List of Australian Americans
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While there are many Australians who have achieved fame in America, and spend at least some of there time there, and there are American celebrities who spend at least some of their time in Australia, there are few people who could truly be described as Australian-Americans, thus neither Australian-American nor American-Australian are commonly used terms.
[edit] Australian Americans
People born in Australia but now living in the United States.
- Rupert Murdoch - media owner
- Philip K. Chapman - Astronaut (Australians must first become U.S. citizens to be eligible to apply to NASA)
- Paul D. Scully-Power - Astronaut
- Andy Thomas - Astronaut (technically the first Australian citizen in space, as previously Australians lost their citizenship upon becoming citizens of another country)[citation needed]
- Douglas Wood - construction engineer held hostage in Iraq.
- James Wolfensohn - fmr. president of the World Bank, special envoy to Israel & Palestine.
- Michael "Flea" Balzary - bassist for the alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers.
- Jill Ker Conway - author and educator
- Charlie Bell - fmr. President and CEO of McDonalds
- Douglas Daft - fmr. CEO of The Coca-Cola Company
- Geoffrey Bible - fmr. CEO of Philip Morris
- Percy Grainger - composer
[edit] American Australians
People born in the United States but who now live in Australia.
American Australians are fairly prominent in the fields of entertainment and "imported" American sports in Australia such as basketball coaches and players in the Australian NBL.
- Cate Blanchett - Actress (Texan father, Melbourne mother, now lives in the UK).
- Betty Bobbitt - actress
- John Butler - musician (born in California; Australian father, American mother)
- Bob Charles - fmr. member of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian Consul General in Chicago, born Covington, Kentucky
- Tommy Dean - comedian
- Joe Dolce - singer
- Venetta Fields - singer and vocal coach
- Mel Gibson - actor (born in America, grew up in Australia, and now lives in America)
- Brian Goorjian - Sydney Kings basketball coach
- Marcia Hines - singer and television personality
- Nicole Kidman - actress (born in Hawaii to Australian parents, raised in Australia since age 4)
- Don Lane - television host
- Lynn MacLaren - member of the Western Australian Legislative Council
- Gus Mercurio - boxer, boxing referee, chiropractor, and actor
- King O'Malley - politician in the Fisher government; co-founder of the Commonwealth Bank, Canberra, the Australian Labor Party and the Trans Australian Railway.
- J Wess - rapper and former basketballer
- Leroy Loggins - NBL basketballer
