Lista de Personas Famosas nacidas en Ballarat
George Pell
George Pell A.C. es un cardenal católico australiano.
Danny Frawley
Daniel Patrick Frawley was an Australian rules football player, coach, administrator, commentator and media personality. He played 240 games for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL)/Australian Football League (AFL) from 1984 to 1995, captaining the club for nine seasons, and won All-Australian selection and the St Kilda best and fairest award in 1988. Frawley coached the Richmond Football Club from 2000 to 2004, with his most successful season coming in 2001, when he coached Richmond to a preliminary final. He later served as chief executive officer of the AFL Coaches Association from 2008 to 2014 and had part-time roles with the Hawthorn Football Club and St Kilda.
Craig Revel Horwood
Craig Revel Horwood es un bailarín, coreógrafo y director de teatro australiano-británico, más conocido por ser juez en el programa de baile de la BBC, Strictly Come Dancing. Publicó su autobiografía en 2008.
Ash Lieb
Ash Lieb is an Australian artist, writer and comedian, known for his surreal humour and art. Born in Ballarat, Ash Lieb began exhibiting art at eight years of age, and at the age of fifteen, wrote his first novel, The Secret Well. Throughout his career, Lieb has created a diverse range of artworks, books, short films, and comedic performances, which have often possessed philosophical or psychiatric undertones.
David Hirschfelder
David Hirschfelder is an Australian musician, film score composer and performer. As a musician he has been a member of Little River Band and John Farnham Band. He has composed film scores for many films, including Strictly Ballroom, Australia, The Railway Man, The Water Diviner and The Dressmaker. He was nominated for Academy Awards for his scores for Shine and Elizabeth.
Ashley Brehaut
Ashley John Brehaut is a male badminton player from Australia. His coach is Ning On Sze, and he lives in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
Frank Fenner
Frank John Fenner fue un médico australiano con una importante carrera científica en el campo de la virología. Sus dos logros más importantes fueron la supervisión de la campaña para la erradicación de la viruela, y el uso del virus de la mixomatosis como herramienta para controlar la plaga de conejos que asolaba su país.
Roger Donaldson
Roger Donaldson es un director de cine, productor y guionista australiano con una multitud de películas de notable éxito. Fue uno de los cofundadores de la New Zealand Film Commission.
Joel Findlay
Joel Alexander Findlay is an Australian male badminton player. In 2014, he won the men's doubles title at the Australian National Badminton Championships teamed up with fellow Victorian Luke Chong. He and Chong also won bronze medal at the 2014 Oceania Badminton Championships. In 2017, he won the silver medal at the Oceania Championships in the mixed doubles event partnered with Gronya Somerville.
Warren Ellis
Warren Ellis es un compositor y músico australiano. Es un miembro de varios grupos: Dirty Three, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds y Grinderman. También ha compuesto música cinematográfica con Nick Cave. Ellis toca el violín, piano, bouzouki, guitarra, flauta, mandolin, la guitarra tenor, y viola. Ellis ha sido un miembro de Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds desde 1994.