List of people from Dublin

Dublin, as the capital city of Ireland and the largest city in Ireland, has produced many noted artists, entertainers, politicians and businesspeople. Also include are people affiliated with Dublin before the creation of the Republic of Ireland.

List of Dublin people

Writers, composers and philosophers

• Sebastian Barry - playwright
• 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
• John Byrne - columnist, cartoonist
• Austin Clarke - poet, novelist, dramatist
• Donnacha Dennehy - composer
• Roddy Doyle - writer
• Anne Enright - writer
• John Field - pianist, composer, wrote the first nocturnes
• Oliver Goldsmith - writer
• James Joyce - author, poet
• Pat Ingoldsby - poet
• Patrick Kavanagh - poet and novelist
• Sheridan Le Fanu - novelist
• James Clarence Mangan - poet
• Columba Marmion - monk
• 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
• Annie P. Smithson - novelist
• Bram Stoker - novelist
• Jonathan Swift - writer, satirist
• John Millington Synge - playwright
• Oscar Wilde - playwright, author, poet
• Maev-Ann Wren - writer
• William Butler Yeats - poet, playwright
• Zozimus (Michael Moran) - poet

Entertainers

• Bono - lead singer with U2 and campaigner on world debt
• Wilfred Brambell - actor, Steptoe & Son
• Ronan Browne - musician
• Gabriel Byrne - actor
• Gay Byrne - former presenter of the Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show
• Nicky Byrne - singer in Westlife
• Luke Cheevers - traditional singer, song collector and songwriter
• Dean Clark - actor
• Cathy Davey - singer/songwriter
• Chris De Burgh - musician
• Alison Doody - actress
• Ronnie Drew - musician
• The Dubliners - folk and ballad group (Luke Kelly, Ronnie Drew, Barnie McKenna, John Sheahan)
• Joe Elliott - lead singer of Def Leppard
• Elizabeth Rebecca Edwin - stage actress
• Siobhan Fahey - singer/songwriter, Bananarama and Shakespears Sister
• Colin Farrell - actor
• Barry Fitzgerald - actor
• Brenda Fricker - actress
• Michael Gambon - actor
• Orla Gartland - singer/songwriter, musician
• Stephen Gately - singer
• Bob Geldof - The Boomtown Rats lead singer; Live Aid organiser
• Aidan Gillen - actor
• John & Edward Grimes - singing twins nicknamed "Jedward"
• Glen Hansard - lead singer of The Frames; actor
• C. Morton Horne - musical comedy actor
• Siva Kaneswaran - member of boy band The Wanted
• 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
• Brian McFadden - former singer in Westlife
• Kitty McShane - actor/singer who appeared in the Old Mother Riley films with Arthur Lucan
• Jonathan Rhys Meyers - actor
• Larry Mullen - drummer for U2
• Samantha Mumba - singer, actress
• Colm Ó Cíosóig - musician, drummer of My Bloody Valentine
• Sinéad O'Connor - singer
• Danny O'Donoghue - lead singer for The Script
• Maureen O'Hara - actress
• Liam Ó Maonlaí - singer, bodhrán player; member of Hothouse Flowers
• Maureen O'Sullivan - actress
• Gerard Parkes - actor; moved with his family to Canada
• Noel Purcell - actor, singer
• Glenn Quinn - actor
• Paddy Reilly - musician
• Andrew Scott - actor
• Kevin Shields - musician, vocalist and guitarist of My Bloody Valentine
• Carly Smithson - singer, appeared on American Idol; lead singer of We Are the Fallen
• Bernie Tormé - guitarist
• Ryan Tubridy - current presenter of The Late Late Show
• Louie Walsh- Judge of X- Factor

