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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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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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0012 COSTUME DESIGNER

Ngila Dickson

Born 1958

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0073 PLAYER

Andy Dalton (rugby union)

Born 1951

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0090 CRICKET

Stephen Boock

Born 1951

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0098 BOTANIST

Wendy Nelson

Born 1954

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0101 PLAYER

Gary Seear

1952 - 2018

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0103 ATHLETIC

Peter Renner

Born 1959

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0107 ARCHITECT

Elizabeth Farrelly

Born 1957

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0131 TRADE UNION

Matt McCarten

Born 1959

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0132 ILLUSTRATING

Adrian Raeside

Born 1957

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0148 ARTIST

Jacqueline Fraser

Born 1956

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0149 PLAYER

Bevan Wilson

Born 1956

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0151 RACING

Jan Shearer

Born 1958

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0156 PLAYER

Lyn Jaffray

Born 1950

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0161 SCIENTIST

Jim Salinger

Born 1950

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0176 CRICKET

Warren Lees

Born 1952

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0182 PHOTOGRAPHER

Jane Ussher

Born 1953

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0203 POLITICIAN

David Benson-Pope

Born 1950

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0214 ACTOR

Alistair Browning

1954 - 2019

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0225 POLITICIAN

David Cox (Australian politician)

Born 1954

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0245 PHOTOGRAPHER

Dave Comer

1956 - 2014

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0271 NOVELIST

Christine Johnston (writer)

Born 1950

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0277 CARTOONIST

Mark Winter

Born 1958

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0292 GEOLOGIST

Helen Anderson

Born 1955

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0327 CRICKET

Geoffrey Osborne

Born 1956

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0345 CRICKET

Bruce Blair

Born 1957

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0346 SWIMMER

John McConnochie

Born 1954

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0352 CRICKET

Derek Walker (cricketer)

Born 1959

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0363 POLITICIAN

Alec Neill

Born 1950

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0367 OLYMPIC

Diane Foote

Born 1954

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0392 SPRINT

Susan Jowett

Born 1956

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0399 CRICKET

Trudy Anderson

Born 1959

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0409 CRICKET

Peter Hills

Born 1958

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0422 CRICKET

Trevor Sutherland (cricketer)

Born 1954

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0430 CRICKET

George Morris (umpire)

Born 1957

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0436 CRICKET

Shona Gilchrist

Born 1958

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0438 CRICKET

Jan Hall (cricketer)

Born 1958

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0441 CRICKET

Ian Rutherford

Born 1957

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0445 BOWLER

Kevin Darling (bowls)

Born 1950

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0457 CRICKET

Paul Facoory

Born 1951

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0480 OPERA

Beverley Bergen

Born 1950

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0493 CRICKET

Alan Hunt (New Zealand cricketer)

Born 1959

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0495 CRICKET

Wayne Martin (cricketer)

Born 1955

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0498 CRICKET

Philip Morris (New Zealand cricketer)

Born 1952

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0515 CRICKET

Garry Williams (New Zealand cricketer)

Born 1953

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0516 CRICKET

Geoffrey Murdoch

Born 1954

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0521 CRICKET

Lynn McAlevey

Born 1953

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0544 CRICKET

Geoffrey Blakely

Born 1959

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