EB#1
Military
Edward Bransfield
1785–1852Royal Navy officer and explorer
24 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Midleton, Co. Cork
From 1785 to 2000, Midleton was the birthplace of 38 famous people
Most widely known is Edward Bransfield, the Royal Navy officer and explorer, with articles in 24 languages. Between 1922 and 1969, 12 were born, the most of any period. Births since 1970 account for 11 of the names. The list’s best known name, Edward Bransfield, dates from 1785.
Born here
38
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Edward Bransfield
24 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1785
Edward Bransfield
Youngest
2000
Tommy O'Connell
What stands out about Midleton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Midleton’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1990s than in any other decade: 8.
NotableSportsPolitics & LawMilitaryFaithWriting & ArtsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Midleton
Counted by languages, Edward Bransfield is ahead of Shane O'Neill and Tom Horan: 24, 13 and 9.
#2
#3Sports
Tom Horan
1854–1916Australian cricketer (1854-1916)
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Midleton is known for
9 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Midleton
Here are 35 more, born from 1798 to 2000.
James Martin
1820–1886Politician and judge; Premier of New South Wales (1820–1895)
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Veronica O’Brien
1905–1998Irish Catholic missionary of the Legion of Mary, and spiritual adviser to King Baudouin of Belgium and to the Belgian Cardinal Leo Joseph Suenens
FaithWikipedia ↗
Walter Moxon
1836–1886Physician born in Ireland who worked in London (1836–1886)
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Cobh has the most on record, with 42.
Cobh · 11 kmSonia O'Sullivan & 41 more
Glanmire · 15 kmDara Murphy & 25 moreDBCarrigtwohill · 6 kmDáibhí de Barra & 10 moreJHCloyne · 7 kmJohn Joseph Hennessy & 10 more
Passage West-Monkstown · 13 kmJ. Kevin Boland & 7 moreRBGlounthaune · 11 kmRichard Beamish & 6 moreHSCastlemartyr · 8 kmHenry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon & 5 moreWCWhitegate · 10 kmWilliam Cosgrove & 3 moreQuestions about famous people from Midleton
Who is the most famous person from Midleton?
Edward Bransfield (Royal Navy officer and explorer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 24 languages. Next come Shane O'Neill and Tom Horan.
How many famous people were born in Midleton?
38 people born in Midleton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 42 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Midleton?
Edward Bransfield, born in 1785. The youngest on the list was born in 2000.
Who counts as from Midleton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Midleton’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 (9)
- Shane O'Neill: Victor Araiza, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Horan: Uploaded by Moondyne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Martin: Henry Samuel Sadd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Buckley: Sinn Féin, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Luke O'Farrell: Seaninryan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Osborne Augustus Lochrane: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sonia O'Sullivan: Sean Kelly MEP from Ireland, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dara Murphy: European People's Party, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Kevin Boland: Saint Joseph Catholic Church, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).