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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
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- Field: Cricket Clear ×
Matthew Wade
Born 1987
Tim Paine
Born 1984
Michael Di Venuto
Born 1973
Doug Ring
1918 - 2003
Roger Woolley
Born 1954
Charles Eady
1870 - 1945
Jonathan Wells (cricketer)
Born 1988
Samuel Morris (cricketer)
1855 - 1931
Beau Webster
Born 1993
Jim Wilkinson (Australian politician)
Born 1951
Sam Nogajski
Born 1979
Steve Randell
Born 1956
Luke Butterworth
Born 1983
Alan Pearsall
1915 - 1944
John Dunn (cricketer)
1862 - 1892
Ronald Morrisby
1915 - 1995
Sam Rainbird
Born 1992
Veronica Pyke
Born 1981
Riley Meredith
Born 1996
Nick Allanby
Born 1957
Richard Allanby
Born 1971
Ben Cameron
Born 1981
Brent Palfreyman
Born 1945
Bert Davie
1899 - 1979
Daniel Doran
Born 1981
Keith Bradshaw (cricketer)
Born 1963
Andrew Dykes (cricketer)
Born 1971
Henry Harris (Australian cricketer)
1865 - 1923
Lily Poulett-Harris
1873 - 1897
Norman Dodds (cricketer)
1876 - 1916
Caleb Jewell
Born 1997
Sean Clingeleffer
Born 1980
Charles Nicholson Jewel Oliver
1848 - 1920
Claye Young
Born 1964
Huntley Armstrong
Born 1969
George Bailey (cricketer, born 1882)
1882 - 1964
Andrew Saballus
Born 1969
Todd Pinnington
Born 1973
George Robertson (cricketer)
1842 - 1895
Keith Linney
1912 - 1992
Noel Diprose
1922 - 2006
Edward Butler (cricketer, born 1883)
1883 - 1916
William Eltham
1886 - 1916
Michael Tame
Born 1956
Edward Butler (cricketer, born 1851)
1851 - 1928
Ian Connell
Born 1974
Mark Colegrave
Born 1968
Henry Edmondson
1872 - 1946
James Burn
Born 1849
John Lord (cricketer)
1844 - 1911
Keith Schmidt
1921 - 2017
William Birch (Australian cricketer)
1849 - 1897
Brian Patterson (cricketer)
Born 1937
Brad Thomas (cricketer)
Born 1972
Stuart Saunders (cricketer)
Born 1960
Leonard Alexander
1921 - 2012
John Tennent (cricketer)
1846 - 1893
John Brain
1905 - 1961
Chris Broadby
Born 1959
Leslie Appleton
Born 1947
Walter Westbrook
1827 - 1897
Reginald Richardson (cricketer)
1922 - 2003
Desmond Brain
1909 - 1990
Clifton Jeffery
1913 - 1987
Thomas Carroll (cricketer)
1884 - 1957
Cecil Perry
1846 - 1917
Henry Lovett
1856 - 1937
Richard Kirby (cricketer)
1861 - 1947
Weller Arnold
1882 - 1957
Clarence Driscoll
1895 - 1948
Arthur Watt
1891 - 1973
John Watt (cricketer)
1858 - 1914
Craig Brown (cricketer)
Born 1954
John Charles Watt
1884 - 1961
Graeme Mansfield
Born 1942
Francis Campbell (cricketer)
1867 - 1929
Donald Broughton
1931 - 1987
Bruce Wardlaw
1914 - 1986
John Rothwell (cricketer)
1913 - 2005
Thomas Freeman (Australian cricketer)
1894 - 1965
James Meech
1884 - 1955
John Egglestone
1847 - 1912
James Bennison
1854 - 1916
Douglas Green (cricketer)
1902 - 1990
Donald Clark (cricketer)
1914 - 1994
Brian Richardson (cricketer)
1932 - 2020
Edmond Boddam
1879 - 1959
Charles McAllen
1860 - 1924
Charles Hammond (Australian cricketer)
1868 - 1955
Roy Brain
1926 - 2006
Thomas Elliott (Australian cricketer)
1879 - 1939
Lloyd Smith (cricketer)
1928 - 2004
Ken Gourlay
1914 - 1999
Roy Wilkins (cricketer)
1892 - 1965
Eustace Maxwell
1864 - 1939
Joseph Dixon (Australian cricketer)
1836 - 1882
Albert Fox (cricketer)
1867 - 1946
Edward Richardson (cricketer)
1929 - 2009
Robert Panitzki
Born 1948
Ray Heffernan (cricketer)
1935 - 2014
Charles Payne (Australian cricketer)
1876 - 1938
William Ward (Australian cricketer)
1863 - 1948
Cecil Oakes
1915 - 1994
David McGuire (cricketer)
1931 - 2007
Colin Richardson (cricketer)
1920 - 1993
Edward Freeman (cricketer, born 1848)
1848 - 1905
Sydney Putman
1912 - 1947
Trevor Gordon (cricketer)
1915 - 2011
Darrell Jackman
1921 - 1991
Thomas Patterson (cricketer)
Born 1839
Peter Roberts (cricketer)
Born 1952
George Paton (cricketer)
1879 - 1950
James Tringrove
1907 - 1979
Michael Gandy (cricketer)
Born 1944
Thomas Whitesides
1836 - 1919
Frederick Chancellor
1878 - 1939
Clifton Hurburgh
1917 - 2011
Douglas Vautin
1896 - 1976
Harry Ward (cricketer)
1924 - 1993
Thomas Westbrook (cricketer)
1832 - 1911
Edgar Hawson
1878 - 1946
Reginald Hawson
1880 - 1928
Geoffrey Goodwin (cricketer)
1923 - 1981
Frederick Hanson (cricketer)
1872 - 1917
Alfred Rushforth
1898 - 1985
Vernon Driscoll
1891 - 1967
William Gollar
1858 - 1916
Douglas Wardlaw
1904 - 1968
Jack Gardiner (cricketer)
1913 - 1976
Brian Sheen (cricketer)
Born 1938
Gordon Gibson (cricketer)
1908 - 1967
Thomas Ryan (cricketer)
1865 - 1921
Kenneth Thomson (cricketer)
Born 1947
Joe Carroll (cricketer)
Born 1991
Owen Burrows
1903 - 1984