List of Famous people born in New Zealand

Kieran James Crowley is a New Zealand rugby union coach, who was previously head coach of the Canadian men's rugby team. He is now the head coach of Italian side Benetton. He is a former member of the New Zealand All Blacks where he played as a fullback. He has also coached the New Zealand Under-19s in the 2007 World Championships as well as coaching provincial side Taranaki.

Thomas Matthew Biss is a New Zealand footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Slough Town.

Joanne Marie Kiesanowski is a New Zealand cyclist, who won the silver medal in the women's scratch race at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. She is married to Jeff Pierce, a former professional cyclist.

Peter David Latham was a cycling competitor for New Zealand. He competed in the team pursuit at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where New Zealand finished tenth. In 2005 Latham won the bronze medal in the Under 23 Individual Time Trial at the Road World Championships in Madrid. He competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where along with Tim Gudsell, Hayden Godfrey and Marc Ryan he won a bronze medal in the Team pursuit.

Ricki Lloyd Herbert is a New Zealand former footballer and former head coach of the New Zealand national team, stepping down after the side failed to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and former manager of A-League side Wellington Phoenix. Herbert represented his country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain and coached the New Zealand national team at the 2010 World Cup. His most recent role in international football was as the head coach with Milan Miric of Maldives national football team. He is the current manager of Ba F.C..

Wayne Ross Smith is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player. He is the coach of the Black Ferns. He was the assistant coach of the All Blacks for 16 years. Nicknamed "The Professor", Smith is considered the All Blacks tactical genius and has helped engineer two Rugby World Cup triumphs by helping coach them to victory at the 2011 Rugby World Cup and the 2015 Rugby World Cup. He is one of two coaches to win two back-to-back Rugby World Cups. He coached the Crusaders to win the 1998 and 1999 Super Rugby title. He also helped the Chiefs to win the 2012 Super Rugby title and 2013 Super Rugby title.

Simon Paul van Velthooven is a New Zealand track racing cyclist and America's Cup sailor.

Patrick Richard Lam is a rugby union coach and former player, who represented Samoa. His usual position as a player was number 8. After retirement he went on to coach a number of teams, including Auckland and Connacht. He is currently Director of Rugby at Bristol Bears in England's Premiership Rugby.