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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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Zoë Badwi
Born 1986
Dylan Murnane
Born 1995
Andrew Curry
Born 1972
Mary Maguire
1919 - 1974
Sebastian Gregory
Born 1990
Peter Robb (author)
Born 1946
Alf Klimek
Born 1956
Chris Womersley
Born 1968
Tom Pondeljak
Born 1976
Mark Hensby
Born 1972
Clint McKay
Born 1983
Percy Cerutty
1895 - 1975
Adam Hollioake
Born 1971
Mabel Brookes
1890 - 1975
Goran Lozanovski
Born 1974
Geoffrey Harcourt
Born 1931
Joy Hester
1920 - 1960
Adam Basil
Born 1975
Louise Bawden
Born 1981
Edward J. Hannan
1921 - 1994
Jonathan Pila
Born 1962
Eva Lazzaro
Born 1995
Cecilia Dart-Thornton
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Glenn Meldrum
Born 1986
Stuart Macintyre
Born 1947
Cliff Green
Born 1934
Duckie Thot
Born 1995
Robert J. O'Neill
Born 1936
Christopher Cristaldo
Born 1995
Patricia Lascelles, Countess of Harewood
1926 - 2018
Fausto De Amicis
Born 1968
Steven Carroll
Born 1949
Horace Brodzky
1885 - 1969
Calvin Watson
Born 1993
Harry Oldmeadow
Born 1947
Daphne Pollard
1892 - 1978
Kate DeAraugo
Born 1985
Kimberley Chen
Born 1994
Brenton Broadstock
Born 1952
Nicholas Stargardt
Born 1962
Barney McAll
Born 1966
Lesbia Harford
1891 - 1927
Scott Owen
Born 1975
John Nicholson (cyclist)
Born 1949
Moya O'Sullivan
1926 - 2018
Shirley Barrett
Born 1961
Stephen Pate
Born 1964
Allison Tranquilli
Born 1972
Nick Ansell
Born 1994
Wendy Saddington
1949 - 2013
Damien Bodie
Born 1985
Laetisha Scanlan
Born 1990
Archibald James Campbell
1853 - 1929
Matthew Newton
Born 1977
Janet Rice
Born 1960
Andrew Bruce Holmes
Born 1943
Shani Rhys James
Born 1953
Donald Allan
Born 1949
Josh Abrahams
Born 1968
Feliks Zemdegs
Born 1995
Andrew James Morley
Born 1989
Peter Benjamin Graham
1925 - 1987
Andrew Murphy
Born 1969
Oswald Stoll
1866 - 1942
Tobie Puttock
Born 1974
Stephen Hall (actor)
Born 1969
Damian Keogh
Born 1962
Daniela Di Toro
Born 1974
Kate Ellis
Born 1977
Tom Maher
Born 1952
Bonnie Anderson (singer)
Born 1994
David Lane (musician)
Born 1981
Michael A. Smith
Born 1954
Lloyd Johansson
Born 1985
Georgia Bonora
Born 1990
Ariel Kleiman
Born 1985
Joseph Sirianni
Born 1975
Rodney Hogg
Born 1951
Paul England
1929 - 2014
Trent Lowe
Born 1984
Ian Browne (cyclist)
Born 1931
Jennifer Holliday (softball)
Born 1964
Peter Reith
Born 1950
Danielle Horvat
Born 1991
Carol Owens (squash player)
Born 1971
Alice Henry
1857 - 1943
Gina Riley
Born 1961
Violet Teague
1872 - 1951
Adam Vella (sport shooter)
Born 1971
Daniel Keene
Born 1955
Shelley Sandie
Born 1969
Teressa Liane
Born 1988
Frank Drmic
Born 1978
Chris Cester
Born 1981
Marion Phillips
1881 - 1932
Ross Terrill
Born 1938
Mick Turner
Born 1960
