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Photo: Alistair Cunningham · CC BY 3.0Famous people · Fahan, Co. Donegal
2 famous people were born in Fahan
At the top of the list is the British Army general Andrew Barnard, covered in 6 languages. The only other name is the British surgeon and professor of laryngology St Clair Thomson. Andrew Barnard (1773) and St Clair Thomson (1853) mark the two ends of the list. The nearest list is in Buncrana, 6 km away: 12 names, starting with Frank McGuinness.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Andrew Barnard
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1773
Andrew Barnard
Youngest
1853
St Clair Thomson
Most common field
Military
1 person
The best known
Born in Fahan
ST#2
Science & Medicine
St Clair Thomson
1853–1943British surgeon and professor of laryngology
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Fahan is known for
The largest field is Military, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Buncrana leads the towns around it, with 12 names.
Questions about famous people from Fahan
Who is the most famous person from Fahan?
Andrew Barnard (British Army general) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come St Clair Thomson.
How many famous people were born in Fahan?
2 people born in Fahan have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Fahan known for?
Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 4% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Fahan?
Andrew Barnard, born in 1773. The youngest on the list was born in 1853.
Who counts as from Fahan?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Fahan’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.
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