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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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Alan Stockdale
Born 1945
John Murphy (musician)
1959 - 2015
David Allan (cyclist)
1951 - 1989
Anthony Pratt (businessman)
Born 1960
Andrew McKaige
Born 1959
Daniel Sproule
Born 1974
Amber Parkinson
Born 1976
Rod de Highden
Born 1969
Moira Kelly (humanitarian)
Born 1964
Klytie Pate
1912 - 2010
Jo Halls
Born 1973
Petra Yared
Born 1979
Steve Breheny
Born 1954
Naum Sekulovski
Born 1982
John Hocking
Born 1957
Rob Mitchell (Victorian politician)
Born 1967
Jodi Phillis
Born 1965
Hamish Blake
Born 1981
Shane O'Neill (skateboarder)
Born 1990
James Catanach
1921 - 1944
Robin Wallace-Crabbe
Born 1938
Gil Perkins
1907 - 1999
Jim Conway (musician)
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Anthony Hill (squash player)
Born 1969
Bias B
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Gary Pinto
-
Chandrika Ravi
Born 1988
David Miller (poet)
Born 1950
Phillip Frazer
Born 1946
Goldie Alexander
1936 - 2020
Basil Hansen
1926 - 2015
Marilyn Warren
Born 1951
Christopher Saunders
Born 1950
Harriet Edquist
Born 1940
Peta Brady
Born 1972
Lindsay Falvey
Born 1950
Michael Clayton (golfer)
Born 1957
Debbie Slimmon
Born 1967
James Whelan (cyclist)
Born 1996
Tim Taranto
Born 1998
Sophie Cunningham
Born 1963
George O'Mullane
1842 - 1866
George William Torrance
1835 - 1907
Peter Hiscock
Born 1957
Stevie Nicholson
Born 1983
Paul Lyneham
1945 - 2000
Jennie Boddington
1922 - 2015
Brian Mannix
Born 1961
David Hamer
1923 - 2002
Tim Gaze
Born 1953
John Maisano
Born 1979
Sophie Letcher
Born 1992
Tony Barnett
Born 1952
Antony I. Ginnane
Born 1949
Christina Collard
Born 1988
Frank Curcio
1912 - 1988
Daniel Piorkowski
Born 1984
Sarah Aarons
Born 1994
Peter Tully
1947 - 1992
Louise Hanson-Dyer
1884 - 1962
John George Davies
1846 - 1913
John Molony
1927 - 2018
Mick Gatto
Born 1955
Barry Oakley
Born 1931
Kaine Harling
Born 1977
Ian Fairbairn
1896 - 1968
Paul Dumbrell
Born 1982
Mark Mitchell (actor)
Born 1954
Tony Sneazwell
Born 1942
Ron Casey (Melbourne broadcaster)
1927 - 2000
Chris Knights
Born 1986
Toni Matičevski
Born 1977
Dymphna Clark
1916 - 2000
Alan Moore (war artist)
1914 - 2015
Andrea Goldsmith
Born 1950
Denise Green
Born 1946
Angelo Lekkas
Born 1976
Phill Calvert
Born 1958
Malcolm Speed
Born 1948
Stewart Ginn
Born 1949
Fiona Stewart (author)
Born 1966
Joey Katebian
Born 1995
Alphonse Gangitano
1957 - 1998
Stephanie Ashworth
Born 1974
Adam Shand (journalist)
Born 1962
Timothy Disken
Born 1996
Michael Kidd (physician)
Born 1959
John Raymond Garrett
Born 1940
David Quirk
Born 1981
Amanda Carter
Born 1964
Tamsin Lewis
