EK#1
Politics & Law
Eugene F. Kinkead
1876–1960American politician (1876-1960)
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: The Speckled Bird · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Buttevant, Co. Cork
Buttevant’s famous people span 134 years: 5 births from 1846 to 1980
Eugene F. Kinkead, the American politician, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. Second and third on the list are Patrick Henry Cronin and William O'Callaghan. More than half were born in the Revival and independence years, 3 in all. The list’s best known name, Eugene F. Kinkead, dates from 1876.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Eugene F. Kinkead
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1846
Patrick Henry Cronin
Youngest
1980
Colm O'Donoghue
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Buttevant
Languages with an article: 4 for Eugene F. Kinkead, 3 for Patrick Henry Cronin, 3 for William O'Callaghan.
PC#2
Science & Medicine
Patrick Henry Cronin
1846–1889Irish immigrant to the U.S., physician, and murder victim (1846-1889)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
WO#3
Military
William O'Callaghan
1921–2015Irish Army officer (1921-2015)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Buttevant’s famous people were born
The 1870s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Buttevant is known for
Share of Buttevant’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 Buttevant
2 more, 2 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Mallow: 34.
Questions about famous people from Buttevant
Who is the most famous person from Buttevant?
Eugene F. Kinkead (American politician (1876-1960)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Patrick Henry Cronin and William O'Callaghan.
How many famous people were born in Buttevant?
5 people born in Buttevant have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 7 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Buttevant known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 5. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Buttevant?
Patrick Henry Cronin, born in 1846. The youngest on the list was born in 1980.
Who counts as from Buttevant?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Buttevant’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)
- Paul Kane: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat O'Callaghan: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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