#1Film, TV & Stage
Ninette de Valois
1898–2001British dancer, teacher, choreographer and director of classical ballet
34 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Blessington, Co. Wicklow
Ninette de Valois tops a list of 3 famous people born in Blessington
Ninette de Valois leads the list, covered in 34 languages. The Irish association football player Louise Quinn ranks second, ahead of Edward Ernest Bowen. Go 10 km to Naas and the list grows to 23, with John de Robeck at the top. Born in 1836, Edward Ernest Bowen is the first name on record, and Louise Quinn, born in 1990, the most recent.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Ninette de Valois
34 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1836
Edward Ernest Bowen
Youngest
1990
Louise Quinn
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 person
The best known
Born in Blessington
First, Ninette de Valois (34 languages), then Louise Quinn (14) and Edward Ernest Bowen (10).
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#2Sports
Louise Quinn
born 1990Irish association football player
14 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
EB#3
Music
Edward Ernest Bowen
1836–1901English schoolmaster, songwriter and cricketer (1836–1901)
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Blessington is known for
The largest field is Film, TV & Stage, with 1 people.
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 best known from each town within 20 km of Blessington, with how many people each has.
Naas · 10 kmJohn de Robeck & 22 more
Kill · 9 kmLiam O'Flynn & 5 moreMSRathcoole · 13 kmMichelle Smith & 2 moreCMSallins · 13 kmCharlie McCreevy & 1 moreKWSaggart · 14 kmKathleen Watkins & 1 more
Kilcullen · 14 kmAbraham Boulger & 1 moreMDDunlavin · 16 kmMark Deering & 1 moreALJohnstown · 9 kmAnthony LawlorQuestions about famous people from Blessington
Who is the most famous person from Blessington?
Ninette de Valois (British dancer, teacher, choreographer and director of classical ballet) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 34 languages. Next come Louise Quinn and Edward Ernest Bowen.
How many famous people were born in Blessington?
3 people born in Blessington have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Blessington known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 6% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Blessington?
Edward Ernest Bowen, born in 1836. The youngest on the list was born in 1990.
Who counts as from Blessington?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Blessington’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)
- Ninette de Valois: Rob Croes for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louise Quinn: Anders Henrikson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John de Robeck: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Liam O'Flynn: Ganainm, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Abraham Boulger: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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