List of Tasmanians
This is a list of notable Tasmanians, by birth or association.
Arts
- Philanthropist - David Walsh
- Actors - Simon Baker, Errol Flynn, Alison Whyte, Jaason Simmons, Rachael Taylor, Chris King, Robert Grubb, Lucky Grills, Essie Davis, Phillip Borsos, Don Sharp, Cleo Massey, Robert Mannion
- Director/Actor - Robert Jarman
- Choreographers - Graeme Murphy
- Composers - Matthew Dewey, Chainmale, Maria Grenfell, Don Kay, Constantine Koukias, Thanapoom Sirichang, Douglas Knehans, Peter Sculthorpe, John Joseph Woods
- Musicians - Eileen Joyce, Striborg, Psycroptic, Luca Brasi (band), The Bedroom Philosopher, The Innocents, The Paradise Motel, Alan Gogoll, Asta, Ironhawk
- Comic artist - Sols (Alan Salisbury), Hannah Gadsby, Luke McGregor
- Fictional - Tasmanian Devil
- Painters - Geoffrey Dyer, John Glover, Luke Wagner
- Photographers - Peter Dombrovskis, Olegas Truchanas
- Television - Charles Wooley, Peter Cundall
- Writers - Richard Davey, Richard Flanagan, Peter Conrad, Christopher Koch, Margaret Scott, Nan Chauncy, Bradley Trevor Greive
- Fashion designer - Alannah Hill
- Engravers - Richard Jarman
Historic
- Martin Bryant, perpetrator of the 1996 Port Arthur Massacre
- Alec Campbell, longest surviving war veteran from the Battle of Gallipoli
- George Clarke, University of Tasmania's first vice-chancellor May 1890 to May 1898, and chancellor from May 1898 to May 1907
- William Field, convict turned businessman
- Harold Gatty, navigator and aviation pioneer
- John Gellibrand, founder of Legacy Australia
- Jane Franklin early Tasmanian pioneer
- Georgina Kermode, suffragette and engineer
- Daniel Priest, Australian convict
- Ettie Rout, journalist and wartime sexual health campaigner
- Fanny_Cochrane_Smith, Aboriginal Tasmanian
- Truganini, Aboriginal Tasmanian
Politics
- Federal - Michael Ferguson, Mark Baker, Dick Adams, Lance Barnard, Neal Blewett, Bob Brown, Brian Harradine, Dame Enid Lyons, Joseph Lyons, Michael Hodgman (later a state politician), Ken Wriedt, Kevin Newman, Jocelyn Newman
- State - Jim Bacon, Paul Lennon, Eric Reece, Will Hodgman, Michael Field, Ray Groom (previously federal), Robin Gray, Doug Lowe, Bill Neilson
- Other - Andrew Inglis Clark, Richard Jones
Sport
- Association Football - Alex Cisak
- Australian rules football - Matthew Richardson, Alistair Lynch, Darrel Baldock, Ian Stewart, Peter Hudson, Laurie Nash, Paul Williams, Roy Cazaly, Steven Febey, Nick Riewoldt, Jack Riewoldt, Russell Robertson, Brad Green, Daryn Cresswell, Rodney Eade, Royce Hart, James Manson, Viv Valentine, Verdun Howell, John Klug, Andrew Phillips, Doug Barwick
- Chess - Ian Rogers
- Cricket - David Boon, Ricky Ponting, Max Walker, Ben Hilfenhaus, Tim Paine, Ted McDonald, George Bailey, Xavier Doherty, Lily Poulett-Harris
- Cycling - Richie Porte
- Motor racing - Marcos Ambrose, John Bowe
- Netball - Natasha Chokljat
- Rowing - George Quinlan Roberts
- Tennis - Richard Fromberg
- Other - David Foster (woodchopping)
Science
- Elizabeth Blackburn, first woman from Australia to win a Nobel Prize
- Bill Mollison
- Frank Styant Browne (1854-1938), X-ray pioneer, first in Tasmania to produce X-rays
Recent notables
- Phillip Aspinall, Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane and Primate of Australia
- Regina Bird, winner of Big Brother Australia 2003
- Mary Donaldson, now the Crown Princess Mary of Denmark
- Mathew Goggin, professional Tasmanian golfer on US PGA Tour
- Tim Lane, journalist and sports commentator
- Eric Philips OAM, polar adventurer and guide
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