EB#1
Science & Medicine
Edwin John Butler
1874–1943British botanist (1874-1943)
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Joseph Mischyshyn · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Kilkee, Co. Clare
From 1792 to 1951, Kilkee was the birthplace of 4 famous people
The best known is the British botanist Edwin John Butler, with articles in 9 languages. Second place goes to the British colonial governor Charles Fitzgerald, third to Harry Foran. The list’s best known name, Edwin John Butler, dates from 1874. Across Co. Clare, the lists cover 32 towns.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Edwin John Butler
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1792
Charles Fitzgerald
Youngest
1951
Joe O'Connell
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 person
The best known
Born in Kilkee
Edwin John Butler, Charles Fitzgerald and Harry Foran are written about in 9, 6 and 3 languages.
CF#2
Politics & Law
Charles Fitzgerald
1792–1887British colonial governor (1792-1887)
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
HF#3
Writing & Arts
Harry Foran
1850–1908Australian journalist (1850–1908)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Kilkee’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1870s, at 1.
Science & MedicinePolitics & LawWriting & ArtsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Kilkee is known for
The largest field is Science & Medicine, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Kilkee
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Kilrush’s, at 9 names.
Questions about famous people from Kilkee
Who is the most famous person from Kilkee?
Edwin John Butler (British botanist (1874-1943)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 9 languages. Next come Charles Fitzgerald and Harry Foran.
How many famous people were born in Kilkee?
4 people born in Kilkee have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Kilkee known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 4. That is 25% of the town’s list, against 5% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Kilkee?
Charles Fitzgerald, born in 1792. The youngest on the list was born in 1951.
Who counts as from Kilkee?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Kilkee’s urban area (the CSO’s 2022 urban area), a hospital or district within it included, whose English Wikipedia article agrees. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a county or just “Ireland”, a townland or village we don’t list, another town, or missing, or their article may give no birthplace. We only list people both sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations, how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each person) and English Wikipedia (each person’s article confirms the birthplace; linked, not quoted). A birthplace is placed in a town by its own Wikidata item, its Logainm place name, or a point inside its CSO 2022 outline; a birth recorded only as one of the five cities stays on the city’s page. Ranked by the number of articles. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across Irish towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (1)
- Sir John Ormsby Vandeleur: William Salter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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