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100 Notable alumni of University College Dublin

Updated: June 22, 2026 EliteDegrees

University College Dublin is ranked #225 in the world and #1 in Ireland by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from University College Dublin sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University College Dublin won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

1. Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

1976-. (aged 50)
politician
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin is an Irish Labour Party politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Ireland for the Dublin constituency since July 2024. He previously served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Bay North constituency from the 2020 general election to 2024, and from 2011 to 2016 for the Dublin North-Central constituency. He...
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Lynn Boylan

2. Lynn Boylan

1976-. (aged 50)
politician
Lynn Boylan is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Ireland for the Dublin constituency since July 2024. She was previously an MEP for Dublin from 2014 to 2019. From 2020 to 2024, she served as a Senator for the Agricultural Panel.
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Catherine Martin

3. Catherine Martin

1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Catherine Martin is an Irish Green Party politician who served as Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media from June 2020 to January 2025 and was deputy leader of the Green Party from June 2011 to July 2024. She served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Rathdown constituency from 2016 to 2024. She lost her seat...
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Gordon D'Arcy

4. Gordon D'Arcy

1980-. (aged 46)
rugby union player
Gordon William D'Arcy is a retired Irish rugby player who was selected for two British & Irish Lions tours. He played most of his career at inside centre for Irish provincial side Leinster. He is second on the record list for most Leinster appearances at 257 and third on the all-time Leinster try list with 60. He was registered to...
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The O'Rahilly

5. The O'Rahilly

1875-1916 (aged 41)
politician
Michael Joseph O'Rahilly, known as The O'Rahilly, was an Irish republican and nationalist. He was a founding member of the Irish Volunteers in 1913 and served as Director of Arms. Despite opposing the action, he took part in the Easter Rising in Dublin and was killed in a charge on a British machine gun post covering the retreat from the...
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Derval O'Rourke

6. Derval O'Rourke

1981-. (aged 45)
hurdler
Derval O'Rourke is an Irish former sprint hurdles athlete. She competed internationally in the 60 and 100 metres hurdles, and is the Irish national record holder in the former. She participated in two Indoor World Championships, five Outdoor World Championships and the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympics.
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Rhys Ruddock

7. Rhys Ruddock

1990-. (aged 36)
rugby union player
Rhys Ruddock is a former professional rugby union player. He played for Leinster and Ireland. He played in the backrow, at 6 or 8. In the 2009/2010 season, he captained the Irish U20s to winning the Six Nations Championship. He retired at the end of the 22-23 URC season.
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Richard Bruton

8. Richard Bruton

1953-. (aged 73)
politician
Richard Bruton is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin Bay North from 2016 to 2024, and previously from 1982 to 2016 for the Dublin North-Central constituency. He was the Chair of the Fine Gael parliamentary party from July 2020 to September 2023. He previously served as Minister for Communications, Climate Action...
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Eleanor A. Maguire

9. Eleanor A. Maguire

1970-2025 (aged 55)
neuroscientist neurologist
Eleanor Anne Maguire was an Irish neuroscientist who was Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London, where she was also a Wellcome Trust principal research fellow, from 2007 until her death in 2025.
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Colm Keegan

10. Colm Keegan

1989-. (aged 37)
singer songwriter
Colm Keegan is a singer, songwriter and teacher from Dublin, Ireland. He is currently a part time principal singer with Irish music group, Celtic Thunder. He also previously performed with the likes of Celtic Woman, The Priests, and Irish tenor Peter Corry. He released his first solo album "I'll Never Be Alone" in the fall of 2016.
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Yvonne Farrell

11. Yvonne Farrell

1951-. (aged 75)
university teacher architect
Yvonne Farrell is an Irish architect and academic. She is the co-founder, together with Shelley McNamara, of Grafton Architects, which won the World Building of the Year award in 2008 for their Bocconi University building in Milan. The practice won the inaugural RIBA International Prize in 2016 for their Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología building in Lima, Peru, and was...
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Ciara Mageean

12. Ciara Mageean

1992-. (aged 34)
athletics competitor
Ciara Mageean is a middle-distance runner from Portaferry in Northern Ireland who specialises in the 1500 metres. She is the 2024 European Athletics Championships gold medalist at the distance, the first individual Irish European champion since Sonia O'Sullivan.
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Kathryn Thomas

13. Kathryn Thomas

1979-. (aged 47)
television presenter
Kathryn Thomas is an Irish television presenter.
Paul Murphy

