List of people from Waterford

Ecclesiastics

• Richard Chenevix (1697–1779), Church of Ireland bishop
• Charles Joseph Henderson (1924–2006), Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark (UK) and Bishop of Tricala
• Tobias Kirby (1804–1895), Rector of the Irish College Rome 1850-1891; archbishop of Ephesus 1885
• Michael O'Hickey (1860-1916), priest, Professor of Irish at Maynooth University
• Edmund Ignatius Rice, religious founder
• Michael Sheehan, Archbishop of Germia; author, professor
• Luke Wadding (1588–1657), theologian, historian, patriot
• Michael Wadding, priest
• Nicholas Wiseman, cardinal

Sport

• Jim Beglin (b. 1963), soccer player
• Niamh Briggs (b. 1984), Irish international rugby player
• Locky Byrne (1913-1941), hurler
• Tom Cheasty (1934-2007), hurler
• Paddy Coad (1920-1992), soccer player
• Tom Cunningham (b. 1931), hurler
• Pat Fanning (1918-2010), hurler, GAA President
• Mick Flannelly (b. 1930), hurler
• Andy Fleming (1916-2011), hurler
• Austin Flynn (b. 1933), hurler
• Philly Grimes (b. 1929-1989), hurler
• Larry Guinan (b. 1938), hurler
• Alfie Hale (b. 1939), soccer player
• Noel Hunt (b. 1982), Irish international soccer player
• Stephen Hunt (b. 1981), Irish international soccer player
• John Keane (1917-1975), hurler
• Sean Kelly (b. 1956), Ireland's most successful racing cyclist, one of the top eight cyclists of all time
• Martin Óg Morrissey (b. 1934), hurler
• Christy Moylan (1916-1996), hurler
• Daryl Murphy (b. 1983), Irish international soccer player
• Johnny O'Connor (1928-2010), hurler
• Peter O'Connor (1872-1957), athlete, Olympic champion
• John O'Shea (b. 1981), Irish international soccer player
• Ciarán Power (b. 1976), Olympic Games cyclist 2000, 2004
• Ned Power (1929-2007), hurler
• Seamus Power (1929-2016), hurler
• Susan Smith-Walsh (b. 1971), Olympic athlete
• John Treacy (b. 1957), Olympic athlete, world champion
• Frankie Walsh (1936-2012), hurler
• Patricia Walsh (b. 1960), Olympic athlete
• Charlie Ware (b. 1933), hurler
• Jim Ware (1908-1983), hurler
• Thomas Barr (b. 1992), Olympic athlete
• Jessie Barr (b. 1989), Olympic athlete
• Tony O'shea (b. 1975), renowned Badminton specialist, all Ireland U11 doubles champion.

Politics and military

• Mary Butler (b. 1966), politician
• William Charles Bonaparte-Wyse (1826-1892), soldier
• Denis Cashman (1843-1897), Fenian, patriot
• Hugh Collender, Young Irelander, businessman
• Ciara Conway (politician) (b. 1980)
• Paudie Coffey (b. 1969)
• Edward Collins (1941-2019)
• Maurice Cummins
• David Cullinane
• Lorraine Clifford-Lee
• John Condon, boy soldier, youngest Allied soldier to die in First World War
• Martin Cullen, politician
• John Deasy
• Austin Deasy
• Frank Edwards, left wing activist, Spanish Civil War fighter
• Francis Hearn, patriot
• John Hearne, orator, lawyer and architect of the 1937 Irish Constitution, or Bunracht na hÉireann
• William Hobson, first Governor of New Zealand
• Brendan Kenneally
• Billy Kenneally
• Thomas Kyne
• George Lennon, vice commanding officer, West Waterford I.R.A. (1919–1922)
• Patrick Little, politician
• Thaddeus Lynch
• Thomas Francis Meagher, patriot, conceived the Irish tricolour
• Thomas Meagher politician and businessman
• Richard Mulcahy, Irish Army C.O.C.
• Ann Ormonde
• William Palliser (1830-1882), politician, inventor
• John Paul Phelan (b. 1978), politician
• John Redmond (1856-1918), leader of the Irish Party in Westminster
• Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832-1914), British Army C.O.C.
• Thomas Sexton (1848-1932), journalist, financial expert, nationalist politician and Member of Parliament
• Richard Lalor Shiel (1791-1851), Orator, M.P
• Alfred Webb (1834-1908), President of the 1894 Indian National Congress and MP for West Waterford

Science

• Lucien Bonaparte-Wyse (1845-1909), entymologist
• Robert Boyle, physicist
• Richard J. Ussher (1841-1913), ornithologist
• Ernest Walton (1903-1995), Nobel Laureate (Physics 1951)
• Keith McNulty, Data Scientist and Organizational Paychologist

Arts, theatre and entertainment

• Keith Barry, magician, mentalist, illusionist
• Carrie Crowley, TV personality
• Teresa Deevy, playwright
• Val Doonican, entertainer
• Seán Dunne, poet
• Fiona Glascott
• Dorothea Jordan, actress; mistress of King William IV of England
• Charles Kean, Shakespearean actor
• Anna Manahan (1924-2009), actress
• Gilbert O'Sullivan, singer-songwriter
• Patrick C. Power, Writer and Historian
• Hal Roach, comedian
• Frank Ryan, tenor
• William Vincent Wallace (1814-1865), opera composer

General

• Eugene Byrne (b. 1959), author, journalist
• Risteard De Hindeberg (1863-1916), priest, Irish language activist, author, musician
• Grattan Flood (1857-1928), musicologist and historian
• Valentine Greatrakes, 17th-century healer
• John Hogan (1800-1858), sculptor
• Donnchadh Ruadh Mac Conmara (1715-1810), teacher, poet
• Ellen Organ (1903–1908), saintly child known as "Little Nellie of Holy God"
• Thomas Sautelle Roberts (c. 1749-1778), landscape artist

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