Penduduk yang terdahulu dan yang sekarang termasuk:

• Peter Bonsall-Boone, aktivis hak LGBT[18]
• Geraldine Brooks, pengarang dan wartawan[19]
• Rose Byrne, actress[20]
• Clive "Killer" Caldwell, Pasukan pejuang tertinggi RAAF semasa Perang Dunia 2[21]
• H. V. Evatt, jurist, hakim, peguam, ahli politik, ahli parlimen dan penulis.[22]
• Carlotta, entertainer[23]
• Dawn Fraser, bekas juara perenang dan ahli politik[24]
• William Morris "Billy" Hughes, bekas Perdana Menteri Australia[25]
• Sir John Kerr, bekas Gabernor-Jendral Australia[26]
• Alex Lloyd, singer/songwriter[27]
• Lottie Lyell, actress[28]
• Padraic McGuinness, journalist[29]
• Lenny McPherson, colourful Sydney identity[30]
• Dally Messenger, rugby union & rugby league[31]
• Sir Roderick Miller (businessman), Industrialist, shipping, mining & brewing[32]
• Robert William "R.W." Miller, Industrialist, shipping & mining[33]
• Matthew Mitcham, diver[34]
• Frank Moorhouse, author and screenwriter[35]
• George Negus, journalist and author[36]
• Nick Origlass, former Trotskyite mayor of Leichhardt Municipal Council.
• Henry Parkes, former Premier of New South Wales[37]
• Wayne Pearce, former rugby league player[38]
• Josh Pyke, musician[39]
• Norman Selfe, engineer.[40]
• John Storey, former Premier of New South Wales[41]
• Tom Uren, bekas Kerajaan Menteri Whitlam [42]
• Neville Wran, bekas Premier of New South Wales[43][44]
• Malcolm Young, ahli muzik[45]
• Caroline Grills, pembunuh bersiri