List of Famous people born in New Zealand

Scott Kevin Barrett is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a lock for the Crusaders in Super Rugby and Taranaki in the Mitre 10 Cup. Barrett was chosen as the Crusaders' Captain for the 2020 Super Rugby season.

Christian Leali'ifano, is an Australian professional rugby player. He is of Samoan heritage, and his surname is spelled Leali'ifano when using Samoan diacritics. He currently plays for Moana Pasifika in the Super Rugby Pacific competition and his usual position is inside centre or fly-half. In August 2016, two weeks after the Brumbies were knocked out of the Super Rugby finals, Leali'ifano was diagnosed with leukaemia. He has resumed playing after receiving a bone marrow transplant, and in 2017 signed for Ulster, who play in the Pro14, on loan. He has signed with the Moana Pasifika for the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season.

Sarpreet Singh is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Bayern Munich II and the New Zealand national team.

Scott Thomas McLaughlin is a New Zealand professional racing driver competing in the IndyCar Series. He currently drives the No. 3 Dallara-Chevrolet for Team Penske. He is the Supercars Championship 2018, 2019 and 2020 series champion.

Sir Vaughan Frederick Randal Jones was a New Zealand mathematician known for his work on von Neumann algebras and knot polynomials. He was awarded a Fields Medal in 1990 and famously wore a New Zealand rugby jersey when he gave his acceptance speech in Kyoto.

Corey Webster is a New Zealand professional basketball player for the New Zealand Breakers of the National Basketball League (NBL). He joined the Breakers for the first time in 2008 after a season of college basketball in the United States for Lambuth University. He won championships with the Breakers in 2011, 2013 and 2015. He has also been a regular in the New Zealand NBL, winning championships with the Wellington Saints in 2011, 2014 and 2017, and has had stints in Serbia, Greece, Israel, China and Italy.

Cheree Georgina Crowley is a New Zealand professional wrestler of Samoan and Irish descent. She is signed to WWE and performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Dakota Kai.

Shane Young is a New Zealander mixed martial artist (MMA) who currently competes in the Featherweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Young is affiliated with the Maori tribe Ngāti Kahungunu.

Flying Officer Lloyd Allan Trigg VC DFC, of Houhora, New Zealand, was a pilot in the RNZAF during World War II. He was a posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy for British and Commonwealth armed forces, and received the award for pressing home an attack on a German U-boat in August 1943. He was killed in the action. His award is unique, as it was awarded on evidence solely provided by the enemy, for an action in which there were no surviving Allied witnesses to corroborate his gallantry.

Ruby Tui is a New Zealand rugby sevens player. She competed internationally when the national rugby sevens team won the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics tournament. She won the gold medal in rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics.