JM#1
Writing & Arts
Joseph Murphy
1898–1981American writer (1898–1981)
27 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Ballydehob, Co. Cork
Joseph Murphy tops a list of 3 famous people born in Ballydehob
The best known is the American writer Joseph Murphy, with articles in 27 languages. Close behind are Kay Summersby and Danno O'Mahony. A short trip away, Skibbereen (14 km) counts 24 famous people, Agnes Mary Clerke among them. Joseph Murphy (1898) and Danno O'Mahony (1912) mark the two ends of the list.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Joseph Murphy
27 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1898
Joseph Murphy
Youngest
1912
Danno O'Mahony
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 person
The best known
Born in Ballydehob
Joseph Murphy, Kay Summersby and Danno O'Mahony are written about in 27, 8 and 3 languages.
KS#2
Notable
Kay Summersby
1908–1975British chauffeur and secretary to Dwight D. Eisenhower (1908-1975)
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
DO#3
Sports
Danno O'Mahony
1912–1950Irish professional wrestler
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Ballydehob is known for
Writing & Arts leads the fields, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Skibbereen’s, with 24.
Questions about famous people from Ballydehob
Who is the most famous person from Ballydehob?
Joseph Murphy (American writer (1898–1981)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 27 languages. Next come Kay Summersby and Danno O'Mahony.
How many famous people were born in Ballydehob?
3 people born in Ballydehob have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Ballydehob known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 12% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ballydehob?
Joseph Murphy, born in 1898. The youngest on the list was born in 1912.
Who counts as from Ballydehob?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ballydehob’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 (2)
- Agnes Mary Clerke: Hayman Selig Mendelssohn (1847–1908), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Timothy Michael Healy: Lafayette, Dublin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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