List of Dublin people
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Dublin, as the capital city of the Republic of Ireland and the largest city in Ireland as produced several noted artists, entertainers, politicians and businesspeople.
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[edit] List of Dublin people
[edit] Writers, composers and philosophers
- Samuel Beckett - playwright, novelist, poet
- Brendan Behan - poet, short story writer novelist, playwright
- George Berkeley - empiricist philosopher
- Christy Brown - writer
- Austin Clarke - poet, novelist, dramatist
- Ronan Coghlan - novelist, writer of reference books
- Kieron Connolly - novelist
- John Field - pianist, composer, wrote the first nocturnes
- Oliver Goldsmith - writer
- Sheridan Le Fanu - novelist
- James Joyce - author, poet
- Seán O'Casey - playwright, memorist
- George Bernard Shaw - playwright
- Bram Stoker - novelist
- John Millington Synge - playwright
- Jonathan Swift - writer, satirist
- Oscar Wilde - playwright, author, poet
- William Butler Yeats - poet, playwright
[edit] Entertainers
- Bono - lead singer with U2 and campaigner on world debt
- Gabriel Byrne - actor
- Gay Byrne - former presenter of the Late Late Show, the world's longest running chat show.
- Luke Cheevers - traditional singer, song collector and songwriter.
- The Dubliners - folk and ballad group (Luke Kelly, Ronnie Drew, Barnie McKenna, John Sheahan)
Siobhan Fahey (Singer/songwriter, Bananarama/Shakespears Sister)
- Colin Farrell - actor
- Barry Fitzgerald - actor
- Bob Geldof - Boomtown Rats lead singer and Live Aid organiser
- Pat Kenny - current presenter of the Late Late Show, the world's longest running chat show
- Phil Lynott - from the band Thin Lizzy
- Larry Mullen - drummer for U2
- Sinéad O'Connor - singer
- Maureen O'Hara - actress
- Maureen O'Sullivan - actress
- Liam Ó Maonlaí - singer / bodhrán player & member of Hothouse Flowers
- Luke Kelly - Musician
- Ronnie Drew - Musician
- Noel Purcell - Actor/Singer
- Glenn Quinn - Actor
- Samantha Mumba - singer/actress
- Bernie Tormé - guitarist
- Glen Hansard - Lead singer The Frames and actor
- Jonny sonic and Dave Goode - DJ's (potbelleez)
[edit] Politicians and Leaders
- Bertie Ahern - Taoiseach
- Edmund Burke - father of modern conservatism
- Sir Edward Carson - leader of Irish unionism and British cabinet minister
- Liam Cosgrave - Taoiseach
- Garret FitzGerald - Taoiseach
- Seán Lemass - Taoiseach from 1959-1966
- Jim Mitchell - youngest Lord Mayor of Dublin (aged 29)
- Patrick Pearse - writer, leader of the Easter Rising
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington - soldier, politician, British Prime Minister
- Theobald Wolfe Tone - revolutionary, leader of the United Irishmen
[edit] Famous Sporting Dubliners
- Damien Duff - Premiership and Irish International Footballer
- Robbie Keane - Premiership and Irish International Footballer
- Stephen Carr - Premiership and Irish International Footballer
- Ronnie Whelan - Liverpool and Irish International Footballer
- Jason Byrne - Championship and Irish international footballer
- Charlie Redmond - Dublin Footballer
- Jason Sherlock - Dublin Footballer
- Ronnie Delaney - Olympic Gold Medalist
- Eamonn Coghlan - World Championship winning athlete
- Ken Doherty - Winner of World Snooker Championship
- Niall Quinn - Dublin Hurler, Premiership and Irish International Footballer
- Kevin Moran - All Ireland Winning Dublin Footballer, Division 1 and Irish International Footballer
- Liam Brady - Division 1, Serie A and Irish International Footballer
- Frank Stapleton - Division 1 and Irish International Footballer
- Steve Collins - World Championship Winning Boxer
- Edmund Joyce - Middlesex and Ireland Cricketer
- Brian O'Driscoll - Leinster, Ireland and Lions Rugby Player
- Padraig Harrington - Ryder Cup Winning Golfer
- Paul McGinley - Ryder Cup Winning Golfer
- Stephen Roche - Tour de France Winning Cyclist
- Sean Kelly - 7 successive Paris-Nice wins Winning Cyclist
- Michelle Smith - C (3) and Bronze (1) Medal Winning Swimmer
- Jim Stynes - Australian rules footballer
[edit] Other
- Veronica Guerin - journalist
- Margaret Hassan - of CARE international - murdered in Iraq
- Bang Bang - Irish folklore legend who was a resident of Dublin
Sean Kelly cyclist is not a Dubliner; he was born and reared in Carrick -on-Suir
