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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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- Other
Harry Jenkins Sr.
1925 - 2004
Robert Cornall
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Graham March
1925 - 2016
Noel McGrath (author)
Born 1949
Paula Stafford
Born 1920
John "Snowy" Cutmore
1895 - 1927
Matthew Little
-
Jack Cockbill
1880 - 1944
Shae Lillywhite
Born 1985
Shida (artist)
Born 1990
Rupert Harden
Born 1985
Mark Scholes
Born 1957
Neville Sayers
1927 - 2018
Percy Smith (Australian footballer)
1887 - 1974
Brett Ford
1959 - 2007
Richard Muscat
Born 1992
Ralph Hatch
1876 - 1944
Andrew Plain
1953 - 2013
Jack Robertson (footballer, born 1902)
1902 - 1972
Tom Moloughney (footballer)
1888 - 1977
Pip Mushin
Born 1963
Bob Sercombe
Born 1949
Alby Sheehan
1887 - 1954
Percival Heather
1882 - 1956
Arthur Smith (public servant)
1893 - 1971
Thomas Horan (cricketer, born 1886)
1886 - 1952
Fred Stewart (Australian footballer)
1875 - 1941
Warren Ayres
Born 1965
Andrew Lawton
Born 1978
Ron Grenda
Born 1938
Matthew Groom
Born 1970
Shivaune Field
-
Adam Smith (cricketer)
Born 1976
Mietta O'Donnell
1950 - 2001
Billy McAllister
1907 - 1984
Vassilie Trunoff
1929 - 1985
Ron Johanson
-
Chris Moraitis
Born 1962
G Flip
-
Dianne Guise
Born 1952
Neil Street
1931 - 2011
Ian Cover
Born 1956
David Shepard (cricketer)
Born 1970
Alan Lavers
1912 - 1995
Klara Wischer
Born 1991
Grant Jordan
Born 1965
Edward O'Donohue
Born 1974
Jack Borthwick (Australian footballer)
1884 - 1948
Fiona McLeod (barrister)
Born 1964
Mellissa Dunn
Born 1976
Danny Pearson (politician)
Born 1973
David Emerson (cricketer)
Born 1961
Albert Rains (cricketer)
1865 - 1947
Finlay Massey
Born 1971
Alfred Deakin Brookes
1920 - 2005
Kevin Miles
Born 1929
Roy Maloy
Born 1975
Tommy Kinman
1875 - 1941
Dina McPherson
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Adrienne Stewart
Born 1936
Micaela Wilson
Born 1992
Len O'Shea
1920 - 2016
Claude Massey
1889 - 1968
Damon Morton
Born 1996
Ray Isherwood
1938 - 2014
Jack Richardson (footballer, born 1886)
Born 1886
Lambros Honos
Born 1983
Mick Mornane
1886 - 1939
Marina Cade
Born 1950
Rosemary Popa
Born 1991
Andrew Zinni
Born 1965
James Edward Cootes
Born 1950
Andrew McIntosh (Australian politician)
Born 1955
Alby Hosking
1885 - 1953
Lloyd Spiegel
Born 1979
John Ward (cricketer, born 1946)
Born 1946
Jennifer Davies (judge)
-
Ginty Lush
1913 - 1985
Peter Anderson (cricketer, born 1933)
Born 1933
Vin Hannaford
1885 - 1919
Vincent Hughes
Born 1981
Paul Havell
Born 1980
Billy Wilson (cricketer)
1868 - 1920
Mark A. Young
Born 1969
Trevor Hart
Born 1935
Shaun Kirk
Born 1988
Jenny Hill (politician)
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John Young (cricketer, born 1876)
1876 - 1913
Jim Elder (politician)
Born 1950
Mick Parker
1973 - 2009
Monique Di Mattina
Born 1971
John Smeaton (umpire)
Born 1948
