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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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0012 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Arthur Cruttenden Mace

1874 - 1928

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0016 NAVAL

Geoffrey Spicer-Simson

1876 - 1947

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0044 POET

Louise Mack

1870 - 1935

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0100 CRICKET

Charles Eady

1870 - 1945

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0122 POLITICIAN

Ambrose Carmichael

1871 - 1953

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0138 POLITICIAN

John Keating (Australian politician)

1872 - 1940

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0149 MATHEMATICIAN

Lyndhurst Giblin

1872 - 1951

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0195 FOOTBALL

Fred McGinis

1874 - 1953

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0214 POLITICIAN

Jack Holloway

1875 - 1967

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0222 FOOTBALL

Tod Collins

1876 - 1942

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0248 ACTIVIST

Cecilia John

1877 - 1955

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0267 CRICKET

Lily Poulett-Harris

1873 - 1897

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0268 CRICKET

Norman Dodds (cricketer)

1876 - 1916

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0283 POLITICIAN

Charles Grant (Australian politician)

1878 - 1943

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0304 JUDGE

Harold Crisp

1874 - 1942

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0330 FOOTBALL

Horrie Trinder

1875 - 1956

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0337 CRICKET

Henry Edmondson

1872 - 1946

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0403 CRICKET

Edmond Boddam

1879 - 1959

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0407 CRICKET

Thomas Elliott (Australian cricketer)

1879 - 1939

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0417 CRICKET

Charles Payne (Australian cricketer)

1876 - 1938

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0429 CRICKET

George Paton (cricketer)

1879 - 1950

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0433 CRICKET

Frederick Chancellor

1878 - 1939

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0438 CRICKET

Edgar Hawson

1878 - 1946

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0442 CRICKET

Frederick Hanson (cricketer)

1872 - 1917

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0477 POLITICIAN

John Piggott

1879 - 1957

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