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Musicians

  • Vanessa Amorosi
    Vanessa Amorosi
    Vanessa Amorosi is an Australian singer-songwriter and recording artist. Her combined album and single sales have reached over 2 million worldwide.-Early life:...

     - Singer
  • Tina Arena
    Tina Arena
    Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena is an Australian singer, songwriter and musical theatre actress. She has won several awards, most notably 6 ARIA Awards and in both 1996 and 2000 she received the World Music Award for the world's best selling Australian artist...

     - Singer
  • Anthony Callea
    Anthony Callea
    Anthony Cosmo Callea is an Australian singer-songwriter who rose to prominence in the 2004 season of Australian Idol when he became runner up. He was signed to Sony Music Australia until 2009 and is now an independent artist...

     - Singer
  • Emmanuel Carella
    Emmanuel Carella
    Emmanuel Carella is an Australian singer from Melbourne who has recorded an album and three Top 40 singles. He was also voted TV Hits Hottest Aussie Male Pop Star, 2003.-Career:...

     - Singer
  • Gabriella Cilmi
    Gabriella Cilmi
    Gabriella Lucia Cilmi is an Australian singer-songwriter. In 2008, Cilmi was awarded six ARIA awards including Single of the Year and Best Female Artist....

     - Singer
  • Cosima De Vito
    Cosima De Vito
    Cosima De Vito , also known simply as Cosima, is an Australian singer-songwriter. She rose to fame as a contestant of the original Australian Idol series in 2003...

     - Singer
  • Joe Dolce
    Joe Dolce
    Joseph "Joe" Dolce is an American-born, Australian singer/songwriter who achieved fame with his multi-million-selling song, "Shaddap You Face", released under the name of his one-man show, Joe Dolce Music Theatre, in 1980...

     - Singer
  • Natalie Gauci
    Natalie Gauci
    Natalie Gauci is an Australian singer of Italian and Maltese descent. Gauci undertook music tuition at the Victorian College of the Arts, formed her own band that played gigs in Melbourne, while also working as a music teacher...

     - Singer
  • Laura Imbruglia
    Laura Imbruglia
    Laura Imbruglia is an Australian indie rock singer-songwriter. Her father is an Italian of Sicilian heritage and her mother Anglo-Australian, and one of her sisters is the pop-alternative diva Natalie Imbruglia. She grew up on the Central Coast and is currently based in Melbourne. Imbruglia has...

     - Singer
  • Natalie Imbruglia
    Natalie Imbruglia
    Natalie Jane Imbruglia is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. In the early 1990s, Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Brennan in the popular Australian soap Neighbours. Three years after leaving the programme, Imbruglia launched a singing career with the international hit,...

     - Singer and actor
  • John St Peeters - Singer and Entertainer
  • The Veronicas
    The Veronicas
    The Veronicas are an Australian electrorock, pop-punk and rock band. Twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso formed the band in 1999 in Brisbane. They have their own line of clothing which was released in 2007....

     (Jessica Origliasso and Lisa Origliasso) - Singers
  • Tommaso "Tom Ugly" Parisi (Tommaso Parisi) - Singer

Entertainment

  • Joe Avati
    Joe Avati
    Joe Avati is an Italian-Australian comedian who is popular among Italian and descendant of Italians from his native Australia, as well as in Canada, United Kingdom and the United States, where he has performed on several occasions.- Comedic style :...

     - Comedian
  • Steve Bastoni
    Steve Bastoni
    Steve Bastoni is an Italian Australian actor. He is best known for his role in Police Rescue as Constable Yannis 'Angel' Angelopoulos and as Steve Parker in Neighbours.-Television:...

     - Actor
  • Rachael Carpani
    Rachael Carpani
    Rachael Ann Carpani is an Australian actress.-Biography:Carpani grew up on a property near Dural, in Sydney's Hills district. She studied acting at the Australian College of Entertainment at Macquarie University and at the Drama Works Drama Company...

     - Actress
  • Salvatore Coco
    Salvatore Coco
    -Biography:Coco was born in Sydney and is of Sicilian descent. He performed with Australian Theatre for Young People where he developed his talents in acting, singing, guitar, dance and cabaret. He is also a qualified chef.-Career:...

