#1Politics & Law
Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh
1911–1978Irish judge and 5th President of Ireland (1911-1978)
35 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Bray, Co. Wicklow
No town in Co. Wicklow has more famous people than Bray: 44
Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh leads the list, covered in 35 languages. Second and third on the list are Finn Bálor and Darren Randolph. 4 of them are clergy and people of faith, 2.2 times the share across Irish towns. The largest group, 18, was born since 1970.
Born here
44
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh
35 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1826
Denis Dempsey
Youngest
2001
Ben Murphy
Most common field
Sports
17 people
What stands out about Bray’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Bray is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as clergy and people of faith, at 2.2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Bray’s famous people were born
The 1970s saw the most births of any decade: 10.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageFaithWriting & ArtsMusicScience & MedicineMilitaryNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Bray
By how many languages cover them, Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh comes first (35), then Finn Bálor (35) and Darren Randolph (33).
#1
#2Sports
Finn Bálor
born 1981Irish professional wrestler
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#3Sports
Darren Randolph
born 1987Irish association football player
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Bray
Of the other 41, 15 are athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 20 km of Bray, with how many people each has.
Dalkey · 9 kmMaeve Binchy & 26 moreSHGreystones-Delgany · 7 kmSimon Harris & 13 moreALKilliney · 6 kmAllen Leech & 11 more
Shankill · 4 kmCiarán Cuffe & 5 moreIBEnniskerry · 4 kmIna Boyle & 4 moreENStepaside · 9 kmEdward Max Nicholson & 4 moreGCCabinteely · 7 kmGiles Cooper & 2 more
Foxrock · 9 kmSamuel Beckett & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Bray
Who is the most famous person from Bray?
Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (Irish judge and 5th President of Ireland (1911-1978)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 35 languages. Next come Finn Bálor and Darren Randolph.
How many famous people were born in Bray?
44 people born in Bray have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 54 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Bray known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 17 of the 44. That is 39% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bray?
Denis Dempsey, born in 1826. The youngest on the list was born in 2001.
Who counts as from Bray?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bray’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 (21)
- Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh: European Communities, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Finn Bálor: Dvtsource (original) Cropped by User:NiciVampireHeart, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darren Randolph: Michael Kranewitter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Katie Taylor: cormac70 from London, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dara Ó Briain: Feline_Dacat, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joshua Pim: Robinson (photographer), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordan Devlin: Miguel Discart Photos Vrac 2, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary White: The Green Party of Ireland Comhaontas Glas, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Orla Treacy: U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ronnie O'Brien: Razcle at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- S. M. Cyril: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Crinnion: Paul oneill, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fionn Regan: Michig, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Brady: Sinn Féin, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bertie Messitt: Unknown (ANSA.it), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clare Marsh: Clare Marsh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Matthew Darley: Henry Samuel Sadd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Riyadh Khalaf: Clare Ryan, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maeve Binchy: The original uploader was Jon Kay at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ciarán Cuffe: Claire Behan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Beckett: Roger Pic, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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