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CASTLEMAINE
Most Famous People Born in Castlemaine, Australia
- Notable people
- 440
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1911
- Most distinctive
- Civil Service 15.6×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Castlemaine during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Castlemaine Is Known For
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Football is Castlemaine's biggest profession — 40% of all notables (176).
Castlemaine over-indexes on civil service — 15.6× the global rate.
Castlemaine under-produces actor — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Castlemaine's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Politics & Law
- Science
- Film & TV
- Military
- Music
- Other
Ned Kelly
1855 - 1880
Nicky Whelan
Born 1981
Arthur Streeton
1867 - 1943
Wil Traval
Born 1980
Amy Ruffle
Born 1992
Edward Atkinson Hornel
1864 - 1933
Marjorie Lawrence
1909 - 1979
Rodger Corser
Born 1973
Warwick Armstrong
1879 - 1947
Bill Woodfull
1897 - 1965
Ron Barassi
Born 1936
Conway Savage
1960 - 2018
Samuel Johnson (actor)
Born 1978
Brett Garsed
Born 1963
Zak Dempster
Born 1987
Bob Morley
Born 1984
Steele Von Hoff
Born 1987
Tim Forsyth
Born 1973
William Cooper (Aboriginal Australian)
1861 - 1941
George Jones (RAAF officer)
1896 - 1992
Florrie Forde
1875 - 1940
Phillip Law
1912 - 2010
Joe Hewitt (RAAF officer)
1901 - 1985
David L. Jones (botanist)
Born 1944
Tilly Aston
1873 - 1947
Illy (rapper)
Born 1985
John Longstaff
1861 - 1941
John Henry Michell
1863 - 1940
Henry Wells (general)
1898 - 1973
Garry Hocking
Born 1968
Walter Travis
1862 - 1927
Brad Pitt (boxer)
Born 1981
Alf Goullet
1891 - 1995
Lauren Hewitt
Born 1978
Charles Tait (film director)
1868 - 1933
George Witton
1874 - 1942
Georgia Flood
Born 1994
Richard Frankland
Born 1963
Stephen Henry Roberts
1901 - 1971
Charles Hoadley
1887 - 1947
Stephen McGlede
Born 1969
Clara Southern
1861 - 1940
Athol Guy
Born 1940
Lindsay Tasman Ride
1898 - 1977
Ryan Moloney
Born 1979
Elizabeth Minter
Born 1965
Herman Rupp
1872 - 1956
Greg Fasala
Born 1965
Lizzie Williams
Born 1983
Charles den Tex
Born 1952
Percy Black
1877 - 1917
Cody Crocker
Born 1971
Rosemary Crossley
Born 1945
Vernon Ransford
1885 - 1958
Joyce Fitch
1922 - 2012
Sara Storer
Born 1974
Peter Doak
Born 1943
Greg Williams (Australian footballer)
Born 1963
Julie Arblaster
Born 1965
Alfred Traeger
1895 - 1981
Walter Peeler
1887 - 1968
Kevin Hogarth
Born 1934
Max Gawn
Born 1991
Luke Cain
Born 1980
James Bevan
1858 - 1938
Jack Stevens
1896 - 1969
Alexander Burton
1893 - 1915
Charles H. Watson
1877 - 1962
Jake Lappin
Born 1992
Jack Lockett
1891 - 2002
Tommy Windich
1840 - 1876
Graham Cornes
Born 1948
Peter Corrigan
1941 - 2016
Dale Thomas (footballer)
Born 1987
John Arthur (politician)
1875 - 1914
Alison Lester
Born 1952
Terry Wallace
Born 1958
David Teague (footballer)
Born 1981
Dustin Martin
Born 1991
Len Thompson
1947 - 2007
Greg Lewis (sprinter)
Born 1946
Chris Dawes (Australian footballer)
Born 1988
Harvey Sutton
1882 - 1963
Martin Lewis (artist)
1881 - 1962
Warwick Capper
Born 1963
Frank Laver
1869 - 1919
Jack Anthony (footballer)
Born 1988
Joy Lai
Born 1998
