This listing includes notable people who were born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia — as well as notable people who are working in Brisbane, or who began their careers in Brisbane (please see the individual articles for references). People from Brisbane are either referred to as Brisbanites or Brisbanian. Artists Olive Ashworth (1915–2000), textile designer Clark Beaumont, video, performance art Irene Chou, long-term Brisbane resident Jon Molvig Aviators Notable Brisbane-born aviators include: Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, pioneer aviator, who, with his crew, made the first flight across the Pacific in his aircraft, the "Southern Cross", from San Francisco, California, United States to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in 1928. The 1928 trans-Pacific flight was the first flight from one side of the ocean to the other. The aircraft is currently preserved and on display in the Kingsford Smith Memorial, a special a climate-controlled sealed glass building near the International terminal at Brisbane Airport Government, politics and law Notable Brisbane-born people in this section include: Lord Atkin, judge of the English High Court Quentin Bryce , former Governor-General of Australia Bill Hayden, former Governor-General of Australia Emma Miller, pioneer labour activist and suffragist Sir William Webb, High Court of Australia Judge and President of the Military Tribunal in the Far East (which tried Japanese war criminals) Medical doctors Noteworthy medics from Brisbane include: Raphael Cilento, public health physician and eminent medical administrator Ian Frazer , immunologist and co-inventor of Gardasil John Kerr, pathologist and first to describe apoptosis Jeannette Young , former Chief Health Officer of Queensland and Governor of Queensland Researchers Notable Brisbane-born people in research include: Peter C. Doherty, medical researcher and Nobel Prize winner Sculptors Daphne Mayo, sculptures include the tympanum above the King George Square entrance to Brisbane City Hall, sculptures at the Queensland Art Gallery Leonard and Kathleen Shillam, sculptures include the Pelican sculptures at the Queensland Art Gallery Christopher Trotter, sculptures include the Brisbane City Roos, kangaroo sculptures in George Street, Brisbane Singers, dancers, musicians and composers Notable Brisbane-born people Courtney Act, singer and popular drag performer Bowen Yang, comedian, actor Jason Barry-Smith, opera singer Jeffrey Black, opera singer Judi Connelli, singer and actress Diana Doherty, classical musician Lisa Gasteen, opera singer and winner of Cardiff Singer of the World competition in 1991 Darren Hayes, lead (Vocalist) singer of Savage Garden 1993–2001 (currently solo artist) Kate Miller-Heidke, classically trained opera singer Mirusia, soprano, lead vocalist with André Rieu,