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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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Elizabeth Blackburn
Born 1948
Kate Warner
Born 1948
Marilyn Lake
Born 1949
Doug Lowe (Australian politician)
Born 1942
Graham Farquhar
Born 1947
Stuart Challender
1947 - 1991
Royce Hart
Born 1948
Peter Conrad (academic)
Born 1948
Peter Jones (Australian rules footballer)
Born 1946
John Harwood (writer)
Born 1946
Helene Chung Martin
Born 1945
Cassandra Pybus
Born 1947
Margaret Reynolds
Born 1941
Amanda Lohrey
Born 1947
Geoffrey Dyer
1947 - 2020
Paul Calvert
Born 1940
Tom Vincent (pianist)
Born 1949
Pat Brassington
Born 1942
Kerry Finch
Born 1948
Susan J. Patrick
Born 1944
Brent Palfreyman
Born 1945
John White (Australian politician)
1942 - 2020
John Barker (Australian politician)
Born 1947
John Green (Australian politician)
Born 1945
Ashton Calvert
1945 - 2007
Ivan Dean
Born 1945
Leslie Appleton
Born 1947
Damon Thomas (politician)
Born 1949
Geoff Pearsall
Born 1946
Graeme Mansfield
Born 1942
Robert Panitzki
Born 1948
Michael Gandy (cricketer)
Born 1944
Kenneth Thomson (cricketer)
Born 1947
Doug Parkinson (politician)
Born 1945
Ken Bacon (politician)
Born 1944
John Bennett (Australian politician)
1942 - 2019