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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×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Hobart during each.
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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Mary Augusta Ward
1851 - 1920
Watson Cheyne
1852 - 1932
Elliott Lewis
1858 - 1935
Constance Stone
1856 - 1902
Samuel Morris (cricketer)
1855 - 1931
Amy Bock
1859 - 1943
Arthur Hawthorn
1859 - 1934
Austin Loughnan
1851 - 1926
Leslie Corrie
1859 - 1918
J. T. Marryat Hornsby
1857 - 1921
George Edwards (Australian politician)
1855 - 1911
Edward Butler (cricketer, born 1851)
1851 - 1928
James Tibbs
1855 - 1924
Henry Lovett
1856 - 1937
John Watt (cricketer)
1858 - 1914
William Thomas Wood
1854 - 1923
James Bennison
1854 - 1916
William Gollar
1858 - 1916
Robert Herbertson
1852 - 1940
William Pearce (Australian politician)
1855 - 1922