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ADELAIDE
Most Famous People Born in Adelaide, Australia
- Notable people
- 1,218
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1960
- Most distinctive
- Cricket 8.0×
The cricket over-index at 8.0× is Don Bradman's long shadow — the Adelaide Oval is still the sport's most photographed ground. But the city's real surprise sits elsewhere in the stats: Howard Florey isolated the first stable penicillin from a fungus culture here, and Terence Tao was solving international olympiad problems before most kids his age could read cursive.
Standouts
Notable Births by Decade
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 182 notable births.
What Adelaide Is Known For
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Football is Adelaide's biggest profession — 15% of all notables (181).
Adelaide over-indexes on cricket — 8.0× the global rate.
Adelaide under-produces writer — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Adelaide's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Politics & Law
- Film & TV
- Music
- Writing
- Science
- Other
- Filtered to 1910s Clear ×
Roma Mitchell
1913 - 2000
Miriam Hyde
1913 - 2005
Charlotte Jay
1919 - 1996
Ronald Berndt
1916 - 1990
Mary Durack
1913 - 1994
Nene Gare
1919 - 1994
Pauline Neura Reilly
1918 - 2011
Ken Farmer
1910 - 1982
Russel Ward
1914 - 1995
John Jefferson Bray
1912 - 1995
Ray Whitrod
1915 - 2003
Jimmy Melrose
1913 - 1936
Nancy Buttfield
1912 - 2005
Barbara Jefferis
1917 - 2004
Mervyn Waite
1911 - 1985
Janet Ramsey Johnson
1914 - 1983
Parker Morton
1911 - 1995
Max Worthley
1913 - 1999
Kay Brownbill
1914 - 2002
Joanna Priest
1910 - 1997
Ralph Green (footballer)
1911 - 1991
Rowley Fischer
1910 - 1992
Lois Quarrell
1915 - 1991
Eldred Norman
1914 - 1971
William McAloney
1910 - 1995
Mel Brock (footballer)
1915 - 2000
Nancy Ellis
1915 - 1982
John Murphy (sport shooter)
Born 1919
Gordon Burford
1919 - 2010
Lorelle Henderson Corbin
1916 - 1995
Mary Maydwell Martin
1915 - 1973
Sam Burston
1915 - 2015
Tom Warhurst Sr.
1917 - 2004
Dot Laughton
1913 - 1982
David McNicol (diplomat)
1913 - 2001
John Hinde (broadcaster)
1911 - 2006
Reg Bishop
1913 - 1999
Laurie Daniels
1916 - 1994
Horrie Knight
1915 - 1990
Reginald Craig
1916 - 1985
Arnold Drury
1912 - 1995
Martin Nicholls
1917 - 1983
Fred Birrell
1913 - 1985
Garth Burton
1913 - 1993
George Wright (jurist)
1917 - 1975
Bill Willesee
1911 - 2000
Rex Harrison (rugby league)
1914 - 1996
Bruce Kekwick
1910 - 1982
Bob Baker (politician)
1917 - 1985
Robert Evelyn Porter
1913 - 1983