List of University College Dublin people

The following is a list of notable alumni and faculty members of University College Dublin, a constituent university of the National University of Ireland.

Alumni

Literature

* Maeve Binchy
* Marina Carr
* Austin Clarke
* Brian Cleeve
* Brian Coffey
* Eamon Delaney
* Denis Devlin
* Emma Donoghue
* Roddy Doyle
* Desmond Hogan
* Gerard Manley Hopkins
* James Joyce
* Trevor Joyce
* Thomas Kilroy
* Mary Lavin
* Conor McPherson
* John McGahern
* Frank McGuinness
* Kate O'Brien
* Ulick O'Connor
* Sean O'Faolain
* Emily O'Reilly
* Keith Ridgway
* Colm Tóibín
* William Wall

Journalism

* Vincent Browne
* Ruth Dudley Edwards
* Kevin Myers
* Doireann Ní Bhriain
* Fintan O'Toole

Business

* Niall FitzGerald
* Tony O'Reilly
* Denis O'Brien
* David J. O'Reilly Chairman and CEO of Chevron Corporation.
* Peter Sutherland

Politics and government

* Dermot Ahern
* David Andrews
* Kevin Barry
* Séamus Brennan
* John Bruton (9th Taoiseach of Ireland)
* Richard Bruton
* Mella Carroll
* John A. Costello (2nd Taoiseach of Ireland)
* Mary Coughlan
* Brian Cowen
* Ryan Crocker (Current United States Ambassador to Iraq)
* Catherine Day (Secretary-General of the European Commission)
* Alan Dukes
* Garret FitzGerald (7th Taoiseach of Ireland)
* Noel Dempsey
* Éamon de Valera (3rd President of Ireland, 1st Taoiseach of Ireland) Fact|date=March 2008
* Síle de Valera
* V V Giri (4th President of India)
* Charles Haughey (6th Taoiseach of Ireland)
* Joe Higgins (Former Socialist Party TD)
* Patrick Hillery (6th President of Ireland)
* Douglas Hyde (1st President of Ireland)
* Hugh Kennedy
* Michael Kitt
* Brian Lenihan, Snr
* Thomas MacDonagh
* Charlie McCreevy (Current European Commissioner for Internal Market & Services)
* Michael McDowell (Former Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform)
* John L. Murray
* Michael Noonan
* Nora Owen
* Éamon Ó Cuív
* Kevin O'Higgins
* Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (5th president of Ireland)
* Mary O'Rourke
* Patrick Pearse
* James Ryan
* Francis Skeffington
* Michael Woods

Academia

* Remi Chandran (Researcher)
* Anthony Clare (psychiatrist)
* John Coakley (political scientist)
* Arthur W. Conway (physicist)
* Deirdre Curtin (lawyer)
* Liam De Paor (archaeologist & historian)
* James Dooge (engineer)
* Robert Dudley Edwards (historian)
* John D. FitzGerald (economist)
* Roy C. Geary (statistician)
* Thomas Kettle (economist)
* Eoin MacNeill (Irish scholar)
* J.A. McClelland (physicist)
* Thomas Preston (physicist)
* Frances P. Ruane (economist)
* Cian Connolly (Economist and Renowned for his work in Leuven)
* Donnacha Scott (Economist and Mathematician)
* Ciaran De Lacy (Science)

Arts

* Gabriel Byrne
* Cyril Cusack
* Brendan Gleeson
* Neil Jordan
* Kevin Roche (architect)
* Jim Sheridan

Clergy

* Desmond Connell (Cardinal, Archbishop of Dublin)
* Diarmuid Martin (Archbishop of Dublin)
* John Henry Newman (Cardinal, educator, writer)
* Tomás Ó Fiaich (Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh)
* Jack Ryan (Cardinal, Archbishop of Sweat)

ports

* Denis Hickie
* Brian O'Driscoll
* Kevin O'Flanagan
* Derval O'Rourke

* Jason Sherlock
* Michelle Smith
* Cillian Willis

Entertainment

* Rosanna Davison
* Dave Fanning
* Pat Kenny
* Dermot Morgan
* Dara Ó Briain
* Chris O'Dowd
* Ryan Tubridy

Fictional

* Stephen Dedalus
* Brother Barnabas
* Ross O'Carroll Kelly

Faculty

*Professor Hugh Brady
*Dr Gerard Casey
*Professor Terence Dolan
*Professor James J. Heckman
*Professor Mark Keane
*Professor Declan Kiberd
*Mr Moore McDowell
*Professor Stephen Mennell
*Professor Edna O'Brien
*Professor Joseph Watson