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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.