#1Politics & Law
John Lyons
born 1977Irish Labour Party politician, Dublin
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Ballymun, Dublin
3 famous people were born in Ballymun
Best known of all is John Lyons, written about in 5 languages. Second place goes to the Irish politician Noel Rock, third to Dessie Ellis. For more famous names, Drumcondra is 3 km away: its list has 13, led by Bertie Ahern. Over 34 years of births, the list goes from Dessie Ellis (1953) to Noel Rock (1987).
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
John Lyons
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1953
Dessie Ellis
Youngest
1987
Noel Rock
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Ballymun
The three best known are all leaders.
#1#2#3Politics & Law
Dessie Ellis
born 1953Irish Sinn Féin politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Drumcondra: 13.
Drumcondra · 3 kmBertie Ahern & 12 moreFMGlasnevin · 3 kmFrederick Moore & 8 more
Beaumont · 4 kmBarney McKenna & 6 more
Santry · 2 kmAndrew Montague & 3 more
Whitehall · 2 kmDon Baker & 1 moreJSFinglas North · 2 kmJohn William Stubbs & 1 more
Marino · 4 kmAlex White & 1 moreTMBallygall · 2 kmTeresa MannionQuestions about famous people from Ballymun
Who is the most famous person from Ballymun?
John Lyons (Irish Labour Party politician, Dublin) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Noel Rock and Dessie Ellis.
How many famous people were born in Ballymun?
3 people born in Ballymun have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Ballymun known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 3 of the 3. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ballymun?
Dessie Ellis, born in 1953. The youngest on the list was born in 1987.
Who counts as from Ballymun?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ballymun’s neighbourhood (its Census 2022 Small Areas), 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. In Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford a birth recorded only as the city stays on the city’s page; a neighbourhood lists only people recorded as born in it.
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 (8)
- John Lyons: Flickr user " William Murphy ", CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Noel Rock: Houses of the Oireachtas, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dessie Ellis: Domer48 ( Uploads ), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bertie Ahern: ProhibitOnions at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Barney McKenna: Original uploader was Aloys Soullie at nl.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Montague: Josh Lim ( Sky Harbor ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Baker: Sinn Féin, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex White: Department of Health, CC BY 2.0, 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).