     - Actor
  • Vince Colosimo
    Vince Colosimo
    Vincenzo Colosimo is an Australian AFI Award winning stage, television and screen actor. He has worked in both Australia and the United States.-Personal life:...

     - Actor
  • Anthony LaPaglia
    Anthony LaPaglia
    Anthony M. LaPaglia is an Australian actor. He is known for his role as FBI agent Jack Malone on the American TV series Without a Trace, for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama...

     - Actor
  • Jonathan LaPaglia
    Jonathan LaPaglia
    Dr. Jonathan LaPaglia, M.B.B.S. is an Australian actor known for his roles as Frank B. Parker in the television series Seven Days, Kevin Debreno in The District and Det...

     - Actor
  • Marco Leonardi
    Marco Leonardi
    Marco Leonardi is an Italian actor.Leonardi was born in Australia to Italian parents. He moved to Italy at the age of four and starred in the famous movie Cinema Paradiso and in the Mexican movie Like Water for Chocolate . He has made several movies in the United States, such as Once Upon a Time...

     - Actor
  • Chas Licciardello
    Chas Licciardello
    Chas John Licciardello is a comedian from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, best known for being a member of satirical team The Chaser...

     - Political Satirist
  • Paul Mercurio
    Paul Mercurio
    Paul Joseph Mercurio is an Australian actor, dancer and TV presenter. Mercurio is well-known for his lead role in Baz Luhrmann's Strictly Ballroom . His father was the character actor Gus Mercurio.- Biography :...

     - Actor
  • Dina Panozzo
    Dina Panozzo
    Dina Panozzo is an Australian actress, best known for her regular roles in the television series Carla Cametti PD and Bed of Roses. She has also appeared in a recurring role in Packed to the Rafters and guest roles in many Australian series including A Country Practice, Water Rats and White Collar...

     - Actress
  • Oriana Panozzo
    Oriana Panozzo
    Oriana Panozzo is an Australian actress, best known for playing Susan Hamilton in the television soap opera Sons and Daughters. Her movie credits include Turkey Shoot. Orianna currently is principal of a talent school. She has made various short films for many short film festivals.-External links:*...

     - Actress
  • Danny Raco
    Danny Raco
    Danny Raco is an Australian actor and director, known for his television work.Raco was born in Rome, Italy. He got his start playing Marco Vialli on the teenage soap opera Heartbreak High from 1998 to 1999. In 2001, he joined the cast of a primetime soap opera, Home and Away, playing Alex Poulos...

     - Actor and Director
  • Roland Rocchiccioli - Actor
  • Vince Sorrenti
    Vince Sorrenti
    Vince Sorrenti is one of Australia’s best known and leading comic entertainers, a respected and successful Australian stand-up comedian from Punchbowl, New South Wales. He is of Italian heritage. Sorrenti performs at many functions and events, such as the AFL Grand Final Breakfast...

     - Comedian
  • Gerard Hughes - Hipster

Arts

  • Mario Andreacchio
    Mario Andreacchio
    Mario Andreacchio is an Australian film producer/director.Born in Leigh Creek, South Australia, Andreacchio graduated from Flinders University with a degree in Psychology , and then was selected to study at the Australian Film & Television School to train as a film director...

     - Director
  • Felice Arena
    Felice Arena
    Felice Arena is an Australian children's author and illustrator, and occasional actor. He is best known for the bestselling and award-winning Specky Magee series, and his hilarious Farticus Maximus books...

      - Author
  • Santo Cilauro
    Santo Cilauro
    Santo Cilauro is an Australian television and feature film producer, screenwriter, actor, author, comedian and cameraman, a co-founder of The D-Generation...

     - Producer and screenwriter
  • Adam Grossetti - Playwright, Screenwriter
  • Giorgio Mangiamele
    Giorgio Mangiamele
    Giorgio Mangiamele was an Italian/Australian photographer and filmmaker who made a unique contribution to the production of Australian art cinema in the 1950s and 60s. His films included Il Contratto , The Spag , Ninety Nine Per Cent and Clay...

