Wellington
Wellington ranks 350th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Evanston, Illinois, Metz, and Germany. Memorable people born in Wellington include Peter Jackson, Katherine Mansfield, and Jane Campion. Memorable people who died in Wellington include Ernest Marsden, Edith Farkas, and Neroli Fairhall. Wellington has been the birth place of many actors and film directors and the death place of many politicians and physicists. Wellington is located in New Zealand.
Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand, and is the administrative centre of the Wellington Region. It is the world's southernmost capital of a sovereign state. Wellington features a temperate maritime climate, and is the world's windiest city by average wind speed. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1888 and 2000, Wellington was the birth place of 34 globally memorable people, including Peter Jackson, Katherine Mansfield, and Jane Campion. Additionaly, 12 globally memorable people have passed away in Wellington including Ernest Marsden, Edith Farkas, and Neroli Fairhall.
People Born in Wellington
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Peter Jackson
1961 - Present
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 1
Katherine Mansfield
1888 - 1923
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 2
Jane Campion
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 3
Karl Urban
1972 - Present
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 4
Nancy Wake
1912 - 2011
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 5
Graham McRae
1940 - 2021
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 6
Richard Curtis
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 7
Wynton Rufer
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 8
Thomas Williams
1930 - 2023
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 9
Clive Revill
1930 - Present
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 10
Lee Tamahori
1950 - Present
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 11
Fran Walsh
1959 - Present
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Wellington
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Antony Starr
1975 - Present
HPI: 42.78
Rank: 16
Sala Baker
1976 - Present
HPI: 33.32
Rank: 24
Michala Banas
1978 - Present
HPI: 28.66
Rank: 29
People Deceased in Wellington
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Ernest Marsden
1889 - 1970
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 1
Edith Farkas
1921 - 1993
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 2
Neroli Fairhall
1944 - 2006
HPI: 42.97
Rank: 3
Geoff Murphy
1938 - 2018
HPI: 42.86
Rank: 4
John Ballance
1839 - 1893
HPI: 40.97
Rank: 5
Ted Morgan
1906 - 1952
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 6
Keith Holyoake
1904 - 1983
HPI: 39.31
Rank: 7
Michael Joseph Savage
1872 - 1940
HPI: 38.78
Rank: 8
Harry Atkinson
1831 - 1892
HPI: 38.34
Rank: 9
Norman Kirk
1923 - 1974
HPI: 34.60
Rank: 10
Georgina Beyer
1957 - 2023
HPI: 32.83
Rank: 11
Pua Magasiva
1980 - 2019
HPI: 28.91
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Wellington
Go to all RankingsMost individuals born in present day Wellington were actors (8), film directors (7), soccer players (7), politicians (3), and writers (2), while most who died were politicians (6), physicists (1), physicians (1), athletes (1), and film directors (1).
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Wellington, including Karl Urban, Clive Revill, and Peter Hambleton. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Wellington, including Karl Urban, Clive Revill, and Peter Hambleton.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 9 globally memorable people born in Wellington since 1700.
