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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.
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Bob Campbell (Australian footballer)
1868 - 1946
George Whaley (actor)
Died 2019
Jim Brigden
1887 - 1950
Archie McNeel
1882 - 1926
Nick Bell (Australian entrepreneur)
Born 1980
George Morgan (footballer)
1877 - 1947
Tony Potrac
1953 - 2017
Rupe Benstead
1889 - 1961
Billy Pardon
1903 - 1969
William Taylor (New South Wales politician)
1862 - 1922
Bill J. V. Walker
1886 - 1949
Lorraine Wreford
Born 1961
Jim Baxter (Australian footballer)
1887 - 1952
Viv Parkinson
1882 - 1944
Daniel McNamara
1876 - 1947
Arthur Cummins
1876 - 1911
Bill Robinson (Australian footballer, born 1919)
1919 - 2007
Richard Edmond Courtney
1870 - 1919
Leo Young (boxer)
Born 1969
Archie Butler
1879 - 1951
George Harris (Australian footballer)
1902 - 1981
Jack Dore
1875 - 1937
George Blundell
1874 - 1959
Frank Gleeson
1897 - 1923
Jim Stewart (footballer, born 1888)
1888 - 1939
Johnny Coghlan
1876 - 1916
Hughie McPherson
1918 - 2013
Bill Seedsman
1914 - 2001
Jack J. Malone
1919 - 2001
Fred Nomens
1869 - 1953
Alec Morgan
1908 - 1957
John West (horticulturist)
1856 - 1926
Ossie Calvert
1880 - 1949
Bill Reeves (footballer)
1888 - 1940
Alby Pilcher
1878 - 1948
Roy Outram
1901 - 1987
Keith Heron
1890 - 1975
Bill Laver
1888 - 1922
Harry Dwan
1918 - 2010
Gerry Adams (fencer)
Born 1962
Ern Williamson
1880 - 1967
Artie Bowe
1888 - 1949
Brian Vear
1938 - 2008
Les Bogie
1911 - 1983
Bill Blackwood (footballer)
1873 - 1957
Lindsay Dyring
1919 - 2008
Phil Lynch
1890 - 1960
Alf Wood (Australian footballer)
1875 - 1945
Con Chrisoulis
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Joe Rogers (Australian footballer)
1907 - 1966
Gil Ebbott
1890 - 1960
Roy Parkin
1904 - 1957
Len Yemm
1904 - 1978
Beatrix Waring McCay
1901 - 1972
Ian Palmer (footballer)
1921 - 2005
Keith McPhee
1914 - 1995
Jim Stanworth
1871 - 1955
Jimmy Gaynor
Born 1877
Ray Sartori
1885 - 1961
George O'Connor (footballer)
1892 - 1921
Allan Bouch
1903 - 1997
George Welsh (Australian footballer)
1896 - 1983
Clarrie Riordan
1917 - 1995
Bill Pickering (Australian footballer)
1879 - 1962
Dave Hutchison (footballer)
1870 - 1956
Ian Johnston (rowing)
1947 - 2018
Bob Curtayne
1894 - 1970
Charlie McGillivray (Australian footballer)
1910 - 1983
Bert McKnight
1883 - 1961
John Leslie Coombes
Born 1954
Francis Kirby
1911 - 1982
Arthur W. Sterry
1883 - 1944
George O'Hehir
1891 - 1956
Lynda Heaven
1902 - 1987
Bobby Rowe (Australian footballer)
1883 - 1958
Charles Rowe (footballer)
1882 - 1959
Wilma Oram
1916 - 2001
Toner Hosking
1891 - 1963
Norm McCleary
1911 - 2000
Lindsay Maine
1887 - 1969
Charles G. M. Watson
1878 - 1962
Frederick William Zercho
1867 - 1953
Allan Davidson
1873 - 1930
Sue Eddy
Born 1953
Janet Montgomerie, Countess of Eglinton
1850 - 1923
Olive Dorothy Paschke
1905 - 1942
William Thomas Beck
1865 - 1947
Tamra Mercieca
Born 1980
Carla Krizanic
Born 1990
Patricia Verne Kailis
1933 - 2020
Peter Guest
Born 1938
Grant Musgrove
Born 1968
Kim Jelbart
Born 1937
Simone McKinnis
-
Frank Richards (cricketer)
1863 - 1926
Edward Turner (cricketer)
1858 - 1893
John Drysdale (cricketer)
1862 - 1923
Bill Bryson (politician)
1898 - 1973
Nathan Burrage
Born 1971
James C. Archer
1900 - 1980
Clement Mudford
1915 - 1977
Eric Liddell (bowls)
Born 1925
Steven King (jockey)
Born 1960
Jabez Coon
1869 - 1935
Harold Snell (Darwin businessman)
1892 - 1949
Syd Stirling
Born 1951
Bert Shard
1902 - 1991
Walter Reddrop
1901 - 1983
Rowland Holle
1859 - 1929
Trevor Hosea
Born 1999
David Andrew
1867 - 1928
Abigail Wehrung
Born 1995
Frank Meere
1895 - 1985
Cornelius Ahern
1871 - 1955
Geoffry Hurry
1868 - 1951
Patricia Moran
1944 - 2017
James McDonald (Tasmanian politician)
1877 - 1947
Glennys Beasley
Born 1944
Wilma Shakespear
Born 1946
George Lambert (Australian politician)
1879 - 1941
Frank Vale
1908 - 2006
Andrew Oswald Wilson
1866 - 1950
James Isdell
1849 - 1919
John Dunsford
1855 - 1905
John McDonald (Western Australian politician)
1869 - 1934
Tehree Gordon
Born 1943
Ian McInnes (tennis)
1901 - 1977
Edward Morley (politician)
1873 - 1929
John Marquis Hopkins
1870 - 1912
Hugh Gourley (Australian politician)
Born 1875
John Glowrey
1856 - 1921
William Dunstone
1877 - 1944
Gordon Hockley
1926 - 2002
Ossie Phillips
-
George Bellingham
1862 - 1932
George Robert Hunter
1884 - 1949
David Parsons (racing driver, born 1955)
Born 1955
V. W. H. Priestley-Foster
-
Stella Bywaters
1919 - 2009
Maxine Corcoran
1954 - 2011