#1Famous people · Dungannon, Mid Ulster
Of the 45 famous people born in Dungannon, an unusual share are leaders
At the top of the list is the northern Irish footballer Niall McGinn, covered in 30 languages. Second and third on the list are Darren Clarke and Kris Meeke. Oliver Anketell, born in 1679, is the earliest name and Liam Donnelly, born in 1996, the latest. No other town in Mid Ulster lists as many.
Born here
45
notable people
Best known
Niall McGinn
in 30 Wikipedia languages
First
1679
Oliver Anketell
Youngest
1996
Liam Donnelly
Most common field
Sports
18 people
What stands out about Dungannon’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Dungannon is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 2.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Dungannon’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1990s, with 7 people born in that decade.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StageMilitaryNotableBusinessFaithMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Dungannon
Athletes take two of the three places.
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#3Science & Medicine
Kris Meeke
born 1979World Rally Championship driver
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Dungannon
Another 42, 16 of them athletes.
Austin Currie
1939–2021Former politician in the parliaments of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
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Thomas Wilson
1827–1910American lawyer, Minnesota congressman and state legislator, associate justice and the 2nd chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court (1827-1910)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Armagh has the longest list next door: 63.
Questions about famous people from Dungannon
Who is the most famous person from Dungannon?
Niall McGinn (northern Irish footballer (born 1987)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 30 languages. Next come Darren Clarke and Kris Meeke.
How many famous people were born in Dungannon?
45 people born in Dungannon have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 49 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Dungannon known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 18 of the 45. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Dungannon?
Oliver Anketell, born in 1679. The youngest on the list was born in 1996.
Who counts as from Dungannon?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Dungannon’s settlement (NISRA’s settlement development limit), 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 bigger area (“London”), 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) and English Wikipedia (each person’s article confirms the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are placed in the town by NISRA’s Settlement Development Limits 2015 (Open Government Licence v3.0). Ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across UK towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (22)
- Niall McGinn: Alasdair Middleton from Rothesay, Scotland (www.a-middletonphotography.com), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kris Meeke: Iain Cameron, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Liam Donnelly: @cfcunofficial (Chelsea Debs) London, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michelle Gildernew: Sinn Féin, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George T. Oliver: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Austin Currie: Brian O'Neill, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Charleson: Motion Picture Magazine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Mansell: DARTS NOW, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Wilson: Nicholas Richard Brewer (1857-1949), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Farquhar: Phil Long at Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adrian Logan: Adrian Logan and David Hull Promotions, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colm Gildernew: Sinn Fein, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emily Winifred Dickson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Bent Knox: Samuel Alexander Walker (died 1922), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas George Knox: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Victor Sloan: Benquinn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alana Henderson: Bruce Baker Photography, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Beatty: The White House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh Holmes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ian Paisley: Scottish_and_Northern_Ireland_Ministers.jpg: Scottish Government derivative work: Alison ❤, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Typhoid Mary: Unknown authorUnknown author. First published in the June 20, 1909 issue of The New York American., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis Taylor: John Dempsey, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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