Arthur Liddicut
1891 - 1983
James Jakins
1886 - 1948
Marcus Stergiopoulos
Born 1974
Robert Niven (New Zealand cricketer)
1859 - 1919
Tom Handley (Australian footballer)
1885 - 1948
Mark Tournier
Born 1971
Harry Fletcher (politician)
1910 - 1990
Philip Mandie
Born 1942
John Vallins
Born 1950
Alan Davidson (cricketer, born 1897)
1897 - 1962
Stephanie Reid
Born 1996
Angie McMahon
Born 1993
Nina Speight
1890 - 1965
Robert Hanrahan
Born 1969
Russell Savage
Born 1948
Elizabeth (Bessie) Campbell
1870 - 1964
Josh Marquet
Born 1969
Steve Kons
Born 1962
William O'Hanlon
1863 - 1940
Lorna McConchie
1914 - 2001
Anne Cross
Born 1964
Benjamin Salmon
1906 - 1979
Judith Young
Born 1966
Richard Broinowski
Born 1940
Michael Farrell (cricketer)
Born 1968
Percy Sargood
1865 - 1940
Karen Ogden
-
Hannah Macdougall
Born 1987
Roger Shipton
1936 - 1998
Seamus Robinson (fencer)
Born 1975
Roy Howard
1922 - 2008
Donna Martin (rower)
Born 1980
Josip Bodrožić
Born 1973
Ian Maddocks
Born 1951
Wilf Gentzen
Born 1963
James Purves (politician)
1843 - 1910
Kevin Carmody
1925 - 2009
Sally-Anne McCormack
Born 1965
James O'Halloran (cricketer)
1872 - 1943
George Jelbart
Born 1982
Ivan Miller
1913 - 1966
George Cathie (footballer, born 1876)
1876 - 1958
David Mailer
1874 - 1937
Brett Hales
Born 1985
Randal Green
Born 1961
Ron Fitch
1910 - 2015
Michael Dimattina
Born 1965
ana (video game player)
Born 1999
Costa Zouliou
Born 1964
Adam McGinty
Born 1971
Peter Roach (cricketer)
Born 1975
Stanley Walpole
1886 - 1968
Joshua Callan
Born 1991
Alfred Smith (Australian cricketer)
1908 - 1989
Ernie Crossan
1915 - 2009
Mark Kelson
Born 1976
Ben Loft
Born 1978
George Gordon (Victoria cricketer)
1860 - 1946
Gary O'Callaghan
1933 - 2017
Pat McNamara (Australian politician)
Born 1949
Mick Hill (basketball)
Born 1978
Harry Laidlaw
Born 1996
Jan Maree Tennent
Born 1960
Bruce Lloyd
Born 1937
Ali Hogg
Born 1980
Todd Graham
Born 1991
Samantha Rowe
Born 1978
Will Baillieu
Born 1951
Michael Aird
Born 1949
David O'Brien (politician)
Born 1970
Christopher Mullins
Born 1986
Melvyn Morrow
Born 1942
Kevin White (darts player)
1938 - 2015
Jules Wright
1948 - 2015
Hristijan Spirovski
Born 1987
Irvin Rockman
1938 - 2010
Elliot Opie
Born 1991
Ashley Barrow
Born 1962
James Minchin
1858 - 1919
Michael Crutchfield
Born 1961
Peter Costigan
1935 - 2002
Ian Huntington
Born 1931
Charles Barber (brigadier)
1888 - 1965
Jamie Dunross
Born 1968
Keith Sullivan
Born 1950
Bob Bitmead
Born 1942
Aretha Brown
Born 2000
Richard MacQuire
Born 1972
Jason De Ron
Born 1973
Ian Langford
1936 - 2017
Paul Grundy (engineer)
1935 - 2013
William Cornelius (cricketer)
1915 - 2005
Stephen Reynolds (artist)
Born 1974
Lee Jeka
Born 1983
Lewis Carter
1925 - 2006
Craig Howard (cricketer)
Born 1974
Graham Whitford
Born 1938
Neil O'Keefe
Born 1947
Cassie Rowe
Born 1980
Guy Molloy
Born 1965
Geoffrey Longney
1935 - 2018
Alan Goldberg (judge)
1940 - 2016
Carey Smith
Born 1960
