TD#1
Faith
Thomas Deenihan
born 1967Irish Roman Catholic bishop
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Blackpool, Cork
32 famous people were born in Blackpool, most of them between 1922 and 1969
Thomas Deenihan, the Irish Roman Catholic bishop, is the most widely known, written about in 7 languages. From Josa Lee to Dean Brosnan, the births on the list run from 1911 to 1991. Athletes make up the largest group, 10 of them. 5 of them were born since 1970.
Born here
32
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Thomas Deenihan
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1911
Josa Lee
Youngest
1991
Dean Brosnan
The best known
Born in Blackpool
Thomas Deenihan leads with articles in 7 languages, ahead of Denis Coughlan (3) and Noel O'Flynn (3).
DC#2
Sports
Denis Coughlan
1945–2026Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
NO#3
Politics & Law
Noel O'Flynn
born 1951Irish Fianna Fáil politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Blackpool’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1940s, at 7.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Blackpool is known for
Share of Blackpool’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Blackpool
29 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
3 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Blackpool
Who is the most famous person from Blackpool?
Thomas Deenihan (Irish Roman Catholic bishop) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come Denis Coughlan and Noel O'Flynn.
How many famous people were born in Blackpool?
32 people born in Blackpool have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 38 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Blackpool?
Josa Lee, born in 1911. The youngest on the list was born in 1991.
Who counts as from Blackpool?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Blackpool’s neighbourhood (its Census 2022 Small Areas), 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. In Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford a birth recorded only as the city stays on the city’s page; a neighbourhood lists only people recorded as born in it.
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)
- Patrick Horgan: Seaninryan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ricky Dineen: Ricky Dineen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).