MF#1
Writing & Arts
Max Henry Ferrars
1846–1933British author and administrator in 19th century Burma, lecturer at Freiburg University, Germany (1846–1933)
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Killucan-Rathwire, Co. Westmeath
Killucan-Rathwire is the birthplace of 2 famous people
With articles in 5 languages, Max Henry Ferrars is the most widely known. The other is Camillus Glynn, the Irish politician. Niall Horan heads the list in Mullingar, 14 km away, which has 45 names. From Max Henry Ferrars to Camillus Glynn, the births on the list run from 1846 to 1941.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Max Henry Ferrars
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1846
Max Henry Ferrars
Youngest
1941
Camillus Glynn
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 person
The best known
Born in Killucan-Rathwire
CG#2
Politics & Law
Camillus Glynn
born 1941Irish politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Killucan-Rathwire is known for
1 of them work in Writing & Arts, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Mullingar, with 45.
Questions about famous people from Killucan-Rathwire
Who is the most famous person from Killucan-Rathwire?
Max Henry Ferrars (British author and administrator in 19th century Burma, lecturer at Freiburg University, Germany (1846–1933)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Camillus Glynn.
How many famous people were born in Killucan-Rathwire?
2 people born in Killucan-Rathwire have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Killucan-Rathwire known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 12% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Killucan-Rathwire?
Max Henry Ferrars, born in 1846. The youngest on the list was born in 1941.
Who counts as from Killucan-Rathwire?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Killucan-Rathwire’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 (3)
- Niall Horan: Office of the President of the United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Killian: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John J. Glennon: J.C. Strauss, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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