Famous people · Ireland
Born near Ireland: 16 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Mike Braun, from Jasper, 3 mi away. No famous person’s birth in Ireland is on record yet. Across Indiana, 425 towns list someone born there. The longest list in Indiana is Gary’s, with 68 names.
Born nearby
16
within 35 miles
Closest
3 mi
Mike Braun
Best known
Mike Braun
in 27 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Ireland’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Ireland
They were born in 5 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Daniel M. Buechlein
1938–2018Roman Catholic archbishop in the United States
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ireland and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (8)
- Mike Braun: United States Senate Photographic Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Buse: United States Forest Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Ellsworth: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank W. Milburn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Hall Dillon: State Publishing Company (Pierre, South Dakota), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Farley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Messmer: Governor Eric Holcomb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mitch Stetter: shgmom56 on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons