List of personalities of the city of Dublin
The following list contains people who were born in Dublin as well as those who lived there temporarily, in each case listed chronologically by year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
Dublin born personalities
15th to 17th centuries
- George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence (1449–1478), nobleman
- James Ussher (1581–1656), Anglican theologian
- John Denham (1615–1669), writer
- William Molyneux (1656–1698), natural philosopher and politician
- John Clayton (1657–1725), British clergyman, geographer and naturalist
- Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), writer and satirist
- Richard Steele (1672–1729), novelist and comedy writer
- Charles Jervas (1675–1739), painter, translator and art collector
- Samuel Madden (1686–1765), writer
18th century
- Lewis Nicola (1717–1807), officer, entrepreneur and writer
- Edmund Burke (1729–1797), writer, state philosopher and politician
- George Bryan (1731–1791), American politician
- William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737-1805), British statesman
- Theobald Dillon (1745–1792), Count of Dillon and a French military leader
- Samuel Percy (around 1750 – around 1820), wax modeler and sculptor
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), playwright and politician
- John Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore (1757-1832), British general
- Theobald Wolfe Tone (1763–1798), lawyer and rebel leader
- Edward Dodwell (1767-1832), travel writer and archaeologist
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), Field Marshal and British military leader
- Lowry Cole (1772–1842), British Army general
- Somerset Lowry-Corry, 2nd Earl Belmore (1774–1841), nobleman
- Lady Morgan (1776-1859), British poet and writer
- Robert Emmet (1778–1803), rebel leader and nationalist
- Thomas Moore (1779–1852), poet, writer, translator and ballad singer
- Aeneas Coffey (1780-1852), engineer
- William Henry Fitton (1780–1861), geologist
- John Field (1782–1837), composer and pianist
- Charles Robert Maturin (1780-1824), Protestant clergyman and writer
- Richard John Griffith (1784–1878), geologist, mining engineer and Chairman of the Building Board of Ireland
- Edward Sabine (1788-1883), astronomer
- Richard Henry Wilde (1789–1847), American politician
- George Petrie (1790–1866), archaeologist, musician and painter
- Robert Adams (1791-1875), surgeon
- Dionysius Lardner (1793-1859), physicist, mathematician and encyclopaedist
- James Muspratt (1793–1886), British chemist and industrialist
- John Gifford Bellett (1795–1864), preacher
- George Darley (1795–1846), poet, writer and literary critic
- Francis Patrick Kenrick (1796–1863), Archbishop of Baltimore
- Anna Jameson (1797-1860), English writer
- Benjamin Guinness (1798–1868), brewer and philanthropist
- Richard Robert Madden (1798–1886), writer
19th century
1801 to 1820
- Armar Lowry-Corry, 3rd Earl Belmore (1801–1845), British politician
- Dominic John Corrigan (1802-1880), physician
- William Henry Benson (1803–1870), civil servant in British India
- Henry Thomas Lowry-Corry (1803–1873), British politician
- James Clarence Mangan (1803-1849), poet
- William Stokes (1804-1878), physician
- William Rowan Hamilton (1805–1865), mathematician and physicist
- Thomas Davis (1806–1895), American politician
- John Thomas Graves (1806–1870), mathematician and lawyer
- Peter Richard Kenrick (1806-1896), Archbishop
- Edward McDonnell (1806–1860), entrepreneur and Lord Mayor of Dublin
- William Thomas Mulvany (1806–1885), entrepreneur in Germany
- Michael William Balfe (1808–1870), composer, violinist, opera singer and conductor
- Francis Xavier Gartland (1808–1854), first bishop of Savannah
- Samuel Blackall (1809–1871), military man and politician
- Robert Kane (1809-1890), chemist
