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This is an incomplete list of
notable people from
Adelaide .
Arts and music
Prominent intellectuals, writers, artists, bands, and musicians to hail from Adelaide include:
Actors
Comedians
Film directors
Humanities
Journalists
Musicians and bands
Visual artists
James Ashton - painter and arts educator
Dorrit Black - modernist printmaker and painter
Michal Dutkiewicz - comic book artist and illustrator, three-time winner of the
Stanley Award
Robert Hannaford
AM - portrait artist, three-time winner of the People's Choice Award of the
Archibald Prize
Barbara Hanrahan - artist, printmaker and writer
Sir
Hans Heysen
OBE - landscape painter, nine-time winner of the
Wynne Prize
Nora Heysen
AM - portrait artist, first female winner of the Archibald Prize
Ondrej Mares - sculptor and furniture maker
Joseph Stanislaus Ostoja-Kotkowski
AM - painting, photography, film-making, theatre design, fabric design, murals, kinetic and static sculpture, stained glass, vitreous enamel murals, op-collages, computer graphics, and laser art
Geoffrey Proud - portrait and landscape painter, sculptor, winner of the 1990 Archibald Prize, winner of the 1975
Sulman Prize
Jeffrey Smart
AO - precisionist landscape painter
Susan Dorothea White - painter, sculptor and printmaker
Writers
Malcolm Afford - playwright and novelist
Guy Boothby - novelist and travel writer
James Bradley - novelist and critic
Brian Castro - novelist
Nancy Cato - author
J M Coetzee - novelist and essayist, winner of the
Nobel Prize in Literature
Aidan Coleman - poet
David Conyers - science fiction author
Geoffrey Dutton
AO - poet, author and historian, winner of the
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry
Max Fatchen
AM - journalist and children's author
Mem Fox
AM - educator and children's author
Peter Goldsworthy
AM - novelist, poet and scriptwriter, winner of the
Helpmann Award
Christine Harris - children's and young adult author
Max Harris
AO - poet, critic and columnist
Vernon Knowles - fantasy author
Kym Lardner - children's author, illustrator, and storyteller
Caleb Lewis - playwright
DBC Pierre - novelist, winner of the
Man Booker Prize
Gillian Rubinstein - children's author and playwright
Bel Schenk - poet
Tony Shillitoe - fantasy author
Tim Sinclair - poet and novelist
Hugh Stretton - historian and sociologist
Anne Summers - feminist writer and editor
Colin Thiele
AC - children's author and educator, winner of the
Dromkeen medal
David Thorne - humorist and satirist
Russel Ward - historian and author of The Australian Legend
Sean Williams - science fiction author
Ben Winch - novelist
Nan Witcomb - poet
Laetitia Withall - poet, author and suffragette
Business and media
Law and politics
Science
World-renowned Adelaide scientists include:
Len Beadell
OAM
BEM - surveyor, roadbuilder and explorer; asteroid
3161 Beadell is named after him
William Henry Bragg
OM
KBE
PRS - physicist, chemist and mathematician, winner of the
Nobel Prize in Physics
William Lawrence Bragg
CH
OBE
MC
FRS - physicist and crystallographer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics and youngest
Nobel Laureate
Rodney Brooks - roboticist, director of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and founding member of the
iRobot corporation
Baron
Howard Florey
OM
FRS
FRCP - pharmacologist and pathologist, winner of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Basil Stuart Hetzel
AC - medical researcher who made a major contribution to combating
iodine deficiency
Cecil Madigan - geologist and meteorologist, member of the
Australasian Antarctic Expedition
Sir
Douglas Mawson
OBE
FRS
FAA - geologist and explorer, leader of the Australasian
Antarctic Expedition
Sir
Mark Oliphant
AC
KBE
FRS
FAA - nuclear physicist, winner of the
Hughes Medal and the
Faraday Medal
Enid Lucy Robertson
AM - botanist, conservationist
Reg Sprigg
AO - geologist and conservationist
George Szekeres
FAA
AM - mathematician, after whom the
George Szekeres Medal is named.
Terence Tao
FRS
FAA - mathematician, winner of the
Fields Medal
Andy Thomas
AO - aerospace engineer and
NASA astronaut
David Unaipon - inventor and writer, commemorated on the
Australian fifty-dollar note
Robin Warren
AC - pathologist and researcher, winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine
Sir
Hubert Wilkins - Antarctic aviation pioneer,
Arctic explorer, ornithologist and geographer
Sport
Internationally and nationally recognised sports people from Adelaide include:
Aerobatics
Archery
Basketball
Mark Bradtke - played one season in the
NBA for the
Philadelphia 76ers , played in the
NBL for the
Adelaide 36ers ,
Melbourne Tigers and
Brisbane Bullets ; three-time NBL Championship winner and 2002
NBL Most Valuable Player ; NBL's all-time leading rebounder; played for the
Australian Boomers in four Olympic Games and two
World Championships
Lindsay Gaze - played for the Australian Boomers in three Olympics and coached the team in four Olympics; two-time NBL Championship winning coach, three-time
NBL Coach of the Year ; member of the
Australian Basketball Hall of Fame ,
FIBA Hall of Fame and the
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Joe Ingles - plays for the
Milwaukee Bucks in the
NBA . He also represents the
Australian Boomers .
Ben Madgen - plays in the NBL for the
Sydney Kings
Brett Maher - played in the NBL for the Adelaide 36ers, captained the team to three
Championships , played in three Olympic Games for the Australian Boomers
Mike McKay - played in the NBL for the
West Adelaide Bearcats , Adelaide 36ers,
Brisbane Bullets ,
Canberra Cannons and
Wollongong Hawks ; won the 1985
Rookie of the Year and 1986 NBL championship with the 36ers; played for the Australian Boomers at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Brad Newley - plays in Spain for
CB Gran Canaria , drafted to the NBA by the
Houston Rockets ; has played for the Australian Boomers in the Olympic Games, World Championships and
Commonwealth Games
Erin Phillips - plays in the
WNBA for the
Phoenix Mercury , played for the
Connecticut Sun , won a
championship with the
Indiana Fever , played in the
WNBL for the
Adelaide Lightning , Olympic silver medalist and
FIBA gold medalist with the
Australian Opals
Luke Schenscher - 7'1" (216 cm) tall
Centre , played in the NBA for the
Chicago Bulls and the
Portland Trail Blazers ; plays in the NBL for the Adelaide 36ers; played in the
East Asian Games for the Australian Boomers in 2001 while still in high school; member of the
2003–04
NCAA All-
Final Four Team
Phil Smyth
AM - played in the NBL for the
St Kilda Saints , Canberra Cannons, Adelaide 36ers and
Sydney Kings ; won three championships as a player at Canberra and coached the 36ers to three Championship wins; played for the Australian Boomers in four Olympic Games and five World Championships; captained the Boomers from 1983-1995
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Cricket
Cycling
Darts
Golf
Kickboxing
Motor sports
Professional wrestling
Soccer
Sport aerobics
Swimming
Tennis
Trampoline gymnastics
Volleyball
Other
See also
References