HONOR

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Martti Ahtisaari	Head of State	23-Jun-1937		President of Finland, 1994-2000
Charlie Bell	Business	7-Nov-1960	16-Jan-2005	CEO of McDonalds, 2004
Peter Black	Politician	14-Jun-1943		Boorish Australian legislator
Don Bradman	Cricket	27-Aug-1908	25-Feb-2001	Greatest batsman of all time
R. Hanbury Brown	Astronomer	31-Aug-1916	16-Jan-2002	Optical intensity interferometer
Frank Macfarlane Burnet	Scientist	3-Sep-1899	31-Aug-1985	Acquired immunological tolerance
Manning Clark	Historian	3-Mar-1915	23-May-1991	A History of Australia
Roger C. Corbett	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Woolworths Limited, 1999-2006
Margaret Smith Court	Tennis	16-Jul-1942		Won 62 Grand Slam titles
Kenneth E. Cowley	Business	c. 1936		News Corporation executive
Peter Cundall	TV Personality	1-Apr-1927		Host of Gardening Australia, 1989-2008
Douglas N. Daft	Business	1943		CEO of Coca Cola, 2000-04
Paul Davies	Physicist	22-Apr-1946		The Mind of God
Herb Elliott	Track and Field	25-Feb-1938		Middle distance runner
Malcolm Fraser	Politician	21-May-1930		Prime Minister of Australia, 1975-83
John Gorton	Head of State	9-Sep-1911	19-May-2002	Prime Minister of Australia, 1968-71
Robert Hawke	Head of State	9-Dec-1929		Prime Minister of Australia, 1983-91
Peter Hollingworth	Religion	10-Apr-1935		Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane
Barry Humphries	Actor	17-Feb-1934		Dame Edna
Elizabeth Jolley	Novelist	4-Jun-1923	13-Feb-2007	Mr. Scobie's Riddle
Kiri Te Kanawa	Singer	6-Mar-1944		Operatic soprano
Colleen McCullough	Novelist	1-Jun-1937		The Thorn Birds
Leo McKern	Actor	16-Mar-1920	23-Jul-2002	Travelling North, Rumpole of the Bailey
John Newcombe	Tennis	23-May-1944		Winner of 26 Grand Slam titles
Olivia Newton-John	Singer	26-Sep-1948		Grease
Mark Oliphant	Physicist	8-Oct-1901	14-Jul-2000	Deuterium reactions
John B. Prescott	Business	c. 1941		Broken Hill Proprietary Company
Joseph W. Prueher	Diplomat	25-Nov-1942		US Ambassador to China, 1999-2001
Mel Sembler	Diplomat	10-May-1930		US Ambassador to Italy, 2001-05
James Strong	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Qantas, 1993-2001
Joan Sutherland	Singer	7-Nov-1926	10-Oct-2010	"La Stupenda" opera soprano
Jack Thompson	Actor	31-Aug-1940		Sunday Too Far Away
Charles Tingwell	Actor	3-Jan-1923	15-May-2009	Breaker Morant
Rachel Ward	Actor	12-Sep-1957		The Thorn Birds
Steve Waugh	Cricket	2-Jun-1965		Captain, Australian Test Cricket, 1999-2004
Gough Whitlam	Head of State	11-Jul-1916		Prime Minister of Australia, 1972-75
Googie Withers	Actor	12-Mar-1917	15-Jul-2011	One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

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