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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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- Field: Cricket Clear ×
Brendon McCullum
Born 1981
Clarrie Grimmett
1891 - 1980
Glenn Turner
Born 1947
Nathan McCullum
Born 1980
Ken Rutherford (cricketer)
Born 1965
Stephen Boock
Born 1951
Hamish Rutherford
Born 1989
Mike Hesson
Born 1974
Chris Gaffaney
Born 1975
Katey Martin
Born 1985
Peter Petherick
1942 - 2015
George Dickinson
1903 - 1978
Chris Nevin
Born 1975
Matthew Bell (cricketer)
Born 1977
Robert Kennedy (cricketer)
Born 1972
Warren Lees
Born 1952
Artie Dick
Born 1936
Kieran Noema-Barnett
Born 1987
Alex Moir
1919 - 2000
Iain Gallaway
Born 1922
John Mills (New Zealand cricketer)
1905 - 1972
Frank Cameron
Born 1932
Jack Hunter (cricketer)
Born 1995
Eric Watson (cricketer)
1925 - 2017
John Burt (rugby union)
1874 - 1933
Rowan Milburn
Born 1977
Don Cleverley
1909 - 2004
Sam Wells (cricketer)
Born 1984
Kerry Walmsley
Born 1973
Guy Overton
1919 - 1993
Harry Siedeberg
1877 - 1945
Nathan Smith (New Zealand cricketer)
Born 1998
Sonny Moloney
1910 - 1942
Keith Campbell (cricketer)
Born 1943
James Hussey
1880 - 1950
Donald Burns
1921 - 1987
Neil Begg
1915 - 1995
Bill Bell (cricketer)
1931 - 2002
Pat Carrick
Born 1941
Noel McGregor
1931 - 2007
Ronnie Kotkamp
Born 1972
Mark Billcliff
Born 1977
Geoffrey Osborne
Born 1956
Wayne Blair (cricketer)
1948 - 2019
Michael Rae
Born 1995
Simon Richards
Born 1964
Russell Stewart (cricketer)
Born 1946
Alfred Ackroyd (New Zealand cricketer)
1885 - 1952
Barry Milburn
Born 1943
Bruce Blair
Born 1957
John McMullan (cricketer)
1893 - 1967
Derek Walker (cricketer)
Born 1959
Hayden Anderson
Born 1980
William Vorrath
1910 - 1934
Ray Hutchison (cricketer)
Born 1944
Mary Webb (cricketer)
Born 1936
John Veitch (cricketer)
1937 - 2009
Albert Jelley
1894 - 1966
Daphne Robinson
1932 - 2008
William Butler (cricketer)
1871 - 1953
Ollie Newton
Born 1988
Allan Edwards (New Zealand cricketer)
1920 - 1942
Ernest Currie
1875 - 1932
Anna Smith (cricketer)
Born 1978
Andrew Given
1886 - 1916
Jim Blandford
1913 - 1954
Thomas Albert McFarlane
1890 - 1967
Trudy Anderson
Born 1959
Graham Botting
1915 - 2007
Robert Chadwick
1879 - 1939
William Frame (cricketer)
1932 - 1965
Vaughn Johnson
Born 1960
Barry Allan (cricketer)
1928 - 1962
Peter Hills
Born 1958
Raymond Hunt
1921 - 1994
Richard Torrance
1884 - 1972
Ronald Fox (cricketer)
1880 - 1952
Rhys Phillips
Born 1988
Geoff Anderson (cricketer)
Born 1939
Trevor Sutherland (cricketer)
Born 1954
Justin Paul (cricketer)
Born 1972
William Priest
1909 - 1972
Archibald Graham (cricketer)
1917 - 2000
David Hunter (New Zealand cricketer)
Born 1968
George Morris (umpire)
Born 1957
Barry Freeman
Born 1948
Lawrence Anderson (cricketer)
Born 1947
Shona Gilchrist
Born 1958
Bill Gwynne
1913 - 1991
Jan Hall (cricketer)
Born 1958
Ian Rutherford
Born 1957
Merle Hollis
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Alfred Lawson (cricketer)
1912 - 1974
Leslie Groves (cricketer)
1911 - 1990
Samuel Blakely
Born 1993
Ian Payne (New Zealand cricketer)
1921 - 2011
Thomas Adams (cricketer)
1884 - 1953
Frederick Stephenson (New Zealand cricketer)
1871 - 1944
William Gough
1929 - 1978
Matt Harvie
Born 1984
Paul Facoory
Born 1951
Carlson Dickel
Born 1946
Leonard Watson
1927 - 2013
Ron Silver (cricketer)
1910 - 1984
Peter Dobbs
Born 1968
Colin McDonald (New Zealand cricketer)
1948 - 2005
Angus McDougall
1913 - 1983
Norman Ellis
1913 - 2005
William Kilgour
1878 - 1935
Nathan Morland
Born 1976
Frederick Liggins
1873 - 1926
Albertus Eckhoff
