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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.
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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Don Sharp
1922 - 2011
Philip Haddon-Cave
1925 - 1999
Lucky Grills
1928 - 2007
Bryce Rohde
1923 - 2016
John Cato
1926 - 2011
Ian Pearce
1921 - 2012
Jeff Hook
1928 - 2018
Peter Walker (Australian politician)
1922 - 1987
Bill Neilson
1925 - 1989
George Deas Brown
1922 - 2014
Jim Forbes (Australian politician)
1923 - 2019
William Bridges-Maxwell
1929 - 1992
Kevin Lyons
1923 - 2000
Robert Hancock
1922 - 1973
Graham Tudor
1920 - 1999
Brendan Lyons
1927 - 2010
Al Bourke
Born 1928
Bill Falkinder
1921 - 1993
William Dalziel Jackson
1921 - 2002
Allan Miller (footballer)
1925 - 2006
Noel Diprose
1922 - 2006
Don McVilly
1920 - 1996
Ted Collis
1921 - 1971
Keith Schmidt
1921 - 2017
Kath Venn
1926 - 2019
Leonard Alexander
1921 - 2012
Alfred Parsons
1925 - 2010
Reginald Richardson (cricketer)
1922 - 2003
Thomas Pearsall
1920 - 2003
Roy Brain
1926 - 2006
Lloyd Smith (cricketer)
1928 - 2004
Edward Richardson (cricketer)
1929 - 2009
Colin Richardson (cricketer)
1920 - 1993
Darrell Jackman
1921 - 1991
Harry Ward (cricketer)
1924 - 1993
Geoffrey Goodwin (cricketer)
1923 - 1981
Brian Crawford (politician)
Born 1926
Ken Lowrie
1926 - 2012