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BRISBANE
Most Famous People Born in Brisbane, Australia
- Notable people
- 1,331
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1967
- Most distinctive
- Legislative 60.5×
A Queensland capital whose bench is extraordinarily athletic and extraordinarily parliamentary at the same time. Brisbane's distinctive professions are legislative-assembly members at sixty times the global rate, rugby players, players of every other code, racers, swimmers, judges, and cricketers — a profile that reflects the city's role as the state capital plus one of the strongest sporting programmes in the country. The Bee Gees, Geoffrey Rush, and Kevin Rudd all belong to this bench, and the 20th century accounts for almost the entire list.
Standouts
Notable Births by Decade
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What Brisbane Is Known For
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Player is Brisbane's biggest profession — 23% of all notables (310).
Brisbane over-indexes on legislative — 60.5× the global rate.
Brisbane under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Brisbane's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Filtered to 1890s Clear ×
Richard Casey, Baron Casey
1890 - 1976
Arthur Coningham (RAF officer)
1895 - 1948
Cyril Tenison White
1890 - 1950
Lloyd Rees
1895 - 1988
Margaret Molesworth
1894 - 1985
Oscar Werner Tiegs
1897 - 1956
Alan Parkhurst Dodd
1896 - 1981
Herbert Larkin
1894 - 1972
Eana Jeans
1890 - 1986
Walter Heywood Bryan
1891 - 1966
Mignon O'Doherty
1890 - 1961
John Carroll (soldier)
1891 - 1971
Francis Smith (RAAF officer)
Born 1896
Ethel Raybould
1899 - 1987
Alan Munro (politician)
1898 - 1968
Israel Goldstine
1898 - 1953
Jimmy Flynn (rugby union)
1894 - 1965
Harold Taylor (Australian politician)
1896 - 1972
Bob Gardner (Queensland politician)
1890 - 1966
Tom Rasey
1898 - 1989
Jim Hadley
1893 - 1971
Ernie Carr
1890 - 1965
Samuel Kreutzer
1894 - 1971
Bill Power (Australian politician)
1893 - 1974
Harry Moorhouse (politician)
1892 - 1971
Duncan Fowles
Born 1893