Geoffrey Cormack
Born 1929
Peter King (cricketer)
Born 1959
Edward a'Beckett (cricketer, born 1940)
1940 - 2011
Tony Robinson (politician)
Born 1962
William G. Lorigan
1855 - 1919
Richard Wilson (businessman)
-
Jim Barry (general)
Born 1932
John Salvado
Born 1939
Leigh Baker
Born 1951
Ted Edwards (footballer)
1883 - 1970
Sam Street (baseball)
Born 1992
Brett Harrop
Born 1979
John Quaife
Born 1955
Ian Wrigglesworth (cricketer)
Born 1967
Alfred Ozanne
1877 - 1961
Andrew Heath
Born 1969
Garry Millburn
Born 1987
Michael Beaton
Born 1988
Col Costorphin
1958 - 1998
Phil Hyde (cricketer)
Born 1958
John Taylor (public servant)
1930 - 2011
Robert Junor
1888 - 1957
Keith Kendall
Born 1929
John F. Meagher
Born 1948
Anthony McCormack
Born 1983
Robert Baldry
Born 1950
Ross Williams
Born 1962
Mel Jade
-
Daniel McLeod
1872 - 1901
David Cowper
Born 1939
Leigh Godfrey
Born 1989
John Howlett (cricketer)
1868 - 1931
John Harrower
Born 1947
Rob Bartlett (cricketer)
Born 1972
Hugh Lambie
1917 - 2012
Alfred Carter (cricketer)
1869 - 1920
Tony Messner
Born 1939
Vicki Anderson (psychologist)
-
Edward Rush
1868 - 1936
Scott Arnold (fencer)
Born 1965
Ernest Austen
1900 - 1983
James Ogilvie
Born 1980
Ian Gardiner (artist)
1943 - 2008
John Ryland
1911 - 1973
Clive Fairbairn
1919 - 2010
Norman Carlyon
Born 1938
Dave Garlick
1887 - 1964
David Broad
Born 1953
Warren Whiteside
Born 1961
Hugh McClure Smith
1902 - 1961
Mathew Ellis
1870 - 1940
Moira Macdonald
-
Reg Libbis
1933 - 2009
John Fletcher (businessman)
Born 1951
Louis Woolf
1855 - 1942
Tony Lupton
Born 1957
Michael Malouf
-
Charles Allee
1848 - 1896
Jessica Muschamp
Born 1970
Dave Elder (umpire)
1865 - 1954
Edgar Barrett
1869 - 1959
Don Tregonning
Born 1928
Anthony Amalfi
Born 1967
Ian Carroll
1946 - 2011
Leonard Kemp
1909 - 2009
Jim Plowman
1934 - 2007
Geoff Miles (cricketer)
Born 1957
George Truman
1886 - 1955
Ronald Cecil Gates
1923 - 2018
Gary Living
Born 1952
Gerald Healy
1885 - 1946
John Swanson (cricketer)
Born 1940
Robert MacDonald (cricketer)
1870 - 1946
Shaun Prescott
Born 1966
Arthur Dummett
1900 - 1968
Lachlan Jones
Born 1977
Ian Hewett
Born 1976
Sydney Donahoo
1871 - 1946
John Walls
1856 - 1945
Leslie Ferguson
1892 - 1957
William Carr (cricketer)
Born 1976
Colin Neave
Born 1943
Tony Lloyd (artist)
Born 1970
Suzie Dickinson
1955 - 2018
Julie McDonald (swimmer, born 1952)
Born 1952
Andrew Wildsmith
Born 1958
Eddy Williams
1915 - 2008
Alistair Harkness
Born 1974
John Lindsay (Paralympian)
Born 1970
Kerrie Engel
Born 1966
Hugh Baring
1906 - 1968
Peter Harper (cricketer)
Born 1977
Kyran O'Donnell
Born 1958
John Anderson (cricketer, born 1955)
Born 1955
Richard Herman (cricketer)
Born 1967
Bryan Doyle (cricketer)
Born 1968
Gerard Clarke
Born 1966
Rebecca Feldman
Born 1982
Woody Pitney
-
Darrin Verhagen
Born 1967
Chuck McKenzie
Born 1970
Andrew Farrance
Born 1972
Rowland Bailey
1876 - 1950
Brendan Ricci
Born 1965
Neil Smyth
1928 - 2017