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Politics & Law
Susan Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford
born 1967British Conservative politician
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Famous people · Mahon, Cork
Mahon’s famous people span 241 years: 58 births from 1760 to 2001
At the top of the list is the British Conservative politician Susan Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford, covered in 5 languages. The next two names are James Cavanah Murphy and Adrian Coughlan. Between 1922 and 1969, 26 were born, the most of any period. Only one town in Co. Cork lists more.
Born here
58
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Susan Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1760
James Cavanah Murphy
Youngest
2001
Alan Connolly
What stands out about Mahon’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Mahon’s famous people were born
The 1950s top the chart, with 10 births in the decade.
NotableSportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Mahon
The three are covered in 5, 4 and 2 languages: Susan Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford, James Cavanah Murphy and Adrian Coughlan.
#2Writing & Arts
James Cavanah Murphy
1760–1814Irish architect and antiquary
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Known for
What Mahon is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 4 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Mahon
The other 55 span the years 1870 to 2001.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Glanmire has the most on record: 26.
Questions about famous people from Mahon
Who is the most famous person from Mahon?
Susan Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford (British Conservative politician) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come James Cavanah Murphy and Adrian Coughlan.
How many famous people were born in Mahon?
58 people born in Mahon have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 69 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Mahon?
James Cavanah Murphy, born in 1760. The youngest on the list was born in 2001.
Who counts as from Mahon?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Mahon’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)
- James Cavanah Murphy: Engraver W. Newton, after Martin Archer Shee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dara Murphy: European People's Party, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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