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HOBART
Most Famous People Born in Hobart, Australia
- Notable people
- 484
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- Median birth year
- 1933
- Most distinctive
- Cricket 21.9×
Standouts
Notable Births by Decade
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What Hobart Is Known For
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Cricket is Hobart's biggest profession — 28% of all notables (135).
Hobart over-indexes on cricket — 21.9× the global rate.
Hobart under-produces actor — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Hobart's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Elizabeth Blackburn
Born 1948
Essie Davis
Born 1970
Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark
Born 1972
Mary Augusta Ward
1851 - 1920
Don Sharp
1922 - 2011
Tara Morice
Born 1964
Jaason Simmons
Born 1970
Cameron Wurf
Born 1983
Christopher Koch
1932 - 2013
Ian Rogers (chess player)
Born 1960
Jean Bellette
1908 - 1991
Arthur Cruttenden Mace
1874 - 1928
Matthew Wade
Born 1987
Eddie Ockenden
Born 1987
Neil Davis (cameraman)
1934 - 1985
Geoffrey Spicer-Simson
1876 - 1947
Phillip Borsos
1953 - 1995
Scott Brennan (rower)
Born 1983
Bradley Trevor Greive
Born 1970
Freya Stafford
Born 1977
Andrew Inglis Clark
1848 - 1907
Hamish Peacock
Born 1990
Watson Cheyne
1852 - 1932
Kate Warner
Born 1948
Stephen Hawkins
Born 1971
John B. Biggs
Born 1934
Tim Paine
Born 1984
Kate Hornsey
Born 1981
Jai Crawford
Born 1983
Justin Sandercoe
Born 1976
Henry Reynolds (historian)
Born 1938
Duncan Free
Born 1973
Jack Duncan (footballer)
Born 1993
Marilyn Lake
Born 1949
Ronnie Moore (speedway rider)
1933 - 2018
Nathan Earle
Born 1988
Frank Philip Bowden
1903 - 1968
Robert Grubb
Born 1950
Will Hodgman
Born 1969
Campbell Flakemore
Born 1992
Eric Burhop
1911 - 1980
Gregory Retallack
Born 1951
Betty Jeffrey
1908 - 2000
Louise Mack
1870 - 1935
David Bartlett
Born 1968
Mark Turnbull
Born 1973
Adam Coleman
Born 1991
Michael Di Venuto
Born 1973
John Barrett (Scottish politician)
Born 1954
Doug Lowe (Australian politician)
Born 1942
James Ramsay (governor)
1916 - 1986
Philip Haddon-Cave
1925 - 1999
Johanna Allston
Born 1986
Dana Faletic
Born 1977
Kerry Hore
Born 1981
Graham Farquhar
Born 1947
Elliott Lewis
1858 - 1935
Luke Jackson (boxer)
Born 1985
Lucky Grills
1928 - 2007
Susan Andrews
Born 1971
Doug Ring
1918 - 2003
Geneviève Picot
Born 1956
Sigrid Holmwood
Born 1978
Matthew Wells (field hockey)
Born 1978
Stuart Challender
1947 - 1991
Bryce Rohde
1923 - 2016
Adrian Leo Doyle
Born 1936
Sid Taberlay
Born 1980
Danielle Wood
Born 1972
Darren Balmforth
Born 1972
Ian McDougall (geologist)
1935 - 2018
Scott Bowden
Born 1995
Samuel Beltz
Born 1980
Richard Morgan (actor)
1958 - 2006
Dominic Longo
Born 1970
Gerda Nicolson
1937 - 1992
Albert Ogilvie
1890 - 1939
Nick Riewoldt
Born 1982
Sally Poncet
Born 1954
William Cox (governor)
Born 1936
Stephanie Grant
Born 1987
Paul Lennon
Born 1955
Dennis Miller (Australian actor)
Born 1937
Julie Collins
Born 1971
Athol Townley
1905 - 1963
John Cato
1926 - 2011
Vanessa Goodwin
1969 - 2018
