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Politics & Law
William Russell Grace
1832–1904American politician (1832-1904)
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Photo: Thaddeus Breen · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Ballylinan, Co. Laois
One famous person was born in Ballylinan
In 1832, the American politician William Russell Grace was born. Their birth falls between the Union and 1870. 10 languages have an article about them. Portlaoise, 20 km off, can claim 46 famous people, the best known Robert Sheehan.
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William Russell Grace
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
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1832
William Russell Grace
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Portlaoise has the most on record, with 46.
Questions about famous people from Ballylinan
Who is the most famous person from Ballylinan?
William Russell Grace (American politician (1832-1904)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 10 languages.
How many famous people were born in Ballylinan?
1 people born in Ballylinan have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Ballylinan 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 Ballylinan?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ballylinan’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 (2)
- Robert Sheehan: Luigi Novi, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Lyttleton Rogers: Unknown (Bassano Ltd), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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