WC#1
Science & Medicine
William C. Campbell
born 1930Irish biochemist
58 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Ramelton, Co. Donegal
William C. Campbell tops a list of 9 famous people born in Ramelton
Articles in 58 languages make the Irish biochemist William C. Campbell the best known. Scientists and doctors make up the largest group, 3 of them. Born in 1658, Francis Makemie is the first name on record, and William C. Campbell, born in 1930, the most recent. Fewer than a quarter of the 33 towns in Co. Donegal with famous people list more.
Born here
9
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
William C. Campbell
58 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1658
Francis Makemie
Youngest
1930
William C. Campbell
Most common field
Science & Medicine
3 people
What stands out about Ramelton’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Ramelton
Three names lead: William C. Campbell (58 languages), Dave Gallaher (11) and Edward Gwynn (6).
DG#2
Sports
Dave Gallaher
1873–1917New Zealand rugby union footballer (1873–1917)
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
EG#3
Science & Medicine
Edward Gwynn
1868–1941Gaelic scholar
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Ramelton’s famous people were born
The 1870s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Ramelton is known for
Compared with the usual town, scientists and doctors are the most over-represented field, at 7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Ramelton
Of the other 6, 2 are clergy and people of faith.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
3 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Ramelton
Who is the most famous person from Ramelton?
William C. Campbell (Irish biochemist) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 58 languages. Next come Dave Gallaher and Edward Gwynn.
How many famous people were born in Ramelton?
9 people born in Ramelton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 12 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Ramelton known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 3 of the 9. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 5% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ramelton?
Francis Makemie, born in 1658. The youngest on the list was born in 1930.
Who counts as from Ramelton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ramelton’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 (1)
- Philip Deignan: Balloholic, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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