Celebrating Our Heroes
celebrating our heroes
Famous Australian July Birthdays
JULY 1 to 15 July 16 to 31
Were you or someone you know born in July? You'll find below some notable Australian politicians, footballers, actors, musicians, athletes and even a few Logie Award winners that have July birthdays.
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| Birth | Death | Aussies Born in July | A little bit about them . . . |
| 17 July 1902 | -1983 | Christina Stead | Australian novelist (Man Who Loved Children, For Love Alone, House of All Nations) |
| 17 July 1975 | Terence Chi-Shen Tao | Australian mathematician, child prodigy, received his Ph.D. at age of 20, was youngest gold medal winner at age of 13 at International Mathematical Olympiad | |
| 17 July 1976 | Matthew Holmes | Australian actor (Sea Patrol, Blue Heelers) | |
| 17 July 1983 | Ryan Guettler | Australian professional BMX rider, won silver medal at 2001 Asian X Games | |
| 17 July 1987 | Darius Boyd | Australian rugby league footballer, awarded the Clive Churchill Medal at the 2010 Grand Final. | |
| 18 July 1890 | -1983 | Francis Forde | 15th Prime Minister of Australia (1945-1945), shortest serving PM in Australia's history (8 days), Canberra suburb of Forde is named after him |
| 18 July 1962 | Shaun Micallef | Australian comedian, actor (Full Frontal, Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation) and writer (book - Smithereens), Aria Award 2008, Logie Award 2010 | |
| 19 July 1949 | Ivar (Ivor) Kants | Australian actor (Restless Years, Home and Away, Neighbours, Heartbreak High, The Plumber) | |
| 19 July 1963 | Garth Nix | Australian author of young adult fantasy novels (Old Kingdom series, Seventh Tower series, Keys to the Kingdom series) | |
| 20 July 1912 | -1970 | George Johnston | Australian journalist, war correspondent and novelist (My Brother Jack, Clean Straw for Nothing, Australia at War), Miles Franklin Award 1964, 1969 |
| 20 July 1953 | Marcia Hines | American-Australian singer (Fire & Rain, I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself), Australian Idol judge, ARIA Hall of Fame 2007, mother of singer Deni Hines | |
| 20 July 1976 | Andrew Stockdale | Australian musician, lead singer & guitarist in the band Wolfmother, APRA Award 2007 | |
| 20 July 1978 | Tamsyn Lewis | Australian middle-distance runner, Gold medal winner at 1998, 2002, 2006 Commonwealth Games | |
| 21 July 1953 | Jeff Fatt | Chinese-Australian musician and actor, purple shirt member of the children's band The Wiggles, focus for the group's catch-phrase "Wake Up, Jeff!" | |
| 22 July 1973 | Daniel Jones | Australian musician (Truly Madly Deeply, I Knew I Loved You), half of the Savage Garden duo | |
| 22 July 1983 | Sharni Vinson | Australian model and actress (Home and Away) | |
| 23 July 1942 | Sallyanne Atkinson | Australian politician, Brisbane Lord Mayor (1985-91) | |
| 23 July 1983 | Bec Hewitt (nee Cartwright) |
Australian singer & actress (Home and Away), won Logie Award 2005, won 2004 Dancing with the Stars, married tennis player Lleyton Hewitt in 2005 | |
| 24 July 1919 | -1999 | Robert Marsden Hope | Australian justice, NSW Supreme Court justice, first Chancellor of the University of Wollongong |
| 24 July 1935 | Pat Oliphant | Australian cartoonist, world-wide syndicated political cartoons, Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning 1967 | |
| 24 July 1979 | Mary Rose Byrne | Australian actress (X-Men: First Class, Bridesmaids, Get Him to the Greek), won AFI Award 2007 | |
| 24 July 1998 | Bindi Sue Irwin | Australian entertainer, actress (Crocodile Hunter Diaries, Bindi the Jungle Girl, Free Willy), daughter of The Crocodile Hunter star Steve Irwin | |
| 25 July 1861 | -1924 | Charles Brownlow | Australian rules football player and administrator, known for having the Brownlow Medal named in his honour (Chas Brownlow Trophy) |
| 25 July 1936 | Glenn Murcutt | Australian architect, 1992 RAIA Gold Medal, 2002 Pritzker Prize for Architecture, 2009 AIA Gold Medal | |
| 26 July 1939 | John W. Howard | 25th Prime Minister of Australia (1996-2007), Liberal Party, US Presidential Medal of Freedom 2009 | |
| 26 July 1977 | Rebecca St. James Rebecca Smallbone |
Australian singer (Worship God, Pray, I Will Praise You), actor (Sarah's Choice), Grammy Award 2000 | |
| 26 July 1981 | Abe Forsythe | Australian director, actor (Marking Time, Ned, Tripping Over, Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant) | |
| 27 July 1933 | -1995 | Ted Whitten Edward EJ Whitten |
Australian rules footballer, 1996 Australian Football Hall of Fame, selected Captain AFL Team of Century |
| 27 July 1953 | Yahoo Serious Greg Pead |
Australian director, score composer, actor (Young Einstein, Reckless Kelly, Mr. Accident) | |
| 27 July 1972 | Clint Robinson | Australian surf lifesaver and kayaker, Summer Olympics gold 1992, silver 2004, bronze 1996 | |
| 27 July 1980 | Allan Davis | Australian road racing cyclist, Gold in Road Race at 2010 Commonwealth Games | |
| 27 July 1990 | Indiana Rose Evans | Australian singer, actress (H20: Just Add Water, Home and Away, Snobs), Logie Award 2008 | |
| 28 July 1890 | -1975 | Marie Lohr | Australian actress (A Town Like Alice, Pygmalion, Small Hotel, Great Catherine, The Winslow Boy) |
| 28 July 1949 | -2001 | Peter Doyle | Australian singer (Skin Deep, Mr Good Time, Stupidity), member 2nd line-up of The New Seekers |
| 30 July 1969 | Simon Baker | Australian actor (The Mentalist, The Guardian, Smith, The Devil Wears Prada, Heartbreak High, Margin Call, Killer Inside Me, Not Forgotten), Logie Award 1993 | |
| 30 July 1982 | Yvonne Strahovski Yvonne Strzechowski |
Australian actress (Chuck, headLand, Gone, Plex), voice & facial appearance for video game Mass Effect | |
| 31 July 1951 | Evonne Goolagong Cawley | Australian tennis champion, first Indigenous Australian woman to achieve international sporting fame, in 1971 won both French Open & Wimbledon, 1971 Australian of the Year, member Wiradjuri people | |
| 31 July 1953 | Ted Baillieu | Australian politician, 46th Premier of Victoria (2010- ) | |
| 31 July 1987 | Brittany Byrnes | Australian actress (Babe, Breakers, Little Oberon, Mermaids, Toybox, The Violent Earth) |
