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Politics & Law
Dan Desmond
1913–1964Irish politician (1913-1964)
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: TheLizardQueen · CC BY 2.0Famous people · Crosshaven, Co. Cork
Crosshaven is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Articles in 4 languages make the Irish politician Dan Desmond the best known. The other is Brian Murphy. Born in 1913, Dan Desmond is the first name on record, and Brian Murphy, born in 1943, the most recent. Susan Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford heads the list in Mahon, 13 km away, which has 58 names.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Dan Desmond
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1913
Dan Desmond
Youngest
1943
Brian Murphy
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known
Born in Crosshaven
BM#2
Sports
Brian Murphy
born 1943Irish former sportsperson, born 1943
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Crosshaven is known for
1 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest field.
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
Mahon leads the towns around it, with 58 names.
STMahon · 13 kmSusan Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford & 57 more
Cobh · 6 kmSonia O'Sullivan & 41 moreCMDouglas · 12 kmCillian Murphy & 19 moreDBCarrigtwohill · 13 kmDáibhí de Barra & 10 moreJHCloyne · 13 kmJohn Joseph Hennessy & 10 more
Passage West-Monkstown · 8 kmJ. Kevin Boland & 7 moreFHCarrigaline · 7 kmFrancis Hodder & 6 moreRBGlounthaune · 13 kmRichard Beamish & 6 more
Cobh · 6 kmSonia O'Sullivan & 41 moreCMDouglas · 12 kmCillian Murphy & 19 moreDBCarrigtwohill · 13 kmDáibhí de Barra & 10 moreJHCloyne · 13 kmJohn Joseph Hennessy & 10 morePassage West-Monkstown · 8 kmJ. Kevin Boland & 7 moreFHCarrigaline · 7 kmFrancis Hodder & 6 moreRBGlounthaune · 13 kmRichard Beamish & 6 moreQuestions about famous people from Crosshaven
Who is the most famous person from Crosshaven?
Dan Desmond (Irish politician (1913-1964)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Brian Murphy.
How many famous people were born in Crosshaven?
2 people born in Crosshaven have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Crosshaven known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Crosshaven?
Dan Desmond, born in 1913. The youngest on the list was born in 1943.
Who counts as from Crosshaven?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Crosshaven’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)
- Sonia O'Sullivan: Sean Kelly MEP from Ireland, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Kevin Boland: Saint Joseph Catholic Church, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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