Dublin
Dublin ranks 48th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Hamburg, Kyiv, and Montreal. The most famous people from Dublin are Oscar Wilde, Jonathan Swift, and Edmund Burke. The most famous people who died in Dublin are Jonathan Swift, William Rowan Hamilton, and George Francis FitzGerald. 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. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, part of the Wicklow Mountains range. Dublin is the largest city by population on the island of Ireland; at the 2022 census, the city council area had a population of 592,713, while the city including suburbs had a population of 1,263,219, County Dublin had a population of 1,501,500. Various definitions of a metropolitan Greater Dublin Area exist. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 954 and 2004, Dublin was the birth place of 209 globally memorable people, including Oscar Wilde, Jonathan Swift, and Edmund Burke. Additionaly, 60 globally memorable people have passed away in Dublin including Jonathan Swift, William Rowan Hamilton, and George Francis FitzGerald.
People Born in Dublin
Go to all RankingsOscar Wilde
WRITER
1854 - 1900
HPI: 83.95
Rank: 1
Jonathan Swift
WRITER
1667 - 1745
HPI: 80.20
Rank: 2
Edmund Burke
POLITICIAN
1729 - 1797
HPI: 75.69
Rank: 3
Michael Gambon
ACTOR
1940 - 2023
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 4
Francis Bacon
PAINTER
1909 - 1992
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 5
Eddie Jordan
BUSINESSPERSON
1948 - 2025
HPI: 75.29
Rank: 6
Sinéad O'Connor
SINGER
1966 - 2023
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 7
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
POLITICIAN
1769 - 1852
HPI: 74.95
Rank: 8
William Rowan Hamilton
PHYSICIST
1805 - 1865
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 9
John Field
COMPOSER
1782 - 1837
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 10
Kevin Farrell
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1947 - Present
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 11
George Francis FitzGerald
PHYSICIST
1851 - 1901
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Dublin
Go to all RankingsJohn Carney
FILM DIRECTOR
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.98
Rank: 145
Graham Linehan
ACTOR
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.60
Rank: 157
Patrick Gibson
ACTOR
1995 - Present
HPI: 38.54
Rank: 160
Paschal Donohoe
POLITICIAN
1974 - Present
HPI: 37.61
Rank: 164
Eleanor Maguire
BIOLOGIST
1970 - 2025
HPI: 36.59
Rank: 168
Lyra Valkyria
WRESTLER
1996 - Present
HPI: 35.80
Rank: 173
Carly Smithson
SINGER
1983 - Present
HPI: 34.25
Rank: 176
Sophie Vavasseur
ACTOR
1992 - Present
HPI: 34.18
Rank: 177
June Eric-Udorie
WRITER
1998 - Present
HPI: 31.55
Rank: 185
Louisa Harland
ACTOR
1993 - Present
HPI: 29.73
Rank: 189
Fionn O'Shea
ACTOR
1997 - Present
HPI: 27.23
Rank: 195
Paddy McCarthy
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 27.14
Rank: 197
People Deceased in Dublin
Go to all RankingsJonathan Swift
WRITER
1667 - 1745
HPI: 80.20
Rank: 1
William Rowan Hamilton
PHYSICIST
1805 - 1865
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 2
George Francis FitzGerald
PHYSICIST
1851 - 1901
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 3
John Boyd Dunlop
INVENTOR
1840 - 1921
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 4
Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany
WRITER
1878 - 1957
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 5
Francis Hutcheson
PHILOSOPHER
1694 - 1746
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 6
Éamon de Valera
POLITICIAN
1882 - 1975
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 7
Brian O'Nolan
WRITER
1911 - 1966
HPI: 67.71
Rank: 8
Jan Łukasiewicz
MATHEMATICIAN
1878 - 1956
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 9
Francesco Geminiani
COMPOSER
1687 - 1762
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 10
Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1130 - 1176
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 11
Sheridan Le Fanu
WRITER
1814 - 1873
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 12
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Dublin were actors (44), soccer players (36), writers (25), politicians (18), and singers (13), while most who died were writers (17), politicians (12), social activists (4), physicists (3), and mathematicians (3).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Dublin, including Michael Gambon, Gabriel Byrne, and Brendan Gleeson. 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.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Dublin since 1700.

