1875 - 1949
Leslie Milnes
1922 - 2013
Clive Geary
1922 - 2004
Justine Fryer
Born 1972
Graeme Powell
Born 1947
Frank Wells (cricketer)
1871 - 1932
George Cummings (cricketer)
1882 - 1943
Paul Campbell (cricketer)
Born 1968
James Smith (New Zealand cricketer)
1891 - 1971
Clement Beck
1863 - 1957
Anthony Wilkinson (New Zealand cricketer)
Born 1981
Robert Brown (New Zealand cricketer)
1850 - 1934
Russell Mawhinney
Born 1960
John Cameron (New Zealand cricketer)
1898 - 1988
Gerald Austin (cricketer)
1875 - 1959
Alan Hunt (New Zealand cricketer)
Born 1959
Nicholas Smith (cricketer)
Born 1946
Wayne Martin (cricketer)
Born 1955
Andrew Grieve (cricketer)
1863 - 1941
Peter Semple
Born 1941
Philip Morris (New Zealand cricketer)
Born 1952
John Flaherty (cricketer)
Born 1942
Arthur Berry (cricketer)
1928 - 2016
William Holden (cricketer)
1883 - 1949
William Higgins (New Zealand cricketer)
1888 - 1968
Norman Woods
Born 1936
John O'Sullivan (cricketer)
1918 - 1991
Murray Muir
1928 - 2004
Lance Pearson
1937 - 2019
Frank Hutchison (cricketer)
1897 - 1990
Victor Beeby
1891 - 1944
Shane Robinson (cricketer)
Born 1967
Raymond Stewart (cricketer)
Born 1944
Betty Sinclair (cricketer)
Born 1935
Duncan McLachlan (cricketer)
1893 - 1958
Kevin Briggs (cricketer)
1939 - 2004
Garry Williams (New Zealand cricketer)
Born 1953
Geoffrey Murdoch
Born 1954
William Haydon
1872 - 1904
Graham Kemp (cricketer)
Born 1962
Robert Long (New Zealand cricketer)
1932 - 2010
Ronald Haley
Born 1941
Lynn McAlevey
Born 1953
Esther Blackie
1916 - 1991
Blair Soper
Born 1991
Frank McNeill
1877 - 1930
John Kenny (cricketer)
1883 - 1937
Alexander Morris (cricketer)
1858 - 1918
Robert Rutherford (cricketer)
1886 - 1960
Russell Hendry
Born 1939
Dion Lobb
Born 1980
William Douglas (cricketer, born 1903)
1903 - 1981
Daniel Claffey
1869 - 1924
Scott Waide
Born 1977
George Mills (cricketer, born 1916)
1916 - 1979
Stuart Jones (cricketer)
Born 1929
Edwin Cummings
1885 - 1951
Frederick Stanley (cricketer)
1923 - 1993
Alfred Kinvig
1874 - 1965
Stanley Tomkinson
1907 - 1969
Lewis Baker (cricketer)
1920 - 1997
James Barron (cricketer)
1900 - 1990
Stewart McKnight
Born 1935
Geoffrey Blakely
Born 1959
Ewen Cameron (cricketer)
1921 - 1997
Ernest Kruskopf
1919 - 1981
Albert Keast
1895 - 1969
Arthur Symonds (cricketer)
1890 - 1946
James Clark (New Zealand cricketer)
1910 - 2003
Donald McKechnie
Born 1944
Kenneth McKnight
Born 1964
Ronald Murdoch
Born 1945
John Allen (cricketer, born 1850)
1850 - 1897
Charles Howden
1881 - 1963
Stuart Duncan (cricketer)
1906 - 1971
Ernest Wilson (New Zealand cricketer)
1877 - 1959
William Webb (cricketer)
1851 - 1913
Charles Chadwick (cricketer)
1880 - 1942
Norman Henderson
1913 - 2000
Ralph Spraggon
1872 - 1939
Raymond Procter
Born 1938
Arthur Galland
1891 - 1975
William Brinsley
1887 - 1959
Gordon McGregor (cricketer)
1915 - 1982
Arthur Lomas
1895 - 1924
Leslie Chadwick
1889 - 1970
Vernon McArley
1923 - 2019
Thomas Flaws
Born 1932
Thomas Dickel
1897 - 1969
Adam Glen
1853 - 1937
William Robertson (Otago cricketer)
Born 1940
Cecil Toomey
1915 - 1981
Colin Graham (New Zealand cricketer)
1929 - 2020
Francis Toomey
1904 - 1992
Albert Cramond
1881 - 1954
William Carson (cricketer)
1866 - 1955
Verdon Chettleburgh
1912 - 1960
Charles Kettle (cricketer)
1850 - 1918
Michael MacKenzie (cricketer)
Born 1974
Robert Harwood (cricketer)
1923 - 1992
Leonard Monk
1873 - 1948
Charles Rattray (cricketer)
1863 - 1939
Thomas Fraser (New Zealand cricketer)
1917 - 1998
John Hope (cricketer, born 1866)
1866 - 1950
Warren McSkimming
Born 1979
Anthony Harris (cricketer)
Born 1982