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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
  • Sports
  • Politics & Law
  • Film & TV
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  • Writing
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1,218 notable people

0301 FOOTBALL

Angelo Costanzo

Born 1976

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0302 JOCKEY

Megan Jones (equestrian)

Born 1976

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0303 ACTOR

Robyn Moore (Australian actress)

Born 1971

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0304 OFFICER

John Coates (general)

1932 - 2018

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0305 PLAYER

Vicki Cardwell

Born 1955

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0306 HOCKEY

Paul Lewis (field hockey)

Born 1966

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0307 BASKET

Darryl Pearce

Born 1960

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0308 POLITICIAN

Lee Batchelor

1865 - 1911

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0309 RACER

Arthur Sissis

Born 1995

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0310 BASKET

Brett Maher (basketball)

Born 1973

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0311 DRUMMER

Alex Carapetis

Born 1982

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0312 FOOTBALL

Julie Murray

Born 1970

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0313 SPORT

Rhea Ripley

Born 1996

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0314 ASTRONOMER

William Ernest Cooke

1863 - 1947

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0315 SWIMMER

Libby Kosmala

Born 1942

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0316 BASKET

Andris Blicavs

Born 1954

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0317 JOURNALIST

Janet Albrechtsen

Born 1966

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0318 ACTOR

Clementine Mellor

Born 1987

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0319 POKER PLAYER

James Obst

Born 1990

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0320 CONDUCTOR

Geoffrey Simon

Born 1946

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0321 MUSIC

Alice Giles

Born 1961

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0322 ACTOR

Melanie Vallejo

Born 1979

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0323 ACTOR

Ky Furneaux

Born 1973

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0324 BASKET

Jenny Cheesman

Born 1957

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0325 CRICKET

Greg Blewett

Born 1971

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0326 CHEMIST

David Henry Solomon

Born 1929

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0327 PRIEST

Gregory O'Kelly

Born 1941

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0328 SPORT

Mike Cockerill

1960 - 2017

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0329 ACTOR

Nathan Coenen

Born 1992

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0330 FOOTBALL

Lucas Pantelis

Born 1982

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0331 THEATRE

Benedict Andrews

Born 1972

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0332 FOOTBALL

Aaron Goulding

Born 1982

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0333 FOOTBALL

Simon Goodwin

Born 1976

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0334 SPORT

David Solari (cyclist)

Born 1968

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0335 CARTOONIST

Fil Barlow

Born 1963

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0336 PLAYER

Ian Fletcher (tennis)

Born 1948

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0337 FOOTBALL

Andrew Marveggio

Born 1992

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0338 MEDICAL

Peter Colman

Born 1944

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0339 PAINTER

Nene Gare

1919 - 1994

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0340 FIGHTER

Les Holden

1895 - 1932

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0341 WRITER

Frank Fox (author)

1874 - 1960

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0342 PLAYER

John James (tennis)

Born 1951

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0343 ACTOR

Victoria Hill

Born 1974

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0344 POLITICIAN

Mike Kelly (Australian politician)

Born 1960

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0345 HOCKEY

Kate Allen (field hockey)

Born 1974

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0346 MINISTER

Pru Goward

Born 1952

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0347 POLITICIAN

Ted Theodore

1884 - 1950

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0348 JOURNALIST

Annabel Crabb

Born 1973

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0349 PLAYER

Dejan Petrović

Born 1978

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0350 SWIMMER

Jesse Aungles

Born 1995

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0351 FOOTBALL

Marc Marino

Born 1996

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0352 SPORT

Troy Brosnan

Born 1993

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0353 COMPOSER

Sadie Harrison

Born 1965

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0354 HOCKEY

Craig Victory

Born 1980

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0355 PIANIST

Peter Combe

Born 1955

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0356 ACTOR

Donald Hodson

Born 1927

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0357 SPORT

James Glasspool

Born 1991

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0358 NOVELIST

Hannah Kent

Born 1985

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0359 ACTOR

Tilda Cobham-Hervey

Born 1994

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0360 FOOTBALL

Joseph Costa (footballer)

