Victoria has produced or been home to many internationally recognized figures across various fields:
* **Sir John Monash:** Renowned military commander during WWI and a pioneering civil engineer. * **Ned Kelly:** Australia's most infamous bushranger and folk figure, executed in Melbourne in 1880. * **Dame Nellie Melba:** One of the most famous operatic sopranos of the late Victorian era. * **Shane Warne:** Legendary cricketer and one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the sport. * **Kylie Minogue:** Global pop music icon and actress, born and raised in Melbourne. * **Barry Humphries:** Globally celebrated comedian, actor, and creator of the character Dame Edna Everage. * **Chris Hemsworth:** Hollywood actor (famous for playing Thor), born in Melbourne. * **Peter Doherty:** Immunologist and Nobel Prize laureate for his research on the immune system.