1. Geraldine Somerville (1967)

British Actor

Irish actress internationally recognized for portraying Lily Potter in the Harry Potter films. She also appeared in Gosford Park, which won a Critics Choice Award for Best Acting Ensemble from...

2. Jason Maguire (1980)

Irish Jockey

Irish horse jockey who won the 2011 Grand National on the horse Ballabrigs, which had a 14/1 chance.

3. Matt Moore (1888)

Film Producer

He appeared in over 200 films from 1912 to 1958, including Coquette and The Unholy Tree. His final films were 1957's An Affair to Remember and I Bury the Living....

4. Devin Toner (1986)

Rugby Player

Famous as a lock for Ireland's Leinster rugby team, Toner also played for the Ireland National Rugby Union and the Ireland Wolfhounds, earning six caps with the latter team. Standing...

5. Robin McAuley (1953)

Irish Singer

Robin McAuley is an Irish rock vocalist known mostly for his work in McAuley Schenker Group and before that Grand Prix with whom he recorded two albums.

6. Bob Nash (basketball) (1950)

American Basketball Player-coach

Robert Lee Bob Nash is an American college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He took over for the retired...

7. Francis Singleton (1812)

Australian Politician

s Corbet Singleton was a politician and public servant in colonial Western Australia and South Australia a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council. Singleton was the third son of...

8. Alejandro O'Reilly (1723)

Spanish Army General

Marshal Alejandro Conde de O'Reilly was an Irish-born military reformer and Inspector-General of Infantry for the Spanish Empire in the second half of the 18th century. O'Reilly served as...

9. Peter Warren (1703)

Actor

10. Johnny Brady (Unknow)

Irish Politician

Johnny Brady is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála from 1997 to 2007 for the Meath and Meath West constituencies. Brady was first elected to...

11. James Tully (Irish politician) (1915)

Irish Politician

James Jim Tully was an Irish trade unionist politician and Deputy leader of the Labour Party who served as a minister in a series of Fine Gael-Labour Party coalition governments....

12. Michael Thomas Stenson (1838)

Canadian Politician

Michael Thomas Stenson was a Canadian politician. Born in Longford County Meath Ireland the son of John Stenson Stenson moved with his family to Canada in 1840 settling in Canada...

13. Edward Lovett Pearce (1699)

Irish Politician

Sir Edward Lovett Pearce was an Irish architect and the chief exponent of palladianism in Ireland. He is thought to have initially studied as an architect under his father's first...

14. Turlough O'Carolan (1670)

Irish Harpist And Composer

Turlough O'Carolan was a blind early Irish harper composer and singer whose great fame is due to his gift for melodic composition. He is considered by many to be...

15. John Boyle O'Reilly (1844)

Fenian Convict Novelist Poet

John Boyle O'Reilly was an Irish-born poet journalist and fiction writer. As a youth in Ireland he was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood or Fenians for which he...