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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.

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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.