This is a list of notable people from Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.
{ | border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" align="left" ! Name of resident !! Year of Birth/Death !! Notable For |- | Graeme Acton | 1950–2014 | Australian cattle baron and campdrafting promoter. Founder of Acton Land & Cattle; brainchild behind Rockhampton's annual Paradise Lagoons Campdraft, which is claimed to be Australia's richest competitive campdrafting event. Died from injuries sustained during a campdrafting event. |- | Christine Anu | 1970 | Australian performer and radio presenter. Anu spent her teenage years living in Rockhampton, graduating from Emmaus College in 1987. Her performance in the school production of South Pacific led to an audition with the NAISDA, marking the start of her career. |- | Archibald Archer | 1820–1902 | Queensland politician, and one of the Archer brothers. Sat in the Queensland Parliament from 1867 until 1886, serving as the 12th Treasurer of Queensland from January 1882 until November 1883. Archer was also an advocate for the Central Queensland Territorial Separation League. |- | Duncan Armstrong | 1968 | Swimmer, Olympic gold medallist at the 1988 Summer Olympics. |- | Steve Baxter | 1971 | Australian entrepreneur and investor. Appears as one of the 'sharks' on Shark Tank. Although born in Cloncurry and raised in Emerald, Baxter was a student at North Rockhampton State High School before leaving school at the age of 15 to join the army. |- | John Bean | 1963–2011 | Australian cinematographer. Attended Glenmore State High School. Began his career with WIN Television in Rockhampton, before moving onto a 20-year career with ABC Television. Killed alongside ABC reporter Paul Lockyer and pilot Gary Ticehurst in a helicopter crash in 2011. |- | Alexander Belonogoff | 1990 | Sportsman, Rowing. Won a silver medal as part of the crew competing in the quadruple scull at the 2016 Summer Olympics. |- | Leanne Benjamin | 1964 | Ballet dancer, principal dancer with The Royal Ballet in London. |- | George Birch | 1862–1917 | Co-founder of the Birch, Carroll and Coyle cinema chain, now trading as BCC Cinemas – part of the Event Cinemas group. |- | J. T. S. Bird | 1842–1932 | British-born journalist, author and gold prospector. Worked at Torquay Chronicle and The Recorder in the United Kingdom before joining The Morning Bulletin in Rockhampton. Discovered gold on The Ridgelands goldfields near Rockhampton in 1867. |- | Wayne Blair | 1971 | Indigenous Australian writer, actor and director, best known for directing the film The Sapphires and appearing in ABC's Redfern Now. |- | Paul Braddy | 1939 | Queensland politician and 28th Deputy Premier of Queensland. Lived in Rockhampton from 1965 until 1995. Served a term as an alderman on Rockhampton City Council from 1979. Entered Queensland Parliament in 1985 after winning a by-election in Rockhampton. |- | Gerard Brennan | 1928 | Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia. |- | Thomas Busby | | Australian singer, best known as one-half of Busby Marou. |- | Peter Byrne | | Queensland television personality, best known as a Rockhampton-based weather presenter for WIN Television from 1990 until 2012; and presenter of the weekly Rewind segment on Channel 7 from 2012 until present. |- | John Cani | 1836–1898 | Italian-born Roman Catholic Bishop – the first Bishop of Rockhampton, consecrated in 1882. Proposed the construction of St Joseph's Cathedral, but failed to live long enough to see the cathedral's completion in 1899. |- | Tara Cheyne | 1986 | Australian politician, representing the seat of Ginninderra in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. |- | Enith Clarke | 1911–1995 | Australian classical pianist. Also the wife of Alexander Sverjensky from 1943 until their public divorce in December 1950. |- | Ben Condon | 2000 | Sportsman, Rugby league - North Queensland Cowboys. Although born and raised in Roma in South West Queensland, Condon moved to Rockhampton prior to commencing studies at Rockhampton Grammar School where he graduated from in 2017. |- | Cyril Connell, Snr. | 1899–1974 | Sportsman, Rugby league. Played as halfback in the first Queensland to defeat New South Wales in 1922. Married his first wife at St Joseph's Cathedral in 1927, while living in Rockhampton. |- | Cyril Connell Jr. | 1928–2009 | Sportsman, Rugby league – Australia and Queensland. Began his playing career with Rockhampton Brothers in 1947. |- | Brad Cooper | 1954 | Sportsman, swimming. Won gold at the 1972 Summer Olympics in sensational circumstances following the disqualification of Rick DeMont. Born in Singapore, Cooper moved to Rockhampton at a young age. Joined Rockhampton Swimming Club and began winning medals at the age of 7.