-elected until Ingleburn's abolition in 1988, when he was elected as the me

An Australian politician and diplomat

An Australian politician and diplomat

Was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Richmond in the Victorian Foo

Was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He also played a first-class cricket match for Victoria. Leopold recruit Stan Wootton started his VFL career at South Melbourne in 1915 but didn't appear again until 1920 due to war commitments. He spent the 1920 season as a forward and topped South Melbourne's goal-kicking with 28 goals, including a career best haul of five against Melbourne at Lake Oval. In 1923 he crossed to Richmond and played six senior games for the club before retiring.

Was an Australian cricketer who played for South Australia and New South Wales. A right-handed batsm

Was an Australian cricketer who played for South Australia and New South Wales. A right-handed batsman, he made his first-class debut for South Australia in 1909 against Victoria, playing 11 matches before making his final first-class appearance, for New South Wales, in 1912. Hill scored two half-centuries in 22 first-class innings; his highest score of 62 was for South Australia against New South Wales in 1910. Five other brothers played for South Australia and in 1912–1913 there were several instances of three Hill brothers in the same representative team.

Was a New Zealand cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who play

Was a New Zealand cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Otago. He was born and died in Wanganui. James made a single first-class appearance for the team, during the 1953-54 season, against Fiji. As a tail

Is a retired Australian politician.In 1975, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Country Par

Is a retired Australian politician.In 1975, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Country Party Senator for Queensland. He remained in the Senate until his retirement in 1987.