1. Timothy Manning (1909)

Catholic Cardinal

Irish American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the Archbishop of Los Angeles from 1970 to 1985.

2. Ciara Kelly (1971)

Doctor

Doctor and broadcaster who rose to fame as a medical expert on the RTE series Operation Transformation and Newstalk’s The Right Hook. She is also a presenter on the show...

3. Lisa Hannigan (1981)

Rock Singer

Irish indie singer who released the ten-time Platinum-selling hit "O" with Damien Rice in 2002.

4. Seainin Brennan (1977)

TV Actress

Irish actress whose big break came in 2011, when she was named Woman of the Year in the Arts for her role as Frances on the miniseries Hidden. In 2013,...

5. Tom Arnold (1959)

Irish Economist

Actor and comedian who became known for his work in True Lies and who hosted of The Best Damn Sports Show Period for four years. His other films include Madea's Witness Protection,...

6. Patrick Gibson (1995)

Tv Actor

Irish actor who began receiving widespread praise for his portrayal of Steve Winchell on the Netflix sci-fi series The OA. He was previously known for his roles on shows like The...

7. Arie Verveen (1976)

Irish Actor

Known best for his roles in the films Boiler Maker, Across the Hall, and Fire with Fire, this Irish actor also starred in a London stage production of A Hatful...

8. Dermot Weld (1948)

Irish Race Horse Trainer

Successful racehorse trainer who won over 3,000 victories worldwide. His horse Go and Go won the 1990 Belmont Stakes.

9. Gary Kidd (1985)

Irish Cricketer

Gary Kidd is an Irish cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm slow bowler. He participated in the 2004 and 2006 Under-19 World Cups for Ireland. He has...

10. Emma Ledden (1911)

Irish Broadcaster And Model

Emma Ledden is an Irish television presenter and model. She began her television career on Raidió Teilifís Éireann's children's strand The Den in the mid-1990s. She is a former presenter...

11. Máire Mhac an tSaoi (1922)

Irish Writer Poet Linguist And A

Máire Mhac an tSaoi is one of the most acclaimed and respected Irish language scholars poets writers and academics of modern literature in Irish. Along with Seán Ó Ríordáin and...

12. James A. Leonard (1841)

American Chess Player

James A. Leonard was a young American chess master who grew up as a son of poor Irish immigrants in New York City. He learned to play chess at age...

13. Hilda Wallis (Unknow)

Irish Tennis Player

Mabel Hilda Wallis was an Irish tennis player. Wallis reached the final of the Irish Championships at Dublin for the first time in 1921 where she lost to Elizabeth Ryan....

14. Eugene Nugent (1958)

Roman Catholic Archbishop

Eugene Martin Nugent JCD is the Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar and Apostolic Delegate to the Comoros and to Reunion since 13 February 2010. He had previously served with the rank...

15. Josie MacAvin (Unknow)

Set Decorator

Josie MacAvin was an Irish set decorator. She won an Academy Award and was nominated two more times in the category Best Art Direction.

16. Samuel Nelson Monteith (1862)

Canadian Politician

Samuel Nelson Monteith was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Perth North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1899 to 1902 and from 1905 to 1908. He...

17. Samuel Augustus Rogers (Unknow)

Canadian Politician

Samuel Augustus Rogers was an Irish-born merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cariboo from 1890 to 1898 and from 1900 to 1903 in the Legislative Assembly of...

18. Andrew Charles Elliott (1829)

Canadian Politician

Andrew Charles Elliott was a British Columbian politician and jurist. Elliott's varied career in British Columbia included Gold Commissioner stipendiary magistrate and following the union of the Island and Mainland...

19. David W. Alexander (1812)

Politician

David W. Alexander was an early California politician and pioneer to Los Angeles. He served on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in 1853 and 1854. In 1855 he...

20. William Findley (Unknow)

American Politician

was an Irish-born farmer and politician from Westmoreland County Pennsylvania. He served in both houses of the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in the U. S. House from 1791 until...

21. Andrew Haslam (1846)

Canadian Politician

Andrew Haslam was an Irish-Canadian sawmill-owner and Conservative politician. He served as the MLA for Nanaimo from 1889 to 1890. From 1892 to 1893 he was mayor of Nanaimo. He...

22. Samuel Pechell (1785)

British Royal Navy Admiral

Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel John Brooke Pechell 3rd Baronet CB KCH FRS was a prominent British Royal Navy officer of the early nineteenth century. Although he served in several celebrated naval...

23. William Killen (1860)

Australian Politician

son Killen was an Australian politician. Born and educated in Ireland he migrated to Australian in 1876 and became a farm worker and eventually a farmer at Corowa. From 1920-22...

