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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×
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.
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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- Filtered to 1880s Clear ×
Harold Gillies
1882 - 1960
Charles Bennett (actor)
1889 - 1943
Charles Cotton (geologist)
1885 - 1970
Charles Wheeler (painter)
1881 - 1977
William Noel Benson
1885 - 1957
Archibald Baxter
1881 - 1970
Massa Johnston
1881 - 1951
Steve Casey (All Black)
1882 - 1960
Frank Glasgow
1880 - 1939
Fred Waite (politician)
1885 - 1952
Frank Mitchinson
1884 - 1978
Maud Winifred Sherwood
1880 - 1956
James Ernest Strachan
1883 - 1973
Alfred Cockayne
1880 - 1966
Mary Dreaver
1887 - 1961
Allan Thomson (geologist)
1881 - 1928
Michael Herbert Watt
1887 - 1967
John Henderson (geologist)
1880 - 1959
Leslie Whetter
1888 - 1956
John Braithwaite (journalist)
1885 - 1916
Alex McDonald (rugby union)
1883 - 1967
David Smith (judge)
1888 - 1982
John Callan
1882 - 1951
James Hussey
1880 - 1950
Herbert Gilles Watson
1889 - 1942
Alice Woodhouse
1883 - 1977
Fred Jones (politician)
1885 - 1966
Mary Louise Roberts
1886 - 1968
Alfred Ackroyd (New Zealand cricketer)
1885 - 1952
Ada Gertrude Paterson
1880 - 1937
Andrew Given
1886 - 1916
Ernie Dodd
1880 - 1918
Richard Torrance
1884 - 1972
Ronald Fox (cricketer)
1880 - 1952
John Dunlop (chess player)
Born 1886
Thomas Adams (cricketer)
1884 - 1953
Percy Thomson
1884 - 1962
George Cummings (cricketer)
1882 - 1943
William Holden (cricketer)
1883 - 1949
William Higgins (New Zealand cricketer)
1888 - 1968
John Kenny (cricketer)
1883 - 1937
Robert Rutherford (cricketer)
1886 - 1960
Edwin Cummings
1885 - 1951
Charles Bowden (politician)
1886 - 1972
Charles Howden
1881 - 1963
Charles Chadwick (cricketer)
1880 - 1942
William Brinsley
1887 - 1959
Leslie Chadwick
1889 - 1970
Albert Cramond
1881 - 1954
Robert Walls (politician)
1884 - 1953
James McLeod (politician)
1882 - 1944
Harry Paton
1881 - 1964
Peter Williams (New Zealand rugby union)
1884 - 1976
Fred Glasse
1889 - 1977
John Stalker (rugby union)
1881 - 1931
Charles Gilbert White
1880 - 1966