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LAUNCESTON
Most Famous People Born in Launceston, Australia
- Notable people
- 308
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1939
- Most distinctive
- Cricket 25.2×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Launceston during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Launceston Is Known For
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Cricket is Launceston's biggest profession — 32% of all notables (99).
Launceston over-indexes on cricket — 25.2× the global rate.
Launceston under-produces actor — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Launceston's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Film & TV
- Science
- Military
- Other
Simon Baker
Born 1969
Rachael Taylor
Born 1984
Ricky Ponting
Born 1974
Richie Porte
Born 1985
Peter Sculthorpe
1929 - 2014
Matthew Goss
Born 1986
David Boon
Born 1960
Daniel Geale
Born 1981
Cleo Massey
Born 1993
Tamara McKinley
Born 1948
Hudson Fysh
1895 - 1974
Bec Rawlings
Born 1989
Chris Goulding
Born 1988
Walter Oliver
1883 - 1957
Simon Hanselmann
Born 1982
Helen Gourlay
Born 1946
Danny Clark (cyclist)
Born 1951
Allan Stone
Born 1945
John Lee (actor)
1928 - 2000
David Macpherson (tennis)
Born 1967
Adam Gibson (basketball)
Born 1986
Donald H. Tuck
1922 - 2010
George Bailey (cricketer)
Born 1982
Marcos Ambrose
Born 1976
James Faulkner (cricketer)
Born 1990
Simon Youl
Born 1965
Hollie Grima
Born 1983
Tim Deavin
Born 1984
Neal Blewett
Born 1933
David Lean (athlete)
Born 1935
Michael Grenda
Born 1964
Frank Headlam
1914 - 1976
Jacob Birtwhistle
Born 1995
Ariarne Titmus
Born 2000
Ted McDonald
1891 - 1937
Simon Patmore
Born 1987
Emile Dechaineux
1902 - 1944
Guy Green (judge)
Born 1937
Alfred Grenda
1889 - 1977
Joan Marion
1908 - 2001
Georgia Baker
Born 1994
Carmel Bird
Born 1940
Lance Barnard
1919 - 1997
William Archer (architect)
1820 - 1874
Mary Bell (aviator)
1903 - 1979
Alan Hopgood
Born 1934
Alex Doolan
Born 1985
Rohan Wilson
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Kristen Beams
Born 1984
Ian Davies (basketball)
1956 - 2013
Jeremy Ball
1968 - 2014
Greg Campbell (cricketer)
Born 1964
Derek Denton
Born 1924
Brian Eaton
1916 - 1992
Alec Campbell
1899 - 2002
Blair Joscelyne
Born 1978
Tony Benneworth
1950 - 2018
Martin Flanagan (journalist)
Born 1955
Ettie Rout
1877 - 1936
Dorothy Hammerstein
1899 - 1987
Brent Crosswell
Born 1950
Ted Terry
1904 - 1967
Kade Kolodjashnij
Born 1995
Jack Cato
1889 - 1971
Justin Murphy (Australian rules footballer)
Born 1976
Jackson Thurlow
Born 1994
Amanda Barnard
Born 1971
Tom Bellchambers
Born 1989
David Bushby
Born 1965
Kathy Foster (basketball)
Born 1960
Peter Faulkner
Born 1960
Jake Kolodjashnij
Born 1995
Sam Lonergan
Born 1987
Elise Archer
Born 1971
Dick Cresswell
1920 - 2006
Bronwyn Lea
Born 1969
Sonja Bernhardt
Born 1959
Raymond Ferrall
1906 - 2000
Stewart McSweyn
Born 1995
Angie Cunningham
1973 - 2016
Michael Chugg
Born 1947
Nathaniel Atkinson
Born 1999
Simon Miotto
Born 1969
Todd Hodgetts
Born 1988
Michelle O'Byrne
Born 1968
David O'Byrne
Born 1969
Evelyn Temple Emmett
1871 - 1970
Scott Keach
Born 1965
Kathryn Hay
Born 1975
Edward William O'Sullivan
1846 - 1910
