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Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainFamous people · Ashford, Co. Wicklow
2 famous people come from Ashford, Katie McGrath the best known
The best known is the Irish actress Katie McGrath, with articles in 44 languages. The list has one more: the Irish actor and musician Ferdia Walsh-Peelo. Within 6 km, Wicklow lists the most: 32, with Paul McShane first. Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, born in 1999, is the youngest, and Katie McGrath, born in 1983, the first on record.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Katie McGrath
44 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1983
Katie McGrath
Youngest
1999
Ferdia Walsh-Peelo
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
2 people
What stands out about Ashford’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Ashford
FW#2
Film, TV & Stage
Ferdia Walsh-Peelo
born 1999Irish actor and musician
13 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Wicklow, with 32.
Questions about famous people from Ashford
Who is the most famous person from Ashford?
Katie McGrath (Irish actress) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 44 languages. Next come Ferdia Walsh-Peelo.
How many famous people were born in Ashford?
2 people born in Ashford have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Ashford known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 6% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ashford?
Katie McGrath, born in 1983. The youngest on the list was born in 1999.
Who counts as from Ashford?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ashford’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 (1)
- Paul McShane: Michael Kranewitter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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