List of Famous people born in Ireland
Johanna Harwood
Johanna M. Harwood is an Irish screenwriter. She was born and raised in County Wicklow in the Irish countryside. She co-wrote two James Bond films, and went uncredited for adaptation work on a third.
Karen Koster
Karen Koster is an Irish-Dutch television presenter, known for her work on Xposé and Ireland AM.
Richard Burrows
Richard George William Burrows is an Irish businessman. He is the chairman of British American Tobacco plc, the world's largest tobacco company by sales, and chief executive of Irish Distillers. In October 2016, Burrows became the chairman of Craven House Capital, an AIM-listed company that specializes in restructuring, expansion and turnaround investments in crisis and transitioning economics.
Larry Goodman
Laurence "Larry" Goodman is an Irish businessman, chiefly involved in the beef processing industry. He is the 6th generation of a livestock and meat exporting family and founded what is now ABP Food Group in 1954. He is the Executive Chairman of the company which has grown to become one of Europe’s largest agri-business companies with 51 processing plants in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Denmark, Holland, Austria, Poland. ABP employs over 11,000 people. Separately, the Goodman family office has business interests in property, healthcare and productive arable and beef farming.
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Christopher Juul-Jensen is a Danish racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team BikeExchange.
Conor McPherson
Conor McPherson is an Irish playwright, screenwriter and director of stage and film. In recognition of his contribution to world theatre, McPherson was awarded a doctorate of Literature, Honoris Causa, in June 2013 by the University College Dublin.
Fergal Patrick Lawler
Ron Delany
Ronald Michael Delany, better known as Ron or Ronnie Delany, is an Irish former athlete, who specialised in middle-distance running. He won a gold medal in the 1500 metres event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. He later earned a bronze medal in the 1500 metres event at the 1958 European Athletics Championships in Stockholm.
Ross Gaynor
Ross Leon Gaynor from Ardee, County Louth is an Irish professional footballer who played in the Football League for Millwall.