Actors and Directors

• Jane Campion
• Peter Jackson
• Lucy Lawless
• Sam Neill
• Anna Paquin

Artists

• Rita Angus
• Colin McCahon
• Bill Sutton
• Toss Woollaston

Authors

• Elsie Locke
• Gwenda Turner

Canterbury Heroes

• Rewi Alley
• John Britten
• Harry Ell
• Kate Sheppard
• Nurse Maude
• Anthony Wilding

See also Canterbury people in our Heritage section.

Composers

• Douglas Lilburn
• Gareth Farr

Singers and musicians

• Michael Houstoun
• Kiri Te Kanawa
• Inia Te Wiata
• Dave Dobbyn
• Neil Finn
• Bic Runga

See also our local musician profiles in our music section.

Dancers

• Rowena Othlie Jackson
• Jon Trimmer
• Douglas Wright

Scientists and inventors

• John Britten
• Richard William Pearse
• Ernest Rutherford

Athletes

• Hamish Carter
• Bevan Docherty
• Valerie Vili
• Yvette Williams

Climbers

• Edmund Hillary

Cricket players

• Nathan Astle
• Chris Cairns
• Catherine Campbell
• Emily Drumm
• Stephen Fleming
• Debbie Hockley
• Dick Motz
• Daniel Vettori

Golfers

• Bob Charles
• Michael Campbell

Hockey players

• Anna Lawrence
• Mandy Smith

Netball players

• Silver Ferns

Riders

• Blyth Tait
• Mark Todd

Rowers

• Rob Waddell

Tennis Players

• Anthony Wilding

Cyclists

• Sarah Ulmer