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Science
- Howard A. Kelly, John Hopkins founding physicians
- John Philip Holland, submersible engineer
- Arthur Edwin Kennelly, electrical engineer
- Charles McBurney, medical pioneer
- Brian Duffy, astronaut
Music
- Christina Aguilera, singer
- Dennis Casey, Flogging Molly member
- Ken Casey, Dropkick Murphys member
- Mariah Carey, singer
- Eddie Cochran, singer
- Everlast, singer
- Bill Haley, singer
- Mike Kelly, Dropkick Murphys member
- Mike McColgan, Dropkick Murphys member
- Jim Morrison, The Doors member
- Daniel O'Connor, singer
Literature
- Tom Clancy, novelist
- Finley Peter Dunne, writer
- James T. Farrell, novelist
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, novelist
- Robert Frost, poet
- Cormac McCarthy, novelist
- Frank McCourt, writer
- James McGowan, writer
- Tim O'Brien, novelist
- Flannery O'Connor, writer
- Eugene O'Neill, playwright
Arts
Entertainment
- Ben Affleck, actor
- Casey Affleck, actor
- Alec Baldwin, actor
- Lionel Barrymore, actor
- Warren Beatty, actor
- Ed Begley, actor
- Lara Flynn Boyle, actress
- Peter Boyle, actor
- Ed Burns, actor, director
- Steve Buscemi, actor
- Ellen Burstyn, actress
- Alice Brady, actress
- Walter Brennan, actor
- Matthew Broderick, actor
- James Cagney, actor
- George Carlin, comedian
- Art Carney, actor
- George Clooney, actor
- William Cody, showman
- Jennifer Connelly, actress
- Bing Crosby, singer, actor
- John Cusack, actor
- Rosario Dawson, actress
- Carson Daly, talk show host
- Robert De Niro, actor
- Brian Dennehy, actor
- Shannen Doherty, actress
- Robert Downey, Jr., actor
- James Dunn, actor
- Jimmy Fallon, actor
- Chris Farley, actor
- Mia Farrow, actress
- Will Ferrell, actor
- Albert Finney, actor
- Barry Fitzgerald, actor
- Michael Flatley, dancer
- Errol Flynn, actor
- Harrison Ford, actor
- John Ford, director
- Jodie Foster, actress
- Judy Garland, actress
- Greer Garson, actress
- Richard Gere, actor
- Jackie Gleason, actor
- Kathy Griffin, comedian
- Helen Hayes, actress
- Susan Hayward, actress
- Patricia Heaton, actress
- Bonnie Hunt, actress
- Anjelica Huston, actress
- John Huston, director
- Walter Huston, actor
- Buster Keaton, actor
- Gene Kelly, dancer, actor
- Grace Kelly, actress
- George Kennedy, actor
- Kevin Kline, actor
- Denis Leary, actor
- Jack Lemmon, actor
- Lindsay Lohan, actress
- Richard Lynch, actor
- Tobey Maguire, actor
- Bill Maher, comedian
- Dorothy Malone, actress
- Leo McCarey, director
- Victor McLaglen, actor
- Steve McQueen, actor
- Thomas Mitchell, actor
- Julianne Moore, actress
- Michael Moore, director
- Megan Mullally, actress
- Bill Murray, actor
- Patricia Neal, actress
- Jack Nicholson, actor
- Annie Oakley, sharpshooter
- Conan O'Brien, comedian
- Edmund O'Brien, actor
- Pat O'Brien, actor
- Jerry O'Connell, actor
- Carroll O'Connor, actor
- Chris O'Donnell, actor
- Rosie O'Donnell, actress, comedian
- Maureen O'Hara, actress
- Mike O'Malley, actor
- Ryan O'Neal, actor
- Tatum O'Neal, actress
- Ed O'Neill, actor
- Kitty O'Neill, stuntwoman
- Bill O'Reilly, commentator
- Maureen O'Sullivan, actress
- Gregory Peck, actor
- Tyrone Power, actor
- Regis Philbin, television personality
- Anthony Quinn, actor
- Colin Quinn, comedian
- Robert Redford, actor, director
- John C. Reilly, actor
- Jason Robards, actor
- Mickey Rourke, actor
- Susan Sarandon, actress
- Charlie Sheen, actor
- Martin Sheen, actor
- Brooke Shields, actress
- Ed Sullivan, television personality
- Maura Tierney, actress
- Spencer Tracy, actor
- Robin Tunney, actress
- John Wayne, actor
Sports
- Muhammad Ali, boxer, World Heavyweight Champion