14. Paul Murphy

1983-. (aged 43)
politician
Paul Murphy is an Irish People Before Profit–Solidarity politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-West constituency since the 2014 Dublin South-West by-election. He served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Dublin constituency from 2011 to 2014.
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Éamon Ó Cuív

15. Éamon Ó Cuív

1950-. (aged 76)
politician
Éamon Ó Cuív is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway West constituency from 1992 to 2024. He previously served as deputy leader of Fianna Fáil from 2011 to 2012, as Minister for Social Protection from 2010 to 2011, Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs from 2002 to 2010, and...
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Joan Burton

16. Joan Burton

1949-. (aged 77)
politician
Joan Burton is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as Tánaiste and Leader of the Labour Party from 2014 to 2016, Minister for Social Protection from 2011 to 2016, Deputy leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2014, Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1997 and Minister of State at the...
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Michael McDowell

17. Michael McDowell

1951-. (aged 75)
Senior Counsel politician
Michael McDowell is an Irish independent politician and barrister. Active in Irish politics since the 1980s, he currently serves in Seanad Éireann as a senator for the National University constituency.
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Hazel Chu

18. Hazel Chu

1980-. (aged 46)
politician
Hazel Chung-fai Chu is an Irish Green Party politician who has been a member of Dublin City Council since May 2019. She was elected deputy leader of the Green Party on 28 January 2026. She was chair of the Green Party from December 2019 to December 2021. She was the first Irish-born person of Chinese descent elected to political office...
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Ben Kane

19. Ben Kane

1970-. (aged 56)
veterinarian writer physician writer
Ben Kane is an Irish novelist who specialises in historical fiction. Born in Kenya, he grew up there and in Ireland. He attended school at St. Mary's College, Dundalk, County Louth, and later studied veterinary medicine at University College Dublin, graduating in 1992.
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Barry Glendenning

20. Barry Glendenning

1973-. (aged 53)
Barry Glendenning is an Irish sports journalist who holds the position of deputy sports editor on the guardian.co.uk website run by UK newspaper The Guardian.
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John A. Costello

21. John A. Costello

1891-1976 (aged 85)
politician barrister
John Aloysius Costello was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 1948 to 1951 and from 1954 to 1957. He was leader of the opposition from 1951 to 1954 and from 1957 to 1959 and attorney general from 1926 to 1932. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1933 to 1943 and from 1944 to 1969.
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Vasily Artemyev

22. Vasily Artemyev

1987-. (aged 39)
rugby union player
Vasily Grigorievich Artemyev is a Russian rugby union player for CSKA Moscow. He plays as wing or fullback.
Seán O’Brien

23. Seán O’Brien

1987-. (aged 39)
rugby union player
Seán Kevin O'Brien is an Irish retired professional rugby union player. He previously represented home province Leinster for eleven seasons. At Leinster, he helped the team win four European titles, and was named ERC European Player of the Year for the 2010–11 season, he then played three seasons for English Premiership Rugby side London Irish.
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Felix Jones

24. Felix Jones

1987-. (aged 39)
rugby union player
Felix Jones is an Irish rugby union coach and former player. He played primarily as a fullback, but could also play on the wing. In October 2015, Jones was forced to retire from rugby due to a neck injury. He is an assistant coach for South Africa, currently his second stint involved with the team.
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Kevin O'Higgins

25. Kevin O'Higgins

1892-1927 (aged 35)
diplomat politician
Kevin Christopher O'Higgins was an Irish politician who served as Vice-President of the Executive Council and Minister for Justice from 1922 to 1927, Minister for External Affairs from June 1927 to July 1927 and Minister for Economic Affairs from January 1922 to September 1922. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1918 to 1927.
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Leo Cullen

26. Leo Cullen

1978-. (aged 48)
rugby union player
Leo Francis Matthew Cullen is an Irish rugby coach and former professional rugby union player. He played at lock for Leinster Rugby and Ireland. He was appointed coach of Leinster rugby on 19 August 2015.
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Kevin Roche

27. Kevin Roche

1922-2019 (aged 97)
engineer architect
Eamonn Kevin Roche FAIA was an Irish-born American Pritzker Prize-winning architect. Kevin Roche was the archetypal modernist and "member of an elite group of third generation modernist architects — James Stirling, Jørn Utzon, and Robert Venturi — and is considered to be the most logical and systematic designer of the group. He and his partner John Dinkeloo of the firm...
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Pat Kenny

