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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

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1940s with 58 notable births.

What Dunedin Is Known For

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Biggest Most distinctive Under-indexed

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 1890s Clear ×

0003 CARICATURIST

David Low (cartoonist)

1891 - 1963

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0005 MATHEMATICIAN

Alexander Aitken

1895 - 1967

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0024 CRICKET

Clarrie Grimmett

1891 - 1980

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0027 ILLUSTRATOR

John Buckland Wright

1897 - 1954

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0028 POLITICIAN

John A. Lee

1891 - 1982

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0046 PLAYER

Clark McConachy

1895 - 1980

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0047 CONDUCTOR

Warwick Braithwaite

1896 - 1971

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0063 ECONOMIST

Douglas Copland

1894 - 1971

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0067 LAWYER

Lindsay Merritt Inglis

1894 - 1966

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0077 ARCHITECT

Eric Arthur

1898 - 1982

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0088 PAINTER

Ernest Heber Thompson

1891 - 1971

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0092 PIANIST

Vera Moore

1896 - 1997

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0125 PLAYER

Johnstone Richardson

1899 - 1994

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0153 MISSING

Donald Forrester Brown

1890 - 1916

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0211 CHEMIST

Cedric Stanton Hicks

1892 - 1976

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0239 POLITICIAN

Philip Connolly

1899 - 1970

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0263 TELEGRAPHIST

Wilhelmina Magdalene Stuart

1895 - 1985

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0280 MILITAR

Owen Mead

1892 - 1942

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0281 LAWYER

Wilfrid Sim

1890 - 1974

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0304 BOXER

Brian McCleary

1897 - 1978

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0338 GEOGRAPHER

Eileen Fairbairn

1893 - 1981

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0342 PHOTOGRAPHER

Arthur George William Sparrow

1896 - 1967

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0349 CRICKET

John McMullan (cricketer)

1893 - 1967

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0350 PRIEST

Hugh O'Neill (bishop)

1898 - 1955

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0354 ROWER

Mick Brough

1899 - 1960

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0366 CRICKET

Albert Jelley

1894 - 1966

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0375 PAINTER

John McIndoe (artist)

1898 - 1995

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0378 PAINTER

Kathleen Salmond

1895 - 1946

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0379 CHEMIST

John Reader Hosking

1896 - 1946

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0386 NAVAL

Thomas Culling

1896 - 1917

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0396 CRICKET

Thomas Albert McFarlane

1890 - 1967

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0406 SPORT

Eric Halley

1893 - 1953

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0421 WORLD WAR

Donald Rutledge

1891 - 1956

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0452 WRITER

Muriel Wallace May

1897 - 1982

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0472 SOLICITOR

Norman Harold Moss

1896 - 1974

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0482 CRICKET

James Smith (New Zealand cricketer)

1891 - 1971

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0490 CRICKET

John Cameron (New Zealand cricketer)

1898 - 1988

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0507 CRICKET

Frank Hutchison (cricketer)

1897 - 1990

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0508 CRICKET

Victor Beeby

1891 - 1944

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0513 CRICKET

Duncan McLachlan (cricketer)

1893 - 1958

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0547 PLAYER

William Fea

1898 - 1988

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0548 CRICKET

Albert Keast

1895 - 1969

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0549 CRICKET

Arthur Symonds (cricketer)

1890 - 1946

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0566 CRICKET

Arthur Galland

1891 - 1975

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0571 POLITICIAN

Walter Arthur Hudson

1898 - 1972

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0572 CRICKET

Arthur Lomas

1895 - 1924

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0577 CRICKET

Thomas Dickel

1897 - 1969

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0603 FOOTBALL

Rewi Braithwaite

1897 - 1987

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0633 PLAYER

Charlie Sonntag

1894 - 1988

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0634 POLITICIAN

Brenda Bell

1891 - 1979

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0635 POLITICIAN

Neill Aylmer Rattray

1896 - 1964

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