List of people from Waterford

The following is a list of people from Waterford, Ireland.

Ecclesiastics Richard Chenevix (1697–1779), Church of Ireland bishop Charles Joseph Henderson (1924–2006), Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark (UK) and Bishop of Tricala Tobias Kirby (1804–1895), Rector of the Irish College Rome 1850–1891; archbishop of Ephesus 1885 Michael O'Hickey (1860–1916), priest, Professor of Irish at Maynooth University Nicholas Quemerford (c. 1554–1599), Irish Jesuit priest Edmund Ignatius Rice (1762–1844), religious founder Michael Sheehan (1870–1945), Archbishop of Germia; author, professor Luke Wadding (1588–1657), theologian, historian, patriot Michael Wadding (1591–1644), Jesuit priest and missionary to New Spain Nicholas Wiseman (1802–1865), cardinal

Sport Jessie Barr (born 1989), Olympic athlete Thomas Barr (born 1992), Olympic athlete Jim Beglin (born 1963), soccer player Craig Breen (1990–2023), rally driver Niamh Briggs (born 1984), Irish international rugby player Locky Byrne (1913–1941), hurler Tom Cheasty (1934–2007), hurler Paddy Coad (1920–1992), soccer player Tom Cunningham (1931–2022), hurler Pat Fanning (1918–2010), hurler, GAA President Mick Flannelly (1930–2021), hurler Andy Fleming (1916–2011), hurler Austin Flynn (1933–2021), hurler Philly Grimes (1929–1989), hurler Larry Guinan (born 1937), hurler Alfie Hale (born 1939), soccer player Noel Hunt (born 1982), Irish international soccer player Stephen Hunt (born 1981), Irish international soccer player John Keane (1917–1975), hurler Sean Kelly (born 1956), Ireland's most successful racing cyclist, one of the top eight cyclists of all time Martin Óg Morrissey (1934–2024), hurler Christy Moylan (1916–1996), hurler Daryl Murphy (born 1983), Irish international soccer player Johnny O'Connor (1928–2010), hurler Peter O'Connor (1872–1957), athlete, Olympic champion John O'Shea (born 1981), Irish international soccer player Ciarán Power (born 1976), Olympic Games cyclist 2000, 2004 Ned Power (1929–2007), hurler Seamus Power (1929–2016), hurler Susan Smith-Walsh (born 1971), Olympic athlete John Treacy (born 1957), Olympic athlete, world champion Frankie Walsh (1936–2012), hurler Patricia Walsh (born 1960), Olympic athlete Charlie Ware (1933–2013), hurler Jim Ware (1908–1983), hurler

Politics and military William Charles Bonaparte-Wyse (1826–1892), soldier Mary Butler (born 1966), politician Denis Cashman (1843–1897), Fenian, patriot Lorraine Clifford-Lee (born 1981), Fianna Fáil politician, senator Paudie Coffey (born 1969), Minister of State for Housing and planning from 2014 to 2016 Hugh Collender, Young Irelander, businessman John Condon (1897–1915), boy soldier, youngest Allied soldier to die in First World War Edward Collins (1941–2019), Fine Gael politician Ciara Conway (born 1980), former Labour Party politician Martin Cullen (born 1954), former Fianna Fáil politician David Cullinane (born 1974), Sinn Féin politician Maurice Cummins (born 1953), Fine Gael politician Austin Deasy (1936–2017), Fine Gael politician John Deasy (born 1967), Fine Gael politician Frank Edwards (1907–1983), left wing activist, Spanish Civil War fighter Francis Hearn, patriot John Hearne (1893–1969), orator, lawyer and architect of the 1937 Irish Constitution, or Bunracht na hÉireann William Hobson (1792–1842), first Governor of New Zealand Billy Kenneally (1925–2009), Fianna Fáil politician, twice Mayor of Waterford Brendan Kenneally (born 1955), former Fianna Fáil politician Thomas Kyne (1905–1981), Labour Party politician George Lennon (1900–1991), vice commanding officer, West Waterford I.R.A. (1919–1922) Patrick Little (1884–1963), Fianna Fáil politician, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs Thaddeus Lynch (1901–1966), Fine Gael politician Thomas Francis Meagher (1823–1867), patriot, conceived the Irish tricolour Thomas Meagher (1796–1874), politician and businessman Richard Mulcahy, (1886–1971), Irish Army C.O.C., Fine Gael politician Ann Ormonde (born 1935), former Fianna Fáil politician William Palliser (1830–1882), politician, inventor John Paul Phelan (born 1978), politician John Redmond (1856–1918), leader of the Irish Party in Westminster Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832–1914), British Army C.O.C. Thomas Sexton (1848–1932), journalist, financial expert, nationalist politician and Member of Parliament Richard Lalor Shiel (1791–1851), Orator, M.P Alfred Webb (1834–1908), President of the 1894 Indian National Congress and MP for West Waterford

Science Lucien Bonaparte-Wyse (1845–1909), entomologist Robert Boyle (1627–1691), physicist Richard J. Ussher (1841–1913), ornithologist Ernest Walton (1903–1995), Nobel Laureate (Physics 1951)

Arts, theatre and entertainment Keith Barry (born 1976), magician, mentalist, illusionist Carrie Crowley (born 1964), TV personality Teresa Deevy (1894–1963), playwright Val Doonican (1927–2015), entertainer Seán Dunne (1956–1995), poet Fiona Glascott (born 1982), actress Dorothea Jordan (1761–1816), actress; mistress of King William IV of the United Kingdom Charles Kean (1811–1868), Shakespearean actor Anna Manahan (1924–2009), actress Gerardine Meaney (born 1962), feminist critic Dervla Murphy (1931–2022), travel writer Gilbert O'Sullivan (born 1946), singer-songwriter Patrick C. Power (1862–1951), writer and historian Hal Roach (1927–2012), comedian Frank Ryan (1900–1965), tenor William Vincent Wallace (1814–1865), opera composer

General Eugene Byrne (born 1959), author, journalist Risteard De Hindeberg (1863–1916), priest, Irish language activist, author, musician Grattan Flood (1857–1928), musicologist and historian Valentine Greatrakes (1628–1682), 17th-century healer John Hogan (1800–1858), sculptor Donnchadh Ruadh Mac Conmara (1715–1810), teacher, poet Ellen Organ (1903–1908), saintly child known as "Little Nellie of Holy God" Thomas Sautelle Roberts (c. 1749–1778), landscape artist Mary Strangman (1872–1943), doctor, public health advocate and women's suffragist.

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