- Robert Bentley Todd (1809-1860), physiologist and pathologist
- Robert Mallet (1810–1881), geophysicist, civil engineer and inventor
- Edward Sparrow (1810-1882), politician
- Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie (1810–1897), French explorer
- Henry Blundell (1813-1878), journalist
- Daniel Pollen (1813-1896), Prime Minister of New Zealand
- Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–1873), writer
- Richard Graves MacDonnell (1814–1881), British lawyer, judge and colonial administrator
- Edward McCabe (1816–1885), Cardinal and Archbishop of Dublin
- John Ross Browne (1817–1875), American traveler, artist, and writer
- James Joseph McCarthy (1817-1882), architect
- Frederick McCoy (1817–1899), British paleontologist
- John Palliser (1817–1887), geographer and explorer in western Canada
- John Ball (1818–1889), politician, scientist and alpinist
- Alexander Manning (1819–1903), Canadian entrepreneur and politician
- George Salmon (1819–1904), mathematician and theologian
- Joseph Medlicott Scriven (1819–1886), Irish-Canadian hymn poet
- Dion Boucicault (1820 / 22–1890), American playwright, writer and actor
- Wilhelmine von Montléart (1820–1895), noble benefactress in Vienna
1821 to 1840
- James Sheridan Muspratt (1821–1871), British chemist
- William Little Hughes (1822-1887), translator
- Morgan Crofton (1826-1915), mathematician
- Henry John Stephen Smith (1826-1883), English mathematician
- Fenton John Anthony Hort (1828-1892), theologian
- William Saurin Lyster (1828–1880), opera impresario
- Marie Gebhard (1832-1892), German theosophist
- Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833–1913), most recently Commander in Chief of the British Army
- Alexander Francis Lydon (1836–1917), British engraver and lithographer
- Robert Stawell Ball (1840–1913), astronomer and mathematician
- Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun (1840–1915), businessman, politician and philanthropist
1841 to 1860
- Robert Anderson (1841–1918), Scotland Yard officer
- Valentine Ball (1843–1895), geologist, zoologist and museum director
- Thomas John Barnardo (1845–1905), philanthropist, founder and director of homes for poor children
- Edmund Dwyer Gray (1845–1888), journalist and politician
- Chichester Alexander Bell (1848–1924), chemist and inventor
- Margaret Lindsay Huggins (1848–1915), astronomer
- Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907), American sculptor
- Vincent Arthur Smith (1848–1920), British historian, Indologist and art historian
- Pierce Charles de Lacy O'Mahony (1850–1930), Irish politician and philanthropist
- Isabella Valancy Crawford (1850–1887), Canadian poet and writer
- James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy (1851–1931), lawyer and politician
- George Francis FitzGerald (1851-1901), physicist
- William Quan Judge (1851–1896), Irish-American lawyer, author, and theosophist
- George Noble Plunkett (1851-1948), politician
- Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924), composer
- Edward Carson (1854-1935), politician
- Oscar Wilde (1854–1900), writer
- George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), playwright, politician, satirist, music critic and pacifist
- Gertrude Elizabeth Blood (1857-1911), British author, columnist and editor
- Stanhope Forbes (1857-1947), painter
- Shapland Hugh Swinny (1857-1923), economist
- Cuthbert Butler (1858–1934), English historian, Benedictine and abbot
- Victor Herbert (1859–1924), American composer
- Bill Martin (1860–1942), American cyclist
1861 to 1880
- George Tyrrell (1861–1909), Roman Catholic priest and theologian
- Mary Proctor (1862–1957), American astronomer and writer
- Frederick Thomas Trouton (1863-1922), experimental physicist
- Thomas Pakenham, 5th Earl of Longford (1864–1915), British general in World War I.
- Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (1865–1922), British journalist and publisher
- Albert Bender (1866–1941), Irish-American insurance broker, art collector, patron, and philanthropist
- Francis Joseph Wall (1866–1947), Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Dublin
- Henry Horatio Dixon (1869–1953), botanist (plant physiology and anatomy)
- Louie Bennett (1870–1956), trade unionist and suffragette
- John Pius Boland (1870–1958), lawyer and politician
- Paschal Charles David Robinson (1870–1948), Archbishop and Diplomat of the Holy See
- Frederick Maurice (1871–1951), British general in the First World War
- Arthur Griffith (1872-1922), politician
- Cathal Brugha (1874-1922), revolutionary
- Bob Lambert (1874-1956), badminton and cricketer
- Timothy Sullivan (1874-1949), judge
- Gordon Morgan Holmes (1876-1965), neurologist
- George Townshend (1876-1957), Bahai
- Oliver St. John Gogarty (1878-1957), writer
- Sara Allgood (1879–1950), American actress
- Hugh Kennedy (1879–1936), lawyer and politician
- Patrick Pearse (1879–1916), teacher and writer
- Herbert Brenon (1880–1958), American director, screenwriter and actor
- William Thomas Cosgrave (1880–1965), politician
- Mary Dickenson-Auner (1880–1965), violinist, teacher and composer
- Henry Morgan Dockrell (1880–1955), businessman and politician
- Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (1880–1944), British-Irish politician and brewery entrepreneur
- Seán O'Casey (1880–1964), freedom fighter, socialist and playwright
1881 to 1900
- Alfred Byrne (1882–1956), politician
- Seán Ó Ceallaigh (1882–1966), President of Ireland
- James Joyce (1882-1941), writer
- William Seeds (1882-1973), British diplomat
- James Stephens (1882–1950), writer
- Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1883–1963), Commander in Chief of the British Mediterranean Fleet
- Rory O'Connor (1883-1922), Irish Republican activist
- Ernest Kavanagh (1884-1916), cartoonist
- JM Kerrigan (1884–1964), actor
- Peter Flanagan (1886–1952) Irish-Australian rugby union player
- Edwin Maxwell (1886-1948), actor
- Oscar Traynor (1886–1963), politician
- Alan Cunningham (1887-1983), British general
- Kenelm Lee Guinness (1887–1937), British entrepreneur and racing car driver
- Joseph McGrath (1887–1966), politician
- Patrick O'Connell (1887–1959), football player and coach
- Barry Fitzgerald (1888–1961), actor
- Harry Clarke (1889–1931), glass painter and book illustrator
- Frank Duff (1889–1980), founder of the Catholic lay movement Legio Mariae
- Dorothy Stopford Price (1890–1954), medical doctor and vaccination pioneer
- John A. Costello (1891–1976), politician
- Patrick Joseph Dunne (1891–1988), Catholic auxiliary bishop in Dublin
- Patricia Collinge (1892–1974), actress
- Rex Ingram (1892–1950), American film director
- Cedric Gibbons (1893-1960), American art director
- Robert Briscoe (1894–1969), IRA freedom fighter
- Austin Clarke (1896–1974), playwright and writer
- John Lighton Synge (1897–1995), Irish-Canadian mathematician and theoretical physicist
- Eve Balfour (1898–1990), agricultural scientist and farmer
- James Fitzmaurice (1898-1965), pilot
- Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973), writer
- Seán Lemass (1899–1971), politician
- Noel Purcell (1899–1962), water polo and rugby player
20th century
1901 to 1910
- Denis Johnston (1901-1984), playwright
- James Dillon (1902–1986), politician
- Francis Festing (1902–1976), Field Marshal General and Chief of the Imperial General Staff
- Oonah Keogh (1903–1989), securities dealer
- Frederick H. Boland (1904–1985), diplomat and politician
- William McCrea (1904–1999), astronomer and mathematician
- John McCann (1905–1980), playwright, journalist and politician
- Denis O'Dea (1905–1978), theater and film actor
- Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), writer
- Harry Gold (1907-2005), jazz musician
- Stella Steyn (1907–1987), painter, Bauhaus student
- Kevin William Barden (1908-2004), Archbishop of Isfahan
- Gerard Sweetman (1908-1970), politician
- Mervyn Wall (1908-1997), writer
- Francis Bacon (1909–1992), painter
- Geoffrey Toone (1910-2005), actor
1911 to 1920
- Herbert W. Clutter (1911-1959), murder victim
- Wilfrid Brambell (1912–1985), actor
- Joseph Carroll (1912–1992), Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Dublin
- John Crofton (1912-2009), British medic
- Donagh MacDonagh (1912–1968), writer and judge
- Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913–2005), Irish-American actress
- Margaret von Hessen und bei Rhein (1913–1997), German noblemen of Scottish origin
- Joe Kelly (1913–1993), racing car driver and dealer
- Niall MacGinnis (1913–1977), film and stage actor
- Philip George Houthem Gell (1914-2001), British physician, pathologist and immunologist
- James Kavanagh (1914–2002), auxiliary bishop in Dublin
- Brian Shawe-Taylor (1915–1999), British racing car driver
- Leonard Wibberley (1915–1983), American writer and journalist
- Louis le Brocquy (1916–2012), painter
- Cosmo Haskard (1916–2017), British officer and colonial administrator
- Hugh McCann (1916-1981), diplomat
- Ruaidhrí de Valera (1916–1978), archaeologist
- Kevin Boland (1917-2001), politician
- Maeve Brennan (1917–1993), Irish-American journalist and writer
- Conor Cruise O'Brien (1917–2008), politician and journalist
- Jack MacGowran (1918–1973), actor
- Johnny Carey (1919–1995), football player and coach
- Iris Murdoch (1919–1999), Anglo-Irish writer and philosopher
- Richard Todd (1919–2009), British actor
- Edward Quinn (1920–1997), photographer
- Maureen O'Hara (1920–2015), Irish-American film actress and singer
- Cornelius Ryan (1920–1974), Irish-American journalist and writer
1921 to 1930
- Ja'akov Herzog (1921–1972), Israeli diplomat
- Eamonn L. Kennedy (1921-2000), diplomat
- Richard Leech (1922-2004), actor
- Kevin Roche (1922–2019), American architect
- Brendan Behan (1923–1964), playwright and writer
- Freddie Bartholomew (1924–1992), American actor
- Jarlath Hayes (1924–2001), typographer and graphic designer
- Sheila Manahan (1924–1988), Irish-British actress
- Cyril Barrett (1925–2003), Jesuit, philosopher and art critic
- George Colley (1925–1983), politician
- Patrício José Hanrahan (1925–1993), religious, bishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia
- Val Mulkerns (1925-2018), writer
- Desmond Connell (1926–2017), Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Dublin
- Garret FitzGerald (1926–2011), politician, two-time Prime Minister
- Kevin McClory (1926-2006), film producer, director and screenwriter
- Carmel McSharry (1926-2018), actress
- Milo O'Shea (1926-2013), actor
- Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus (1927–2010), environmental activist, politician and Lord Mayor of Dublin
- John O'Connell (1927-2013), politician
- Dominic Behan (1928–1989), songwriter, singer and author
- Paddy Power (1928-2013), politician
- Maurice Sheehy (1928–1991), classical philologist, palaeographer and church historian
- David Craig, Baron Craig of Radley (born 1929), Royal Air Force officer
- David Kelly (1929–2012), film and stage actor
- Richie Ryan (1929-2019), politician
- Frank Cluskey (1930–1989), politician
- Reginald Gray (1930–2013), portrait painter
- Tras Honan (* 1930), politician
- Jennifer Johnston (born 1930), writer
- Justin Keating (1930–2009), politician and journalist
- William Dermott Molloy McDermott (1930-2013), Roman Catholic bishop
- Seán Potts (1930–2014), flute player
1931 to 1940
- Patrick Cooney (* 1931), politician
- John Ronayne (1931-2009), violinist
- Mervyn Taylor (born 1931), politician
