* 1906 – Harry Hopman, Australian tennis player and coach ( d. 1985 )

* 1987 – Danny Page, Australian basketball coach

* 1944 – Adrian Hurley, Australian basketball coach

* 1947 – Kevin Sheedy, coach of Australian Football League club Essendon FC

Ric Charlesworth, the current Australian coach, has been a strong critic of the unrestricted use of the reverse edge hit.

* 1929 – Jack Gibson, Australian rugby footballer and coach ( d. 2008 )

* David Fairleigh – Former Rugby League forward, 1994 Rothman's Medal winner, NSW & Australian representative player, North Sydney Bears " Team Of The Century " second-rower, current coach of the Central Coast Bears

* Des Hasler – Former Rugby league player, NSW & Australian representative player, 1987 & 1996 Manly Sea Eagles premiership player, 2008 & 2011 Manly Sea Eagles premiership coach

* Rodney Eade – Australian Rules Footballer who played 259 games for Hawthorn and the Bears, was head coach of the Western Bulldogs until Round 21, 2011

* Paul Williams – Australian Rules Footballer who played 306 games for Collingwood & Sydney, current caretaker coach of the Western Bulldogs

Harrison, a dual Australian Champion Beach Sprinter who went on to row in the coxless four at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, had been introduced to rowing after a chance meeting with one of the fathers of modern athletic physiological training and testing, and the coach of the Leichhardt Guinea Pigs, Professor Frank Cotton.

* 1921 – Forbes Carlile, Australian athlete and coach

* 1945 – Arthur Beetson, Australian rugby league footballer and coach ( d. 2011 )

* 1952 – Leigh Matthews, Australian rules footballer and coach

* 1976 – Brad Scott, Australian footballer and coach

* Dennis Pagan, Australian rules football player and coach

* 1933 – Allan Jeans, Australian footballer and coach ( d. 2011 )

* November 11 – Doug Frost, Australian swimming coach

* November 17 – Jack Worrall, Australian cricketer and coach ( b. 1860 )

* June 20 – Jack Worrall, Australian cricketer, footballer, and coach ( d. 1937 )

James Hird ( born 4 February 1973 ) is a former professional Australian rules footballer and the current coach of the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Allan, who has previously played four games for the Essendon Football Club in 1966 – 67, initiated the move, enabling him to be player coach of Eastlake in the Australian Capital Territory ( ACT ) football competition.

* Clayton Kearney ( born 1964 ), former Australian sprinter and professional fitness coach

* John Kennedy, Sr. ( born 1928 ), Australian football player & coach

As they held the Ashes, Australian captains Bob Simpson and Bill Lawry were happy to adopt safety-first tactics and their strategy of sedate batting saw many draws.

Robert James Lee " Bob " Hawke AC GCL ( born 9 December 1929 ) is a former Australian politician who served as the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991.

* 1947 – Bob Fulton, English-born Australian rugby league footballer

* 1950 – Bob Daisley, Australian musician, bassist ( Rainbow, Ozzy Osbourne )

Foster's Lager uses the slogan " The Amber Nectar " in Australia and the UK, and " Australian for Beer ", performed by Bob Ingersole, elsewhere overseas.

* Bob Brown, retired politician, former leader of the Australian Greens

The Australian leg spinner Bob Holland employed a back spinning ball that he simply pushed backwards with the heel of his palm.

( 2000 ), " Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon ( Bob ) ( 18941978 )", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 15, Melbourne University Press, ( Melbourne ), pp 354 – 361.

* 1934 – Bob Maguire, Australian priest

* 1918 – Bob Katter, Sr., Australian politician ( d. 1990 )

* 1890 – Bob Heffron, Australian politician, 30th Premier of New South Wales ( d. 1978 )

* Bob Randall, Indigenous Australian of the Year.

* March 24 – In the Australian federal election, the Australian Labor Party, led by Prime Minister of Australia Bob Hawke, clings to power with a reduced majority.

Bob Hawke replaces Bill Hayden as leader of the Australian Labor Party.

* March 20 – Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke weeps on national television as he admits marital infidelity.

The Australian Labor Party first made republicanism its official policy in 1991, with then Prime Minister Bob Hawke describing a republic as inevitable.

In early 2001, on the recommendation of Premier Bob Carr, Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, appointed Bashir Governor of New South Wales, making her the state's first female governor, and the first governor of any Australian state of Lebanese descent.

* Bob Simpson ( cricketer ) ( born 1936 ), Australian cricketer

He passed 311, eclipsing Bob Simpson's record score by an Australian captain.

When Paul Eddington visited Australia during the 1980s, he was treated as a visiting British PM by the then Australian leader, Bob Hawke, who was obviously a great fan of the show.

* Bob Rush ( Australian footballer ) ( 1880 – 1975 ), Australian rules footballer and administrator

* When Australian federal politicians Peter Costello and Tony Abbott sued Bob Ellis for allegations made about their sex lives in his book Goodbye Jerusalem, the Australian radio comedy drama How Green was my Cactus made a parody of the sketch using the comedians ' voices, not the politicians.