* 1921 – Brian Moore, Irish-Canadian novelist and screenwriter ( d. 1999 )

A 1979 novel by Northern Irish-Canadian novelist Brian Moore, The Mangan Inheritance, tells the story of ( fictional ) young American James Mangan traveling to Ireland to try to determine whether he is descended from the famous poet.

I Am Mary Dunne ( 1968 ) is a novel by Northern Irish-Canadian writer Brian Moore about one day in the life of a beautiful and well-to-do 31-year-old Canadian woman living in New York City with her third husband, a successful playwright.

* Jean Charest, born of an Irish-Canadian mother, is Premier of Quebec, Canada.

There is a 1915 American film by Irish-Canadian Sidney Olcott entitled All for Old Ireland, also known as Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr or Robert Emmet, Ireland's Martyr.

Catherine Anne O ' Hara ( born March 4, 1954 ) is an Irish-Canadian and Canadian-American actress, writer and comedienne.

Clifden is the birthplace of Jon Riley, Saint Patrick's Battalion's commander, who fought for Mexico in the Mexican-American War in the 19th century, and John Bamlet Smallman, Irish-Canadian businessman ( 1849 – 1916 ).

Velvet McIntyre is a retired Irish-Canadian professional wrestler.

Louis St-Laurent () was born on 1 February 1882 in Compton, Quebec, a village in the Eastern Townships to Jean-Baptiste-Moïse Saint-Laurent, a French-Canadian, and Mary Anne Broderick, an Irish-Canadian.

Disney was born on December 5, 1901, at 2156 N. Tripp Avenue in Chicago's Hermosa community area to Irish-Canadian father Elias Disney and Flora Call Disney, who was of German and English descent.

* 1838 – John Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer ( d. 1915 )

* 1771 – Thomas Talbot, Irish-Canadian soldier and politician ( d. 1853 )

In 1868, a Fenian sympathizer assassinated Irish-Canadian politician Thomas D ' Arcy McGee in Ottawa for his condemnation of the raids.

Guinan was one of five siblings born in Waco, Texas to Irish-Canadian immigrants Michael and Bessie ( née Duffy ) Guinan.

Later that year, Irish-Canadian rebel Benjamin Lett murdered a loyalist, Captain Edgeworth Ussher, who had been involved in the incident.

* February 20-Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter ( b. 1810 )

Moira O ' Neill was the pseudonym of Agnes Shakespeare Higginson ( 1864-1955 ), a popular Irish-Canadian poet who wrote ballads and other verse inspired by County Antrim, where she lived at Cushendun.

The Shaughnessys had two sons ( William James Shaughnessy served as captain and adjutant of the Duchess of Connaught ’ s Irish-Canadian Rangers ; second Baron of Shaughnessy ) and three daughters.

In 1840, Irish-Canadian Benjamin Lett was suspected of ( but never charged with ) setting an explosive charge that heavily damaged the first monument.

John Kinder Labatt ( 1803 – 26 October 1866 ) was an Irish-Canadian brewer, and the founder of the Labatt Brewing Company.

John Egan ( November 11, 1811 – July 11, 1857 ) was an Irish-Canadian businessman and political figure in the Ottawa region.

Paul Kane ( 1810 – 1871 ) was an Irish-Canadian painter.

Patrick O ' Brian, CBE ( 12 December 1914 – 2 January 2000 ), born Richard Patrick Russ, was an English novelist and translator, best known for his Aubrey – Maturin series of novels set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and centred on the friendship of English naval captain Jack Aubrey and the Irish – Catalan physician Stephen Maturin.

* December 12-Patrick O ' Brian, historical novelist ( died 2000 )

Bloomsday ( a term Joyce himself did not employ ) was invented in 1954, on the 50th anniversary of the events in the novel, when John Ryan ( artist, critic, publican and founder of Envoy magazine ) and the novelist Brian O ' Nolan organised what was to be a daylong pilgrimage along the Ulysses route.

Brian Brett ( born in Vancouver, British Columbia on 28 April 1950 ) is a Canadian poet and novelist.

Papillon was first published in the United Kingdom in 1970, in a translation by the novelist Patrick O ' Brian.

Among his contemporaries at Eton were Eric Blair ( the writer George Orwell ), Cyril Connolly, Robert Byron, Alec Douglas-Home, Ian Fleming, Brian Howard, Oliver Messel, Anthony Powell, Henry Yorke ( the novelist Henry Green ).

Famous people from the town include novelist Brian Aldiss, author George Borrow, footballer Harry Cripps, the antiquarian Sir John Fenn, Lady Ellenor Fenn, architect George Skipper, singer Beth Orton and scientist William Hyde Wollaston.

In alphabetical order, the people listed in the song are: Jeffrey Archer ( politician and novelist ), Fred Astaire, Bobby Ball ( comedian ), Charlie Brown, Tommy Cannon ( comedian ), Billy Corkhill ( soap opera character ), Leslie Crowther ( TV presenter ), " Freddie " Flintstone, Paris Grey ( singer ), Brian Hayes ( broadcaster ), Vince Hilaire ( footballer ), Barry Humphries, The LSO, Kym Mazelle ( singer ), Mork and Mindy, Little Nell, Charlie Parker, Andre Previn, Little Richard, Salman Rushdie, Jean Paul Sartre, The Supremes (" Mary Wilson, Di and Flo "), William Tell, Sir Bufton Tufton, Desmond Tutu, Willy Wonka, Zippy and Bungle ( TV characters ).

One Bermudian novelist, Brian Burland, has achieved a degree of success and acclaim internationally, although the first ( and undoubtedly the most important, historically ) notable book credited to a Bermudian was the History of Mary Prince, a slave narrative by a Bermudian woman, Mary Prince, which helped to end slavery in the British Empire.

Brian Callison ( born 1934 ) is a UK novelist known for his best-selling thrillers and sea stories.

* Brian Moore ( novelist ) ( 1921 – 1999 ), Northern Irish novelist and screenwriter

* Brian Moore, famous Irish novelist

Amongst many others, novelist Ken Follett, science writer Brian J. Ford, cartoonist Gren Jones, journalist Sue Lawley

* Brian Garfield, American novelist and screenwriter

Brian Con Penton ( 21 August 1904 – 24 August 1951 ) was an Australian journalist and novelist.

At the end of the evening, Random House of Canada ’ s table, featuring novelist Brian Francis, was announced as the winner.

* Brian Moore, novelist

* Brian Daley ( 1947-1996 ), American science fiction novelist

Brian Daley ( born Brian Charles Daley, 22 December 1947 – 11 February 1996 ) was an American science fiction novelist.

The British historical novelist Patrick O ' Brian lived in the town from 1949 until his death in 2000, and his novel The Catalans graphically describes Collioure life before major changes took place.