28. Pat Kenny

1948-. (aged 78)
presenter journalist television presenter radio personality
Patrick Kenny is an Irish broadcaster, who currently hosts the daily radio show The Pat Kenny Show on Newstalk and the current affairs show Pat Kenny Tonight on Virgin Media One.
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Katherine Zappone

29. Katherine Zappone

1953-. (aged 73)
university teacher theologian politician
Katherine Zappone is an American-Irish independent politician who served as Minister for Children and Youth Affairs from May 2016 to June 2020. She was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-West constituency from 2016 to 2020. She previously served as a Senator from 2011 to 2016, after being nominated by the Taoiseach.
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Frances Fitzgerald

30. Frances Fitzgerald

1950-. (aged 76)
politician
Frances Fitzgerald is a former Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Tánaiste from 2016 to 2017, Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation from June 2017 to November 2017, Minister for Justice and Equality from 2014 to 2016, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs from 2011 to 2014, and Leader of Fine Gael in the Seanad from 2007 to 2011....
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Ryan Crocker

31. Ryan Crocker

1949-. (aged 77)
diplomat politician
Ryan Clark Crocker is a retired American diplomat who served as a career ambassador within the United States Foreign Service. A recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, he served as United States ambassador to Afghanistan (2011–2012), Iraq (2007–2009), Pakistan (2004–2007), Syria (1998–2001), Kuwait (1994–1997), and Lebanon (1990–1993). In January 2010, he became dean of Texas A&M University's George Bush...
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Peadar Tóibín

32. Peadar Tóibín

1974-. (aged 52)
politician
Peadar Tóibín is an Irish politician who has served as leader of Aontú since January 2019. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath West constituency since 2011. He previously served as Chair of the Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs from 2016 to 2018. He founded Aontú in January 2019.
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Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin

33. Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin

1983-. (aged 43)
mathematician television presenter singer radio personality
Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin is an Irish academic, teacher, broadcaster and high-profile science communicator. She also won the Rose of Tralee contest in 2005 and toured internationally as the lead singer of an Irish traditional music band. In 2022, she was appointed to chair a national forum on biodiversity loss, presenting its report to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in April 2023, and...
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Eamon Ryan

34. Eamon Ryan

1963-. (aged 63)
businessperson politician
Eamon Michael Ryan is an Irish former Green Party politician who served as Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications and Minister for Transport from June 2020 to January 2025, and was Leader of the Green Party from May 2011 to June 2024. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Bay South constituency from 2016 to 2024,...
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Claire Byrne

35. Claire Byrne

1975-. (aged 51)
television presenter news presenter journalist
Claire Byrne is an Irish radio and television presenter.
Ruairí Ó Brádaigh

36. Ruairí Ó Brádaigh

1932-2013 (aged 81)
politician
Ruairí Ó Brádaigh was an Irish republican political and military leader. He was Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) from 1958 to 1959 and again from 1960 to 1962, president of Sinn Féin from 1970 to 1983, and president of Republican Sinn Féin from 1987 to 2009.
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Seán T. O'Kelly

37. Seán T. O'Kelly

1882-1966 (aged 84)
politician
Seán Thomas O'Kelly, originally John T. O'Kelly, was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as the president of Ireland from June 1945 to June 1959. He also served as deputy prime minister of Ireland from 1932 to 1945 (titled as Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State from 1932 to 1937 and as Tánaiste from 1937...
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Miriam O'Callaghan

38. Miriam O'Callaghan

1960-. (aged 66)
broadcaster
Miriam O'Callaghan is an Irish television and radio presenter with RTÉ.
Conor O'Shea

39. Conor O'Shea

1970-. (aged 56)
rugby union player
Conor O'Shea is an Irish rugby union coach and former player. He was the head coach of the Italy national team from 2016 to 2019. He played as a full back and occasionally at out-half and centre for Ireland, Lansdowne and London Irish. He has also coached London Irish and Harlequins, and held management positions with the English Rugby Football...
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Stephen Donnelly

40. Stephen Donnelly

1975-. (aged 51)
politician
Stephen Donnelly is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Health from June 2020 to January 2025. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wicklow constituency from 2011 to 2024.
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Niall Breslin

41. Niall Breslin

1980-. (aged 46)
singer songwriter Gaelic football player rugby union player record producer
Niall Breslin, known as Bressie, is an Irish musician, former Westmeath Gaelic footballer and Leinster Rugby player. Breslin found success as the lead singer, guitarist, songwriter with pop band The Blizzards, as a co-writer and producer with XIX Entertainment and as a solo artist. He was the winning coach on the first, third and fifth seasons of The Voice of...
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Patrick Hillery

