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DUBLIN

Most Famous People Born in Dublin, Ireland

Notable people
3,490
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1946
Most distinctive
Cricket 2.6×

A city defined by what it sends abroad and what it keeps at home. Dublin's notables are split almost in two: a literary tradition that the rest of the English-speaking world claims as its own — Wilde, Shaw, Beckett, Swift, Burke — and a sporting culture in Gaelic football, hurling, and camogie that exists almost exclusively on the island itself. The result is a profession mix that looks both unusually international and unusually local at the same time.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Dublin during each.

What Dublin Is Known For

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Football is Dublin's biggest profession — 21% of all notables (746).

Dublin over-indexes on cricket2.6× the global rate.

  1. Football746
  2. Politician316
  3. Actor234
  4. Player179
  5. Cricket118
  6. Writer108
  7. Singer95
  8. Painter92
  1. Cricket1182.6×
  2. Player1792.6×
  3. Football7461.9×
  4. Author501.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Dublin's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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3,490 notable people

0601 FOOTBALL

Matt Doherty (footballer, born 1992)

Born 1992

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0602 POLITICIAN

Richard Boyd Barrett

Born 1967

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0603 SINGER

Cathy Davey

Born 1978

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0604 ECONOMIST

David McWilliams (economist)

Born 1966

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0605 CRICKET

Ed Joyce

Born 1978

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0606 PLAYER

Michael Judge

Born 1975

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0607 ACTOR

Andrew Connolly

Born 1965

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0608 JOURNALIST

Charles Curran (broadcaster)

1921 - 1980

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0609 PAINTER

Reginald Gray (artist)

1930 - 2013

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0610 ATHLETIC

Fionnuala McCormack

Born 1984

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0611 NOVELIST

Robert Tressell

1870 - 1911

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0612 PLAYER

Bob Casey (rugby union)

Born 1978

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0613 FOOTBALL

Alan Maybury

Born 1978

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0614 SOLDIER

Isaac Barré

1726 - 1802

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0615 POET

Trevor Joyce

Born 1947

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0616 BISHOP

Brian Farrell (bishop)

Born 1944

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0617 POLITICIAN

Kevin Boland

1917 - 2001

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0618 POLITICIAN

Oscar Traynor

1886 - 1963

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0619 PAINTER

John Doyle (artist)

1797 - 1868

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0620 NOBLE

Aoife MacMurrough

1145 - 1188

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0621 ACTOR

Sean Lawlor

1954 - 2009

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0622 PLAYER

Eric Miller (rugby union)

Born 1975

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0623 PRIEST

Patrick Joseph McGrath

Born 1945

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0624 ACTOR

John Brougham

1814 - 1880

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0625 ACTOR

Brian Fortune

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0626 ACTOR

Paul Farrell

1893 - 1975

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0627 FOOTBALL

Gary Deegan

Born 1987

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0628 POLICE

Thomas F. Byrnes

1842 - 1910

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0629 OFFICER

Leicester Stanhope, 5th Earl of Harrington

1784 - 1862

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0630 BOTANIST

Thomas Oldham

1816 - 1878

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0631 FOOTBALL

Patrick O'Connell (Irish footballer)

1887 - 1959

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0632 WRITER

Denis Florence MacCarthy

1817 - 1882

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0633 ECONOMIST

Mathew Carey

1760 - 1839

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0634 BUSINESS

Ali Hewson

Born 1961

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0635 MISSIONARY

George F. Dillon

1836 - 1893

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0636 PLAYER

James McGee (tennis)

Born 1987

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0637 WRITER

Keith Ridgway

Born 1965

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0638 POLITICIAN

Pierce Charles de Lacy O'Mahony

1850 - 1930

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0639 ACTOR

Colin Kenny (actor)

1888 - 1968

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0640 POLITICIAN

Jim Mitchell (politician)