David Paver Mellor
1903 - 1980
Lucas Walker
Born 1984
Richard Dry
1815 - 1869
Westby Perceval
1854 - 1928
Bob Cheek
Born 1944
Alan Wrigley
Born 1931
Dick Adams (politician)
Born 1951
Philip Brooks
1953 - 2003
Tim Thorne
Born 1944
Edward Fowell Martin
1875 - 1950
Brendan Long
Born 1979
Gresley Lukin
1840 - 1916
John Gough (composer)
1903 - 1951
Sam Harris (basketball)
Born 1984
Col Deane
1900 - 1952
Belle Gibson
Born 1991
Adam Griffith
Born 1978
Peter Jones (Australian politician)
1933 - 2017
Blair Tunevitsch
Born 1985
Allan Guy
1890 - 1979
Warwick Smith (politician)
Born 1954
Eric Hutchinson (politician)
Born 1965
Mollie Holman
1930 - 2010
Guy Barnett (Australian politician)
Born 1962
Stanley McKenzie
1890 - 1915
Viv Valentine
1887 - 1967
Arthur Hinman
1890 - 1915
John Watson (Australian politician)
Born 1937
Malcolm Batten
Born 1964
Burford Sampson
1882 - 1959
Barry Harper
1938 - 2003
Ray Watts
1917 - 2008
Alfred Vincent
1874 - 1915
Esther Overton
Born 1990
Ross Hart (politician)
Born 1960
Ellen Whinnett
Born 1971
Jacquie Petrusma
Born 1966
Troy Cooley
Born 1965
Arthur Palliser
1890 - 1918
Norman Cameron (politician)
1851 - 1931
Jean Hearn
1921 - 2017
Nathan Lovejoy
Born 1981
Gill James
Born 1934
Tim Coyle
Born 1960
Harry Neville
1867 - 1945
Vern Banbury
1890 - 1950
Geoffrey Martin (footballer)
1927 - 2020
Scott Mason (cricketer)
1976 - 2005
Tommy Hughes (Australian footballer)
1886 - 1981
Peter Rae
Born 1932
Allister de Winter
Born 1968
Joe Littler
1879 - 1956
John Frederick Tasman Hassell
1839 - 1919
Bill Hinman
1892 - 1964
Jeremy Buckingham
Born 1973
Ewan Crawford
Born 1941
William Trenwith
1846 - 1925
Robert Sadler
1846 - 1923
Dane Anderson
Born 1984
Lou Holmes (footballer)
1892 - 1915
Robert Holt
1914 - 1985
Brad Smith (entrepreneur)
Born 1987
Toby Haenen
Born 1973
David Gatenby
Born 1952
John William Israel
1850 - 1926
Sean Sullivan (Radsportler)
Born 1978
Bernard Gordon (soldier)
1891 - 1963
John Lincoln
1916 - 2011
William Kirkman
Born 1961
David Anthony Smith
Born 1957
Fred Anderson (footballer, born 1886)
1886 - 1963
Mark Nash (basketball)
Born 1976
Max Burr
Born 1939
Gabe Bell
Born 1995
Harden Dean
1913 - 1982
Jonathon Duniam
Born 1982
Davis Hughes
1910 - 2003
Ian B. Tanner
1926 - 2013
Harry Lakin
1897 - 1978
Anthony Humphreys
Born 1971
Nathan Rice
Born 1979
Jim Tumilty
1886 - 1953
John Orchard (Australian politician)
1906 - 1995
Peter Gatenby (cricketer)
Born 1949
Hope Gibbons
1856 - 1947
Pixie Jenkins
Born 1957
Scott Kremerskothen
Born 1979
Len Norman (footballer)
1885 - 1944
Justin O'Byrne
1912 - 1993
David Castle (cricketer)
Born 1972
Mark Shelton
Born 1959
Bruce Doolan
Born 1947
Stephen Howard (cricketer)
Born 1949
Colin Jackson (Australian footballer)
1906 - 1977
William Field (cricketer)
1816 - 1890
George Williamson (Australian footballer)
1866 - 1929
Katelyn Fryett
Born 1992
Nathan Wegman
Born 1977
Roy Long
1914 - 1985
Charles Button
1838 - 1920
Edward Windsor (cricketer)
1869 - 1953
Frank Barton (Australian footballer)
1900 - 1983
Frederick Grubb (politician)
1844 - 1923
Michael Eather
Born 1963
Lou Frost (footballer)
1917 - 1978
Roger Brown (cricketer)
Born 1959
John Elmer (footballer)
1905 - 1993
Shane Yost
Born 1977
