List of people from Dublin
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List of Dublin people
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Writers, composers and philosophers
- Sebastian Barry – playwright
- Samuel Beckett – novelist, playwright, theatre director, poet and Nobel laureate
- Brendan Behan – poet, short story writer novelist, playwright
- George Berkeley – empiricist philosopher
- Jon Berkeley – writer
- Maeve Binchy – writer
- Dermot Bolger – writer
- Elizabeth Bowen – writer
- Clare Boylan – writer
- Christy Brown – writer
- John Byrne – columnist, cartoonist
- Austin Clarke – poet, novelist, dramatist
- Marita Conlon-McKenna – children's author
- Annie Jessy Curwen – author
- Donnacha Dennehy – composer
- Roddy Doyle – writer
- Anne Enright – writer
- Dave Fanning – rock journalist
- John Field – pianist, composer, wrote the first nocturnes
- Oliver Goldsmith – writer
- Annie French Hector – novelist
- Pat Ingoldsby – poet
- James Joyce – author, poet
- Trevor Joyce – poet
- Jane Jowitt – poet, memoirist
- Patrick Kavanagh – poet and novelist
- Brendan Kehoe – software developer, author
- Sheridan Le Fanu – novelist
- James Clarence Mangan – poet
- Columba Marmion – monk
- Aidan Mathews – poet, dramatist, novelist
- David McSavage – comedy writer
- Honor Molloy - playwright and novelist
- Thomas Moore – poet
- Vincent O'Brien – composer
- Seán O'Casey – playwright, memorist
- John O'Keeffe – writer
- Fintan O'Toole – journalist and political commentator
- George William Russell – writer, editor, critic, poet, painter and theosophist
- George Bernard Shaw – novelist, playwright and Nobel laureate
- Ronan Sheehan – novelist, short story writer, essayist
- Frances Sheridan – novelist
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan – playwright
- Annie P. Smithson – novelist
- Charles Villiers Stanford – composer
- Robert Prescott Stewart – composer
- Bram Stoker – novelist
- Jonathan Swift – writer, satirist
- John Millington Synge – playwright
- Joan Tighe – journalist and historian
- Oscar Wilde – playwright, author, poet
- Maev-Ann Wren – writer
- William Butler Yeats – poet, playwright and Nobel laureate
- Zozimus (Michael Moran) – poet
Entertainers
- Chloë Agnew – singer of the Celtic music group Celtic Woman
- Eamonn Andrews – radio and television presenter
- Caitriona Balfe – actress (Outlander)
- Bono – lead singer with U2 and campaigner on world debt
- Wilfrid Brambell – actor (Steptoe & Son)
- Ronan Browne – musician
- Gabriel Byrne – actor
- Gay Byrne – former presenter of The Late Late Show, the world's second longest-running chat show
- Nicky Byrne – singer in Westlife
- Luke Cheevers – traditional singer, song collector and songwriter
- Dean Clark – actor
- Daniel Condren – YouTuber and live streamer, better known as RTGame
- Cathy Davey – singer-songwriter
- Chris De Burgh – musician
- Alison Doody – actress
- Craig Doyle – television and radio presenter
- Ronnie Drew – musician
- The Dubliners – folk and ballad group (Luke Kelly, Ronnie Drew, Barnie McKenna, John Sheahan)
- Joe Duffy – broadcaster
- Elizabeth Rebecca Edwin – stage actress
- Joe Elliott – lead singer of Def Leppard
- Siobhan Fahey – singer-songwriter, Bananarama and Shakespears Sister
- Colin Farrell – actor
- Marian Finucane – broadcaster
- 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 (Game of Thrones)
- Brian Gleeson – actor
- Brendan Gleeson – actor
- Domhnall Gleeson – actor
- John & Edward Grimes – singing twins nicknamed "Jedward"
- Glen Hansard – lead singer of The Frames; actor
- Neasa Hardiman – director
- C. Morton Horne – musical comedy actor
- Hozier - singer
- 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
- Lisa Lambe Laois actress and singer
- Phil Lynott – from the band Thin Lizzy
- Annie Mac – DJ and presenter
- Edwin Maxwell – actor
- Margaret Mazzantini – actress
- Brian McFadden – former singer in Westlife
- Susan McKeown – Grammy-winning folk singer
- 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
- Aubrey Murphy – violinist
- Jonathon Ng – musician, under the alias EDEN
- Colm Ó Cíosóig – musician, drummer of My Bloody Valentine
- Sinéad O'Connor – singer
- Jimmy O'Dea – actor and comedian
- Róisín O'Donovan - actress
- 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
- Gerry Ryan – television presenter
- Isabella Rudkin – child musical prodigy and harpist
- Andrew Scott – actor (Sherlock)
