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Famous people · Moate, Co. Westmeath
8 famous people were born in Moate from 1807 to 1993
At the top of the list is the Irish boxer Joe Ward, covered in 12 languages. Thomas O'Neill Russell, the Irish writer, comes second, with Arthur Booth-Clibborn third. The list’s best known name, Joe Ward, dates from 1993. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 26.6, close to the 19.9 of the typical Co. Westmeath town.
Born here
8
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Joe Ward
12 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1807
William Duckett White
Youngest
1993
Joe Ward
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
What stands out about Moate’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Moate’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1950s, with 2 births.
Writing & ArtsPolitics & LawMusicSportsMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Moate
Three names lead: Joe Ward (12 languages), Thomas O'Neill Russell (4) and Arthur Booth-Clibborn (3).
TR#2
Writing & Arts
Thomas O'Neill Russell
1828–1908Irish writer
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Military
Arthur Booth-Clibborn
1855–1939Irish Salvation Army officer
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Moate is known for
Writers and artists 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 Moate
Still to come: 5 more, from 1807 to 1952.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Athlone counts 71 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Moate
Who is the most famous person from Moate?
Joe Ward (Irish boxer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 12 languages. Next come Thomas O'Neill Russell and Arthur Booth-Clibborn.
How many famous people were born in Moate?
8 people born in Moate have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Moate known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 2 of the 8. That is 25% of the town’s list, against 12% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Moate?
William Duckett White, born in 1807. The youngest on the list was born in 1993.
Who counts as from Moate?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Moate’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 (5)
- Arthur Booth-Clibborn: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Duckett White: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Lynam: Joseywales1961, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stefan Molyneux: Stefan Molyneux, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barry Cowen: Houses of the Oireachtas, CC BY 4.0, 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).