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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

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1970s with 40 notable births.

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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Will Hodgman

Born 1969

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David Bartlett

Born 1968

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John Barrett (Scottish politician)

Born 1954

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Doug Lowe (Australian politician)

Born 1942

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Elliott Lewis

1858 - 1935

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Albert Ogilvie

1890 - 1939

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Paul Lennon

Born 1955

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Julie Collins

Born 1971

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Athol Townley

1905 - 1963

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Vanessa Goodwin

1969 - 2018

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Andrew Laming

Born 1966

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Rebecca White

Born 1983

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Herbert Payne

1866 - 1944

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Lisa Singh

Born 1972

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William Propsting

1861 - 1937

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Ambrose Carmichael

1871 - 1953

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Peter Walker (Australian politician)

1922 - 1987

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Bill Neilson

1925 - 1989

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John Keating (Australian politician)

1872 - 1940

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Michael Hodgman

1938 - 2013

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Margaret Reynolds

Born 1941

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Carol Brown (politician)

Born 1963

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0152 POLITICIAN

Giulia Jones

Born 1980

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0154 POLITICIAN

Catryna Bilyk

Born 1959

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William Giblin

1840 - 1887

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0176 POLITICIAN

George Deas Brown

1922 - 2014

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0177 POLITICIAN

Jim Forbes (Australian politician)

1923 - 2019

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0179 POLITICIAN

Paul Calvert

Born 1940

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0180 POLITICIAN

Henry Dobson

1841 - 1918

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0184 POLITICIAN

Sue Hickey

Born 1958

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0187 POLITICIAN

William Bridges-Maxwell

1929 - 1992

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0191 POLITICIAN

Lin Thorp

Born 1953

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Kerry Finch

Born 1948

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Neil Batt

Born 1937

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Kevin Lyons

1923 - 2000

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Percy Abbott (Australian politician)

1869 - 1940

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Horace Strutt

1903 - 1985

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Fran Bladel

Born 1933

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0214 POLITICIAN

Jack Holloway

1875 - 1967

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0216 POLITICIAN

Rex Townley

1904 - 1982

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Charles Frost (politician)

1882 - 1964

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Paula Wriedt

Born 1968

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Richard Casey (Queensland politician)

1846 - 1919

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Allison Ritchie

Born 1974

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William Pattison (Queensland politician)

1830 - 1896

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Sid Sidebottom

Born 1951

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David Goldie (politician)

1842 - 1926

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John White (Australian politician)

1942 - 2020

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Jo Siejka

Born 1980

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Albert Pitt

1842 - 1906

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Matthew Henry Stephen

1828 - 1920

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Edward Miles

1849 - 1944

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Brendan Lyons

1927 - 2010

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John Barker (Australian politician)

Born 1947

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William Burgess (politician)

1847 - 1917

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Graeme Sturges

Born 1955

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John Green (Australian politician)

Born 1945

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Charles Grant (Australian politician)

1878 - 1943

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Nicholas John Brown

1838 - 1903

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John Rout Hopkins

1828 - 1897

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Bill Hodgman

1909 - 1997

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J. T. Marryat Hornsby

1857 - 1921

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Henry Hope (politician)

1912 - 1965

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Frank Dobson (Australian politician)

1835 - 1895

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George Edwards (Australian politician)

1855 - 1911

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Montagu Stephen

1827 - 1872

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Ivan Dean

Born 1945

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Ivan Trayling

Born 1936

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Bruce Goodluck

1933 - 2016

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Robert Bell (Australian politician)

1950 - 2001

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Rob Valentine

Born 1950

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Kath Venn

1926 - 2019

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John McMahon (Australian politician)

1914 - 1975

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John Quintal

1884 - 1961

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Robert Snowden (politician)

1880 - 1934

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Adrian Gibson

1935 - 2015

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Thomas Pearsall

1920 - 2003

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Geoff Pearsall

Born 1946

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Adrian Cruickshank

1936 - 2010

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George Leatham

1849 - 1916

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William Thomas Wood

1854 - 1923

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Robert Armstrong (Australian politician)

Born 1952

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Michael Townley (Australian politician)

Born 1934

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John Leitch

1860 - 1927

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Frederick William Piesse

1848 - 1902

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Doug Parkinson (politician)

Born 1945

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Terry Martin (Australian politician)

Born 1957

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Alfred Seabrook

1867 - 1939

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Robert Herbertson

1852 - 1940

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Ken Bacon (politician)

Born 1944

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Chris Batt

Born 1956

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John Bennett (Australian politician)

1942 - 2019

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0466 POLITICIAN

Charles Lamp

1895 - 1972

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Brian Crawford (politician)

Born 1926

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0472 POLITICIAN

Les Nimmo

1897 - 1972

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Ken Lowrie

1926 - 2012

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Tony Fletcher (politician)

1934 - 2020

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0476 POLITICIAN

Roger Groom

Born 1936

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John Piggott

1879 - 1957

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0478 POLITICIAN

Martin McManus (politician)

Born 1961

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0479 POLITICIAN

Leo H. Susman

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John Murdoch (politician)

1882 - 1936

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Peter McCrackan

1844 - 1928

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Frederick Rattle

1869 - 1950

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William Pearce (Australian politician)

1855 - 1922

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