Thomas Price (soldier)
1842 - 1911
Frederick Sefton Delmer
1864 - 1931
Heather Rose
Born 1964
Ian Pearce
1921 - 2012
Roger Woolley
Born 1954
Andrew Laming
Born 1966
Jack Riewoldt
Born 1988
Royce Hart
Born 1948
Hartney Arthur
1917 - 2004
Jerrad Tyson
Born 1989
Thomas Gibson (rower)
Born 1982
Hugh Greenwood
Born 1992
Charles Eady
1870 - 1945
Tansy Rayner Roberts
Born 1978
Derren Witcombe
Born 1978
Rebecca White
Born 1983
Phillip Aspinall
Born 1959
Olive Pink
1884 - 1975
Anthony Ackroyd
Born 1958
Loudon Sainthill
1918 - 1969
William Piguenit
1836 - 1914
Peter Conrad (academic)
Born 1948
Peter Jones (Australian rules footballer)
Born 1946
Graham McVilly
1958 - 2002
Duncan Kerr
Born 1952
Vicki Whitelaw
Born 1977
Jeremy Howe
Born 1990
Andy Brennan
Born 1993
Scott Goodman
Born 1973
Herbert Payne
1866 - 1944
Jeff Hook
1928 - 2018
Lisa Singh
Born 1972
Cecil McVilly
1889 - 1964
William Propsting
1861 - 1937
Ambrose Carmichael
1871 - 1953
Peter Walker (Australian politician)
1922 - 1987
John Harwood (writer)
Born 1946
Rachael Treasure
Born 1968
Paddy McCartin
Born 1996
David Hale (footballer)
Born 1984
Florence Aline Rodway
1881 - 1971
Helene Chung Martin
Born 1945
Suzanne Mary Prober
Born 1964
Aaron Hall (footballer)
Born 1990
Constance Stone
1856 - 1902
Josh Green (footballer)
Born 1992
Cassandra Pybus
Born 1947
Lisa Hill (political scientist)
Born 1961
Jonathan Wells (cricketer)
Born 1988
Bill Neilson
1925 - 1989
John Keating (Australian politician)
1872 - 1940
Michael Hodgman
1938 - 2013
Vivian Smith (poet)
Born 1933
Edward Micklethwaite Curr
1820 - 1889
Margaret Reynolds
Born 1941
Amanda Lohrey
Born 1947
Aaron Frankcomb
Born 1985
Mathew Goggin
Born 1974
Adam Lucas
Born 1983
Ricky Petterd
Born 1988
Tim Bowden
Born 1937
Lyndhurst Giblin
1872 - 1951
Arthur Higgins
1891 - 1963
Carol Brown (politician)
Born 1963
Giulia Jones
Born 1980
Samuel Morris (cricketer)
1855 - 1931
Catryna Bilyk
Born 1959
Max Angus
1914 - 2017
Ryan Foster
Born 1988
Mike Develin
Born 1980
Kylie Risk
Born 1973
Arthur Shirley
1886 - 1967
Mark Johnston (historian)
Born 1960
Anna Wishink
Born 1989
Darrin Pritchard
Born 1966
Brendon Bolton
Born 1979
Aaron Cornelius
Born 1990
Stanley McDougall
1889 - 1968
Priscus Fogagnolo
Born 1983
Beau Webster
Born 1993
Jim Wilkinson (Australian politician)
Born 1951
Amy Bock
1859 - 1943
Brodie Moles
Born 1985
Guy Wylly
1880 - 1962
William Giblin
1840 - 1887
Rob Wilkinson
Born 1992
Alanna Smith
Born 1996
Edward Shann
1884 - 1935
George Deas Brown
1922 - 2014
Jim Forbes (Australian politician)
1923 - 2019
Geoffrey Dyer
1947 - 2020
Paul Calvert
Born 1940
Henry Dobson
1841 - 1918
John Maddock (basketball)
Born 1951
Meaghan Volker
Born 1990
Robert Fahey
Born 1968
Sue Hickey
Born 1958
Hoa Pham
Born 1972
Peter Heerey
Born 1939
William Bridges-Maxwell
1929 - 1992
Sam Nogajski
Born 1979
David M. Brink
Born 1930
Steve Randell
Born 1956
Lin Thorp
Born 1953
Luke Butterworth
Born 1983
Marayke Jonkers
Born 1981
Alan Pearsall
1915 - 1944
Fred McGinis
1874 - 1953
Tom Vincent (pianist)
Born 1949
Pat Brassington
Born 1942
Anne Morgan (author)
Born 1954
Kerry Finch
Born 1948