Patrick Shaw (cyclist)
Born 1986
Robbie Gray
Born 1988
Jake Stringer
Born 1994
Jack Titus
1908 - 1978
Rose Summerfield
1864 - 1922
William Watt (Australian politician)
1871 - 1946
Charlie Pannam (footballer, born 1874)
1874 - 1952
Chris Grant (footballer)
Born 1972
Glenn Archer
Born 1973
Ben Barber
Born 1984
Ian Campbell (triple jumper)
Born 1957
Daniel Talia
Born 1991
Ambrose McCarthy Patterson
1877 - 1967
Steele Sidebottom
Born 1991
Nathan Brown (Australian footballer, born 1978)
Born 1978
Mark Bunn (Australian footballer)
Born 1970
Nathan Ablett
Born 1985
Matt Taberner
Born 1993
Peter McKenna
Born 1946
Stanley Argyle
1867 - 1940
Brad Camp
Born 1964
Darrell Kitchener
Born 1943
James Kelly (Australian footballer)
Born 1983
Ivan Maric
Born 1986
Tyson Goldsack
Born 1987
Darren Milburn
Born 1977
Mia Dyson
Born 1981
Kayne Pettifer
Born 1982
Nathan Katz (judoka)
Born 1995
Shaun McKernan
Born 1990
Sean Finning
Born 1985
Dorothy Stevenson
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David Cloke
Born 1955
Shane Tuck
1981 - 2020
Lovat Dickson
1902 - 1987
John Field (brigadier)
1899 - 1974
Calum Von Moger
Born 1990
Tamie Fraser
Born 1936
Arthur Wellesley Bayley
1865 - 1896
Sarah Hawe
Born 1987
Jeff Bright
Born 1985
Tanya Huebner
Born 1978
David Mackay (footballer)
Born 1988
Kane Johnson
Born 1978
Daniel Connors
Born 1988
Max Rooke
Born 1981
Jake Lloyd (footballer)
Born 1993
Brent Reilly
Born 1983
Chris Newman (footballer)
Born 1982
Paul Licuria
Born 1978
Frederick Shedden
1893 - 1971
Josh Hunt
Born 1982
Jake King
Born 1984
John McCarthy (Australian rules footballer, born 1989)
1989 - 2012
Shannon Byrnes
Born 1984
Edward Holbrook Derrick
1898 - 1976
Danny Stanley
Born 1988
Ben Dixon (Australian rules footballer)
Born 1977
Jason Gram
Born 1984
Kate Charlton-Robb
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Eric Harrison (RAAF officer)
1886 - 1945
Bill Barrot
1944 - 2016
Moana Hope
Born 1988
Brent Macaffer
Born 1988
Albert Borella
1881 - 1968
Paul McGinness
1896 - 1955
Carl Willis (Australian sportsman)
1893 - 1930
Ross Milne
1944 - 1964
Nick Aitken
Born 1990
John Roslyn Garnet
1906 - 1998
Ian Castles
1935 - 2010
Michael Rowland (news presenter)
Born 1968
Jesse W. Smith
Born 1986
Mark Stevens (footballer)
Born 1975
Shane O'Bree
Born 1979
Jamie Briggs
Born 1977
Darcy Byrne-Jones
Born 1995
Jason Davenport
Born 1985
Josh Daicos
Born 1998
Peter Pinne
Born 1937
Tarren Otte
Born 1984
Adam Pattison
Born 1986
Kane Tenace
Born 1985
Margaret Geddes
Born 1949
Tom Cowan (director)
Born 1942
Geoffrey Jarrett
Born 1937
Lori Balmer
Born 1960
Dick-a-Dick
1834 - 1870
William Murray McPherson
1865 - 1932
Ian G. Enting
Born 1948
Herb Howson
1872 - 1948
Paul Guest (rower)
Born 1939
Outback Jack (wrestler)
Born 1958
Ernest Austin (murderer)
1890 - 1913
Andrew Williams (Australian footballer)
Born 1979
Jaxson Barham
Born 1988
Tristan Cartledge
Born 1985
Alexander Jobson
1875 - 1933
Ted Rowell (footballer)
1876 - 1965
Jannik Blair
Born 1992
Adam Bentick
Born 1985
Maggie Dence
Born 1942
Des Healey
1927 - 2009
Mal Williams
1886 - 1917
Blake Shinn
Born 1987
Justin Eveson
Born 1980
Will Slade
Born 1983
Josh Hose
Born 1986
Brettena Smyth
1840 - 1898
Myke Cook
Born 1989