- Thomas Sheridan – 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
- Ronan Tynan – inspirational tenor
- Bernie Tormé – guitarist
- Ryan Tubridy – current presenter of The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show
- Aidan Turner – actor (The Hobbit, Being Human, Poldark)
- Louis Walsh – judge of X-Factor
- Alisha Weir – actress and singer
Politicians and leaders
- Bertie Ahern – former Taoiseach
- John Binns – politician
- Edmund Burke – father of modern conservatism
- Timothy Burns – Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
- Edward Carson – Leader of Irish Unionism and British Cabinet minister
- Sean Casten – U.S. representative for Illinois[1]
- James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont – statesman
- George Colley – politician
- Harry Colley – politician
- 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[2]
- Robert Emmet – Nationalist
- Garret FitzGerald – former Taoiseach
- Henry Flood – statesman
- Philip France – politician
- Henry Grattan – politician and member of the Irish house of commons
- Seán Lemass – Taoiseach from 1959 to 1966
- Jim Mitchell – youngest Lord Mayor of Dublin (aged 29)
- Brendan Moran – former diplomat
- James Napper Tandy – revolutionary
- 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
- Leo Varadkar – Taoiseach
- Arthur Wellesley – British Prime Minister
- William Whitshed – politician
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
- Jacko Barry – darts player
- Gavin Bazunu – footballer
- Liam Brady – former Arsenal, Juventus and Republic of Ireland footballer
- Jason Byrne – Championship and Irish international footballer
- Christy Canavan – former footballer
- Stephen Carr – Premiership and Irish international footballer
- Willie Carrick – footballer
- Dennis Cirkin – footballer
- Eamonn Coghlan – World Championship-winning athlete
- Steve Collins – World Championship-winning boxer
- Rachel Costello – camogie player
- 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 – first Irish-born heavyweight boxing champion
- Damien Duff – former Premiership and Irish international footballer
- Bernard Dunne – retired boxer; former WBA Super Bantamweight World Champion and European Super Bantamweight Champion
- Jamie Finn – Republic of Ireland national football team player
- Willo Flood – SPL and Championship footballer
- Johnny Giles – former Leeds United and Republic of Ireland footballer
- Pádraig Harrington – Ryder Cup-winning golfer
- Eddie Jordan - motorsport executive and broadcaster
- Edmund Joyce – Middlesex and Ireland cricketer
- Robbie Keane – Major League Soccer and Irish international footballer
- Abbie Larkin – Republic of Ireland national team footballer
- Joe Lawless – Irish soccer player
- Becky Lynch – WWE wrestler/diva
- Paul McGinley – Ryder Cup-winning golfer
- Mick McGowan – darts player
- Conor McGregor – UFC fighter
- Jim McQuillan – darts player
- Jason Molins – cricketer
- 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
- Mark Nulty – Irish cricketer
- Kevin O'Brien – Irish cricketer
- Niall O'Brien – Northamptonshire and Ireland cricketer
- Cian O'Connor – equestrian
- Brian O'Driscoll – former Leinster, Ireland and Lions rugby player
- Pat O'Toole – former professional footballer
- 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
- Brian Shawe-Taylor – racing driver
- Sheamus – WWE wrestler, real name Stephen Farrelly
- 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
- Lyra Valkyria – WWE wrestler
- 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
- Hugh Hamilton – bishop
- William Rowan Hamilton – mathematician
- William Edwin Hamilton – civil engineer
- Francis Hardy – barrister
- Josephine Heffernan – Irish-American nurse in WWI
- Rex Ingram – film director
- Mainie Jellett – painter
- Alan Joyce – CEO of Qantas Airways Limited
- Robert Mallet – geophysicist, father of seismology
- Leonard McNally – barrister
- David McWilliams – writer, presenter and economist
- Sharon Ní Bheoláin – journalist
- William Orpen – painter
- Peter Rice – engineer
- Sean Scully – painter
- Louise O'Sullivan – founder and CEO of Anam Technologies
- Edward Hutchinson Synge – physicist
- John Lighton Synge – mathematician
- William Tisdall – priest
- Theodore David Wallace - barrister and colonial administrator
- Ailish Walsh – victim of murder[3]
- Willie Walsh – CEO of British Airways
- Una Watters – artist and librarian
- Mary Woffington – socialite[4]