List of University College Dublin people

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The following is a list of University College Dublin people, including notable alumni and faculty members of University College Dublin, a constituent university of the National University of Ireland.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by with reliable sources.

Alumni[]

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Influential writer James Joyce, c. 1918
Victorian poet Gerard Manley Hopkins

Literature[]

Journalism[]

Business[]

David J. O'Reilly, former Chairman and CEO of Chevron
Peter Sutherland

Science and technology[]

  • Rónadh Cox, Irish geologist, Brust Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at Williams College and Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Conor P. Delaney, Irish-American colorectal surgeon known for developing enhanced recovery pathways
  • Dervilla M. X. Donnelly, Irish chemist
  • Orla Feely, Vice President for Research, Innovation and Impact and Professor of Electronic Engineering at University College Dublin,[3] and Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  • Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer of Ireland
  • Mary Horgan, Irish physician and president of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
  • Thomas J. Laffey, Mathematician known for group theory and matrix theory
  • Peter Lynch, Irish mathematician, meteorologist, book author and Irish Times columnist
  • Eilis McGovern, Irish professor of cardiothoracic surgery, President of RCSI, and first female President of any Royal College of Surgeons in the world
  • Henry Charles McWeeney, Irish mathematician who served as vice president of UCD from 1909 to 1935
  • John Monahan, bioscientist and CEO of Avigen Inc in California, a NASDAQ company
  • Colm Mulcahy, Mathematician known for his chronicling of Irish mathematicians throughout history
  • Thomas E. Nevin, Irish physicist and Dean of the Faculty of Science 1963 to 1979
  • John James Nolan, Irish physicist and President of the Royal Irish Academy
  • Patrick Joseph Nolan, Irish atmospheric physicist
  • Cormac O'Raifeartaigh, Irish physicist and philosopher of science

Finance and banking[]

Politics and government[]

Heads of state[]

  • V. V. Giri, 4th President of India (did not graduate)
  • Patrick Hillery, 6th President of Ireland
  • Douglas Hyde, 1st President of Ireland
  • Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, 5th president of Ireland

Heads of government[]

  • John Bruton, 9th Taoiseach of Ireland
  • John A. Costello, 2nd Taoiseach of Ireland
  • Brian Cowen, 11th Taoiseach of Ireland
  • Garret FitzGerald, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland
  • Charles Haughey, 6th Taoiseach of Ireland

Other Political Leaders[]

  • Mairead McGuinness, 1st Vice President of European Parliament
  • V. V. Giri, 4th President of India

Military[]

Other[]

Ryan Crocker, US Ambassador to Iraq and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Noel Kinsella, 46th Speaker of the Canadian Senate

Legal[]

Academia[]

Engineers[]

Arts[]

Dara Ó Briain, comedian
Chris O'Dowd, actor

Clergy[]

  • Desmond Connell, Cardinal, Archbishop of Dublin
  • Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin
  • Fr. Malachi Martin S.J., author
  • John Henry Newman, Cardinal, educator, writer
  • Tomás Ó Fiaich, Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh

Sports[]

Soccer[]

Rugby[]

Brian O'Driscoll, Ireland and British and Irish Lions Captain

GAA[]

Swimming[]

  • Michelle Smith

Fictional[]

Humanitarians[]

  • John O'Shea, humanitarian, founder of
  • Maura Lynch, Irish doctor, a nun, and proponent of women's health in Africa

Faculty[]

See also[]

References[]

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  2. ^ "The Irish Oil Man: Dave O'Reilly". Irish America. 2009-01-01. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  3. ^ "Professor Orla Feely". people.ucd.ie. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  4. ^ "Ireland's first female ambassador to the US Anne Anderson". IrishCentral.com. 2013-07-25. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  5. ^ "Golden jubilee celebration lunch as class of 1953 go back to UCD". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
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