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.
Standouts
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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- Filtered to 1890s Clear ×
M. E. Clifton James
1898 - 1963
Peter Drummond (RAF officer)
1894 - 1945
Edgar Johnston
1896 - 1988
Frank Schryver
1891 - 1965
Patrick Quinlan (cricketer)
1891 - 1935
Frank Golding
1890 - 1966
Leslie Diver
1899 - 1995
Alpin Thomson
1893 - 1960
Cecil Quinlan
1893 - 1926
Peter Casserly
1898 - 2005
Auvergne Doherty
1896 - 1964
Aloysius Rodoreda
1892 - 1958
Lionel Kelly
1897 - 1977
Robert Blundell
1896 - 1940
Frank Guthrie (politician)
1893 - 1955