List of Cork people
Cork is the second largest city of Ireland and largest county in Ireland and has produced many noted artists, entertainers, politicians and business people.
Historical and/or political figures
- John Anderson – businessman
- Sir John Arnott – businessman, newspaper owner
- Anthony Barry – politician, photographer
- Mick Barry – Teachta Dála and Socialist politician
- Peter Barry – Tánaiste
- Tadhg Barry – journalist, trade unionist and nationalist
- Tom Barry – guerilla leader during war of independence, author of the book Guerilla Days in Ireland
- Olive Beamish - suffragette activist
- Anne Bonny – pirate
- Joseph Brennan – civil servant
- Sir George Callaghan – Admiral of the Fleet
- Patrick Cleburne – Major General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
- Hugh Coveney – government minister
- Simon Coveney – Tánaiste
- Thomas Croke – Archbishop of Cashel
- Eileen Desmond – government minister, Senator, MEP
- Mary Elmes – aid worker honoured as 'Righteous Among the Nations' for saving 200 Jewish children during WWII
- Gerald Goldberg – first Jewish lord mayor
- T.C. Hammond – Church of Ireland clergyman
- William Baylor Hartland – plant breeder, seedsman
- John Pope Hennessy – author, governor of Hong Kong and Mauritius
- Ellen Hutchins – botanist
- Mary Harris "Mother" Jones – labour organiser, born near Cork
- Jim Lane – Republican Socialist
- Cornelius Lucey – Bishop of Cork and Ross
- Jack Lynch – taoiseach and hurler
- Thomas Mac Curtain – Lord Mayor of Cork
- Terence MacSwiney – lord mayor and hunger striker
- Daniel Mannix – Archbishop of Melbourne
- Micheál Martin – Taoiseach
- Stephen Moylan – Quartermaster General of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
- Michael Murphy – first Irish president of the European Court of Auditors
- William O'Brien – Nationalist politician and MP; founder of All-for-Ireland League
- Dáithí Ó Conaill – Irish republican
- Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa – nationalist
- Batt O'Keeffe – government minister
- Michael O'Riordan – socialist politician
- John Cyril Porte – pioneer aviator
- John Roach – major shipbuilder in postbellum United States
- Adi Roche – humanitarian campaigner
- Brendan Ryan – Senator and lecturer at CIT
- D. D. Sheehan – Nationalist politician and first Labour MP
- Kathy Sinnott – MEP
- Robert Spence – Archbishop of Adelaide
- William Thompson – political and philosophical writer
- Sir Robert Torrens – Prime Minister South Australia; pioneer of Land Registration system
Military
- James Adams – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Francisco Burdett O'Connor – officer in the Irish Legion of Simón Bolívar's army
- Michael Collins – revolutionary leader, and Chairman of Provisional Government
- John Dunlay – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- William English – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Richard Fitzgerald – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Thomas Kent – Irish nationalist
- Thomas Lane – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Samuel Lawrence – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- David Lord – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Ambrose Madden – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Mick Mannock – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- James Murray – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Timothy O'Hea – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Daniel Florence O'Leary- Irish-born Venezuelan brigadier general of Simón Bolívar's army
- Michael O'Leary – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Gerald O'Sullivan – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- John Sullivan – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- James Travers – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Joseph Ward – recipient of the Victoria Cross
Sports
- John Allen (hurler) – former Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer
- Hugh T. Baker – cricketer
- Mick Barry – bowler (road)
- James Brophy – cricketer
- Noel Cantwell – international footballer
- Graham Canty – footballer and international rules captain
- Brian Carney – rugby league, and rugby union footballer of the 1990s and 2000s