- Rick Barry, basketball player
- James J. Braddock, boxer
- Bill Bradley, basketball player
- Tom Brady, football player
- Joe Brennan, basketball player
- Roger P. Bresnahan, baseball player
- Patrick Burke, first Irish-born basketball player to play in the NBA
- Max Carey, baseball player
- Matt Carroll, basketball player
- Mickey Cochrane. baseball player
- Eddie Collins, baseball player
- Kerry Collins, football player
- Charles Comiskey, baseball player, White Sox owner
- Maureen C. Connolly, tennis player
- George Connor, football player
- Jimmy Connors, tennis player
- James J. Corbett, boxer
- Joe Cronin, baseball player
- Chuck Daly, basketball coach
- Jack Dempsey, boxer
- Art Donovan, football player
- Paddy Driscoll, football player
- John Duddy, boxer
- Hugh Duffy, baseball player
- Ryan Fitzpatrick, football player
- Ray Flaherty, football coach
- Mike Flanagan, football player
- Peggy Fleming, figure skater
- Jeff Garcia, football player
- Pat Garrity, basketball player
- Frank Gifford, football player
- Dorothy Hamill, figure skater
- Ed Healey, football player
- Ben Hogan, golfer
- Derek Jeter, baseball player
- Bobby Jones, golfer
- Johnny Kerr, basketball player
- Nancy Kerrigan, figure skater
- Frank Leahy, football coach
- Ed Macauley, basketball player
- Matt Maloney, basketball player
- Kevin McBride, boxer
- Brandon McCarthy, baseball player
- Mike McCormack, football player
- John McDermott, golfer
- Robert McDermott, basketball player
- John McEnroe, tennis player
- Dylan McFarland, football player
- Al McGuire, basketball player
- Dick McGuire, basketball player
- Mark McGwire, baseball player
- Kevin McHale, basketball player
- Sean McHugh, football player
- Mike McMahon, football player
- Pete McMahon, football player
- Peter McNeeley, boxer
- Tommy Morrison, boxer
- Joe Mullen, hockey player
- Chris Mullin, basketball player
- Stretch Murphy, basketball player
- Bill Murphy, baseball player
- Troy Murphy, basketball player
- Matt O'Dwyer, football player
- Shaun O'Hara, football palyer
- Troy O'Leary, baseball player
- Keith O'Neil, football player
- Paul O'Neill, baseball player
- Dennis O'Sullivan, football player
- J.T. O'Sullivan, football player
- Danica Patrick, auto racer
- Jonathon Quinn, football player
- Pat Riley, basketball coach
- Art Rooney, one of the NFL creators
- Nolan Ryan, baseball player
- Tom Sharkey, boxer
- Patty Sheehan, golfer
- Sam Snead, golfer
- John L. Sullivan, boxer
- Don Sutton, baseball player
- Gene Tunney, boxer
- Bill Walsh, football coach
Military
- Alfred Thayer Mahan, US Naval officer, author of The Influence of Seapower Upon History
- John Barry, Father of the American Navy
- John Devoy, Fenian
- John Philip Holland, Fenian and Father of the US Submarine Service
- Jessica Lynch, soldier in Second Gulf War
- Audie Murphy, most decorated combat soldier of World War II
- Jeremiah O'Brien, captain in Continental Navy
- John O'Mahony, Fenian
Politics
- Chester A. Arthur, US president
- James G. Barry, St. Louis mayor
- James Buchanan, US President
- Chris Buckley, San Francisco Democratic party leader
- Thomas A. Burke, Cleveland mayor, US Senator
- Bob Brady, US Congressman
- Edmund G. Brown, California governor
- Jerry Brown, California governor, Oakland mayor
- Brendan Byrne, New Jersey governor
- Jane Byrne, Chicago mayor
- Thomas R. Byrne, St. Paul mayor
- John C. Calhoun, US Vice President
- Hugh Carey, New York governor
- Robert P. Casey, Pennsylvania governor
- Jerome Cavanagh, Detroit mayor
- Grover Cleveland, US president
- Bill Clinton, US President
- De Witt Clinton, New York City mayor
- Bourke Cockran, US Congressman
