Famous Australian November Birthdays

NOVEMBER 1 to 15 NOVEMBER 16 to 30

Were you or someone you know born in November? You'll find below some notable Australian politicians, a heart surgeon, actors, musicians, athletes and even a Golden Guitar winner that have November birthdays.

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JAN	1-15 16-31	APR	1-15 16-30	JULY	1-15 16-31	OCT	1-15 16-31
FEB	1-15 16-29	MAY	1-15 16-31	AUG	1-15 16-31	NOV	1-15 16-30
MAR	1-15 16-31	JUNE	1-15 16-31	SEPT	1-15 16-30	DEC	1-15 16-31

Birth	Death	Born in November	A little bit about them . . .
01 Nov 1903	-1963	Edward "Carji" Greeves	Australian rules footballer, 1st person awarded the Brownlow Medal (1924), inducted into Australian Football Hall of Fame (1996)
01 Nov 1945		John Williamson	Australian singer, songwriter (Old Man Emu, True Blue, Australia Calling, Mallee Boy), over 20 CMAA Golden Guitar Awards (Country Music Awards of Australia), ARIA Hall of Fame (2010), over 2 million albums sold in Australia alone
01 Nov 1967		Tina Arena Filippina Lydia Arena	Australian singer, songwriter, ARIA Awards (1995, 1996, 2000), Young Australian of the Year (1995)began as 7 year old on Young Talent Time, album Don't Ask sold over 2 million copies
01 Nov 1972		Toni Collette	Australian actress (A Country Practice, Spotswood, Muriel's Wedding, Diana & Me, The Boys, The Sixth Sense, United States of Tara), Golden Globe Award (2010) Emmy Award (2009)
02 Nov 1946		Alan Jones	Australian auto racer, winner Can-Am Challenge Cup (1978), winner World Drivers' Championship (1980), winner Australian GT Championship (1982)
02 Nov 1951		Lindy Morrison	Australian indie rock musician, drummer in the Go Betweens (1980-89), The Rainy Season (2007-present), helps direct intellectually disabled musicians in the Junction House Band
03 Nov 1920	-1993	Oodgeroo Noonuccal Kathleen Jean Mary Ruska Pen Name: Kath Walker	Aboriginal-Australian poet (Rainbow Serpent, Stradbroke Dreamtime, Are We Going), political activist, artist, educator, first Aboriginal Australian to publish a book of verse, established the Noonuccal-Nughie Education and Cultural Centre providing education for over 20,000 children of all ethnicities.
03 Nov 1966		Joe Hachem	Lebanese-Australian poker player, first Australian to win main event at World Series of Poker (2005) earning him a record $7.5 million
03 Nov 1987		Gemma Louise Ward	Australian model, actress (Pirates of Caribbean On Stranger Tides, Black Balloon), Australian Fashion Week debut 2003 (age 15), youngest model to appear in American Vogue (age 16), first model ever on cover Teen Vogue (age 18)
03 Nov 1988		Angus McLaren	Australian actor (Packed to the Rafters, H20: Just Add Water, Neighbours, Saddle Club, All Saints, Blue Heelers, Something in the Air)
04 Nov 1840	-1887	William Robert Giblin	Australian politician, Premier of Tasmania (1878-84), a judge in the Supreme Court of Tasmania (1885)
04 Nov 1957		Tony Abbott	Australian politician, 32nd Leader of the Opposition in the Australian House of Representatives, federal leader of the Liberal Party, Member of the Australian Parliament for Warringah, studied for the Catholic priesthood at St Patrick's Seminary Manly (1983)
04 Nov 1975		Curtis Stone	Australian chef, television personality (Surfing the Menu, My Restaurant Rules, Take Home Chef, Top Chef Masters, Celebrity Apprentice 3, Coles TV ads) one of 2006 People magazine's sexiest men alive
05 Nov 1873	-1935	Edwin "Teddy" Flack	Australian athlete, Australia's first Olympian and our only representative in 1896, double Olympic gold medallist for 800 metres and 1500 meters running events (1896), 45 cent Australian postage stamp in his honour (1996), inducted into Australian Sports and Athletics Hall of Fame (1985)
05 Nov 1931		Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton	Australian historian, author of 13 books, Chancellor of Murdoch University (2002-06), Professor – U of Queensland (1998), U of London (1982-85), U of WA (1966), Edith Cowan U in WA, named Western Australia's 2006 Australian of the Year
05 Nov 1985		Kate DeAraugo	Australian singer, songwriter, Australian Idol — failed auditions in 2003 and 2004, went on to win in 2005, member of Young Divas (2006-07), her album A Place I've Never Been (2005) went Platinum
