OG#1
Writing & Arts
Oliver Goldsmith
1728–1774Anglo-Irish writer, poet, and physician (d. 1774)
82 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Elphin, Co. Roscommon
Elphin, birthplace of Oliver Goldsmith and 3 more famous people
82 languages have an article about Oliver Goldsmith. Donal Keenan is second and Patrick Roddy third. The first birth on record is Oliver Goldsmith’s, in 1728, and the last Donal Keenan’s, in 1919. Fewer than a quarter of the 18 towns in Co. Roscommon with famous people list more.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Oliver Goldsmith
82 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1728
Oliver Goldsmith
Youngest
1919
Donal Keenan
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 person
What stands out about Elphin’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Elphin
Oliver Goldsmith leads with articles in 82 languages, ahead of Donal Keenan (1) and Patrick Roddy (1).
DK#2
Sports
Donal Keenan
1919–1990Irish sports administrator (1919–1990)
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
PR#3
Military
Patrick Roddy
1827–1895Recipient of the Victoria Cross
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Elphin’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1720s, with 1 births.
Writing & ArtsSportsMilitaryScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Elphin is known for
Writing & Arts leads the fields, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Elphin
1 more, best known first.
William Mostyn
1836–1881Canadian doctor and political figure in Ontario (1836-1881)
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Boyle has the longest list next door: 9.
Questions about famous people from Elphin
Who is the most famous person from Elphin?
Oliver Goldsmith (Anglo-Irish writer, poet, and physician (d. 1774)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 82 languages. Next come Donal Keenan and Patrick Roddy.
How many famous people were born in Elphin?
4 people born in Elphin have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 6 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Elphin known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 4. That is 25% of the town’s list, against 12% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Elphin?
Oliver Goldsmith, born in 1728. The youngest on the list was born in 1919.
Who counts as from Elphin?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Elphin’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)
- Maureen O'Sullivan: Russell Ball, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Susan L. Mitchell: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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