1946 - 2002

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0641 ACTOR

Daragh O'Malley

Born 1954

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0642 FOOTBALL

Alan Mahon

Born 1978

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0643 LIBERAL

Edward Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon

1846 - 1914

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0644 GUITAR

Mícheál Ó Domhnaill

1951 - 2006

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0645 MILITAR

Seán Heuston

1891 - 1916

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0646 PAINTER

James Arthur O'Connor

1792 - 1841

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0647 CHEMIST

James Muspratt

1793 - 1886

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0648 SINGER

Alan Averill

Born 1975

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0649 PAINTER

Robert Ballagh

Born 1943

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0650 SINGER

Sinéad Mulvey

Born 1988

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0651 DIPLOMAT

Francis Henry May

1860 - 1922

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0652 FOOTBALL

Jimmy Dunne

1905 - 1949

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0653 GUITAR

Dominic Scott

Born 1979

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0654 AUTHOR

Malise Ruthven

Born 1942

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0655 FENCER

Judy Guinness

1910 - 1952

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0656 FOOTBALL

David van Zanten

Born 1982

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0657 SCREENWRITER

Declan Hughes (writer)

Born 1963

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0658 SINGER

Sean Dunphy

1937 - 2011

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0659 RACER

Clifton Wrottesley

Born 1968

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0660 JUDGE

Hugh Kennedy

1879 - 1936

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0661 COMPOSER

Jennifer Walshe

Born 1974

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0662 ARCHITECT

James Joseph McCarthy

1817 - 1882

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0663 SURGEON

John Zephaniah Holwell

1711 - 1798

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0664 AUTHOR

Samuel Madden

1686 - 1765

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0665 DIPLOMAT

Frederick Boland

1904 - 1985

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0666 POLITICIAN

Francis Annesley, 1st Viscount Valentia

1585 - 1660

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0667 OFFICIER

Herbert Hasler

1914 - 1987

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0668 FOOTBALL

Dermot Gallagher

Born 1957

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0669 PAINTER

Thomas Burke (artist)

1749 - 1815

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0670 JOURNALIST

Justin Keating

1930 - 2009

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0671 EDUCATION

Jim Cummins (professor)

Born 1949

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0672 SINGER

Pete St. John

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0673 POLITICIAN

Eamon Ryan

Born 1963

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0674 BANJOIST

Finbar Furey

Born 1946

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0675 ACTOR

Shay Duffin

1931 - 2010

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0676 PHYSICIST

Lochlainn O'Raifeartaigh

1933 - 2000

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0677 LAWYER

Richard Henry Wilde

1789 - 1847

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0678 CONSERVATIONIST

James Stevenson-Hamilton

1867 - 1957

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0679 ACTOR

Rúaidhrí Conroy

Born 1979

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0680 MILITAR

Francis Vane

1861 - 1934

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0681 CLERGY

George Townshend (Bahá'í)

1876 - 1957

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0682 PAINTER

Evie Hone

1894 - 1955

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0683 SINGER

Orla Gartland

Born 1995

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0684 PAINTER

Mainie Jellett

1897 - 1944

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0685 POLITICIAN

James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont

1728 - 1799

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0686 SOLDIER

Thomas Pakenham, 5th Earl of Longford

1864 - 1915

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0687 FILM

Ciaran Foy

Born 1979

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0688 FOOTBALL

John Devine (footballer, born 1958)

Born 1958

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0689 CINEMA

Robbie Ryan (cinematographer)

Born 1970

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0690 SOLDIER

Cosmo Haskard

1916 - 2017

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0691 POLITICIAN

Samuel Blackall

1809 - 1871

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0692 MUSIC

Drew McConnell

Born 1978

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0693 SINGER

Lisa Lambe

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0694 PRIEST

John Sullivan (Jesuit)

1861 - 1933

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0695 ACADEMIC

Myles Dillon

1900 - 1972

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0696 MILITAR

Richard Butler (general)

1743 - 1791

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0697 MUSIC

Johnnie Fingers

Born 1956

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0698 FOOTBALL

Ken Oman

Born 1982

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0699 FOOTBALL

Paul Keegan (footballer, born 1984)

Born 1984

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0700 FOOTBALL

Richie Partridge

Born 1980

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0701 FOOTBALL

Michael Doyle (footballer, born 1981)

Born 1981

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0702 ACTOR

Joanne King

Born 1983

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0703 FOOTBALL

Bernard Brogan (junior)

Born 1984

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0704 ARMY

Francis de Groot

1888 - 1969

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0705 POLITICIAN

Tony Gregory

1947 - 2009

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0706 PLAYER

Felix Jones (rugby union)

Born 1987

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0707 FOOTBALL

Stephen Bradley (footballer)

Born 1984

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0708 WRITER

David Feldman (philatelist)

Born 1947

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0709 LITERARY

Maurice Collis

1889 - 1973

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0710 FOOTBALL

Alan McCormack

Born 1984

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0711 FOOTBALL

Michael Obafemi

Born 2000

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0712 POLITICIAN

Michael Symes (diplomat)

