List of Famous people born in County Limerick, Ireland

George Cecil Westropp Bennett was an Irish Cumann na nGaedheal and Fine Gael politician from 1927 to 1951.

John Gerard Noonan is an American bishop. He is the fifth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orlando.

Jonathan Kenny is an Irish comedian and actor who lives in Lough Gur and is one half of the famous Irish comic duo d'Unbelievables with Pat Shortt. They were a very successful duo until 2000, releasing One Hell of a Video, D'Unbelievables, D'Video, D'Telly, D'Mother and D'collection but the group stopped touring after Kenny was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. He has since made a successful recovery and still performs shows across Ireland. Kenny is best known outside Ireland for appearing in the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted. He also played the role of Monsieur Thénardier in the 1998 film version of Les Misérables.

Seán Cronin is an Irish rugby player who plays as a hooker for Leinster in the Pro14. He also plays for the Ireland national rugby union team.

Michael Lenihan O.F.M. is the first Bishop of La Ceiba since his episcopal ordination on 11 February 2012. He had previously served as Vicar General and Parish Priest in the Diocese of Comayagua.

Bill Whelan is an Irish composer and musician. He is best known for composing a piece for the interval of the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest. The result, Riverdance, was a seven-minute display of traditional Irish dancing that became a full-length stage production and spawned a worldwide craze for Irish dancing and Celtic music and also won him a Grammy. It was released as a single in the UK in 1994, credited to "Bill Whelan and Anúna featuring the RTÉ Concert Orchestra". It reached number 9 and stayed in the charts for 16 weeks. The album of the same title reached number 31 in the album charts in 1995.

Jan O'Sullivan is a former Irish Labour Party politician who served as Minister for Education and Skills from 2014 to 2016, Minister of State for Housing and Planning from 2011 to 2014 and Minister of State for Trade and Development from March 2011 to December. She served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick City constituency from 2011 to 2020, and previously from 1998 to 2011 for the Limerick East constituency.

Timothy Joseph Ahearne was an Irish track and field athlete who competed for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was born in Dirreen, Athea, Limerick and was the older brother of Dan Ahearn, the world record holder of the triple jump from 1909–1920.