Arthur Anderson (architect)
1868 - 1942
Neil Batt
Born 1937
Gordon Abbott
1914 - 1986
Kevin Lyons
1923 - 2000
Stephen FitzGerald (diplomat)
Born 1938
Percy Abbott (Australian politician)
1869 - 1940
Horace Strutt
1903 - 1985
Sean Riley (playwright)
Born 1967
Tasman Higgins
1888 - 1953
Henry Jones (entrepreneur)
1862 - 1926
John Dunn (cricketer)
1862 - 1892
Frank Alberry
1892 - 1969
Joshua Hope
Born 1998
Fran Bladel
Born 1933
Jack Holloway
1875 - 1967
Clayton Thomas
Born 1976
Rex Townley
1904 - 1982
Julie Kent (diver)
Born 1965
Susan J. Patrick
Born 1944
Ronald Morrisby
1915 - 1995
Sam Rainbird
Born 1992
Charles Frost (politician)
1882 - 1964
Tod Collins
1876 - 1942
Paula Wriedt
Born 1968
Robert Hancock
1922 - 1973
Richard Casey (Queensland politician)
1846 - 1919
Arthur Hawthorn
1859 - 1934
Veronica Pyke
Born 1981
Zeljko Ranogajec
Born 1961
Alan Rait
1908 - 1965
Alex Peroni
Born 1999
Graham Tudor
1920 - 1999
Bill Nettlefold
Born 1953
Riley Meredith
Born 1996
Nick Allanby
Born 1957
Richard Allanby
Born 1971
Harry Smith (Australian soldier)
Born 1933
Luke McGregor
Born 1983
Ben Cameron
Born 1981
Brent Palfreyman
Born 1945
Doug Ringrose
1900 - 1953
Allison Ritchie
Born 1974
William Pattison (Queensland politician)
1830 - 1896
Horrie Mason
1903 - 1975
Bert Davie
1899 - 1979
Sid Sidebottom
Born 1951
Fred Brown (Australian footballer)
1896 - 1971
Daniel Doran
Born 1981
Cecilia John
1877 - 1955
David Goldie (politician)
1842 - 1926
Jess Wuetschner
Born 1992
Karen Casey
Born 1956
John White (Australian politician)
1942 - 2020
Keith Bradshaw (cricketer)
Born 1963
Jo Siejka
Born 1980
Austin Loughnan
1851 - 1926
Albert Pitt
1842 - 1906
Steve Smith (general)
Born 1959
Scott Jeffery
Born 1977
Andrew Dykes (cricketer)
Born 1971
Henry Harris (Australian cricketer)
1865 - 1923
Jack Dawson (Australian rules footballer)
1885 - 1964
Matthew Henry Stephen
1828 - 1920
Edward Miles
1849 - 1944
Brendan Lyons
1927 - 2010
Eric Huxtable
1908 - 1990
Tim Bailey
Born 1953
Lily Poulett-Harris
1873 - 1897
Norman Dodds (cricketer)
1876 - 1916
William Rose Bock
1847 - 1932
Leslie Corrie
1859 - 1918
Caleb Jewell
Born 1997
Ollie Atkins
Born 1988
John Barker (Australian politician)
Born 1947
Sean Clingeleffer
Born 1980
William Burgess (politician)
1847 - 1917
Charles Nicholson Jewel Oliver
1848 - 1920
Helen Wood (judge)
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Graeme Sturges
Born 1955
John Green (Australian politician)
Born 1945
Chris King (actor)
Born 1956
Ronnie Byrne
1900 - 1966
Bert Atkins
1885 - 1946
Charles Grant (Australian politician)
1878 - 1943
Nicholas John Brown
1838 - 1903
John Rout Hopkins
1828 - 1897
Bill Hodgman
1909 - 1997
Claye Young
Born 1964
Liz Winfield
Born 1964
George Fitzgerald (politician)
1843 - 1917
J. T. Marryat Hornsby
1857 - 1921
Al Bourke
Born 1928
Madeleine Ogilvie
Born 1969
Laurence McIntyre
1912 - 1981
Bill Falkinder
1921 - 1993
Claude Bryan
1892 - 1960
Huntley Armstrong
Born 1969
Henry Hope (politician)
1912 - 1965
Frank Dobson (Australian politician)
1835 - 1895
George Bailey (cricketer, born 1882)
1882 - 1964
Andrew Saballus
Born 1969