- James F. Conway, St. Louis mayor
- James Michael Curley, Boston mayor
- Richard Croker, New York City mayor
- Joseph Crowley, US Congressman
- Richard J. Daley, Chicago mayor
- Richard M. Daley, Chicago mayor
- John C. Daubney, St. Paul mayor
- William Dawson, St. Paul mayor
- Edward K. Delaney, St. Paul mayor
- John Delaney, Jacksonville mayor
- Éamon de Valera, President of Ireland (American-born)
- Joseph E. Dillon, St. Paul mayor
- Frank Doran, St. Paul mayor
- James Doyle, Wisconsin governor
- Mike Doyle, US Congressman
- John G. Downey, California governor
- Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne, Chicago mayor
- Mike Fahey, Omaha mayor
- Thomas Fallon, San Jose mayor
- William H. Fallon, St. Paul mayor
- James A. Farley, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, US Postmaster General
- John F. Fitzgerald, Boston mayor
- John Fitzpatrick, New Orleans mayor
- Mike Fitzpatrick, US Congressman
- Peter F. Flaherty, Pittsburgh mayor
- Ed Flynn, Chairman of the Democartic National Committee
- Raymond Flynn, Boston mayor
- Thomas Gallagher, Pittsburgh mayor
- Martin Galvin, founder of NORAID
- Patrick Gleason, Long Island City politcal machine boss
- William R. Grace, New York City mayor
- Ulysses S. Grant, US President
- James Griffin, Buffalo mayor
- Frank Hague, Jersey City mayor
- Brian Higgins, US Congressman
- John Patrick Hopkins, Chicago mayor
- John C. Houlihan, Oakland mayor
- Andrew Jackson, US president
- Frank Keating, Oklahoma governor
- Edward Joseph Kelly, Chicago mayor
- John Kelly, Tammany Hall boss
- Joseph J. Kelly, Buffalo mayor
- Randy Kelly, St. Paul mayor
- Edward Kennedy, US Senator
- John F. Kennedy, US President
- Joseph Kennedy, U.S. ambassador
- Mark Kennedy, US Congressman
- Patrick J. Kennedy, US Congressman
- Robert F. Kennedy, US Senator
- Martin H. Kennelly, Chicago mayor
- Patrick Leahy, US Senator
- Huey Long, Louisiana governor
- George Maguire, St. Louis mayor
- William Mahoney, St. Paul mayor
- Mike Mansfield, US Senator, Ambassador
- John McCain, US Senator
- Patrick McCarran, US Senator
- Carolyn McCarthy, US Congressman
- Eugene McCarthy, US Senator
- Joseph McCarthy, US Senator
- P.H. McCarthy, San Francisco mayor
- William C. McCarthy, Pittsburgh mayor
- John W. McCormack, Speaker of the House
- Jim McDermott, US Congressman
- John J. McDonough, St. Paul mayor
- George McGovern, US Senator
- Jim McGovern, US Congressman
- James McGreevey, New Jersey governor
- Bernard J. McKenna, Pittsburgh mayor
- William McKinley, US President
- Hugh McLaughlin, Brooklyn Democratic party boss
- Marty Meehan, US Congressman
- John Purroy Mitchel, New York City mayor
- Thomas Monahan, San Jose mayor
- Jim Moran, US Congressman
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan, US Senator
- Bryan Mullanphy, St. Louis mayor
- Bernard D. Murphy, San Jose mayor
- Charles F. Murphy, Tammany Hall boss
- Dick Murphy, San Diego mayor
- Frank Murphy, Detroit mayor, Michigan governor
- Isaac Murphy, Arkansas governor
- Timothy Murphy, US Congressman
- Tom Murphy, Pittsburgh mayor
- Richard Neal, US Congressman
- Richard Nixon, US president
- Michael N. Nolan, Albany mayor
- Edward A. Noonan, St. Louis mayor
- Frank O'Bannon, Indiana governor
- Charles M. O'Brien, San Jose mayor
- Christopher D. O'Brien, St. Paul mayor
- Hugh O'Brien, Boston's first Irish mayor
- John P. O'Brien, New York City mayor
- Dan O'Connell, Albany mayor
- Maureen O'Connor, San Diego mayor
- Herbert R. O'Conor, Maryland governor
- William O'Dwyer, New York City mayor
- Arthur J. O'Keefe, New Orleans mayor
- Martin O'Malley, Baltimore mayor
