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DUNEDIN

Most Famous People Born in Dunedin, New Zealand

Notable people
638
Peak decade
1940s
Median birth year
1924
Most distinctive
Cricket 26.7×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Dunedin during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Dunedin Is Known For

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Cricket is Dunedin's biggest profession — 34% of all notables (217).

Dunedin over-indexes on cricket — 26.7× the global rate.

Dunedin under-produces football — only 0.2× the global rate.

  1. Cricket217
  2. Player75
  3. Politician48
  4. Football16
  5. Sport13
  6. Painter13
  7. Athletic12
  8. Lawyer12
  1. Cricket21726.7×
  2. Geologist68.0×
  3. Player756.0×
  4. Rower83.4×
  5. Swimmer92.9×
  6. Athletic121.7×
  1. Football160.2×
  2. Actor90.3×
  3. Politician480.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Dunedin's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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0062 PAINTER

Harold Septimus Power

1877 - 1951

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0065 LAWYER

Ethel Benjamin

1875 - 1943

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0079 HISTORIAN

Guy Scholefield

1877 - 1963

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0095 ACTIVIST

Frances Parker

1875 - 1924

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0162 PLAYER

Ernie Booth

1876 - 1935

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0223 POLITICIAN

William Downie Stewart Jr.

1878 - 1949

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0234 PRESBYTER

Thomas Brash

1874 - 1957

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0241 PLAYER

Tom Cross (rugby)

1876 - 1930

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0244 CRICKET

John Burt (rugby union)

1874 - 1933

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0252 SURGEON

Charles Mackie Begg

1879 - 1919

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0285 CRICKET

Harry Siedeberg

1877 - 1945

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0303 FOOTBALL

Bob Bryce

1879 - 1958

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0309 WORKER

Rachel Armitage

1873 - 1955

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0311 PHYSICIAN

Elizabeth Gunn (paediatrician)

1879 - 1963

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0313 POLITICIAN

Charles Statham

1875 - 1946

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0330 MILITAR

James Waddell (army officer)

1872 - 1954

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0334 FOOTBALL

Tom Watson (Australian footballer)

1874 - 1936

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0347 FOOTBALL

Charlie Meadway

1879 - 1962

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0358 FOOTBALL

Jack Southern

1874 - 1919

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0372 CRICKET

William Butler (cricketer)

1871 - 1953

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0373 POLITICIAN

James Wright Munro

1870 - 1945

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0381 CRICKET

Ernest Currie

1875 - 1932

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0389 FOOTBALL

Dave McColl

1876 - 1946

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0403 CRICKET

Robert Chadwick

1879 - 1939

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0419 BUSINESS

Arthur Barnett (businessman)

1873 - 1959

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0439 PLAYER

Bill Bremner

1879 - 1961

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0454 CRICKET

Frederick Stephenson (New Zealand cricketer)

1871 - 1944

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0467 CRICKET

William Kilgour

1878 - 1935

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0469 CRICKET

Frederick Liggins

1873 - 1926

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0470 CRICKET

Albertus Eckhoff

1875 - 1949

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0477 CRICKET

Frank Wells (cricketer)

1871 - 1932

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0491 POLITICIAN

Peter Neilson (politician born 1879)

1879 - 1948

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0492 CRICKET

Gerald Austin (cricketer)

1875 - 1959

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0517 CRICKET

William Haydon

1872 - 1904

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0524 CRICKET

Frank McNeill

1877 - 1930

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0538 CRICKET

Alfred Kinvig

1874 - 1965

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0560 CRICKET

Ernest Wilson (New Zealand cricketer)

1877 - 1959

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0564 CRICKET

Ralph Spraggon

1872 - 1939

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0567 POLITICIAN

Andrew Henson Allen

1877 - 1963

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0590 CRICKET

Leonard Monk

1873 - 1948

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0612 PLAYER

Bob Bennet

1879 - 1962

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0616 POLITICIAN

Alfred Ansell

1876 - 1941

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0622 POLITICIAN

Donald Cameron (mayor)

1877 - 1962

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0625 LAWYER

Harriette Vine

1878 - 1962

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