List of Galway people
- Emily Anderson
- Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally, Baron de Tollendal, 1702–1766
- Margaret Athy, founder of St. Augustine's Convent, Galway
- Nora Barnacle, wife of James Joyce
- Francis Barrett, professional boxer
- Joseph Henry Blake (1797-1849), 3rd Baron Wallscourt
- Ken Bruen, author
- Sister Mary Bonaventure Browne, Poor Clares nun and historian
- Peadar de Burca, actor, playwright, comedian
- Robert Malachy Burke, Christian Socialist development worker
- Eamon Casey, ex-Roman Catholic bishop
- J. J. Clancy (MP)
- Anthony Daly (Whiteboy), ex. 1820.
- Fr. Peter Daly
- Patrick D'Arcy, lawyer and Confederate Ireland leader
- Margaret Dolan
- Richard Donovan, long distance runner
- Anthony Duane (1679–1747)
- Luke Duffy, trade unionist; Senator
- David Forde (soccer player)
- Jim Fahy, RTÉ reporter
- Mickey Finn, fiddler
- Julian Gough, writer and former lead-singer of Toasted Heretic
- Lady Gregory (1852–1932)
- James Hardiman
- Frank Harris
- Michael D. Higgins, politician
- Rita Ann Higgins (born 1955)
- Dolores Keane, musician
- Richard Kirwan
- Gerard Lally, fl.1689-1737
- Graham Lee, jockey
- Tony Lundon, b. 1979, pop singer
- Angela Lynch
- Patrick Lynch, Roman Catholic bishop of Charleston, South Carolina
- Patrick Lynch, Irish emigrant to Argentina; ancestor of Che Guevara
- Peirce Lynch, fl. 1485.
- Gerard A. Hays McCoy (1911–1975)
- Pat McDonagh
- Pauline McLynn, actress
- Walter Macken, 1915-1967.
- Richard Martin fitz Oliver (1602–1648), father of Richard Martin ("Humanity Dick")
- Thomas Barnwall Martin (1784-1847).
- Violet Florence Martin, 1862-1915.
- Edward Martyn, 1859-1923.
- Bishop James McLoughlin
- Tom Molloy, Electro/House music producer
- Aoife Mulholland, musical actress
- Ronan Mullen, columnist with The Irish Daily Mail
- Nora Jane Noone, actress
- Gideon Ouseley
- Brendan O'Brien, cricketer
- Pádraic Ó Conaire, Irish language author
- Éamon Ó Cuív, Fianna Fáil politician
- Liam O'Flaherty
- Dessie O'Halloran
- William O'Halloran, trade union pioneer
- Marc Roberts
- John Sealy Townsend, mathematical physicist, 1869–1967
- Alexander Young
See also