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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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Kick Gurry
Born 1978
Andrew Lees (actor)
Born 1985
Rupert Bunny
1864 - 1947
Damien Broderick
Born 1944
Laurie Main
1922 - 2012
Noni Hazlehurst
Born 1953
David Morris (skier)
Born 1984
Ian Fleming (actor)
1888 - 1969
Jessica Jacobs
1990 - 2008
Jamie Whincup
Born 1983
Leigh Broxham
Born 1988
Rodrigo Vargas
Born 1978
Anabelle Smith
Born 1993
Renée Geyer
Born 1953
Samantha Sang
Born 1951
Arthur Jeffery
1892 - 1959
Jeffrey Shaw
Born 1944
Henry Wrigley
1892 - 1987
Alice Garner
Born 1969
Heli Simpson
Born 1987
Belle Brockhoff
Born 1993
Geoff Hunt
Born 1947
Damian Conway
Born 1964
Chris Anstey
Born 1975
Stephanie McIntosh
Born 1985
Chantelle Newbery
Born 1977
John Torode
Born 1965
Gael Martin
Born 1956
Jenna O'Hea
Born 1987
Robert Manne
Born 1947
Elyne Mitchell
1913 - 2002
Peter Faiman
Born 1944
Judy Tegart-Dalton
Born 1937
Peter Sykes (director)
1939 - 2006
Kevin Harrington (actor)
Born 1959
Keri Arthur
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Liam Davison
1957 - 2014
Sarah Fitz-Gerald
Born 1968
Josh Frydenberg
Born 1971
Waleed Aly
Born 1978
Don Banks
1923 - 1980
Tony Gaze
1920 - 2013
Robyn Nevin
Born 1942
Saša Ilić (footballer, born 1972)
Born 1972
Polixeni Papapetrou
1960 - 2018
Robert Allenby
Born 1971
Sophie Heathcote
1972 - 2006
Alec Coppel
1907 - 1972
Nicole Livingstone
Born 1971
Barrie Kosky
Born 1967
Frank Juric
Born 1973
Jeannie Gunn
1870 - 1961
George Johnston (novelist)
1912 - 1970
Emma Hamilton (actress)
Born 1984
Luke DeVere
Born 1989
Daryl Braithwaite
Born 1949
Ellie Cole
Born 1991
Matt Day
Born 1971
Brad Hodge
Born 1974
Sidney Bracey
1877 - 1942
Tawera Kerr-Barlow
Born 1990
Sophie Turner (modella)
Born 1984
Judy Amoore
Born 1940
Elliot Perlman
Born 1964
Helen Buday
Born 1962
Nancye Wynne Bolton
1916 - 2001
Andrew Knight (writer)
Born 1953
Andrew Florent
1970 - 2016
Julian Savulescu
Born 1963
Peter Lik
Born 1959
Ted Ringwood
1930 - 1993
B. A. Santamaria
1915 - 1998
Alfred Winslow Jones
1900 - 1989
Jo Kennedy
Born 1962
Ditch Davey
Born 1972
Greg Hjorth
1963 - 2011
Shane Maloney
Born 1953
Brad Allan
Born 1973
Bruce Kingsbury
1918 - 1942
Don Chipp
1925 - 2006
Brendan Nelson
Born 1958
Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
1888 - 1960
Vaughan Pratt
Born 1944
David Carabott
Born 1968
Lyndal Roper
Born 1956
Charlotte Nicdao
Born 1991
John Kim (actor)
Born 1995
Rodney Heath
1884 - 1936
Rachel Jarry
Born 1991
Jacqui Cooper
Born 1973
Colin Brumby
1933 - 2018
Daniel Greig
Born 1991
David Tanner (cyclist)
Born 1984
Ian Baker (cinematographer)
Born 1947
Anita Lane
Born 1959
