| Gerry Adams | 1948 |
| Bertie Ahern | 1951 |
| Jonathan Aitken | 1942 |
| William Allingham | 1821 - 1889 |
| John Atkinson | 1844 - 1931 |
| George Barrington | 1755 - 1804 |
| Samuel Beckett | 1906 - 1989 |
| Brendan Behan | 1923 - 1964 |
| John S. Bell | 1928 - 1990 |
| George Berkeley | 1685 - 1753 |
| George Bernard Shaw | 1856 - 1950 |
| George Best | 1946 - 2005 |
| Maeve Binchy | 1940 |
| Danny Blanchflower | 1926 |
| Bono | 1960 |
| George Boole | 1815 - 1864 |
| Dion Boucicault | 1822 - 1890 |
| Elizabeth Bowen | 1899 - 1973 |
| Stephen Boyd | 1931 - 1977 |
| John Boyle O'Reilly | 1844 - 1890 |
| Robert Boyle | 1627 - 1691 |
| Thomas Bracken | 1843 - 1898 |
| Kenneth Branagh | 1960 |
| Richard Brinsley Sheridan | 1751 - 1816 |
| Henry Brooke | |
| Pierce Brosnan | 1953 |
| John Bruton | 1947 |
| Pat Buckley | 1952 |
| Edmund Burke | 1729 - 1797 |
| William Burke | 1792 - 1829 |
| Amanda Burton | 1957 |
| William Butler Yeats | 1865 - 1939 |
| Isaac Butt | 1813 - 1879 |
| Gabriel Byrne | 1950 |
| Vivian Campbell | 1962 |
| Frank Carson | 1926 |
| Joyce Cary | 1888 - 1957 |
| Roger Casement | 1864 - 1916 |
| Andrew Cherry | 1762 - 1812 |
| Adam Clayton | 1960 |
| Michael Collins | 1890 - 1922 |
| William Connor Magee | 1821 - 1891 |
| Andrea Corr | 1974 |
| Caroline Corr | 1973 |
| Conor Cruise O'Brien | 1917 |
| Paul Cullen | 1803 - 1878 |
| Kenny Cunningham | 1971 |
| Cyril Cusack | 1910 - 1993 |
| Eamon de Valera | 1882 - 1975 |
| Ninette de Valois | 1898 - 2001 |
| Aubrey de Vere | 1788 - 1846 |
| John Desmond Bernal | 1901 - 1971 |
| Bernadette Devlin | 1947 |
| Edward Dowden | 1843 - 1913 |
| Roma Downey | 1960 |
| Roddy Doyle | 1909 |
| John Drew | |
| Joey Dunlop | 1952 - 2000 |
| Lord Dunsany | 1878 - 1957 |
| Maria Edgeworth | 1767 - 1849 |
| William Edward Hartpole Lecky | 1838 - 1903 |
| John Edward Redmond | 1856 - 1918 |
| Robert Emmet | 1780 - 1803 |
| Garth Ennis | 1970 |
| Enya | 1961 |
| George Farquhar | 1678 - 1707 |
| Colin Farrell | 1976 |
| Michael Flatley | 1958 |
| James Galway | 1939 |
| Marguerite Gardiner | 1789 - 1849 |
| Bob Geldof | 1954 |
| Mike Gibson | 1942 |
| Johnny Giles | 1940 |
| Oliver Goldsmith | 1730 - 1774 |
| Robert Graves | 1895 - 1985 |
| Lady Gregory | 1852 - 1932 |
| William Hamilton Maxwell | 1792 - 1850 |
| Charles Handy | |
| Frank Harris | 1856 - 1931 |
| Richard Harris | 1930 - 2002 |
| Josephine Hart | |
| Charles Haughey | 1925 - 2006 |
| Timothy Healy | 1855 - 1931 |
| Seamus Heaney | 1939 |
| William Howard Russell | 1821 - 1907 |
| John Hume | 1937 |
| Francis Hutcheson | 1694 - 1747 |
| Douglas Hyde | 1860 - 1949 |
| Eddie Irvine | 1965 |
| Thomas John Barnardo | 1845 - 1905 |
| Guy Johnson | 1740 - 1788 |
| Denis Johnston | 1901 - 1984 |
