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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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John Billings
1918 - 2007
Ethel Spowers
1890 - 1947
Barbara J. Spencer
Born 1945
Clyde Holding
1931 - 2011
John Forbes (poet)
1950 - 1998
Christopher Prowse
Born 1953
Ben Naparstek
Born 1986
George Mells
Born 1997
Clemens Arnold
Born 1978
Lin Van Hek
Born 1944
Michael Sukkar
Born 1981
Robyn Selby Smith
Born 1980
Louis Nowra
Born 1950
Steve Fawkner
Born 1965
Jaime Fernandez (rower)
Born 1971
Catherine Gund
Born 1965
Godfrey Blunden
1906 - 1996
Anne Pincus
Born 1961
Alexander Morgan
Born 1994
Russell Trood
1948 - 2017
Ben Geurens
Born 1979
Albert Tucker (artist)
1914 - 1999
Adrian Zahra
Born 1990
Paul Dempsey
Born 1976
Louise Asher
Born 1956
Tony Street
Born 1926
Georgia Nanscawen
Born 1992
Richard Leplastrier
Born 1939
Warren Spink
Born 1966
Alex Davison
Born 1979
Tom Wright (Australian actor)
Born 1983
Jasmine Curtis-Smith
Born 1994
Brooke Lochland
Born 1991
Chrissie Swan
Born 1973
John Anastasiadis
Born 1968
John Treloar (museum administrator)
1894 - 1952
Florence Stawell
1869 - 1936
Rashid Mahazi
Born 1992
Bertram Mackennal
1863 - 1931
Janine Allis
Born 1965
Kostas Salapasidis
Born 1978
Russell Hagg
Born 1938
Ted à Beckett
1907 - 1989
Gideon Obarzanek
Born 1966
Ralph Willis
Born 1938
Philip Crosbie Morrison
1900 - 1958
Libby Tanner
Born 1970
Timothy Conigrave
1959 - 1994
Jack Viney
Born 1994
Peter Cochrane
Born 1950
Adam Bright
Born 1984
John Cain (junior)
1931 - 2019
Jobe Watson
Born 1985
Joanne Accom
Born 1978
Bill Lang
1882 - 1952
Neil Brown (Australian politician)
Born 1940
Allan Zavod
1945 - 2016
Julian Burnside
Born 1949
Rob Woodhouse
Born 1966
Lyn Allison
Born 1946
Tom Gleisner
Born 1962
Michael Ferrante
Born 1981
Panagiotis Kontaxakis
Born 1964
Edward Fiennes-Clinton, 18th Earl of Lincoln
1913 - 2001
Penny Whetton
1958 - 2019
Louisa Margaret Dunkley
1866 - 1927
Bradley Norton
Born 1991
Catherine King (politician)
Born 1966
Jordie Albiston
Born 1961
Cameron Watson (footballer)
Born 1987
Carmen Callil
Born 1938
Kirk McCarthy
1966 - 2004
Katya Crema
Born 1988
Jill Scott (media artist)
Born 1952
Lawrie Peckham
Born 1944
Jane Crabtree
Born 1981
Polly Borland
Born 1959
Carl Winter
1906 - 1966
Joe Chindamo
Born 1961
Malcolm McArthur
1882 - 1961
Athol Shmith
1914 - 1990
Alfred Rolfe (director)
1862 - 1943
Patrick Lyons
1903 - 1967
Warren Maher
Born 1957
Geoffrey McGeachin
Born 1949
Peter John Elliott
Born 1943
James Peter Quinn
1869 - 1951
Simon Thompson (triathlete)
Born 1977
Pasi Schwalger
Born 1982
Gareth Yuen
Born 1978
Christopher Skase
1948 - 2001
Richard Schlesinger (tennis)
Born 1900
Rebecca Jackson Mendoza
Born 1973
Lliam Webster
Born 1986
Greg Whitecross
Born 1961
Percy Joske
1895 - 1981
Daniel Worrall
