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Politics & Law
John Philpot Curran
1750–1817Irish politician and lawyer (1750–1817)
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Harold Strong · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Newmarket, Co. Cork
4 famous people were born in Newmarket from 1750 to 1973
At the top of the list is the Irish politician and lawyer John Philpot Curran, covered in 8 languages. Bríd Ní Mhóráin and Jerry Cronin follow. The list’s best known name, John Philpot Curran, dates from 1750. In all of Co. Cork, the famous people on record come from 97 towns.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
John Philpot Curran
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1750
John Philpot Curran
Youngest
1973
Mark O'Sullivan
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known
Born in Newmarket
Ranked by languages covered: John Philpot Curran with 8, then Bríd Ní Mhóráin with 2 and Jerry Cronin with 1.
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Through the years
When Newmarket’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1950s, with 2 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Newmarket is known for
Leaders are the most numerous, 1 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Newmarket
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 2 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Newmarket
Who is the most famous person from Newmarket?
John Philpot Curran (Irish politician and lawyer (1750–1817)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 8 languages. Next come Bríd Ní Mhóráin and Jerry Cronin.
How many famous people were born in Newmarket?
4 people born in Newmarket have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 6 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Newmarket known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 4. That is 25% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Newmarket?
John Philpot Curran, born in 1750. The youngest on the list was born in 1973.
Who counts as from Newmarket?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Newmarket’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).
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- Pat O'Callaghan: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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