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Don Baker
born 1950Irish singer-songwriter, actor, television personality
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Whitehall, Dublin
2 famous people were born in Whitehall
Don Baker is the best known, with articles in 3 languages. The other is Tommy Drumm, the Irish Gaelic football player. Within 2 km, Drumcondra lists the most: 13, with Bertie Ahern first. The first birth on record is Don Baker’s, in 1950, and the last Tommy Drumm’s, in 1955.
Born here
2
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Best known
Don Baker
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1950
Don Baker
Youngest
1955
Tommy Drumm
Most common field
Music
1 person
The best known
Born in Whitehall
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Known for
What Whitehall is known for
Musicians are the most numerous, 1 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Drumcondra lists the most people: 13.
Drumcondra · 2 kmBertie Ahern & 12 moreFMGlasnevin · 2 kmFrederick Moore & 8 more
Beaumont · 2 kmBarney McKenna & 6 morePDPhibsborough · 4 kmPaschal Donohoe & 5 more
Santry · 2 kmAndrew Montague & 3 moreMPClontarf West · 3 kmMaureen Potter & 3 more
Ballymun · 2 kmJohn Lyons & 2 more
Marino · 2 kmAlex White & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Whitehall
Who is the most famous person from Whitehall?
Don Baker (Irish singer-songwriter, actor, television personality) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Tommy Drumm.
How many famous people were born in Whitehall?
2 people born in Whitehall have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Whitehall known for?
Among its famous people, musicians: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 4% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Whitehall?
Don Baker, born in 1950. The youngest on the list was born in 1955.
Who counts as from Whitehall?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Whitehall’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)
- Don Baker: Sinn Féin, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bertie Ahern: ProhibitOnions at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Barney McKenna: Original uploader was Aloys Soullie at nl.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Montague: Josh Lim ( Sky Harbor ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Lyons: Flickr user " William Murphy ", CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex White: Department of Health, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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