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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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Todd Pinnington
Born 1973
Lionel Hastie
1911 - 1981
Duncan Maxwell
1892 - 1969
Harold Crisp
1874 - 1942
George Robertson (cricketer)
1842 - 1895
Geoff Barwick
1919 - 2004
William Dalziel Jackson
1921 - 2002
Stephen Estcourt
Born 1953
George Edwards (Australian politician)
1855 - 1911
Robert Timms
1908 - 1993
Ashton Calvert
1945 - 2007
Keith Linney
1912 - 1992
Frank Dossetor
1885 - 1950
Montagu Stephen
1827 - 1872
William Ivey (agricultural scientist)
1838 - 1892
Allan Miller (footballer)
1925 - 2006
Noel Diprose
1922 - 2006
Ivan Dean
Born 1945
Ivan Trayling
Born 1936
Mark J. Smyth
Born 1963
Bruce Goodluck
1933 - 2016
Edward Butler (cricketer, born 1883)
1883 - 1916
William Eltham
1886 - 1916
Michael Tame
Born 1956
Mary Grant Roberts
1841 - 1921
Edward Butler (cricketer, born 1851)
1851 - 1928
Neil Conlan
1936 - 1978
Robert Bell (Australian politician)
1950 - 2001
Wal Smallhorn
1881 - 1968
Horrie Trinder
1875 - 1956
Ian Connell
Born 1974
Don McVilly
1920 - 1996
Mark Fraser (secretary)
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Mark Colegrave
Born 1968
Justin Collins
Born 1974
Ted Collis
1921 - 1971
Henry Edmondson
1872 - 1946
James Burn
Born 1849
John Lord (cricketer)
1844 - 1911
Rob Valentine
Born 1950
Keith Schmidt
1921 - 2017
Kath Venn
1926 - 2019
William Birch (Australian cricketer)
1849 - 1897
Brian Patterson (cricketer)
Born 1937
Bianca Langham-Pritchard
Born 1975
Madeleine Fasnacht
Born 1999
Brad Thomas (cricketer)
Born 1972
Stuart Saunders (cricketer)
Born 1960
Christine Sullivan
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Jane Sachs
Born 1972
Percy Whitton
1861 - 1923
James Tibbs
1855 - 1924
John McMahon (Australian politician)
1914 - 1975
Leonard Alexander
1921 - 2012
Alfred Parsons
1925 - 2010
John Tennent (cricketer)
1846 - 1893
John Quintal
1884 - 1961
Robert Snowden (politician)
1880 - 1934
Tasman Drake
1884 - 1946
John Brain
1905 - 1961
Chris Broadby
Born 1959
Adrian Gibson
1935 - 2015
Leslie Appleton
Born 1947
Walter Westbrook
1827 - 1897
Reginald Richardson (cricketer)
1922 - 2003
Desmond Brain
1909 - 1990
Damon Thomas (politician)
Born 1949
Clifton Jeffery
1913 - 1987
Josh Burdon
Born 1992
Thomas Pearsall
1920 - 2003
Thomas Carroll (cricketer)
1884 - 1957
Julie Warn
Born 1953
Geoff Pearsall
Born 1946
Stuart Hamilton (public servant)
Born 1950
Kaity Fassina
Born 1990
Cecil Perry
1846 - 1917
Henry Lovett
1856 - 1937
Adrian Cruickshank
1936 - 2010
Richard Kirby (cricketer)
1861 - 1947
Weller Arnold
1882 - 1957
George Leatham
1849 - 1916
Clarence Driscoll
1895 - 1948
Arthur Watt
1891 - 1973
John Watt (cricketer)
1858 - 1914
William Thomas Wood
1854 - 1923
Robert Armstrong (Australian politician)
Born 1952
Craig Brown (cricketer)
Born 1954
John Charles Watt
1884 - 1961
Graeme Mansfield
Born 1942
Francis Campbell (cricketer)
1867 - 1929
Donald Broughton
1931 - 1987
Bradley Thomas (athlete)
Born 1967
Bruce Wardlaw
1914 - 1986
John Rothwell (cricketer)
1913 - 2005
Thomas Freeman (Australian cricketer)
1894 - 1965
Michael Townley (Australian politician)
Born 1934
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
John Leitch
1860 - 1927
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
Michael Dakin
Born 1933
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
Frederick William Piesse
1848 - 1902
Doug Parkinson (politician)
Born 1945
Joe Carroll (cricketer)
Born 1991
Owen Burrows
1903 - 1984
Adam C Franklin
Born 1980
Terry Martin (Australian politician)
Born 1957
Oliver O'Halloran
Born 2000
Alfred Seabrook
1867 - 1939
Robert Herbertson
1852 - 1940
Ken Bacon (politician)
Born 1944
Greg Young (planner)
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Chris Batt
Born 1956
Erika Anear
Born 1978
John Bennett (Australian politician)
1942 - 2019
Charles Lamp
1895 - 1972
William Purkiss
1844 - 1906
Anna Johnston (doctor)
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Jeremy Edwards (field hockey)
Born 1991
Brian Crawford (politician)
Born 1926
William Leitch (footballer)
1863 - 1943
Les Nimmo
1897 - 1972
Bernard Croft
Born 1903
Ken Lowrie
1926 - 2012
Tony Fletcher (politician)
1934 - 2020
Roger Groom
Born 1936
John Piggott
1879 - 1957
Martin McManus (politician)
Born 1961
Leo H. Susman
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John Murdoch (politician)
1882 - 1936
Peter McCrackan
1844 - 1928
Frederick Rattle
1869 - 1950
William Pearce (Australian politician)
1855 - 1922
Mary Virgin
1826 - 1895