JP#1
Sports
James Cecil Parke
1881–1946Irish tennis player (1881-1946)
20 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: C Michael Hogan · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Clones, Co. Monaghan
14 famous people were born in Clones, more of them clergy and people of faith than in most towns
At the top of the list is the Irish tennis player James Cecil Parke, covered in 20 languages. Close behind are Patrick McCabe and Kevin McBride. 5 of them were born between the Union and 1870, more than in any other period. Clones ranks 2nd of the 11 towns in Co. Monaghan with anyone listed.
Born here
14
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
James Cecil Parke
20 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1784
Thomas Kelso
Youngest
1988
Karl O'Connell
Most common field
Faith
4 people
What stands out about Clones’ famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Clones is known for
Compared with the usual town, clergy and people of faith are the most over-represented field, at 7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Clones
Languages with an article: 20 for James Cecil Parke, 18 for Patrick McCabe, 15 for Kevin McBride.
PM#2
Writing & Arts
Patrick McCabe
born 1955Irish writer (born 1955)
18 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
KM#3
Through the years
When Clones’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1810s than in any other decade: 3.
FaithSportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawMusicMilitaryScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Clones
Another 11, 4 of them clergy and people of faith.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Monaghan, with 24.
Questions about famous people from Clones
Who is the most famous person from Clones?
James Cecil Parke (Irish tennis player (1881-1946)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 20 languages. Next come Patrick McCabe and Kevin McBride.
How many famous people were born in Clones?
14 people born in Clones have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 17 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Clones known for?
Among its famous people, clergy and people of faith: 4 of the 14. That is 29% of the town’s list, against 4% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Clones?
Thomas Kelso, born in 1784. The youngest on the list was born in 1988.
Who counts as from Clones?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Clones’ 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 (1)
- Charles Gavan Duffy: not stated, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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