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GEELONG
Most Famous People Born in Geelong, Australia
- Notable people
- 442
- Peak decade
- 1870s
- Median birth year
- 1910
- Most distinctive
- Football 5.0×
Standouts
Notable Births by Decade
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What Geelong Is Known For
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Football is Geelong's biggest profession — 55% of all notables (241).
Geelong over-indexes on football — 5.0× the global rate.
Geelong under-produces actor — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Geelong's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Chrissy Amphlett
1959 - 2013
Matthew Spiranovic
Born 1988
Emma Hewitt
Born 1988
Russell Boyd
Born 1944
Helen Garner
Born 1942
Joey Didulica
Born 1977
George Ernest Morrison
1862 - 1920
Oscar Asche
1871 - 1936
Robert Ingpen
Born 1936
Kate Allen (triathlete)
Born 1970
Leigh Howard
Born 1989
Tracey Wickham
Born 1962
Nathan Deakes
Born 1977
George Sotiropoulos
Born 1977
Inga Clendinnen
1934 - 2016
Frank Berryman
1894 - 1981
Barry Jones (Australian politician)
Born 1932
Lindsay Hassett
1913 - 1993
Eddie Krncevic
Born 1960
Esther Anderson (Australian actress)
Born 1979
Jeff Lang
Born 1969
Graeme Lloyd
Born 1967
Dick Garrard
1911 - 2003
John Hawkes (tennis)
1899 - 1990
John Brownlee (baritone)
1900 - 1969
Josh Spence
Born 1988
Michelle Chandler
Born 1974
Ian Redpath
Born 1941
Brock James
Born 1981
Denis Napthine
Born 1952
William John Adie
1886 - 1935
Sam Newman
Born 1945
Kris Trajanovski
Born 1972
Ian Burn
1939 - 1993
Kenneth McIntyre
1910 - 2004
Jean Roberts
Born 1943
Paul Robertson (animator)
Born 1979
Bertram Armytage
1869 - 1910
Daryl Somers
Born 1951
Lucy Sutherland
1903 - 1980
Mark Wilson (musician)
Born 1980
Joel Baden
Born 1996
Joanne King (triathlon)
Born 1976
Bunty Avieson
Born 1962
Kristian Schmid
Born 1974
Ben Cousins
Born 1978
James Morgan Walsh
1897 - 1952
Edward Edgar Pescott
1872 - 1954
Adalita Srsen
Born 1971
Bev Francis
Born 1955
Barry Crocker
Born 1935
Michael Aikman (rower)
1933 - 2005
Rebecca Wiasak
Born 1984
Lynne Cooke
Born 1952
Mark Anthony (judoka)
Born 1989
Adam Harvey
Born 1974
Lee Troop
Born 1973
Darryn Lyons
Born 1965
Lelo Sejean
Born 1990
Jessica Gallagher
Born 1986
Matthew Primus
Born 1975
Nick Maxwell
Born 1983
Travis Boak
Born 1988
Donald Wilson (cyclist)
Born 1944
Jimmy Bartel
Born 1983
Jarrod Kayler-Thomson
Born 1985
Samuel Mauger
1857 - 1936
Thomas Sergeant Hall
1858 - 1915
Charles Frederic Belcher
1876 - 1970
Matthew Scarlett
Born 1979
Cameron Ling
Born 1981
Laura Spiranovic
Born 1991
Sarah Henderson
Born 1964
Peter Van Miltenburg
Born 1957
Kim Wielens
Born 1977
Stuart Devlin
1931 - 2018
Bored Nothing
1990 - 2016
Bruce Doull
Born 1950
Brian Loughnane
Born 1957
Barney Glover
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Phoebe Stanley
Born 1985
Jake Bensted
Born 1994
Billy Baxter (musician)
Born 1959
Sandy Blythe
1962 - 2005
Ian Nankervis
Born 1948
Richard Marles
Born 1967
Scott Thompson (footballer, born 1986)
Born 1986
Andrew Bews
Born 1964
