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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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Rachel Carling-Jenkins
Born 1975
Stephanie Moorhouse
Born 1987
Robbie Cadee
Born 1950
James Austin (photographer)
Born 1940
Richard Pleasance
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Mary Hanna
Born 1954
Andrej Lemanis
Born 1969
Craig Stott
Born 1990
Dvora Waysman
Born 1931
Janine Burke
Born 1952
Candice Alley
Born 1982
Rex Hedrick
Born 1988
Adrian Martin
Born 1959
Lex Davison
1923 - 1965
Clarissa House
Born 1954
Marcus Bontempelli
Born 1995
Frederic Hughes
1858 - 1944
Fifi Box
Born 1977
Ann James
Born 1952
John Derum
Born 1946
Marjorie Pizer
1920 - 2016
Diana Prazak
Born 1979
Rory Sloane
Born 1990
Michael Cook (rugby)
Born 1962
James Paterson-Robinson
Born 1978
Mark Opitz
Born 1952
Elizabeth Gardner
Born 1980
Damon Young
Born 1975
Peter Cummins
Born 1931
Rod Jones (author)
Born 1953
Stephen Black
Born 1980
Margret RoadKnight
Born 1943
Hilton Clarke (cyclist, born 1944)
Born 1944
A. G. L. Shaw
1916 - 2012
Keith Smith (writer)
1917 - 2011
James Podsiadly
Born 1981
Bianca Chiminello
Born 1976
Glen Tomasetti
1929 - 2003
Bruce Gyngell
1929 - 2000
Scott Michaelson
Born 1968
Nikki Coghill
Born 1964
Dellys Starr
Born 1976
Cheyne Coates
Born 1970
Felix Riebl
Born 1981
Levent Osman
Born 1977
Matthew Sleeth (visual artist)
Born 1972
Sophie Mirabella
Born 1968
Brian Tobin (tennis)
Born 1930
Colin Batch
Born 1958
Damon Hayler
Born 1976
Matt Skinner
Born 1974
Julien Wiener
Born 1955
Rob Mills
Born 1982
Paul Goldman
Born 1957
David Kemp (politician)
Born 1941
Pat McDonald (actress)
1921 - 1990
Marshall Browne
1935 - 2014
Rennie Ellis
1940 - 2003
Peter Ryan (columnist)
1923 - 2015
Anthony Carter (soccer)
Born 1994
Phil Cleary
Born 1952
Noel Ferrier
1930 - 1997
Patrick Harvey (actor)
Born 1984
Luke Power
Born 1980
Seen Lee
Born 1982
Callan Ward
Born 1990
Michael Zerafa
Born 1992
Emmelene Landon
Born 1963
Clive Baillieu, 1st Baron Baillieu
1889 - 1967
Lorenz Kindtner
Born 1971
Greg Barns
Born 1962
Lynne Kosky
1958 - 2014
Jeff Moss (cricketer)
Born 1947
Jocelyn Newman
1937 - 2018
Joel Fletcher
Born 1992
Joe Foster (actor)
Born 1976
James Birrell
1928 - 2019
David Tacey
Born 1953
John Blackman
Born 1947
Zac Dunn
Born 1991
Lauren Breadmore
Born 1983
Amiel Courtin-Wilson
Born 1979
Michael Schiavello
Born 1975
Terry Norris (actor)
Born 1930
Anne Penfold Street
1932 - 2016
Jonathan Little (composer)
Born 1965
Clare-Louise Brumley
Born 1977
Lawrence Leung
Born 1977
Pat Reidy
Born 1971
Jim McClelland
1915 - 1999
Daryl Corletto
Born 1981
Paul Hogan (butler)
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Pepita Emmerichs
-
Sophie Falkiner
