RS#1
Science & Medicine
Ralph Allen Sampson
1866–1939Irish-British astronomer (1866-1939)
13 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Kondephy · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Schull, Co. Cork
Schull counts 5 famous people, first among them Ralph Allen Sampson
Ralph Allen Sampson, the Irish-British astronomer, is the most widely known, written about in 13 languages. Second and third on the list are Timothy O'Hea and Patrick Leahy. Most were born between the Union and 1870: 4 of them. More are leaders than anything else, 2 in all.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Ralph Allen Sampson
13 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1843
Timothy O'Hea
Youngest
1892
Diarmuid O'Hegarty
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Schull
Ranked by languages covered: Ralph Allen Sampson with 13, then Timothy O'Hea with 3 and Patrick Leahy with 2.
TO#2
Military
Timothy O'Hea
1843–1874Recipient of the Victoria Cross (1843–1874)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
PL#3
Politics & Law
Patrick Leahy
1860–1927Australian politician (1860-1927)
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Schull’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1860s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Politics & LawScience & MedicineMilitaryNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Schull is known for
2 of them work in Politics & Law, 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 Schull
The other 2 span the years 1854 to 1892.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Skibbereen’s, with 24.
Questions about famous people from Schull
Who is the most famous person from Schull?
Ralph Allen Sampson (Irish-British astronomer (1866-1939)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 13 languages. Next come Timothy O'Hea and Patrick Leahy.
How many famous people were born in Schull?
5 people born in Schull 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 Schull known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 5. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Schull?
Timothy O'Hea, born in 1843. The youngest on the list was born in 1892.
Who counts as from Schull?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Schull’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 (2)
- Agnes Mary Clerke: Hayman Selig Mendelssohn (1847–1908), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Timothy Michael Healy: Lafayette, Dublin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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