- Christy Brown (1932–1981), painter and author
- Ronan Keane (* 1932), judge
- John Kinsella (* 1932), composer
- Laurence Flanagan (1933–2001), historian, museum curator and author
- Martin O'Donoghue (1933–2018), economist, university professor and politician
- Lochlainn O'Raifeartaigh (1933-2000), theoretical physicist
- Sam Stephenson (1933-2006), architect
- Audrey Dalton (born 1934), actress
- Joseph Duffy (* 1934), Roman Catholic bishop
- Seamus Elliott (1934–1971), racing cyclist
- Seán Garland (1934-2018), politician (Workers' Party)
- Declan Kennedy (* 1934), architect
- John McGahern (1934-2006), writer
- Rory O'Hanlon (born 1934), politician
- David Andrews (born 1935), politician
- Peter Brown (* 1935), ancient historian
- Nuala Fennell (1935–2009), women's rights activist, politician and entrepreneur
- Les Levine (* 1935), American video and media artist
- Arthur Ryan (1935-2019), entrepreneur
- Frederick Tiedt (1935–1999), boxer
- Dave Allen (1936-2005), comedian
- John HF Campbell (* 1936), diplomat
- Martin Fay (1936–2012), musician
- James Moriarty (born 1936), Roman Catholic bishop
- Tony O'Reilly (born 1936), rugby union player
- Niall Andrews (1937-2006), politician
- Noel Furlong (born 1937), poker player
- Larry Gogan (1938–2020), radio and television presenter (alternatively: born 1934)
- Gemma Hussey (* 1938), politician
- Christy Kimmage (* approx. 1938), racing cyclist
- Paddy Moloney (* 1938), uillean pipes player
- Peter Rea (1938-2014), designer
- Eoin Bourke (1939–2017), Germanist and translator
- Peter Harbison (* 1939), archaeologist
- Phil Kelly (1939–2012), football player
- Barney McKenna (1939–2012), musician
- Paddy Reilly (born 1939), folk musician
- John Sheahan (born 1939), folk musician
- Michael Gambon (born 1940), actor
- Johnny Giles (born 1940), football player and coach
- Luke Kelly (1940–1984), folk singer and banjo player
- Donal Brendan Murray (* 1940), former Roman Catholic Bishop
- Gemma O'Connor (born 1940), writer
- Nuala O'Faolain (1940–2008), journalist and writer
- Proinsias De Rossa (born 1940), politician
- Adrian Thomas Smith (* 1940), Catholic clergyman, Archbishop Emeritus of Honiara
1941 to 1950
- Fionnula Flanagan (* 1941), American film and stage actress
- Rick Laird (* 1941), New Zealand jazz bassist
- Derrick O'Connor (1941-2018), actor
- Godfrey Kerr (* 1942), Irish-American DJ
- John Moore (1942-2010), Bishop of Bauchi
- Ray Burke (born 1943), politician
- Shay Cullen (* 1943), Father of the Missionary Society of St. Columban
- Horst Koch (1943–2009), German songwriter
- Gerard James Patrick O'Daly (* 1943), classical philologist
- Noel Ahern (* 1944), politician
- John Boland (1944-2000), politician
- Dermot Bradley (1944–2009), military historian and writer
- Brian Farrell (* 1944), Curia Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church
- Raymond Field (born 1944), auxiliary bishop
- Jim McCann (1944-2015), entertainer and folk musician
- John Stafford (born 1944), politician
- Colm Wilkinson (born 1944), musical performer and singer
- Maria Aitken (* 1945), film actress and screenwriter
- Kevin Conneff (born 1945), singer
- Alan Dukes (* 1945), politician
- Eamon Fitzgerald (* 1945), Abbot General of the Cistercians of the Stricter Observance
- Brenda Fricker (* 1945), actress
- Diarmuid Martin (* 1945), Archbishop
- Nora Owen (* 1945), politician
- Sean Scully (born 1945), painter
- Seán Keane (* 1946), violin player
- Joe Kinnear (born 1946), soccer player and coach
- Ruairi Quinn (* 1946), politician
- Richard Ryan (born 1946), diplomat
- Peter Sutherland (1946–2018), politician
- Kevin Farrell (* 1947), religious and Roman Catholic Curia cardinal
- Tony Gregory (1947–2009), politician
- Steve Heighway (born 1947), football player
- John Holloway (* 1947), political scientist