42. Patrick Hillery

1923-2008 (aged 85)
diplomat physician politician
Patrick John Hillery was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as the president of Ireland from December 1976 to December 1990. He also served as vice-president of the European Commission and European Commissioner for Social Affairs from 1973 to 1976, Minister for External Affairs from 1969 to 1973, Minister for Labour from 1966 to 1969, Minister for Industry and...
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Paul Brady

43. Paul Brady

1947-. (aged 79)
singer guitarist composer singer-songwriter pianist
Paul Joseph Brady is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician from Strabane, Northern Ireland. His work straddles folk and pop. He was interested in a wide variety of music from an early age.
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Mark Farrell

44. Mark Farrell

1974-. (aged 52)
politician
Mark Ewoldt Farrell is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 44th Mayor of San Francisco from January 23 to July 11, 2018. Before his appointment as mayor, he served on the Board of Supervisors for nearly two terms, representing District 2 (the Marina, Cow Hollow, Pacific Heights, Seacliff, Lake District, Presidio Heights, Jordan Park, Laurel Heights, Presidio,...
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Seamus O'Regan

45. Seamus O'Regan

1971-. (aged 55)
management assistant consultant reporter politician journalist
Seamus Thomas Harris O'Regan PC is a Canadian politician and a former cabinet minister in the government of Justin Trudeau. He resigned from cabinet effective July 19, 2024. A member of the Liberal Party, O'Regan was first elected to the House of Commons in 2015, representing St. John's South—Mount Pearl. He was appointed to Cabinet in 2017, and served as...
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Bernard Looney

46. Bernard Looney

1970-. (aged 56)
business executive
Bernard Looney FREng is an Irish businessman and former chief executive officer of BP.
Devin Toner

47. Devin Toner

1986-. (aged 40)
rugby union player
Devin Toner is a former professional rugby player. He played in the second-row for Ireland and the Irish province Leinster. Measuring 6' 10" in height, he was the tallest player in the Heineken Cup and the 2015 Rugby World Cup. He wore a size 15 (Ireland) boot.
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Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh

48. Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh

1911-1978 (aged 67)
lawyer judge politician
Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh was an Irish barrister, judge and Fianna Fáil politician who served as the president of Ireland from December 1974 to October 1976. Following a breakdown in relations with the government intensified by remarks made by a senior minister, he was the first president of Ireland to resign from office.
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Richard Mulcahy

49. Richard Mulcahy

1886-1971 (aged 85)
politician
Richard James Mulcahy was an Irish Fine Gael politician and army general who served as Minister for Education from 1948 to 1951 and 1954 to 1957, Minister for the Gaeltacht from June 1956 to October 1956, Leader of the Opposition from 1944 to 1948, Leader of Fine Gael from 1944 to 1959, Minister for Local Government and Public Health from...
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Mairead McGuinness

50. Mairead McGuinness

1959-. (aged 67)
journalist politician
Mairead McGuinness is an Irish politician who served as the European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union from October 2020 to November 2024. A member of Fine Gael, she previously served as First Vice-President of the European Parliament from 2017 to 2020. She served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for East from...
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Liam O'Flaherty

51. Liam O'Flaherty

1896-1984 (aged 88)
writer playwright novelist screenwriter
Liam O'Flaherty was an Irish novelist and short-story writer, and one of the foremost socialist writers in the first part of the 20th century, writing about the common people's experience and from their perspective. Others are Seán O'Casey, Pádraic Ó Conaire, Peadar O'Donnell, Máirtín Ó Cadhain, and Seosamh Mac Grianna all of them Irish language speakers who chose to write...
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Peter Sutherland

52. Peter Sutherland

1946-2018 (aged 72)
barrister politician diplomat rugby union player businessperson
Peter Denis Sutherland was an Irish businessman, barrister and Fine Gael politician who served as UN Special Representative for International Migration from 2006 to 2017. He was known for serving in various international organisations, political and business roles.
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Kevin Barry

53. Kevin Barry

1902-1920 (aged 18)
medical student rugby union player
Kevin Gerard Barry was an Irish Republican Army (IRA) soldier and medical student who was executed by the British Government during the Irish War of Independence. He was sentenced to death for his part in an attack upon a British Army supply lorry which resulted in the death of a British soldier.
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John Bruton

