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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- Writing
- Film & TV
- Art & Design
- Military
- Other
Breffny Morgan
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Pearse Wyse
1928 - 2009
Lisa Madden
Born 1992
James J. Egan
1839 - 1914
Pat Morley (footballer)
Born 1965
Briege Corkery
Born 1986
Arthur Shirley Benn, 1st Baron Glenravel
1858 - 1937
Gerald Kean
Born 1957
Peter Foott
Born 1976
Noel O'Flynn
Born 1951
Vincent McNamara
1891 - 1915
Robert Spence (bishop)
1860 - 1934
Peter John Sullivan
1821 - 1883
Anna Geary
Born 1988
Ciarán Lynch
Born 1964
Eugene Coakley
Born 1979
Stephen Archer
Born 1988
Mary Elmes
1908 - 2002
Ashling Thompson
Born 1990
Ignatius O'Brien, 1st Baron Shandon
1857 - 1930
W. Howard Baker
1925 - 1991
Damien Cahalane
Born 1992
Dave Barry (Irish footballer)
Born 1961
William Gualbert Saunders
1837 - 1923
Don Donovan
1929 - 2013
Gus Healy
1904 - 1987
Martin Coleman
Born 1950
David Bevan (footballer)
Born 1989
Ronan Curran
Born 1981
Mary Ryan (academic)
1873 - 1961
John Kerins (Gaelic footballer)
1962 - 2001
Paul O'Connor (skier)
Born 1959
Michael Bradley (rugby player born 1897)
1897 - 1951
Rory Morrish
Born 1968
Hedges Eyre Chatterton
1819 - 1910
Denis Coughlan
Born 1945
Mark Mahon (director)
Born 1973
James Pattison
1886 - 1963
Denis O'Sullivan (golfer)
Born 1948
Shane Kingston
Born 1997
Jim McCarthy (rugby)
1925 - 2015
Conor J Curran
Born 1977
John Crowley (politician)
1870 - 1934
Charles Arthur Crompton
1848 - 1875
Robert Forde
1875 - 1959
Shane O'Neill (hurler)
Born 1986
Mark O'Donovan
Born 1988
Kieran O'Regan
Born 1963
Marcus Beresford (British Army officer, born 1800)
1800 - 1876
Alan Cadogan
Born 1993
Stephen McDonnell (hurler)
Born 1989
Mark McNulty (Irish footballer)
Born 1980
Seán Dorgan
Born 1968
Francis Murphy (Australian politician)
1809 - 1891
David Murray (actor)
Born 1970
Charles Beamish
1908 - 1984
Denise Deegan (Irish author)
Born 1966
John N. Ross
1920 - 2011
Jocko Fields
1864 - 1950
Colin O'Reilly
Born 1964
Gregory O'Donoghue
1951 - 2005
Michael Egan (Irish politician)
1866 - 1947
John Lynch (Kerry politician)
1889 - 1957
John Herrick
Born 1947
Charles Doran
1877 - 1964
Ray Cummins
Born 1948
Peter O'Leary (sailor)
Born 1983
Christopher Joyce (hurler)
Born 1992
Owen Fegan
Born 1972
Joseph Murphy (Geistlicher)
Born 1968
Martin Coleman Jnr
Born 1983
Peadar Mercier
1914 - 1991
Redmond Barry (lord chancellor)
1866 - 1913
John Horgan (hurler)
1950 - 2016
Rachel O'Riordan
Born 1974
Paudie O'Sullivan
Born 1988
Tomás Mulcahy
Born 1963
Yvonne O'Byrne
Born 1992
John George MacCarthy
1829 - 1892
John Twomey (sailor)
Born 1955
Eoin Cadogan
Born 1986
Greg O'Halloran
Born 1980
Frank Murphy (GAA)
Born 1944
Arthur Pomeroy, 1st Viscount Harberton
1723 - 1798
Billy O'Callaghan
Born 1974
Sean Casey (rower)
Born 1978
Mark Cagney
Born 1956
Dónal O'Grady
Born 1953
Ian Turner (Irish footballer)
Born 1989
Matt Cooper (Irish journalist)
Born 1966
Daniel O'Callaghan (Cork politician)
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Paul Collins (rugby player)
Born 1959
Charlie McCarthy (hurler)
Born 1946
Valerie Mulcahy
Born 1980
Aidan Walsh
Born 1990
Joseph Murphy (priest)
Born 1968
Francis Humphreys
1891 - 1961
Cailín Toibín
Born 1994
Gerald McCarthy (hurler)
Born 1945
Richard Coakley
Born 1983
Chris Walley (actor)
Born 1995
Percy Exham
1859 - 1922
Úna Palliser
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James Adams (chaplain)
1839 - 1903
Margaret Buckley
1879 - 1962
Paul Kerrigan
Born 1986
Rena Buckley
Born 1987
Colin Corkery
Born 1971
John Joseph Campion
1963 - 2020
Ian Nagle
Born 1988
Dinny Allen
Born 1952
John H. Foley
1839 - 1874
Brendan Newby
Born 1996
Dónall Farmer
1937 - 2018
Duncan Williams
Born 1986
Narcisa Emília O'Leary
1770 - 1829
Edmond Townsend
1845 - 1917
Tom Leahy (athlete)
Born 1957
Donal Vaughan
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Tony O'Sullivan
Born 1963
Tom Cashman
Born 1957
Máirín Quill
Born 1936
Brian McCracken
Born 1934
Cillian Lordan
Born 1982
James Masters (Gaelic footballer)
Born 1982
Frank Brady Sr.
Born 1902
Abraham Abell
1789 - 1851
Toddy O'Sullivan
Born 1934
Suzanne R. Day
1876 - 1964
Tim Barry
Born 1974
Richard Fitzgerald
1831 - 1884
Dominic Crotty
Born 1974
Richard Sadleir
1794 - 1889
Alan Mahon (judge)
Born 1954
Thomas McCarthy (Quebec politician)
1832 - 1870
John Fitzgibbon (Cork hurler)
Born 1967
Ben Dunne (entrepreneur)
Born 1949
Mark Landers
Born 1972
Jim Cashman (hurler)
Born 1965
Seánie McGrath
Born 1975
Robert Day (Irish politician)
1885 - 1949
Hannah Ward Barron
1829 - 1898
John Healy (Irish politician)
Died 1995
Harold Cudmore
Born 1944
Miah Dennehy
Born 1950
Joe Kavanagh
Born 1973
Tony Maher
Born 1945
Moss Finn
Born 1957
Kate Belinda Finn
1864 - 1932
Alan Browne
Born 1974
Mark Foley (Limerick hurler)
Born 1975
Derek Kavanagh
Born 1980
Mick Archer
1943 - 2018
Barry Coffey
Born 1965
Conor Cusack
Born 1979
Dave Ryan (rugby union)
Born 1986
Mary Fildes
1789 - 1876
Thomas Lane (VC)
1836 - 1889
Alex Murphy (actor)
Born 1997
James O'Sullivan (Irish academic)
Born 1986
Ephie Fitzgerald
Born 1961
Brian Dillon
1830 - 1872
Kevin O'Byrne
Born 1991
Brian Scott (rugby union)
Born 1993
Paddy Kelly (Cork footballer)
Born 1985
Tim Murphy (hurler)
Born 1952
Pearse O'Neill
Born 1979
Fintan Goold
Born 1986
Teu Ó hAilpín
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Charlie Cullinane
1943 - 2015
Thomas Hungerford (Australian politician)
1823 - 1904
Ross Lewis (chef)
Born 1965
Ken O'Halloran
Born 1986
Eric Hogan
Born 1971
Ronan McCarthy
Born 1973
Ian Hennessy
Born 1967
Juliet Murphy
Born 1980
John Hayes (Gaelic footballer)
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Miriam Kearney
Born 1959
Paddy O'Shea
Born 1981
Mick Ahern
1905 - 1946
Jimmy Kerrigan
Born 1959
Bertie O'Hanlon
Born 1924
Mahon Hayes
1930 - 2011
Eudie Coughlan
1900 - 1987
Kyle Hosford
Born 1989
Ger Canning
Born 1951
Brian Cuthbert
Born 1975
Paddy O'Donovan
1916 - 1990
John Dunlay
1831 - 1890
Kenny Coleman
Born 1982
Stephen Cronin
Born 1995
Frank Norberg
1948 - 2018
Tony Nation
Born 1963
Dermot Gleeson
Born 1949
Shane Buckley
Born 1991
Seán Condon
1923 - 2001
Paddy Ahern
1900 - 1971
Pat Horgan
Born 1957
Liam O'Connor (rugby union)
Born 1995
Denis Burns
Born 1952
Daithí Doolan
Born 1968
Samantha Barry
Born 1982
Joseph S. O'Leary
Born 1949
Seán Óg Murphy
1897 - 1956
Gareth Cronin
Born 1975
Cian Bohane
Born 1991
J. C. Coleman
Died 1971
Donald O'Donovan
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Dermot Mac Curtain
Born 1957
Francis Fogarty
1899 - 1973
John Bradley (RAF officer)
1888 - 1982
Jimmy Brohan
Born 1935
Fiacre Kelleher
