#1Writing & Arts
Samuel Beckett
1906–1989Irish writer (1906–1989)
140 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Foxrock, Dublin
Samuel Beckett and 2 more famous people were born in Foxrock
The Irish writer Samuel Beckett is written about in 140 languages. Miriam O'Callaghan, the Irish broadcaster, comes second, with E. Chambré Hardman third. Of its neighbours, Dún Laoghaire, 3 km away, lists the most: 37, Bob Geldof first. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 2.5, close to the 2.2 of the typical Co. Dublin town.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Samuel Beckett
140 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1898
E. Chambré Hardman
Youngest
1960
Miriam O'Callaghan
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
What stands out about Foxrock’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Foxrock
Two of the three are writers and artists.
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#2Film, TV & Stage
Miriam O'Callaghan
born 1960Irish broadcaster
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
EH#3
Writing & Arts
E. Chambré Hardman
1898–1988Irish photographer (1898–1988)
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Foxrock is known for
Writers and artists are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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
Close by, the fullest list is Dún Laoghaire’s, at 37 names.
Dún Laoghaire · 3 kmBob Geldof & 36 more
Dalkey · 4 kmMaeve Binchy & 26 moreALKilliney · 3 kmAllen Leech & 11 moreWOStillorgan · 3 kmWilliam Orpen & 8 moreDBMonkstown · 2 kmDerek John Christopher Byrne & 4 moreENStepaside · 3 kmEdward Max Nicholson & 4 moreGCCabinteely · 2 kmGiles Cooper & 2 moreSLBallybrack · 3 kmSeán Lemass & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Foxrock
Who is the most famous person from Foxrock?
Samuel Beckett (Irish writer (1906–1989)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 140 languages. Next come Miriam O'Callaghan and E. Chambré Hardman.
How many famous people were born in Foxrock?
3 people born in Foxrock have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Foxrock known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 12% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Foxrock?
E. Chambré Hardman, born in 1898. The youngest on the list was born in 1960.
Who counts as from Foxrock?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Foxrock’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)
- Samuel Beckett: Roger Pic, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Miriam O'Callaghan: William Murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Geldof: International Monetary Fund Photograph/Stephen Jaffe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maeve Binchy: The original uploader was Jon Kay at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, 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).