Born 1992

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0361 SPORT

Cameron Bayly

Born 1990

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0362 ATHLETIC

Michael Roeger

Born 1988

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0363 SINGER

Hugh Sheridan

Born 1985

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0364 WRITER

Leigh Redhead

Born 1971

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0365 SINGER

David Campbell (singer)

Born 1973

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0366 SPORT

Carlee Taylor

Born 1989

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0367 POLITICIAN

Dean Brown

Born 1943

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0368 BIOLOGIST

W. Ross Adey

1922 - 2004

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0369 POLITICIAN

Chloë Fox

Born 1971

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0370 CRICKET

Simon Fry

Born 1966

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0371 FOOTBALL

Stephen Kernahan

Born 1963

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0372 SPORT

Rohan Wight

Born 1997

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0373 LAWYER

John Downer

1843 - 1915

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0374 MODEL

Michelle Leslie

Born 1981

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0375 FOOTBALL

Francesco Monterosso

Born 1991

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0376 MUSIC

Kym Bonython

1920 - 2011

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0377 LAWYER

Moya Dodd

Born 1965

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0378 ACTOR

Dee Smart

Born 1966

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0379 PHILOLOGIST

Margaret Hubbard

1924 - 2011

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0380 ACTOR

Lynda Lacoste

Born 1966

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0381 POLITICIAN

Andrew Jones (Australian politician)

1944 - 2015

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0382 ACTOR

Damien Richardson (actor)

Born 1969

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0383 HOCKEY

Alison Peek

Born 1969

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0384 FOOTBALL

John Hall (footballer, born 1994)

Born 1994

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0385 SINGER

John Schumann

Born 1953

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0386 LITERARY

Max Harris (poet)

1921 - 1995

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0387 PRIEST

John Hepworth

Born 1944

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0388 FOOTBALL

Andrew Jarman

Born 1966

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0389 FOOTBALL

Stuart Dew

Born 1979

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0390 WRITER

Kayla Itsines

Born 1991

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0391 AUTHOR

Gill Hicks

-

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0392 PLAYER

Selina Follas

Born 1976

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0393 FOOTBALL

Ryan Kitto

Born 1994

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0394 ROWER

Tim Willoughby

1954 - 2008

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0395 BALLET

Margaret Illmann

Born 1965

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0396 PLAYER

Julia Moriarty

Born 1988

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0397 ARCHITECT

Peter Muller (architect)

Born 1927

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0398 FOOTBALL

Sharon Black

Born 1971

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0399 FOOTBALL

Chad Cornes

Born 1979

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0400 CRICKET

Chadd Sayers

Born 1987

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0401 MATHEMATICIAN

Ernie Tuck

1939 - 2009

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0402 RACER

John Boulger

Born 1945

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0403 ACTOR

Melissa Bergland

-

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0404 FOOTBALL

Danyle Pearce

Born 1986

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0405 ACTOR

Imogen Annesley

Born 1971

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0406 FOOTBALL

Scott Hodges

Born 1968

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0407 PSYCHIATRIST

Aubrey Lewis

1900 - 1975

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0408 ACTOR

C. Montague Shaw

1882 - 1968

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0409 FOOTBALL

Matthew Mullen

Born 1989

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0410 BOTANIST

Joseph Garnett Wood

1900 - 1959

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0411 WRITER

Pauline Neura Reilly

1918 - 2011

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0412 BASKET

Jacob Holmes

Born 1983

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0413 FOOTBALL

Tony McGuinness (footballer)

Born 1964

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0414 BASKET

Marina Moffa

Born 1964

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0415 ACTOR

Trilby Clark

1903 - 1983

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0416 RACER

Glen Richards

Born 1973

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0417 JOURNALIST

Chris Kenny

Born 1962

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0418 HISTORIAN

David Horner

Born 1959

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0419 POLITICIAN

Anthony Byrne (politician)

