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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×

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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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0089 LINGUIST

Frederick Sefton Delmer

1864 - 1931

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0117 POLITICIAN

Herbert Payne

1866 - 1944

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0121 POLITICIAN

William Propsting

1861 - 1937

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0200 ARCHITECT

Arthur Anderson (architect)

1868 - 1942

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0205 POLITICIAN

Percy Abbott (Australian politician)

1869 - 1940

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0209 BUSINESS

Henry Jones (entrepreneur)

1862 - 1926

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0210 CRICKET

John Dunn (cricketer)

1862 - 1892

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0260 CRICKET

Henry Harris (Australian cricketer)

1865 - 1923

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0351 CIVIL SERVICE

Percy Whitton

1861 - 1923

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0379 CRICKET

Richard Kirby (cricketer)

1861 - 1947

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0390 CRICKET

Francis Campbell (cricketer)

1867 - 1929

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0404 CRICKET

Charles McAllen

1860 - 1924

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0405 CRICKET

Charles Hammond (Australian cricketer)

1868 - 1955

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0411 CRICKET

Eustace Maxwell

1864 - 1939

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0413 CRICKET

Albert Fox (cricketer)

1867 - 1946

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0418 POLITICIAN

John Leitch

1860 - 1927

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0419 CRICKET

William Ward (Australian cricketer)

1863 - 1948

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0450 CRICKET

Thomas Ryan (cricketer)

1865 - 1921

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0459 POLITICIAN

Alfred Seabrook

1867 - 1939

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0471 FOOTBALL

William Leitch (footballer)

1863 - 1943

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0482 POLITICIAN

Frederick Rattle

1869 - 1950

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