- Mark Carroll – long distance athlete
- Joe Cleary – Major League Baseball player
- Mark Cohen – cricketer
- Joe Deane – hurler
- Damien Delaney – international footballer
- Patrick Dineen – cricketer
- Jack Doyle – boxer
- John Egan – association footballer
- Joe English (sailor), Round the world sailor and international yachtsman.[1]
- Percy Exham – cricketer
- James Foley – cricketer
- William Harman – cricketer
- Ryan Hartslief – footballer and rugby player
- Colin Healy – international footballer
- Marian Heffernan - Olympian
- Robert Heffernan - Olympic Bronze Medallist
- Tom Horan – cricketer (Australia)
- Denis Irwin – international footballer
- Roy Keane – international footballer
- Caoimhín Kelleher – footballer
- Alan Lewis – cricketer, rugby union referee
- Jack McAuliffe – boxer
- Teddy McCarthy – GAA sportsman, played on both Cork hurling and football double winning teams
- Darren McNamara – professional drift driver
- Sam Maguire – GAA sportsman
- David Meyler – international footballer
- Liam Miller – international footballer
- Tony Mullane – major league baseball player[2]
- Donncha O'Callaghan - Rugby Union player
- Dr. Pat O'Callaghan - twice Olympic gold medal winner
- Frank O'Farrell - international footballer and manager
- Ronan O'Gara – rugby union player
- Seán Óg Ó hAilpín – hurler
- Ciarán Ó Lionáird – international middle distance athlete
- John O'Shea – darts player
- Derval O'Rourke – World Indoor Champion Hurdler 2006; European outdoor silver medallist 2006
- Marcus O'Sullivan – middle distance athlete
- Sonia O'Sullivan – world champion athlete and cross country runner
- Christy Ring – hurler
- Peter Stringer – rugby union player
Film and entertainment
- Jack Gleeson – actor
- Sarah Greene
- Eddie Hobbs – TV personality
- George Hook – TV/radio personality
- Fergal Keane, OBE – BBC journalist
- Danny La Rue, OBE – female impersonator
- Joe Lynch
- Mark Mahon – film director
- Pixie McKenna – TV personality, doctor
- Edward Mulhare – TV actor
- Cillian Murphy – actor
- Graham Norton – TV personality
- Bill O'Herlihy – TV personality
- Jonathan Rhys-Meyers – actor
- Tony Scannell – actor
- Fiona Shaw, CBE – actor
- Cailín Toíbín – beauty pageant titleholder
- Niall Tóibín – comic actor
- Eileen Walsh – actor
- Nora Twomey – animator
Literature
- Máire Bradshaw – poet and publisher
- Daniel Corkery – writer
- Patrick Galvin – poet, singer and playwright
- Trevor Joyce – poet
- Helmut Kollars – writer and illustrator
- Frank O'Connor – author
- Seán Ó Faoláin – writer
- Joseph O'Neill – writer
- Seán Ó Ríordáin – poet
- P.A. Ó Síocháin – journalist, author, lawyer and Irish language activist
- James O'Sullivan – writer and academic
- Canon Patrick Augustine Sheehan – Catholic priest, author, political activist
- William Trevor – writer
- William Wall – author
Music and arts
- Abraham Abell – antiquarian
- James Barry – neoclassical painter
- Kim Carroll – composer and guitarist
- Cathal Coughlan – singer/songwriter
- Robert Day – antiquarian, photographer
- Gavin Dunne (better known as Miracle of Sound) – musician
- Chloe Early – artist
- Mick Flannery – singer-songwriter
- Aloys Fleischmann – composer, professor of music at UCC
- The Frank and Walters – band
- Rory Gallagher – singer/songwriter and guitarist
- Patrick Hennessy - painter
- John Hogan – sculptor
- Pina Kollar – singer/songwriter
- Sir Hugh Lane – patron of arts
- Charles Lynch – classical pianist
- Daniel Maclise – artist
- Jimmy McCarthy – singer/songwriter
- Lyra McNamara - singer/songwriter
- Paul McSwiney – composer and dramatist
- Sean O'Hagan – musician
- Una Palliser – violinist, violist, singer
- Noel Redding – member of The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Anthony Ruby – painter
- Brian Smyth – painter
- John Spillane – singer/songwriter
- The Sultans Of Ping – band
- Henry Jones Thaddeus – painter
- Finbar Wright – singer/songwriter
Cork "characters"
- Thady Quill – historical rake
See also
References
- https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/sailor-joe-english-58-passes-away-1.1987847
- Reichler, Joseph L., ed. (1979) [1969]. The Baseball Encyclopedia (4th ed.). New York: Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 0-02-578970-8.
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