Famous People Born in The Wairarapa
- Bob Charles, champion golfer and winner of the 1963 British Open, at Carterton.
- Masterton-born singer/songwriter Ladyhawke aka Pip Brown
- Jemaine Clement, one half of the comedy band/TV series "Flight of the Conchords"
- Murray Halberg, middle distance runner and Olympic gold medalist, at Eketahuna
- Sir Brian Lochore, All Black captain and World Cup-winning coach, at Masterton
- Marcus Daniell Masterton-born professional tennis player.
- Keith Holyoake, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, at Pahiatua.
- Maurice Wilkins, Nobel Prize-winning scientist, whose work led to the discovery of the structure of DNA, at Pongaroa.
- Alan Graham MacDiarmid, Nobel Prize-winning chemist, born in Masterton.
- Vincent Ward, Film director, at Greytown (What dreams may come, The Navigator, Vigil, River Queen)
- Raybon Kan, Comedian, at Masterton
- Mike Fabulous, member of The Black Seeds and Fly My Pretties
- Jesse Ryder, International cricketer, at Masterton
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—Orson Welles (1915–1985)
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