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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.

1850 1875 1900 1925 1950 1975 2000
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Alexander Downer

Born 1951

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Christopher Pyne

Born 1967

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Nick Xenophon

Born 1959

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Cory Bernardi

Born 1969

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Charles Kingston

1850 - 1908

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Amanda Vanstone

Born 1952

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Robert Hill (Australian politician)

Born 1946

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Mabel Howard

1894 - 1972

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Tom Lewis (Australian politician)

1922 - 2016

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Simon Birmingham

Born 1974

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Adam Bandt

Born 1972

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Uwe Schummer

Born 1957

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Natasha Stott Despoja

Born 1969

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James Allen (New Zealand politician)

1855 - 1942

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David Tonkin

1929 - 2000

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Natasha Griggs

Born 1969

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Jay Weatherill

Born 1964

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Lee Batchelor

1865 - 1911

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Mike Kelly (Australian politician)

Born 1960

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Ted Theodore

1884 - 1950

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Dean Brown

Born 1943

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Chloë Fox

Born 1971

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Andrew Jones (Australian politician)

1944 - 2015

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Anthony Byrne (politician)

Born 1962

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David Feeney

Born 1970

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Walter Griffiths

1867 - 1900

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Liddy Clark

Born 1953

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Steve Georganas

Born 1959

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Amanda Rishworth

Born 1978

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Lionel Hill

1881 - 1963

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David Combe

1943 - 2019

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Henry Barwell

1877 - 1959

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Nancy Buttfield

1912 - 2005

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Steven Marshall

Born 1968

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Crawford Vaughan

1874 - 1947

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Vaiben Louis Solomon

1853 - 1908

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Keith Wilson (South Australian politician)

1900 - 1987

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David Ettridge

Born 1945

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Stirling Griff

Born 1957

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Victor Wilson

1877 - 1957

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Linda Kirk

Born 1967

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Dana Wortley

Born 1959

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Nick Bolkus

Born 1950

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Terry Connolly

1958 - 2007

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David Hawker

Born 1949

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Anne McEwen (politician)

Born 1954

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Baden Teague

Born 1944

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Jenny Leong

Born 1977

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Bert Edwards (politician)

1887 - 1963

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Jim Handby

1903 - 1991

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Christine Gallus

Born 1943

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Geoffrey Giles

1923 - 1990

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Margaret Quirk

Born 1957

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John Chanter

1845 - 1931

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Michelle Lensink

Born 1970

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Ben Rounsevell

1843 - 1923

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Ian Wilson (politician)

1932 - 2013

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Grace Benny

1872 - 1944

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Jann Stuckey

Born 1955

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Martin Hamilton-Smith

Born 1953

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Matt Williams (Australian politician)

Born 1973

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Heather Southcott

1928 - 2014

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Grant Chapman

Born 1949

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Alfred von Doussa

1848 - 1926

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Mike Bradley (politician)

Born 1955

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Mark Bishop

Born 1954

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Rod Atkinson

Born 1948

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Annette Hurley

Born 1955

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Tom Kenyon

Born 1972

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Karen Struthers

Born 1963

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Houssam Abiad

Born 1976

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Vincent Tarzia

Born 1986

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Herbert Hudd

1881 - 1948

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Justin Hanson

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Katrine Hildyard

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Elizabeth Harvey

Born 1946

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David Ridgway (politician)

Born 1960

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Douglas Scott (politician)

1920 - 2012

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George Cummins Morphett

1876 - 1963

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James Porter (Australian politician)

Born 1950

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John McLeay Jr.

1922 - 2000

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Adrian Pederick

Born 1962

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Kym Richardson

Born 1958

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John Clark (Australian politician)

1907 - 1984

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Chris Picton

Born 1983

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Clarrie Millar

1925 - 2017

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Adam Crouch

Born 1972

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Steven Griffiths

Born 1962

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Bernie Kilgariff

1923 - 2010

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Frank Ford (Australian politician)

Born 1936

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Noel Hicks

Born 1940

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Charles McHugh (politician)

1887 - 1927

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Mathieson Jacoby

1869 - 1915

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Richard Gun

Born 1936

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Howard Raphael

1900 - 1944

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Glen Broomhill

1933 - 2007

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Doug Padman

1885 - 1970

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Joseph Gardiner

1886 - 1965

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Norm Foster (politician)

1921 - 2006

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Reg Bishop

1913 - 1999

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David Winderlich

Born 1964

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Arthur Addison

1842 - 1915

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Rod Sawford

Born 1944

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Frank Tanti

Born 1949

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William Story (Australian politician)

1857 - 1924

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Fred Katz

1877 - 1960

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Thomas Sheehy

1899 - 1984

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Arnold Drury

1912 - 1995

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Arthur Whyte

1921 - 2014

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Henry Tassie

1863 - 1945

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Martin Nicholls

1917 - 1983

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Fred Birrell

1913 - 1985

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Francis Bernard Keogh

1861 - 1927

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Graham Maguire

Born 1945

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Bill Willesee

1911 - 2000

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Bruce Kekwick

1910 - 1982

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George Foster (Australian politician)

1884 - 1956

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Wesley Maley

1857 - 1926

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Frank Johnson (mayor)

1855 - 1921

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John Ryan (Australian politician)

1890 - 1974

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Bob Baker (politician)

1917 - 1985

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Douglas Gawler

1860 - 1915

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Tom Howard (Australian politician)

1880 - 1949

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William McNeil

1906 - 1964

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Sam Lawn

1906 - 1971

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Colin McKee (politician)

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Robert Ritson

1936 - 2013

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Richard Alfred O'Connor

1880 - 1941

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Jack Slater (politician)

1927 - 1997

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