#1Film, TV & Stage
Dave Allen
1936–2005Irish comedian and satirist (1936-2005)
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Famous people · Firhouse, Dublin
Dave Allen tops a list of 2 famous people born in Firhouse
At the top of the list is the Irish comedian and satirist Dave Allen, covered in 24 languages. The other is David Webster, the Irish footballer. Robbie Keane tops the 21 names on record in Tallaght, 3 km away. Over 53 years of births, the list goes from Dave Allen (1936) to David Webster (1989).
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Dave Allen
24 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1936
Dave Allen
Youngest
1989
David Webster
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 person
The best known
Born in Firhouse
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Known for
What Firhouse is known for
Film, TV & Stage leads the fields, 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
The longest list nearby is Tallaght’s, with 21.
Questions about famous people from Firhouse
Who is the most famous person from Firhouse?
Dave Allen (Irish comedian and satirist (1936-2005)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 24 languages. Next come David Webster.
How many famous people were born in Firhouse?
2 people born in Firhouse have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Firhouse known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 6% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Firhouse?
Dave Allen, born in 1936. The youngest on the list was born in 1989.
Who counts as from Firhouse?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Firhouse’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 (4)
- Dave Allen: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robbie Keane: Michael Kranewitter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Damien Duff: Mikhail Slain, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Byrne: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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