1761 - 1809

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0713 ACTOR

Ciarán Fitzgerald

Born 1983

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0714 FOOTBALL

John Anderson (footballer, born 1959)

Born 1959

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0715 COMPOSER

Michael McGlynn

Born 1964

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0716 FOOTBALL

Paddy Mulligan

Born 1945

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0717 FILM

Martin Duffy

Born 1952

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0718 JOURNALIST

Candida Lycett Green

1942 - 2014

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0719 FOOTBALL

Stephen Kenny (footballer)

Born 1971

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0720 OFFICER

James Fitzmaurice

1898 - 1965

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0721 PLAYER

Rhys Ruddock

Born 1990

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0722 POLITICIAN

Lynn Boylan

Born 1976

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0723 PRESENTER

Mike Murphy

Born 1941

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0724 POLITICIAN

Éamon Ó Cuív

Born 1950

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0725 PAINTER

Anne Yeats

1919 - 2001

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0726 POLITICIAN

Richie Ryan (politician)

1929 - 2019

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0727 FOOTBALL

Ronan Finn

Born 1987

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0728 POLITICIAN

George Colley

1925 - 1983

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0729 POLITICIAN

Rory O'Connor (Irish republican)

1883 - 1922

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0730 FOOTBALL

Tony Ward (rugby union)

Born 1954

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0731 PRESENTER

Michelle Rocca

Born 1961

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0732 POLITICIAN

Roddy Connolly

1901 - 1980

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0733 PLAYER

Joe Delaney (snooker player)

Born 1972

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0734 POLITICIAN

Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork

1829 - 1904

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0735 BENEDICTINE

Cuthbert Butler

1858 - 1934

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0736 PLAYER

Gary Halpin

Born 1966

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0737 FILM

Juanita Wilson

-

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0738 PLAYER

Manliffe Goodbody

1868 - 1916

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0739 POLITICIAN

Gemma Hussey

Born 1938

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0740 SINGER

Butch Moore

1938 - 2001

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0741 FOOTBALL

Terry Conroy

Born 1946

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0742 PIANIST

Finghin Collins

Born 1977

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0743 LAWYER

Charles Carroll the Settler

1661 - 1720

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0744 PAINTER

Walter Osborne

1859 - 1903

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0745 POLITICIAN

Rory O'Hanlon

Born 1934

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0746 POLITICIAN

Joseph McGrath (Irish politician)

1887 - 1966

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0747 PAINTER

Shani Mootoo

Born 1957

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0748 POLITICIAN

Hilary Weston

Born 1942

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0749 PHOTOGRAPHER

Nic Dunlop

Born 1969

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0750 ENGINEER

Charles Dickinson West

1847 - 1908

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0751 ACTOR

Laurence Kinlan

Born 1983

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0752 IMPRESARIO

John Drew (actor)

1827 - 1862

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0753 ARTIST

Richard Houston

1721 - 1775

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0754 FILM

Benjamin Cleary

-

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0755 POLITICIAN

Somerset Lowry-Corry, 2nd Earl Belmore

1774 - 1841

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0756 POLITICIAN

James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy

1851 - 1931

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0757 PAINTER

Henry Tresham

1751 - 1814

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0758 VIOLIN

Seán Keane (fiddler)

Born 1946

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0759 POET

Mary Tighe

1772 - 1810

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0760 BROADCAST

Ryan Tubridy

Born 1973

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0761 PRIEST

Kevin Doran

Born 1953

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0762 FILM

Redmond Morris, 4th Baron Killanin

Born 1947

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0763 PLAYER

Jordan Larmour

Born 1997

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0764 POLITICIAN

Frank Cluskey

1930 - 1989

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0765 WRITER

Sarah Crossan

Born 1981

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0766 JUDGE

Richard Collins, Baron Collins

1842 - 1911

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0767 POLITICIAN

Liadh Ní Riada

Born 1966

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0768 LAWYER

Richard Bellings

1613 - 1677

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0769 POLITICIAN

Alexandra Colen

Born 1955

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0770 BOTANIST

Cecil Terence Ingold

1905 - 2010

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0771 POLITICIAN

John O'Connell (MP)

1810 - 1858

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0772 COMPOSER

Fiachra Trench

Born 1941

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0773 MUSIC

Ronan Browne

Born 1965

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0774 ACTOR

Gerard Parkes

1936 - 2014

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0775 WRITER

Kevin Maher (writer)