- Frank Murphy (1947-2017), middle distance runner
- Sally Oldfield (* 1947), singer and composer
- Eddie Jordan (* 1948), Formula 1 team boss
- Peter Caffrey (1949–2008), actor
- Noel Campbell (born 1949), football player
- Sorcha Cusack (born 1949), actress
- Avril Doyle (* 1949), politician
- Patrick Honohan (* 1949), economist
- Pat McQuaid (* 1949), racing cyclist
- Nicky Ryan (born 1949), music producer
- Jim Sheridan (* 1949), film producer, director and screenwriter
- Gabriel Byrne (born 1950), actor
- Éamon Ó Cuív (born 1950), politician
1951 to 1960
- Bertie Ahern (* 1951), finance, economist and politician
- Patrick Bergin (* 1951), actor
- Brian Downey (born 1951), musician
- Patsy Fagan (born 1951), snooker player
- Liam Mac Cóil (* 1952), writer and literary critic
- Pat Cox (* 1952), President of the European Movement International
- Martin Duffy (* 1952), film director, screenwriter, film editor and writer
- Tony Adams (1953–2005), American film and theater producer
- Richard Bruton (* 1953), politician
- Michael Collins (* 1953), diplomat
- Hugo Hamilton (* 1953), writer
- Brian Kerr (born 1953), football coach
- Colm Meaney (born 1953), actor
- Peter Murtagh (* 1953), journalist
- Eoin Ryan junior (born 1953), politician
- John Wolf Brennan (* 1954), Irish-Swiss jazz musician
- Bairbre de Brún (* 1954), Northern Irish politician
- Síle de Valera (* 1954), politician
- Sebastian Barry (* 1955), playwright and novelist
- Mary Black (born 1955), singer
- Brendan Gleeson (born 1955), actor
- Patrick O'Byrne (born 1955), pianist
- Gerard Plunkett (born 1955), actor
- Steve Barron (* 1956), director and film producer
- Liam Brady (born 1956), soccer player and coach
- Nessa Childers (* 1956), politician
- Gerry Ryan (1956-2010), radio and television presenter
- Frank Stapleton (born 1956), football player
- Alison Browner (* 1957), mezzo-soprano
- Philip Chevron (1957–2013), singer, songwriter and guitarist
- Glenn Meade (born 1957), writer
- Roddy Doyle (* 1958), writer and screenwriter
- Veronica Guerin (1958–1996), journalist
- Ronan Guilfoyle (* 1958), jazz musician and composer
- Niall Williams (* 1958), writer and playwright
- Dermot Bolger (* 1959), writer, editor and publisher
- Gavin Friday (* 1959), singer, songwriter, composer and painter
- John Gormley (born 1959), politician
- Steve Hanley (born 1959), musician
- Brian Joseph Lenihan (1959–2011), politician
- Finbar Lynch (born 1959), actor
- Carey May-Edge (* 1959), long-distance runner
- Pierce O'Leary (born 1959), football player
- Stephen Roche (* 1959), racing cyclist
- Derek Rowen (born 1959), artist
- Michael Scott (born 1959), writer
- Davy Spillane (* 1959), folk musician and composer
- Bono (* 1960), musician
- Alan Glynn (* 1960), writer
- Paul Harrington (* 1960), musician
1961 to 1970
- Orla Brady (born 1961), actress
- Liam Cunningham (born 1961), actor
- Seán Haughey (* 1961), politician
- Dave King (born 1961), singer
- Margaret Mazzantini (* 1961), Italian actress and writer
- Larry Mullen junior (born 1961), musician and drummer
- Charlie Nicholas (born 1961), Scottish football player
- Ronnie Whelan (born 1961), football player
- Martin Earley (born 1962), racing cyclist
- Anne Enright (* 1962), writer and literary critic
- Ruairí O'Brien (* 1962), architect and artist
- Hilary Mooney (* 1962), Roman Catholic theologian
- Declan Hughes (born 1963), writer and director
- Joseph O'Connor (born 1963), writer
- Eamon Ryan (born 1963), politician
- Christine Tobin (* 1963), jazz singer, promoter and club manager
- Brian Crowley (born 1964), politician
- Colum McCann (* 1965), writer, journalist and screenwriter
- Christopher Nolan (1965–2009), writer
- Keith Ridgway (born 1965), writer
- Alison Doody (born 1966), actress
- Fintan Gavin (* 1966), Roman Catholic bishop