     - Filmmaker
  • Melina Marchetta
    Melina Marchetta
    Melina Marchetta is an Australian writer and teacher. She is the middle child of three daughters. Melina is best known as the author of Looking For Alibrandi. She has twice been awarded the CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers, in 1993 and 2004.- Biography :Melina Marchettaborn in Sydney on 25...

     - Author
  • Pietro Porcelli
    Pietro Porcelli
    Pietro Giacomo Porcelli was an Italian-born sculptor responsible for many statues in Western Australia, including the Explorers' Monument, and those of C. Y. O'Connor and Alexander Forrest....

     - Sculptor
  • Paul Zanetti
    Paul Zanetti
    Paul Zanetti is a political cartoonist based in Australia.He was the youngest paid political cartoonist on a major metropolitan newspaper in Australia...

     - Political Cartoonist

Journalists

  • Paul Bongiorno
    Paul Bongiorno
    Paul Bongiorno is an Australian political journalist, National Affairs editor for Ten News and a member of the Canberra Press Gallery.Bongiorno is former Roman Catholic priest and attended St Patrick's College, Ballarat....

     - Political journalist
  • Armando Cesari - Broadcaster
  • Jane Gazzo
    Jane Gazzo
    Jane Gazzo is an Australian television presenter, radio presenter, performance and club DJ, television personality, voice artist, and music journalist....

     - Broadcaster and music journalist
  • Rosanna Mangiarelli
    Rosanna Mangiarelli
    Rosanna Mangiarelli is an Australian journalist and presenter who works for the Seven Network in Adelaide.Mangiarelli is currently the main presenter for local public affairs program Today Tonight South Australia.-Career:...

     - Journalist
  • Mark Beretta
    Mark Beretta
    Mark Beretta is an Australian media personality. He is known by the common nickname of Beretts.-Early life and career:Beretta was born in Geelong, Victoria on 16 June 1966. He was educated at St. Joseph's College...

     - Sports Journalist
  • Michelangelo Rucci
    Michelangelo Rucci
    Michelangelo Rucci is an Australian sports journalist, and writer.Of Italian descent, is an award-winning sports writer in Adelaide, South Australia. He is the chief Australian rules football writer for The Advertiser, Adelaide's only daily newspaper. He is a long-standing supporter of the Port...

     - Sports writer
  • Virginia Trioli
    Virginia Trioli
    Virginia Frances Trioli is an award-winning Australian journalist and author.-Biography:Born in Bendigo, she attended Donvale High School and graduated from La Trobe University in the 1980s, with a Bachelor of Arts degree with a fine arts major in cinema...

     - Journalist
  • Steve Pizzati
    Steve Pizzati
    Steve Pizzati is an Australian race driver, driving instructor, television presenter and free-lance motoring journalist.He was born in Melbourne to Italian parents; he did not learn to speak English until he was four years old....

     - Top Gear Presenter
  • Josephine Cafagna ABC Journalist
  • Emma Alberici
    Emma Alberici
    Emma Alberici is currently the Europe Correspondent for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. She was formerly the Finance reporter on The 7.30 Report, presenter of the now defunct "Business Breakfast", then general finance reporter for ABC TV and Radio.Previously she was a reporter and...

     ABC Journalist

Law

  • Bernard Bongiorno - Victorian Supreme Court Judge
  • Angelo Vasta - former Queensland Supreme Court Judge
  • Leroy Certoma - NSW Judge
  • Josephine Alibrandi - 1st Year Law Student

Politics

  • Anthony Albanese
    Anthony Albanese
    Anthony Norman Albanese , Australian politician, who serves as Leader of the House of Representatives and Minister for Infrastructure and Transport in the Gillard Ministry...

     - Federal politician (ALP)
  • Franca Arena
    Franca Arena
    Franca Arena is an Australian politician and activist. She was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1981, first for the Australian Labor Party then as an Independent from 1997 until she left the Council in 1999...

     - Former NSW state politician (ALP)
  • Lidia Argondizzo
    Lidia Argondizzo
    Lidia Serafina Argondizzo is an Australian politician. She was the Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing Templestowe Province from 2002 to 2006....

