People from Hobart

Queen consort of Denmark since 2024

Martin John Bryant is an Australian mass murderer who shot and killed 35 people and injured 23 others in the Port Arthur massacre on 28 and 29 April 1996. He is currently serving 35 life sentences, and 1,652 years without the possibility of parole, at Risdon Prison in Hobart, Tasmania.

Governor of Tasmania

Australian judge

Canadian film director and producer (1953–1995)

Australian historian

Australian polar explorer

Governor of Queensland, Australia (1916-1986)

Australian physicist and humanitarian

Australian judge

Australian botanical illustrator, anthropologist, gardener, and activist for aboriginal rights (1884-1975)

Australian historian

Australian photographer (1926–2011)

Australian colonial architect

British colonial administrator (1925–1999)