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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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Ashley Hall (golfer)
Born 1983
Alan Kohler
Born 1952
Michael Tucker (basketball)
1954 - 2012
William Knox (Victorian politician)
1850 - 1913
Ken Scarlett
Born 1927
Madeleine Scerri
Born 1989
Meaghan Delahunt
Born 1961
Percy Code
1888 - 1953
Pete Smith (announcer)
Born 1939
Noel Tovey
Born 1934
Neil Pope
Born 1949
Paul Rutgers
Born 1984
Peter Byrne (basketball)
Born 1948
Marnie Bassett
1889 - 1980
Kimon Taliadoros
Born 1968
Frederick Collins
1881 - 1917
Robert Harris (poet)
1951 - 1993
Tania Lacy
Born 1965
Hugh Syme (GC)
1903 - 1965
Ross Dimsey
Born 1943
Ryan Carneli
Born 1985
Stephen Benwell
Born 1953
Rick Kennett
Born 1956
Alfred Stirling
1902 - 1981
Gary Trowell
Born 1959
Andrew De Silva
Born 1974
James Ezard
Born 1986
Fred Esmelton
1872 - 1933
Michael Gordon (Australian journalist)
1955 - 2018
Jane Routley
Born 1962
Keith Stackpole (footballer)
1916 - 1992
Doris Gordon
1890 - 1956
Andrew Tampion
Born 1984
Eve von Bibra
Born 1966
Francis Hamilton Stuart
1912 - 2007
Ryan Willits
Born 1987
John Aloysius Morgan
1909 - 2008
Natalie Hutchins
Born 1972
Caroline Bartasek
Born 1978
Caroline Wilson
Born 1960
Gary Johns
Born 1952
Ashleigh McConnell
Born 1996
Jimmy Smith (Australian footballer)
1877 - 1948
Marie Tehan
1940 - 2004
Chris Lawson
Born 1966
Padraic McGuinness
1938 - 2008
Mal Walden
Born 1945
Carl Sandri
Born 1983
Jennifer Byrne
Born 1955
Marlene Kairouz
Born 1975
Jon Deeble
Born 1962
Dallas Cairns
1881 - 1941
Lex Lasry
Born 1948
Ian Cugley
1945 - 2010
Peter Smalley
-
Alexander Wigram Allen Leeper
1887 - 1935
Tim Smith (Australian politician)
Born 1983
Lewis Hobba
Born 1962
Jane Tanner
Born 1946
Steve Pizzati
Born 1974
Jane Garrett
Born 1973
Di Gribble
1942 - 2011
Lawrence Mooney
Born 1965
Gillian Wigglesworth
Born 1950
Vik Grujic
Born 1976
Merrick Watts
Born 1973
Annette Woodward
Born 1947
Burak Hasan
Born 1985
Steve Owen (racing driver)
Born 1974
Rod Kemp
Born 1944
John Young (jurist)
1919 - 2008
George Caddy
1914 - 1983
Jeremy Smith (Australian musician)
-
Bettina Liano
Born 1966
John Williams (squash)
Born 1972
Jo Stanley
Born 1972
David Hone
Born 1946
John Siddons
1927 - 2016
Melbourne Brindle
1904 - 1995
Peter Wilson (writer)
Born 1951
Ian Stanley (golfer)
1948 - 2018
Bill Thomas (Australian footballer)
1886 - 1974
Ian Spink
Born 1947
Dave O'Neil
Born 1965
Nathan Elliott
Born 1990
Marg Downey
Born 1961
Harry Kortlang
1880 - 1961
Concetta Benn
1926 - 2011
Caroline Marton
Born 1984
Jarrod Kimber
Born 1980
Throttle (DJ)
Born 1997
Simon Helmot
Born 1972
Nicola Barr
Born 1996
