#1Alex White
born 1958Irish former politician (b. 1958)
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Alex White, the Irish former politician, is the most widely known, written about in 8 languages. The other is Tom Jordan, the Irish actor. For more famous names, Clontarf East is 3 km away: its list has 25, led by Bram Stoker. From Tom Jordan to Alex White, the births on the list run from 1937 to 1958.

#1Irish former politician (b. 1958)
Irish actor (1937-2019)
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Of the towns around it, Clontarf East has the most on record: 25.
Clontarf East · 3 kmBram Stoker & 24 more
Drumcondra · 1 kmBertie Ahern & 12 moreFMGlasnevin · 2 kmFrederick Moore & 8 more
Beaumont · 1 kmBarney McKenna & 6 more
East Wall · 3 kmLiam Cunningham & 5 moreMPClontarf West · 1 kmMaureen Potter & 3 more
Harmonstown · 3 kmDenise Mitchell & 3 more
Whitehall · 2 kmDon Baker & 1 moreAlex White (Irish former politician (b. 1958)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 8 languages. Next come Tom Jordan.
2 people born in Marino have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Tom Jordan, born in 1937. The youngest on the list was born in 1958.
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Marino’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.
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