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WELLINGTON

Most Famous People Born in Wellington, New Zealand

Notable people

814

Peak decade

1980s

Median birth year

1956

Most distinctive

Cricket 10.8×

Wellington's profile splits clean between cricket and cinema. The Basin Reserve and generations of Black Caps drive an outsized Cricket bench, and a harbor-club Rower scene has produced Olympic medalists out of all proportion to the city's size. The quieter story is the Miramar film industry — Weta Workshop turned Wellington into the southern hemisphere's effects capital, which is why the roster also leans heavily on screenwriters and directors.