Most Famous People from Ireland
100 Irish people in view out of 1,138
All 152,953
Ireland 1,143
James Joyce Irish Poet 1882 – 1941
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Pierce Brosnan Irish Actor Born 1953
#630
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Peter O'Toole Irish Actor 1932 – 2013
#735
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W. B. Yeats Irish Poet 1865 – 1939
#859
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Richard Harris Irish Actor 1930 – 2002
#1,344
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Sinéad O'Connor Irish Singer Born 1966
#1,423
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Michael Fassbender Irish Actor Born 1977
#1,508
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Maureen O'Hara Irish Film 1920 – 2015
#1,594
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Robert Boyle Irish Physicist 1627 – 1691
#1,609
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Bram Stoker Irish Writer 1847 – 1912
#1,730
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George Berkeley Irish Philosopher 1685 – 1753
#1,749
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Enya Irish Singer Born 1961
#2,025
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Seamus Heaney Irish Playwright 1939 – 2013
#2,260
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Michael Collins (Irish leader) Irish Politician 1890 – 1922
#2,312
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Cillian Murphy Irish Actor Born 1976
#2,517
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Bob Geldof Irish Singer Born 1951
#2,738
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Saint Patrick Irish Cleric 385 – 461
#2,747
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Dolores O'Riordan Irish Music 1971 – 2018
#2,827
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Lafcadio Hearn Irish Writer 1850 – 1904
#5,033
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Spike Milligan Irish Screenwriter 1918 – 2002
#5,265
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Rory Gallagher Irish Singer 1948 – 1995
#5,286
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Maureen O'Sullivan Irish Actor 1911 – 1998
#5,300
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Mary Robinson Irish Lawyer Born 1944
#5,450
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Roy Keane Irish Football Born 1971
#5,568
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Niall Horan Irish Singer Born 1993
#5,614
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Laurence Sterne Irish Writer 1713 – 1768
#6,562
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Charles Stewart Parnell Irish Politician 1846 – 1891
#7,403
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Martin McGuinness Irish Politician 1950 – 2017
#7,437
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Lola Montez Irish Dancer 1821 – 1861
#7,449
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Andrea Corr Irish Singer Born 1974
#7,470
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Daniel O'Connell Irish Politician 1775 – 1847
#7,478
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Liam Cunningham Irish Actor Born 1961
#7,755
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John Banville Irish Screenwriter Born 1945
#7,877
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Columba Irish Monk 521 – 597
#7,996
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John Scotus Eriugena Irish Philosopher 810 – 877
#8,035
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Neil Jordan Irish Film Born 1950
#8,071
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Oliver Goldsmith Irish Novelist 1728 – 1774
#8,279
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Colm Tóibín Irish Poet Born 1955
#8,969
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Brendan Irish Saint 484 – 578
#8,991
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Chris de Burgh Irish Singer Born 1948
#9,380
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Róisín Murphy Irish Singer Born 1973
#9,789
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Katie McGrath Irish Actor Born 1983
#10,085
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Columbanus Irish Monk 542 – 615
#11,574
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Hozier (musician) Irish Singer Born 1990
#12,057
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John Millington Synge Irish Playwright 1871 – 1909
#12,203
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Shane MacGowan Irish Music Born 1957
#12,237
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Brigid of Kildare Irish Nun 451 – 525
#12,295
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Brian Boru Irish King 941 – 1014
#12,310
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Stuart Townsend Irish Actor Born 1972
#12,345
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Maeve Binchy Irish Writer 1940 – 2012
#12,719
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Aidan Turner Irish Actor Born 1983
#13,243
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Cyril Cusack Irish Actor 1910 – 1993
#13,729
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Evanna Lynch Irish Actor Born 1991
#13,738
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Richard Cantillon Irish Economist 1680 – 1734
#13,963
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Robert Sheehan Irish Actor Born 1988
#14,164
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Douglas Hyde Irish Poet 1860 – 1949
#14,300
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Johnny Logan (singer) Irish Singer Born 1954
#14,759
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Augusta (Lady Gregory) Irish Drama 1852 – 1932
#15,234
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Edna O'Brien Irish Screenwriter Born 1930
#15,356
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William Trevor Irish Screenwriter 1928 – 2016
#15,694
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Stephen Roche Irish Sport Born 1959
#15,736
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Brian O'Nolan Irish Writer 1911 – 1966
#16,055
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Conor McGregor Irish Martial Art Born 1988
#16,453
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Ernest Walton Irish Physicist 1903 – 1995
#16,499
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Enda Kenny Irish Politician Born 1951
#16,656
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Jason O'Mara Irish Actor Born 1972
#17,236
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Joseph Murphy (author) Irish Writer 1898 – 1981
#17,343
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Maria Edgeworth Irish Writer 1768 – 1849
#17,672
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Anne Bonny Irish Pirate 1702 – 1782
#17,736
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Elaine Cassidy Irish Actor Born 1979
#18,640
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Shay Given Irish Football Born 1976
#19,116
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George Brent Irish Actor 1899 – 1979
#19,123
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Richard Montgomery Irish Officer 1738 – 1775
#19,636
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Grace O'Malley Irish Pirate 1530 – 1603
#19,801
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Maud Gonne Irish Revolutionary 1866 – 1953
#20,350
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George Moore (novelist) Irish Poet 1852 – 1933
#21,087
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Lisa Hannigan Irish Singer Born 1981
#21,518
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Garret FitzGerald Irish Politician 1926 – 2011
#22,408
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Liam O'Flaherty Irish Screenwriter 1896 – 1984
#22,474
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William Orpen Irish Painter 1878 – 1931
#23,448
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Damien Duff Irish Football Born 1979
#23,690
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Kerry Condon Irish Actor Born 1983
#24,344
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John Toland Irish Philosopher 1670 – 1722
#24,428
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Patrick Kavanagh Irish Writer 1904 – 1967
#24,559
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Ninette de Valois Irish Ballet 1898 – 2001
#25,872
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Mary Mallon Irish Cook 1869 – 1938
#26,413
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Kevin Doyle Irish Football Born 1983
#27,413
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Patrick Hillery Irish Politician 1923 – 2008
#28,371
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Shane Long Irish Football Born 1987
#28,749
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Brian Cowen Irish Politician Born 1960
#29,389
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Dave Allen (comedian) Irish Actor 1936 – 2005
#29,845
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Jonathan Walters Irish Football Born 1983
#29,945
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Tony Cascarino Irish Football Born 1962
#30,264
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John Lynch (actor) Irish Screenwriter Born 1961
#30,619
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William Brown (admiral) Irish Militar 1777 – 1857
#30,657
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Seán Lemass Irish Politician 1899 – 1971
#30,941
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Art Parkinson Irish Actor Born 2001
#31,160
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George William Russell Irish Poet 1867 – 1935
#31,473
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Christy Moore Irish Singer Born 1945
#32,339
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Oliver Plunkett Irish Priest 1629 – 1681
#32,380
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