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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.

  1. Cricket 135 21.9×
  2. Politician 105 1.8×
  3. Football 48 0.9×
  4. Actor 14 0.5×
  5. Rower 11 6.2×
  6. Sport 9 1.1×
  7. Player 8 0.8×
  8. Painter 7 0.6×
  1. Cricket 135 21.9×
  2. Rower 11 6.2×
  3. Novelist 5 2.6×
  4. Judge 5 2.2×
  5. Politician 105 1.8×
  1. Actor 14 0.5×

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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0004 WRITER

Mary Augusta Ward

1851 - 1920

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0023 SURGEON

Watson Cheyne

1852 - 1932

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0057 POLITICIAN

Elliott Lewis

1858 - 1935

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0132 PHYSICIAN

Constance Stone

1856 - 1902

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0153 CRICKET

Samuel Morris (cricketer)

1855 - 1931

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0169 TRICKSTER

Amy Bock

1859 - 1943

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0226 LEGISLATIVE

Arthur Hawthorn

1859 - 1934

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0255 FOOTBALL

Austin Loughnan

1851 - 1926

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0270 ARCHITECT

Leslie Corrie

1859 - 1918

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0290 POLITICIAN

J. T. Marryat Hornsby

1857 - 1921

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0309 POLITICIAN

George Edwards (Australian politician)

1855 - 1911

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0326 CRICKET

Edward Butler (cricketer, born 1851)

1851 - 1928

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0352 MISSING

James Tibbs

1855 - 1924

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0377 CRICKET

Henry Lovett

1856 - 1937

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0384 CRICKET

John Watt (cricketer)

1858 - 1914

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0385 POLITICIAN

William Thomas Wood

1854 - 1923

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0399 CRICKET

James Bennison

1854 - 1916

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0445 CRICKET

William Gollar

1858 - 1916

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0460 POLITICIAN

Robert Herbertson

1852 - 1940

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0483 POLITICIAN

William Pearce (Australian politician)

1855 - 1922

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