List of Frankston people

This is an incomplete list of notable past and present residents of Frankston, Victoria.

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Nan McClelland - famed artist (McClelland Drive in the Frankston suburb of Langwarrin and McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park named in her honour)
Rick Amor - award-winning Australian contemporary artist
Raymond B. Ewers AM - Sculptor and war artist
Sir Daryl Lindsay - Australian artist (resided at the now heritage listed Mulberry Hill, in Langwarrin)
Lady Joan Lindsay - Australian author, famous for writing Picnic at Hanging Rock (resided at the now heritage listed Mulberry Hill, in Langwarrin)
Nevil Shute - English novelist, author of On the Beach, which was partially based in Frankston, and made into a film in 1959 and a tele-movie in 2000.
Paul Jennings - Australian children's author
Don E.C. Charlwood - noted author

Walter Burley Griffin - architect (designer of the Australian capital city, Canberra)
Louis Sauer - notable American Architect, resident 2001-2007. Community activist in sustainability and urban design. Originator of panel to review design elements of significant development proposals.

Sir Laurence Hartnett - the "Father" of the first Australian car (Hartnett Drive in the Frankston industrial area named in his honour)
Robert Timms - founder of The House of Robert Timms coffee
Sir John Holland AC - Founder of the John Holland Group
Steve Outtrim - founder of Sausage Software (resides on Olivers Hill in Frankston South)

Graham Kennedy - Australian entertainer (the "King" of Australian television)
Diane Dunleavy - "Dee Dee" from Gold 104.3 (the "Queen" of Melbourne radio^[1])
Jackie Woodburne - Television actor (Susan Kennedy/Kinski from the popular soap, Neighbours)
Caitlin Stasey - Television actor (Rachel Kinski from the popular soap, Neighbours)
Anna Lind-Hansen - from Big Brother Australia series 6
Marianne Van Dorsselaer - Television personality
Roger Oldridge - Sports reporter for Network 10

Stanley Bruce - 8th Prime Minister of Australia (resided at Bruce Manor in Frankston South, before moving to the official Prime Minister's Lodge in Canberra)
Sir Rupert Hamer - 39th Premier of Victoria
Gordon Bryant - Australian politician (former Federal Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and former Administrator of the Australian Capital Territory)
Bruce Billson - Australian politician (Member for Dunkley, which incorporates Frankston)
Albert Langer - Australian political activist

Dame Elisabeth Murdoch - philanthropist and mother of Rupert Murdoch (resides in Langwarrin)
Bishop Michael Challen AM - former Director of the Brotherhood of St Laurence
Paul Denyer - serial killer (1993)