31.9559° S, 115.8606° E
PERTH
Most Famous People Born in Perth, Australia
- Notable people
- 960
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1970
- Most distinctive
- Polo 15.3×
The most isolated state capital on earth, and the roster reads like a ledger of wealthy colonial leisure with nowhere else to aim itself — a Polo bench running at better than fifteen times the global baseline, plus a thick Cricket, Golf and Rower culture grown out of the Swan River clubs. Heath Ledger and Judy Davis both left for London or Sydney without ever quite shedding the Perth vowels.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Perth during each.
Notable Births by Decade
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 194 notable births.
What Perth Is Known For
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Football is Perth's biggest profession — 15% of all notables (147).
Perth over-indexes on polo — 15.3× the global rate.
Perth under-produces writer — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Perth's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Film & TV
- Writing
- Music
- Science
- Other
- Filtered to 1860s Clear ×
William Richard Motherwell
1860 - 1943
Walter James
1863 - 1943
Percival Hussey
1869 - 1944
Harold Hale
1867 - 1947