List of people from Rockhampton

This is a list of notable people from Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.

Name of resident	Year of Birth/Death	Notable For
Duncan Armstrong	1968	Swimmer, Olympic gold medallist at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Steve Baxter	1971	Australian entrepreneur and investor. Appears as one of the 'sharks' on Shark Tank. Although born in Cloncurry and raised in Emerald, Baxter was a student at North Rockhampton State High School before leaving school at the age of 15 to join the army.
Alexander Belonogoff	1990	Sportsman, Rowing. Won a silver medal as part of the crew competing in the quadruple scull at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Leanne Benjamin	1964	Ballet dancer, principal dancer with The Royal Ballet in London
George Birch	1862-1917	Co-founder of the Birch, Carroll and Coyle cinema chain, now trading as BCC Cinemas - part of the Event Cinemas group
JTS Bird	1842-1932	British-born journalist, author and gold prospector. Worked at Torquay Chronicle and The Recorder in the United Kingdom before joining The Morning Bulletin in Rockhampton. Discovered gold on The Ridgelands goldfields near Rockhampton in 1867.
Wayne Blair	1971	Indigenous Australian writer, actor and director, best known for directing the film The Sapphires and appearing in ABC's Redfern Now
Gerard Brennan	1928	Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia
Thomas Busby		Australian singer, best known as one-half of Busby Marou
Peter Byrne		Queensland television personality, best known as a Rockhampton-based weather presenter for WIN Television from 1990 until 2012; and presenter of the weekly Rewind segment on Channel 7 from 2012 until present
George Curtis	1845–1922	Queensland and Australian politician
Tara Cheyne	1986	Australian politician, representing the seat of Ginninderra in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
William Knox Darcy	1849–1917	Mining magnate and founder of British Petroleum
Mick Dittman	1952	Australian jockey, best known for riding winning horse Gurner's Lane in the 1982 Melbourne Cup. Also rode the winning horses in three Golden Slippers, two Cox Plates and one Caulfield Cup. Inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2002.
James Duhig	1871–1965	Roman Catholic Archbishop
Jamie Dwyer	1979	Sportsman, Field Hockey - The Kookaburras, gold medal in 2004 Summer Olympics.
Lala Fisher	1872–1929	Australian poet and writer
Frank Forde	1890–1983	Australian politician, served as 15th Prime Minister of Australia in July 1945. Holds record for shortest serving Prime Minister.
Harold Livingstone Fraser	1890-1950	Australian aviator, served in 5th Light Horse Brigade of the First Australian Imperial Force during World War I
Vince Gair	1901–1980	Australian politician, served as 27th Premier of Queensland from 1952 until 1957
Jake Granville	1989	Sportsman, Rugby League - North Queensland Cowboys and Brisbane Broncos
Paul Hoffmann	1970	Sportsman (cricket), Australia Country representative 1993 and Scottish Saltires Cricket World Cup 2007
Hector Hogan	1931-1960	Australian athlete. Won bronze medals at the 1954 Commonwealth Games, 1956 Summer Olympics and 1958 Commonwealth Games
Glen Housman	1971	Swimmer, Olympic silver medallist in the 1500m freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Beatrice May Hutton	1893-1990	Architect, first female architect to be admitted to any of the Australian Institutes of Architecture
Kym Ireland	1955	Sportswoman, Field Hockey - The Hockeyroos, played at 1984 Summer Olympics
Drew Jarvis		Television presenter, best known for hosting children's programs The Shak and Lab Rats Challenge
Jess Jonassen	1992	Sportswoman, Cricket - Southern Stars. Played in the winning Ashes team against England in 2015.
De-Anne Kelly	1954	Australian politician, served as Minister for Veteran's Affairs from 2004 until 2006
William Kidston	1849–1919	Australian politician, served as 17th Premier of Queensland from 1906 until 1907
Mark Knowles	1984	Sportsman, Field Hockey - The Kookaburras, gold medal in 2004 Summer Olympics.
Rod Laver	1938	Sportsman, Tennis. Ranked as the world's No. 1 tennis player from 1964 until 1970. The winner of eleven Grand Slam titles, Laver is widely regarded as one of the best tennis players in history. Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne was named in his honour in 2000.
John Leak	1892-1972	Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross
Karni Liddell	1979	Swimmer, bronze medallist at the 1996 Summer Paralympics and the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Jeremy Marou		Australian singer, best known as one-half of Busby Marou
Grant McLennan	1958–2006	Singer-songwriter and co-founder of independent Australian band The Go-Betweens
Anna Meares	1983	Cyclist, gold medal winner at 2004 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. Flag-bearer at 2016 Summer Olympics.
Kerrie Meares	1982	Cyclist
Scott Minto	1973	Sportsman, Rugby League – Brisbane Broncos
Alma Moodie	1898–1943	Concert violinist
John Moore	1936	Australian politician, served as Minister for Defence from 1998 until 2001
Cameron Munster	1994	Sportsman, Rugby League - Melbourne Storm
Matthew Robinson	1980	Actor/performer, starred in Pippin, appeared in Blue Heelers, Stingers; Pratt Prize winner
Joshua Rose	1981	Sportsman, Soccer - Central Coast Mariners FC and Melbourne City FC in the A-League
Zach Russell	1989	Singer, member of boy band The Collective
Gretel Scarlett	1987	Actor, singer, dancer, theatre performer; starred as Sandy in 2013/14 Australian production of Grease
Mary Schneider	1932	Australian singer and songwriter. Known as Australia's "Queen of Yodelling". Mother of Melinda Schneider.
Jamie Simpson	1986	Sportsman, Rugby League - South Sydney Rabbitohs and Huddersfield Giants
Bevan Slattery	1971	Australian entrepreneur
Wendy Strehlow	1958	Australian actress, best known for her Logie Award-winning role as Judy Loveday on A Country Practice on Channel 7
Anthelme Thozet	1826–1878	Botanist and ethnographer
Kenrick Tucker	1957	Cyclist, 1978 Commonwealth Games gold and silver medallist
Stephen Weigh	1987	Sportsman, Basketball - Cairns Taipans, Adelaide 36ers and Perth Wildcats
Rhys Wesser	1979	Sportsman, Rugby League – South Sydney Rabbitohs
Annie Wheeler	1867-1950	Volunteer welfare worker assisting local soldiers in World War I, became known as the 'Mother of the Queenslanders'.
Graham Wood	1947	Internet entrepreneur, philanthropist, environmentalist and founder of Wotif.com
Craig Zonca	1984	Television and radio presenter, weather presenter on ABC Television and host of ABC Local Radio's rural affairs program The Country Hour