54. John Bruton

1947-2024 (aged 77)
diplomat politician
John Gerard Bruton was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 1994 to 1997 and Leader of Fine Gael from 1990 to 2001. He held cabinet positions between 1981‍ and 1987, including twice as minister for finance. He was Leader of the Opposition from 1990 to 1994 and 1997 to 2001. He served as a Teachta Dála...
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Eoghan Murphy

55. Eoghan Murphy

1982-. (aged 44)
politician
Eoghan Murphy is an Irish former Fine Gael politician, who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 2011 to 2021, representing the Dublin Bay South constituency. He served as Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government from 2017 to 2020 and as Minister of State for Financial Services from 2016 to 2017. In 2021, he served as Head of Mission...
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Michelle Rocca

56. Michelle Rocca

1961-. (aged 65)
model television presenter beauty pageant contestant socialite
Michelle Mary Teresa Rocca is an Irish TV host, former model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Ireland 1980. The following year, she married footballer John Devine. Two years after their divorce in 1990 she met and later married, Northern Irish singer Van Morrison.
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Garret FitzGerald

57. Garret FitzGerald

1926-2011 (aged 85)
diplomat economist politician
Garret Desmond FitzGerald was an Irish Fine Gael politician, economist, and barrister who served twice as Taoiseach, serving from 1981 to 1982 and 1982 to 1987. He served as Leader of Fine Gael from 1977 to 1987 and was twice Leader of the Opposition between 1977 and 1982; he was previously Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1973 to 1977. FitzGerald...
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Henry Kelly

58. Henry Kelly

1946-2025 (aged 79)
television presenter reporter journalist
Patrick Henry Kelly, better known as Henry Kelly, was an Irish radio and television broadcaster and journalist who was based in the United Kingdom.
Mick Wallace

59. Mick Wallace

1955-. (aged 71)
peace activist association football coach politician
Michael Wallace is an Irish politician, former property developer and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Ireland for the South constituency from 2019 to 2024. He is a member of Independents 4 Change, part of The Left in the European Parliament. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wexford constituency from 2011 to 2019.
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Brian Cowen

60. Brian Cowen

1960-. (aged 66)
Gaelic football player lawyer diplomat politician
Brian Bernard Cowen is an Irish former politician who served as Taoiseach and Leader of Fianna Fáil from 2008 to 2011. Cowen served as a TD for the constituency of Laois–Offaly from 1984 to 2011 and served in several ministerial roles between 1992 and 2011, including as Minister for Finance from 2004 to 2008 and Tánaiste from 2007 to 2008.
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Tony O'Reilly

61. Tony O'Reilly

1936-2024 (aged 88)
rugby union player solicitor businessperson association football player
Sir Anthony John Francis O'Reilly AO was an Irish businessman and international rugby union player. He was known for his try scoring in rugby, his involvement in the Independent News & Media Group, which he led from 1973 to 2009, and as CEO and chairman of the H.J. Heinz Company. He was the leading shareholder of Waterford Wedgwood and a...
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Seán MacBride

62. Seán MacBride

1904-1988 (aged 84)
barrister politician lawyer diplomat journalist
Seán MacBride was an Irish Republican activist, politician, and diplomat who served as Minister for External Affairs from 1948 to 1951, Leader of Clann na Poblachta from 1946 to 1965 and Chief of Staff of the IRA from 1936 to 1937. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1947 to 1957.
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Rob Kearney

63. Rob Kearney

1986-. (aged 40)
Gaelic football player rugby union player
Robert Kearney is an Irish former rugby union player. He spent 15 years playing for Leinster, before having a six-month stint in Australia where he played for Perth based side Western Force. Kearney also played over a decade for the Ireland national rugby union team with whom he earned 95 caps, and went on two British & Irish Lions tours...
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Joseph O'Connor

64. Joseph O'Connor

1963-. (aged 63)
literary critic screenwriter writer journalist playwright
Joseph Victor O'Connor is an Irish novelist. His 2002 historical novel Star of the Sea was an international number one bestseller. Before success as an author, he was a journalist with the Sunday Tribune newspaper and Esquire. He is a regular contributor to RTÉ and a member of the Irish artists' association Aosdána.
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Gemma O'Doherty

65. Gemma O'Doherty

1968-. (aged 58)
YouTuber social activist anti-vaccine activist television producer film director
Gemma O'Doherty is an Irish far-right activist and conspiracy theorist. She began her career as a staff writer for the Irish Independent, contributing articles on travel, the criminal justice system and corruption, but was dismissed in 2013. She attempted to run as a candidate in the 2018 Irish presidential election, but failed to secure the minimum qualifying number of nominations...
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Amy Huberman

