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Laura Geraldine Lennox
1883–1958Irish suffragette and war volunteer in Paris
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Photo: Dreoven · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Durrus, Co. Cork
Laura Geraldine Lennox, born in 1883, is Durrus’ famous person on record
The Irish suffragette and war volunteer in Paris Laura Geraldine Lennox was born in 1883. Their birth falls in the Revival and independence years. Articles about them exist in 5 languages. The neighbour with the longest list is Bantry, 9 km away: 19, led by Timothy Michael Healy.
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Laura Geraldine Lennox
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
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Laura Geraldine Lennox
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 20 km of Durrus, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Durrus
Who is the most famous person from Durrus?
Laura Geraldine Lennox (Irish suffragette and war volunteer in Paris) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages.
How many famous people were born in Durrus?
1 people born in Durrus have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Durrus known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who counts as from Durrus?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Durrus’ 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).
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- Timothy Michael Healy: Lafayette, Dublin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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