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Galway ranks 2,795th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Nysa, Poland, Tsuchiura, and Boise, Idaho. Memorable people born in Galway include John Sealy Townsend, Nora Barnacle, and Frank Harris. Memorable people who died in Galway include Michel Déon, Augusta, Lady Gregory, and Seán Lester. Galway has been the birth place of many soccer players, and physicists and the death place of many writers, and diplomats. Galway is located in Ireland.

Galway is a city in the West of Ireland, in the province of Connacht, which is the county town of County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay. It is the most populous settlement in the province of Connacht, the fifth most populous city on the island of Ireland and the fourth most populous in the Republic of Ireland, with a population at the 2022 census of 85,910. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1856 and 1991, Galway was the birth place of 6 globally memorable people, including John Sealy Townsend, Nora Barnacle, and Frank Harris. Additionaly, 5 globally memorable people have passed away in Galway including Michel Déon, Augusta, Lady Gregory, and Seán Lester.

People Born in Galway

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Galway were soccer players (2), physicists (1), companions (1), writers (1), and actors (1),  while most who died were writers (3), diplomats (1), and politicians (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Galway, including David Forde, and Greg Cunningham. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Galway, including David Forde, and Greg Cunningham.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Galway since 1700.