#1Famous people · Portobello, Dublin
The 2 famous people born in Portobello, led by Arthur Shields
At the top of the list is the Irish actor Arthur Shields, covered in 10 languages. The list has one more: the Irish journalist David Davin-Power. The nearest list is in Rathmines West, 1 km away: 18 names, starting with Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope. Births span 1896 to 1952, from Arthur Shields to David Davin-Power.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Arthur Shields
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1896
Arthur Shields
Youngest
1952
David Davin-Power
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 person
The best known
Born in Portobello
#1DD#2
Writing & Arts
David Davin-Power
1952–2024Irish journalist
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Portobello 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 best known from each town within 20 km of Portobello, with how many people each has.
AHRathmines West · 1 kmAndrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope & 17 more
Rathmines East · 2 kmMaureen O'Hara & 9 more
St Stephen's Green · 1 kmDunbar Barton & 5 more
Temple Bar · 1 kmGeorge Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence & 3 more
The Liberties · 1 kmMáire Devine & 3 more
Ballsbridge · 2 kmGarret FitzGerald & 3 moreGBDolphins Barn · 2 kmGay Byrne & 3 morePGO'Connell Street · 2 kmPhilip Greene
Rathmines East · 2 kmMaureen O'Hara & 9 moreSt Stephen's Green · 1 kmDunbar Barton & 5 moreTemple Bar · 1 kmGeorge Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence & 3 moreThe Liberties · 1 kmMáire Devine & 3 moreBallsbridge · 2 kmGarret FitzGerald & 3 moreGBDolphins Barn · 2 kmGay Byrne & 3 morePGO'Connell Street · 2 kmPhilip GreeneQuestions about famous people from Portobello
Who is the most famous person from Portobello?
Arthur Shields (Irish actor) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 10 languages. Next come David Davin-Power.
How many famous people were born in Portobello?
2 people born in Portobello have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Portobello 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 Portobello?
Arthur Shields, born in 1896. The youngest on the list was born in 1952.
Who counts as from Portobello?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Portobello’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 (6)
- Arthur Shields: film screenshot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maureen O'Hara: USMC Archives from Quantico, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunbar Barton: Leslie Ward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence: Lucas Cornelisz de Kock (1495-1552), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Máire Devine: Sinn Féin, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Garret FitzGerald: Christian Lambiotte, CC BY 4.0, 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).