20th century Irish novelist, playwright and poet Samuel Beckett penned the play Waiting for Godot. In 1969, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Athlete George Best played for Manchester United and was named European Footballer of the Year in 1968. His brief career ended by the time he was 25.
Bono is the frontman of the Irish rock band U2. He's also known for participating in global charity efforts.
Irish actor Pierce Brosnan is best known for his recurring role as British spy James Bond in the popular James Bond film series.
James Joyce was an Irish, modernist writer who wrote in a ground-breaking style that was known both for its complexity and explicit content.
Shane McGowan is an Irish singer-songwriter who founded the folk-punk band the Pogues.
Spike Milligan was an Irish writer and comedian best known for his work on The Goon Show.
With her signature shaved head, Sinead O'Connor emerged with a powerful and expressive voice, complex songs, and a fair share of controversy.
Maureen O'Hara was an Irish-born actress who was billed alongside Hollywood's leading men in a slew of swashbuckling features in the 1940s.
Irish writer Bram Stoker is best known for authoring the classic horror novel Dracula (1897).
Author Oscar Wilde published several acclaimed works, including The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest.
William Butler Yeats was one of the greatest English-language poets of the 20th century and received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923.