| John Joly | 1857 - 1933 |
| Neil Jordan | 1950 |
| James Joyce | 1882 - 1941 |
| Patrick Kavanagh | 1904 - 1967 |
| John B. Keane | 1928 - 2002 |
| Robbie Keane | 1980 |
| Lord Kelvin | |
| Lord Killanin | 1914 - 1999 |
| James Larkin | 1874 - 1947 |
| Hugh Leonard | 1926 |
| Shane Leslie | 1885 - 1971 |
| Samuel Lover | 1797 - 1868 |
| Jack Lynch | 1917 - 1999 |
| Patrick MacGill | 1889 - 1960 |
| Shane MacGowan | 1957 |
| Charles Macklin | 1697 - 1797 |
| Robert Mallet | 1810 - 1881 |
| Edmond Malone | |
| Edmund Malone | 1741 - 1812 |
| Mary McAleese | 1951 |
| Catherine McAuley | 1778 - 1841 |
| John McCormack | |
| Frank McCourt | 1930 |
| Malachy McCourt | 1931 |
| John McGahern | 1934 - 2006 |
| Martin McGuinness | 1950 |
| Siobhan McKenna | 1922 - 1986 |
| Vincent McNabb | |
| Colm Meaney | 1953 |
| Spike Milligan | 1918 - 2002 |
| John Millington Synge | 1871 - 1909 |
| John Mitchel | 1815 - 1875 |
| Dominic Monaghan | 1976 |
| Brian Moore | 1921 - 1999 |
| George A. Moore | 1852 - 1933 |
| Thomas Moore | 1779 - 1852 |
| Dylan Moran | 1971 |
| Edward Mulhare | 1923 - 1997 |
| William Mulholland | 1855 - 1935 |
| Larry Mullen | 1961 |
| Samantha Mumba | 1983 |
| Iris Murdoch | 1919 - 1999 |
| Arthur Murphy | 1727 - 1805 |
| Cillian Murphy | 1974 |
| Liam Neeson | 1952 |
| Sam Neill | 1947 |
| Graham Norton | 1963 |
| Edna O'Brien | 1932 |
| Flann O'Brien | 1911 - 1966 |
| Kate O'Brien | 1897 - 1974 |
| Sean O'Casey | 1880 - 1964 |
| Daniel O'Connell | 1776 - 1847 |
| Frank O'Connor | 1903 - 1966 |
| Sinead O'Connor | 1966 |
| Sean O'Faolain | 1900 - 1991 |
| Maureen O'Hara | 1920 |
| Peter O'Toole | 1932 |
| Countess of Blessington | 1789 - 1849 |
| Saint Patrick | 385 - 461 |
| Tom Paulin | 1949 |
| John Philpot Curran | 1750 - 1817 |
| Jane Porter | 1776 - 1850 |
| Aidan Quinn | 1959 |
| Glenn Quinn | 1970 - 2002 |
| Stephen Rea | 1946 |
| Albert Reynolds | 1932 |
| Mary Robinson | 1944 |
| Boyle Roche | 1736 - 1807 |
| William Rowan Hamilton | 1805 - 1865 |
| Augustus Saint-Gaudens | 1848 - 1907 |
| Bobby Sands | 1954 - 1981 |
| Ernest Shackleton | 1874 - 1922 |
| Fiona Shaw | 1958 |
| Richard Sheridan | 1751 - 1816 |
| Kevin Shields | 1963 |
| Dick Spring | 1950 |
| James Stephens | 1882 - 1950 |
| Laurence Stern | 1713 - 1768 |
| Laurence Sterne | 1713 - 1768 |
| Charles Stewart Parnell | 1846 - 1891 |
| Bram Stoker | 1847 - 1912 |
| Jonathan Swift | 1667 - 1745 |
| J. M. Synge | 1871 - 1909 |
| John Synge | 1871 - 1909 |
| Stuart Townsend | 1972 |
| Herbert Trench | 1865 - 1923 |
| William Trevor | 1928 |
| David Trimble | 1944 |
| Jim Walsh | 1947 |
| Rebecca West | 1892 - 1983 |
| Jane Wilde | disputed |
| Oscar Wilde | 1854 - 1900 |
| George William Russell | 1867 - 1935 |
| Terry Wogan | 1938 |