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

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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.

  1. Football 147 1.4×
  2. Politician 97 0.9×
  3. Cricket 91 7.4×
  4. Actor 78 1.5×
  5. Player 45 2.4×
  6. Basket 23 1.9×
  7. Swimmer 22 4.7×
  8. Sport 21 1.3×
  1. Polo 12 15.3×
  2. Cricket 91 7.4×
  3. Golf 11 6.8×
  4. Model 15 6.0×
  5. Rower 17 4.8×
  6. Swimmer 22 4.7×
  7. Driver 12 4.0×
  8. Player 45 2.4×
  1. Writer 14 0.5×

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.

1850 1875 1900 1925 1950 1975 2000
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Showing 81 of 960 notable people

0032 CRICKET

Dennis Lillee

Born 1949

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0061 POLITICIAN

Kim Beazley

Born 1948

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0080 NOVELIST

John Brosnan

1947 - 2005

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0084 ASTRONOMER

Ken Freeman (astronomer)

Born 1940

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0089 SCREENWRITER

Judy Nunn

Born 1945

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0112 JUDGE

Robert French

Born 1947

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0118 RESEARCH

Marcus Feldman

Born 1942

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0160 ACTOR

Val Lehman

Born 1943

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0163 NOVELIST

Joan London (Australian author)

Born 1948

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0177 POLITICIAN

John Dawkins

Born 1947

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0181 IMPRISONED

Brian Burke (Australian politician)

Born 1947

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0190 ARCHITECT

Kerry Hill

1943 - 2018

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0213 FILMMAKER

Robin Anderson

1948 - 2002

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0220 DRIVER

Ross Dunkerton

Born 1945

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0225 LORD

Barbara Young, Baroness Young of Old Scone

Born 1948

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0239 SINGER

Brian Cadd

Born 1946

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0242 LINGUIST

Bob Hodge (linguist)

Born 1940

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0250 SENATE

Richard Alston (politician)

Born 1941

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0275 SPRINT

Margaret Burvill

1941 - 2009

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0281 ACADEMIC

Colin L. Masters

Born 1947

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0311 BIOCHEMIST

Iain Donald Campbell

1941 - 2014

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0316 ECONOMIST

Graeme Snooks

Born 1944

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0335 PRESENTER

Mike Willesee

1942 - 2019

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0344 POLITICIAN

Fred Chaney

Born 1941

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0346 FOOTBALL

Frank Pyke

1941 - 2011

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0350 ACTIVIST

Jocelynne Scutt

Born 1947

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0352 AUTHOR

Hal Gibson Pateshall Colebatch

1945 - 2019

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0383 DIPLOMAT

David Irvine (diplomat)

Born 1947

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0386 POLITICIAN

Marshall Perron

Born 1942

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0396 ACTIVIST

Jo Vallentine

Born 1946

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0460 PLAYER

Barbara Wall

Born 1948

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0474 FOOTBALL

Bob Hammond

1942 - 2020

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0479 FOOTBALL

Mel Whinnen

Born 1942

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0505 POLITICIAN

John Williams (New South Wales state politician)

Born 1948

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0510 CRICKET

Rob Langer

Born 1948

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0524 PRESENTER

Vincent Smith (television presenter)

1943 - 1991

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0537 POLITICIAN

Bob McMullan

Born 1947

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0547 ACTOR

Katherine Kessey

Born 1946

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0549 PRESENTER

Terry Willesee

Born 1945

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0552 POLITICIAN

David Thomas King

Born 1946

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0565 POLITICIAN

Ron Boswell

Born 1940

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0570 DIPLOMAT

Ric Smith

Born 1944

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0577 SAILOR

Graeme Martin

Born 1949

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0594 GOLF

Shirley Finn

1940 - 1975

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0599 BARRISTER

Ian Temby

Born 1942

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0605 ARTIST

Robert Bell (artist and curator)

1946 - 2018

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0606 PAINTER

Piers Maxwell Dudley-Bateman

1947 - 2015

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0626 ACTIVIST

Lex Watson

1943 - 2014

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0630 POLITICIAN

Barry MacKinnon

Born 1944

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0635 ACADEMIC

Peter Hill (Slawist)

Born 1945

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0640 DISCUS THROWER

Len Vlahov

1940 - 1997

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0652 BUSINESS

Peter Smedley

1943 - 2019

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0659 POLITICIAN

Ron Edwards (Australian politician)

Born 1945

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0661 POLITICIAN

Kay Hallahan

Born 1941

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0670 BARRISTER

John Quigley (politician)

Born 1948

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0671 POLITICIAN

Diana Warnock

Born 1940

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0688 SWIMMER

Christine Barnetson

1948 - 2019

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0708 MUSIC

Gerard Sibbritt

Born 1942

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0717 POLO

Tom Hoad

Born 1940

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0734 SCULPTOR

Robert Hitchcock

Born 1944

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0735 PRIEST

Gerald Holohan

Born 1947

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0745 POLITICIAN

Bob Pearce

Born 1946

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0749 ECOLOGIST

Peter Nattrass

Born 1941

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0756 SCIENCE

David Andrich

Born 1941

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0758 POLITICIAN

Lance Armstrong (politician)

Born 1940

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0762 POLITICIAN

Kim Chance

1946 - 2017

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0777 PHYSICIAN

Richard Alan Fox

Born 1943

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0784 FOOTBALL

Tom Marinko

1941 - 1981

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0794 FARMER

Winston Crane

Born 1941

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0804 FOOTBALL

Tony Micale

Born 1948

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0808 ROWER

Peter Shakespear

Born 1946

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0818 POLITICIAN

Diane Airey

Born 1943

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0821 POLITICIAN

Philip Gardiner

Born 1946

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0834 POLITICIAN

Glenys Godfrey

Born 1949

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0839 FOOTBALL

Peter Metropolis

Born 1944

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0849 SPORT

Val Buffham-Norris

Born 1943

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0877 PRIEST

Justin Bianchini

Born 1941

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0890 CRICKET

Keith Punch

Born 1940

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0917 RACER

Doug Underwood

Born 1949

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0929 POLITICIAN

Gary Snook

Born 1947

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0940 NOVELIST

Geraldine Wooller

Born 1941

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