Born 1974
Alison Mau
Born 1965
Samantha Hamill
Born 1991
Ian Gawler
Born 1950
Karen Alexander (environmentalist)
Born 1948
Michael Veitch
Born 1962
Murray Hall (cyclist)
Born 1953
Toby Martin
Born 1975
Jimi Hocking
Born 1963
Susan Crennan
Born 1945
Mate Dugandzic
Born 1989
Darren Berry
Born 1969
David Zaharakis
Born 1990
Theo Markelis
Born 1992
Max Hole
Born 1951
Barry Hill (Australian writer)
Born 1943
Neva Carr Glyn
1908 - 1975
Raymond Apple (rabbi)
Born 1935
Tom Critchley
1916 - 2009
Jake Lehmann
Born 1992
Martin Pakula
Born 1969
Fluent Form
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David Bamford
Born 1976
Ian Olver
Born 1953
Julia Banks
Born 1962
John Baker (general)
1936 - 2007
Michael Keon
1918 - 2006
Euan Henderson
Born 1967
Wade Dekker
Born 1994
Benjamin Penny
Born 1959
Dan Brodie
Born 1974
Ged Kearney
Born 1963
Andrew Vlahos
Born 1976
Steven O'Dor
Born 1987
Ben Anderson (actor)
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Colin Guest
1937 - 2018
Ian Henderson (news presenter)
Born 1953
Glen Cooper
1915 - 1986
Livinia Nixon
Born 1975
Beverley Farmer
1941 - 2018
Ian Dougald McLachlan
1911 - 1991
Robert Rooney
1937 - 2017
Gary Files
-
Jack Le Brocq
Born 1992
Norman May
1928 - 2016
James Elmer
Born 1971
Gai Brodtmann
Born 1963
Libbi Gorr
Born 1965
Kevin Zervos
Born 1953
Bryden Macpherson
Born 1990
Anne Henderson
Born 1949
Seldon Hunt
Born 1969
Jack Silvagni
Born 1997
Blake Caracella
Born 1977
Regan Lamble
Born 1991
Brendan Moon
Born 1958
Micky Allan
Born 1944
Anne Brooksbank
Born 1943
Robert Doyle
Born 1953
Ashley McIntosh
Born 1972
Hugh Wirth
1939 - 2018
Melissa Duncan
Born 1990
Jane Prentice
Born 1953
Sharon Tredrea
Born 1954
Kieran Ault-Connell
Born 1981
Nick Davis (footballer)
Born 1980
David Smith (public servant)
Born 1933
Jenny Hocking
Born 1953
Gael Jennings
Born 1951
Ian A. Young
-
Chris Erickson
Born 1981
Bill Meyer (artist)
Born 1942
Ty Vickery
Born 1990
Davide Carbone
Born 1971
Ben Esler
Born 1983
Rod McCurdy
Born 1959
Anastasia Klose
Born 1978
Francine McRae
Born 1969
Alan Griffiths
Born 1952
Ivan Durrant
Born 1947
Sarina Singh
Born 1968
Lin Jong
Born 1993
Harry James Angus
Born 1982
Michael Stutchbury
Born 1957
Simon Penny
Born 1955
Ali Abdo (wrestler)
Born 1981
Frank Gatliff
1927 - 1990
Andrez Bergen
-
Marguerite Mahood
1901 - 1989
Hamish MacDonald (athlete)
Born 1974
Marie Toomey
1923 - 2014
Peter Walsh (basketball)
Born 1954
John Bryson (author)
Born 1935
John Harber Phillips
1933 - 2009
Randi Fisher
1920 - 1997
Mary-Anne Fahey
Born 1955
Samuel L. Braunstein
Born 1961
Peter Dowding
Born 1943
Andrew McGowan
Born 1961
Arthur Ferdinand Yencken
1894 - 1944
Michael Wooldridge
Born 1956
Richard Douglas (footballer)
Born 1987
Cris Bonacci
Born 1964
Deb Cox
