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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0061 POLITICIAN

Kim Beazley

Born 1948

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0177 POLITICIAN

John Dawkins

Born 1947

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0201 POLITICIAN

Lisa Scaffidi

Born 1960

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0221 POLITICIAN

Dean Smith (Australian politician)

Born 1969

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0229 POLITICIAN

George Leake

1856 - 1902

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0267 POLITICIAN

William Richard Motherwell

1860 - 1943

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0269 POLITICIAN

David Johnston (politician)

Born 1956

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0298 POLITICIAN

Ray O'Connor

1926 - 2013

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0326 POLITICIAN

Michael Keenan

Born 1972

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0344 POLITICIAN

Fred Chaney

Born 1941

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0351 POLITICIAN

Hugh Watt

1912 - 1980

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0380 POLITICIAN

Chris Back

Born 1950

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0386 POLITICIAN

Marshall Perron

Born 1942

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0390 POLITICIAN

Pam Buchanan

1937 - 1992

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0441 POLITICIAN

Michelle Roberts

Born 1960

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0444 POLITICIAN

Mia Davies

Born 1978

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0452 POLITICIAN

Peter Durack

1926 - 2008

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0459 POLITICIAN

Anne Levy

Born 1934

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0471 POLITICIAN

John Stone (Australian politician)

Born 1929

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0487 POLITICIAN

Sue Ellery

Born 1962

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0490 POLITICIAN

Sue Lines

Born 1953

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0502 POLITICIAN

Martin Whitely

Born 1959

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0505 POLITICIAN

John Williams (New South Wales state politician)

Born 1948

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0511 POLITICIAN

Wilson Tuckey

Born 1935

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0537 POLITICIAN

Bob McMullan

Born 1947

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0538 POLITICIAN

Peter Georgiou

Born 1974

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0548 POLITICIAN

Alyssa Hayden

Born 1970

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0552 POLITICIAN

David Thomas King

Born 1946

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0558 POLITICIAN

Rita Saffioti

Born 1972

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0565 POLITICIAN

Ron Boswell

Born 1940

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0568 POLITICIAN

Richard Cleaver

1917 - 2006

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0571 POLITICIAN

Charles North (politician)

1887 - 1979

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0574 POLITICIAN

Hubert Parker

1883 - 1966

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0576 POLITICIAN

Malcolm Colin Cameron

1831 - 1898

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0585 POLITICIAN

Sharryn Jackson

Born 1962

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0598 POLITICIAN

Simone McGurk

Born 1963

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Victor Garland

Born 1934

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0611 POLITICIAN

Candy Broad

Born 1956

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0612 POLITICIAN

John Monger

1831 - 1892

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0613 POLITICIAN

Adele Farina

Born 1964

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0620 POLITICIAN

Henry Lefroy

1854 - 1930

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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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0630 POLITICIAN

Barry MacKinnon

Born 1944

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0657 POLITICIAN

Brendon Grylls

Born 1973

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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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0671 POLITICIAN

Diana Warnock

Born 1940

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0694 POLITICIAN

Ian Campbell (Australian politician)

Born 1959

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0695 POLITICIAN

June Craig

Born 1930

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0698 POLITICIAN

Leslie Diver

1899 - 1995

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0701 POLITICIAN

Nick Dondas

Born 1939

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0707 POLITICIAN

Sean L'Estrange

Born 1986

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0725 POLITICIAN

George Branson

1918 - 1999

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0728 POLITICIAN

Vince Catania

Born 1977

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0745 POLITICIAN

Bob Pearce

Born 1946

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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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0766 POLITICIAN

Peter Styles (politician)

Born 1953

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0781 POLITICIAN

John Carey (Australian politician)

Born 1974

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0782 POLITICIAN

Peter Shack

Born 1953

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0790 POLITICIAN

Max Evans (politician)

1930 - 2019

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0796 POLITICIAN

John Coulter (politician)

Born 1930

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0800 POLITICIAN

Murray Cowper

Born 1960

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0802 POLITICIAN

Horace Sholl

1851 - 1927

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0812 POLITICIAN

Eleni Evangel

Born 1965

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0818 POLITICIAN

Diane Airey

Born 1943

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0821 POLITICIAN

Philip Gardiner

Born 1946

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Chris Hatton

Born 1957

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0832 POLITICIAN

Kim Wilkie

Born 1959

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0834 POLITICIAN

Glenys Godfrey

Born 1949

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0835 POLITICIAN

Bernie Masters

Born 1950

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0844 POLITICIAN

Jessica Stojkovski

Born 1981

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0846 POLITICIAN

Reece Whitby

Born 1964

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0850 POLITICIAN

Linda Savage

Born 1957

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0853 POLITICIAN

Frank Mends Stone

1857 - 1942

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0855 POLITICIAN

Emily Hamilton (politician)

Born 1985

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0868 POLITICIAN

Aloysius Rodoreda

1892 - 1958

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0869 POLITICIAN

Adrian Bennett

1933 - 2006

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0873 POLITICIAN

Mark Folkard

Born 1965

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0883 POLITICIAN

Alan Ridge

Born 1934

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0886 POLITICIAN

Lionel Kelly

1897 - 1977

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0929 POLITICIAN

Gary Snook

Born 1947

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0931 POLITICIAN

Charles Wansbrough

1875 - 1939

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0932 POLITICIAN

Richard Hardey

1844 - 1910

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0933 POLITICIAN

Peter Richardson (politician)

Born 1939

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0935 POLITICIAN

David Grayden

1924 - 2003

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0938 POLITICIAN

Denis Hinton

Born 1939

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0941 POLITICIAN

Ross Mewburn Elliott

1929 - 2000

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0942 POLITICIAN

Bill Thomas (Australian politician)

Born 1950

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0944 POLITICIAN

Frank Guthrie (politician)

1893 - 1955

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0946 POLITICIAN

Laurie Wilkinson

1903 - 1991

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0947 POLITICIAN

Joe Cooke (politician)

1904 - 1981

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0948 POLITICIAN

Stanley Eskell

1918 - 2000

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0949 POLITICIAN

Samuel James Phillips

1855 - 1920

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0952 POLITICIAN

Paul Sulc

Born 1967

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0955 POLITICIAN

John Tozer

1922 - 1990

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