Born 1962

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0420 FOOTBALL

Ken Farmer

1910 - 1982

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0421 FOOTBALL

Daniel Margush

Born 1997

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0422 FOOTBALL

Jason Spagnuolo

Born 1984

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0423 HISTORIAN

Russel Ward

1914 - 1995

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0424 FOOTBALL

Kristy Moore

Born 1977

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0425 CRICKET

Joe Travers

1871 - 1942

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0426 PLAYER

Angela Clarke (volleyball)

Born 1975

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0427 HOCKEY

Jane Claxton

Born 1992

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0428 FOOTBALL

Michael O'Loughlin

Born 1977

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0429 POLITICIAN

David Feeney

Born 1970

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0430 FOOTBALL

Paul Pezos

Born 1979

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0431 CORRESPONDENT

Sally Sara

Born 1971

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0432 HISTORIAN

Meredith Hooper

Born 1939

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0433 MODEL

Brooke Evers

Born 1985

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0434 JUDGE

Brian Ross Martin

Born 1947

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0435 CRICKET

Cullen Bailey

Born 1985

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0436 ACTOR

Richard Marsland

1976 - 2008

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0437 FOOTBALL

Bryce Gibbs (Australian rules footballer)

Born 1989

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0438 HOCKEY

Wehebe Darge

Born 1991

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0439 FOOTBALL

Brenton Sanderson

Born 1974

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0440 FOOTBALL

Tom Harley

Born 1978

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0441 FOOTBALL

Kristian Rees

Born 1980

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0442 FOOTBALL

Nikola Mileusnic

Born 1993

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0443 POLITICIAN

Walter Griffiths

1867 - 1900

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0444 ARTIST

James Cochran (artist)

Born 1973

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0445 FOOTBALL

John Cahill (footballer)

Born 1940

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0446 CRICKET

Andrew Zesers

Born 1967

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0447 FOOTBALL

Adriano Pellegrino

Born 1984

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0448 MODEL

Jemma Baines

Born 1994

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0449 PLAYER

Lily Addison

1885 - 1982

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0450 ACTOR

David Pullan

Born 1962

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0451 FOOTBALL

Scott Thompson (footballer, born 1983)

Born 1983

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0452 SWIMMER

Jay Dohnt

Born 1989

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0453 BARRISTER

John Rau

Born 1959

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0454 MUSIC

MC Pressure

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0455 SCREENWRITER

Steve J. Spears

1951 - 2007

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0456 PRODUCER

Suffa

Born 1977

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0457 ACTOR

Peter Whitford

Born 1939

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0458 AUTHOR

John Chryssavgis

Born 1958

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0459 PIANIST

Anna Goldsworthy

Born 1974

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0460 ACTOR

Anita Louise Combe

-

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0461 FOOTBALL

Tyson Edwards

Born 1976

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0462 DIPLOMAT

Geraldine Cox

Born 1945

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0463 THEATRE

Gale Edwards

Born 1954

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0464 HOCKEY

Robert Haigh

Born 1945

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0465 DIPLOMAT

Alison Broinowski

Born 1941

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0466 FOOTBALL

Orazio Fantasia

Born 1995

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0467 BOXER

Johan Linde

Born 1983

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0468 SKATER

Mark McNee

Born 1981

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0469 FOOTBALL

Jack Oatey

1920 - 1994

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0470 FOOTBALL

Jacob Melling

Born 1995

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0471 PHYSICIST

Rodney Jory

Born 1938

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0472 FOOTBALL

Lachlan Brook

Born 2001

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0473 FOOTBALL

Ryan Fitzgerald

Born 1976

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0474 ATHLETIC

Sean Carlin

Born 1967

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0475 POLITICIAN

Liddy Clark

Born 1953

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0476 JUDGE

John Jefferson Bray

1912 - 1995

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0477 ECONOMIST

David Kalisch (economist)