Born 1996
Barbara Fitzgerald
1911 - 1982
John Lyons (hurler)
1923 - 2005
Bill Hayes (footballer)
1915 - 1987
Barry Egan (hurler)
Born 1972
Donal Leahy
1938 - 2015
Jimmy Barrett (Gaelic footballer)
Born 1949
Con Roche
Born 1946
Johnny Clifford
1934 - 2007
Áine Ní Chonaill
Born 1952
Frank Cogan
Born 1944
Mick Kennefick
1924 - 1982
Kieran McGuckin
Born 1967
Louis Marcus (filmmaker)
Born 1936
Ray Carey
Born 1986
Paudie Kissane
Born 1980
John O'Halloran
Born 1943
Scott Deasy
Born 1988
Paddy Barry (St. Vincent's hurler)
Born 1941
Angela Walsh
Born 1986
Billy O'Neill (footballer)
Born 1919
Din Joe Buckley
1919 - 2009
Brian O'Driscoll (Gaelic footballer)
Born 1994
Brendan Cummins (Cork hurler)
Born 1950
Fergal Ryan
Born 1972
Tommy Moroney
1923 - 1981
Tom Mulcahy
1923 - 2009
John Coughlan
1898 - 1965
Dave Creedon
1919 - 2007
Clive Ross
Born 1989
Edward O'Connell
1897 - 1971
Darren McNamara
Born 1982
Kieran Murphy (Erin's Own hurler)
Born 1983
Ian Maguire
Born 1994
Connie Buckley
1915 - 2009
Frank O'Sullivan
Born 1954
Seán McCarthy (hurler)
Born 1966
Brian O'Regan (Gaelic footballer)
Born 1983
Patrick G. O'Shea
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Laurence Kelly
Born 1946
Ger Spillane
Born 1981
Miah Burke
Born 1897
Frank Madden (politician)
1847 - 1921
Owen Madden (footballer)
1916 - 1991
John Hodgins
Born 1961
Michael Ryan (chef)
Born 1953
Gemma O'Connor (camogie)
Born 1985
Séamus Looney
Born 1950
Jack Shanahan
Born 1999
Seán Powter
Born 1997
Éamonn O'Donoghue (hurler)
Born 1951
Richard Fox (jockey)
1954 - 2011
Fiachra Lynch
Born 1987
Ambrose Madden
1820 - 1863
Con O'Callaghan (hurler)
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Karl McCarthy
Born 1928
Bill Ahern (footballer, born 1865)
1865 - 1938
Mick Slocum
Born 1965
Sean McLoughlin
Born 1996
Samuel Hill Lawrence
1831 - 1868
John Browne (hurler)
Born 1977
Mick Cashman
1931 - 1990
Tony O'Shaughnessy
1930 - 2006
Séamus Coughlan
1953 - 2013
Stephen White (hurler)
Born 1988
Niall McCarthy (judge)
1925 - 1992
Steve Crosbie
Born 1993
Dorinda Neligan
1833 - 1914
Christy Ryan
Born 1957
Graham Callinan
Born 1982
Paddy Delea
1900 - 1969
Mickey Mullins
Born 1968
Christy Connery
Born 1967
Peter Doolan
Born 1940
Luke Connolly
Born 1992
Vincy Twomey
1929 - 1993
David Hanrahan
Born 1992
Dan Coughlan
Born 1870
Jim Ware (hurler)
1908 - 1983
Orla Cotter
Born 1988
Paddy Philpott
1936 - 2016
James Keegan
1869 - 1892
John Anderson (hurler)
Born 1978
Simon Murphy (hurler)
Born 1949
Biko Bradnock-Brennan
Born 1992
Jackie O'Driscoll
1921 - 1988
Ioana Petcu-Colan
Born 1978