Notable American Australians
| Name | Born – Died | Notable for | Connection with Australia | Connection with The United States |
| Janet Andrewartha | 1952– | actress | works in Australia | born in Camarillo, California |
| Cal Bruton | 1954– | basketball player and coach | moved to Australia in 1979; naturalised c. 1985; played for the men's national team and named to the NBL 25th Anniversary Team in 2003. | born in New York City; played college basketball at Wichita State University |
| John Butler | 1975– | musician, founder John Butler Trio | Australian father; moved to Australia 1986 | born in Torrance, California |
| Cate Blanchett | 1969– | actress | born in Australia | father was American |
| Betty Bobbitt | 1939– | actress and author | emigrated to Australia in 1962 | Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Chelsea Brown | 1946– | comedienne and actress | emigrated to Australia in 1977; married to actor Vic Rooney until his death in 2002 | Born in Chicago, Illinois |
| Kate Ceberano | 1966– | actress and singer | born and raised in Australia | her father Tino Ceberano is American of Filipino Hawaiian descent |
| Mel Gibson | 1956– | actor and director | moved to Australia when 12 years old; paternal grandmother was Australian; honorary Officer of the Order of Australia | born Peekskill, New York and holds dual US and Irish citizenships |
| Ricky Grace | 1966– | basketball player | moved to Australia in 1990; naturalised c. 1996; played for the men's national team and named to the NBL 25th Anniversary Team. | born in Dallas; played college basketball at the University of Oklahoma |
| John Harkins | 1960– | jazz pianist and singer | moved to Australia in 1985; founder of the John Harkins Trio; frequent performer at Manly Jazz Festival and others | studied classical piano at NYC's Manhattan School of Music and spent his younger years playing in famous Chicago and NYC jazz clubs. |
| Marcia Hines | 1953– | singer and actress | moved to Australia in 1969; member of the Order of Australia (naturalised 1994) | born in Boston |
| Deni Hines | 1970– | singer and actress | born in Australia | Daughter of Marcia Hines; Father is of Somalian/Ethiopian descent |
| Terri Irwin | 1964– | Zoologist, naturalist, author and television presenter | Wife of Steve Irwin. Moved to Australia in 1992; naturalised in 2009 three years after her husband's death | born in Eugene, Oregon |
| Bindi Irwin | 1998– | Zoologist, naturalist, singer, actress and television personality | born in Australia | Daughter of Terri and Steve Irwin |
| Kristina Keneally | 1968– | Premier of New South Wales 2009–2011 | emigrated to Australia in 1994; naturalised Australian in 2000 | born Kristina Marie Kerscher in Las Vegas, Nevada to American father and Australian mother |
| Nicole Kidman | 1967– | actress | dual citizen by descent (Australian parents) | dual citizen by birth (born in Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| Don Lane | 1933–2009 | TV presenter, cabaret performer | moved to Australia 1965 | born Morton Donald Isaacson in New York City |
| Leroy Loggins | 1957– | basketball | as an Australian citizen competed in the 1992 Olympic Games | born New Brunswick, New Jersey |
| Bob Meyer | 1932–2009 | logician | moved to Australia 1974 | born in US |
| King O'Malley | 1858–1953 | Australian politician | lived in Australia from 1888 | claimed to have been born in Canada, more likely that he was born in US |
| Don Pyke | 1968– | Australian rules footballer | father is Australian | born in US |
| Peter Ruehl | 1947–2011 | journalist and television news personality | moved to Australia in 1987 | born in New York City |
| Penny Sackett | 1956– | astronomer | emigrated to Australia 2002(?) | born Lincoln, Nebraska |
| Brian Schmidt | 1967– | astrophysicist | moved to Australia 1994, co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2011 | born Missoula, Montana |
| Sanford Wheeler | 1970– | Australian rules footballer | migrated to Australia in 1975 | born in US to Australian father and African-American mother |
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