JH#1
Sports
Jim Hogan
1933–2015Irish distance runner (1933–2015)
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Croom, Co. Limerick
Croom’s famous people span 153 years: 12 births from 1829 to 1982
Most widely known is Jim Hogan, the Irish distance runner, with articles in 11 languages. In the Revival and independence years, 5 were born, the most of any period. Jim Hogan was born in 1933. The list is still growing: 3 were born since 1970.
Born here
12
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jim Hogan
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1829
Thomas Lyons
Youngest
1982
Peter Lawlor
What stands out about Croom’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Croom’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1980s, at 3.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Croom
Jim Hogan, Frances Fitzgerald and Desmond FitzGerald, 28th Knight of Glin are written about in 11, 9 and 1 languages.
FF#2
Politics & Law
Frances Fitzgerald
born 1950Irish Fine Gael politician (b. 1950)
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
DG#3
Politics & Law
Desmond FitzGerald, 28th Knight of Glin
1901–1949Irish nobleman and socialite
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Croom is known for
Leaders stand out most, at 1.6 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Croom
The other 9 span the years 1829 to 1982.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Kilmallock counts 19 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Croom
Who is the most famous person from Croom?
Jim Hogan (Irish distance runner (1933–2015)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 11 languages. Next come Frances Fitzgerald and Desmond FitzGerald, 28th Knight of Glin.
How many famous people were born in Croom?
12 people born in Croom have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 13 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Croom?
Thomas Lyons, born in 1829. The youngest on the list was born in 1982.
Who counts as from Croom?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Croom’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.
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