Dublin ranks 46th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Warsaw, Constantinople, and Tbilisi. Memorable people born in Dublin include Oscar Wilde, Jonathan Swift, and Michael Gambon. Memorable people who died in Dublin include William Rowan Hamilton, John Boyd Dunlop, and Francesco Geminiani. Dublin has been the birth place of many actors and soccer players and the death place of many writers and politicians. Dublin is located in Ireland.
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2022 census, the city council area had a population of 592,713, while Dublin City and its suburbs had a population of 1,263,219, and County Dublin had a population of 1,501,500. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 954 and 2004, Dublin was the birth place of 170 globally memorable people, including Oscar Wilde, Jonathan Swift, and Michael Gambon. Additionaly, 51 globally memorable people have passed away in Dublin including William Rowan Hamilton, John Boyd Dunlop, and Francesco Geminiani.
1854 - 1900
HPI: 81.49
Rank: 1
1667 - 1745
HPI: 77.74
Rank: 2
1940 - 2023
HPI: 71.82
Rank: 3
1729 - 1797
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 4
1769 - 1852
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 5
1805 - 1865
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 6
1909 - 1992
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 7
1782 - 1837
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 8
1960 - Present
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 9
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 10
1919 - 1999
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 11
1955 - Present
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 12
1851 - 1896
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 56
1822 - 1872
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 61
1876 - 1956
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 62
1889 - 1931
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 73
1665 - 1745
HPI: 44.70
Rank: 78
1887 - 1959
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 81
1792 - 1882
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 82
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.19
Rank: 91
1652 - 1715
HPI: 40.38
Rank: 101
1862 - 1957
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 104
1892 - 1974
HPI: 38.45
Rank: 109
1826 - 1883
HPI: 37.20
Rank: 117
1805 - 1865
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 1
1840 - 1921
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 2
1687 - 1762
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 3
1694 - 1746
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 4
1878 - 1956
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 5
1914 - 1999
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 6
1851 - 1901
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 7
1814 - 1873
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 8
1780 - 1824
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 9
1914 - 2000
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 10
1878 - 1957
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 11
1904 - 1988
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 12
Most individuals born in present day Dublin were actors (33), soccer players (33), writers (22), politicians (19), and singers (11), while most who died were writers (14), politicians (11), social activists (4), physicists (3), and musicians (3).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Dublin, including Billy Whelan, Liam Brady, and Tony Dunne. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Dublin, including Michael Gambon, Gabriel Byrne, and Brendan Gleeson.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Dublin since 1700.