Most Famous People from Ireland
People from Ireland, ranked by worldwide fame rather than local attention.
As of August 29, 2026, Conor McGregor leads iFANN's Famous rankings for Ireland, ahead of Pierce Brosnan and Enya.
Powered by the Global Fame Engine v5.61, which combines multiple worldwide public signals and discloses evidence coverage for each People ranking. Updated daily.
Niall Horan
135K Wikipedia views · 11+ news articles
Colin Farrell
444.7K Wikipedia views · 14+ news articles
Roy Keane
388.7K Wikipedia views · 25+ news articles
Cillian Murphy
481.3K Wikipedia views · 13+ news articles
Paul Mescal
415K Wikipedia views · 827 news articles
Bono
203K Wikipedia views
Barry Keoghan
267.6K Wikipedia views · 283 news articles
Hozier
92.5K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
185.4K Wikipedia views · 6+ news articles
Ronan Keating
98.1K Wikipedia views · 34 news articles
Brendan Gleeson
308.9K Wikipedia views · 215 news articles
Jimmy Carr
185.1K Wikipedia views · 228 news articles
Jacksepticeye
47.9K Wikipedia views · 21 news articles
Graham Norton
95.1K Wikipedia views · 534 news articles
Bob Geldof
129.7K Wikipedia views · 69 news articles
Andrew Scott
226.4K Wikipedia views · 280 news articles
Eve Hewson
291K Wikipedia views · 61 news articles
Domhnall Gleeson
185.9K Wikipedia views · 67 news articles
Becky Lynch
97.2K Wikipedia views · 159 news articles
Ian Garry
669K Wikipedia views · 4.4K news articles
Aidan Gillen
138.8K Wikipedia views · 51 news articles
Caitríona Balfe
156.6K Wikipedia views · 40+ news articles
Nicola Coughlan
119.7K Wikipedia views · 306 news articles
Robbie Keane
120.4K Wikipedia views · 18+ news articles
Sheamus
152.4K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles
Finn Bálor
76.8K Wikipedia views · 146 news articles
Martin McDonagh
128.9K Wikipedia views · 102 news articles
Fiona Shaw
164.3K Wikipedia views · 61 news articles
Kerry Condon
211.6K Wikipedia views · 59 news articles
Evanna Lynch
76.4K Wikipedia views · 167 news articles
Gabriel Byrne
124.8K Wikipedia views · 15 news articles
Glen Hansard
2.2M Wikipedia views · 1.7K news articles
Larry Mullen Jr.
30.2K Wikipedia views · 19 news articles
Aidan Turner
156.1K Wikipedia views · 9+ news articles
Colm Meaney
112.2K Wikipedia views · 22 news articles
Maria Doyle Kennedy
72.9K Wikipedia views · 2+ news articles
Robert Sheehan
77.4K Wikipedia views · 2+ news articles
Sarah Bolger
119.1K Wikipedia views · 14+ news articles
Denis Irwin
33.4K Wikipedia views · 6+ news articles
Stuart Townsend
212.8K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles
Anne Bonny
112.6K Wikipedia views · 7 news articles
Maura Higgins
111.2K Wikipedia views · 538 news articles
Chris O'Dowd
269K Wikipedia views · 10+ news articles
Una Healy
20.8K Wikipedia views · 79 news articles
CMAT
51.9K Wikipedia views · 5 news articles
Sinéad Cusack
104.8K Wikipedia views · 2+ news articles
Eoin Macken
76.4K Wikipedia views · 2+ news articles
Rea Garvey
5.9K Wikipedia views · 2+ news articles
Aoife Valkyrie
43.3K Wikipedia views · 59 news articles
Damien Molony
98.1K Wikipedia views · 10+ news articles
Dominique McElligott
54.5K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles
Jamie-Lee O'Donnell
61.1K Wikipedia views · 24+ news articles
Damien Dempsey
18.3K Wikipedia views · 12+ news articles
Laura Whitmore
59.6K Wikipedia views · 4+ news articles
Paul McGinley
14.3K Wikipedia views · 5+ news articles
Jordan Devlin
26.7K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles
Móglaí Bap
26.5K Wikipedia views · 2+ news articles
Paul Ronan
20.5K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles