Auckland
Auckland ranks 175th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Tashkent, Buffalo, New York, and Bristol. Memorable people born in Auckland include Edmund Hillary, Bruce McLaren, and Rosé. Memorable people who died in Auckland include William Phillips, Sālote Tupou III, and ʻAkilisi Pōhiva. Auckland has been the birth place of many athletes, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and athletes. Auckland is located in New Zealand.
Auckland is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about 1,530,500. It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, and which has a total population of 1,797,300 as of June 2024. It is the most populous city of New Zealand and the fifth-largest city in Oceania. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2001, Auckland was the birth place of 102 globally memorable people, including Edmund Hillary, Bruce McLaren, and Rosé. Additionaly, 23 globally memorable people have passed away in Auckland including William Phillips, Sālote Tupou III, and ʻAkilisi Pōhiva.
People Born in Auckland
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Edmund Hillary
MOUNTAINEER
1919 - 2008
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 6
Bruce McLaren
RACING DRIVER
1937 - 1970
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 3
Rosé
SINGER
1997 - Present
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 48
Bruce Spence
ACTOR
1945 - Present
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 100
Robert Muldoon
POLITICIAN
1921 - 1992
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 10
Lorde
SINGER
1996 - Present
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 37
Chris Wood
SOCCER PLAYER
1991 - Present
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 70
John Key
POLITICIAN
1961 - Present
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 72
Raymond Firth
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1901 - 2002
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 4
Kevin Smith
ACTOR
1963 - 2002
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 7
Martin Henderson
ACTOR
1974 - Present
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 58
Hugh Walpole
WRITER
1884 - 1941
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 8
People Deceased in Auckland
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William Phillips
ECONOMIST
1914 - 1975
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 19
Sālote Tupou III
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1965
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 12
ʻAkilisi Pōhiva
POLITICIAN
1941 - 2019
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 9
Robert Muldoon
POLITICIAN
1921 - 1992
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 16
Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV
POLITICIAN
1918 - 2006
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 7
William Fox
POLITICIAN
1812 - 1893
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 17
Ken Armstrong
SOCCER PLAYER
1924 - 1984
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 3
Emil Voigt
POLITICIAN
1883 - 1973
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 6
Yvette Williams
ATHLETE
1929 - 2019
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 23
Jonah Lomu
RUGBY PLAYER
1975 - 2015
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 10
Dudley Storey
ATHLETE
1939 - 2017
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 11
Eric Verdonk
ATHLETE
1959 - 2020
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 21
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Auckland were athletes (25), soccer players (18), actors (16), cyclists (6), and politicians (5), while most who died were politicians (11), athletes (4), economists (1), soccer players (1), and rugby players (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Auckland, including Tony Hurt, Hamish Carter, and Laurel Hubbard. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Auckland, including Tony Hurt, Chris Harris, and José Reyes.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 9 globally memorable people born in Auckland since 1700.
