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Photo: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Redcross, Co. Wicklow
The Irish guerrilla Joseph Holt is the one famous person from Redcross
In 1756, the Irish guerrilla Joseph Holt was born. That places their birth before the Act of Union. Articles about them exist in 4 languages. Within 11 km, Wicklow lists the most: 32, with Paul McShane first.
Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Joseph Holt
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1756
Joseph Holt
The best known
Born in Redcross
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Famous people from the towns next door
Wicklow leads the towns around it, with 32 names.
Questions about famous people from Redcross
Who is the most famous person from Redcross?
Joseph Holt (Irish guerrilla) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages.
How many famous people were born in Redcross?
1 people born in Redcross have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 2 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
Who counts as from Redcross?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Redcross’ 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 (2)
- Paul McShane: Michael Kranewitter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Róisín Murphy: The British Library, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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