66. Amy Huberman

1979-. (aged 47)
actor screenwriter writer
Amy Huberman is an Irish actress and writer. She is known for her role as Daisy in the RTÉ drama series The Clinic. In 2018, she began writing and starring in the comedy series Finding Joy.
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Maeve Binchy

67. Maeve Binchy

1940-2012 (aged 72)
playwright novelist journalist school teacher screenwriter
Anne Maeve Binchy Snell was an Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, columnist, and speaker. Her novels were characterised by a sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in Ireland, and surprise endings. Her novels, which were translated into 37 languages, sold more than 40 million copies worldwide. Her death at age 73, announced by Vincent Browne on Irish...
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Charles Haughey

68. Charles Haughey

1925-2006 (aged 81)
politician
Charles James Haughey was an Irish politician who served as Taoiseach three times between 1979 and 1992, when he was leader of Fianna Fáil. Over a forty-year career, Haughey was the most complex and divisive figure in late 20th-century Ireland. After his retirement, the disclosure of millions of pounds in secret payments from businessmen damaged his reputation.
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Sinead Keenan

69. Sinead Keenan

1977-. (aged 49)
stage actor actor
Sinéad Keenan is an Irish actress with a wide range of television, film, and stage credits. Keenan is best known for playing Farrah Phelan in Fair City and for playing the role of a werewolf called Nina Pickering on BBC Three's supernatural drama Being Human. She has played DCI Jessica James in ITV1 drama Unforgotten since 2023.
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Roddy Doyle

70. Roddy Doyle

1958-. (aged 68)
playwright children's writer teacher novelist screenwriter
Roderick Doyle is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of eleven novels for adults, eight books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories. Several of his books have been made into films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991. Doyle's work is set primarily in Ireland, especially working-class Dublin, and is notable for...
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Denis O'Brien

71. Denis O'Brien

1958-. (aged 68)
entrepreneur businessperson
Denis O'Brien is an Irish billionaire businessman, and the founder and owner of Digicel. He was listed among the World's Top 200 Billionaires in 2015 and was Ireland's richest native-born citizen for several years. His business interests have also extended to aircraft leasing (Aergo Capital), utilities support (Actavo), petroleum (Topaz Energy), football (a minority shareholder of Celtic F.C.), and healthcare...
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Jim Sheridan

72. Jim Sheridan

1949-. (aged 77)
screenwriter director film director film producer actor
Jim Sheridan is an Irish filmmaker. Between 1989 and 1993, Sheridan directed three critically acclaimed films set in Ireland, My Left Foot (1989), The Field (1990), and In the Name of the Father (1993), and later directed the films The Boxer (1997), In America (2003), and Brothers (2009). Sheridan has received six Academy Award nominations for his work.
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Jonathan Sexton

73. Jonathan Sexton

1985-. (aged 41)
rugby union player
Jonathan Jeremiah Sexton is an Irish former rugby union player and coach who played as a fly-half and captained the Ireland national team from 2019 until 2023. He also played club rugby for Leinster and French side Racing 92.
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Emma Donoghue

74. Emma Donoghue

1969-. (aged 57)
playwright screenwriter writer film screenwriter novelist
Emma Donoghue is an Irish Canadian novelist, screenwriter, playwright and literary historian. Her 2010 novel Room was a finalist for the Booker Prize and an international best-seller. Donoghue's 1995 novel Hood won the Stonewall Book Award and Slammerkin (2000) won the Ferro-Grumley Award for Lesbian Fiction. She is a 2011 recipient of the Alex Awards. Room was adapted by Donoghue...
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Rosanna Davison

75. Rosanna Davison

1984-. (aged 42)
activist beauty pageant contestant model
Rosanna Diane Davison is an Irish actress, singer, writer, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2003. She is the daughter of musician Chris de Burgh, and the song "For Rosanna" was written by her father for his eighth studio album, Into the Light (1986) in her honour. Davison is a qualified nutritional therapist and promotes the health...
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Jordan Devlin

76. Jordan Devlin

1990-. (aged 36)
professional wrestler
Jordan Devlin is an Irish professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name JD McDonagh. He is a member of The Judgment Day, and a former two-time World Tag Team Champions with Finn Bálor. He is a former one-time NXT Cruiserweight Champion, where his 439-day reign stands as the longest...
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Ryan Tubridy

