33.8678° S, 151.2100° E
SYDNEY
Most Famous People Born in Sydney, Australia
- Notable people
- 4,402
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1962
- Most distinctive
- Rugby 25.1×
A harbour city that exports athletes by the boatload. Almost a fifth of Sydney's notable births are professional players of one code or another — rugby league, rugby union, cricket, swimming, rowing — at concentrations no other Australian city quite matches. The non-sport half is dominated by actors and an unusually deep bench of the professional class of a city that has always been the New South Wales capital first and a global one second.
Standouts
Notable Births by Decade
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What Sydney Is Known For
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Player is Sydney's biggest profession — 19% of all notables (815).
Sydney over-indexes on rugby — 25.1× the global rate.
Sydney under-produces painter — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Sydney's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Filtered to 1970s Clear ×
Chris Stead
Born 1979
Jeffrey Cook (cricketer)
Born 1972
Peter Hackett (racing driver)
Born 1977
Troy Crosland
Born 1971
Shelley Sullivan
Born 1973
Mark Pringle
1977 - 2009
Stephen Eagleton
Born 1976
Andrew Mower
Born 1975
Lee Hookey
Born 1979
Glenn Johnson (footballer, born 1972)
Born 1972
David Thompson (rugby league, born 1978)
Born 1978
David Pusey
Born 1979
Charis Mullen
Born 1974
Adam Wright (rugby league)
1975 - 1998
Mat Toshack
Born 1973
Mark Doubleday
Born 1973
Fiona Burnett
Born 1971
Michael Dickson (skier)
Born 1975
Jeff Orford
Born 1971
Craig McCartney
Born 1975
Suneeta Peres Da Costa
Born 1976
Dean Raper
Born 1976
Scott Mahon
Born 1970
Garry Chillingworth
Born 1970
Christian Warner
Born 1976
Steven Riches
Born 1976
Kelly McCombie
Born 1979
Dominic Collins (swimmer)
Born 1977
Brett Boylan
Born 1971
Joel Werner
Born 1977
Matt Smith (Australian politician)
Born 1978
Rodd Partridge
Born 1976
Duncan Zuur
Born 1974
Adam Confoy
Born 1971
Fōteinī Volonakī
Born 1975
Steve MacArthur
Born 1973
Jonathan Gilbert (diplomat)
Born 1977
Scott Tunkin
Born 1974
Mathew Buckley
Born 1973