Geoffrey Eames
Born 1945
David Zeidler
1918 - 1998
R. A. Simpson
1929 - 2002
George Courtney Benson
1886 - 1960
Diane Mantzaris
Born 1962
Ian Chandler (cyclist)
Born 1951
David Saker
Born 1966
Chris Gowans
Born 1977
Kim Frazer
Born 1959
John Ward (umpire)
Born 1962
Brian Harrison (Conservative politician)
1921 - 2011
Shane Kerrison
Born 1965
Peter Staples
Born 1947
Cyril Seelenmeyer
1892 - 1918
Bob Stensholt
Born 1945
Karen Kronemeyer
Born 1981
Kerryn Tolhurst
-
Keith Holman
1927 - 2011
Mal Fletcher
Born 1957
Ted Craig
Born 1948
Lee Tulloch
Born 1954
Wally Koochew
1887 - 1932
Amanda Drury
-
Andrew Pendlebury
Born 1952
Katrina Hibbert
Born 1977
Letitia Fairfield
1885 - 1978
Peter Johnston (tennis)
Born 1960
Rosemary Crowley
Born 1938
Christopher Beaumont
Born 1961
Peter Petricola
Born 1983
Jerry Skinner
1900 - 1962
Ronald McNicoll
1906 - 1996
Debra Phillips
Born 1958
Daisy Masterman
Born 1990
Jane Hume
Born 1971
Courtney Field
Born 1997
Dion Titheradge
1889 - 1934
Rachel Goh
Born 1986
Lewis Marnell
1982 - 2013
Christine O'Loughlin
Born 1948
Godfrey Irving
1867 - 1937
Alyce Platt
Born 1963
Dora Serle
1875 - 1968
Jacqui Gordon
Born 1962
Geoff Heskett
Born 1929
Mavis Thorpe Clark
1909 - 1999
Doug Gott
Born 1950
Greg Tegart
Born 1929
Michael Noonan (filmmaker)
Born 1972
David Franj
Born 1978
Jack Harper (tennis)
1914 - 2005
Penelope Blackmore
Born 1984
Ross Vasta
Born 1966
Thos Hunt
Born 1982
Jaala Pulford
Born 1974
John Pyke
Born 1940
Philip Brady (broadcaster)
Born 1939
Stephen Allender
Born 1960
Neil Pigot
Born 1961
Shane Webb
Born 1980
Luis Leeds
Born 2000
Janet Gover
-
Jenny Mikakos
Born 1969
Mic Conway
Born 1951
Nancy Weir
1915 - 2008
Christine Stephen-Daly
Born 1973
Christine Townend
Born 1944
Harry Ross-Soden
1886 - 1944
Yvette Coppersmith
Born 1980
Julian Carroll (swimmer)
Born 1942
Pat Carroll (singer)
Born 1946
Allan Ashbolt
1921 - 2005
Amy Eliza Castles
1880 - 1951
Donald Allen (cricketer)
1926 - 2008
Georgia van Cuylenburg
Born 1987
Lisa Roet
Born 1967
Julian Martin
Born 1969
Sidney Ramsden
1901 - 1975
Luke Gosling
Born 1971
Billy "The Texan" Longley
1926 - 2014
Harry Rigby (aviator)
1896 - 1972
Kieran Pratt
Born 1988
Rae Anderson
Born 1953
Beverley Dunn
Born 1934
Seán Martin Hingston
Born 1965
Laurina Fleure
Born 1983
Rowan Hills
Born 1991
Alison Downie
Born 1984
Tony Smibert
Born 1949
Julie Gough
Born 1965
Peter Khalil
Born 1973
Helen Sexton
1862 - 1950
Anthony Towns
Born 1978
Tas Pappas
Born 1975
Louise Adler
Born 1954
Andrew Bibby
Born 1980
James P. Gorman
Born 1958
Martin Grant
Born 1966
Reno Piscopo
Born 1998
Alex Waislitz
Born 1958
Brigitte Ardossi
Born 1987
Simon West (poet)
Born 1974
Karen Knowles
Born 1964
Ron Barassi Sr.
