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Science & Medicine
Andrew Rynne
born 1942Irish surgeon, medical practitioner (born 1942)
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Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainFamous people · Prosperous, Co. Kildare
Andrew Rynne, born in 1942, is Prosperous’ famous person on record
Andrew Rynne was born in 1942. That places their birth between 1922 and 1969. Their name appears in an article in one language. Nearby, Newbridge, 13 km away, lists 26, led by Kathleen Lonsdale.
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Andrew Rynne
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1942
Andrew Rynne
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Science & Medicine
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Newbridge lists the most people: 26.
Questions about famous people from Prosperous
Who is the most famous person from Prosperous?
Andrew Rynne (Irish surgeon, medical practitioner (born 1942)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Prosperous?
1 people born in Prosperous have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 2 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Prosperous known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 5% across Irish towns.
Who counts as from Prosperous?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Prosperous’ 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).
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- John de Robeck: 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
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