Born 1991
Edward Slater
1917 - 2016
Tomas Bugg
Born 1993
Orpheus Pledger
Born 1992
Anthony Sharpe
Born 1974
Emily Martin (rower)
Born 1979
David Bell (field hockey)
Born 1955
Ben Dodwell
Born 1972
Sarah Cardwell
Born 1991
Peter Mitchell (newsreader)
Born 1960
K.Bhta
Born 1961
John Manifold
1915 - 1985
Bennie Lewis
Born 1987
Antun Kovacic
Born 1981
François Tétaz
Born 1970
Catherine Mack-Hancock
Born 1986
Glenn Sterle
Born 1960
Mark Thompson (footballer)
Born 1963
Vern Barberis
1928 - 2005
Jill Perryman
Born 1933
Bruce Woodley
Born 1942
Norman Greenwood
1925 - 2012
Hector Crawford
1913 - 1991
James Stewart (Australian actor)
Born 1975
Josh Kennedy (footballer, born 1987)
Born 1987
Francesco Stella (footballer)
Born 1991
Andrew Collett
Born 1978
John D. Lamond
1947 - 2018
Paul Price (squash player)
Born 1976
Jed Metcher
Born 1990
Harry Nicolaides
Born 1967
John-Michael Howson
Born 1936
Mahe Fonua
Born 1992
Kerry Stokes
Born 1940
Geoffrey Edelsten
Born 1943
George Megalogenis
Born 1964
Donna MacFarlane
Born 1977
Tony Cohen
1956 - 2017
Matthew Werkmeister
Born 1992
Chris Scott (Australian footballer)
Born 1976
Kym Gyngell
Born 1952
Andrew Keith Jack
1885 - 1966
Doris Blackburn
1889 - 1970
Brett Roneberg
Born 1979
David Morgan (businessman)
Born 1947
Brett McBean
Born 1978
Mary Wooldridge
Born 1967
Tosca Petridis
Born 1966
Justine Smethurst
Born 1987
Simon Baker (racewalker)
Born 1958
Helen Dallimore
Born 1971
Nicole Richardson
Born 1970
Barbara Angell
Born 1935
Stuart Carruthers
Born 1970
Şeyma Erenli
Born 1988
Adam Hubble
Born 1986
Brian Brown (musician)
1933 - 2013
John Ewart
1928 - 1994
Richard Lamb
1907 - 1974
Jock Sturrock
1915 - 1997
Geoffrey Bartlett
Born 1952
Steve Mouzakis
Born 1973
Peter Wallace
Born 1985
Wilga Rivers
1919 - 2007
Dylan Pierias
Born 2000
Pierre Gorman
1924 - 2006
Larry Pickering
1942 - 2018
Joss Ambler
1900 - 1959
Adrienne Clarke
Born 1938
Isabella Giovinazzo
Born 1990
Ashley Gilbertson
Born 1978
Alan Stretton
1922 - 2012
Eva Orner
Born 1969
Caroline Overington
Born 1970
Linley Frame
Born 1971
Alexandra Coppinger
Born 1996
Justin Leppitsch
Born 1975
Rebecca Barnard
Born 1960
Lum Pao-Hua
1906 - 1965
Karolina Wlodarczak
Born 1987
Theodosia Tsatsou
Born 1969
Shaun Graf
Born 1957
Jan Adele
1936 - 2000
Gaby Kennard
Born 1944
Kelland O'Brien
Born 1998
Nicole Car
Born 1985
John Fraser (tennis)
Born 1935
Kaarin Fairfax
Born 1959
Michael Danby
Born 1955
Janet Andrewartha
Born 1952
Jiordan Tolli
Born 1994
Trent Cotchin
Born 1990
Thomas Hodges (volleyball)
Born 1994
Ron Walker (Australian businessman)
1939 - 2018
Lindsay Kline
1934 - 2015
Brian Nankervis
Born 1956
Claire Mitchell-Taverner
Born 1970
Ollie Olsen
Born 1958
Hugh Stretton
1924 - 2015
Tim Costello
Born 1955
Brendan Fevola
Born 1981
Ali McGregor
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Timothy Costelloe
