List of Famous people born in County Kildare, Ireland

Paul Cullen was Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and previously of Armagh, and the first Irish cardinal. His Ultramontanism spearheaded the Romanisation of the Catholic Church in Ireland and ushered in the devotional revolution experienced in Ireland through the second half of the 19th century and much of the 20th century. A trained biblical theologian and scholar of ancient languages, Cullen crafted the formula for papal infallibility at the First Vatican Council.

Thomas Dongan, 2nd Earl of Limerick, was a member of the Irish Parliament, Royalist military officer during the English Civil War, and Governor of the Province of New York. He is noted for having called the first representative legislature in New York, and for granting the province's Charter of Liberties.

Leslie Howard Talbot Cliff was a British pair skater who competed with his wife, Violet Cliff. The couple finished seventh at the 1936 Winter Olympics. That same year, they won the silver medal at the European Figure Skating Championships and the bronze at the World Figure Skating Championships. They won another bronze at the 1937 World Championships.

Michèle Burke is an Irish-born Academy Award-winning make-up artist.

Anthony Patrick "Tony" Adams was an Irish film and theatrical producer.

Willoughby Hamilton was a co-world No. 1 Irish male tennis player, a footballer and international badminton player.

Rachel Gredley is an Irish Sky Sports News anchor and equestrian show jumper.

Martin Heydon is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with responsibility for Research & Development, Farm Safety and New Market Development since July 2020. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare South constituency since 2011. He previously served as the Chairman of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party from 2016 to 2020.

Emma Anne Byrne is an Irish football goalkeeper who played for the Republic of Ireland women's national football team on a record 134 occasions and served as captain of the team. She spent almost 17 years with Arsenal before being released on 30 December 2016 and joining Brighton & Hove Albion in January 2017.

Éamonn Oliver Walsh BA, STL, BL is an Irish Catholic bishop and is one of the two Emeritus Auxiliary Bishops of Dublin, the other being Raymond W. Field.