77. Ryan Tubridy

1973-. (aged 53)
songwriter television presenter
Ryan Tubridy is an Irish broadcaster. Until December 19 2025, he presented a weekday mid-morning programme The Ryan Tubridy Show on Virgin Radio UK (which aired simultaneously on Dublin’s Q102 ) from 10:00AM-1:00 PM) He will be starting a new show on Times Radio in the UK from 1-4pm on Sundays from March 2026 onwards.
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Josh van der Flier

78. Josh van der Flier

1993-. (aged 33)
rugby union player
Joshua Dirk van der Flier is an Irish professional rugby union player who plays as a flanker for United Rugby Championship club Leinster and the Ireland national team.
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Colm Tóibín

79. Colm Tóibín

1955-. (aged 71)
novelist writer playwright screenwriter essayist
Colm Tóibín is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, critic, playwright and poet.
Brian O'Driscoll

80. Brian O'Driscoll

1979-. (aged 47)
rugby union player technology specialist engineer
Brian Gerard O'Driscoll is an Irish former professional rugby union player. He played at outside centre for the Irish provincial team Leinster and for Ireland. He captained Ireland from 2003 until 2012, and captained the British & Irish Lions for their 2005 tour of New Zealand. He is regarded by critics as one of the greatest rugby players of all...
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Richard Boyd Barrett

81. Richard Boyd Barrett

1967-. (aged 59)
peace activist politician
Richard Boyd Barrett is an Irish People Before Profit–Solidarity politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dún Laoghaire constituency since the 2011 general election. Boyd Barrett was previously a member of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council. He is also chair of the Irish Anti-War Movement, and has been cited on war issues in the Irish media.
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Killian Scott

82. Killian Scott

1985-. (aged 41)
actor
Cillian Damien Murphy, known professionally as Killian Scott, is an Irish actor. He first came to prominence for his role as Tommy in the RTÉ One series Love/Hate. He appears as Orpheus in the (2024) Netflix series Kaos.
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Cyril Cusack

83. Cyril Cusack

1910-1993 (aged 83)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Cyril James Cusack was an Irish stage and screen actor with a career that spanned more than 70 years. During his lifetime, he was considered one of Ireland's finest thespians, and was renowned for his interpretations of both classical and contemporary theatre, including Shakespearean roles as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and over 60 productions for the Abbey...
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V. V. Giri

84. V. V. Giri

1894-1980 (aged 86)
politician
Varahagiri Venkata Giri, better known as V. V. Giri was an Indian statesman, activist, and diplomat who served as the president of India from 1969 to 1974. He previously served as the vice president of India from 1967 to 1969 and the minister of labour from 1952 to 1954.
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Dan O'Herlihy

85. Dan O'Herlihy

1919-2005 (aged 86)
film actor actor television actor
Daniel Peter O'Herlihy was an Irish actor. His best-known roles included his Oscar-nominated portrayal of the title character in Luis Buñuel's Robinson Crusoe (1954), Brigadier General Warren A. Black in Fail Safe (1964), Marshal Ney in Waterloo (1970), Conal Cochran in Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), Grig in The Last Starfighter (1984), "The Old Man" in RoboCop (1987)...
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Ali Hewson

86. Ali Hewson

1961-. (aged 65)
businessperson
Alison Hewson is an Irish activist and businesswoman. She is married to singer and musician Paul Hewson, known as Bono, from the rock band U2.
Mako Komuro

87. Mako Komuro

1991-. (aged 35)
researcher aristocrat
Mako Komuro, formerly Princess Mako of Akishino (眞子内親王, Mako Naishinnō), is a Japanese art historian and a former member of the Japanese imperial family. She is the eldest child of Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko, niece of Emperor Naruhito, and granddaughter of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and his wife, Empress Emerita Michiko. In October 2021, upon her marriage to...
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Eoin Macken

88. Eoin Macken

1983-. (aged 43)
screenwriter film director model actor film actor
Eoin Christopher Macken is an Irish actor, director, and model.
Paul Rusesabagin

89. Paul Rusesabagin

1954-. (aged 72)
humanitarian autobiographer hotel manager entrepreneur
Paul Rusesabagina is a Rwandan human rights activist and former hotelier. He worked as the manager of the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali, during a period in which it housed 1,268 Hutu and Tutsi refugees fleeing the Interahamwe militia during the Rwandan genocide. None of these refugees were hurt or killed during the attacks. An account of Rusesabagina's actions...
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Dara Ó Briain

