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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Martti Ahtisaari
Head of State
23-Jun-1937   President of Finland, 1994-2000
Charlie Bell
Business
7-Nov-1960 16-Jan-2005 CEO of McDonalds, 2004
Peter Black
Politician
14-Jun-1943   Boorish Australian legislator
Don Bradman
Cricket
27-Aug-1908 25-Feb-2001 Greatest batsman of all time
R. Hanbury Brown
Astronomer
31-Aug-1916 16-Jan-2002 Optical intensity interferometer
Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Scientist
3-Sep-1899 31-Aug-1985 Acquired immunological tolerance
Manning Clark
Historian
3-Mar-1915 23-May-1991 A History of Australia
Roger C. Corbett
Business
c. 1942   CEO of Woolworths Limited, 1999-2006
Margaret Smith Court
Tennis
16-Jul-1942   Won 62 Grand Slam titles
Kenneth E. Cowley
Business
c. 1936   News Corporation executive
Peter Cundall
TV Personality
1-Apr-1927   Host of Gardening Australia, 1989-2008
Douglas N. Daft
Business
1943   CEO of Coca Cola, 2000-04
Paul Davies
Physicist
22-Apr-1946   The Mind of God
Herb Elliott
Track and Field
25-Feb-1938   Middle distance runner
Malcolm Fraser
Politician
21-May-1930   Prime Minister of Australia, 1975-83
John Gorton
Head of State
9-Sep-1911 19-May-2002 Prime Minister of Australia, 1968-71
Robert Hawke
Head of State
9-Dec-1929   Prime Minister of Australia, 1983-91
Peter Hollingworth
Religion
10-Apr-1935   Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane
Barry Humphries
Actor
17-Feb-1934   Dame Edna
Elizabeth Jolley
Novelist
4-Jun-1923 13-Feb-2007 Mr. Scobie's Riddle
Kiri Te Kanawa
Singer
6-Mar-1944   Operatic soprano
Colleen McCullough
Novelist
1-Jun-1937   The Thorn Birds
Leo McKern
Actor
16-Mar-1920 23-Jul-2002 Travelling North, Rumpole of the Bailey
John Newcombe
Tennis
23-May-1944   Winner of 26 Grand Slam titles
Olivia Newton-John
Singer
26-Sep-1948   Grease
Mark Oliphant
Physicist
8-Oct-1901 14-Jul-2000 Deuterium reactions
John B. Prescott
Business
c. 1941   Broken Hill Proprietary Company
Joseph W. Prueher
Diplomat
25-Nov-1942   US Ambassador to China, 1999-2001
Mel Sembler
Diplomat
10-May-1930   US Ambassador to Italy, 2001-05
James Strong
Business
c. 1943   CEO of Qantas, 1993-2001
Joan Sutherland
Singer
7-Nov-1926 10-Oct-2010 "La Stupenda" opera soprano
Jack Thompson
Actor
31-Aug-1940   Sunday Too Far Away
Charles Tingwell
Actor
3-Jan-1923 15-May-2009 Breaker Morant
Rachel Ward
Actor
12-Sep-1957   The Thorn Birds
Steve Waugh
Cricket
2-Jun-1965   Captain, Australian Test Cricket, 1999-2004
Gough Whitlam
Head of State
11-Jul-1916   Prime Minister of Australia, 1972-75
Googie Withers
Actor
12-Mar-1917 15-Jul-2011 One of Our Aircraft Is Missing


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