#1Military
John de Robeck
1862–1928British admiral (1862-1928)
18 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Naas, Co. Kildare
23 famous people were born in Naas from 960 to 2000
The best known is the British admiral John de Robeck, with articles in 18 languages. The next two names are Fionnuala Sherry and Gormflaith ingen Murchada. Only 2 towns in Co. Kildare list more. 9 of them were born in the Revival and independence years, more than in any other period.
Born here
23
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
John de Robeck
18 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
960
Gormflaith ingen Murchada
Youngest
2000
Andy Lyons
Most common field
Sports
9 people
The best known
Born in Naas
The three are covered in 18, 17 and 9 languages: John de Robeck, Fionnuala Sherry and Gormflaith ingen Murchada.
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Politics & Law
Gormflaith ingen Murchada
960–1030Irish queen (960–1030 CE)
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Naas’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1900s, at 4.
SportsPolitics & LawMilitaryNotableMusicFaithWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Naas is known for
Compared with the usual town, soldiers and sailors are the most over-represented field, at 3.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Naas
Another 20, the earliest born in 1820.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Newbridge has the most on record: 26.
KLNewbridge · 10 kmKathleen Lonsdale & 25 more
Kill · 5 kmLiam O'Flynn & 5 more
Clane · 8 kmCharles Handy & 2 more
Blessington · 10 kmNinette de Valois & 2 moreCMSallins · 4 kmCharlie McCreevy & 1 more
Kilcullen · 11 kmAbraham Boulger & 1 morePHKilmeage · 12 kmPatrick Harrington & 1 moreALJohnstown · 3 kmAnthony Lawlor
Kill · 5 kmLiam O'Flynn & 5 moreClane · 8 kmCharles Handy & 2 moreBlessington · 10 kmNinette de Valois & 2 moreCMSallins · 4 kmCharlie McCreevy & 1 moreKilcullen · 11 kmAbraham Boulger & 1 morePHKilmeage · 12 kmPatrick Harrington & 1 moreALJohnstown · 3 kmAnthony LawlorQuestions about famous people from Naas
Who is the most famous person from Naas?
John de Robeck (British admiral (1862-1928)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 18 languages. Next come Fionnuala Sherry and Gormflaith ingen Murchada.
How many famous people were born in Naas?
23 people born in Naas have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 32 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Naas known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 9 of the 23. That is 39% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Naas?
Gormflaith ingen Murchada, born in 960. The youngest on the list was born in 2000.
Who counts as from Naas?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Naas’ 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 (9)
- John de Robeck: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fionnuala Sherry: paddynapper, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leslie Cliff: Atlantic Photo Agency, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Berry: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vera Cosgrave: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Liam O'Flynn: Ganainm, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Handy: einalem, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ninette de Valois: Rob Croes for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Abraham Boulger: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, 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).