List of Cork people
Cork is the second 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
- Tom Barry - guerilla leader during war of independence, author of the book Guerilla Days in Ireland
- 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 - Teachta Dála and MEP
- Thomas Croke - Archbishop of Cashel
- Eileen Desmond - government minister, Senator, MEP
- William Ford - Father of Henry Ford
- Gerald Goldberg - first Jewish lord mayor
- T.C. Hammond - Church of Ireland clergyman
- William Baylor Hartland - plant breeder, seedsman
- 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 - government minister and lord mayor
- 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
- Daniel Florence O'Leary - South American brigadier general
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Hugh T. Baker - cricketer
- Mick Barry - bowler (road)
- James Brophy - cricketer
- Noel Cantwell - international footballer
- Graham Canty - footballer and international rules captain
- Brian Carney - former rugby league and rugby union player
- Mark Carroll - long distance athlete
- Mark Cohen - cricketer
- Joe Deane - hurler
- Damien Delaney - international footballer
- Patrick Dineen - cricketer
- Jack Doyle - boxer
- Percy Exham - cricketer
- James Foley - cricketer
- William Harman - cricketer
- Ryan Hartslief - footballer and rugby player
- Colin Healy - international footballer
- Tom Horan - cricketer (Australia)
- Denis Irwin - international footballer
- Roy Keane - international footballer
- Alan Lewis - cricketer, rugby union referee
- Jack McAuliffe - boxer
- Teddy McCarthy - GAA sportsman, played on both Cork hurling and football double winning teams
- Sam Maguire - GAA sportsman
- David Meyler - international footballer
- Liam Miller - international footballer
- Tony Mullane - major league baseball player[1]
- 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
- 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
- John Allen (hurler) - former Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer
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
- Niall Tóibín - comic actor
- Eileen Walsh - actor
Literature
- Patrick Galvin - poet, singer and playwright
- 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
- 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
- Mick Flannery - singer/songwriter
- Aloys Fleischmann - composer, professor of music at UCC
- The Frank and Walters - band
- Rory Gallagher - singer/songwriter and guitarist
- John Hogan - sculptor
- Pina Kollar - singer and songwriter
- Sir Hugh Lane - patron of arts
- Charles Lynch - classical pianist
- Daniel Maclise - artist
- Jimmy McCarthy - 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
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