Jayden Pitt
Born 1992
Elfric Wells Chalmers Kearney
1881 - 1966
Mark Preston (businessman)
Born 1968
Grant Featherston
1922 - 1995
Veronica Milsom
Born 1984
Rachael Robertson (writer)
Born 1969
Kate Sperrey
1862 - 1893
Jemima Moore
Born 1992
Charlie Ricketts
1885 - 1960
George Whitecross Paton
1902 - 1985
Hetty Johnston
Born 1958
Frances Ward (priest)
Born 1959
Dorothy Johnston
Born 1948
Cliff Rankin
1896 - 1975
Cameron Johnston (footballer)
Born 1992
Sharon Anyos
Born 1970
Harrison Owen
1890 - 1966
Rodney Marks
1968 - 2000
Norman Brearley
1890 - 1989
Alex Harris (swimmer)
1975 - 2009
Chas Brownlow
1861 - 1924
Jennifer Cleary
Born 1993
Josh Saunders (Australian footballer)
Born 1994
Ernie Carroll
Born 1929
Jack Grant
1915 - 1982
Alec Eason
1889 - 1956
Tegan Philip
Born 1988
Dave Thornton
Born 1979
Raymond Jones (architect)
Born 1925
Bruce Nankervis
Born 1950
Jack Loney
1925 - 1995
Alec Boswell Timms
1872 - 1922
Joan Campbell
1925 - 1997
Alan Hickinbotham
1925 - 2010
Geoff McGivern (footballer)
1930 - 2015
Arthur Coles
1892 - 1982
Geoff Howard
Born 1955
Henry Young (footballer)
1873 - 1923
Tim Darcy
Born 1964
Simon Illingworth
Born 1967
Les Hardiman
1911 - 1962
Jonathon Dutton
Born 1981
Russell Renfrey
1923 - 2018
George Fairbairn (politician)
1855 - 1943
Teddy Rankin
1872 - 1944
Teddy Lockwood
1872 - 1953
Peter McDermott (cyclist)
Born 1944
Tom Hornsey
Born 1989
Wallace Sharland
1902 - 1967
Mick Donaghy
1877 - 1929
Graeme Gunn
Born 1933
Billy Orchard
1888 - 1965
Margaret Clark (Australian writer)
Born 1942
Bruce Alexander McDonald
1925 - 1993
Rod Blake
Born 1952
Steve Haberman
Born 1963
Jim Knight (footballer)
1918 - 1943
Gary Cowton
Born 1952
Marisa Siketa
Born 1990
Jack Nicholson (footballer)
1892 - 1967
Jessica Gulli-Nance
Born 1988
Noel Rayson
1933 - 2003
Tom Hardiman
1882 - 1967
Harry Pears
1877 - 1912
Russell Mathews
1921 - 2000
Bert Rankin
1893 - 1971
Moi-Yo Miller
1914 - 2018
Joe McShane
1868 - 1950
Alec Hall (Australian footballer)
1869 - 1953
Don McIntyre
1915 - 2013
William Mahoney (footballer)
1885 - 1939
George Lockwood
Born 1872
Jack O'Halloran (footballer)
Born 1929
Edward Brockbank
1866 - 1959
Jim Kearney (Australian footballer)
1894 - 1944
Lindsay Lamb
1913 - 1994
Ros Bandt
Born 1951
Matthew Henry Davies
1850 - 1912
Tom Brady (Australian footballer)
1892 - 1945
George Tansing
1884 - 1962
Leigh Ryswyk
Born 1985
Maurice Austin
1916 - 1985
Dylan Howard
Born 1982
Charles Coles (footballer)
1879 - 1942
Christine Couzens
Born 1958
Lindsay Maxsted
Born 1954
Archie Sykes
1866 - 1957
Edmund la Touche Armstrong
1864 - 1946
Geoff Mahon
1915 - 1971
Peter Hardiman
1905 - 1971
Nick Muller
1914 - 1947
Mark Beretta
Born 1966
Jack O'Loughlin
1873 - 1960
Rebecca Maddern
Born 1977
Nathan Herbert
Born 1984
Billy McCarter
1888 - 1941
Tom Morrow (footballer)
1923 - 2002
Carrie Moore
1882 - 1956
Les Roebuck
1885 - 1973
Katie Bender (filmmaker)
Born 1985
Norman Bruhn
1894 - 1927
George Allen (public servant)
1852 - 1940
Ted McLean
1893 - 1915
Harold Craven
1895 - 1970
Jack Quinn (footballer, born 1874)
1874 - 1918
Jack Plunkett