     - Victorian state politician (ALP)
  • Phillip Barresi - Federal politician (Liberal)
  • Carlo Carli
    Carlo Carli
    Carlo Carli is an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1994 to 2010, representing the electorate of Brunswick. He is chair of the Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee of the Victorian Parliament.-Early life:Carlo was born...

     - Victorian state politician (ALP)
  • Vincenzina (Vini) Ciccarello
    Vini Ciccarello
    Vincenzina "Vini" Ciccarello , Australian politician, is a former Labor Party MP for the electoral district of Norwood. A mayor of Norwood for seven years, she was a well known identity in the eastern suburbs electorate....

     - South Australian state politician (ALP)
  • Lily D'Ambrosio
    Lily D'Ambrosio
    Liliana D'Ambrosio is an Australian politician. She has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2002, representing the electorate of Mill Park....

     - Victorian state politician (ALP)
  • Angela D'Amore
    Angela D'Amore
    Angela D'Amore , a former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing the electorate of Drummoyne from 2003 until 2011 initially for the Australian Labor Party until 2010, and then as an independent member until her retirement from politics in 2011...

     - Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
    New South Wales Legislative Assembly
    The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...

     (ALP)
  • Elisabetta D'Amore - Victorian local government activist
  • Concetta Fierravanti-Wells
    Concetta Fierravanti-Wells
    Concetta Anna Fierravanti-Wells , Australian politician, is a member of Australian Senate for the state of New South Wales...

     - Federal Senator (Liberal)
  • James Gobbo
    James Gobbo
    Sir James Augustine Gobbo, AC, CVO, KStJ, QC was an Australian jurist and was the 25th Governor of Victoria.-Family:...

     - Governor of Victoria (1997-2000)
  • Morris Iemma
    Morris Iemma
    Morris Iemma , is a former Australian politician and 40th Premier of New South Wales, succeeding Bob Carr after he resigned on 3 August 2005. Iemma led the Australian Labor Party to victory in the 2007 election before resigning as Premier on 5 September 2008, and as a Member of Parliament on 19...

     - Former Premier of New South Wales (ALP)
  • Licia Kokocinski
    Licia Kokocinski
    Licia Kokocinski is an Australian politician. She served as an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1988 to 1996, representing Melbourne West Province. She was the first woman from a non-English speaking background to be elected to the Victorian parliament.-...

     - Former Victorian upper house politician (ALP)
  • Anthony Luchetti
    Anthony Luchetti
    Anthony Sylvester Luchetti, AM was a long serving Australian federal member of parliament.Born of Italian/Irish parentage in Lowther, New South Wales, Luchetti was educated in the Catholic school system before working in jobs as varied as miner and journalist...

     - Former federal politician (ALP)
  • Sandra Nori - Former NSW state politician (ALP)
  • Paul Omodei
    Paul Omodei
    Paul Domenic Omodei , Australian politician, was the leader of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition in Western Australia from 24 March 2006 until 17 January 2008....

     - Western Australian state Opposition Leader (Liberal)
  • Sam Piantadosi - Former Western Australian state politician
  • B.A. Santamaria - Political activist and journalist
  • Santo Santoro
    Santo Santoro
    Santo Santoro , Australian politician, was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from October 2002 to March 2007, representing the state of Queensland....

     - Former federal senator (Liberal)
  • Frank Sartor
    Frank Sartor
    Francesco Ernest 'Frank' Sartor JP a former Australian politician, was New South Wales Minister for Climate Change and the Environment and Minister Assisting the Minister for Health between 2009 and 2011. He was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Rockdale for the...

     - NSW state politician (ALP)
  • Con Sciacca
    Con Sciacca
    Concetto Antonio "Con" Sciacca AO , Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from July 1987 to March 1996 and again from October 1998 to October 2004, representing the Division of Bowman, Queensland...

     - Federal politician (ALP)
  • Giovanni Sgro
    Giovanni Sgro
    Giovanni Antonio Sgro , Australian politician, was a Member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing the Australian Labor Party for Melbourne North Province from July 1979 until his retirement in August 1992....