1913 - 1941
Bryan Wilson (sport shooter)
Born 1962
Eddie Sholl
1872 - 1952
Mervyn Austin
1913 - 1991
Stieg Persson
Born 1959
Noel Monks
1907 - 1960
J. M. Harcourt
1902 - 1971
Rupert Wertheim
1893 - 1933
Chris Ritchie
Born 1949
Russell Stewart
Born 1960
Matt Zurbo
Born 1967
Bruce Field (athlete)
Born 1947
Mark J. Feist
Born 1970
Chaz Mostert
Born 1992
Daniel McGrath
Born 1994
Blair Campbell
1946 - 2020
Charlie Goding
1876 - 1926
Ruth Maddison
Born 1945
Harold Bray
1920 - 1999
John Hamilton (Australian politician)
1841 - 1916
Barry Gration
Born 1936
Geoff Raby
Born 1953
Melissa Maizels
Born 1993
Tom Sexton (rugby player)
Born 1989
Mildred Barnard
1908 - 2000
Natalia Rahman
Born 1982
John Deeks
Born 1951
Jake Ryan (actor)
Born 1983
Harold Trevor Clifford
1927 - 2019
Eron Sheean
Born 1976
Miriam Dixson
Born 1930
Tegan Cunningham
Born 1988
Mark Doyle (rower)
Born 1963
Brad Robbins
Born 1985
Eliza Hall
1847 - 1916
George Hodges Knox
1885 - 1960
Matt Hill (CEO)
Born 1970
Clarrie Hall
1890 - 1976
Luke Cornwall
Born 1980
Audrey Cahn
1905 - 2008
Bill Lyndon
Born 1964
Rupert Ryan
1884 - 1952
Dick Wardill
1872 - 1929
Charlie Forbes
1865 - 1922
Lewis Thorpe (baseball)
Born 1995
James Moffat (racing driver)
Born 1984
Luke Parker (cyclist)
Born 1993
Ann Corcoran
Born 1951
Jack Blackman
1920 - 1978
Lewis Luxton
1910 - 1969
Bess Norriss
1878 - 1939
Robert Gottliebsen
Born 1941
Ivan Lund
1929 - 1992
Jy Bond
Born 1979
Arthur Mather
1925 - 2017
Stephen Solomon
Born 1963
William Percival Evans
1864 - 1959
Jayde Herrick
Born 1985
Lyall Brooks
Born 1978
Ewen Cameron (Australian politician)
Born 1930
Doug Chappel
-
Kelly Wilson
Born 1985
Rosemary Balmford
1933 - 2017
Keith Wiegard
1938 - 1992
Laurie Brady
1895 - 1944
Judith Troeth
Born 1940
Amiria Rule
Born 1983
Lorraine Elliott
1943 - 2014
Sarah Jane Pell
Born 1974
Ray Garby
1923 - 2009
Dave Strickland
1877 - 1963
William Cole (public servant)
1926 - 2019
Jodeen Carney
Born 1965
Sydney Dalrymple
Born 1885
Joe Piripitzi
-
Terence James Elkins
Born 1936
Alan Constable
Born 1956
Earle Bailey
Born 1941
Son Barry
1877 - 1959
Simon Storey
Born 1974
Tommy Greer
Born 1983
Steven Pace
Born 1983
Rodney Iona
Born 1991
Dan Mackinnon
1903 - 1983
Hector McIvor
1900 - 1992
Craig Polla-Mounter
Born 1972
Simon Frankel
Born 1982
Luke Campbell (volleyball)
Born 1979
Cara Wakelin
Born 1977
Horrie Riley
1902 - 1970
Nicki Greenberg
Born 1974
Paul Boston
Born 1942
Alan Jolly
1910 - 1977
John Spencer (boat designer)
1931 - 1996
Ráv Thomas
-
Alice McNamara
Born 1986
Jayson Mansaray
Born 1986
Jack Perkins (racing driver)
Born 1986
Bree Munro
Born 1981
Craig Melville
-
Harold Shillinglaw
1927 - 2016
Gregory Victor Babic
1963 - 2013
Aaron Trahair
Born 1976
Herman Dohrmann
1873 - 1957