#1Writing & Arts
Laurence Sterne
1713–1768Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric (1713–1768)
78 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
More famous people were born in Clonmel than in any other town in Co. Tipperary: 79
The best known is the Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric Laurence Sterne, with articles in 78 languages. With 5 clergy and people of faith, the list holds 1.6 times the share found across Irish towns. The first birth on record is Stephen White’s, in 1574, and the last Daire Lynch’s, in 1998. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 43, close to the 41.2 of the typical Co. Tipperary town.
Born here
79
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Laurence Sterne
78 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1574
Stephen White
Youngest
1998
Daire Lynch
Most common field
Sports
31 people
What stands out about Clonmel’s famous people
Known worldwideLaurence Sterne has 78 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.Still making namesBirths since 1950 number 36, the most recent in 1998.A town of clergy and people of faithClergy and people of faith make up 5 of the 79, 1.6 times the usual share.79 notable peopleMore than most towns: 79 notable people were born in Clonmel.
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Clonmel
Laurence Sterne, Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington and William J. Duane are written about in 78, 21 and 18 languages.
#1
#2Writing & Arts
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
1789–1849Irish writer, editor (1789-1849)
21 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
WD#3
Politics & Law
William J. Duane
1780–1865American politician, Jackson administration cabinet member (1780-1865)
18 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Clonmel’s famous people were born
The 1990s saw the most births of any decade: 11.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsNotableFaithMilitaryMusicFilm, TV & StageBusinessScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Clonmel is known for
Compared with the usual town, clergy and people of faith are the most over-represented field, at 1.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Clonmel
Still to come: 76 more, from 1574 to 1998.
Edith Bernal Blake
1846–1926Irish painter, botanical collector and amateur lepidopterist (1846–1926)
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Kieran Egan
1942–2022Educational philosopher and student of the classics, anthropology, cognitive psychology, and cultural history
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
John O'Connor
1870–1952English priest on whom writer G.K. Chesterton loosely based his fictional character, Father Brown
FaithWikipedia ↗
Mary Elizabeth Southwell Dudley Leathley
?–1899Irish writer of children's books and religious works
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Morgan Stanislaus Grace
1837–1903New Zealand politician and physician (1837-1903)
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Sir Lionel Milman, 7th Baronet
1877–1962First-class cricketer and army officer (1877-1962)
SportsWikipedia ↗
Michael Paul Riordan
1789–1862Second superior-general of the Congregation of Christian Brothers
MilitaryWikipedia ↗
William Grene Power
1835–1903Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly & Queensland Legislative Council
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
2 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Clonmel
Who is the most famous person from Clonmel?
Laurence Sterne (Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric (1713–1768)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 78 languages. Next come Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington and William J. Duane.
How many famous people were born in Clonmel?
79 people born in Clonmel have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 90 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Clonmel known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 31 of the 79. That is 39% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Clonmel?
Stephen White, born in 1574. The youngest on the list was born in 1998.
Who counts as from Clonmel?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Clonmel’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 (16)
- Laurence Sterne: Joshua Reynolds (died 1792), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington: Thomas Lawrence, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adi Roche: Slamforeman, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Patterson: RustyTheDog, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edith Bernal Blake: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmond Francis Prendergast: J160297 U.S. Copyright Office., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anne Anderson: Women's eNews ( cropped from original ), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kieran Egan: SFU Public Affairs and Media Relations, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Phineas Riall: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John O'Dwyer: Seaninryan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kieran Bergin: Seaninryan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Foley: Stefano Delfrate, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Morgan Stanislaus Grace: Photographer unidentified, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Johnston: Stefano Delfrate, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Dudley: unknown via The Library of the Religious Society of Friends, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie: Bassano Ltd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).