#1Writing & Arts
William Butler Yeats
1865–1939Irish poet and playwright (1865–1939)
154 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Sandymount, Dublin
William Butler Yeats and 24 more famous people were born in Sandymount
154 languages have an article about the Irish poet and playwright William Butler Yeats. Second and third on the list are Sophie Bryant and Ruairi Quinn. In the Revival and independence years, 9 were born, the most of any period. Leaders are unusually common here: 7, 1.7 times the usual share.
Born here
25
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
William Butler Yeats
154 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1748
John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare
Youngest
1994
Cian Kelleher
Most common field
Sports
10 people
What stands out about Sandymount’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Sandymount
William Butler Yeats, Sophie Bryant and Ruairi Quinn are written about in 154, 13 and 10 languages.
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#2Science & Medicine
Sophie Bryant
1850–1922Irish mathematician (1850–1922)
13 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Politics & Law
Ruairi Quinn
born 1946Irish Labour Party politician
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Sandymount is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 1.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Sandymount’s famous people were born
The 1890s top the chart, with 5 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsMilitaryScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StageBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Sandymount
22 more, 10 of them athletes.
Sean Connolly
1900–1916Irish republican and socialist who took part in the Easter Rising
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Rathmines West has the most on record: 18.
AHRathmines West · 3 kmAndrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope & 17 more
Rathmines East · 2 kmMaureen O'Hara & 9 more
St Stephen's Green · 3 kmDunbar Barton & 5 more
East Wall · 3 kmLiam Cunningham & 5 more
Ballsbridge · 1 kmGarret FitzGerald & 3 more
Temple Bar · 4 kmGeorge Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence & 3 moreKCBooterstown · 3 kmKenny Carroll & 1 more
Portobello · 3 kmArthur Shields & 1 more
Rathmines East · 2 kmMaureen O'Hara & 9 moreSt Stephen's Green · 3 kmDunbar Barton & 5 moreEast Wall · 3 kmLiam Cunningham & 5 moreBallsbridge · 1 kmGarret FitzGerald & 3 moreTemple Bar · 4 kmGeorge Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence & 3 moreKCBooterstown · 3 kmKenny Carroll & 1 morePortobello · 3 kmArthur Shields & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Sandymount
Who is the most famous person from Sandymount?
William Butler Yeats (Irish poet and playwright (1865–1939)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 154 languages. Next come Sophie Bryant and Ruairi Quinn.
How many famous people were born in Sandymount?
25 people born in Sandymount have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 28 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Sandymount known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 10 of the 25. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Sandymount?
John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare, born in 1748. The youngest on the list was born in 1994.
Who counts as from Sandymount?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Sandymount’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 (17)
- William Butler Yeats: George Charles Beresford, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sophie Bryant: Robert Tucker (1832–1905), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ruairi Quinn: Scolaire, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare: Gilbert Stuart, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eoghan Murphy: Oireachtas, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Humphreys: Flickr user " labour_lgbt ", CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George McElroy: Anonyme, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Niall McCabe: Hayden Schiff from Cincinnati, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Susan Denham: Department of Children and Youth Affairs, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Val Harris: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bryan Dobson: Conor White, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maureen O'Hara: USMC Archives from Quantico, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunbar Barton: Leslie Ward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Liam Cunningham: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Garret FitzGerald: Christian Lambiotte, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence: Lucas Cornelisz de Kock (1495-1552), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Shields: film screenshot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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