- Paul McGinley (born 1966), professional golfer
- Niall Quinn (born 1966), football player
- Michael Carruth (* 1967), boxer
- Damien O'Donnell (* 1967), film director and screenwriter
- Enda Walsh (* 1967), playwright and radio play author
- John Connolly (* 1968), writer
- Aidan Gillen (* 1968), actor
- Graham Linehan (* 1968), director, actor and screenwriter
- Emer Martin (* 1968), writer, painter and filmmaker
- Eoin Moore (* 1968), director
- Síofra O'Leary (* 1968), judge at the European Court of Human Rights
- Gabriel Shelly (* 1968), bocce player
- Clifton Wrottesley (* 1968), skeleton rider
- Ken Doherty (* 1969), snooker player
- Emma Donoghue (born 1969), writer
- Brian Hayes (* 1969), politician
- Mary Lou McDonald (* 1969), politician
- Glen Hansard (* 1970), singer, guitarist and actor
- Glenn Quinn (1970–2002), actor
1971 to 1980
- John Boyne (born 1971), writer
- Kenny Cunningham (born 1971), football player
- Pádraig Harrington (* 1971), professional golfer
- Dervla Kirwan (born 1971), actress
- Conor McPherson (born 1971), playwright
- John Carney (* 1972), director and screenwriter
- Joe Delaney (born 1972), snooker player
- Eimear Quinn (born 1972), singer
- Karl Geary (* 1972), actor and author
- Mikey Graham (born 1972), singer
- Mark Kinsella (* 1972), soccer player and coach
- Phil Laak (* 1972), poker player
- Anna McPartlin (* 1972), writer
- Pat Burke (born 1973), basketball player
- Graham Kavanagh (born 1973), football player
- Andrew Strong (born 1973), singer
- Alex Barclay (* 1974), writer
- Keith Duffy (born 1974), musician
- Peter Lawrie (* 1974), professional golfer
- Imelda May (* 1974), singer and musician
- Finian Maynard (* 1974), world speed record holder
- Girvan Dempsey (born 1975), rugby union player
- Michael Judge (* 1975), snooker player
- David Kitt (* 1975), musician
- Hugh O'Conor (born 1975), actor
- Lorraine Pilkington (* 1975), actress
- Lynn Boylan (* 1976), politician
- Stephen Carr (born 1976), football player
- Stephen Gately (1976–2009), singer, songwriter and actor
- Mark Kennedy (born 1976), football player
- Shane Lynch (born 1976), singer
- Kirsten Sheridan (* 1976), director, screenwriter, producer and actress
- AJ Buckley (born 1977), American film actor
- Ian Clarke (* 1977), computer scientist
- Giada Gray (* 1977), artist
- Ronan Keating (born 1977), singer
- David Malone (born 1977), swimmer
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers (* 1977), theater and film actor
- Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (born 1977), actor
- Nicky Byrne (* 1978), soccer player and pop singer
- Paul Healion (1978–2009), track and road cyclist
- Geordan Murphy (born 1978), rugby union player
- Caitriona Balfe (* 1979), model and actress
- Damien Duff (born 1979), football player
- Richard Dunne (born 1979), football player
- Cian O'Connor (* 1979), show jumper
- Brian O'Driscoll (born 1979), rugby union player
- Leo Varadkar (* 1979), politician and Irish Prime Minister
- Keith Andrews (born 1980), football player
- Clive Clarke (born 1980), football player
- Erica Jennings (* 1980), Irish-Lithuanian pop singer
- Brian McFadden (born 1980), pop singer
- Daniel O'Donoghue (* 1980), singer and songwriter
1981 to 1990
- Cecelia Ahern (* 1981), writer, playwright and screenwriter
- Sarah Crossan (* 1981), writer
- Kenneth Egan (born 1982), boxer
- Wes Hoolahan (born 1982), soccer player
- Andy Reid (* 1982), soccer player
- Darren Sutherland (1982-2009), boxer
- David van Zanten (* 1982), football player
- Sean Dillon (born 1983), football player
- Keith Fahey (born 1983), soccer player
- David Gillick (born 1983), sprinter
- Domhnall Gleeson (* 1983), actor, director and writer
- Wayne Henderson (born 1983), soccer goalkeeper
- Stephen Kelly (born 1983), football player