John Allan (Australian politician)
1866 - 1936
Andrew Harrison (wheelchair rugby)
Born 1987
Peter Hall (politician)
Born 1952
Rose Bygrave
Born 1955
Jim Bonella
1884 - 1918
Philip Le Couteur
1885 - 1958
Alexander Poynton
1853 - 1935
Travis Payze
1946 - 2006
Alex MacFarlane
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Florence Bligh, Countess of Darnley
1860 - 1944
Jayden Warn
Born 1994
Luke Rounds
Born 1991
Derrimut (Indigenous Australian)
1810 - 1864
Murray Bourchier
1881 - 1937
Gina Wilson
Born 1952
Henry Gregory (politician)
1860 - 1940
Reg Pollard
1894 - 1981
Max Kroger
1899 - 1989
Mick Madden
1882 - 1943
Ned Sutton
1868 - 1911
William James (Australian rules footballer)
1900 - 1966
Frank McEncroe
1908 - 1979
Molly Strano
Born 1992
John Tait (entrepreneur)
1871 - 1955
Gus Kearney
1870 - 1907
Jason Maroney
Born 1967
Bill Farnan
1851 - 1891
Tom Baxter (Australian footballer)
1884 - 1959
Walter Barnes (politician)
1858 - 1933
Nash Rawiller
Born 1974
Erin Hoare
Born 1989
Daniel Nicholls
Born 1987
Brian James (actor)
1918 - 2009
Gary Tredrea
Born 1951
Dan Feehan
1880 - 1946
Nevin Tait
1876 - 1961
Fred Ball (footballer)
1868 - 1902
Bill Bowe
1879 - 1920
Robert Elliott (Victorian politician)
1886 - 1950
Daniel Gibson (presenter)
Born 1972
Francis George Allman Barnard
1857 - 1932
Tom Allison
Born 1944
Jim Clark (Australian footballer)
1925 - 2013
Stuart McFarlane
1885 - 1970
Judy Moran
Born 1944
Victor Secombe
1897 - 1962
Sarah Calati
Born 1986
Ron Jory
1925 - 2013
George Elmslie (Australian politician)
1861 - 1918
Harry Rigby (footballer)
1878 - 1924
Glenda Millard
Born 1939
Leo W. Morgan
1913 - 1995
Nicole Hildebrand
Born 1993
Jack Gervasoni
1929 - 1992
Bill Dolphin
1881 - 1969
Jim Sheehan
1885 - 1967
Bill Benton (footballer)
1906 - 1979
Edward Henry Embley
1861 - 1924
George Barnes (Australian politician)
1856 - 1949
Ken Collicoat
1919 - 2007
Bill Duffy (sportsman)
1866 - 1959
William MacDonald (New Zealand politician)
1862 - 1920
Peter Gillon
Born 1939
George Calleson
1874 - 1946
Frank Strahan
1886 - 1976
William Blair (Australian footballer)
1912 - 1960
Len Bowe
1885 - 1954
Gerry Beare
1905 - 1983
George Mackay (cricketer)
1860 - 1948
Pasan Gunasekera
1964 - 1995
Maurie Herring
1879 - 1962
William Watson (Australian politician)
1864 - 1938
Charles Suhr
1885 - 1930
Joe Shortill
1894 - 1970
Alfred Cecil Rowlandson
1865 - 1922
Billy Arnott
1873 - 1962
Gordon Ross (Australian footballer)
1878 - 1952
Charlie Foletta
1875 - 1966
Jack Armstrong (footballer)
1899 - 1942
Charlie Peterson
1920 - 1965
Gower Ross
1890 - 1917
Ben Oliver (cricketer)
Born 1979
Billy Robinson (Australian footballer)
1890 - 1969
Jordan Petaia
Born 2000
Alf Tredinnick
1873 - 1910
Angela Donald
Born 1995
Ruth Fincher
Born 1951
Sid O'Neill
1888 - 1915
Cameron Stevenson
Born 1992
Lance Sleeman
1885 - 1968
Bill Johnson (footballer, born 1886)
1886 - 1964
Kevin McQuay
1949 - 2005
Tom Sutherland (footballer)
1910 - 1981
Jack Fincher (footballer)
1904 - 1970
Harmony James
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Meyrick Buchanan
Born 1993
Alan McGowan
1926 - 2019
Sam Grimwade
Born 1997
Stephen Nankervis
1890 - 1989
Tom Reardon
1887 - 1943
Paul Worsteling
Born 1973
Roy Longmore
1894 - 2001