#1Writing & Arts
Alice Stopford Green
1847–1929Irish historian, politician and nationalist (1847–1929)
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Famous people · Kells, Co. Meath
From 1737 to 1980, Kells was the birthplace of 11 famous people
Alice Stopford Green is the best known, with articles in 8 languages. The Irish politician Mark Clinton ranks second, ahead of Ray Butler. 3 of them were born between 1922 and 1969, more than in any other period. Only 2 towns in Co. Meath list more.
Born here
11
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Alice Stopford Green
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1737
Thomas Betagh
Youngest
1980
Fred Cooke
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
What stands out about Kells’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Kells’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1840s, with 2 births.
Politics & LawMusicSportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsBusinessFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Kells
Leaders take two of the three places.
#1
#2Politics & Law
Mark Clinton
1915–2001Irish politician (1915–2001)
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#3Known for
What Kells is known for
Leaders are the most numerous, 2 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Kells
The rest number 8, with 2 musicians among them.
John Mahan
1842–1883Bare-knuckle boxer and pugilist who lost to John L. Sullivan in 1881; later involved in New York politics and the Tweed Ring.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Navan has the most people on record, 32 of them.
Questions about famous people from Kells
Who is the most famous person from Kells?
Alice Stopford Green (Irish historian, politician and nationalist (1847–1929)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 8 languages. Next come Mark Clinton and Ray Butler.
How many famous people were born in Kells?
11 people born in Kells have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 16 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Kells known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 11. That is 18% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Kells?
Thomas Betagh, born in 1737. The youngest on the list was born in 1980.
Who counts as from Kells?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Kells’ 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 (7)
- Alice Stopford Green: Henry Herschel Hay Cameron, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Clinton: Christian Lambiotte for European Commission, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Butler: Houses of the Oireachtas, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill: Cindy Funk, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Damien McGrane: Pvt pauline, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill: MaxPride, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Beaufort: Stephen Pearce, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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