Editing Mount Roskill (section)

== People ==
Mount Roskill has been home to many successful New Zealanders who attended the local schools. Among them are:
*Rugby coach [[John Hart (rugby coach)|John Hart]],
*Billionaire [[Graeme Hart]],
*Evangelist [[Bill Subritzky]]
*Rugby union international [[Doug Howlett]],
*Actor and [[South Sydney Rabbitohs]] owner [[Russell Crowe]],
*Reserve Bank Governor [[Alan Bollard]],
*Tennis player [[Brett Steven]],
*Labour MP [[Phil Goff]],
*[[Balmain Tigers]], [[Eastern Suburbs Roosters]], [[Penrith Panthers]] and [[Parramatta Eels]] and New Zealand rugby league international, 1992 Dally M Medallist, former Kiwi coach and commentator [[Gary Freeman (rugby league)|Gary Freeman]]
*Former rugby league international [[Dane O'Hara]]
*Former rugby league international and [[New Zealand Māori rugby league team|New Zealand Māori]] representative [[Bill Burgoyne]]
*Former [[New Zealand Warriors]], [[Melbourne Storm]], [[St George-Illawarra Dragons]], [[Parramatta Eels]] and [[Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks]] rugby league international, [[New Zealand Māori rugby league team|New Zealand Māori]] representative and current [[NRL]] referee [[Henry Perenara]]
*Former [[Parramatta Eels]] rugby league player [[Marcus Perenara]]
*Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and New Zealand rugby league international [[Steve Matai]]
*[[New Zealand Warriors]] captain, rugby league international and professional boxer [[Monty Betham]]
*[[Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs]] and [[Wests Tigers]] rugby league international [[Matt Utai]]
*[[New Zealand Warriors]] and Kiwi rugby league international [[Evarn Tuimavave]]
*[[Parramatta Eels]] rugby league player [[Manu Ma'u]]
*[[New Zealand Warriors]] rugby league player [[Ben Henry]]
*[[Canberra Raiders]] rugby league player [[Bill Tupou]]
*[[Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks]] rugby league player [[Sosaia Feki]]
*[[Canberra Raiders]] rugby league player [[Simi Sasagi]]
*[[New Zealand Warriors]] rugby league player [[Sione Lousi]]
*[[New Zealand Warriors]] rugby league player [[Sam Lousi]]
*[[Newcastle Knights]] rugby league player [[Paterika Vaivai]]
*The Hay family (of [[Keith Hay]] Homes)
*Professional cricket player [[Azhar Abbas (cricketer)|Azhar Abbas]]
*New York Times Best Selling author [[Nalini Singh (author)|Nalini Singh]]

In 2007, the Mount Roskill Community Board commissioned a 176-page book titled ''Just Passing Through: A History of Mt Roskill'' (Jade Reidy) which covered the growth of the district from 1840 up until the present time. It identified the significant input of Mount Roskill residents internationally, such as athletics coach [[Arthur Lydiard]] in the chapter "How Sport Put Mt Roskill on the World Map."