MD#1
Politics & Law
Mark Deering
1900–1973Irish politician (1900-1973)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Eeno11 · CC BY 3.0Famous people · Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow
2 famous people were born in Dunlavin
The best known is the Irish politician Mark Deering, with articles in 3 languages. The other is Leslie Rowan, the British civil servant and industrialist. A short trip away, Kildare (18 km) counts 28 famous people, Aisling Bea among them. Mark Deering (1900) and Leslie Rowan (1908) mark the two ends of the list.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Mark Deering
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1900
Mark Deering
Youngest
1908
Leslie Rowan
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Dunlavin
LR#2
Politics & Law
Leslie Rowan
1908–1972British civil servant and industrialist
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
ABKildare · 18 kmAisling Bea & 27 moreKLNewbridge · 15 kmKathleen Lonsdale & 25 more
Naas · 18 kmJohn de Robeck & 22 more
Baltinglass · 14 kmJennie Wyse Power & 8 moreJDCurragh Camp · 13 kmJohn William Dunne & 5 more
Blessington · 16 kmNinette de Valois & 2 moreJWCastledermot · 19 kmJack Wall & 2 more
Kilcullen · 9 kmAbraham Boulger & 1 more
Naas · 18 kmJohn de Robeck & 22 moreBaltinglass · 14 kmJennie Wyse Power & 8 moreJDCurragh Camp · 13 kmJohn William Dunne & 5 moreBlessington · 16 kmNinette de Valois & 2 moreJWCastledermot · 19 kmJack Wall & 2 moreKilcullen · 9 kmAbraham Boulger & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Dunlavin
Who is the most famous person from Dunlavin?
Mark Deering (Irish politician (1900-1973)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Leslie Rowan.
How many famous people were born in Dunlavin?
2 people born in Dunlavin have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Dunlavin known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Dunlavin?
Mark Deering, born in 1900. The youngest on the list was born in 1908.
Who counts as from Dunlavin?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Dunlavin’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 (4)
- John de Robeck: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jennie Wyse Power: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ninette de Valois: Rob Croes for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Abraham Boulger: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, 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).