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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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0105 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Olive Pink

1884 - 1975

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0120 ROWER

Cecil McVilly

1889 - 1964

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0128 PAINTER

Florence Aline Rodway

1881 - 1971

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0159 ACTOR

Arthur Shirley

1886 - 1967

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0165 GALLANTRY

Stanley McDougall

1889 - 1968

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0171 MILITAR

Guy Wylly

1880 - 1962

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0175 ECONOMIST

Edward Shann

1884 - 1935

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0208 CINEMA

Tasman Higgins

1888 - 1953

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0221 POLITICIAN

Charles Frost (politician)

1882 - 1964

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0261 FOOTBALL

Jack Dawson (Australian rules footballer)

1885 - 1964

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0282 FOOTBALL

Bert Atkins

1885 - 1946

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0299 CRICKET

George Bailey (cricketer, born 1882)

1882 - 1964

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0313 FOOTBALL

Frank Dossetor

1885 - 1950

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0322 CRICKET

Edward Butler (cricketer, born 1883)

1883 - 1916

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0323 CRICKET

William Eltham

1886 - 1916

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0329 FOOTBALL

Wal Smallhorn

1881 - 1968

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0357 POLITICIAN

John Quintal

1884 - 1961

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0358 POLITICIAN

Robert Snowden (politician)

1880 - 1934

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0359 TENOR

Tasman Drake

1884 - 1946

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0371 CRICKET

Thomas Carroll (cricketer)

1884 - 1957

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0380 CRICKET

Weller Arnold

1882 - 1957

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0388 CRICKET

John Charles Watt

1884 - 1961

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0397 CRICKET

James Meech

1884 - 1955

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0439 CRICKET

Reginald Hawson

1880 - 1928

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0480 POLITICIAN

John Murdoch (politician)

1882 - 1936

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