Top 20 most important and famous people from New Zealand

Female writer, author of The Garden Party

Female writer known as one of the Queens of Crime, along with Agatha Christie

Most prominent member of the women's suffrage movement in New Zealand

Prime Minister from 2017

Physicist who made significant corrections to the Watson–Crick DNA model and to study the structure of RNA, winner of Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1962

Chemist, winner of Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2000

Physicist known as the father of nuclear physics, winner of Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908

Director of The Piano and The Power of the Dog, two times winner of Academy Award

Director of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Director of Jojo Rabbit, winner of Academy Award in 2020

Actress, famous for her role in The Piano, for which she won Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 11

Actor, famous for his role in Gladiator, winner of Academy Award in 2001

Actor famous for his role as Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park

Rugby player, the highest point scorer in test matches

Rugby player, he captained the All Blacks and won two Rugby World Cups

Rugby player, the first true global superstar of rugby, and consequently had a huge impact on the game

Founder of a Formula One team, one of the most successful in Formula One championship history, winning a total of 8 World Constructors' Championships and 12 World Drivers' Championships

Driver, Formula One champion in 1967

Female singer, Royals

The first climber confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest