Past and present residents of Canterbury's most famous street Monomeath Avenue include or have included: 

• Kylie Minogue and Dannii Minogue's family
• Andrew Peacock - former federal leader of the Liberal Party of Australia,
• Craig Saddler - Chairman of Boeing Australia, Ltd.
• Sir Rupert Hamer - former Premier of Victoria
• Macfarlane Burnet- one of Australia's most famous and decorated scientists and the first ever Australian of the Year
• CBE Leonard William Weickhardt - Former Chancellor of the University of Melbourne
• Professor Ian R. Hart - Leading International Biological Scientist
• Peter Mitrakas - National Soccer League champion
• Stan Wallis - former chairman of Coles Myer and AMP Limited
• Frank Cicutto - former CEO of National Australia Bank
• Russell Jones - former CEO and Managing Director of Amcor
• Philip Webb - former President of the Real Estate Institute of Victoria
• Thomas Watson Haynes - Manager and Director for multiple Australian companies in the first half of the 1900s
• Anthony Podesta - Founder and CEO of McMillan Shakespeare
• The former US Ambassador Tom Schieffer