List of Famous people born in Southland Region, New Zealand

Marton Paul Csokas is a New Zealand actor who has appeared in films and on television. His notable roles include Yorgi in XXX (2002), Guy de Lusignan in Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Trevor Goodchild in Æon Flux (2005), Hora in Romulus, My Father (2007), Nico in Dead Europe (2012), Jack Barts in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012), Lieutenant Barnes in Pawn (2013), Nicolai Itchenko in The Equalizer (2014), and Quinn in the U.S. television series Into the Badlands.

Sir Simon William English served as the 39th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2016 to 2017.

Sir Stephen William Hansen and High Chief Of Vaiala, is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former rugby union player.

Dame Jennifer Mary Shipley is a New Zealand former politician who served as the 36th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1997 to 1999. She was the first female prime minister of New Zealand, and the first woman to have led the National Party.

Peter Beck is a New Zealand engineer, and founder and CEO/CTO of aerospace manufacturer and smallsat launch service provider Rocket Lab.

Chris Blair is a male badminton player from New Zealand. At the 1998 Commonwealth Games he won a bronze medal in the men's team event. Four years later at the 2002 Commonwealth Games he won a bronze medal in the mixed team event.

Robin Neil Reid is a former road racing cyclist from Blenheim, New Zealand who was a New Zealand time trial champion and Olympian. He won the Tour de Pakistan race in 2007. There he met the German-born former professional female cyclist Britta Martin, who won the female sections of the event and has been together with her ever since. End of 2007 they moved in together in Nelson, New Zealand. Britta Martin competes since 2008 as a professional triathlete mainly at the Ironman distance.

Thomas Scully is a New Zealand professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–Nippo. He previously competed on the road and track. Scully won the silver medal in the Men's points race at the 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Cali, Colombia. He won the gold medal in the same event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Justin Lester is a New Zealand businessman and politician. He was Mayor of Wellington between 2016 and 2019, following six years on the Wellington City Council.