Born 1972

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0776 FOOTBALL

Dave Langan

Born 1957

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0777 SINGER

Harry Plunket Greene

1865 - 1936

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0778 CHOIR DIRECTOR

Robert Prescott Stewart

1825 - 1894

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0779 PLAYER

Andrew Conway

Born 1991

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0780 ARCHITECT

Angela Brady

Born 1957

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0781 ACTOR

Gerard Plunkett

Born 1955

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0782 FILM

Douglas Gerrard

1891 - 1950

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0783 MATHEMATICIAN

George Johnston Allman

1824 - 1904

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0784 MUSIC

Colm Ó Cíosóig

Born 1964

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0785 WRITER

Julia Frankau

1859 - 1916

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0786 ENGRAVER

James MacArdell

1729 - 1765

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0787 ACTRESS

Olwen Kelly

-

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0788 FOOTBALL

Eoin Hand

Born 1946

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0789 POLITICIAN

Henry Lowry-Corry (1803–1873)

1803 - 1873

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0790 PLAYER

Kelly Liggan

Born 1979

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0791 FOOTBALL

Richard Sadlier

Born 1979

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0792 WRITER

Lucy Grealy

1963 - 2002

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0793 BROADCAST

Joe Duffy

Born 1956

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0794 COMPOSER

John Kinsella (composer)

Born 1932

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0795 AUTHOR

Terence de Vere White

1912 - 1994

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0796 ARTIST

Les Levine

Born 1935

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0797 FIDDLER

Steve Wickham

Born 1960

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0798 ATHLETIC

Joanne Cuddihy

Born 1984

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0799 SINGER

Maxi (singer)

Born 1950

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0800 POLITICIAN

Niall Andrews

1937 - 2006

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0801 SUFFRAGETTE

Alicia Adélaide Needham

1864 - 1945

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0802 FOOTBALL

Peter Murphy (footballer, born 1980)

Born 1980

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0803 PLAYER

Keith Gleeson

Born 1976

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0804 POLITICIAN

Alfie Byrne

1882 - 1956

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0805 GOVERNOR

Hugo Oconór

1732 - 1779

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0806 FOOTBALL

Thomas Butler (footballer)

Born 1981

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0807 AUTHOR

Paul Murray (author)

Born 1975

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0808 BADMINTON

Scott Evans (badminton)

Born 1987

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0809 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Rúaidhrí de Valera

1916 - 1978

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0810 ACTOR

Niall Buggy

Born 1948

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0811 FOOTBALL

Alan Moore (footballer)

Born 1974

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0812 SCREENWRITER

Glenn McQuaid

Born 1973

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0813 ILLUSTRATOR

Alexander Francis Lydon

1836 - 1917

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0814 THEOLOGIAN

David F. Ford

Born 1948

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0815 NOVELIST

Niall Williams

Born 1958

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0816 RELIGIOUS

Ruadhán of Lorrha

Died 584

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0817 PLAYER

Noel Furlong

Born 1937

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0818 WRITER

Owen Hall

1853 - 1907

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0819 FOOTBALL

Rene Gilmartin

Born 1987

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0820 FILM

Ed Guiney

Born 1966

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0821 WRITER

Michael George Mulhall

1836 - 1900

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0822 AUTHOR

James Henry (poet)

1798 - 1876

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0823 PRELATE

Brendan Leahy

Born 1960

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0824 ACTOR

Bairbre Dowling

1953 - 2016

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0825 NOVELIST

Frances Sheridan

1724 - 1766

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0826 ATHLETIC

Natalya Coyle

Born 1990

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0827 ILLUSTRATOR

William Kilburn

1745 - 1818

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0828 POLITICIAN

Daniel Pollen

1813 - 1896

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0829 MILITAR

David Craig, Baron Craig of Radley

Born 1929

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0830 INVENTOR

John Howard Kyan

1774 - 1850

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0831 PRIEST

Robert Clayton (bishop)

1695 - 1758

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0832 POET

Richard Stanihurst

1547 - 1618

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0833 THEOLOGIAN

William Palmer (theologian)

1803 - 1885

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0834 BISHOP

Donal Murray (bishop)