Dan Spielman
Born 1979
Ian Smith (Scottish rugby player born 1903)
1903 - 1972
Josh Booth
Born 1990
Amie Kaufman
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Janette Turner Hospital
Born 1942
Lenton Parr
1924 - 2003
Daniel Trenton
Born 1977
Tom King (sailor)
Born 1973
Dorian Le Gallienne
1915 - 1963
Glenn Robbins
Born 1957
Peter Cook (Australian politician)
1943 - 2005
Mark French
Born 1984
Robert Henry Mathews
1877 - 1970
Jonathan Clarke (cyclist)
Born 1984
Paulo Retre
Born 1993
Kelly O'Dwyer
Born 1977
Adrian Hyland
Born 1954
Nik Halik
Born 1969
Victoria Brown (water polo)
Born 1985
Diane Evers
Born 1956
Martin Copping
Born 1977
Charlie Clausen
Born 1977
Robert Jackson (UN administrator)
1911 - 1991
Nancy Millis
1922 - 2012
Richard Jozsa
Born 1954
Darryl Johansen
Born 1959
Betty Wilson
1921 - 2010
Jenny Staley Hoad
Born 1934
Fay Zwicky
1933 - 2017
Darren Lapthorne
Born 1983
Hazel Edwards
Born 1945
Tony Smith (Victorian politician)
Born 1967
Selin Kuralay
Born 1985
George Calombaris
Born 1978
Collis Birmingham
Born 1984
Sarah De Bono
Born 1992
Robert Stambolziev
Born 1990
Paul Stoddart
Born 1955
Grahame King
1915 - 2008
Harry Howard (musician)
Born 1961
Richard Wolstencroft
Born 1969
Shane Lindsay
Born 1985
Liam Gill
Born 1992
Mat McBriar
Born 1979
Jack Hirsh
Born 1935
Brad Harman
Born 1985
Eve Morey
Born 1983
Dick Bentley
1907 - 1995
Stephen Murray-Smith
1922 - 1988
Ian Chubb
Born 1943
Phillip Gwynne
Born 1958
Frank Armitage
1924 - 2016
Max Pam
Born 1949
John Sangster
1928 - 1995
Toby Ord
Born 1979
Sam Griffiths
Born 1972
Dean Pullar
Born 1973
Anthony Coburn
1927 - 1977
Denis Hart
Born 1941
Luke Doerner
Born 1979
Kathleen MacLeod
Born 1986
Bethany Whitmore
Born 1999
Arthur O'Hara Wood
1890 - 1918
Darren Rowse
Born 1972
K. J. Bishop
Born 1972
Danny Milosevic
Born 1978
Luke Kendall
Born 1981
Wade Helliwell
Born 1978
Daniel Daperis
Born 1988
Stan Longinidis
Born 1965
Ezra Getzler
Born 1962
Ian Munro (pianist)
Born 1963
Isha Judd
Born 1962
Emma Randall
Born 1985
Anthony Pateras
Born 1979
Alan Davidson (Australian soccer)
Born 1960
Danielle Woodward
Born 1965
Ken Hannam
1929 - 2004
Robin Croker
Born 1954
Billy Konstantinidis
Born 1986
Norma Redpath
1928 - 2013
David Connell (cinematographer)
Born 1955
Emily Pelloe
1878 - 1941
David Argue
Born 1959
Viktorija Rajicic
Born 1994
Max Coltheart
Born 1939
Con Kolivas
-
Brian Naylor (broadcaster)
1931 - 2009
Tala Gray
Born 1990
Warwick Anderson
Born 1958
Liam Adams (runner)
Born 1986
Travis Brooks
Born 1980
Justine Electra
Born 1978
Sarah Hanson-Young
Born 1981
Don Charlwood
1915 - 2012
Cecilia McIntosh
Born 1979
Mary Coustas
Born 1964
Ryan Sullivan
Born 1975
Dean Monroe
Born 1972
Anne Charleston
Born 1942
Jonathan Summers
Born 1946
Brian McGuire
