List of South Islanders
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This is a list of Famous South Islanders:
Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
[edit] A
- Alexander Aitken - mathematician/statistician, writer, mental calculator, musician
- Ronald Algie - politician
- Fred Allen - rugby union player
- James Allen - politician
- James Allen - rugby union player
- Rewi Alley - supporter of Chinese communism
- Basil Arthur - politician
- Peter Arnett - TV journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner
- Ian Athfield - architect
[edit] B
- David Bain
- Alison Ballance - author and film-maker
- Rick Barker - politician
- James Baxter - poet
- Francis Bell - first New Zealand-born Prime Minister
- David Benson-Pope - politician
- Todd Blackadder - rugby player
- Ben Blair - rugby player
- Thomas Bracken - author of - God Defend New Zealand - and first to publish the phrase - God's Own Country
- William Brassington - stonemason & sculptor
- John Britten - designer of the Britten motorcycle
- Donald Forrester Brown - awarded the Victoria Cross
- Nigel Brown - painter
- Gerry Brownlee - politician
- Kerry Burke - politician
[edit] C
- Graham Capill - politician
- Daniel Carter - rugby player
- Ian Brackenbury Channell - The Wizard of Christchurch and of New Zealand
- Thomas Cooke - awarded the Victoria Cross
- Warren Cooper - politician
- Michael Cullen - politician
- G. H. Cunningham - "father" of New Zealand mycology
- Allen Curnow - poet
[edit] D
- Alan Dale - actor
- Lianne Dalziel - politician
- Bob Deans - rugby union player
- Ian Deans - rugby union player
- Robbie Deans - rugby player & coach
- Stephnie de Ruyter - politician
- Rod Dixon - runner
- Rod Donald - politician
- Jimmy Duncan - rugby union player, coach & referee
- Peter Dunne - politician
[edit] E
- Andrew Ellis - rugby union player
- Thomas Ellison - rugby union player & lawyer
- Bill English - politician
[edit] F
- Bob Fitzsimmons - world boxing heavyweight champion
- Corey Flynn - rugby player
- George William Forbes - Prime Minister
[edit] G
- George Gair - politician
- Daryl Gibson - rugby player
- Charles Gifford - teacher and very successful promoter of astronomy
- George Gillett - rugby union player
- Sir Harold Gillies - pioneering plastic surgeon
- Stewart Graeme Guthrie - police sergeant posthumously awarded the George Cross
- Robin Gray - politician
- Arthur Guinness - politician
[edit] H
- Sir Richard Hadlee - cricketer
- John Hall - Premier of New Zealand
- William Hall-Jones - Prime Minister of New Zealand
- Adam Hamilton - politician
- Bill Hamilton - developed the modern jetboat
- Scott Hamilton - rugby union player
- Mark Hammett - rugby union player
- Dame Joan Hammond - violinist, soprano
- Joseph Hatch - Invercargill businessman, "harvester" of penguins
- Rudy Heeman - inventor
- Louise Henderson - painter
- Graham Henry - rugby union coach
- Jack Hinton - awarded the Victoria Cross
- Frances Hodgkins - painter
- Sidney Holland - Prime Minister
- Sir Fred Hollows - eye surgeon
- Andrew Hore - rugby union player
- Ned Hughes - rugby union player
- Alfred Hulme - awarded the Victoria Cross
- Denny Hulme - world champion racing driver
[edit] J
- Chris Jack - rugby player
- Rowena Jackson - ballerina
[edit] K
- Phil Keoghan - TV presenter
- Norman Kirk - Prime Minister
- Terry Knights - awarded the Military Cross for service in Iraq
[edit] L
- Robert Lawson - architect
- Richard Loe - rugby player
- Jack Lovelock - runner
- Isaac Luck - architect
- Len Lye - sculptor, experimental film maker
[edit] M
- Laurie Mains - rugby union player & coach
- Justin Marshall - rugby union player
- Aaron Mauger - rugby union player
- Ivan Mauger - six time Motorcycle speedway world champion
- Nathan Mauger - rugby union player
- Colin McCahon - painter, museum curator, teacher
- Richie McCaw - rugby union player
- Leon MacDonald - rugby union player
- Thomas Mackenzie - Prime Minister of New Zealand
- Shona McFarlane - painter
- Duncan McGregor - rugby union player
- Sir Archie McIndoe - pioneer plastic surgeon
- Cameron McIntyre - rugby player
- Peter McIntyre - painter
- Andrew Mehrtens - rugby union player
- William Sefton Moorhouse - a prominent Canterbury politician and settler
- Benjamin Mountfort - architect
- Burt Munro - speed record breaker
- Colin Murdoch - inventor of the disposable syringe
[edit] N
- Henry James Nicholas - awarded the Victoria Cross
- Tane Norton - former All Black captain
[edit] O
- Anton Oliver - rugby player
- Frank Oliver - rugby player
- Simon O'Neill - opera singer
[edit] P
- Geoffrey Palmer - Prime Minister of New Zealand
- Richard Pearse - early aviator/inventor
- Francis Petre - architect
[edit] R
- Bill Rowling - Prime Minister of New Zealand
- Bic Runga - singer, songwriter
- Ernest Rutherford - 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, scientist and winner of the 1908 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
[edit] S
- Richard Seddon - Prime Minister of New Zealand
- Henry Sewell - Premier of New Zealand
- Kate Sheppard - suffragist
- Jenny Shipley - New Zealand's first female Prime Minister
- Edward Stafford - Premier of New Zealand
- Billy Stead - rugby union player
- Robert Stout - Premier of New Zealand
- Grahame Sydney - painter
[edit] T
- Sir Angus Tait - businessman and electronics innovator
- Brad Thorn - rugby union & rugby league player
- Reuben Thorne - rugby union player
- Richard Travis - awarded the Victoria Cross
- Brian Turner - poet
- Glenn Turner - cricketer
- Greg Turner - golfer
[edit] U
- Charles Upham - World War II soldier (one of three awarded the Victoria Cross twice)
[edit] V
- Petrus Van der Velden - painter
- Sir Julius Vogel - Premier of New Zealand
[edit] W
- Miles Warren - architect
- Robert Webster - discovered the link between human flu and bird flu
- Ian Wedde - poet
- Hayley Westenra - singer
- Tony Wilding - tennis player
- Jeff Wilson - sportsman
- Alex Wyllie - rugby union player & coach
