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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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Horrie Dick
1877 - 1930
Percy Wilmot
1881 - 1950
Ossy Parks
1914 - 1992
Arthur Pincott
1877 - 1935
Neil Freeman (Australian footballer)
1890 - 1961
Sean Sowerby
Born 1983
Vic Buchanan
1899 - 1966
Jack Watt (footballer, born 1890)
1890 - 1964
Billy Gill
1876 - 1930
Charlie Teather
1889 - 1948
Frank Moran (footballer)
1883 - 1949
James Horman
1877 - 1960
Merv Richardson
1929 - 1961
Bob Paterson
1875 - 1960
Andrew Scott (cricketer)
1960 - 2006
Duncan Moodie
1897 - 1960
Peter St. Albans
1864 - 1900
Sam Marron
1884 - 1954
Tim McKeegan
1877 - 1939
Dick Eason
1913 - 1979
George Pike
1923 - 2007
Henry Elkington
1890 - 1963
Mick Glenister
1917 - 2010
Ted Hoppen
1918 - 1990
Jim Mellan
1898 - 1973
Keith Fagg
Born 1955
Peter McMurrich
1886 - 1960
Edward Potter (footballer)
1878 - 1960
George Doull
1879 - 1962
Keith Park (footballer)
1920 - 1994
Richard McCarthy (cricketer)
Born 1961
George Horman
1883 - 1952
Bill Dyer (Australian footballer)
1917 - 1957
Horrie Weeks
1895 - 1962
Bert Glover
1887 - 1941
Bill Scott (footballer, born 1880)
1880 - 1969
Ernie Leighton
1872 - 1959
Alf Horman
1885 - 1968
Alex Boyd (footballer)
1883 - 1962
Dave Beard (footballer)
1885 - 1965
Edmund Webber
1894 - 1966
Bill Bendle
1897 - 1959
Tom Baird (footballer)
1884 - 1939
Claude Beales
1887 - 1963
Billy Wilton
1889 - 1966
Leo Healy
1890 - 1939
Harold Mahony (footballer)
1900 - 1973
Rona Green (artist)
Born 1972
Ned Moran
1876 - 1918
Alwyn Johns
1894 - 1969
Irvan Williams
1908 - 1974
Jason Bakker
Born 1967
Alf Dupe
1876 - 1950
Alf Pontin
1869 - 1930
George Palmer (Australian footballer)
1879 - 1956
Mick Holligan
1881 - 1948
Reg Digby
1879 - 1958
Paul Clarke (Australian footballer)
1909 - 1969
Johnny Graham (Australian footballer)
1875 - 1946
Matt Doll
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Norm MacKay
1890 - 1965
Jack Muller (footballer)
1920 - 2002
Robert Ritchie (footballer)
1884 - 1954
Reg Henderson
1910 - 2003
Billy Plunkett
1914 - 1960
Christy Gorman
1889 - 1955
Norm Fletcher (footballer, born 1884)
1884 - 1938
Billy Pincott
1875 - 1955
Jack Lee (Australian footballer)
1878 - 1947
Gavin Morgan (footballer)
1911 - 1991
Bert Schofield
1890 - 1969
Cyril Zimmer
1896 - 1951
Jack Dunstone
1901 - 1980
Les Powell (footballer, born 1921)
1921 - 1999
Herb Hainsworth
1881 - 1955
Peter Barbour
1925 - 1996
Jack Rosser
1884 - 1945
Jim Kirby (footballer)
Born 1922
Bill McKay (Australian footballer)
1879 - 1950
Herb Pitman
1881 - 1939
Alf Day (Australian footballer)
1884 - 1968
Alan Marsham
1920 - 1990
Artie Hopkins
1879 - 1961
Katie Foulkes
Born 1976
Joe Kelly (footballer, born 1884)
1884 - 1961
John Holligan
1875 - 1939
Lindsay Meeking
1903 - 1960
Dick Stokes (footballer)
1890 - 1960
Don Kendell
1930 - 2001
Doug Jerram
1922 - 2012
Matt Barton (motorcyclist)
Born 1996
Karina Wieland
Born 1974
Reginald Morrison
1864 - 1941
William Lockwood (Australian cricketer)
1868 - 1953
Mitchell Anderson
Born 1975
Eric Harrower
1907 - 1996
Michael Stangel
Born 1967
Stretch Kontelj
Born 1961
Alfred Richardson (footballer)
1878 - 1951
Charles Gray (New Zealand politician)
1853 - 1918
Bill Morgan (producer)
Died 2020
Sarah Bowen
Born 1984
Jim Munday Sr.
1887 - 1955
William Richardson (footballer)
1880 - 1903
Sid Smith Sr.
1890 - 1952
William McRae (cricketer)
1904 - 1973
Bert Hall (footballer, born 1880)
1880 - 1968
Ian Pettitt
1910 - 1977
Peter Anderson (cricketer, born 1968)
Born 1968
Colin Douglas-Smith
1918 - 2009
Ian Trezise
Born 1959
Albert Cleary
1919 - 1945
Theodore Beggs
1859 - 1940
John Chambers (Australian cricketer)
1930 - 2017
Eddy Sims
Born 1971
Luke Woolmer
Born 1965
Graeme Ross
Born 1955
Kelsey Browne
Born 1992
Gordon Stirling
1924 - 1999
Brad Stacey
Born 1972
David Wilson (swimmer)
Born 1966
Simon Baker (Squashspieler)
Born 1973
Simon Millman
Born 1977
Madeleine Taylor (basketball)
Born 1989
Harold Curlewis
1877 - 1968
Norman Goff
Born 1921
John O'Connor (Australian cricketer)
1868 - 1952
David Perrin
Born 1944
Jessica Good
Born 1994
Stanley Francis
1906 - 1994
John Best (Canadian politician)
1861 - 1923
Lisa Chaffey
Born 1971
Alan Currie
1868 - 1942
Kenneth Grant (politician)
1866 - 1922
Charles Sommers
1862 - 1922
Ernest Henshaw
1870 - 1950
Charles Lewis (Australian politician)
1870 - 1935
Neil Mackenzie Freeman
1890 - 1961
Charles Corbett Powell Wilson
1857 - 1938
Emily Mannix
Born 1994
Harry Hassett
1905 - 1971
Philip Grimwade
1912 - 1961