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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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Simon Gerrans
Born 1980
Simon Clarke (cyclist)
Born 1986
Russell Mockridge
1928 - 1958
Matthew Lloyd (cyclist)
Born 1983
Mitchell Docker
Born 1986
Matthew Wilson (cyclist)
Born 1977
David Tanner (cyclist)
Born 1984
Sid Patterson
1927 - 1999
Gary Neiwand
Born 1966
Katie Mactier
Born 1975
Mark Jamieson
Born 1984
Martin Vinnicombe
Born 1964
Anna Millward
Born 1971
Calvin Watson
Born 1993
John Nicholson (cyclist)
Born 1949
Stephen Pate
Born 1964
Laetisha Scanlan
Born 1990
Donald Allan
Born 1949
Trent Lowe
Born 1984
Ian Browne (cyclist)
Born 1931
Adam Vella (sport shooter)
Born 1971
Mark French
Born 1984
Jonathan Clarke (cyclist)
Born 1984
Darren Lapthorne
Born 1983
Robin Croker
Born 1954
Jesse Kerrison
Born 1994
John Trevorrow
Born 1949
Ron Baensch
1939 - 2017
Alexander Morgan
Born 1994
Richard Lamb
1907 - 1974
Kelland O'Brien
Born 1998
Jim Nevin
1931 - 2017
Hilton Clarke (cyclist, born 1944)
Born 1944
Dellys Starr
Born 1976
Michael Schiavello
Born 1975
Clare-Louise Brumley
Born 1977
Murray Hall (cyclist)
Born 1953
Michael Lynch (cyclist)
Born 1963
David Allan (cyclist)
1951 - 1989
James Whelan (cyclist)
Born 1996
Laurie Venn
Born 1953
Tommy Nankervis
Born 1983
Robert Broadbent
1904 - 1986
Peter Besanko
Born 1955
Ben Pappas
1978 - 2007
Daniel Braunsteins
Born 1988
Jackie Glazier
Born 1973
Gary Trowell
Born 1959
Caroline Wilson
Born 1960
Annette Woodward
Born 1947
Nathan Elliott
Born 1990
Ian Chandler (cyclist)
Born 1951
Kim Frazer
Born 1959
Courtney Field
Born 1997
Sidney Ramsden
1901 - 1975
Tas Pappas
Born 1975
Bryan Wilson (sport shooter)
Born 1962
Natalia Rahman
Born 1982
Luke Parker (cyclist)
Born 1993
Robby Foldvari
Born 1960
Todd Sinnott
Born 1992
Jason Norris
Born 1972
Barbara Worley
1934 - 2014
Tom Leaper
Born 1975
Dexter Kernich-Drew
Born 1991
Andrew Maher
Born 1965
Tim Lane (journalist)
Born 1951
Craig Henwood
Born 1978
Tony Jones (sports journalist)
Born 1961
Chris Eaton (police officer)
Born 1952
Allan Iacuone
Born 1973
Raymond Smith (darts player)
Born 1979
Alex Smyth
Born 1988
Neville Sayers
1927 - 2018
Richard Muscat
Born 1992
Joshua Callan
Born 1991
Harry Laidlaw
Born 1996
James Ogilvie
Born 1980
Paul Lake (cyclist)
Born 1970
Tim Ward (skater)
Born 1978
John Forsberg
Born 1932
Andrew Martin (athlete)
Born 1980
Antony Guss
Born 1959
Peter Brockhoff
Born 1936
Alistair Guss
Born 1965
Simon Brown (skier)
Born 1942
Judy Forras
Born 1932
Richard Biggins
Born 1967
Marilla Guss
Born 1963
Chris Mitrevski
Born 1996
Liam Hill
Born 1993
Neil Crang
Born 1949