Born 1979
Jason Moran (criminal)
1967 - 2003
Joyce Evans (photographer)
1929 - 2019
Jackson Gallagher
-
Jill Orr
Born 1952
Peter Connors
Born 1937
Devereaux Mytton
1924 - 1989
Damien Peverill
Born 1979
Bradley Hughes (golfer)
Born 1967
H. M. Knight
1917 - 2015
Steven Paulsen
Born 1955
Amanda Douge
Born 1976
Andrew Russell (baseball)
Born 1984
Bernadette McSherry
Born 1961
Daniel Vasilevski
Born 1981
Adam Blackley
Born 1985
Cyril Pearl
1906 - 1987
Chris Schacht
Born 1946
David Stiff (basketball)
Born 1972
Peter Skapetis
Born 1995
Gillian Bouras
Born 1945
Clea Smith
Born 1979
Alan Missen
1925 - 1986
Francis Peter de Campo
1923 - 1998
Amanda Brotchie
-
Darcy Daniher
Born 1989
Jenny Watson (artist)
Born 1951
Michael Glennon (former priest)
1944 - 2014
Jackie Clark
1887 - 1958
Peter Cook (antiques)
1924 - 2003
Stanton Welch
Born 1969
Lucille Hamilton
Born 1969
Len Fox
1905 - 2004
L. Scott Pendlebury
1914 - 1986
Justin Foxton
1849 - 1916
Brian Kavanagh (filmmaker)
Born 1935
Joshua Larkin
Born 1989
Adam Sawyer
Born 1999
Natalie King
Born 1966
William Whyte (athlete)
1903 - 1964
Anthony Pappa
Born 1973
Jane Aagaard
Born 1956
Brent Owens
-
Odo Hirsch
Born 1962
Laurie Venn
Born 1953
Michael Sheridan (musician)
Born 1975
Neil Prakash
-
Michael Pattinson
Born 1957
Jim Kennan
1946 - 2010
Richard Duke (basketball)
Born 1948
Ernie Ewert
Born 1954
Sam Calder
1916 - 2008
Paula Harvey
Born 1975
Stephen Allan
Born 1973
Peter Gouldthorpe
Born 1954
Bob Irwin
Born 1939
Trevor Gleeson
Born 1966
Lily D'Ambrosio
Born 1964
A. A. Phillips
1900 - 1985
Tom Budge
Born 1982
Alberto Zelman
1874 - 1927
Miles Evergood
1871 - 1939
June Middleton
1926 - 2009
Alkinos Tsilimidos
Born 1966
Andrew Welsh (footballer)
Born 1983
Dawn Walker
-
Larry Emdur
Born 1964
Hans Poulsen
Born 1945
Lisa Bellear
1961 - 2006
Jane Gazzo
Born 1977
Frank Talia
Born 1972
Tommy Nankervis
Born 1983
Noela Hjorth
1940 - 2016
Gabrielle Richards
Born 1984
Kirsty Murray
Born 1960
Ray Tomlinson (basketball)
Born 1948
Fay Kelton
-
Alicia Loxley
Born 1981
Stephen Hill (entrepreneur)
Born 1962
Sarah Egglestone
Born 1975
Joy Damousi
Born 1961
John Fethers
1929 - 2010
Steph Bowe
1994 - 2020
Robert Broadbent
1904 - 1986
Alan Wearne
Born 1948
Patti Newton
Born 1945
Steve Cooney
Born 1953
Peter Besanko
Born 1955
Patricia Bernard
Born 1942
Frank Kitto
1903 - 1994
Nick Jewell
Born 1977
Ken Meuleman
1923 - 2004
Jason Gardiner
Born 1971
Deirdre Cash
1925 - 1963
Ben Knight (actor)
Born 1975
Andy Lee (comedian)
Born 1981
Lilian Dikmans
Born 1985
Dean Anastasiadis
Born 1970
Roland Harvey
Born 1945
Juanita Stein
Born 1977
Ross Abbey
Born 1953
Michael Salla
Born 1958
Jake Webster
Born 1983
Haydn Keenan
Born 1951
Joe Kirkwood Jr.
