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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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- Music
- Writing
- Science
- Other
- Field: Singer Clear ×
Sia (musician)
Born 1975
Paul Kelly (Australian musician)
Born 1955
Butterfly Boucher
Born 1979
Ladybeard
Born 1983
Micky Green
Born 1984
Angie Hart
Born 1972
Jen Cloher
Born 1973
Sam Clark
Born 1987
Darryl Cotton
1949 - 2012
Michelle Tumes
Born 1971
Sister Janet Mead
Born 1938
Sarah McLeod (musician)
Born 1974
Tony Monopoly
1944 - 1995
Mark Holden
Born 1954
Hugh Sheridan
Born 1985
David Campbell (singer)
Born 1973
John Schumann
Born 1953
Dennis Olsen (actor)
Born 1938
Greta Bradman
Born 1982
Ally Fowler
Born 1961
Clytie Hine
1887 - 1983
Elsa Stralia
1881 - 1945
MINX (musician)
Born 1983
Brad Robinson
1958 - 1996
Lisa Edwards
Born 1958
Nathan Leigh Jones
Born 1981
Peter Brideoake
Born 1945