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Ecclesiastics
- Richard Chenevix (1697–1779), Church of Ireland bishop
- Charles Joseph Henderson (1924–2006), Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark (UK) and Bishop of Tricala
- Tobias Kirby (1804–1895), Rector of the Irish College Rome 1850-1891; archbishop of Ephesus 1885
- Michael O'Hickey (1860-1916), priest, Professor of Irish at Maynooth University
- Edmund Ignatius Rice, religious founder
- Michael Sheehan, Archbishop of Germia; author, professor
- Luke Wadding (1588–1657), theologian, historian, patriot
- Michael Wadding, priest
- Nicholas Wiseman, cardinal
Sport
- Jim Beglin (b. 1963), soccer player
- Craig Breen (b. 1990), rally driver
- Niamh Briggs (b. 1984), Irish international rugby player
- Locky Byrne (1913-1941), hurler
- Tom Cheasty (1934-2007), hurler
- Paddy Coad (1920-1992), soccer player
- Tom Cunningham (b. 1931), hurler
- Pat Fanning (1918-2010), hurler, GAA President
- Mick Flannelly (b. 1930), hurler
- Andy Fleming (1916-2011), hurler
- Austin Flynn (b. 1933), hurler
- Philly Grimes (b. 1929-1989), hurler
- Larry Guinan (b. 1938), hurler
- Alfie Hale (b. 1939), soccer player
- Noel Hunt (b. 1982), Irish international soccer player
- Stephen Hunt (b. 1981), Irish international soccer player
- John Keane (1917-1975), hurler
- Sean Kelly (b. 1956), Ireland's most successful racing cyclist, one of the top eight cyclists of all time
- Martin Óg Morrissey (b. 1934), hurler
- Christy Moylan (1916-1996), hurler
- Daryl Murphy (b. 1983), Irish international soccer player
- Johnny O'Connor (1928-2010), hurler
- Peter O'Connor (1872-1957), athlete, Olympic champion
- John O'Shea (b. 1981), Irish international soccer player
- Ciarán Power (b. 1976), Olympic Games cyclist 2000, 2004
- Ned Power (1929-2007), hurler
- Seamus Power (1929-2016), hurler
- Susan Smith-Walsh (b. 1971), Olympic athlete
- John Treacy (b. 1957), Olympic athlete, world champion
- Frankie Walsh (1936-2012), hurler
- Patricia Walsh (b. 1960), Olympic athlete
- Charlie Ware (b. 1933), hurler
- Jim Ware (1908-1983), hurler
- Thomas Barr (b. 1992), Olympic athlete
- Jessie Barr (b. 1989), Olympic athlete
- Tony O'shea (b. 1975), renowned Badminton specialist, all Ireland U11 doubles champion.
Politics and military
- Mary Butler (b. 1966), politician
- William Charles Bonaparte-Wyse (1826-1892), soldier
- Denis Cashman (1843-1897), Fenian, patriot
- Hugh Collender, Young Irelander, businessman
- Ciara Conway (b. 1980)
- Paudie Coffey (b. 1969)
- Edward Collins (1941-2019)
- Maurice Cummins
- David Cullinane
- Lorraine Clifford-Lee
- John Condon, boy soldier, youngest Allied soldier to die in First World War
- Martin Cullen, politician
- John Deasy
- Austin Deasy
- Frank Edwards, left wing activist, Spanish Civil War fighter
- Francis Hearn, patriot
- John Hearne, orator, lawyer and architect of the 1937 Irish Constitution, or Bunracht na hÉireann
- William Hobson, first Governor of New Zealand
- Brendan Kenneally
- Billy Kenneally
- Thomas Kyne
- George Lennon, vice commanding officer, West Waterford I.R.A. (1919–1922)
- Patrick Little, politician
- Thaddeus Lynch
- Thomas Francis Meagher, patriot, conceived the Irish tricolour
- Thomas Meagher politician and businessman
- Richard Mulcahy, Irish Army C.O.C.
- Ann Ormonde
- William Palliser (1830-1882), politician, inventor
- John Paul Phelan (b. 1978), politician
- John Redmond (1856-1918), leader of the Irish Party in Westminster
- Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832-1914), British Army C.O.C.
- Thomas Sexton (1848-1932), journalist, financial expert, nationalist politician and Member of Parliament
- Richard Lalor Shiel (1791-1851), Orator, M.P
- Alfred Webb (1834-1908), President of the 1894 Indian National Congress and MP for West Waterford
Science
Arts, theatre and entertainment
- Keith Barry, magician, mentalist, illusionist
- Carrie Crowley, TV personality
- Teresa Deevy, playwright
- Val Doonican, entertainer
- Seán Dunne, poet
- Fiona Glascott
- Dorothea Jordan, actress; mistress of King William IV of the United Kingdom
- Charles Kean, Shakespearean actor
- Anna Manahan (1924-2009), actress
- Gilbert O'Sullivan, singer-songwriter
- Patrick C. Power, Writer and Historian
- Hal Roach, comedian
- Frank Ryan, tenor
- William Vincent Wallace (1814-1865), opera composer
General
- Eugene Byrne (b. 1959), author, journalist
- Risteard De Hindeberg (1863-1916), priest, Irish language activist, author, musician
- Grattan Flood (1857-1928), musicologist and historian
- Valentine Greatrakes, 17th-century healer
- John Hogan (1800-1858), sculptor
- Donnchadh Ruadh Mac Conmara (1715-1810), teacher, poet
- Ellen Organ (1903–1908), saintly child known as "Little Nellie of Holy God"
- Thomas Sautelle Roberts (c. 1749-1778), landscape artist
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