     - Victorian politician (ALP)
  • Joe Tripodi - NSW politician (ALP)
  • Raffaello Carboni
    Raffaello Carboni
    Raffaello Carboni was an Italian revolutionary and writer. He is primarily remembered now as the author of the main eyewitness account of events at the Eureka Stockade in Ballarat, Australia.-Biography:...

     - Honorary membership due to his involvement in the Eureka Stockade 1854

Australian rules football

  • Ron Barassi
    Ron Barassi
    Ronald Dale Barassi, Jr AM is a former Australian rules football player and coach. During a long and decorated career, Barassi has been one of the most important figures in the history of Australian football. His father, Ron Barassi, Sr., was the first Australian footballer killed at Tobruk during...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Peter Bevilaqua
    Peter Bevilaqua
    Pietro Paolo Bevilacqua is a former Australian rules footballer and football player....

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Scott Camporeale
    Scott Camporeale
    Scott Camporeale is a former Australian rules footballer who spent the majority of his AFL career with the Carlton Football Club.-AFL career:...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Blake Caracella
    Blake Caracella
    Blake Caracella is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League .-Essendon career:Selected by Essendon in the 1995 National Draft at pick 10, Caracella finally debuted with the Bombers in 1997...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Andrew Carrazzo
    Andrew Carrazzo
    Andrew Carrazzo is an Australian rules footballer for Carlton in the Australian Football League .- Early career :...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Domenic Cassisi
    Domenic Cassisi
    Domenic Cassisi is a premiership winning Australian rules footballer for the Port Adelaide Football Club, and their current captain...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Nick Dal Santo
    Nick Dal Santo
    Nick Dal Santo is an Australian rules footballer for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Early career:...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Brett Deledio
    Brett Deledio
    Brett Deledio is an Australian rules football player currently playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life/career:...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Paul Dimattina
    Paul Dimattina
    Paul Dimattina , the son of former Richmond rover Frank Dimattina, is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League....

    - Australian rules Footballer
  • Robert DiPierdomenico
    Robert DiPierdomenico
    Robert "Dipper" DiPierdomenico is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL of Italian descent and a member of the VFL/AFL Italian Team of the Century...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Brendan Fevola
    Brendan Fevola
    Brendan Fevola is a professional Australian rules footballer. He played with the Carlton and Brisbane Lions football clubs in the Australian Football League....

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Anthony Franchina
    Anthony Franchina
    Anthony Franchina is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.Debuting in 1997, Franchina became a regular first-team midfielder at the Carlton Football Club...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Daniel Giansiracusa
    Daniel Giansiracusa
    Daniel Giansiracusa is an Australian rules football player for the Western Bulldogs who plays in various positions such as the midfield, half back flanks and half forward flanks....

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Brent Guerra
    Brent Guerra
    Brent Guerra is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays for Hawthorn in the Australian Football League , having previously played for Port Adelaide and St Kilda.-Port Adelaide career:...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Tony Liberatore
    Tony Liberatore
    Anthony "Tony" Liberatore is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray in the Australian Football League ....

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Paul Licuria
    Paul Licuria
    Paul Licuria is an Australian rules footballer, formerly in the Australian Football League. His father is Italian and his mother is Spanish.-Sydney Football Club:...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Peter Matera - Australian rules footballer
  • Mark Mercuri
    Mark Mercuri
    Mark Mercuri was a professional Australian rules football player for Essendon. He played in the 1993 Grand final winning team which defeated Carlton...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Leigh Montagna
    Leigh Montagna
    Leigh Montagna is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. Montagna was recruited as the number 37 draft pick in the 2001 AFL Draft. He is a midfielder with St Kilda Football Club.-AFL career:...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Simon Prestigiacomo
    Simon Prestigiacomo
    Simon 'Presti' Prestigiacomo is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early career: forward line:...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Paul Puopolo
    Paul Puopolo
    Paul Puopolo is an Australian rules footballer with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Norwood:Puopolo made his debut for Norwood in 2007 and started out as a small forward/midfielder...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Peter Riccardi
    Peter Riccardi
    Peter Riccardi is a former Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Early career:...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Mark Ricciuto
    Mark Ricciuto
    Mark Anthony Ricciuto is a former Australian rules football player, who played for the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League...

