List of people from Adelaide

Prominent intellectuals, writers, artists, bands, and musicians to hail from Adelaide include: Actors • Dame Judith Anderson – Rebecca, And Then There Were None; Tony and Emmy Award winner • Elspeth Ballantyne – Prisoner • Holly Brisley – Home and Away • Sam Clark – Neighbours • Kate Fischer – Sirens • Sir Robert Helpmann – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' • Nicholas Hope – Bad Boy Bubby • Dichen Lachman – Neighbours, Dollhouse • Anthony LaPaglia – Without a Trace • Jonathan LaPaglia – Seven Days, The District • Glenn McMillan – Wonderland, Power Rangers Ninja Storm • John Noble – Fringe • Ben Oxenbould – Hey Dad..! • Teresa Palmer – December Boys, I Am Number Four • Lois Ramsey – Road to Nhill, Home and Away • Mandahla Rose – All About E, Oranges and Sunshine • Xavier Samuel – The Twilight Saga: Eclipse • Hugh Sheridan – Packed to the Rafters • Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog; Oscar-nominated actor • Sonia Todd – ''McLeod's Daughters'' • Sarah Snook – Succession; Golden Globe winner • Adam Tuominen – Power Rangers Ninja Storm, Underbelly: Razor, Escape from Pretoria • Melanie Vallejo – Winners and Losers, Power Rangers Mystic Force • Samara Weaving • Shabana Azeez – The Pitt Comedians • Anthony Lehmann – aka "Lehmo" Lehmann • Richard Marsland • Shaun Micallef • Greig Pickhaver – aka "H.G. Nelson" • Roy Rene – aka "Mo McCackie" • Frank Woodley Film directors • Mario Andreacchio • David James Campbell • Alex Frayne • Rolf de Heer • Scott Hicks • Pip Karmel • Justin Kurzel • Anthony Maras • Michael James Rowland Humanities • Graeme Hugo – demographer and Federation Fellow (2002) • J. J. C. Smart – philosopher • Hugh Stretton – historian and sociologist • Peter Sutton – anthropologist • Wesley Wildman – philosopher, theologian, ethicist • Ghil'ad Zuckermann – linguist and revivalist Journalists • Annabel Crabb – political writer and commentator • Brady Haran – independent video journalist and Internet personality • Jenni Hogan – TV reporter and host, Emmy Award winner • Christian Kerr – political commentator and journalist • David Koch – financial journalist and former presenter of Sunrise • Bruce McAvaney – sports broadcaster • Hamish McLachlan – television sports commentator for the Seven Network • David Penberthy – editor-in-chief of the Australian newspaper The Daily Telegraph Musicians and bands • Allday • The Angels • At Sunset • Atlas Genius • The Audreys • Grace Bawden • Jimmy Barnes • The Beards • Beeb Birtles • Bit By Bats • David Campbell • Wes Carr • Julian Cochran • Cold Chisel • Beccy Cole • Michael Crafter • Delta • Fraternity • Funkoars • Peter Furler • Dave Graney • Angie Hart • Hilltop Hoods • The Hot Lies • I Killed the Prom Queen • Jim Keays • Paul Kelly • Rachael Leahcar • Lowrider • Tkay Maidza • The Mark of Cain • The Masters Apprentices • Reece Mastin • Sarah McLeod • Sister Janet Mead • Rudy Nikkerud • Orianthi Panagaris • Redgum • Aleesha Rome • Guy Sebastian • Glenn Shorrock • Sia • Benjamin Speed • The Superjesus • Swanee • Michelle Tumes • The Twilights • Universum • Virgin Black • Wolf & Cub Visual artists • James Ashton – painter and arts educator • Dorrit Black – modernist printmaker and painter • Michal Dutkiewicz – comic book artist and illustrator, three-time winner of the Stanley Award • Robert Hannaford – portrait artist, three-time winner of the People's Choice Award of the Archibald Prize • Barbara Hanrahan – artist, printmaker and writer • Sir Hans Heysen – landscape painter, nine-time winner of the Wynne Prize • Nora Heysen – portrait artist, first female winner of the Archibald Prize • Ondrej Mares – sculptor and furniture maker • Joseph Stanislaus Ostoja-Kotkowski – painting, photography, film-making, theatre design, fabric design, murals, kinetic and static sculpture, stained glass, vitreous enamel murals, op-collages, computer graphics, and laser art • Geoffrey Proud – portrait and landscape painter, sculptor, winner of the 1990 Archibald Prize, winner of the 1975 Sulman Prize • Jeffrey Smart – precisionist landscape painter • Susan Dorothea White – painter, sculptor and printmaker Writers • Malcolm Afford – playwright and novelist • Guy Boothby – novelist and travel writer • James Bradley – novelist and critic • Brian Castro – novelist • Nancy Cato – author • J. M. Coetzee – novelist and essayist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature • Aidan Coleman – poet • David Conyers – science fiction author • Geoffrey Dutton – poet, author and historian, winner of the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry • Max Fatchen – journalist and children's author • Mem Fox – educator and children's author • Peter Goldsworthy – novelist, poet and scriptwriter, winner of the Helpmann Award • Christine Harris – children's and young adult author • Max Harris – poet, critic and columnist • Vernon Knowles – fantasy author • Kym Lardner – children's author, illustrator, and storyteller • Caleb Lewis – playwright • Agnes Murgoci – folklorist • DBC Pierre – novelist, winner of the Man Booker Prize • Gillian Rubinstein – children's author and playwright • Bel Schenk – poet • Tony Shillitoe – fantasy author • Tim Sinclair – poet and novelist • Hugh Stretton – historian and sociologist • Anne Summers – feminist writer and editor • Colin Thiele – children's author and educator, winner of the Dromkeen medal • David Thorne – humorist and satirist • Russel Ward – historian and author of The Australian Legend • Sean Williams – science fiction author • Ben Winch – novelist • Nan Witcomb – poet • Laetitia Withall – poet, author and suffragette ==Business and media==