1911 - 1985
Jim Munday
1917 - 1971
Ernie Walton
1875 - 1946
Jack Cotter
1915 - 1976
Gyan Evans
Born 1960
Clinton Peake
Born 1977
Henry McShane
1873 - 1912
Peter Martin (Australian footballer)
1875 - 1918
Jack Main
1876 - 1945
Les Armstrong
1887 - 1964
Ian Sprague
1920 - 1994
Arthur Rodgers
1876 - 1936
Frank Costa
Born 1938
Pat Descrimes
1877 - 1939
Jeff Rowley
Born 1979
Max Smith (footballer)
1917 - 1941
Les James
1890 - 1917
John Shaw (Victoria cricketer)
1932 - 2018
Sam Brockwell
1871 - 1945
Wayne Weening
Born 1965
Jack Lynch (footballer, born 1918)
1918 - 1944
Peta Hewitt
Born 1966
Dick Hassett
1909 - 2006
Doug Rankin
1915 - 1987
Nic Muscroft
Born 1982
William Salmon (painter)
1928 - 2018
Jim McShane
1871 - 1946
Jim Wills
1914 - 2007
Bill Anderson (footballer, born 1911)
1911 - 1971
Herb Williams (footballer)
1885 - 1924
Basil Collins
1891 - 1946
Frank Mockridge
1903 - 1990
Doug Brown (Australian footballer)
1923 - 2012
Tom Rankin
1881 - 1958
John Leahy (footballer)
1941 - 1980
Hugh Fitzpatrick
1872 - 1925
James Ashton (politician)
1864 - 1939
David Cervinski
1970 - 2019
George Ricketts
1888 - 1934
Nick Brushfield
1906 - 1993
Mick Lynch
1878 - 1944
Denis Walter
Born 1955
Jimmy Palmer (footballer)
1877 - 1947
Bill Munday
1876 - 1944
Ernest Newling
1876 - 1944
Frank Aked Sr.
1902 - 1993
Cyril Mulroyan
1907 - 1945
Barney Grecian
1872 - 1919
Bill Landy
1897 - 1916
Len Martin (footballer)
1887 - 1943
Joe Holligan
1886 - 1915
Les Bailiff
1877 - 1948
Mitchell Gourley
Born 1991
Bill Moodie
1879 - 1918
Martin Jackson (athlete)
Born 1978
Wally Raleigh
1895 - 1960
Bill Getsom
1885 - 1954
Bert Barling
1878 - 1952
Charlie Nicholls
1899 - 1944
Frank Hodgins
1888 - 1966
Jim Pender (footballer, born 1911)
1911 - 1985
Dan Kearney
1921 - 1984
George Saxbee
1881 - 1936
Johnny Keon
1885 - 1921
Andrew Katos
Born 1970
Peter Young (cricketer)
Born 1961
Tom Shelley
1876 - 1964
Roy Fleming
1901 - 1964
Harry Britter
1891 - 1954
Bill McKinley (footballer)
1882 - 1952
Alf Jones (Australian footballer)
1885 - 1929
John Hurley (footballer)
1884 - 1972
Neil Tompkins
1927 - 1991
Teddy Holligan
1878 - 1964
George Searcy
1855 - 1927
Jack Davie
1874 - 1922
Jack Murrell
1901 - 1980
Ian Quick
Born 1933
Ernie Glenister
1873 - 1942
Vin Maguire
1892 - 1929
Andy Monahan
1927 - 2010
Walter Cooke (footballer)
1876 - 1927
Percy Fletcher (footballer)
1879 - 1946
Rupert Cooper
1886 - 1957
Jack Audsley
1892 - 1942
Mairead Curran
Born 1968
Jack Knell
1878 - 1952
Fred White (Australian footballer)
1877 - 1907
Dick Walker (Australian footballer)
1872 - 1947
Ossy Armstrong
1892 - 1958
Alf Gough (footballer, born 1884)
1884 - 1952
Ern Everett
1892 - 1967
Bruce Mills
1901 - 1936
Bert Whittington
1885 - 1969
Les Chisholm
1888 - 1923
Bill Bennion
1881 - 1940
Andy Carroll (Australian footballer)
1906 - 1970
Jack Baker Jr.
1891 - 1952
Archibald Middleton
Born 1871
Alan Rayson
1924 - 1982
Paul Weel
Born 1979
Alby Palmer
1885 - 1962
Jack Hardiman
1877 - 1955
Tom Gibney (footballer)
1887 - 1973
Arthur Scott (footballer)
1878 - 1957
Les Gell
1886 - 1938
Jack Hassett
1880 - 1956