Famous People from Dublin, Ireland

• Abrahamson, Lenny

  The Oscar-nominated director of the 2015 film Room

• Beckett, Samuel

  Irish-French author of Waiting for Godot

• Bono

  Lead singer of the rock band U2

• Farrell, Colin

  The star of Alexander and Miami Vice

• Gambon, Michael

  Headmaster Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films

• Keoghan, Barry

  The innocent kid in the movie 'Dunkirk'

• Murdoch, Iris

  Alzheimer's stricken author of The Sea, The Sea

• O'Connor, Sinead

  The bald-headed Irish singer of "Nothing Compares 2U"

• Power, Samantha

  The Irish-born Pulitzer Prize winner who became the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.

• Rhys-Meyers, Jonathan

  Star of Woody Allen's Match Point

• Shaw, George Bernard

  The author of Pygmalion

• Swift, Jonathan

  The satirical Irish author of Gulliver's Travels

• Wilde, Oscar

  The author of The Importance of Being Earnest

• Yeats, William Butler

  Irish poet and playwright

See also: Born in Ireland