Politicians and leaders

• Bertie Ahern - former Taoiseach
• Edmund Burke - father of modern conservatism
• Timothy Burns - Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
• Edward Carson - Leader of Irish Unionism and British Cabinet minister
• Liam Cosgrave - former Taoiseach
• Hans Crocker - Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Andrew Cunningham - Admiral of the Fleet, Royal Navy
• Thomas Davis - U.S. Representative for Rhode Island
• 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
• Thomas O'Neill - Wisconsin State Assemblyman
• Patrick Pearse - writer, leader of the Easter Rising
• William Petty - British Prime Minister
• John Reed - immigrant to California; prominent in early California settlement
• Richard Saul - aviator and commander in the Battle of Britain
• Theobald Wolfe Tone - revolutionary, leader of the United Irishmen
• Arthur Wellesley - British Prime Minister

Soldiers

• Hugh Burgoyne - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Thomas Byrne - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Thomas Crean - recipient of the Victoria Cross and rugby union international
• Christian Davies - trooper of the Royal Scots Greys
• John Farrell - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• George Forrest - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Peter Gill - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Patrick Graham - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• James Jackman - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Henry Jones - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Richard Keatinge - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• James Kenny - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Harry Lyster - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• William Manley - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Arthur Moore - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Thomas Murphy - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Claude Nunney - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Edmund O'Toole - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Hamilton Reed - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• James Henry Reynolds - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Robert Rogers - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Frederick Smith - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Philip Smith - recipient of the Victoria Cross

Sport

• Liam Brady - former Arsenal, Juventus and Republic of Ireland footballer
• Jason Byrne - Championship and Irish international footballer
• Stephen Carr - Premiership and Irish international footballer
• Eamonn Coghlan - World Championship-winning athlete
• Steve Collins - World Championship-winning boxer
• Stephen Dawson - former Leicester and under-21 Republic of Ireland footballer
• Ronnie Delaney - Olympic gold medalist
• Ken Doherty - winner of World Snooker Championship
• Dan Donnelly - the first Irish-born heavyweight boxing champion
• Damien Duff - Premiership and Irish international footballer
• Bernard Dunne - retired boxer; former WBA Super Bantamweight World Champion and European Super Bantamweight Champion
• Willo Flood - SPL and Championship footballer
• Johnny Giles - former Leeds United and Republic of Ireland footballer
• Pádraig Harrington - Ryder Cup-winning golfer
• Edmund Joyce - Middlesex and Ireland cricketer
• Robbie Keane - Major League Soccer and Irish international footballer
• Becky Lynch - WWE wrestler/diva
• Brian O'Driscoll - Leinster, Ireland and Lions rugby player
• Niall O'Brien - Northamptonshire and Ireland cricketer
• Kevin O'Brien - Irish cricketer
• Paul McGinley - Ryder Cup-winning golfer
• Conor McGregor - UFC featherweight fighter
• Kevin Moran - former All Ireland-winning Dublin Gaelic footballer, Manchester United and Republic of Ireland footballer
• Eoin Morgan - former Ireland cricket team player who currently plays for Middlesex County Cricket Club and England
• Cian O'Connor - equestrian
• Niall Quinn - former footballer for Arsenal, Sunderland and Republic of Ireland
• Charlie Redmond - Dublin footballer
• Stephen Roche - Tour de France-winning cyclist
• Alan Ruddock - introduced Karate and Aikido to Ireland; 6th dan Aikidoka
• Sheamus - WWE wrestler
• Jason Sherlock - Dublin footballer
• Michelle Smith - Olympic gold (3) and bronze (1) medal-winning swimmer
• Frank Stapleton - former Arsenal, Manchester United and Republic of Ireland footballer
• Jim Stynes - Australian rules footballer
• Ronnie Whelan - former Liverpool and Republic of Ireland footballer

Other

• Francis Bacon, painter
• René Bull, illustrator and war artist
• Harry Clarke, stained glass artist
• Veronica Guerin, journalist
• Rex Ingram, film director
• Alan Joyce, CEO of Qantas Airways Limited
• David McWilliams, writer, presenter and economist
• Louise O'Sullivan, founder and CEO of Anam Technologies
• Willie Walsh, CEO of British Airways

See also

• List of University of Dublin people
• List of University College Dublin people
• List of Dublin City University people
• List of Irish people
• Category:People from County Dublin