List of Famous people born in County Kildare, Ireland

Paul Mescal

First Name Paul
Last Name Mescal
Born on February 2, 1996 (age 28)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Paul Mescal is an Irish actor. He is best known for his starring role in the miniseries Normal People (2020), which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

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Ernest Shackleton

First Name Ernest
Last Name Shackleton
Born on February 15, 1874
Died on January 5, 1922 (aged 47)

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

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Arthur Guinness

First Name Arthur
Last Name Guinness
Born on January 1, 1725
Died on January 23, 1803 (aged 78)

Arthur Guinness was an Irish brewer and the founder of the Guinness brewery business and family. He was also an entrepreneur and philanthropist.

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Tom Hickey

First Name Tom
Last Name Hickey
Born on January 1, 1944
Died on May 1, 2021 (aged 77)

Tom Hickey was an Irish actor who appeared on stage and screen in a career that began in the early 1960s. He was best known for playing Benjy Riordan in the long-running television series, The Riordans.

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Ruby Walsh

First Name Ruby
Last Name Walsh
Born on May 14, 1979 (age 44)

Rupert "Ruby" Walsh is an Irish former jockey. He is the second child, and eldest son, of former champion amateur jockey Ted Walsh and his wife Helen. Walsh is the third most prolific winner in British and Irish jump racing history behind only Sir Anthony McCoy and Richard Johnson.

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Will Connors

First Name Will
Last Name Connors
Born on April 4, 1996 (age 27)

Will Connors is an Irish rugby union player for Pro14 and European Rugby Champions Cup side Leinster, and for the Ireland national rugby union team. He plays in the back-row, primarily as an openside flanker.

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Liam O'Flynn

First Name Liam
Last Name O'Flynn
Born on April 15, 1945
Died on March 14, 2018 (aged 72)

Liam Óg O'Flynn was an Irish uilleann piper and Irish traditional musician. In addition to a solo career and as a member of Planxty, O'Flynn recorded with: Christy Moore, Dónal Lunny, Andy Irvine, Kate Bush, Mark Knopfler, the Everly Brothers, Emmylou Harris, Mike Oldfield, Mary Black, Enya and Sinéad O'Connor.

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Christy Moore

First Name Christy
Last Name Moore
Born on May 7, 1945 (age 78)

Christopher Andrew "Christy" Moore is an Irish folk singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is one of the founding members of Planxty and Moving Hearts. His first album, Paddy on the Road was recorded with Dominic Behan in 1969. In 2007, he was named as Ireland's greatest living musician in RTÉ's People of the Year Awards.

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Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare

First Name Gerald
Last Name Kildare
Born on January 1, 1487
Died on September 2, 1534 (aged 47)

Gerard FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare, also known in Irish as Gearóid Óg, was a leading figure in 16th-century Irish History. In 1513 he inherited the title of Earl of Kildare and position of Lord Deputy of Ireland from his father.

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John Carter

First Name John
Last Name Carter
Born on January 1, 1785
Died on April 2, 1863 (aged 78)

John Carter son of Thomas Carter and Catherine Butler of Castlemartin Co Kildare and grandson of Henry Boyle Carter, was an officer of the Royal Navy, who saw service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

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