List of people from Dublin explained
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 – 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
- 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
- Oscar Wilde – playwright, author, poet
- Maev-Ann Wren – writer
- William Butler Yeats – poet, playwright and Nobel laureate
- Zozimus (Michael Moran) – poet
Entertainers
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Soldiers
Sport
Other
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: DAVIS, Thomas, (1806 – 1895). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . April 4, 2014.
- Book: Highfill . Philip H. . Burnim . Kalman A. . Langhans . Edward A. . A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800 . 1993 . . Carbondale . 978-0-8093-1803-2 . en . 16 . 225.
