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AUCKLAND
Most Famous People Born in Auckland, New Zealand
- Notable people
- 2,037
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1971
- Most distinctive
- Rugby 27.8×
A Pacific city whose distinctive professions are, more than anywhere else in the dataset, rugby and cricket players with netballers and rowers close behind. More than forty per cent of Auckland's notables are cricketers or other players, and its most famous son is Edmund Hillary. The 19th-century tail only starts in the 1840s — the city itself is younger than its oldest named resident — and the modern bench is filling up with actors from the Peter Jackson pipeline.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Auckland during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Auckland Is Known For
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Player is Auckland's biggest profession — 31% of all notables (623).
Auckland over-indexes on rugby — 27.8× the global rate.
Auckland under-produces politician — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Auckland's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Filtered to 1920s Clear ×
Robert Muldoon
1921 - 1992
Edwin Carr (composer)
1926 - 2003
John Holland (athlete)
1926 - 1990
Ron Crocombe
1929 - 2009
Dorothy Butler
1925 - 2015
Bert Sutcliffe
1923 - 2001
Joan Wiffen
1922 - 2009
Len Castle
1924 - 2011
Daniel Patrick O'Connell
1924 - 1979
John Richard Reid
1928 - 2020
William Liley
1929 - 1983
David Ballantyne
1924 - 1986
Richard Dell
1920 - 2002
Maurice Duggan
1922 - 1974
Vivienne Cassie Cooper
Born 1926
Warren Freer
1921 - 2013
Ray Hanna
1928 - 2005
Russell Stone
Born 1923
Peter Cape
1926 - 1979
Peter Stichbury (potter)
1924 - 2015
Keith Sinclair
1922 - 1993
Bruce Stewart (scriptwriter)
1925 - 2005
Dorothea Anne Franchi
1920 - 2003
Jeff Robson
Born 1926
Bob Tizard
1924 - 2016
Bruce Biggs
1921 - 2000
Colin Mason
1926 - 2020
Bruce Kent (cyclist)
1928 - 1979
Don Taylor (cricketer)
1923 - 1980
Yvonne Cartier
1928 - 2014
Graham Speight
1921 - 2008
Harvey Sweetman
1921 - 2015
Tim Francis
1928 - 2016
Kerry Ashby
1928 - 2015
Mary McIntyre (artist)
Born 1928
Howard Charles Clark
Born 1929
Anne Eyre Worboys
1920 - 2007
Duncan McMullin
1927 - 2017
Harry Dansey
1920 - 1979
John Hayes (cricketer)
1927 - 2007
Colin Kay
1926 - 2008
Patricia Charlotte Perrin
1921 - 1988
Walter Argus
1921 - 2016
Walter Brown (actor)
1927 - 2013
Richard Bolt (RNZAF officer)
1923 - 2014
Bevin Hough
1929 - 2019
Bettina Welch
1922 - 1993
Heather Robson
1928 - 2019
Lesley Rowe
1929 - 2011
Arthur Faulkner
1921 - 1985
Allan Wiles
1920 - 2008
Grahame Jarratt
1929 - 2011
Norma Williams
1928 - 2017
David Allan Spence
1926 - 2003
Ron Russell
1926 - 2019
Peg Batty
1921 - 2008
John Hollywood
1926 - 1952
Allen Roberts
1922 - 2015
John Tanner (rugby union)
Born 1927
Noel Sharp
1922 - 1942
Edwin Smith (rower)
1922 - 1997
Mervyn Probine
1924 - 2010
Maxwell Nicholas Sparks
1920 - 2013
Peter Anthony Larkin
1924 - 1996
Bob Sorenson
1923 - 2016
Reg King (footballer)
1927 - 2009
Bill Andersen
1924 - 2005
Zena Abbott
1922 - 1993
Warwick Snedden
1920 - 1990
Owen Hardy
1922 - 2018
Barbara Farnsworth Heslop
1925 - 2013
Andrew Stanley Keyworth
1923 - 1996
Jill Amos
1927 - 2017
Joe McManemin
1923 - 2014
Max Lewis
1923 - 1985
Ivan Wyatt
1924 - 2009
Leonard Kent (cricketer)
1924 - 2014
Augusta Wallace (judge)
1929 - 2008
David Perry (cricketer)
1929 - 2007
Brian Sorenson
1929 - 2009
Alan Richards (cricketer)
1922 - 2013
John Worrall (cricketer)
1927 - 2012
Jack Manning (architect)
Born 1929
Arthur Hughes (rugby player)
1924 - 2005
Bryan Bartley
1928 - 2015
Donald Coleman (cricketer)
1927 - 1983
Ken Deas
1927 - 2000
Ces Renwick
1924 - 2014
Herbert Moyle
1922 - 2000
Albert Putt
1927 - 2007
Jean Wishart
1920 - 2016
Victor Brooker
1924 - 1987
Pat Sheahan (publican)
1927 - 2013
William Crump (cricketer)
Born 1928
Dawson Ritchie
1920 - 1994
John Marsdon
1928 - 1991
John Burton (New Zealand cricketer)
1925 - 2010
Ray Farman
1927 - 1996
James Blane
1922 - 1962
Aubrey Ritchie
1925 - 1995
Leonard Partridge
1922 - 1977
John Alderson (cricketer)
Born 1929
Colin McLeod (engineer)
1921 - 2018
John Pring
1927 - 2014
Ronald Dobson (rugby union)
1923 - 1994
Des Christian
1923 - 1977
Jack Skeen
1928 - 2001
Robert Morrison (footballer)
1926 - 2016
Edmund Cotter
1927 - 2017