List of Trinity College Dublin people
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This is an incomplete list of some notable alumni of the University of Dublin, all of whom attended its only constituent college Trinity College, Dublin.
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[edit] Notable Alumni of the University of Dublin
[edit] Academics, scholars and notable research
- George Berkeley, noted philosopher (cf. subjective idealism)
- Robert Blackburn, International Secretary of the United World Colleges and Deputy Director General of the International Baccalaureate Organization
- Phelim Boyle, pioneer of the use of Monte Carlo methods in derivatives pricing
- Edmund Burke, philosopher, political theorist, statesman and MP for the British Whig Party.
- Denis Parsons Burkitt, surgeon and researcher into childhood cancer (cf. Burkitt's lymphoma)
- J. B. Bury, Irish historian and classicist
- Aeneas Coffey, Irish Engineer, inventor of the Coffey still
- Deirdre Curtin, lawyer
- George Francis FitzGerald, Professor of physics
- McFadden Alexander Newell, first principal of Maryland State Normal School (Towson University)
- Oliver St John Gogarty, physician and ear surgeon
- William Rowan Hamilton, Mathematician
- Sir James Murray Irwin, British army medic
- Declan Kiberd, professor, literary theorist, author and journalist
- William Edward Hartpole Lecky, Irish historian
- Sir John MacNeill, civil engineer
- David McWilliams, Irish economist and broadcaster
- Ferdinand von Prondzynski, president of Dublin City University
- William Stokes, Physician and professor
- Bishop James Ussher, Primate of All Ireland, noted for (mis)calculating the date of Creation as 23 October 4004 BC.
- Ernest Walton, Nobel Prize winner
- Fr. John Main, OSB, Benedictine monk
- Charles Algernon Parsons, British engineer, inventor of the modern steam turbine.
[edit] Art, Broadcasting and News
- Ciaran Farrell, Composer
- Sharon Ní Bheoláin, Irish news presenter
- John Bowman, Irish journalist and broadcaster
- Brian Boydell, composer
- Michael Colgan, director of the Gate Theatre, film and TV producer
- Joe Duffy, Irish radio presenter
- Ray D'Arcy, Irish television and radio presenter
- Thomas Manly Deane, architect
- Ken Early, soccer correspondent for Newstalk 106
- Robert Fisk, journalist
- Percy French, songwriter and entertainer
- Vincent Hanna, Northern Irish television journalist
- Fergus Johnston, Irish composer
- Brian Inglis journalist, historian, TV presenter
- Nathaniel Lande, author, filmmaker, and former creative director of TIME magazine.
- Damien Leith, singer
- Mark Little, Irish journalist
- Courtney Love, American actress and rock musician [1]
- Pauline McLynn, actress, comedian and novelist.
- Blathnaid McKenna, model, current Miss Ireland.
- Gerry Ryan, Irish radio presenter
- Chris Singleton, Irish singer-songwriter and producer
- Dominic West, British actor
- Ronan Coghlan, Irish writer.
[edit] Business and law
- John George Adair, builder of Glenveagh Castle in County Donegal and the financier of the JA Ranch in the Texas Panhandle
- Susan Denham, current Justice of the Irish Supreme Court [2]
- Dermot Mannion, chief executive of Aer Lingus
- Brian McCracken, retired Justice of the Irish Supreme Court and chair of the McCracken Tribunal
- Catherine McGuinness, retired Justice of the Irish Supreme Court, former member of the Irish Senate and President of the Law Reform Commission
- Michael O'Leary, chief executive of Ryanair
- Willie Walsh, chief executive of British Airways
[edit] Literature
- Samuel Beckett, Dramatist, Nobel laureate
- Eavan Boland, Irish poet
- Erskine Childers (UN), writer and journalist.
- Eoin Colfer, children's writer
- J. P. Donleavy, Irish-American author
- Anne Enright, novelist, winner of Man Booker Prize 2007
- Oliver Goldsmith, writer and surgeon
- Brendan Kennelly, Irish poet and author
- William Larminie, poet
- Michael de Larrabeiti, author
- Sir Rupert Mackeson, racing author
- Jo Shapcott, poet
- Michael Longley, poet
- Derek Mahon, poet
- Bram Stoker, Author, notable for Dracula
- Jonathan Swift, Author, satirist, notable for Gullivers Travels
- John Millington Synge, Dramatist, Poet; author of The Playboy of the Western World
- Nahum Tate, lyricist and Poet Laureate
- Trevor White, food critic and author of Kitchen Con
- Oscar Wilde, Poet, Author, Dramatist author of the The Importance of Being Earnest
- John Boyne, novelist
[edit] Politics and Government
- Choudhary Rahmat Ali, Founder of the Pakistan National Movement
- Thekla Beere, Civil Servant and chairwoman of the ILO
- Frederick Boland, Irish diplomat and twenty-first Chancellor of the University
- Sir Edward Carson, leader of the Irish Unionists
- Robert Emmet, Irish nationalist
- Henry Grattan, member of the Irish House of Commons
- Mary Harney, Irish politician, former leader of the PDs and former Tánaiste, current Minister for Health
- Chief Justice Akinola Apara, Lawyer and Former Chief Judge of Oyo and Osun State in the Federal Republic of Nigeria
- Douglas Hyde, first President of Ireland
- Brian Lenihan, Jnr, Irish politician, current Minister for Finance
- George Macartney, British statesman (1st Earl Macartney)
- Mary McAleese, 8th and current President of Ireland
- Mary Lou McDonald, Irish MEP
- Leonard Greenham Star Molloy, Surgeon and M.P.
- Conor Cruise O'Brien, Irish politician, writer and academic
- Emily O'Reilly, former journalist, author and Ombudsman
- William Hoey Kearney Redmond, Nationalist politician and First World War fatality
- Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland
- Jaja Wachuku First Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister.
- Theobald Wolfe Tone, father of Irish republicans
- Thomas Wyse, politician and diplomat
[edit] Religion
- The Revd Richard William Enraght, Irish Anglican priest and religious controversialist
- The Most Revd William Connor Magee, Irish Anglican Archbishop of York
