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: Writer Clear ×
Greg Egan
Born 1961
Tim Winton
Born 1960
William Archer (critic)
1856 - 1924
Sally Morgan (artist)
Born 1951
William Farquhar
1774 - 1839
Jay Kristoff
Born 1973
Tom Hungerford
1915 - 2011
Toni Bentley
Born 1958
Gerald Glaskin
1923 - 2000
Leslie Rees (author)
1905 - 2000
Sally Murphy
Born 1968
Anthony Muroni
Born 1972
Coralie Clarke Rees
1908 - 1972
Domonique Bertolucci
Born 1970