Born 1960

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0478 JUDGE

Robin Millhouse

1929 - 2017

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0479 FOOTBALL

Dean Brogan

Born 1978

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0480 FOOTBALL

Vic Bozanic

Born 1957

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0481 SPORT

Joshua Harrison

Born 1995

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0482 FOOTBALL

Andrew Mackie

Born 1984

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0483 PHILOSOPHER

Wesley Wildman

Born 1961

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0484 POLITICIAN

Steve Georganas

Born 1959

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0485 CRIMINOLOGIST

Ray Whitrod

1915 - 2003

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0486 AVIATOR

Jimmy Melrose

1913 - 1936

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0487 SCULPTOR

Richard Tipping

Born 1949

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0488 JOURNALIST

Claire Lehmann

-

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0489 SWIMMER

Magdalena Moshi

Born 1990

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0490 FOOTBALL

Alex Mullen

Born 1992

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0491 FOOTBALL

Greg Anderson (footballer)

Born 1966

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0492 COMPOSER

Martin Wesley-Smith

1945 - 2019

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0493 ACTOR

Lois Ramsey

1922 - 2016

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0494 ACTOR

Annie Jones (actress)

Born 1967

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0495 POLITICIAN

Amanda Rishworth

Born 1978

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0496 SONGWRITER

Phil Small

Born 1954

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0497 FOOTBALL

Paul Weston (footballer)

Born 1957

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0498 FOOTBALL

Peter Motley

Born 1964

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0499 THEATRE

Derek Goldby

Born 1940

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0500 BASKET

John Heard (basketball)

Born 1939

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0501 STUNT

Grant Page

Born 1939

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0502 FOOTBALL

Brett Burton

Born 1978

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0503 CRICKET

Steven Crook

Born 1983

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0504 RACING

Arthur Waite (racing driver)

1894 - 1991

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0505 FOOTBALL

Craig McRae

Born 1973

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0506 FOOTBALL

Nathan Konstandopoulos

Born 1996

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0507 ACTOR

Brett Hicks-Maitland

Born 1978

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0508 CHURCH

Mike Rinder

Born 1955

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0509 HISTORIAN

Joan Beaumont

Born 1948

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0510 CRICKET

Herbert Hopkins

1895 - 1972

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0511 JOURNALIST

Angela Pippos

Born 1969

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0512 FOOTBALL

James Sellar

Born 1989

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0513 CRICKET

Ashley Woodcock

Born 1947

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0514 POLITICIAN

Lionel Hill

1881 - 1963

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0515 ATHLETE

Reg Spiers

Born 1941

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0516 DRUMMER

Richard Ploog

Born 1962

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0517 FOOTBALL

George Horlin-Smith

Born 1992

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0518 SUFFRAGETTE

Elizabeth Webb Nicholls

1850 - 1943

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0519 ROWER

Renee Chatterton

Born 1989

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0520 POLITICIAN

David Combe

1943 - 2019

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0521 PAINTER

Stewart MacFarlane

Born 1953

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0522 PAINTER

Sam Leach (artist)

Born 1973

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0523 FOOTBALL

Daniel Merrett

Born 1984

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0524 FOOTBALL

Scott Welsh

Born 1978

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0525 FOOTBALL

Brayden Maynard

Born 1996

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0526 BOXER

Shannon O'Connell

Born 1983

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0527 POLITICIAN

Henry Barwell

1877 - 1959

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0528 FOOTBALL

Garry McIntosh

Born 1964

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0529 FOOTBALL

Dylan Smith (association footballer)

Born 1996

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0530 RACER

Paul Young (motorcyclist)

Born 1969

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0531 BIOLOGIST

Brian Morris (biologist)

Born 1950

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0532 FOOTBALL

Ben Rutten

Born 1983

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0533 POET

Jan Owen

Born 1940

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0534 FOOTBALL

Sean Wellman

Born 1974

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0535 FOOTBALL

Jason Porplyzia

Born 1984

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0536 PHYSICIST

Anthony William Thomas

Born 1949

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0537 POLITICIAN

Nancy Buttfield

1912 - 2005

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0538 SWIMMER

Liam Bekric

Born 2001

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0539 FOOTBALL

George Hele

1891 - 1982

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0540 MUSIC

Mick Cripps

Born 1960

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0541 FOOTBALL

Evan Kostopoulos

Born 1990

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0542 POLITICIAN

Steven Marshall

Born 1968

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0543 INDUSTRIALIST

Alfred Allen Simpson

1875 - 1939

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0544 FOOTBALL

Nathan Bassett

Born 1976

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0545 SPORT

Jessica Mundy

Born 1994

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0546 ARCHITECT

Harold Boas

1883 - 1980

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0547 FOOTBALL

Sam Day (Australian rules footballer)

