Famous Australian Media Personalities

List of famous Australian media personalities with their biographies that include trivia, interesting facts, timeline and life history.

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Influential, vibrant and dynamic – media personalities are all of those and much more. After all, who else do you think could strike a national conversation or influence a general opinion that the nation would follow? Call them entertainer or informers, media personalities take up a dominant place in our virtual world and take up the responsibility of making us aware of our real world. They are omnipresent and have made their worth count everywhere, right from television to newspapers, radio to internet, magazines to periodicals and so on. What’s more, media personalities are not limited to just television presenters. They could be journalists, actors, radio jockeys and video presenters. Just like every other country in the world, Australia too has a long list of media personalities who have garnered quite a name or their work and exerted influence over the lives of Australians. They are equally distributed between commercial, national and non-profit public broadcasters. Australian media personalities are known for their witty sense, acute knowledge and strong acumen for news. With this write-up, find out in details about the life and works of Australian media personalities.

Malcolm Turnbull

24 October 1954

Sydney, Australia

Scorpio

Steve Irwin

22 February 1962

04 September 2006

Essendon

Pisces

Rupert Murdoch

11 March 1931

Melbourne

Pisces

Julian Assange

03 July 1971

Townsville

Cancer

Anusha Dandekar

09 January 1982

Khartoum, Sudan

Capricorn

Rolf Harris

30 March 1930

Bassendean

Aries

Banjo Paterson

17 February 1864

05 February 1941

Orange

Aquarius

Julia Zemiro

14 April 1967

Aix-en-Provence

Aries

Eddie McGuire

29 October 1964

Broadmeadows Vic

Scorpio

Catherine Helen Spence

31 October 1825

03 April 1910

Melrose, Scotland

Scorpio

Melinda Farrell

24 January 1985

New South Wales, Australia

Aquarius

Brady Haran

18 June 1976

Adelaide, Australia

Gemini

Robert Hughes

28 July 1938

06 August 2012

Sydney, Australia

Leo

Bindi Irwin

24 July 1998

Buderim

Leo

Dannii Minogue

20 October 1971

Melbourne

Libra

Magda Szubanski

12 April 1961

Liverpool

Aries

Kym Johnson

04 August 1976

Australia

Leo

John Pilger

09 October 1939

Sydney

Libra

Antonia Kidman

14 July 1970

Melbourne

Cancer

Rove McManus

21 January 1974

Perth

Aquarius

Phillip Knightley

23 January 1929

07 December 2016

Sydney

Aquarius

Daniel MacPherson

25 April 1980

Sydney

Taurus

Jennifer Hawkins

22 December 1983

Newcastle

Sagittarius

Kyle Sandilands

10 June 1971

Brisbane

Gemini

Richie Benaud

06 October 1930

10 April 2015

City of Penrith

Libra

Lee Lin Chin

Jakarta

Maude Garrett

06 March 1986

Darwin

Pisces

Jo Beth Taylor

29 May 1971

Perth

Gemini

Erika Heynatz

25 March 1976

Port Moresby

Aries

Andrew Bolt

26 September 1959

Adelaide

Libra

Matt Parkinson

Perth

Michel Faber

13 April 1960

The Hague

Aries

Peter FitzSimons

29 June 1961

Wahroonga

Cancer

Peter Greste

1965 AD

Sydney

Ed Kavalee

30 June 1979

Australia

Cancer

Keith Murdoch

12 August 1885

05 October 1952

Melbourne

Leo

Lisa Wilkinson

19 December 1959

Sydney

Sagittarius

Annabel Crabb

31 January 1973

South Australia

Aquarius

Shaun Micallef

18 July 1962

Adelaide

Cancer

Wil Anderson

31 January 1974

Heyfield

Aquarius

Carrie Bickmore

03 December 1980

Adelaide

Sagittarius

Andrew Denton

04 May 1960

Sydney

Taurus

Nadya Hutagalung

28 July 1974

Sydney

Leo

Luke Jacobz

14 February 1981

Sydney

Aquarius

Samantha Armytage

04 September 1977

Virgo

Erin McNaught

22 May 1982

Canberra

Gemini

Joy Smithers

15 July 1963

Sydney

Cancer

Ernie Dingo

31 July 1956

Western Australia

Leo

Bec Hewitt

23 July 1983

Sydney

Cancer

Red Symons

13 June 1949

Brighton

Gemini

Sonia Kruger

28 August 1965

Toowoomba

Virgo

Charli Robinson

08 March 1980

Newcastle

Pisces

Iya Villania

29 June 1986

New South Wales

Cancer

Tracy Grimshaw

03 June 1960

Melbourne

Gemini

Rex Hunt

07 March 1949

Mentone

Pisces

Julie Goodwin

31 October 1970

Sydney

Scorpio

Graham Kennedy

15 February 1934

25 May 2005

Melbourne

Aquarius

Adam Spencer

29 January 1969

Sydney

Aquarius

Georgie Gardner

01 June 1965

Perth

Gemini

John Safran

13 August 1972

Melbourne

Leo

Amanda Keller

25 February 1962

Sydney

Pisces

Zoe Naylor

04 July 1977

Sydney

Cancer

Pat Oliphant

24 July 1935

Adelaide

Leo

Virginia Trioli

06 August 1964

Bendigo

Leo

James Brayshaw

11 May 1967

Subiaco

Taurus

Mary Gilmore

16 August 1865

03 December 1962

Goulburn

Leo

Jamie Durie

03 June 1970

Manly

Gemini

Dylan Lewis

1973 AD

Australia

Helen Garner

07 November 1942

Geelong

Scorpio

Eddie Campbell

10 August 1955

Glasgow

Leo

Barrie Cassidy

04 March 1950

Wangaratta

Pisces

Les Hiddins

13 August 1946

Brisbane

Leo

Melissa Doyle

10 February 1970

Sydney

Aquarius

Josh Zepps

22 November 1977

Australia

Scorpio

Mick Molloy

11 July 1966

Canberra

Cancer

Rob Mills

21 June 1982

Melbourne

Gemini

Zlad!

1961 AD

Melbourne

Alan Jones

13 April 1941

Oakey

Aries

David Koch

07 March 1956

Adelaide

Pisces

Jack Davis

11 March 1917

17 March 2000

Atlanta

Pisces

Jackie O

31 January 1975

Adelaide

Aquarius

Jane Kennedy

09 June 1964

Camberwell

Gemini

Lee Smith

1960 AD

Sydney

Richard Wilkins

19 June 1954

Auckland

Gemini

Tim Campbell

27 September 1975

Sydney

Libra

Tony Jones

Born Today

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Buzzing Talents

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Pia Mia

Jimmy Fallon

Jeremy Irons

Eva Marie