- Thomas O'Neill, Speaker of the House
- William A. O'Neill, Connecticut governor
- Colin Powell, 65th Secretary of State
- Tom Pendergast, Kansas City Democratic machine boss
- James D. Phelan, San Francisco mayor, US Senator
- George Washington Plunkitt, Tammany Hall member
- James Polk, US President
- Liam Quinn, Provisional IRA volunteer
- Ronald Reagan, US President
- Richard Riordan, Los Angeles mayor
- George H. Ryan, Illinois governor
- Paul Ryan, US Congressman
- Tim Ryan, US Congressman
- William F. Sheehan, Buffalo democratic machine boss
- James Shields, US Senator
- Al Smith, New York governor
- P.J. Somers, Milwaukee mayor
- James Sullivan, Massachusetts governor
- John F. Tierney, US Congressman
- David I. Walsh, Massachusetts' first Catholic governor
- Woodrow Wilson, US President
- Kevin White, Boston mayor
Religion
- William Brady, Archbishop of St. Paul
- Raymond Leo Burke, Archbishop of St. Louis
- John Carroll, America's first Catholic bishop and founder of Georgetown University
- John Cardinal Cody, Archbishop of Chicago
- R. Luke Concanen, Bishop of New York
- John Connolly, Bishop of New York
- Michael Corrigan, Archbishop of New York
- Michael J. Curley, Archbishop of Baltimore
- James Duggan, Bishop of Chicago
- Edward Cardinal Egan, Archbishop of New York
- John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York
- Patrick Feehan, Archbishop of Chicago
- Harry Flynn, Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
- James Augustine Healy, Bishop of Portland, Maine; first American bishop of African ancestry
- Patrick Healy, S.J., President of Georgetown College
- John Hughes, Archbishop of New York
- John Ireland, Archbishop of St. Paul
- Andrew Greeley, Roman Catholic priest, author and sociologist
- Roger Cardinal Mahony, Archbishop of Los Angeles
- Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, Archbishop of Washington D.C.
- John Cardinal McCloskey, Archbishop of New York
- Michael J. McGivney, Knights of Columbus founder, priest
- John Murray, Archbishop of St. Paul
- John Cardinal O'Connor, Archbishop of New York
- Sean O'Malley, Archbishop of Boston
- Anthony O'Regan, Bishop of Chicago
- James Quigley, Archbishop of Chicago
- Fulton J. Sheen, Roman Catholic Archbishop
- Samuel Cardinal Stritch, Archbishop of Chicago
- John Timon, first bishop of Buffalo
- Thomas Walsh, Archbishop of Newark
Gangsters
- James J. Bulger, South Boston, FBI Ten Most Wanted
- Mad Dog Coll, New York City, Irish enforcer for mafia
- Jimmy Conway, New York City, depicted by Robert De Niro in Goodfellas
- James Coonan, New York City, Westies leader
- Jack Diamond, New York City, bootlegger
- Mickey Featherstone, New York City, Westies member
- Richie Fitzpatrick, New York City, gunman, Monk Eastman and Five Points Gang member
- Jimmy Flynn, Boston, Winter Hill Gang member
- Vannie Higgins, New York City, bootlegger, known as Brooklyn's Last Irish Boss
- Henry Hill, New York City, basis for Goodfellas
- Owney Madden, New York
- Bugs Moran, Chicago, Al Capone rival
- Dion O'Banion, Chicago, prohibition gang leader
- Spike O'Donnell, Chicago, prohibition gang leader
- Jim O'Leary, Chicago, illegal gambling racketeer
Others
- William Bonney, gunslinger
- Neal Cassady, icon of the Beat Generation
- Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company
- Dan Harrington, World poker champion
- William Randolph Hearst, publisher
- James Hoban, the Architect of the White House in Washington, DC
- Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights leader
- Tom Monaghan, founder of Domino's Pizza
- Diane Sawyer, news anchor
- Louis Sullivan, the father of American architecture