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 1870s Clear ×
Terence MacSwiney
1879 - 1920
Kate Price (actress)
1872 - 1943
Osborn Bergin
1873 - 1950
Daniel Corkery (author)
1878 - 1964
Frederick W. Barrett
1875 - 1949
Annie Moore (immigrant)
1874 - 1924
Katherine Thurston
1875 - 1911
P. S. O'Hegarty
1879 - 1955
Seán MacSwiney
1878 - 1942
T. C. Hammond
1877 - 1961
Mary Ryan (academic)
1873 - 1961
John Crowley (politician)
1870 - 1934
Robert Forde
1875 - 1959
Charles Doran
1877 - 1964
Margaret Buckley
1879 - 1962
Suzanne R. Day
1876 - 1964
Dan Coughlan
Born 1870
Tom Irwin (dual player)
1874 - 1956
Steva Riordan
1875 - 1924
Edward Sullivan (Medal of Honor)
1870 - 1955
Pat Coughlan
Born 1870
Jer Norberg
Born 1873
Denis Coughlan (Blackrock hurler)
1872 - 1903
John Kidney
Born 1872
Christy Young
1878 - 1915
Jeremiah Francis Donovan
1873 - 1949
Patrick Kerwin (politician)
1873 - 1950