List of people from Rockhampton

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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
Leanne Benjamin	1964	Ballet dancer, principal dancer with the Royal Ballet in London
JTS Bird	Born in England	Author of The Early History of Rockhampton
Gerard Brennan	1928	Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia
Shane Butler	1970	Champion food consumer, once consuming his entire body weight in carbohydrates
George Curtis	1845–1922	Queensland and Australian politician
William Knox Darcy	1849–1917	Mining magnate and founder of British Petroleum
James Duhig	1871–1965	Roman Catholic Archbishop
Jamie Dwyer	1979	Field hockey, gold medal in 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Lala Fisher	1872–1929	Poet
Frank Forde	1890–1983	Prime Minister of Australia
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	Premier of Queensland
Paul Hoffmann	1970	Sportsman (cricket), Australia Country representative 1993 and Scottish Saltires Cricket World Cup 2007
Glen Housman	1971	Swimmer, Olympic silver medallist
De-Anne Kelly	1954	Politician
William Kidston	1849–1919	Premier of Queensland
Mark Knowles	1984	Sportsman, field hockey
Rod Laver	1938	Sportsman, tennis
Grant McLennan	1958–2006	Singer-songwriter and co-founder of independent Australian band The Go-Betweens
Anna Meares	1983	Cyclist, 2 times Olympic gold medal winner
Kerrie Meares	1982	Cyclist
Scott Minto	1973	Sportsman, Rugby League – Brisbane Broncos
Alma Moodie	1898–1943	Concert violinist
John Moore	1936	Politician
Matthew Robinson	1980	Actor/performer, starred in Pippin, appeared in Blue Heelers, Stingers; Pratt Prize winner
Zach Russell	1989	Singer, member of boyband The Collective
Gretel Scarlett	1987	Actor, singer, dancer, theatre performer; starred as Sandy in 2013/14 Australian production of Grease
David A. Symons	1982	International technologist
Anthelme Thozet	1826–1878	Botanist and ethnographer
Kenrick Tucker	1957	Cyclist, 1978 Commonwealth Games gold and silver medallist
Rhys Wesser	1979	Sportsman, Rugby League – South Sydney Rabbitohs