List of Famous people born in Auckland Region, New Zealand

John Drake

First Name John
Last Name Drake
Born on January 22, 1959
Died on December 13, 2008 (aged 49)
Height 183 cm | 6'0

John Alan Drake was a New Zealand rugby union footballer who represented the All Blacks and Auckland as a tighthead prop.

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Daniel Shirley

First Name Daniel
Last Name Shirley
Born on April 13, 1979 (age 47)
Height 184 cm | 6'0

Daniel A. Shirley is a male badminton player from New Zealand.

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Graeme Revell

First Name Graeme
Last Name Revell
Born on October 23, 1955 (age 70)

Graeme Revell is a New Zealand musician and composer. He came to prominence in the 1980s as the leader of the industrial/electronic group SPK. Since the 1990s he has worked primarily as a film score composer.

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Aaron Gate

First Name Aaron
Last Name Gate
Born on November 26, 1990 (age 35)
Height 181 cm | 5'11

Aaron Gate is a New Zealand road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Black Spoke Pro Cycling.

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Joel Tobeck

First Name Joel
Last Name Tobeck
Born on June 2, 1971 (age 54)

Joel Tobeck is an actor known for his roles in the television series Tangle, The Doctor Blake Mysteries, Xena Warrior Princess, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, and Young Hercules and Sons of Anarchy. In 2016 Tobeck began performing as the demon Baal on the show Ash vs Evil Dead.

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Denis Browne

First Name Denis
Last Name Browne
Born on September 21, 1937 (age 88)

Denis George Browne is the Emeritus Bishop of Hamilton, New Zealand. He was Ordinary of the Catholic Diocese of Hamilton from 1994 to 2014. Previously, he was Bishop of Cook Islands and Niue (1977–1983) and then became the tenth Catholic Bishop of Auckland (1983–1994).

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Barnaby Jack

First Name Barnaby
Born on November 22, 1977
Died on July 25, 2013 (aged 35)

Barnaby Michael Douglas Jack was a New Zealand hacker, programmer and computer security expert. He was known for his presentation at the Black Hat computer security conference in 2010, during which he exploited two ATMs and made them dispense fake paper currency on the stage. Among his other most notable works were the exploitation of various medical devices, including pacemakers and insulin pumps.

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Simon Child

First Name Simon
Last Name Child
Born on April 16, 1988 (age 38)
Height 186 cm | 6'1

Simon James Law Child is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, The Black Sticks, in 2005 against Malaysia.

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Phil Goff

First Name Phil
Born on June 22, 1953 (age 72)

Philip Bruce Goff is a New Zealand politician who has been the Mayor of Auckland since 2016. Previously, he was a Member of the New Zealand Parliament from 1981 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 2016. He served as Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition between 11 November 2008 and 13 December 2011.

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Chris Rankin

First Name Chris
Last Name Rankin
Born on November 8, 1983 (age 42)

Christopher William Rankin is a New Zealand-born British actor who is best known for playing Percy Weasley in the Harry Potter film franchise.

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