#1Writing & Arts
Derek Landy
born 1974Author, screenwriter
14 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Lusk, Co. Dublin
The 3 famous people born in Lusk, led by Derek Landy
Derek Landy leads the list, covered in 14 languages. Second and third on the list are James Reilly and Martin Finnegan. Per head, the list is long: 3.4 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Co. Dublin has 2.2. For more famous names, Malahide is 9 km away: its list has 13, led by David Wilkins.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Derek Landy
14 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1955
James Reilly
Youngest
1979
Martin Finnegan
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 person
The best known
Born in Lusk
Ranked by languages covered: Derek Landy with 14, then James Reilly with 7 and Martin Finnegan with 3.
#1
#2Politics & Law
James Reilly
born 1955Irish Fine Gael politician
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
MF#3
Sports
Martin Finnegan
1979–2008Irish motorcycle racer (1979–2008)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Lusk is known for
The field with the most names is Writing & Arts: 1.
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 neighbour with the most names is Malahide, at 13.
DWMalahide · 9 kmDavid Wilkins & 12 moreDCBalbriggan · 10 kmDiane Caldwell & 11 moreJGSkerries · 7 kmJim Glennon & 9 more
Rush · 5 kmIsibeal Atkinson & 5 more
Donabate · 4 kmBrendan Ryan & 3 more
Swords · 9 kmFrancis Taylor & 3 moreBMStamullen · 13 kmBen McKenna & 2 moreNBPortmarnock · 11 kmNeill Byrne & 1 more
Rush · 5 kmIsibeal Atkinson & 5 moreDonabate · 4 kmBrendan Ryan & 3 moreSwords · 9 kmFrancis Taylor & 3 moreBMStamullen · 13 kmBen McKenna & 2 moreNBPortmarnock · 11 kmNeill Byrne & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Lusk
Who is the most famous person from Lusk?
Derek Landy (author, screenwriter) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 14 languages. Next come James Reilly and Martin Finnegan.
How many famous people were born in Lusk?
3 people born in Lusk have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Lusk known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 12% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Lusk?
James Reilly, born in 1955. The youngest on the list was born in 1979.
Who counts as from Lusk?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Lusk’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 (5)
- Derek Landy: Hpschaefer www.reserv-art.de, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Reilly: Department of Health, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Isibeal Atkinson: Ryan Asman, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brendan Ryan: Labour Youth, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Taylor: psyberartist, 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).