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Famous Natives
People listed are either native to Ireland, or of Irish descent (born elsewhere) that have made a significant contribution to the fame of the country in their personal endeavors
Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander hymn writer
Francis Bacon artist
Michael William Balfe composer
John Banville author, journalist
Samuel Beckett playwright, author
Brendan Behan author, playwright
Paudge Behan actor
Patrick Bergin actor
George Berkeley philosopher
Maeve Binchy writer
Mary Black singer
Patrick "Packie" Bonnor soccer goal keeper
Bono singer
Brian Boru king
Clare Boylan author
Robert Boyle chemist, physicist, inventor
George Brent actor
Saint Brigid saint
Pierce Brosnan actor
Gabriel Byrne actor
Paddy Casey singer, songwriter
Eoin Colfer author
Michael Collins revolutionary leader
Jerome Connor sculptor
Corrs pop band
Tom Crean explorer
Ninette de Valois dancer, founder london royal ballet
Roddy Doyle author, screenwriter
Ronnie Drew singer, musician
Frank Duff founder legion of mary
Easter Rising heros names and details here!
Desmond Egan poet
Enya singer
Collin Farrell actor
John Field composer, pianist
Barry Fitzgerald actor
Geraldine Fitzgerald actress
Fionnuala Flanagan actress
W. H. Grattan Flood historian, musicologist
Percy French singer, songwriter
Brenda Fricker actress
Brian Friel playwright
Rory Gallagher musician
Sir Michael Gambon actor
Brendan Gleeson actor
Ann Glover last person hung as witch in Boston
Oliver Goldsmith author, playwright
W.R. Grace founder w.r. grace & company
John Robert Gregg developed shorthand system
Arthur Guinness founder guinness brewery
Sir William Rowan Hamilton astronomer
Pádraig Harrington golfer
Richard Harris actor
Catherine Hayes opera singer
Gemma Hayes singer, songwriter
Dermot Healy author, playwright
James Hoban architect, designed u.s. white house
Eddie Hobbs television host, author
John Philip Holland developed u. s. navy submarine
Jennifer Johnston author
Neil Jordan filmmaker, author
James Joyce author
Trevor Joyce poet
Patrick Kavanagh poet
Roy Keane footballer
Anthony Kearns tenor
Ronan Keating singer, songwriter
Luke Kelly singer, musician
John F. Kennedy american president
Pat Kenny television host
Caitlín Rebekah Kiernan author
Paddy Killoran fiddler
Lord Kitchener british field marshall, diplomat
Daniel Day Lewis actor
Johnny Logan singer
Dermot Mannion ceo aer lingus
Kevin McBride boxer
John McCormack tenor
Frank McCourt author
Barry McGuigan boxer
Frank McGuinness playwright
Colm Meaney actor
Christy Moore singer, songwriter, musician
Cillian Murphy actor
Richard Murphy poet
Devon Murray actor
Jim Norton actor
Denis O'Brien founder esat telecom
Turlough O'Carolan composer
Daniel O'Connell "the liberator"
Maura O'Connell singer
Sinéad O'Connor singer
Kevin Izod O'Doherty politician, founder Irish Tribune
Daniel O'Donnell singer
George "Boy George" Alan O'Dowd singer, songwriter
Mary O'Hara singer
Maureen O'Hara actress, singer
Seán Ó Riada composer, bandleader
Milo O'Shea actor
Maureen O'Sullivan actress
Peter O'Toole actor
Saint Patrick patron saint of ireland
Edward Lovett Pearce architect
Aidan Quinn actor
Carmel Quinn entertainer
Edel Quinn missionary
Glenn Quinn actor
Johnathan Rhys-Meyers actor
Mary Robinson first female president
Kevin Roche architect
Cornelius Ryan author
Bobby Sands leader 1981 hunger strike
Fiona Shaw actress
George Bernard Shaw playwright
Richard Brinsley Sheridan playwright, whig statesman
Michelle Smith olympic medalist
St. Patrick patron saint
Laurence Sterne author
Bram Stoker author
John L Sullivan boxer
Thin Lizzy rock band
Ronan Tynan tenor
U2 pop band
Ernest Walton physicist
Arthur Wellesley 1st duke of wellington, army soldier, statesman
Westlife pop band
Oscar Wilde author, playwright
Terry Wogan radio, television broadcaster
Finbar Wright tenor
W. B. Yeats poet
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