List of Famous people born in West Coast Region

John Urquhart Cropp was a New Zealand yachtsman. Together with Peter Mander, Cropp won the Sharpie class at the 1956 Olympics.

Alan Charles Gilmore is a New Zealand astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and other astronomical objects.

Jonathan Francis Bennett is a philosopher of language and metaphysics, and a historian of early modern philosophy. He has New Zealand citizenship by birth and has since acquired UK and Canadian citizenship.

John Edward Lovelock was a New Zealand athlete who became the world 1500m and mile record holder and 1936 Olympic champion in the 1500 metres.

Peter Thomas Bertram Cardinal McKeefry was the third Archbishop of Wellington (1954–73) and Metropolitan of New Zealand and its first Cardinal.