List of Dublin people

List of Dublin people

Dublin, as the capital city of the Republic of Ireland and the largest city in Ireland as produced many noted artists, entertainers, politicians and businesspeople.

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
* 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
* Sheridan Le Fanu - novelist
* James Joyce - author, poet
* James Clarence Mangan - poet
* Seán O'Casey - playwright, memorist
* George Bernard Shaw - playwright
* Richard Brinsley Sheridan - playwright
* Bram Stoker - novelist
* John Millington Synge - playwright
* Annie P. Smithson - novelist
* Jonathan Swift - writer, satirist
* Oscar Wilde - playwright, author, poet
* William Butler Yeats - poet, playwright
* Zozimus (Michael Moran) - poet

Entertainers

* Nicky Byrne - singer/member of Westlife
* Bono - lead singer with U2 and campaigner on world debt
* Gabriel Byrne - actor
* Gay Byrne - former presenter of the Late Late Show, the world's longest running chat show.
* Luke Cheevers - traditional singer, song collector and songwriter.
* The Dubliners - folk and ballad group (Luke Kelly, Ronnie Drew, Barnie McKenna, John Sheahan)
* Alison Doody - actressSiobhan Fahey (Singer/songwriter, Bananarama/Shakespears Sister)
* Colin Farrell - actor
* Barry Fitzgerald - actor
* Brenda Fricker - actress
* Bob Geldof - Boomtown Rats lead singer and Live Aid organiser
* Pat Kenny - current presenter of the Late Late Show, the world's longest running chat show
* Phil Lynott - from the band Thin Lizzy
* Larry Mullen - drummer for U2
* Sinéad O'Connor - singer
* Maureen O'Hara - actress
* Maureen O'Sullivan - actress
* Liam Ó Maonlaí - singer / bodhrán player & member of Hothouse Flowers
* Luke Kelly - Musician
* Ronnie Drew - Musician
* Noel Purcell - Actor/Singer
* Glenn Quinn - Actor
* Samantha Mumba - singer/actress
* Bernie Tormé - guitarist
* Glen Hansard - Lead singer The Frames and actor
* Jonny sonic and Dave Goode - DJ's (potbelleez)

Politicians and Leaders

* Bertie Ahern - Taoiseach
* Edmund Burke - father of modern conservatism
* Sir Edward Carson - leader of Irish unionism and British cabinet minister
* Liam Cosgrave - Taoiseach
* Garret FitzGerald - Taoiseach
* Seán Lemass - Taoiseach from 1959-1966
* Jim Mitchell - youngest Lord Mayor of Dublin (aged 29)
* Patrick Pearse - writer, leader of the Easter Rising
* Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington - soldier, politician, British Prime Minister
* Theobald Wolfe Tone - revolutionary, leader of the United Irishmen

Famous Sporting Dubliners

*Damien Duff - Premiership and Irish International Footballer
*Robbie Keane - Premiership and Irish International Footballer
*Stephen Carr - Premiership and Irish International Footballer
*Ronnie Whelan - Liverpool and Irish International Footballer
*Jason Byrne - Championship and Irish international footballer
*Charlie Redmond - Dublin Footballer
*Jason Sherlock - Dublin Footballer
*Ronnie Delaney - Olympic Gold Medalist
*Eamonn Coghlan - World Championship winning athlete
*Ken Doherty - Winner of World Snooker Championship
*Niall Quinn - Dublin Hurler, Premiership and Irish International Footballer
*Kevin Moran - All Ireland Winning Dublin Footballer, Division 1 and Irish International Footballer
*Liam Brady - Division 1, Serie A and Irish International Footballer
*Frank Stapleton - Division 1 and Irish International 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
*Paul McGinley - Ryder Cup Winning Golfer
*Stephen Roche - Tour de France Winning Cyclist
*Michelle Smith - C (3) and Bronze (1) Medal Winning Swimmer
*Jim Stynes - Australian rules footballer

Other

*Veronica Guerin - journalist
*Margaret Hassan - of CARE international - murdered in Iraq
*Bang Bang - Irish folklore legend who was a resident of Dublin

ee also

*List of University of Dublin people
*List of University College Dublin people
*List of Dublin City University people
*List of Irish people
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