This is an incomplete list of notable people from Adelaide .
Arts and music
Prominent intellectuals, writers, artists, bands, and musicians to hail from Adelaide include:
Actors
Comedians
Film directors
Humanities
Journalists
Musicians and bands
Visual artists
James Ashton - painter and arts educatorDorrit Black - modernist printmaker and painterMichal Dutkiewicz - comic book artist and illustrator, three-time winner of the Stanley Award Robert Hannaford AM Archibald Prize Barbara Hanrahan - artist, printmaker and writerSir Hans Heysen OBE Wynne Prize
Nora Heysen AM Ondrej Mares - sculptor and furniture makerJoseph Stanislaus Ostoja-Kotkowski AM Geoffrey Proud - portrait and landscape painter, sculptor, winner of the 1990 Archibald Prize, winner of the 1975 Sulman Prize Jeffrey Smart AO Susan Dorothea White - painter, sculptor and printmaker
Writers
Malcolm Afford - playwright and novelistGuy Boothby - novelist and travel writerJames Bradley - novelist and criticBrian Castro - novelistNancy Cato - authorJ M Coetzee - novelist and essayist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Aidan Coleman - poetDavid Conyers - science fiction authorGeoffrey Dutton AO Grace Leven Prize for Poetry Max Fatchen AM Mem Fox AM Peter Goldsworthy AM Helpmann Award Christine Harris - children's and young adult authorMax Harris AO Vernon Knowles - fantasy authorKym Lardner - children's author, illustrator, and storytellerCaleb Lewis - playwrightDBC Pierre - novelist, winner of the Man Booker Prize Gillian Rubinstein - children's author and playwrightBel Schenk - poetTony Shillitoe - fantasy authorTim Sinclair - poet and novelistHugh Stretton - historian and sociologistAnne Summers - feminist writer and editorColin Thiele AC Dromkeen medal David Thorne - humorist and satiristRussel Ward - historian and author of The Australian Legend Sean Williams - science fiction authorBen Winch - novelistNan Witcomb - poetLaetitia Withall - poet, author and suffragette
Science
World-renowned Adelaide scientists include:
Len Beadell OAM BEM 3161 Beadell is named after himWilliam Henry Bragg OM KBE PRS Nobel Prize in Physics William Lawrence Bragg CH OBE MC FRS Nobel Laureate Rodney Brooks - roboticist, director of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and founding member of the iRobot corporationBaron Howard Florey OM FRS FRCP Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Basil Stuart Hetzel AC iodine deficiency Cecil Madigan - geologist and meteorologist, member of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS FAA Antarctic Expedition
Sir Mark Oliphant AC KBE FRS FAA Hughes Medal and the Faraday Medal
Enid Lucy Robertson AM Reg Sprigg AO George Szekeres FAA AM George Szekeres Medal is named.Terence Tao FRS FAA Fields Medal Andy Thomas AO NASA astronautDavid Unaipon - inventor and writer, commemorated on the Australian fifty-dollar note Robin Warren AC Sir Hubert Wilkins - Antarctic aviation pioneer, Arctic explorer, ornithologist and geographer
Sport
Internationally and nationally recognised sports people from Adelaide include:
Aerobatics
Archery
Basketball
Mark Bradtke - played one season in the NBA for the Philadelphia 76ers , played in the NBL for the Adelaide 36ers , Melbourne Tigers and Brisbane Bullets ; three-time NBL Championship winner and 2002 NBL Most Valuable Player ; NBL's all-time leading rebounder; played for the Australian Boomers in four Olympic Games and two World Championships Lindsay Gaze - played for the Australian Boomers in three Olympics and coached the team in four Olympics; two-time NBL Championship winning coach, three-time NBL Coach of the Year ; member of the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame , FIBA Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Joe Ingles - plays for the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA . He also represents the Australian Boomers .Ben Madgen - plays in the NBL for the Sydney Kings Brett Maher - played in the NBL for the Adelaide 36ers, captained the team to three Championships , played in three Olympic Games for the Australian BoomersMike McKay - played in the NBL for the West Adelaide Bearcats , Adelaide 36ers, Brisbane Bullets , Canberra Cannons and Wollongong Hawks ; won the 1985 Rookie of the Year and 1986 NBL championship with the 36ers; played for the Australian Boomers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Brad Newley - plays in Spain for CB Gran Canaria , drafted to the NBA by the Houston Rockets ; has played for the Australian Boomers in the Olympic Games, World Championships and Commonwealth Games Erin Phillips - plays in the WNBA for the Phoenix Mercury , played for the Connecticut Sun , won a championship with the Indiana Fever , played in the WNBL for the Adelaide Lightning , Olympic silver medalist and FIBA gold medalist with the Australian Opals Luke Schenscher - 7'1" (216 cm) tall Centre , played in the NBA for the Chicago Bulls and the Portland Trail Blazers ; plays in the NBL for the Adelaide 36ers; played in the East Asian Games for the Australian Boomers in 2001 while still in high school; member of the 2003–04 NCAA All-Final Four TeamPhil Smyth AM St Kilda Saints , Canberra Cannons, Adelaide 36ers and Sydney Kings ; won three championships as a player at Canberra and coached the 36ers to three Championship wins; played for the Australian Boomers in four Olympic Games and five World Championships; captained the Boomers from 1983-1995
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Cricket
Cycling
Darts
Golf
Kickboxing
Motor sports
Professional wrestling
Soccer
Sport aerobics
Swimming
Tennis
Trampoline gymnastics
Volleyball