- Lauren Kinsella (* ≈1983), jazz and improvisation musician
- Katie McGrath (born 1983), actress
- Samantha Mumba (* 1983), actress, singer and photo model
- Rosanna Davison (* 1984), photo model
- Michael Devaney (* 1984), racing car driver
- Stephen Elliott (* 1984), football player
- Lynn Gilmartin (* 1984), presenter and poker player
- Glenn Whelan (* 1984), soccer player
- Willo Flood (* 1985), soccer player
- Kirsten McGarry (* 1985), ski racer and ski crosser
- Gary Mulligan (born 1985), football player
- Alan O'Brien (born 1985), football player
- Kevin O'Connor (born 1985), soccer player
- Jonathan Sexton (born 1985), rugby union player
- Peter Dempsey (* 1986), racing driver
- Tara Erraught (* 1986), opera singer
- Andy Keogh (* 1986), soccer player
- Joey O'Brien (born 1986), soccer player
- Lydia Boylan (* 1987), cyclist
- Ruth Bradley (b.1987), actress
- Scott Evans (* 1987), badminton player
- Luke Fitzgerald (born 1987), rugby union player
- Brian Gleeson (born 1987), film actor
- Darren O'Dea (born 1987), football player
- Conor McGregor (born 1988), MMA fighter
- Eoin Doyle (* 1988), football player
- Stephen Gleeson (* 1988), football player
- Sinéad Mulvey (* 1988), pop singer
- Anthony Stokes (born 1988), football player
- Keith Treacy (born 1988), football player
- Kellie Harrington (born 1989), boxer
- Philip Lavery (* 1990), racing cyclist
- Paddy Madden (born 1990), soccer player
- Enda Stevens (* 1990), soccer player
1991 to 2000
- Sarah Bolger (* 1991), actress
- Conor Clifford (born 1991), football player
- Matthew Halpin (* 1991), jazz musician
- Eve Hewson (born 1991), actress
- Matt Doherty (born 1992), soccer player
- Chris Forrester (born 1992), soccer player
- Jeff Hendrick (born 1992), football player
- Gary Thompson (* 1992), racing car driver
- Sean Conroy (* 1994), squash player
- Orla Gartland (* 1995), songwriter and singer
- Emma Bolger (* 1996), actress
- Eden (* 1996), singer and songwriter
- Jake Mulraney (born 1996), football player
- Michael Obafemi (* 2000), soccer player
Date unknown
- Colm Christle , cyclist; later lawyer († 2018)
- Nial Ring , Politician, Lord Mayor of Dublin 2018/2019
21st century
- Jason Knight (* 2001), soccer player
- Troy Parrott (* 2002), soccer player
Dublin-related persons
- František Kočvara (1740–1791), composer
- James Gandon (1742–1823), architect
- James Wills (1790–1868), poet, author and biographer
- Felicia Hemans (1793-1835), British poet
- William Carleton (1794-1869), writer
- Charlotte Despard (1844–1939), British writer, suffragette and suffragette
- Isabella Augusta Gregory (1852–1932), playwright and folklorist
- George Moore (1852–1933), writer and art critic
- James Mark Sullivan (1873-1935), American diplomat
- Kazimierz Dunin-Markiewicz (1874–1932), painter, theater director and author
- Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906–1970), Irish writer, literary critic and political commentator
- Mike Hoare (1919-2020), British officer and mercenary
- Agnes Bernelle (1923–1999), singer, actress and director
- Harry Harrison (1925–2012), American science fiction writer
- HRF Keating (1926-2011), British detective writer
- AR Penck (1939–2017), German painter, graphic artist and sculptor
- Derek Mahon (* 1941), poet
- John Banville (* 1945), writer and author
- Edward Rutherfurd (* 1948), English writer and author
- Gabriel Rosenstock (* 1949), poet, prose author and journalist
- Carl Carlton (* 1955), musician and music producer
- Charlie Burchill (born 1959), Scottish musician and composer
- Josef van Genabith (* 1959), German linguist and university professor, taught in Dublin
- Enya (* 1961), singer
- Marian Keyes (* 1963), author
- Stephan Weidner (* 1963), music producer, bassist, singer and songwriter
- Andrea Corr (* 1974), lead singer
- Patrick Shannon (* 1977), skeleton rider