Born 1992

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0548 FOOTBALL

Brad Symes

Born 1985

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0549 CRICKET

Brad Young (cricketer)

Born 1973

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0550 PROFESSOR

Graeme Hugo

1946 - 2015

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0551 FOOTBALL

Dwayne Russell

Born 1965

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0552 SONGWRITER

John Brewster (musician)

Born 1949

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0553 COMPOSER

Benjamin Speed

Born 1979

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0554 ACTOR

Brian Wenzel

Born 1929

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0555 CORDWAINER

John Cox Bray

1842 - 1894

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0556 FILM

Anthony Maras

-

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0557 ACTOR

Greg Rowe

Born 1964

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0558 DESIGNER

George Oates

Born 1973

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0559 BASKET

Jan Stirling

Born 1955

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0560 ACTOR

Bobby Limb

1924 - 1999

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0561 POLITICIAN

Crawford Vaughan

1874 - 1947

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0562 NOVELIST

Richard Beasley (author)

Born 1964

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0563 MISSING

Gladys Elphick

1904 - 1988

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0564 FILM

Emma-Kate Croghan

Born 1972

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0565 OCEANOGRAPHER

Trevor McDougall

Born 1952

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0566 BASKET

Scott Davie (basketball)

Born 1940

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0567 WRITER

Stephen Dedman

Born 1959

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0568 JUDO

Steven Brown (judoka)

Born 1986

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0569 NOVELIST

Barbara Jefferis

1917 - 2004

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0570 PLAYER

Adriana Szili

Born 1985

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0571 FOOTBALL

Richard Head (footballer)

1887 - 1940

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0572 ACTOR

Edwin Hodgeman

Born 1935

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0573 BASEBALL

Paul Mildren

Born 1984

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0574 SINGER

Dennis Olsen (actor)

Born 1938

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0575 BASKET

Oscar Forman

Born 1982

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0576 CRICKET

Glenn Bishop

Born 1960

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0577 CYCLIST

Rosealee Hubbard

Born 1980

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0578 FOOTBALL

Hayden Doyle

Born 1989

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0579 FILM

Ann Turner (director)

Born 1960

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0580 CRICKET

Mervyn Waite

1911 - 1985

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0581 POLITICIAN

Vaiben Louis Solomon

1853 - 1908

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0582 SINGER

Greta Bradman

Born 1982

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0583 CRICKET

Kelvin Smith (cricketer)

Born 1994

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0584 ACTOR

George Edwards (actor)

1886 - 1953

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0585 JUMPER

Chelsea Jaensch

Born 1985

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0586 FOOTBALL

Liam Wooding

Born 1993

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0587 FOOTBALL

Daniel Beltrame

Born 1975

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0588 MILITAR

Rudolph Bierwirth

1899 - 1993

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0589 FOOTBALL

Robert Shirley (footballer)

Born 1980

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0590 CRICKET

Amanda-Jade Wellington

Born 1997

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0591 CHEMIST

Oswald Bertram Lower

1863 - 1925

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0592 FOOTBALL

Matthew Westhoff

Born 1988

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0593 FOOTBALL

Peter Blazincic

Born 1969

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0594 ARCHITECT

Robert Dickson (architect)

1926 - 2014

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0595 ENGINEER

Bruce R. Davis

Born 1939

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0596 FILM

Andrew Pike

Born 1946

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0597 FOOTBALL

Trent Hentschel

Born 1982

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0598 ACTOR

Bruno Lucia

Born 1960

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0599 PLAYER

Glen Brumby

Born 1960

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0600 FOOTBALL

Brian Cunningham

Born 1952

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