Cultural Production in
Present Day
Ireland
Ireland
Ireland ranks 37th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Egypt, Portugal, and Iran. Memorable people born in present day Ireland include Oscar Wilde, Jonathan Swift, and James Joyce. Memorable people who died in Ireland include Jonathan Swift, George Boole, and Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma. Ireland has been the birth place of many actors, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and writers.
Ireland is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest in the world. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland, a sovereign state covering five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. As of 2022, the population of the entire island is just over 7 million, with 5.1 million in the Republic of Ireland and 1.9 million in Northern Ireland, ranking it the second-most populous island in Europe after Great Britain. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2004, present day Ireland was the birth place of 601 globally memorable people, including Oscar Wilde, Jonathan Swift, and James Joyce. Additionaly, 149 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Ireland including Jonathan Swift, George Boole, and Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma.
People Born in Present Day Ireland
Go to all RankingsOscar Wilde
WRITER
1854 - 1900
HPI: 79.81
Rank: 1
Jonathan Swift
WRITER
1667 - 1745
HPI: 77.06
Rank: 2
James Joyce
WRITER
1882 - 1941
HPI: 76.96
Rank: 3
Robert Boyle
CHEMIST
1627 - 1691
HPI: 76.92
Rank: 4
George Bernard Shaw
WRITER
1856 - 1950
HPI: 76.45
Rank: 5
George Berkeley
PHILOSOPHER
1685 - 1753
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 6
Samuel Beckett
WRITER
1906 - 1989
HPI: 75.25
Rank: 7
Michael Gambon
ACTOR
1940 - 2023
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 8
Francis Bacon
PAINTER
1909 - 1992
HPI: 74.18
Rank: 9
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
POLITICIAN
1769 - 1852
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 10
Bram Stoker
WRITER
1847 - 1912
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 11
Edmund Burke
POLITICIAN
1729 - 1797
HPI: 71.09
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Present Day Ireland
Go to all RankingsJohn de Robeck
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1862 - 1928
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 159
Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie
EXPLORER
1815 - 1893
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 190
Nora Barnacle
COMPANION
1884 - 1951
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 199
Philip Pettit
PHILOSOPHER
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 228
Edward Donovan
BIOLOGIST
1768 - 1837
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 235
William Carr
ATHLETE
1876 - 1942
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 251
Sydney, Lady Morgan
WRITER
1776 - 1859
HPI: 45.18
Rank: 269
Sir George Staunton, 1st Baronet
PHYSICIAN
1737 - 1801
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 276
William Stokes
PHYSICIAN
1804 - 1878
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 288
Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet
POLITICIAN
1715 - 1774
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 293
Michael O'Leary
BUSINESSPERSON
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.77
Rank: 299
Anne Buttimer
GEOGRAPHER
1938 - 2017
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 307
People Deceased in Present Day Ireland
Go to all RankingsJonathan Swift
WRITER
1667 - 1745
HPI: 77.06
Rank: 1
George Boole
MATHEMATICIAN
1815 - 1864
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 2
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1979
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 3
William Rowan Hamilton
PHYSICIST
1805 - 1865
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 4
Anne Bonny
PIRATE
1702 - 1782
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 5
John Boyd Dunlop
INVENTOR
1840 - 1921
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 6
Michael Collins
POLITICIAN
1890 - 1922
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 7
Günther Prien
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1908 - 1941
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 8
Éamon de Valera
POLITICIAN
1882 - 1975
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 9
Francis Hutcheson
PHILOSOPHER
1694 - 1746
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 10
Ernst Chain
CHEMIST
1906 - 1979
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 11
Francesco Geminiani
COMPOSER
1687 - 1762
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Present Day Ireland
Go to all RankingsJohn Cranko
DANCER
1927 - 1973
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 52
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1663 - 1690
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 89
Balfour Stewart
PHYSICIST
1828 - 1887
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 112
William Stokes
PHYSICIAN
1804 - 1878
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 114
Anne Buttimer
GEOGRAPHER
1938 - 2017
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 120
Endre Tilli
ATHLETE
1922 - 1958
HPI: 42.81
Rank: 126
Jimmy T. Murakami
FILM DIRECTOR
1933 - 2014
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 128
Felicia Hemans
WRITER
1793 - 1835
HPI: 40.60
Rank: 134
Michael Davitt
WRITER
1846 - 1906
HPI: 38.33
Rank: 143
Lily Williams
PAINTER
1874 - 1940
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 149
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Ireland were actors (85), soccer players (77), politicians (69), writers (62), and athletes (60), while most who died were politicians (39), writers (33), religious figures (7), actors (6), and athletes (6).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Ireland, including Roy Keane, Robbie Keane, and Billy Whelan. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Ireland, including Michael Gambon, Pierce Brosnan, and Richard Harris.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Ireland since 1700.