#1Music
Bambie Thug
born 1993Irish singer, songwriter, composer and musician (born 1993)
28 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Macroom, Co. Cork
Of the 25 famous people born in Macroom, an unusual share are leaders
Best known of all is Bambie Thug, written about in 28 languages. Between 1922 and 1969, 12 were born, the most of any period. The first birth on record is Edward Worthington’s, in 1750, and the last Bambie Thug’s, in 1993. Fewer than a quarter of the 97 towns in Co. Cork with famous people list more.
Born here
25
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Bambie Thug
28 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1750
Edward Worthington
Youngest
1993
Bambie Thug
Most common field
Sports
8 people
What stands out about Macroom’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Macroom is known for
Leaders stand out most, at 1.7 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Macroom
The three are covered in 28, 7 and 6 languages: Bambie Thug, Michael Creed and John A. Murphy.
#1
#2Politics & Law
Michael Creed
born 1963Irish Fine Gael politician
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JM#3
Writing & Arts
John A. Murphy
1927–2022Irish historian and politician (1927–2022)
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Macroom’s famous people were born
The 1960s alone account for 4 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawNotableMusicWriting & ArtsBusinessMilitaryScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Macroom
The rest number 22, with 8 athletes among them.
Siobhán Vernon
1932–2002First Irish-born woman to get a PhD in pure mathematics in Ireland
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Olivia Charlotte Guinness, Baroness Ardilaun
1850–1925Irish philanthropist (1850–1925)
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
John Lynch
1890–1930NotableWikipedia ↗
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Millstreet has the most people on record, 11 of them.
Questions about famous people from Macroom
Who is the most famous person from Macroom?
Bambie Thug (Irish singer, songwriter, composer and musician (born 1993)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 28 languages. Next come Michael Creed and John A. Murphy.
How many famous people were born in Macroom?
25 people born in Macroom have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 28 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Macroom known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 8 of the 25. That is 32% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Macroom?
Edward Worthington, born in 1750. The youngest on the list was born in 1993.
Who counts as from Macroom?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Macroom’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 (8)
- Bambie Thug: Arkland, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Creed: Houses of the Oireachtas, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael John O'Leary: photographer not identified. UK Govt., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aindrias Moynihan: Houses of the Oireachtas, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colette Kelleher: Houses of the Oireachtas, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- T. C. Murray: Cornelius Weygandt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Horgan: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Olivia Charlotte Guinness, Baroness Ardilaun: Chancellor, Dublin (no individual credited), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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