Brooke Hepburn
Born 1990
Osborne Douglas
1880 - 1918
Bruce Cruse
Born 1967
John Clemons
1862 - 1944
Scott Plummer
Born 1966
Shannon Tubb
Born 1980
Nicholas Courtney (cricketer)
Born 1967
Geoffrey Martin (cricketer)
1896 - 1968
Gregory Wilson (cricketer)
Born 1958
Chic Henry
Born 1946
Alexander Evans (Australian politician)
1881 - 1955
Tayla Roberts
Born 1993
Richard Soule
Born 1966
Andy Belsak
Born 1971
Michael Norman (Australian cricketer)
Born 1952
Jack Shelton (cricketer)
1924 - 2006
Sydney Frost
1881 - 1952
Brian Wightman
Born 1976
Robert Hodgson (cricketer)
Born 1973
Edwin Fuller
1850 - 1917
Eric E. Ford
1904 - 1986
Kevin Miller (cricketer)
Born 1936
Rosemary Armitage
Born 1955
Reginald Davis
1892 - 1957
Carl Beal
1887 - 1916
Neville Oliver
Born 1944
Donald Ellis
1917 - 2001
William Aikenhead
1842 - 1902
Greg Hall (politician)
Born 1948
Tom Darcy (rower)
Born 1906
Henry Barrett (cricketer)
1837 - 1910
Frank Davis (cricketer)
1904 - 1973
Josef Holyman
Born 1970
Kerry Hooper
1942 - 2017
Richard Bennett (Australian cricketer)
Born 1965
Daniel Archer (cricketer)
Born 1939
Arthur Betts (cricketer)
1880 - 1948
Alan Bird
1906 - 1962
Matthew Rice
Born 1979
James Ferguson (cricketer)
1848 - 1913
Richard Sams
1864 - 1933
Henry Jennings (cricketer)
1849 - 1925
Robert Knight (cricketer, born 1957)
Born 1957
Arthur Davis (Australian cricketer)
1898 - 1943
Basil Reid
1924 - 2000
Max Thomas (cricketer)
1921 - 2001
James Martin (cricketer)
1851 - 1930
Ian Cowley
Born 1937
Bruce John
Born 1937
Llewellyn Atkinson
1867 - 1945
Gregory Blair (cricketer)
Born 1947
William Beal (cricketer)
1877 - 1964
Neil Davis (cricketer)
1900 - 1974
Carmel Holmes
Born 1945
Kevin Badcock
Born 1951
Henry Evans (Australian cricketer)
Born 1846
Michael Sellers (cricketer)
Born 1952
Graeme Farrell (Tasmania cricketer)
Born 1947
James Walsh (cricketer)
1913 - 1986
Gary Knight (cricketer)
Born 1950
Alfred Wilkes
1922 - 1998
Harry Smith (Australian cricketer)
1887 - 1916
Francis Woolley
Born 1957
Joseph Nicholls (cricketer)
1859 - 1954
Albert Frost (cricketer)
1878 - 1951
Glen Waters
Born 1943
Brian Carney (cricketer)
Born 1931
Graeme Miller (cricketer)
1940 - 2008
Deon Birtwistle
Born 1980
Peter Warren (cricketer)
Born 1953
Reginald Broomby
1905 - 1984
Josh Willie
Born 1984
Philip Dulling
1909 - 1974
Charles Martin (Tasmania cricketer)
1888 - 1951
Alan Cuff
1908 - 1995
Frederick Haymes
1849 - 1928
George Pennefather
1864 - 1945
Leonard Tumilty
1884 - 1962
Algernon Findlay
1892 - 1956
Michael Barnard (politician)
1942 - 1999
Peter Patmore
Born 1952
John Hudson (cricketer)
1882 - 1961
Norman Westbrook
1868 - 1931
Helen Gee (environmentalist)
1950 - 2012
Charles Russen (cricketer)
1886 - 1969
Brian Waters (footballer)
Born 1944
Jonathan Best
1840 - 1913
Arthur Beck
1892 - 1965
Vic Sullivan
1918 - 1993
Jennifer Houston
Born 1971
Josh Foley (artist)
Born 1983
Syd Jackson (politician)
1889 - 1941
Daniel Ganderton
Born 1988
Jack Yost (footballer)
1923 - 1953
Luke Vivian
Born 1981
James Guy (Australian politician)
1860 - 1921
Max Bushby
1927 - 1994
Richard Darcey
1870 - 1944
Don Devitt
1921 - 2008
Eric Bessell
1923 - 1979
Thomas Pollard Sampson
1875 - 1961
George Shields
1854 - 1933