24. Christopher P. Higgins (1830)

Early Businessperson Of Missoula

Capt. Christopher Powers Higgins was an American Army captain and later businessman who with Frank Worden founded the Hellgate Trading Post and the nearby city of Missoula Montana. He erected...

25. Daniel Tracey (1794)

Canadian Politician

Daniel Tracey born in Roscrea Tipperary County Ireland was a doctor journalist and Canadian politician. He arrived in the Province of Lower Canada with his younger siblings in 1825.

26. Fionn O'Shea (1997)

Actor

27. Noel Slevin (1954)

Irish Journalist

Noel Slevin is an Irish journalist and columnist working in Letterkenny County Donegal. He currently writes Slevin on Sunday for local newspaper Donegal on Sunday as well as contributing to...

28. Hugh Carleton (1810)

New Zealand Politician

Hugh Francis Carleton was New Zealand's first ever Member of Parliament.

29. Christopher Augustine Buckley (1845)

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Christopher Augustine Buckley Sr. commonly referred to as Blind Boss Buckley was a saloonkeeper and Democratic Party political boss in San Francisco California. Though he never held public office...

30. William O'Brien, 4th Earl Of Inchiquin (Unknow)

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31. William Joseph Napier (Unknow)

New Zealand Politician

Joseph Napier was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament for Auckland New Zealand.

32. Walter Sweeney (1949)

British Conservative Politician

Edward Sweeney is a British Conservative politician.

33. William Ponsonby (1772)

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34. Charles Bradley (basketball) (1959)

American Basketball Player-coach

Charles Warnell Bradley is a retired American professional basketball player. He was selected by the Boston Celtics in the 1st round of the 1981 NBA Draft. Born in Havre de...

35. Terence Patrick Segarty (1946)

Member Of Legislative Assembly O

Terence Patrick Terry Segarty is an Irish-born mechanic businessman and former political figure in British Columbia. He represented Kootenay in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1979 to 1986...

36. Shane O'Meara (1992)

Movie Actor

37. Richard Wilson-Smith (Unknow)

Canadian Politician

Richard Wilson-Smith was a Canadian businessman and politician.

38. Bernard Daly (1858)

American Politician

Bernard Daly was an American country doctor businessman banker rancher state representative state senator county judge and regent of Oregon State Agricultural College. He also ran for United States Congress...

39. Anna Livia Julian Brawn (1955)

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Anna Livia Julian Brawn who used the pen name Anna Livia for her novels was a widely read lesbian feminist writer and linguistic theorist well known for her fiction and...

40. Susan Ronan (1964)

Association Footballer

Susan Sue Ronan is an Irish football coach and former player who currently manages the Republic of Ireland women's national football team. Ronan represented Welsox and Shelbourne at club level...

41. Simon Cumbers (1968)

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Simon Peter Cumbers was an Irish-born freelance journalist working for the BBC who was murdered by apparent Al Qaeda sympathisers while filming one of the terrorist group's safehouses near Riyadh...

42. John Darragh (1772)

American Mayor

John Darragh was a U. S. politician. He served as the Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1817 to 1825.

43. Cindy O'Callaghan (1956)

British Actor

Cindy O'Callaghan is an Irish-born British actress. Her acting career began in her adolescence when she was chosen to play the part of Carrie Rawlins in the Disney feature film...

44. John Eustace Jameson (1853)

Irish Politician

Lieutenant-Colonel John Eustace Jameson was an Irish soldier in the British Army distiller and politician. Born in Ireland the son of John Jameson of Anfield County Dublin he was educated...

45. John McEffer Shera (Unknow)

New Zealand Politician

John McEffer Shera was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in Auckland New Zealand. Shera married a daughter of Henry Colin Balneavis at St. Paul's Church in April 1873. He...

46. James R. Kelley (Pennsylvania legislator) (1839)

Speaker Of The Pennsylvania Hous

James R. Kelley was a Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1866. Kelley was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1864 and served through 1866.

47. Peter Clinch (politician) (Unknow)

Canadian Politician

Peter Clinch was an Irish-born political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Charlotte in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1785 to 1795. He was educated at Trinity College...

48. Patrick Farrelly (1770)

American Politician

Patrick Farrelly was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Patrick Farrelly was born in Ireland. He immigrated to the United States in 1798. He studied...

49. John Corry (1667)

Irish Politician

Colonel John Corry was an Irish politician. He was the son of Colonel James Corry and his first wife Sarah Anketill daughter of Captain Oliver Anketill. Corry was educated at...

50. William Mahony (swimmer) (1949)

Canadian Swimmer

Bill Mahony is a former Breaststroke swimmer from Canada who's eight years of National Records and competing Internationally for Canada began in 1966 at the Commonwealth Games in Jamaica with...