    - Australian rules footballer
  • Guy Rigoni
    Guy Rigoni
    Guy Rigoni is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Australian Football League . He began his career in 1998, and played every game that season. In later years he started developing back problems that limited his appearances, but he finally reached his 100th game in...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Michael Rischitelli
    Michael Rischitelli
    Michael Rischitelli is an Australian rules footballer, a former Brisbane Lion player, currently contracted with the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Brisbane Lions :...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Anthony Rocca
    Anthony Rocca
    Anthony Rocca is a former Australian rules footballer who has played with the Sydney Swans and Collingwood in the Australian Football League...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Saverio Rocca
    Saverio Rocca
    Saverio "Sav" Giovanni Rocca is a punter for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League and former Australian rules footballer for both and in the Australian Football League. He has also played for the Philadelphia Eagles.He is one of a few players who have converted from...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Stephen Silvagni
    Stephen Silvagni
    Stephen Silvagni is a former Australian rules footballer for the Carlton Football Club.During his long VFL/AFL career, from his debut in 1985, until his retirement in 2001, he gained the reputation as one of the greatest ever full-backs to play the game and was named as full-back in the AFL Team...

     - Australian rules footballer

Soccer

  • John Aloisi
    John Aloisi
    John Aloisi is a retired Australian football player who played as a striker, and the current youth team manager at Melbourne Heart....

     - soccer
  • Daniel Beltrame
    Daniel Beltrame
    Daniel Beltrame is a former Australian football goalkeeper who last played for Adelaide United in the A-League.-Club career:...

     - soccer
  • Peter Bevilaqua
    Peter Bevilaqua
    Pietro Paolo Bevilacqua is a former Australian rules footballer and football player....

     - soccer
  • Raphael Bove
    Raphael Bove
    Raphael Bove is an Italian Australian football player who has represented Australia at international level.-Career:...

     - soccer
  • Mark Bresciano
    Mark Bresciano
    Mark "Marco" Bresciano is an Australian football player who is currently playing for UAE Pro-League side Al Nasr SC as a midfielder. He represented Australia at all youth levels, including appearances at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship and 2000 Olympic Games...

     - soccer
  • John Buonavoglia
    John Buonavoglia
    Gianpaolo "John" Buonavoglia is an Australian football player.-Biography:Buonavoglia played for a number of NSW clubs including NSL side Parramatta Power. He signed for Sydney FC in 2005 shortly after the mutual termination of defender Steve Laurie's contract...

     - soccer
  • Frank Farina
    Frank Farina
    Frank Farina OAM is a retired Australian football player. He most currently coaches the Papua New Guinea national football team....

     - soccer
  • Vincenzo Grella - soccer
  • Paul Kohler
    Paul Kohler
    Paul Kohler is an Australian football player of German and Italian Origin. He is a central defender who most recently played for the Sutherland Sharks.- Honours :...

     - soccer
  • Danny Tiatto
    Danny Tiatto
    Daniele Amadeo "Danny" Tiatto is an Australian professional football player who plays for St Albans Saints in the Victorian Premier League.-Early years:...

     - soccer
  • Paul Trimboli
    Paul Trimboli
    Paolo "Paul" Vincenzo Trimboli is a former Australian international football player of Italian ancestry. He attended Xavier College and was a member of the First XI, and was captained by his brother.-Club career:...

     - soccer
  • James Troisi
    James Troisi
    James Troisi is an Australian football midfielder. He is currently playing for Turkish club Kayserispor.-Club career:...

     - soccer
  • Max Vieri
    Max Vieri
    Massimiliano "Max" Vieri is an Italian Australian football player. He is a striker, and currently plays for AC Prato of Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione....

     - soccer

Rugby league

  • Martin Bella
    Martin Bella
    Martin Bella is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 90s. A prop forward, he achieved national and state representation and played club football for various teams in Queensland, New South Wales and England. He is of Italian descent....

     - Australian Rugby League Player
  • Terry Campese
    Terry Campese
    Terry Campese is an Australian professional rugby league footballer, of Italian descent for the Canberra Raiders of the National Rugby League competition...

     - Australian Rugby League Player
  • Willie Carne
    Willie Carne
    William Carne is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played for the Brisbane Broncos from 1990 to 1996, as well as representing both Queensland and Australia...

     - Australian Rugby League Player
  • Cameron Ciraldo
    Cameron Ciraldo
    Cameron Ciraldo is an Australian rugby league football player for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League competition. He previously played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and more recently the Newcastle Knights...

     - Australian Rugby League Player
  • Luke Davico
    Luke Davico
    Luke Davico is an Australian former professional rugby league player of Italian descent. He previously played for the Canberra Raiders and the Newcastle Knights.Davico made his first-grade debut two days before his 21st birthday in round ten of the 1994 season...

     - Australian Rugby League Player
  • Shannon Donato
    Shannon Donato
    Shannon Donato is a former rugby league player who played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and the Penrith Panthers. He also played for the Italian national side. His position of choice was at hooker.-Rabbitohs:Donato was a Rabbitohs junior and made his first grade debut...

     - Australian Rugby League Player
  • Greg Florimo
    Greg Florimo
    Greg Florimo is a retired Australian Rugby League player and administrator known for his lifelong association with the North Sydney Bears both as a player and a manager....

     - Australian Rugby League Player
  • Paul Franze
    Paul Franze
    Paul Franze is an Australian rugby league player for the Gateshead Thunder. He previously played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and the Penrith Panthers in the Australian National Rugby League and for the Castleford Tigers in the European Super League, as well as a rugby union player for the...

     - Australian Rugby League Player
  • Tony Grimaldi
    Tony Grimaldi
    Tony Grimaldi is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He played for the Canterbury Bulldogs, a club in the National Rugby League. Despite recently announcing an extension of his contract until 2007 Tony was forced to announce his retirement from rugby...

     - Australian Rugby League player
  • Anthony Laffranchi
    Anthony Laffranchi
    Anthony Laffranchi is an Australian professional rugby league player for St Helens RLFC in the European Super League. He primarily plays in the second-row. He previously played for the Wests Tigers...

     - Australian Rugby League player
  • Anthony Minichiello
    Anthony Minichiello
    Anthony Minichiello is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who, to date, has played his entire career for the Sydney Roosters of the National Rugby League. He plays at fullback and on the Wing. Minichiello has represented New South Wales and Australia...

     - Australian Rugby League Player
  • Mark Minichiello
    Mark Minichiello
    Markus Antonio "Mark" Minichiello is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Gold Coast Titans of the National Rugby League . He previously played for the Sydney Roosters and the South Sydney Rabbitohs...

     - Australian Rugby League Player
  • Chris Nero
    Chris Nero
    Chris Nero is an Australian/Italian professional rugby league player. He plays in the Super League for Salford City Reds. His usual position is , although he can also play in the s...

     - Australian Rugby League Player
  • Shane Rigon
    Shane Rigon
    Shane Rigon, educated at Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham, is a rugby league footballer who plays for the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Rigon made his debut in the top grade in 1996 for the Roosters against the Eels and had a winning premiership with the Bradford Bulls in the European Super...

     - Australian Rugby League Player
  • Grant Rovelli
    Grant Rovelli
    Grant Rovelli is an Australian rugby league player. From 2006 to 2010 he played in the National Rugby League for the New Zealand Warriors and the North Queensland Cowboys. He is of Italian descent and has represented Italy's national rugby league team...

     - Australian Rugby League Player
  • Dean Schifilliti
    Dean Schifilliti
    Dean Schifilliti is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 90s.- Illawarra Steelers :Originally from Queensland, Schifilitti joined Illawarra in 1989 and took over the captaincy at the end of 1991. He was the Illawarra Steelers' hooker and captain and came of age in the...

