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MELBOURNE
Most Famous People Born in Melbourne, Australia
- Notable people
- 3,404
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- Median birth year
- 1956
- Most distinctive
- Cricket 8.9×
The cricket capital of the southern hemisphere. Melbourne's most distinctive profession is cricket at almost nine times the global rate, joined by novelists, basketballers, rowers, players, and swimmers — a profile that reads like a sports network's call sheet with a literary annex attached. The notable births start with the 1850s gold rush and barely look back.
Standouts
Notable Births by Decade
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What Melbourne Is Known For
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Cricket is Melbourne's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (388).
Melbourne over-indexes on cricket — 8.9× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Melbourne's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Eric Shade (cricketer)
Born 1943
Alan Doble
Born 1942
Sandra Tomlinson
Born 1947
Lindsay Davison
Born 1941
Graham Brown (Australian cricketer)
Born 1944
Robert Richardson (RAAF officer)
Born 1941
Kenneth Walker (Australian cricketer)
Born 1941
Bruce Taafe
1944 - 2018
Peter Falconer
Born 1943
Steve Gibbons (politician)
Born 1949
Terry Sargeant
Born 1946
Noel Pullen
Born 1944
Simon Brown (skier)
Born 1942
Ken Pawsey
Born 1940
John Riggall
Born 1941
Barry Rowe
Born 1945
Murray Wall
Born 1945
John Ross (Victorian politician)
1940 - 2003
Bob Greig
Born 1942
Diane Austin-Broos
Born 1946
Jean Forster
Born 1943
Neil Crang
Born 1949
Sandy Mackenzie
Born 1941