LS#1
Writing & Arts
Lydia Shackleton
1828–1914Irish botanical artist
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Ballitore, Co. Kildare
2 famous people call Ballitore their birthplace
At the top of the list is the Irish botanical artist Lydia Shackleton, covered in 5 languages. The other is Mary Leadbeater, the Irish author and diarist. Just 18 km away, Kildare’s list holds 28 names, Aisling Bea the best known. Lydia Shackleton, born in 1828, is the youngest, and Mary Leadbeater, born in 1758, the first on record.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Lydia Shackleton
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1758
Mary Leadbeater
Youngest
1828
Lydia Shackleton
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known
Born in Ballitore
ML#2
Writing & Arts
Mary Leadbeater
1758–1826Irish author and diarist (1758-1826)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Kildare has the most on record, with 28.
ABKildare · 18 kmAisling Bea & 27 moreKLNewbridge · 19 kmKathleen Lonsdale & 25 more
Athy · 11 kmGeorge Lyttleton Rogers & 10 more
Baltinglass · 11 kmJennie Wyse Power & 8 moreJDCurragh Camp · 14 kmJohn William Dunne & 5 moreJWCastledermot · 12 kmJack Wall & 2 moreMDDunlavin · 10 kmMark Deering & 1 more
Kilcullen · 14 kmAbraham Boulger & 1 more
Athy · 11 kmGeorge Lyttleton Rogers & 10 moreBaltinglass · 11 kmJennie Wyse Power & 8 moreJDCurragh Camp · 14 kmJohn William Dunne & 5 moreJWCastledermot · 12 kmJack Wall & 2 moreMDDunlavin · 10 kmMark Deering & 1 moreKilcullen · 14 kmAbraham Boulger & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Ballitore
Who is the most famous person from Ballitore?
Lydia Shackleton (Irish botanical artist) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Mary Leadbeater.
How many famous people were born in Ballitore?
2 people born in Ballitore have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Ballitore known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 12% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ballitore?
Mary Leadbeater, born in 1758. The youngest on the list was born in 1828.
Who counts as from Ballitore?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ballitore’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. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (3)
- George Lyttleton Rogers: Unknown (Bassano Ltd), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jennie Wyse Power: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Abraham Boulger: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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