     - Australian Rugby League Player

Rugby union

  • Steven Bortolussi - Australian Rugby Union player
  • David Campese
    David Campese
    David Ian Campese , also known as Campo, is a former Australian rugby union player. Campese was capped by the Wallabies 101 times, and held the world record for the most tries in test matches until Daisuke Ohata scored his 65th try playing for Japan on 14 May 2006...

     - Australian Rugby Union player
  • Marco Caputo - Australian Rugby Union player
  • Paul Carozza
    Paul Carozza
    Paul Carozza was an international rugby player for Australia who won 15 caps between 1990 and 1993. He was injured for the 1991 world cup but returned in time for the one off test against South Africa in 1992, scoring twice in the 26-3 win which ended any doubts over who was the world's best...

     - Australian Rugby Union player
  • Matt Carraro
    Matthew Carraro
    Matthew Carraro is a rugby union player for Bath Rugby in the Aviva Premiership competition. He plays as a centre or on the wing....

     - Australian Rugby Union player
  • Scott Fava
    Scott Fava
    Scott Fava is a retired Australian rugby union footballer.-Super 14:Scott Fava began his Super Rugby career with the Queensland Reds in 1999, playing for three seasons before moving on to the ACT Brumbies...

     - Australian Rugby Union player
  • Julian Salvi
    Julian Salvi
    Julian Salvi , is an Australian rugby union player. He currently plays for Leicester Tigers.- Rugby career :Salvi returned to the Brumbies after a one-year sabbatical with English Premiership club, Bath...

     - Australian Rugby Union player
  • Matt Pini
    Matt Pini
    Matthew James Pini, also known as Matt Pini , is an Australian-born Italian naturalized rugby union player. He played as a fullback....

     - Australian Rugby Union player
  • Rudi Vedelago
    Rudi Vedelago
    Rudi Patrick Vedelago is an Australian former rugby union player.-Biography:Born and raised in Brisbane, Rudi attended school at St...

     - Australian Rugby Union player

Other sports

  • Claire Bevilacqua
    Claire Bevilacqua
    Claire Bevilacqua is a professional surfer from Perth, Australia. Her mother is Australian while her father is Italian. In 2003, she was crowned as the Australian Junior Women's Champion. In 2005, she joined the World Championship Tour of the Association of Surfing Professionals, finishing with...

     - Surfer
  • Tully Bevilaqua
    Tully Bevilaqua
    Tully Louise Bevilaqua is an Australian professional women's basketball player. She currently plays for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA and the West Coast Waves in Australia's WNBL....

     - Basketball player
  • Martin Cattalini
    Martin Cattalini
    Martin Peter Cattalini is a retired Australian professional basketball player who won championships with both the Perth Wildcats and the Adelaide 36ers in the NBL....

     - Basketball player
  • Al Costello
    Al Costello
    Giacomo Costa was an Italian Australian professional wrestler best known by his ring name, Al Costello. Costello was the first professional wrestler to be nicknamed "The Man of a Thousand Holds" because of his innovative and very technical style.Costello was the creator and original member of the...

     - Professional wrestler
  • Casey Dellacqua
    Casey Dellacqua
    Casey Dellacqua is an Australian professional tennis player who currently resides in Perth, Western Australia. She was previously coached by former Australian player Nicole Pratt, before the two decided to part ways prior to the 2009 Australian Open...

     - Tennis player
  • David Ferrini - Serie A and Italian cricketer
  • Chris Guccione
    Chris Guccione
    Christopher "Chris" Luke Guccione , is an Australian professional tennis player from Greenvale, Victoria; his father is Italian and his mother is Australian....

     - Tennis player
  • Mark Occhilupo
    Mark Occhilupo
    Marco Jay Luciano "Mark" Occhilupo is an Australian surfer and winner of the 1999 World surfing champion title.Occhilupo, also known as Occy, began his professional career in the World Championship Tour at the age of 17....

     - World Surfing Champion
  • Daniel Perna - Australasian Go-Karting champion
  • Daniel Ricciardo
    Daniel Ricciardo
    Daniel Ricciardo is an Australian racing driver currently competing in Formula 1 for Hispania Racing. He won the British Formula Three Championship in 2009.-Formula Ford and Formula BMW:...

    - Racing driver
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