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 |
These are the birthdates of some very famous Australians and in Australia whose birthday is on july.
JULY 1 TO 15
Birth | Death | Aussies Born in July | A little bit about them . . . |
01 July 1949 | John Farnham | Australian singer (Little River Band, Sadie Cleaning Lady, Jesus Christ Superstar) 1987 Australian of the Year, Logie Awards, 19 ARIA awards & Hall of Fame | |
01 July 1982 | Justin Huber | Australian baseball player, played for Kansas City Royals, San Diego Padres, Minnesota Twins | |
01 July 1894 | -1982 | Bernard Heinze | Australian orchestra conductor, helped pioneer classical music broadcasting in Australia, first Aussie musician to be knighted, 1974 Australian of the Year |
02 July 1970 | Colin Edwin | Australian musician, member band Porcupine Tree | |
02 July 1983 | Sammy J Samuel J. McMillan | Australian comedian | |
03 July 1881 | -1951 | Leon Errol Leonce Errol Sims | Australian comedian and actor (Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway, film – Never Give a Sucker an Even Break) |
04 July 1944 | Ray Meagher | Australian actor (Prisoner, A Country Practice, Home and Away, Breaker Morant), Gold Logie 2010 | |
04 July 1958 | Kirk Pengilly | Australian musician, member of the band INXS, came in 2nd in Celebrity MasterChef Australia 2009 | |
05 July 1975 | Kip Gamblin | Australian ballet dancer and actor (Home and Away, All Saints, Moulin Rouge), Logie Award 2004 | |
05 July 1985 | Stephanie McIntosh | Australian singer (Mistake) and actress (Neighbours) | |
06 July 1887 | -1975 | Annette Kellerman | Australian swimmer, actress (The Mermaid), author (Fairy Tales of the South Seas), arrested 1907 for indecency for wearing one-piece cozzie (bathing suit) |
06 July 1946 | Peter Singer | Australian philosopher specialising in applied ethics, wrote the books Animal Liberation, Rethinking Life and Death: The Collapse of Our Traditional Ethics | |
06 July 1951 | Geoffrey Rush | Australian actor (The King’s Speech, Shine, Pirates of the Caribbean), won Academy Award, Tony Award, Emmy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, 2012 Australian of the Year | |
06 July 1979 | Nic Cester | Australian musician, singer rock band Jet, APRA Award 2006, 2007 (Are You Gonna Be My Girl) | |
07 July 1942 | Carmen Duncan | Australian actress (A Country Practice, Hunter, Number 96, Farscape, Homicide, Another World) | |
07 July 1975 | Michael Voss | Australian rules footballer and coach, inducted into Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2011 | |
10 July 1918 | James Aldridge Harold Edward James Aldridge | Australian-British writer and journalist, WWII despatches published worldwide, wrote over 30 books (Sea Eagle, Of Many Men, The Diplomat, Mockery in Arms, True Story of Spit Macphee), 1973 children’s novel A Sporting Proposition adapted as 1975 Disney film Ride a Wild Pony, 1953 World Peace Council Gold Medal for The Diplomat, Lenin Peace Price (1972) | |
10 July 1977 | Schapelle Corby | Australian convicted drug smuggler imprisoned in Indonesia. 20 year sentence for bringing 4.2 kg (9.3lb) of cannabis into Bali, Indonesia. Corby says she knew nothing about drugs found in her boogie board bag | |
11 July 1916 | Gough Whitlam | 21st Prime Minister of Australia (1972-75), Australian Labor Party, only Prime Minister to be dismissed from office by the Governor-General | |
11 July 1966 | Mick Molloy | Australian comedian and actor (Kath & Kim, Stiff, The Brush Off, Crackerjack) | |
11 July 1984 | Rachael Taylor | Australian actress (Grey’s Anatomy, Transformers, Splinterheads, Shutter) | |
12 July 1907 | -1993 | Edward “Weary” Dunlop | Australian surgeon who pioneered new surgical techniques, World War II prisoner of war forced to work on the infamous Thai-Burma railway, 1976 Australian of the Year |
12 July 1939 | Phillip Adams | Australian broadcaster (Late Night Live), producer (Adventures of Barry McKenzie), Human Rights Medal 2006, Order of Australia 1987, 1992 | |
12 July 1942 | Billy Smith | Australian rugby league footballer, represented Australia in 18 Tests and 8 World Cup games, named one of Australia’s 100 Greatest Players (1908-2007) | |
12 July 1986 | Krystal Forscutt | Australian model (Zoo Weekly, Ralph), contestant in Big Brother Australia ‘ 06, 1st Aussie with video game character in Need for Speed: ProStreet’s starting girl | |
13 July 1961 | Tim Watson | Australian rules footballer, coach, sports journalist, WS Crichton Medal, Leigh Matthews Trophy 1989 | |
14 July 1946 | John Wood | Australian actor (Blue Heelers, Rafferty’s Rules, Offspring), Gold Logie Award 2006 | |
14 July 1960 | Anna Bligh | Australian politician, 37th Premier of Queensland (2007- ), ALP member, first woman QLD Premier, descendant of William Bligh (Mutiny on the Bounty) | |
14 July 1972 | Deborah Mailman | Aboriginal Australian actress (Rabbit-Proof Fence, Secret Life of Us, Offspring,), AFI Award 1998, 2010, Logie Award 2002, 2004 & Deadly Awards in 2003, 07 | |
14 July 1983 | Wesley Dening | Australian comedian, TV personality (Totally Wild, In the Qube), contestant in Big Brother Australia 2004 | |
15 July 1893 | -1969 | Enid Bennett | Australian silent film actress (Robin Hood, Skippy, Strike Up the Band, The Biggest Show on Earth ) |
15 July 1950 | Colin Barnett | Australian politician, 33rd Premier of WA (2008- ) | |
15 July 1973 | Chris Taylor | Australian comedian, member of The Chaser |
JULY 16 TO 31
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 | |
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 | Janine Ilitch Janine Claire Lynch | Australian netballer, Commonwealth Games – Silver 2006, Gold 2002, Gold 1998, Netball World Championships – Silver 2003, Gold 1999 | |
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) |