PG#1
Politics & Law
Paddy Glynn
1855–1931South Australian politician and barrister (1855-1931)
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Gort, Co. Galway
Gort’s famous people span 173 years: 14 births from 1824 to 1997
At the top of the list is the South Australian politician and barrister Paddy Glynn, covered in 7 languages. Second and third on the list are Robert Lahiffe and Josie Gallagher. Births since 1970 account for 2 of the names. Paddy Glynn, the best known, was born in 1855.
Born here
14
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Paddy Glynn
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1824
Thomas Laughnan
Youngest
1997
Jack Grealish
What stands out about Gort’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Gort’s famous people were born
The 1910s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Gort
Paddy Glynn leads with articles in 7 languages, ahead of Robert Lahiffe (3) and Josie Gallagher (2).
RL#2
Politics & Law
Robert Lahiffe
1911–1975Irish politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JG#3
Known for
What Gort is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 3.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Gort
The rest number 11, with 3 athletes among them.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 20 km of Gort, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Gort
Who is the most famous person from Gort?
Paddy Glynn (south Australian politician and barrister (1855-1931)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come Robert Lahiffe and Josie Gallagher.
How many famous people were born in Gort?
14 people born in Gort have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Gort?
Thomas Laughnan, born in 1824. The youngest on the list was born in 1997.
Who counts as from Gort?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Gort’s urban area (the CSO’s 2022 urban area), 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.
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.
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