Born 1958
Brook Sykes
Born 1983
Alexandra Schepisi
-
James Hogan (businessman)
Born 1956
Nene King
Born 1943
Luke Blackwell
Born 1986
Jordan Bannister
Born 1982
Andy Otten
Born 1989
Michael McRobbie
Born 1950
Kylie Belling
-
Murray Hocking
Born 1971
Tomislav Uskok
Born 1991
Andrew Harris (tennis)
Born 1994
Cameron Donald
Born 1977
Celia Rosser
Born 1930
Marcia Neave
Born 1944
Bill Sykes
Born 1948
Peter Cullen (scientist)
1943 - 2008
Matt Boesenberg
Born 1973
Jamie Bloem
Born 1971
Louise Siversen
Born 1960
Greg Craven (academic)
Born 1958
Michael Lynch (cyclist)
Born 1963
Jesse White (footballer)
Born 1988
John Clanchy
Born 1943
Daniel Giansiracusa
Born 1982
Caroline Kennedy-McCracken
Born 1967
Gil Brealey
1932 - 2018
Alex Ross (cricketer)
Born 1992
Michael Gurr
1961 - 2017
Katie Cole
-
Lupce Acevski
Born 1977
Raul Isac
Born 1988
Matt Celotti
Born 1979
Molly Fink
1894 - 1967
Amber Clayton
Born 1978
Nikolas Jaspert
Born 1962
Bill Morris (rugby union player born 1941)
Born 1941
Frank Woodley
Born 1968
Peggy Antonio
1917 - 2002
Peter McIntyre (architect)
Born 1927
Jason Duff
Born 1972
David Fitter
Born 1977
Lachlan Dreher
Born 1967
Elsa Reichmanis
Born 1953
Ruth F. Curtain
1941 - 2018
Wayne Reid
Born 1938
Christopher Jamison
Born 1951
Gwen Gaze
1915 - 2010
Ollie McGill
Born 1981
David McKenzie (golfer)
Born 1967
Jane Bunn
Born 1978
Brydee Moore
Born 1990
Joan Winfield
1918 - 1978
Kumi Taguchi (journalist)
Born 1975
Robert Ray (Australian politician)
Born 1947
Clare O'Neil
Born 1980
Bill Wyatt
Born 1938
Jacqueline Guan
Born 1994
James Paterson (Australian politician)
Born 1987
Daryl Perkins
Born 1943
Alistair Presnell
Born 1979
John Spooner
Born 1946
Julie Nihill
Born 1957
Wayne Carroll (basketball)
Born 1959
Les Riddle
Born 1953
Shelley Segal
Born 1987
Barry Kay
1932 - 1985
Troy Simmonds
Born 1978
Edmund Thiele
1874 - 1971
Lachlan Elmer
Born 1969
Andrew Stewart Coats
Born 1958
Franz Kempf
Born 1926
Tony Birch
Born 1957
Jasper Pittard
Born 1991
Alan Griffin
Born 1960
Daryl Dawson
Born 1933
Gillian Polack
Born 1961
Thubten Gyatso (Australian monk)
Born 1943
Charlotte Anderson
1915 - 2002
Joey Falzon
Born 1969
Cameron Medhurst
Born 1965
Alex Hillhouse
1907 - 1983
Lee Holdsworth
Born 1983
Desmond Piper
Born 1941
Kyle Davis (table tennis)
Born 1989
Anthony Pryor
1951 - 1991
Samantha Downie
Born 1987
Guy Grossi
Born 1965
David Day (historian)
Born 1949
Derwent Lees
1885 - 1931
Lina Teoh
Born 1976
Carl Williams (criminal)
1970 - 2010
Kitty Chiller
Born 1964
Alan Kogosowski
Born 1952
Chris Bryan
Born 1982
Diane Fahey
Born 1945
Andreas Govas
Born 1989
Helen Kroger
Born 1959
Ian Watson (basketball)
1949 - 1981
Olivia Wells
Born 1994
Lenore Manderson
Born 1951
Jo Silvagni
Born 1970
Ben Hinshelwood
Born 1977