Born 1954
Graeme Blundell
Born 1945
James Clancy Phelan
Born 1979
Tempany Deckert
Born 1978
Peter Doyle (singer)
1949 - 2001
Robert Jamieson (chess player)
Born 1952
Nahum Barnet
1855 - 1931
Dane Swan
Born 1984
Dennis Trewin
Born 1946
Brian Doyle (rower)
1930 - 2008
Robin Ramsay (actor)
Born 1937
Steve Irons
Born 1958
Roy Grounds
1905 - 1981
Brianna Davey
Born 1995
Patsy King
Born 1929
Nicholas Colla
Born 1986
Peter Zoïs
Born 1978
Steve Pantelidis
Born 1983
Matthew Lloyd
Born 1978
Harry Allen (actor)
1883 - 1951
Sachin Joab
Born 1978
Alex Papps
Born 1969
Carrie Graf
Born 1967
Chloe Dallimore
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Denise Drysdale
Born 1948
Madeleine Jay
Born 1990
William Pitt (architect)
1855 - 1918
Brad Wing
Born 1991
Natascha Stellmach
Born 1970
Johnny Chester
Born 1941
Anne Phelan
1944 - 2019
Adam McPhee
Born 1982
Thelma Scott
1913 - 2006
Ross Fitzgerald
Born 1944
Madge Garland
1898 - 1990
Carley Mijović
Born 1994
Julian Alston
Born 1953
Danielle Perpoli
Born 1968
Peter Rowsthorn (actor)
Born 1963
Michael Atchison
1933 - 2009
Gareth Sansom
Born 1939
Neal Ashkanasy
Born 1945
James Cowan (author)
1942 - 2018
Jack Saunders (Australian cricketer)
1876 - 1927
Christopher Legh
Born 1972
Robert Menzies (actor)
Born 1955
Stephen Silvagni
Born 1967
James Muirhead (cricketer)
Born 1993
Dan Tehan
Born 1968
Andrew Utting
Born 1977
Thomas R. Kaiser
1924 - 1998
Billy Stretch
Born 1996
Ian Turpie
1943 - 2012
Michael Reda
Born 1972
Judy Horacek
Born 1961
Jordan Vandenberg
Born 1990
Arthur John Newman Tremearne
1877 - 1915
Ronnie Burns (singer)
Born 1946
Jim Nevin
1931 - 2017
Ramazan Tavşancıoğlu
Born 1984
Jason Benjamin
Born 1971
John Elliott (businessman)
Born 1941
Brett King (businessman)
Born 1968
Daniel Dillon (basketball)
Born 1986
Bernard Callinan
1913 - 1995
Jeff Carter (photographer)
1928 - 2010
Cameron Allan
1955 - 2013
Mitchell Hope
Born 1994
Daniel Kane (linguist)
Born 1948
Sheridan Jobbins
Born 1959
Jared Daperis
Born 1990
Katherine Hicks
-
Justin Madden
Born 1961
Doris Carter
1912 - 1999
K. C. Groom
1872 - 1954
Veronica Brady
1929 - 2015
Tendai Mzungu
Born 1986
George Pitt Morison
1861 - 1946
C. S. Pacat
-
Ken Inglis
1929 - 2017
Mama Kin (musician)
-
Peter Helliar
Born 1975
Norma Bull
1906 - 1980
Dougie Baldwin
Born 1996
Jana Wendt
Born 1956
John Kaye (politician)
1955 - 2016
Emilie Gassin
Born 1988
David Douglas (rower)
Born 1947
John Harry Grainger
1854 - 1917
Joseph Peter O'Connell
1931 - 2013
Jeremy Kewley
Born 1960
Charlie Booth
1903 - 2008
Bob Shearer
Born 1948
Suzanne Cotter
Born 1961
Sydney James Van Pelt
1908 - 1976
Peta Edebone
Born 1969
Andrew Giles
Born 1973
Hugh Evans (humanitarian)
Born 1983
Julian Hill
Born 1973
Josh Kennedy (footballer, born 1988)
Born 1988
Ben Steel
Born 1975
Robert Jacks
Born 1943