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.

  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 76 of 960 notable people

0002 ACTOR

Judy Davis

Born 1955

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0021 BUSINESS

Gina Rinehart

Born 1954

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0029 WRITER

Sally Morgan (artist)

Born 1951

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0063 SCREENWRITER

Jerome Ehlers

1958 - 2014

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0069 ACTOR

Alan Fletcher (actor)

Born 1957

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0079 COMPOSER

Carl Vine

Born 1954

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0090 MUSIC

Tim Farriss

Born 1957

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0095 MATHEMATICIAN

Nikos Salingaros

Born 1952

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0102 LINGUIST

Anthony Pym

Born 1956

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0104 NOVELIST

Kim Scott

Born 1957

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0126 PLAYER

Lesley Hunt

Born 1950

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0127 COMPOSER

Andrew Farriss

Born 1959

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0179 SPORT

Steele Bishop

Born 1953

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0199 WRITER

Toni Bentley

Born 1958

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0206 CURLER

Gordon Muirhead

Born 1955

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0208 BARRISTER

Mark Dreyfus

Born 1956

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0224 CRICKET

Wayne Clark (cricketer)

Born 1953

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0227 SWIMMER

Lynne Watson

Born 1952

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0245 ACTOR

Peter Hardy (actor)

Born 1957

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0251 COMPOSER

Nigel Westlake

Born 1958

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0258 SONGWRITER

Dave Faulkner (musician)

Born 1957

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0269 POLITICIAN

David Johnston (politician)

Born 1956

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0284 ACTOR

Cheryl Rixon

Born 1954

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0290 BUSINESS

Rod Eddington

Born 1950

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0304 FILM

Karl Zwicky

Born 1956

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0320 JOURNALIST

Amanda Platell

Born 1957

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0327 MUSIC

Mark McEntee

Born 1952

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0328 FOOTBALL

Neil Balme

Born 1952

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0354 JOURNALIST

Geraldine Doogue

Born 1952

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0356 MODEL

Karen Pini

Born 1957

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0380 POLITICIAN

Chris Back

Born 1950

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0394 SONGWRITER

James Baker (musician)

Born 1954

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0411 PLAYER

Dean Williams (squash player)

Born 1956

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0421 OFFICER

Ian Gordon (general)

Born 1952

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0432 SWIMMER

Elizabeth Edmondson

Born 1950

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0466 JOURNALIST

Adele Horin

1951 - 2015

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0468 BIOCHEMIST

Anne Dell

Born 1950

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0470 GOLF

Jane Crafter

Born 1955

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0486 KILLER

David Birnie

1951 - 2005

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0490 POLITICIAN

Sue Lines

Born 1953

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0502 POLITICIAN

Martin Whitely

Born 1959

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0533 LAWYER

Wayne Martin (judge)

Born 1952

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0534 NOVELIST

Estelle Blackburn

Born 1950

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0542 PAINTER

Marcus Beilby

Born 1951

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0545 ENTREPRENEUR

David Thodey

Born 1954

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0556 BASKET

Mike Ellis (basketball)

Born 1958

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0572 FOOTBALL

Gary Marocchi

Born 1955

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0596 BASKET

Sue Harcus

Born 1954

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0611 POLITICIAN

Candy Broad

Born 1956

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0624 POLITICIAN

Lisa Baker (Australian politician)

Born 1958

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0629 POLITICIAN

John D'Orazio

1955 - 2011

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0632 LAWYER

Carmel McLure

Born 1955

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0656 FOOTBALL

Barry Kimberley

Born 1957

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0662 ACTOR

Toni Scanlan

Born 1956

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0673 DARTS PLAYER

Graham Hunt (darts player)

Born 1953

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0687 SONGWRITER

Boyd Wilson

Born 1959

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0691 LAWYER

Deborah Burrows

Born 1959

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0694 POLITICIAN

Ian Campbell (Australian politician)

Born 1959

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0706 PLAYER

Mick Mathers

Born 1955

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0739 CRICKET

Ken Lilly

Born 1959

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0766 POLITICIAN

Peter Styles (politician)

Born 1953

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0782 POLITICIAN

Peter Shack

Born 1953

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0820 FOOTBALL

Arno Bertogna

Born 1959

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0831 POLITICIAN

Chris Hatton

Born 1957

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0832 POLITICIAN

Kim Wilkie

Born 1959

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0835 POLITICIAN

Bernie Masters

Born 1950

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0850 POLITICIAN

Linda Savage

Born 1957

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0866 OFFICER

Raydon Gates

Born 1952

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0881 CRICKET

Geoff Thomson

Born 1959

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0888 CRICKET

Mervyn Sayers

Born 1958

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0902 PHYSICIAN

John Yovich

Born 1959

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0904 CRICKET

Giles Bush

Born 1956

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0906 PHYSICIST

David McClelland (physicist)

Born 1956

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0924 CRICKET

Gregory Colgan

Born 1953

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0942 POLITICIAN

Bill Thomas (Australian politician)

Born 1950

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0953 FOOTBALL

Sauro Iozzelli

Born 1957

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