Born 1940

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0835 SCREENWRITER

Peter Sheridan

Born 1952

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0836 MATHEMATICIAN

Morgan Crofton

1826 - 1915

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0837 ARCHITECT

Michael Stapleton

1747 - 1801

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0838 FOOTBALL

Alan Quinn

Born 1979

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0839 MONK

Fintan de Rheinau

804 - 878

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0840 FOOTBALL

Andy McEvoy

1938 - 1994

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0841 FOOTBALL

Clive Clarke

Born 1980

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0842 COSTUME DESIGNER

Consolata Boyle

-

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0843 PLAYER

Ian Keatley

Born 1987

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0844 SCULPTOR

Oisín Kelly

1915 - 1981

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0845 ARTIST

Eva Rothschild

Born 1972

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0846 SPORT

Joshua Millner

1847 - 1931

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0847 PLAYER

John Robbie

Born 1955

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0848 JOURNALIST

E. J. Dillon

1854 - 1933

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0849 MUSIC

Liam Genockey

Born 1948

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0850 WRITER

John Gifford Bellett

1795 - 1864

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0851 PLAYER

Reggie Corrigan

Born 1970

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0852 MATHEMATICIAN

Alan C. Newell

Born 1941

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0853 ACTOR

Spranger Barry

1719 - 1777

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0854 PLAYER

Hugo MacNeill (rugby union)

Born 1958

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0855 WRITER

James Plunkett

1920 - 2003

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0856 POET

George Darley

1795 - 1846

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0857 FOOTBALL

Gary Mulligan

Born 1985

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0858 PEER

Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Duke of Leinster

1851 - 1893

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0859 ACTOR

Lorcan Cranitch

Born 1959

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0860 COMMUNIST

Bob Doyle (activist)

1916 - 2009

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0861 PLAYER

Neil Francis (rugby union)

Born 1964

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0862 WRITER

Máire Mhac an tSaoi

Born 1922

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0863 PATHOLOGIST

Philip George Houthem Gell

1914 - 2001

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0864 AUTHOR

Frank Deasy

1959 - 2009

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0865 ACTOR

Anita Reeves

1949 - 2016

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0866 SINGER

Rejjie Snow

Born 1993

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0867 AUTHOR

Anna McPartlin

Born 1972

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0868 COMPOSER

Mary Dickenson-Auner

1880 - 1965

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0869 POLICE

John Timoney (police officer)

1948 - 2016

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0870 POLITICIAN

Paddy Power (Irish politician)

1928 - 2013

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0871 ART HISTORIAN

John V. Luce

1920 - 2011

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0872 FOOTBALL

Barry Quinn

Born 1979

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0873 FOOTBALL

Ian Lawlor

Born 1994

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0874 PLAYER

Ian McKinley

Born 1989

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0875 SINGER

Derek Warfield

Born 1943

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0876 EXPLORER

Isaac Weld

1774 - 1856

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0877 FOOTBALL

Stephen Dawson

Born 1985

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0878 PAINTER

Guggi

Born 1959

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0879 ACTOR

Tom Dugan (actor, born 1889)

1884 - 1955

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0880 ACTOR

Joseph O'Conor

1916 - 2001

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0881 PAINTER

Thomas Hickey (painter)

1741 - 1824

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0882 FOOTBALL

Kurtis Byrne

Born 1990

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0883 PRESENTER

Lynn Gilmartin

Born 1984

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0884 PLAYER

James Cluskey

Born 1986

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0885 SPORT

Lydia Boylan

Born 1987

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0886 PLAYER

Niall Hogan

Born 1971

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0887 POLITICIAN

Avril Doyle

Born 1949

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0888 FOOTBALL

Dave Mooney

Born 1984

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0889 PLAYER

Dominic Ryan

Born 1990

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0890 FOOTBALL

Gareth Farrelly

Born 1975

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0891 POLITICIAN

Eoin Ó Broin

Born 1972

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0892 PLAYER

David Hogan (snooker player)

Born 1988

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0893 AUTHOR

Erskine Barton Childers

1929 - 1996

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0894 MUSIC

Vyvienne Long

-

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0895 MILITAR

Frederick Alfred Pile

1884 - 1976

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0896 NOVELIST

Éilís Ní Dhuibhne

Born 1954

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0897 LAWYER

Thomas Bodkin

1887 - 1961

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0898 PLAYER

Amy Bowtell

Born 1993

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0899 CHEMIST

Chichester Bell

1848 - 1924

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0900 ENGINEER

Alexander Mitchell (engineer)

1780 - 1868

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