List of people from Dublin

Dublin, as the capital city of Ireland and the largest city in Ireland, has produced many noted artists, entertainers, politicians and businesspeople.

List of Dublin people

Writers, composers and philosophers

• Sebastian Barry - playwright
• Samuel Beckett - playwright, novelist, poet
• Brendan Behan - poet, short story writer novelist, playwright
• George Berkeley - empiricist philosopher
• Jon Berkeley - writer
• Maeve Binchy - writer
• Elizabeth Bowen - writer
• Clare Boylan - writer
• Christy Brown - writer
• John Byrne - columnist, cartoonist
• Austin Clarke - poet, novelist, dramatist
• Gareth Cummins - comic writer
• Donnacha Dennehy - composer
• Roddy Doyle - writer
• John Field - pianist, composer, wrote the first nocturnes
• Oliver Goldsmith - writer
• James Joyce - author, poet
• Patrick Kavanagh - poet and novelist
• Sheridan Le Fanu - novelist
• James Clarence Mangan - poet
• Columba Marmion - monk
• Aidan Mathews - poet, dramatist, novelist
• Seán O'Casey - playwright, memorist
• George William Russell - writer, editor, critic, poet, painter and theosophist
• George Bernard Shaw - playwright
• Ronan Sheehan, novelist, short story writer, essayist
• Richard Brinsley Sheridan - playwright
• Bram Stoker - novelist
• John Millington Synge - playwright
• Annie P. Smithson - novelist
• Jonathan Swift - writer, satirist
• Oscar Wilde - playwright, author, poet
• Maev-Ann Wren - writer
• William Butler Yeats - poet, playwright
• Zozimus (Michael Moran) - poet

Entertainers

• Bono - lead singer with U2 and campaigner on world debt
• Wilfred Brambell Actor - Steptoe & Son
• Ronan Browne - Musician
• Gabriel Byrne - actor
• Gay Byrne - former presenter of the Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show.
• Nicky Byrne - Singer in Westlife
• Luke Cheevers - traditional singer, song collector and songwriter.
• Alison Doody - actress
• Ronnie Drew - Musician
• Chris De Burgh - Musician
• Paddy Reilly - Musician
• The Dubliners - folk and ballad group (Luke Kelly, Ronnie Drew, Barnie McKenna, John Sheahan)
• Elizabeth Rebecca Edwin - stage actress
• Siobhan Fahey - (Singer/songwriter, Bananarama/Shakespears Sister)
• Colin Farrell - actor
• Barry Fitzgerald - actor
• Brenda Fricker - actress
• Dean Clark - actor
• Orla Gartland - singer/songwriter, musician
• Michael Gambon - actor
• Stephen Gately - singer
• Bob Geldof - The Boomtown Rats lead singer and Live Aid organiser
• Aidan Gillen - actor
• John & Edward Grimes - singing twins nicknamed "Jedward"
• Glen Hansard - Lead singer The Frames and actor
• C. Morton Horne - musical comedy actor
• Siva Kaneswaran - member of boy band The Wanted
• Ronan Keating - singer
• Lisa Kelly - singer
• Luke Kelly - Musician
• Pat Kenny - former presenter of the Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show
• Phil Lynott - from the band Thin Lizzy
• Brian McFadden - Former singer in Westlife
• Kitty McShane actor/singer who appeared in the Old Mother Riley films with Arthur Lucan
• Larry Mullen - drummer for U2
• Samantha Mumba - singer/actress
• Colm Ó Cíosóig - musician, drummer of My Bloody Valentine
• Sinéad O'Connor - singer
• Danny O'Donoghue - lead singer for The Script
• Maureen O'Hara - actress
• Maureen O'Sullivan - actress
• Liam Ó Maonlaí - singer / bodhrán player & member of Hothouse Flowers
• Gerard Parkes - actor who later moved with his family to Canada
• Noel Purcell - Actor/Singer
• Glenn Quinn - Actor
• Jonathan Rhys Meyers - Actor
• Andrew Scott - Actor
• Kevin Shields - musician, vocalist and guitarist of My Bloody Valentine
• Carly Smithson - singer, appeared on American Idol and current lead singer of We Are the Fallen
• Bernie Tormé - guitarist
• Ryan Tubridy - current presenter of The Late Late Show.