90. Dara Ó Briain

1972-. (aged 54)
screenwriter television presenter actor comedian
Dara Ó Briain is an Irish comedian and television presenter based in the United Kingdom. He is noted for performing stand-up comedy shows all over the world and for hosting topical panel shows such as Mock the Week, The Panel, and The Apprentice: You're Fired!. In 2009, the Irish Independent described Ó Briain as "Terry Wogan's heir apparent as Britain's...
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Dermot Morgan

91. Dermot Morgan

1952-1998 (aged 46)
film actor actor television actor
Dermot John Morgan was an Irish comedian and actor, best known for his role as the title character on the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted. Morgan died one day after filming was completed of the third and final series of Father Ted, and in 1999 he was posthumously awarded the British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Performance.
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James Joyce

92. James Joyce

1882-1941 (aged 59)
author writer prose writer librettist literary critic
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist movement and is regarded among the most influential and important writers of the 20th century. Joyce's novel Ulysses (1922) is a landmark in which the episodes of Homer's Odyssey are paralleled in a variety of literary styles, particularly stream of consciousness. Other well-known...
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Gabriel Byrne

93. Gabriel Byrne

1950-. (aged 76)
stage actor actor author television actor writer
Gabriel James Byrne is an Irish actor. He has received a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for a Grammy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards. Byrne was awarded the Irish Film and Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018 and was listed at number 17 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors...
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Chris O'Dowd

94. Chris O'Dowd

1979-. (aged 47)
stage actor Gaelic football player actor comedian television actor
Christopher O'Dowd is an Irish actor and comedian. He received wide attention as Roy Trenneman, one of the lead characters in the Channel 4 comedy The IT Crowd, which ran for four seasons from 2006 to 2010. He has starred in films including Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009), Gulliver's Travels (2010), Bridesmaids, Friends with Kids (both 2011), The...
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Carroll O'Connor

95. Carroll O'Connor

1924-2001 (aged 77)
film producer television actor screenwriter film actor television producer
John Carroll O'Connor was an American actor whose television career spanned over four decades. He found widespread fame as Archie Bunker (for which he won four Emmy Awards), the main character in the CBS television sitcoms All in the Family (1971–1979) and its continuation, Archie Bunker's Place (1979–1983). He later starred in the NBC/CBS television crime drama In the Heat...
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Katie Taylor

96. Katie Taylor

1986-. (aged 40)
association football player boxer
Katie Taylor is an Irish professional boxer and former footballer. She was the undisputed and undefeated lineal world lightweight champion from 2019 to 2024, and has held the unified and lineal world super lightweight championship since 2023. Hugely popular in Ireland, she is credited with raising the profile of women's boxing at home and abroad, and is regarded as the...
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Brendan Kavanagh

97. Brendan Kavanagh

1967-. (aged 59)
musician pianist YouTuber television producer piano teacher
Brendan Kavanagh, also known as "Dr K" due to his PhD in English, is a British pianist and piano teacher. He specializes in playing and promoting the boogie-woogie genre, almost exclusively improvised, often combined with classical, jazz, blues, rock & roll, and traditional Irish music themes. He regularly performs in open venues on public pianos, sometimes in duet formats with...
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Michael J. Ryan

98. Michael J. Ryan

1965-. (aged 61)
physician trauma surgeon epidemiologist
Michael Joseph Ryan is an Irish epidemiologist and former trauma surgeon, specialising in infectious disease and public health. He is executive director of the World Health Organization's Health Emergencies Programme, leading the team responsible for the international containment and treatment of COVID-19. Ryan has held leadership positions and has worked on various outbreak response teams in the field to eradicate...
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Lisa Chambers

99. Lisa Chambers

1986-. (aged 40)
politician barrister
Lisa Chambers is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician. At the 2014 local elections, she was elected to Mayo County Council, where she served from 2014 to 2016. At the 2016 general election, she won a seat in Dáil Éireann, where she served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Mayo constituency from 2016 to 2020. After losing her Dáil...
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Adam Vojtěch

100. Adam Vojtěch

1986-. (aged 40)
singer jurist lawyer politician musician
Adam Vojtěch is a Czech politician and lawyer serving as Minister of Health since 15 December 2025, in the third cabinet of Andrej Babiš. He served as Minister of Health from 13 December 2017 to 21 September 2020, in both the first and second cabinets of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, and then for a second time from May until December...
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