List of Waterford people
Ecclesiastics
- Luke Wadding, (1588–1657), theologian, historian, patriot
- Edmund Ignatius Rice, Religious founder
- Michael Sheehan, Arcbishop of Germia and Irish author, Professor
- Nicholas Wiseman, Cardinal
- Michael Wadding (priest)
- Michael O'Hickey, Priest, Professor of Irish at Maynooth University
- Tobias Kirby, (1804–1895) Rector of the Irish College Rome 1850-1891, and archbishop of Ephesus 1885.
- Richard Chenevix, (1697–1779), Church of Ireland Bishop
- Charles Joseph Henderson (1924-2006) Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark (UK) and Bishop of Tricala
Sport
- John Keane, hurler
- Andy Fleming, hurler
- Pat Fanning, Hurler, GAA President
- Philly Grimes, hurler
- Seamus Power, hurler
- Mick Flannelly, hurler
- Martin Og Morrissey, hurler
- Larry Guinan, hurler
- Frankie Walsh, hurler
- Locky Byrne, hurler
- Johnny O'Connor (hurler), hurler
- Austin Flynn, hurler
- Ned Power, hurler
- Tom Cunningham, hurler
- Tom Cheasty, hurler
- Christy Moylan, hurler
- Charlie Ware, hurler
- Jim Ware, hurler
- Sean Kelly, Ireland's most successful racing cyclist, one of the top eight cyclists of all time
- Ciarán Power, Olympic Games cyclist 2000, 2004
- Alfie Hale, soccer player
- Paddy Coad, soccer player
- Jim Beglin, soccer player
- Noel Hunt, Irish international soccer player
- Stephen Hunt, Irish international soccer player
- Declan Lonergan, Olympian, represented Ireland in the 1996 Games in Atlanta in Cycling on the Track
- Daryl Murphy, Irish international soccer player
- John O'Shea, Irish international soccer player
- Peter O'Connor, athlete, Olympic champion
- John Treacy, Olympic athlete, world champion
- Patricia Walsh, Olympic athlete
- Susan Smith-Walsh, Olympic athlete
Politics/Military
- Thomas Francis Meagher, Irish patriot, conceived the Irish tricolour
- Richard Mulcahy, Irish Army C.O.C.
- Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, British Army C.O.C.
- Richard Lalor Shiel, Orator, M.P
- John Hearne, orator, lawyer and architect of the 1937 Irish Constitution, or Bunracht na hÉireann
- William Hobson, first Governor of New Zealand
- George Lennon, vice commanding officer West Waterford I.R.A. (1919–1922)
- Frank Edwards, left wing activist, Spanish Civil War fighter
- Thomas Sexton, Irish journalist, financial expert, nationalist politician and Member of Parliament
- William Charles Bonaparte-Wyse, Soldier
- John Condon, Boy soldier, youngest Allied soldier to die in First World War
- John Redmond, Leader of the Irish Party in Westminster
- Alfred Webb, President of the 1894 Indian National Congress and MP for West Waterford
- William Palliser, Politician, Inventor
- Denis Cashman, Fenian, Patriot
- Francis Hearn, Irish patriot
- Hugh Collender, Young Irelander, Businessman
- Martin Cullen, Politician
- Patrick Little, Politician
Science
- Robert Boyle, Physicist
- Ernest Walton, Nobel Laureate (Physics 1951)
- Lucien Bonaparte-Wyse, Entymologist
- Richard J. Ussher, Ornithologist
Arts/Theatre/Entertainment
- William Vincent Wallace, (1814–65), opera composer
- Frank Ryan, Tenor
- Val Doonican, entertainer
- Anna Manahan (1924–2009), actress
- Gilbert O'Sullivan, singer-songwriter
- Teresa Deevy, Playwright
- Seán Dunne, Poet
- Carrie Crowley, TV personality
- Dorothea Jordan, Actress, Mistress of King William IV of England
- Charles Kean, Shakesperean actor
- Hal Roach, Comedian
- Keith Barry, magician, mentalist, illusionist
- James Ryan, magician, mentalist
General
- Risteard De Hindeberg, Priest, Irish language activist, author, musician
- Grattan Flood, renowned musicologist and historian
- John Hogan, Sculptor
- Thomas Sautelle Roberts, Landscape artist
- Eugene Byrne, author, journalist
- Valentine Greatrakes, 17c Healer
- Donnchadh Ruadh Mac Conmara, Teacher, Poet
- Ellen Organ, (1903–08), Saintly child known as "Little Nellie of Holy God"
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