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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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0009 ARTIST

Rosaleen Norton

1917 - 1979

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0032 POET

Denis Glover

1912 - 1980

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0049 BOTANIST

Ella Orr Campbell

1910 - 2003

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0057 ARTIST

Doris Lusk

1916 - 1990

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0072 MATHEMATICIAN

James Murdoch Austin

1915 - 2000

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0113 PAINTER

Peter McIntyre (artist)

1910 - 1995

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0138 COMPOSER

Dorothy Whitson Freed

1919 - 2000

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0141 BOXER

Bert Lowe

1912 - 1933

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0171 LITERARY

Desmond Pacey

1917 - 1975

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0186 CHAMPION

Clive Hulme

1911 - 1982

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0195 BIOLOGIST

Betty Batham

1917 - 1974

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0197 CRICKET

Alex Moir

1919 - 2000

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0202 BUSINESS

James Fletcher Jnr

1914 - 2007

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0219 LAWYER

Martyn Finlay

1912 - 1999

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0229 POLITICIAN

Allan Highet

1913 - 1992

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0268 MILITAR

Jack Somerville

1910 - 1999

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0283 SPORT

Lance Cross

1912 - 1989

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0284 CRICKET

Guy Overton

1919 - 1993

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0289 CRICKET

Sonny Moloney

1910 - 1942

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0306 CRICKET

Neil Begg

1915 - 1995

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0326 FENCER

Nathaniel Millar

1915 - 2011

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0355 CRICKET

William Vorrath

1910 - 1934

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0361 PLAYER

Jim Watt (rugby union)

1914 - 1988

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0393 PLAYER

Gordon Innes

1910 - 1992

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0395 CRICKET

Jim Blandford

1913 - 1954

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0401 CRICKET

Graham Botting

1915 - 2007

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0417 ATHLETIC

Theo Allen

1914 - 2003

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0428 CRICKET

Archibald Graham (cricketer)

1917 - 2000

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0437 CRICKET

Bill Gwynne

1913 - 1991

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0444 CRICKET

Alfred Lawson (cricketer)

1912 - 1974

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0447 CRICKET

Leslie Groves (cricketer)

1911 - 1990

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0461 CRICKET

Ron Silver (cricketer)

1910 - 1984

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0464 CRICKET

Angus McDougall

1913 - 1983

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0465 CRICKET

Norman Ellis

1913 - 2005

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0478 FOOTBALL

Alex Stenhouse

1910 - 1992

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0486 SPRINT

Harold Tyrie

1915 - 2007

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0504 CRICKET

John O'Sullivan (cricketer)

1918 - 1991

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0522 CRICKET

Esther Blackie

1916 - 1991

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0533 CRICKET

George Mills (cricketer, born 1916)

1916 - 1979

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0546 CRICKET

Ernest Kruskopf

1919 - 1981

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0550 CRICKET

James Clark (New Zealand cricketer)

1910 - 2003

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0563 CRICKET

Norman Henderson

1913 - 2000

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0570 CRICKET

Gordon McGregor (cricketer)

1915 - 1982

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0581 CRICKET

Cecil Toomey

1915 - 1981

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0586 CRICKET

Verdon Chettleburgh

1912 - 1960

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0592 CRICKET

Thomas Fraser (New Zealand cricketer)

1917 - 1998

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0599 MINISTR

Ernest Gordon Lewis

1918 - 2006

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0606 GAME

Gwen Rix

1918 - 2000

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0610 BOXER

Ron Withell

1916 - 1998

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0636 PLAYER

Lester Harvey

1919 - 1993

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0638 NAVAL

Blair Bowden

1916 - 1981

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