Lists of New Zealanders
- Peter Blake (yachtsman) - champion yachtsman
- Possum Bourne - rally driver
- Jane Campion - film director
- Ian Brackenbury Channell - The Wizard of Christchurch and of New Zealand
- Helen Clark - New Zealand Prime Minister (1999 - )
- Russell Crowe - actor (born in New Zealand, but moved to Australia at age 4)
- Denny Hulme - world champion racing driver
- Rachel Hunter - supermodel
- Ian Ferguson - kayaker
- Neil Finn - singer
- Tim Finn - singer
- Edmund Hillary - mountaineer
- Peter Jackson - film director
- "Cobber" Kain - RAF fighter ace (first pilot to win a DFC in WW II)
- Phil Keoghan - TV presenter (born in New Zealand)
- Lucy Lawless - actress
- Jonah Lomu - rugby player
- Jack Lovelock - athlete
- Katherine Mansfield - author
- Ngaio Marsh - author and theatrical director
- Bruce Maclaren - racing driver
- Sam Neill - actor
- Ernest Rutherford - scientist
- Michael Joseph Savage - politician
- Maurice Shadbolt - author
- Peter Snell - athlete
- Kiri Te Kanawa - opera singer
- Te Kooti - Māori leader
- Mark Todd - horseman
- John Walker - athlete
See also: List of people by nationality,
Other Lists
- Prime Minister of New Zealand.
- Culture of New Zealand (for a list of Iconic Characters),
- New Zealand cinema (for a list of related people),
- New Zealand literature (for a list of New Zealand writers)