1945 - 1977
Brooke Satchwell
Born 1980
Lili Wilkinson
Born 1981
Maddy Tyers
Born 1989
Iain M. Johnstone
Born 1956
Peter Scully
Born 1963
Arthur J. Rees
1872 - 1942
Chris Mann (composer)
1949 - 2018
Tamas Wells
-
Paul Mees
1961 - 2013
William Delafield Cook
1936 - 2015
Christian Whitehead
-
Will Davison
Born 1982
Harrison Craig
Born 1994
Rob J. Hyndman
Born 1967
Lyndley Craven
1945 - 2014
Jay Stacy
Born 1968
Rebecca Joyce
Born 1970
Desmond O'Grady
Born 1929
Alison Booth
-
Ben Hollioake
1977 - 2002
Aylmer Buesst
1883 - 1970
Timana Tahu
Born 1980
John Carmichael (composer)
Born 1930
Lloyd James Austin
1915 - 1994
Jake Brimmer
Born 1998
Maie Casey, Baroness Casey
1892 - 1983
Rozalia Mancewicz
Born 1987
Roy Burston
1888 - 1960
Bindi Cole
Born 1975
Stephen Cummings
Born 1954
Jocelyn Rickards
1924 - 2005
Mike Petersen
Born 1965
Ted Baillieu
Born 1953
Harry Graham (cricketer)
1870 - 1911
Elyse Villani
Born 1989
Shane Bourne
Born 1949
Ryan Johnson (actor)
Born 1979
Ken Kavanagh
1923 - 2019
Janet Young (tennis)
Born 1951
Alexander Mair
1889 - 1969
Herbert Haydon Wilson
1875 - 1917
Madge Titheradge
1887 - 1961
Morgan Baker
Born 1997
Graeme Gilmore
Born 1945
Peter Corke
Born 1959
Morgan Bell
Born 1981
Nick Stiles
Born 1973
Bachar Houli
Born 1988
Fatai
Born 1995
Denis Browne (surgeon)
1892 - 1967
Dylan Alcott
Born 1991
Susan Carland
Born 1978
Jesse Kerrison
Born 1994
Anthony Goldbloom
Born 1983
Bernard Curry
Born 1974
Michael Parker (courtier)
1920 - 2002
Matthew Foschini
Born 1990
John Trevorrow
Born 1949
Jacinta Collins
Born 1962
Ersin Kaya
Born 1993
Aleksandar Jovanović (footballer, born 1989)
Born 1989
Gordon Scholes
1931 - 2018
J. Hyam Rubinstein
Born 1948
Joseph Singleton
1879 - 1946
Axle Whitehead
Born 1980
George Turner (Australian politician)
1851 - 1916
Ingrid Scheffer
Born 1958
Lee Cormie
Born 1992
Charles Kellaway
1889 - 1952
Tansel Başer
Born 1978
Ron Baensch
1939 - 2017
Peter Samu
Born 1991
Michael Paynter
Born 1986
Wilbur Norman Christiansen
1913 - 2007
Murray Tyrrell
1913 - 1994
Marieke Hardy
Born 1976
Petar Franjic
Born 1992
Elizabeth Patrick
Born 1985
Gordon Moyes
1938 - 2015
Cathryn Fitzpatrick
Born 1968
Brett Hayman
Born 1972
Ron Tandberg
1943 - 2018
Danni Roche
Born 1970
Diane Holland
1930 - 2009
George Eric Fairbairn
1888 - 1915
Samuel Patten
Born 1963
Bucky Baxter
Died 2020
Xonia
Born 1989
Colin Ridgway
1937 - 1993
Travis Burns (actor)
Born 1991
Ian Sloan
Born 1938
Anna Burke
Born 1966
Penelope Plummer
Born 1948
Kate Anderson-Richardson
Born 1973
Sarah Elliott (cricketer)
Born 1982
Keith Campbell (motorcyclist)
1931 - 1958
Joanne Fox
Born 1979
Belinda Woolcock
Born 1995
Walter Rosenhain
1875 - 1934
Dean Ray
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Jock Landale
Born 1995