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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.

  1. Football 181 1.4×
  2. Politician 129 0.9×
  3. Cricket 124 8.0×
  4. Actor 83 1.3×
  5. Basket 55 3.6×
  6. Player 53 2.2×
  7. Sport 47 2.3×
  8. Singer 27 1.1×
  1. Cricket 124 8.0×
  2. Basket 55 3.6×
  3. Rower 13 2.9×
  4. Swimmer 15 2.5×
  5. Sport 47 2.3×
  6. Player 53 2.2×
  1. Writer 19 0.5×

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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0472 FOOTBALL

Lachlan Brook

Born 2001

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0538 SWIMMER

Liam Bekric

Born 2001

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1101 TUFFATORE

Matthew Carter (tuffatore)

Born 2000

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