EN#1
Science & Medicine
Edward Max Nicholson
1904–2003British environmentalist and ornithologist (1904–2003)
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Sarah777 · Public domainFamous people · Stepaside, Dublin
Stepaside is the birthplace of 5 famous people
At the top of the list is the British environmentalist and ornithologist Edward Max Nicholson, covered in 5 languages. Second and third on the list are George Dockrell and Dara Fitzpatrick. More than half were born in the Revival and independence years, 3 in all. The biggest group are athletes: 3.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Edward Max Nicholson
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1886
George Dockrell
Youngest
1971
Dara Fitzpatrick
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Stepaside
Edward Max Nicholson, George Dockrell and Dara Fitzpatrick are written about in 5, 5 and 2 languages.
GD#2
Sports
George Dockrell
1886–1924Irish swimmer and soldier
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
DF#3
Notable
Dara Fitzpatrick
1971–2017Irish helicopter pilot
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Stepaside’s famous people were born
The 1900s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
SportsScience & MedicineNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Stepaside is known for
Stepaside has 1.9× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Stepaside
Of the other 2, 2 are athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Stillorgan has the longest list next door: 9.
WOStillorgan · 3 kmWilliam Orpen & 8 more
Dundrum · 4 kmStephen Roche & 6 moreDBMonkstown · 4 kmDerek John Christopher Byrne & 4 more
Foxrock · 3 kmSamuel Beckett & 2 moreGCCabinteely · 4 kmGiles Cooper & 2 moreSLBallybrack · 5 kmSeán Lemass & 1 moreKCBooterstown · 5 kmKenny Carroll & 1 more
Ballinteer · 4 kmNeale Richmond
Dundrum · 4 kmStephen Roche & 6 moreDBMonkstown · 4 kmDerek John Christopher Byrne & 4 moreFoxrock · 3 kmSamuel Beckett & 2 moreGCCabinteely · 4 kmGiles Cooper & 2 moreSLBallybrack · 5 kmSeán Lemass & 1 moreKCBooterstown · 5 kmKenny Carroll & 1 moreBallinteer · 4 kmNeale RichmondQuestions about famous people from Stepaside
Who is the most famous person from Stepaside?
Edward Max Nicholson (British environmentalist and ornithologist (1904–2003)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come George Dockrell and Dara Fitzpatrick.
How many famous people were born in Stepaside?
5 people born in Stepaside have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 6 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Stepaside known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 5. That is 60% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Stepaside?
George Dockrell, born in 1886. The youngest on the list was born in 1971.
Who counts as from Stepaside?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Stepaside’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 (3)
- Stephen Roche: Eric HOUDAS, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Beckett: Roger Pic, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Neale Richmond: EPP Group in the CoR, 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).