List of people from Dublin
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Dublin, as the capital city of the Republic of Ireland and the largest city in Ireland, has produced many noted artists, entertainers, politicians and businesspeople.
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[edit] List of Dublin people
[edit] Writers, composers and philosophers
- Niall Horan- singer.
Sebastian Barry - playwpppight
- Samuel Beckett - playwright, novelist, poet
- Brendan Behan - poet, short story writer novelist, playwright
- George Berkeley - empiricist philosopher
- Jon Berkeley - writer
- Maeve Binchy - writer
- Elizabeth Bowen - writer
- Clare Boylan - writer
- Christy Brown - writer
- Austin Clarke - poet, novelist, dramatist
- Ronan Coghlan - novelist, writer of reference books
- Roddy Doyle - writer
- John Field - pianist, composer, wrote the first nocturnes
- Oliver Goldsmith - writer
- Patrick Kavanagh - poet and novelist
- Sheridan Le Fanu - novelist
- James Joyce - author, poet
- James Clarence Mangan - poet
- Aidan Mathews - poet, dramatist, novelist
- Seán O'Casey - playwright, memorist
- George William Russell - writer, editor, critic, poet, painter and theosophist
- George Bernard Shaw - playwright
- Ronan Sheehan, novelist, short story writer, essayist
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan - playwright
- Bram Stoker - novelist
- John Millington Synge - playwright
- Annie P. Smithson - novelist
- Jonathan Swift - writer, satirist
- Oscar Wilde - playwright, author, poet
- Maev-Ann Wren - writer
- William Butler Yeats - poet, playwright
- Zozimus (Michael Moran) - poet
[edit] Entertainers
- Bono - lead singer with U2 and campaigner on world debt
- Gabriel Byrne - actor
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- former presenter of the Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show.
- Nicky Byrne - Singer in Westlife
- Brian McFadden - Former singer in Westlife
- Luke Cheevers - traditional singer, song collector and songwriter.
- Alison Doody - actress
- Ronnie Drew - Musician
- The Dubliners - folk and ballad group (Luke Kelly, Ronnie Drew, Barnie McKenna, John Sheahan)
- Siobhan Fahey (Singer/songwriter, Bananarama/Shakespears Sister)
- Colin Farrell - actor
- Barry Fitzgerald - actor
- Brenda Fricker - actress
- Dean Clark - actor
- Michael Gambon - actor
- Stephen Gately - singer
- Bob Geldof - The Boomtown Rats lead singer and Live Aid organiser
- Aidan Gillen - actor
- John & Edward Grimes - singing twins nicknamed "Jedward"
- Glen Hansard - Lead singer The Frames and actor
- C. Morton Horne - musical comedy actor
- Ronan Keating - singer
- Lisa Kelly - singer
- Luke Kelly - Musician
- Pat Kenny - former presenter of the Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show
- Phil Lynott - from the band Thin Lizzy
- Kitty McShane actor/singer who appeared in the Old Mother Riley films with Arthur Lucan
- Larry Mullen - drummer for U2
- Samantha Mumba - singer/actress
- Sinéad O'Connor - singer
- Danny O'Donoghue - lead singer for The Script
- Maureen O'Hara - actress
- Maureen O'Sullivan - actress
- Liam Ó Maonlaí - singer / bodhrán player & member of Hothouse Flowers
- Gerard Parkes - actor who later moved with his family to Canada
- Noel Purcell - Actor/Singer
- Glenn Quinn - Actor
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers - Actor
- Carly Smithson - singer, appeared on American Idol and current lead singer of We Are the Fallen
- Bernie Tormé - guitarist
- Ryan Tubridy - current presenter of The Late Late Show.
[edit] Politicians and Leaders
- Bertie Ahern - former Taoiseach
- Edmund Burke - father of modern conservatism
- Timothy Burns - Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
- Sir Edward Carson - leader of Irish unionism and British cabinet minister
- Liam Cosgrave - former Taoiseach
- Hans Crocker - Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Garret FitzGerald - former Taoiseach
- Seán Lemass - Taoiseach from 1959-1966
- Jim Mitchell - youngest Lord Mayor of Dublin (aged 29)
- J. C. Neville - Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Patrick Pearse - writer, leader of the Easter Rising
- John Reed, immigrant to California; prominent in Early California settlement
- Richard Saul, aviator and commander in the Battle of Britain
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington - soldier, politician, British Prime Minister
- Theobald Wolfe Tone - revolutionary, leader of the United Irishmen
[edit] Famous Sporting Dubliners
- Dan Donnelly - the first Irish-born heavyweight boxing champion
- Damien Duff - Premiership and Irish International Footballer
- Robbie Keane - Premiership and Irish International Footballer
- Stephen Carr - Premiership and Irish International Footballer
- Ronnie Whelan - former Liverpool and Republic of Ireland Footballer
- Jason Byrne - Championship and Irish international footballer
- Willo Flood - SPL and Championship footballer
- Eoin Morgan -Former Ireland cricket team player and Currently Plays For Middlesex County Cricket Club and England Cricket Team
- Charlie Redmond - Dublin Footballer
- Jason Sherlock - Dublin Footballer
- Ronnie Delaney - Olympic Gold Medalist
- Bernard Dunne - Retired Boxer and Former WBA Super Bantamweight World Champion and European Super Bantamweight Champion
- Eamonn Coghlan - World Championship winning athlete
- Ken Doherty - Winner of World Snooker Championship
- Niall Quinn - former footballer for Arsenal, Sunderland and Republic of Ireland
- Kevin Moran - Former All Ireland Winning Dublin Gaelic Footballer, Manchester United and Republic of Ireland Footballer
- Liam Brady - Former Arsenal, Juventus and Republic of Ireland Footballer
- Frank Stapleton - Former Arsenal, Manchester United and Republic of Ireland Footballer
- Johnny Giles - Former Leeds United and Republic of Ireland Footballer
- Steve Collins - World Championship Winning Boxer
- Edmund Joyce - Middlesex and Ireland Cricketer
- Brian O'Driscoll - Leinster, Ireland and Lions Rugby Player
- Pádraig Harrington - Ryder Cup Winning Golfer
- Niall O'Brien - Northamptonshire and Ireland cricketer
- Kevin O'Brien - Irish cricketer
- Paul McGinley - Ryder Cup Winning Golfer
- Stephen Roche - Tour de France Winning Cyclist
- Michelle Smith - Olympic Gold (3) and Bronze (1) Medal Winning Swimmer
- Jim Stynes - Australian rules footballer
- Sheamus - WWE Superstar
[edit] Other
- Rex Ingram - Film Director
- Francis Bacon - Painter
- Veronica Guerin - Journalist
- Willie Walsh - The current CEO of British Airways
- Alan Joyce - The current CEO of Qantas Airways Limited
- David McWilliams - Writer, Presenter and economist.
- Matt Harris- Notorious American Irish gang member