1920 - 2006
James Anderson (cricketer, born 1931)
Born 1931
Hilary McPhee
Born 1941
Andrew Fyfe (cartoonist)
Born 1966
Farzad Tarash
Born 1986
Charlie Pickering
Born 1977
Wendy Paramor
1938 - 1975
James Turnbull
-
Anthony O'Neill
Born 1964
Cameron McConville
Born 1974
Gordon Neil Stewart
1912 - 1999
Kyle Adnam
Born 1993
Arthur Robert Hogg
1903 - 1966
William Thwaites (engineer)
1853 - 1907
John Madigan (Australian politician)
1966 - 2020
Helen Connon
1860 - 1903
Bob Gardiner (racewalker)
Born 1936
Alexander Rowe (athlete)
Born 1992
Heidi Victoria
Born 1967
Maria Takolander
Born 1973
Peter Scriven
1930 - 1998
Andy Campbell (basketball)
Born 1956
Paul Taylor (art critic)
1957 - 1992
Édouard Vanzeveren
1905 - 1948
Tom Wilson (basketball)
Born 1997
Celia Winter-Irving
1941 - 2009
Geoff Webb
Born 1960
Cris Brown
Born 1959
Peter Duncan (Australian politician)
Born 1945
Ruth Buckstein
Born 1955
James Nitties
Born 1982
Karin McRobert
Born 1953
Ben Pappas
1978 - 2007
John Abley
1930 - 2011
Kelly Stubbins
Born 1984
David Ross (aviator)
1902 - 1984
Julian Khazzouh
Born 1986
Douglas Buxton
1917 - 1984
Tegan Higginbotham
Born 1988
Fred Parkinson Holliday
1888 - 1980
Bob Brett
Born 1953
Sam Gravenall
1885 - 1948
Madeleine Pape
Born 1984
Geoffrey Yeend
1927 - 1994
Wilbur Wilde
Born 1955
Graham Wood (field hockey)
Born 1936
Howard Vernon (Australian actor)
1848 - 1921
Cameron McGlinchey
Born 1954
Sally Potocki
Born 1989
George Bedbrook
1921 - 1991
Trish Crossin
Born 1956
Alex Castles
1933 - 2003
Brett Prebble
Born 1977
Peter Boyce
Born 1946
Ryan Hargrave
Born 1981
David Lowe (historian)
Born 1964
Godfrey Wilson (politician)
1871 - 1958
Nathan Efron
Born 1954
Bill Gekas
Born 1973
Brendan O'Reilly (fighter)
Born 1987
Tom Hackett
Born 1992
Frank Costigan
1931 - 2009
Ian Blanchett
Born 1975
Ray Jordon
1937 - 2012
Edmund Wyly Grier
1862 - 1957
Daniel Braunsteins
Born 1988
Bill Mousoulis
Born 1963
Nick Kalmar
Born 1987
Andrew Burke (poet)
Born 1944
Ruth Alsop
1879 - 1976
Jackie Glazier
Born 1973
Bryan Fairfax
1925 - 2014
Murray Thompson
Born 1953
Lawrence Nield
Born 1941
Jillian Skinner
Born 1944
Geoff Burrowes
Born 1945
Tiffiny Hall
Born 1984
Gerry Hand
Born 1942
Mal Webb
Born 1966
Maurice Buckley
1891 - 1921
Arch Nicholson
1941 - 1990
Emily Gielnik
Born 1992
Keith Aickin
1916 - 1982
Judith Sloan
Born 1954
Tim Ellis
Born 1963
Bruce Gillespie
Born 1947
Kliment Taseski
Born 1991
Tim Sullivan (athlete)
Born 1975
Peter Wilson (Architekt)
Born 1950
Sam Bramham
Born 1988
Jon Finlayson
1938 - 2012
Alana Lowes
Born 1980
Raymond Martin (academic)
1926 - 2020
Robert Southey (businessman)
1922 - 1998
Hugh Ennor
1912 - 1977
Cameron White (squash player)
Born 1977
Aleks Danko
Born 1950
Bridie Kean
Born 1987
Krystal Weir
Born 1985
Dale Hickey
Born 1937
Marjorie Tipping
1917 - 2009
Stephen Quartermain
Born 1962
Anthony Drmic
Born 1992
Ellvana Curo
Born 1992
John Twycross
1871 - 1936
Dorothy Brunton
1890 - 1977