51.8981° N, 8.4688° W
CORK
Most Famous People Born in Cork, Ireland
- Notable people
- 813
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1951
- Most distinctive
- Camogie 305.7×
One of the purest GAA fingerprints on the site. The Camogie, Hurler and Gaelic Football counts run at roughly three hundred, two hundred and one hundred and fifty times the global baseline respectively — the county's century-long rivalries with Kilkenny and Tipperary rendered as statistics. Off the pitch, a thick Author bench carries Frank O'Connor and the Munster short-story tradition.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Cork during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Cork Is Known For
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Hurler is Cork's biggest profession — 20% of all notables (164).
Cork over-indexes on camogie — 305.7× the global rate.
Cork under-produces actor — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Cork's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Filtered to 1830s Clear ×
Mary Harris Jones
1837 - 1930
Eliza Lynch
1835 - 1886
Justin McCarthy (1830–1912)
1830 - 1912
George Ashlin
1837 - 1921
Edmund Hogan
1831 - 1917
Francis Clery
1838 - 1926
James J. Egan
1839 - 1914
William Gualbert Saunders
1837 - 1923
James Adams (chaplain)
1839 - 1903
John H. Foley
1839 - 1874
Richard Fitzgerald
1831 - 1884
Thomas McCarthy (Quebec politician)
1832 - 1870
Thomas Lane (VC)
1836 - 1889
Brian Dillon
1830 - 1872
John Dunlay
1831 - 1890
Samuel Hill Lawrence
1831 - 1868
Dorinda Neligan
1833 - 1914
John Fergus O'Hea
1838 - 1922
William C. Connor
1832 - 1912