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Politics & Law
Michael O'Higgins
1917–2005Irish politician (1917-2005)
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Sheila1988 · CC0Famous people · Straffan, Co. Kildare
Straffan has one famous person on record
The Irish politician Michael O'Higgins was born in 1917. That places their birth in the Revival and independence years. Articles about them exist in 5 languages. Celbridge, 5 km away, has 11 on its list, the best known Arthur Guinness.
Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Michael O'Higgins
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1917
Michael O'Higgins
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known
Born in Straffan
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Celbridge has the most people on record, 11 of them.
Celbridge · 5 kmArthur Guinness & 10 more
Leixlip · 9 kmNathan Collins & 10 more
Maynooth · 7 kmGerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare & 8 more
Kill · 8 kmLiam O'Flynn & 5 more
Lucan · 11 kmJohn Curran & 5 more
Clane · 6 kmCharles Handy & 2 moreMSRathcoole · 10 kmMichelle Smith & 2 moreCMSallins · 8 kmCharlie McCreevy & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Straffan
Who is the most famous person from Straffan?
Michael O'Higgins (Irish politician (1917-2005)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages.
How many famous people were born in Straffan?
1 people born in Straffan have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Straffan known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who counts as from Straffan?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Straffan’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 (6)
- Arthur Guinness: User Morrison1917 on en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan Collins: Bex Walton, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare: Unknown author Unknown author artist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Liam O'Flynn: Ganainm, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Curran: Houses of the Oireachtas, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Handy: einalem, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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).