WO#1
Writing & Arts
William Orpen
1878–1931Irish artist (1878–1931)
28 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Stillorgan, Dublin
William Orpen tops a list of 9 famous people born in Stillorgan
William Orpen, the Irish artist, is the most widely known, written about in 28 languages. Second and third on the list are Walter Peterson and Lucy Guinness. 3 of them were born in the Revival and independence years, more than in any other period. The list comes to 4.9 for every 10,000 residents, against 2.2 in the typical town in Co. Dublin.
Born here
9
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
William Orpen
28 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1858
Henry Guinness
Youngest
1994
Oisín O'Rorke
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Stillorgan
William Orpen has articles in 28 languages, Walter Peterson in 11 and Lucy Guinness in 3.
WP#2
Sports
Walter Peterson
born 1883Olympic field hockey player
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Through the years
When Stillorgan’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1870s, at 2.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Stillorgan is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Stillorgan
Another 6, the earliest born in 1858.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Sandymount’s, with 25.
Sandymount · 5 kmWilliam Butler Yeats & 24 more
Dundrum · 3 kmStephen Roche & 6 moreDBMonkstown · 3 kmDerek John Christopher Byrne & 4 moreENStepaside · 3 kmEdward Max Nicholson & 4 more
Foxrock · 3 kmSamuel Beckett & 2 moreDKChurchtown · 4 kmDervla Kirwan & 2 moreKCBooterstown · 2 kmKenny Carroll & 1 more
Ballinteer · 4 kmNeale RichmondQuestions about famous people from Stillorgan
Who is the most famous person from Stillorgan?
William Orpen (Irish artist (1878–1931)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 28 languages. Next come Walter Peterson and Lucy Guinness.
How many famous people were born in Stillorgan?
9 people born in Stillorgan have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Stillorgan known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 9. That is 22% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Stillorgan?
Henry Guinness, born in 1858. The youngest on the list was born in 1994.
Who counts as from Stillorgan?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Stillorgan’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 (5)
- Lucy Guinness: Philip de László, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Butler Yeats: George Charles Beresford, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
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