List of Cork people

Cork is the second largest 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
 * Katty Barry – restaurateur
 * Mick Barry – Teachta Dála and Socialist politician.
 * Peter Barry – Tánaiste
 * Tadhg Barry – journalist, trade unionist and nationalist
 * Tom Barry – guerilla leader during war of independence, author of the book Guerilla Days in Ireland
 * Olive Beamish – suffragette activist
 * Anne Bonny – pirate
 * 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 – Tánaiste
 * Thomas Croke – Archbishop of Cashel
 * Donal Creed (1924 – 2017): Fine Gael politician; MEP, Teachta Dála, Minister of State under Garret FitzGerald
 * Michael Creed (b. 1963): Former Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
 * Eileen Desmond – government minister, Senator, MEP
 * Mary Elmes – aid worker honoured as 'Righteous Among the Nations' for saving 200 Jewish children during WWII
 * Gerald Goldberg – first Jewish lord mayor
 * T. C. Hammond – Church of Ireland clergyman
 * William Baylor Hartland – plant breeder, seedsman
 * John Pope Hennessy – author, governor of Hong Kong and Mauritius
 * Ellen Hutchins – botanist
 * Mary Harris "Mother" Jones – labour organiser, born near Cork
 * Jim Lane – Irish 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 – Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne
 * Micheál Martin – Taoiseach
 * Sake Dean Mahomed (1759–1851) – Bengali traveller, surgeon, entrepreneur, and one of the most notable early non-European immigrants to the Western World
 * Stephen Moylan – Quartermaster General of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
 * Michael Murphy – first Irish president of the European Court of Auditors
 * Nano Nagle – educator who founded the Presentation Sisters
 * William O'Brien – nationalist politician and MP; founder of All-for-Ireland League
 * Fergus O'Connor – Irish nationalist and publisher
 * Dáithí Ó Conaill – Irish republican
 * Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa – nationalist
 * Batt O'Keeffe – government minister
 * 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
 * William Henry John Seffern – printer, newspaper editor, journalist and historian
 * D. D. Sheehan – nationalist politician and first Labour MP
 * Kathy Sinnott – MEP
 * Robert Spence – Roman Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide
 * William Thompson – political and philosophical writer
 * Sir Robert Torrens – Prime Minister South Australia; pioneer of Land Registration system
 * Thady Quill – historical rake
 * The Wallace sisters – IRA Intelligence officers

Scientists

 * Vincent Barry - chemist
 * Amy Warren - marine biologist and conchologist
 * Robert Warren - ornithologist

Military

 * James Adams – recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * Francisco Burdett O'Connor – officer in the Irish Legion of Simón Bolívar's army
 * 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
 * Daniel Florence O'Leary – Irish-born Venezuelan brigadier general of Simón Bolívar's army
 * 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

 * John Allen – former Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer
 * Hugh T. Baker – cricketer
 * Mick Barry – road bowler
 * James Brophy – cricketer
 * Noel Cantwell – international footballer
 * Graham Canty – footballer and international rules captain
 * Brian Carney – rugby league, and rugby union footballer of the 1990s and 2000s
 * Mark Carroll – long-distance athlete
 * Joe Cleary – major league baseball player
 * Mark Cohen – cricketer
 * Megan Connolly – footballer
 * Joe Deane – hurler
 * Damien Delaney – international footballer
 * Patrick Dineen – cricketer
 * Jack Doyle – boxer
 * John Egan – association footballer
 * Joe English (sailor), round the world sailor and international yachtsman.
 * Percy Exham – cricketer
 * James Foley – cricketer
 * William Harman – cricketer
 * Ryan Hartslief – footballer and rugby player
 * Colin Healy – international footballer
 * Marian Heffernan – Olympian
 * Robert Heffernan – Olympic bronze medalist
 * Tom Horan – cricketer (Australia)
 * Denis Irwin – international footballer
 * Roy Keane – international footballer
 * Caoimhín Kelleher – footballer
 * Alan Lewis – cricketer, rugby union referee
 * Jack McAuliffe – boxer
 * Teddy McCarthy – GAA sportsman, played on both Cork hurling and football double winning teams
 * Darren McNamara – professional drift driver
 * Sam Maguire – GAA sportsman
 * David Meyler – international footballer
 * Liam Miller – international footballer
 * Tony Mullane – major league baseball player
 * Saoirse Noonan – international footballer
 * Donncha O'Callaghan – rugby union player
 * Dr. Pat O'Callaghan – twice Olympic gold medalist
 * 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
 * John O'Shea – darts player
 * Derval O'Rourke – world indoor champion hurdler and European outdoor silver medalist 2006
 * Bríd Stack - ladies Gaelic and Australian rules footballer
 * Denise O'Sullivan – international footballer
 * Marcus O'Sullivan – middle-distance athlete
 * Sonia O'Sullivan – Olympic silver medalist, world champion athlete and cross country runner
 * Christy Ring – hurler
 * Peter Stringer – rugby union player

Film, entertainment and media

 * Jack Gleeson – actor
 * Sarah Greene – actor
 * Eddie Hobbs – TV personality
 * George Hook – TV/radio personality
 * Fergal Keane, OBE – BBC journalist
 * Danny La Rue, OBE – female impersonator
 * James Leonard and Timmy Long of The Two Norries podcast
 * Joe Lynch – actor
 * 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
 * Cailín Ní Toibín – beauty pageant titleholder
 * Niall Tóibín – comic actor
 * Eileen Walsh – actor
 * Nora Twomey – animator

Literature

 * Máire Bradshaw – poet and publisher
 * Daniel Corkery – writer
 * Patrick Galvin – poet, singer and playwright
 * Trevor Joyce – poet
 * 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
 * James O'Sullivan – writer and academic
 * 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
 * Dorothy Cross – artist
 * Robert Day – antiquarian, photographer
 * Ricky Dineen – musician
 * Gavin Dunne (better known as Miracle of Sound) – musician
 * Chloe Early – artist
 * Mick Flannery – singer-songwriter
 * Aloys Fleischmann – composer, professor of music at UCC
 * Rory Gallagher – singer/songwriter and guitarist
 * Patrick Hennessy – painter
 * John Hogan – sculptor
 * Pina Kollars – singer/songwriter
 * Sir Hugh Lane – patron of arts
 * Charles Lynch – classical pianist
 * Mick Lynch – singer
 * Daniel Maclise – artist
 * Jimmy McCarthy – singer/songwriter
 * Lyra McNamara – singer/songwriter
 * Paul McSwiney – composer and dramatist
 * Sean O'Hagan – musician
 * Una Palliser – violinist, violist, singer
 * Brian Smyth – painter
 * John Spillane – singer/songwriter
 * Henry Jones Thaddeus – painter
 * Bambie Thug – singer/songwriter
 * Finbar Wright – singer/songwriter
 * Cian Ducrot – singer/songwriter

Bands

 * Five Go Down to the Sea?
 * The Frank and Walters
 * Stump
 * The Sultans of Ping FC