Politicians and Leaders

• Bertie Ahern - former Taoiseach
• Edmund Burke - father of modern conservatism
• Timothy Burns - Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
• Edward Carson - Leader of Irish Unionism and British Cabinet minister
• Liam Cosgrave - former Taoiseach
• Hans Crocker - Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Andrew Cunningham - Admiral of the Fleet, Royal Navy
• Thomas Davis - U.S. Representative for Rhode Island^[1]
• Garret FitzGerald - former Taoiseach
• Seán Lemass - Taoiseach from 1959-1966
• Jim Mitchell - youngest Lord Mayor of Dublin (aged 29)
• J. C. Neville - Wisconsin State Assemblyman
• Patrick Pearse - writer, leader of the Easter Rising
• William Petty - British Prime Minister
• John Reed, immigrant to California; prominent in Early California settlement
• Richard Saul, aviator and commander in the Battle of Britain
• Arthur Wellesley - British Prime Minister
• Theobald Wolfe Tone - revolutionary, leader of the United Irishmen

Soldiers

• Thomas Byrne, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Hugh Burgoyne, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Thomas Crean, recipient of the Victoria Cross and rugby union international
• Christian Davies, trooper of the Royal Scots Greys
• John Farrell, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• George Forrest, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Peter Gill, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Patrick Graham, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• James Jackman, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Harry Lyster, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Henry Jones, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Richard Keatinge, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• James Kenny, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• William Manley, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Arthur Moore, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Thomas Murphy, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Claude Nunney, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Edmund O'Toole, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Hamilton Reed, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• James Henry Reynolds, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Robert Rogers, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Frederick Smith, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Philip Smith, recipient of the Victoria Cross

Famous Sporting Dubliners

• Dan Donnelly - the first Irish-born heavyweight boxing champion
• Damien Duff - Premiership and Irish International Footballer
• Robbie Keane - Major League Soccer and Irish International Footballer
• Stephen Carr - Premiership and Irish International Footballer
• Stephen Dawson - Former Leicester and Under-21 Republic of Ireland Footballer
• Ronnie Whelan - former Liverpool and Republic of Ireland Footballer
• Brian O'Driscoll- rugby player
• Jason Byrne - Championship and Irish international footballer
• Willo Flood - SPL and Championship footballer
• Eoin Morgan - former Ireland cricket team player who currently plays for Middlesex County Cricket Club and England
• Charlie Redmond - Dublin Footballer
• Jason Sherlock - Dublin Footballer
• Alan Ruddock - introduced Karate and Aikido to Ireland, 6th dan Aikidoka
• Ronnie Delaney - Olympic Gold Medalist
• Bernard Dunne - Retired Boxer and Former WBA Super Bantamweight World Champion and European Super Bantamweight Champion
• Eamonn Coghlan - World Championship winning athlete
• Ken Doherty - Winner of World Snooker Championship
• Niall Quinn - former footballer for Arsenal, Sunderland and Republic of Ireland
• Kevin Moran - Former All Ireland Winning Dublin Gaelic Footballer, Manchester United and Republic of Ireland Footballer
• Liam Brady - Former Arsenal, Juventus and Republic of Ireland Footballer
• Frank Stapleton - Former Arsenal, Manchester United and Republic of Ireland Footballer
• Johnny Giles - Former Leeds United and Republic of Ireland Footballer
• Steve Collins - World Championship Winning Boxer
• Edmund Joyce - Middlesex and Ireland Cricketer
• Brian O'Driscoll - Leinster, Ireland and Lions Rugby Player
• Pádraig Harrington - Ryder Cup Winning Golfer
• Niall O'Brien - Northamptonshire and Ireland cricketer
• Kevin O'Brien - Irish cricketer
• Paul McGinley - Ryder Cup Winning Golfer
• Stephen Roche - Tour de France Winning Cyclist
• Michelle Smith - Olympic Gold (3) and Bronze (1) Medal Winning Swimmer
• Jim Stynes - Australian rules footballer
• Sheamus - WWE Wrestler
• Cian O'Connor - Equestrian
• Becky Lynch - NXT Wrestler/Diva

Other

• Francis Bacon - Painter
• René Bull - Illustrator and war artist
• Harry Clarke - Stained glass artist
• Veronica Guerin - Journalist
• Matt Harris- Notorious American Irish gang member
• Rex Ingram - Film Director
• Alan Joyce - The current CEO of Qantas Airways Limited
• David McWilliams - Writer, Presenter and economist.
• Willie Walsh - The current CEO of British Airways

See also

• List of University of Dublin people
• List of University College Dublin people
• List of Dublin City University people
• List of Irish people
• Category:People from County Dublin

References