#1Famous people · Dundrum, Dublin
7 famous people come from Dundrum, Stephen Roche the best known
At the top of the list is the Irish racing cyclist Stephen Roche, covered in 28 languages. Tom Vaughan-Lawlor is second and Patrick Little third. More than half were born in the Revival and independence years, 4 in all. Births span 1814 to 1977, from David Sherlock to Tom Vaughan-Lawlor.
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Stephen Roche
28 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1814
David Sherlock
Youngest
1977
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Dundrum
First, Stephen Roche (28 languages), then Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (16) and Patrick Little (6).
#1TV#2
Film, TV & Stage
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
born 1977Irish actor
16 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
PL#3
Politics & Law
Patrick Little
1884–1963Irish politician (1884–1963)
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Dundrum’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1880s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Politics & LawSportsFilm, TV & StageScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Dundrum is known for
Leaders stand out most, at 2.7 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Dundrum
4 more names, born between 1814 and 1886.
Violet Spiller Hay
1873–1969English Christian Scientist teacher and hymn writer
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 20 km of Dundrum, with how many people each has.
JSRathfarnham · 3 kmJohn Millington Synge & 10 more
Rathmines East · 4 kmMaureen O'Hara & 9 moreWOStillorgan · 3 kmWilliam Orpen & 8 moreLDRathgar · 3 kmLaura Delany & 8 moreENStepaside · 4 kmEdward Max Nicholson & 4 moreDKChurchtown · 2 kmDervla Kirwan & 2 moreKCBooterstown · 4 kmKenny Carroll & 1 more
Ballinteer · 1 kmNeale Richmond
Rathmines East · 4 kmMaureen O'Hara & 9 moreWOStillorgan · 3 kmWilliam Orpen & 8 moreLDRathgar · 3 kmLaura Delany & 8 moreENStepaside · 4 kmEdward Max Nicholson & 4 moreDKChurchtown · 2 kmDervla Kirwan & 2 moreKCBooterstown · 4 kmKenny Carroll & 1 moreBallinteer · 1 kmNeale RichmondQuestions about famous people from Dundrum
Who is the most famous person from Dundrum?
Stephen Roche (Irish racing cyclist) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 28 languages. Next come Tom Vaughan-Lawlor and Patrick Little.
How many famous people were born in Dundrum?
7 people born in Dundrum have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 8 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Dundrum known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 3 of the 7. That is 43% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Dundrum?
David Sherlock, born in 1814. The youngest on the list was born in 1977.
Who counts as from Dundrum?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Dundrum’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 (3)
- Stephen Roche: Eric HOUDAS, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maureen O'Hara: USMC Archives from Quantico, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Neale Richmond: EPP Group in the CoR, 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).