Daniel Batman
1981 - 2012
James Pattinson
Born 1990
Giuseppe Garibaldi II
1879 - 1950
Bruce William Stillman
Born 1953
Harry Bridges
1901 - 1990
Chris Wilson (Australian musician)
1956 - 2019
John Truscott
1936 - 1993
Walter J. Turner
1884 - 1946
Will Sparks
Born 1993
Kirsty Sword Gusmão
Born 1966
Ana Kokkinos
Born 1958
Robina Courtin
Born 1944
Ian Smith (actor)
Born 1938
Natalie Porter
Born 1980
Sav Rocca
Born 1973
Debra Lawrance
Born 1957
Tristan Rogers
Born 1946
Andrew Lauterstein
Born 1987
Santo Cilauro
Born 1962
Noel Mewton-Wood
1922 - 1953
Douglas Gamley
1924 - 1998
Gary Honey
Born 1959
Savannah Guthrie
Born 1971
Deborah Conway
Born 1959
Josh Dunkley-Smith
Born 1989
Jan Sardi
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Greg Hunt
Born 1965
Barry O'Farrell
Born 1959
Anne Minter
Born 1963
Jill Bilcock
Born 1948
Dieter Salomon
Born 1960
Michael Rubbo
Born 1938
John Bertrand (sailor, born 1946)
Born 1946
Matt Toomua
Born 1990
Trisha Fallon
Born 1972
Ernest Hutcheson
1871 - 1951
Bonnie Piesse
Born 1983
Mike McKay (rower)
Born 1964
Bruce Rowland
Born 1942
I. A. R. Wylie
1885 - 1959
Shane Heal
Born 1970
Lawrence Carroll
1954 - 2019
Quinten Hann
Born 1977
Danielle Pletka
Born 1963
Antonia Kidman
Born 1970
Konstandinos Koukodimos
Born 1969
Florence Austral
1892 - 1968
Norman Kaye
1927 - 2007
Steve Rowe
Born 1965
Colin Eggleston
1941 - 2002
James Sorensen
Born 1986
Walter Wilson Froggatt
1858 - 1937
Sid Patterson
1927 - 1999
Paul Scardon
1874 - 1954
Benjamin Schmideg
Born 1986
Rupert Hamer
1916 - 2004
Gary Neiwand
Born 1966
Felicity Galvez
Born 1985
Bernard d'Abrera
1940 - 2017
Jessica Gower
Born 1977
Katie Mactier
Born 1975
Justin Huber
Born 1982
Clement Meadmore
1929 - 2005
Luke Adams (footballer)
Born 1994
Jaimee Fourlis
Born 1999
Wilberforce Eaves
1867 - 1920
Mark Coleridge
Born 1948
Chris Ciriello
Born 1985
Debra Byrne
Born 1957
Normie Rowe
Born 1947
Jim White (drummer)
Born 1962
Frank Howson
Born 1952
Richard Hodgson (parapsychologist)
1885 - 1905
Peter Robertson (triathlete)
Born 1976
Rahart Adams
Born 1996
Jason Smith (basketball, born 1974)
Born 1974
Spase Dilevski
Born 1985
Erle Cox
1873 - 1950
Daniel Carroll (rugby union)
1892 - 1956
Richard Di Natale
Born 1970
Tessa James
Born 1991
Eric Smith (artist)
1919 - 2017
Clare Bowditch
Born 1975
Jasmine Rae
Born 1987
Peter Antonie
Born 1958
Daphne Marlatt
Born 1942
Bella Paige
Born 2001
Pete Evans
Born 1973
Roger Davies (manager)
Born 1952
Rowena Webster
Born 1987
Chloe Hooper
Born 1973
Nadéah
Born 1980
Alice Burdeu
Born 1988
Cassandra Magrath
Born 1981
Liam Graham
Born 1992
Joshua Furno
Born 1989
Paul Machliss
Born 1972
Ellis Rowan
1848 - 1922
Tom Taylor (writer)
Born 1978
Montana Cox
Born 1993
Paul Leyden
Born 1972
Paul Schütze
Born 1958
Patricia Shaw (novelist)
Born 1928
Sam Greco
Born 1967
James Freud
1959 - 2010
Iso Rae
1860 - 1940
Mark Jamieson
Born 1984
Sam Mackinnon
Born 1976
John Gollings
Born 1944
John Wood (Australian actor)
Born 1946
Craig Lowndes
Born 1974
Hugh Scanlon
1913 - 2004
Natalie Gauci
Born 1981
Claire McNab
Born 1940
Brad Patton
Born 1972
Brian Howe (politician)
Born 1936
Gerard Lee
Born 1951
Ashton Agar
Born 1993
Jonah Bolden
Born 1996
Lin Onus
1948 - 1996
Saharet
1879 - 1942
Jayney Klimek
Born 1962
Leonie Kramer
1924 - 2016
John Brumby
Born 1953
Stephen Curry (comedian)
Born 1976
Michael Valkanis
Born 1974
Colin François Lloyd Austin
1941 - 2010
Philip K. Chapman
Born 1935
James Gobbo
Born 1931
Aaron Jakubenko
Born 1988
Chris Judd
Born 1983
Danny Calegari
Born 1972
Jim Bacon
1950 - 2004
Ioannis Samaras
Born 1961
Robert Drewe
Born 1943
Carmen Marton
Born 1986
Nick Green (rower)
Born 1967
Ross Wilson (musician)
Born 1947
Paul Trimboli
Born 1969
Damian Kindler
Born 1968
Joe Roff
Born 1975
Maisie Carr
1912 - 1988
Judy-Joy Davies
1928 - 2016
John Safran
Born 1972
Paul Hawkins (racing driver)
1937 - 1969
Alfred John North
1855 - 1917
Diane Bell
Born 1943
Martin Vinnicombe
Born 1964
Lisa Jane Weightman
Born 1979
Lewis Fiander
1938 - 2016
Asher Keddie
Born 1974
Jane Hall (actress)
Born 1971
Jake Matthews (fighter)
Born 1994
Carla Bonner
Born 1973
Mary Cecil Allen
1893 - 1962
Kay Goldsworthy
Born 1956
Lesley Baker
Born 1944
Mike Baird
Born 1968
Andrea McEwan
Born 1978
Colette Mann
Born 1950
Melissa Barbieri
Born 1980
Lian Lunson
Born 1959
John Burton (diplomat)
1915 - 2010
Anna Segal
Born 1986
Con Boutsianis
Born 1971
Andrew Taylor (painter)
Born 1967
Ewen McKenzie
Born 1965
Lloyd Lamble
1914 - 2008
Chris Pang
Born 1984
Max Collie
1931 - 2018
Barry Brook (scientist)
Born 1974
Robert Hurley (swimmer)
Born 1988
Eric D'Arcy
1924 - 2005
Adam Gotsis
Born 1992
Brendan McKay
Born 1951
Alexander McCulloch
1887 - 1951
Samantha Richards
Born 1983
Steve Brimacombe
Born 1971
James Davison
Born 1986
Kotuku Ngawati
Born 1994
Max Gillies
Born 1941
Max Bennett (scientist)
Born 1939
Denis Vaughan
1926 - 2017
Alexandra Adornetto
Born 1992
Kerry Harris
Born 1949
Andrew Whittington (tennis)
Born 1993
Kirstie Marshall
Born 1969
Sam Soliman
Born 1973
Ryan Searle
Born 1989
Jessica Bibby
Born 1979
Marcus Fraser (golfer)
Born 1978
Graeme Murphy
Born 1950
Philip Brophy
Born 1959
Ashleigh Brennan
Born 1991
Amy Mathews
Born 1979
Mark Regev
Born 1960
Anna Millward
Born 1971
Bob Carmichael
1940 - 2003
Nazeem Hussain
Born 1986
Con Blatsis
Born 1977
Scott Major
Born 1975
Isis Holt
Born 2001
Olympia Valance
Born 1993
Colin Long (tennis)
1918 - 2009
Richard Parncutt
Born 1957