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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- Field: Swimmer Clear ×
Eamon Sullivan
Born 1985
Blair Evans
Born 1991
Tommaso D'Orsogna
Born 1990
Peter Evans (swimmer)
Born 1961
Sally Hunter (swimmer)
Born 1985
Bill Kirby
Born 1975
Shelley Taylor-Smith
Born 1961
Lynne Watson
Born 1952
Rachel Harris
Born 1979
Julia Greville
Born 1979
Percy Oliver
1919 - 2011
Helen Denman
Born 1976
Katrina Porter
Born 1988
Madeleine Scott
Born 1993
Jono van Hazel
Born 1978
Elizabeth Edmondson
Born 1950
Travis Nederpelt
Born 1985
Antony Matkovich
Born 1977
Frank Schryver
1891 - 1965
Deane Pieters
Born 1968
Christine Barnetson
1948 - 2019
Paul Barnett (swimmer)
Born 1980