06 Nov 1884		May Brahe Mary Hannah Dickson	Australian composer (over half her 500 songs were published), only Australian woman composer to win local and international recognition, her 1927 song Bless This House was recorded by a variety of singers such as Doris Day, Vera Lynn, Perry Como
06 Nov 1976		Jodi Miranda Martin	Australian singer, songwriter (Sandcastles, Water and Wood, Twenty One Stairs)
07 Nov 1926	-2010	Joan Sutherland	Australian operatic soprano (Met Opera), Luciano Pavarotti called her the "Voice of the Century", Australian of the Year 1961
07 Nov 1972		Melissa Bell	Australian actress (Neighbours, E Street, Paradise Beach, Home and Away, Water Rats, Venus Factory, Diamonds)
07 Nov 1972		Mike Goldman	Australian media personality (Big Brother, Friday Night Live, Joker Poker), narrator for Meerkat Manor TV series, son of radio host Grant Goldman
07 Nov 1990		Matt Corby	Australian singer, songwriter, runner-up Australian Idol 2007
09 Nov 1889	-1962	Snub Pollard Harold Fraser	Australian actor (Perils of Pauline, Inherit the Wind, Man of a Thousand Faces, Singin' in the Rain, All About Eve, Adam's Rib, Miracle of 34th Street), star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
09 Nov 1941		John Desmond Singleton	Australian entrepreneur, majority shareholder Macquarie Radio Network (2CH, 2GB), part owner with Gerry Harvey of the thoroughbred sales Magic Millions, 2009 Australian Advertising Hall of Fame
09 Nov 1976		Laura Csortan	Australian model, TV personality (Great Outdoors, Wheel of Fortune), Miss Universe Australia (1997), Miss World Australia (1998)
09 Nov 1984		Delta Goodrem	Australian singer, songwriter, actress (Neighbours), Silver Logie 2003 and 2004, a record 7 ARIA Awards (2003), 4 ARIA Awards (2004), 2 ARIA Awards (2005, 2008), album Innocent Eyes was 29 weeks at No 1, same year Delta underwent radiation therapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma (2003)
10 Nov 1985		Ricki Lee Coulter	Australian singer (Can't Touch It), media personality (co-host Australian Idol 2008-9, Sydney Nova FM, B105 FM, Fox FM), placed 7th Australian Idol 2004, member original Young Divas (2006-07)
10 Nov 1987		Jessica Tovey	Australian actress (Underbelly: Golden Mile, Home and Away)
11 Nov 1962		James Morrison	Australian jazz musician (Three Minds, Live in Paris, Postcards From Downunder), performed the opening fanfare at Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, worked with Frank Sinatra, Dizzy Gillespie, BB King, Ray Charles, Cab Calloway, Wynton Marsalis, & others
11 Nov 1970		Lee Battersby	Australian author of science fiction, fantasy, and horror fiction (Tales of Nireym, Carrying the God, Through Soft Air), 2003 Ditmar Award
12 Nov 1960		Tracey Leanne Moffatt	Australian photographer, filmmaker, her works are in National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of NSW, Tate (UK), Museum of Contemporary Art (USA)
12 Nov 1973		Radha Mitchell	Australian actress (Sugar and Spice, Neighbours, High Art, Pitch Black, Phone Booth, Man on Fire, Finding Neverland, Rogue, Henry Pool Is Here)
13 Nov 1934		Kamahl Kandiah Kamalesvaran	Australian singer (Elephant Song), Rupert Murdoch mentored him and sponsored his citizenship, helping him to get singing jobs while he was a guest at Pat and Rupert's home for two years, Queen Elizabeth II asked him to give a Royal Command Performance at Commonwealth Games in Brisbane (1982), Australian Father of the Year Award (1998)
13 Nov 1970		Bruce Samazan	Australian actor (E Street, Neighbours, Home and Away)
13 Nov 1973		Samantha Linette Riley	Aboriginal-Australian swimmer, breaststroke champion, Olympics – bronze medal in 1992, bronze medal in 1996, 2 gold medals in 1992
13 Nov 1977		Chanel Cole Chanel Cole Whalley	Australian singer (Good Times), 5th place Australian Idol 2004
14 Nov 1927		Bart Cummings James Bartholomew Cummings	Australian racehorse trainer, trained 12 horses that won Melbourne Cup, Sport Australia Hall of Fame (1991), Australian Racing Hall of Fame (2001)
14 Nov 1947		Nat Young Robert Harold Young	Australian surfer, author (Nat Young's Book of Surfing, History of Surfing, Surf Rage), World Surfing Champion (1966, 1970)
14 Nov 1984		Lisa De Vanna	Australian female footballer, member of Australian National Team, WA Sportswoman of the year (2007)
14 Nov 1990	-2008	Jessie Jacobs Jessica Madison Jacobs	Australian singer, actress (Saddle Club, Fergus McPhail, Holly's Heroes, Worst Best Friends), was killed when she fell onto tracks of an oncoming train