Famous Australians come from a wide variety of fields including sports, art, music, literature, war heroes, and medical pioneers. Australia is well known for its sporting achievements in football, cricket, swimming, running, tennis, golf, and car racing. Notable Australians include war heroes like Thomas Blamey and Harry Chauvel, tennis stars Rod Laver and Evonne Gawley, swimmers Shane Gould and Cathy Freeman, opera singer Joan Sutherland, writer Peter Carey, inventor Graeme Clark, actors Nicole Kidman and Mel Gibson, and criminals like Ned Kelly and Squizzy Taylor.