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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 .
Alumni
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
Sharon Donnery , Irish economist and financial regulator
Niall FitzGerald , former CEO of
Unilever
Aidan Heavey , CEO of
Tullow Oil
Gary McGann chairman of
Flutter Entertainment , and former CEO of
Smurfit Kappa and
Aer Lingus
Ann O'Dea , CEO of Inspirefest
Tony O'Reilly , owner of
Mediahuis Ireland
Denis O'Brien , owner of Communicorp and
Digicel
David J. O'Reilly , Chairman and CEO of
Chevron Corporation
[1]
[2]
Dalton Philips , CEO of
Morrisons
Mark Pollock
Feargal Quinn , former owner of
Superquinn , and Senator
Peter Sutherland , former Director General of the
World Trade Organization ; former Chairman of
BP ; Chairman of
Goldman Sachs Europe; served as Ireland's Attorney General and
European Commissioner
Science and technology
Conrad Burke , entrepreneur
Rónadh Cox , Irish geologist, Brust Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at
Williams College and Fellow of the
Geological Society of America
Evelyn Cusack former Secretary of the
Irish Meteorological Society .
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
Garret A. FitzGerald Irish pharmacologist
Edmond Harty
CEO and technical director of Dairymaster,
Tony Holohan , Chief Medical Officer of Ireland
Mary Horgan , Irish physician and president of the
Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Teresa Lambe , co-developer of
Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
Eleanor Maguire Irish neuropsychologist
Julie McEnery American astrophysicist
Eilis McGovern , Irish professor of cardiothoracic surgery, President of RCSI, and first female President of any Royal College of Surgeons in the world
Anne Merriman British doctor, founded Hospice Africa Uganda
John Monahan , bioscientist and CEO of Avigen Inc in
California , a
NASDAQ company
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
Daniel Joseph Kelly O'Connell , SJ, astronomer and seismologist, Director of Riverview and the Vatican Observatory, president of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences(1968–72),
O'Connell effect named after him.
Cormac O'Raifeartaigh , Irish physicist and philosopher of science
David J. O'Reilly former chairman and CEO of
Chevron Corporation
Delia Grace Randolph
Michael J. Ryan (doctor) Irish
epidemiologist and former trauma surgeon
Mathematics
Finance and banking
Politics and government
Heads of state
Heads of government
Other Political Leaders
Military
Other
Ryan Crocker , US Ambassador to Iraq and recipient of the
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Noel Kinsella , 46th Speaker of the Canadian Senate
Dermot Ahern
Anne Anderson , Irish Ambassador to the United States
[4]
David Andrews [
citation needed ]
Kevin Barry
Séamus Brennan
Richard Bruton
Joan Burton
Eibhlin Byrne
Mella Carroll
Hazel Chu
Ruth Coppinger former TD for Dublin West
Patrick Costello
Mary Coughlan
Ryan Crocker , former
United States Ambassador to Iraq ; recipient of the
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Catherine Day ,
Secretary-General of the European Commission
Ann Derwin , Ireland's Ambassador to China
Síle de Valera
Noel Dempsey
Professor
James Dooge , former Minister of Foreign Affairs; European Union architect; climatologist; Professor of Civil Engineering at UCD for several years
Alan Dukes
Martin Fraser
Dermot Gallagher , Secretary-General of the Department of Foreign Affairs
Aideen Hayden former Irish
Labour Party politician
Joe Higgins , former Socialist Party TD & MEP
Justin Keating
Vincent Keaveny Lawyer and 693rd Lord Mayor of London
Hugh Kennedy
Noël A. Kinsella , 46th Speaker of the Senate of Canada
Michael Kitt
Brian Lenihan
Thomas MacDonagh
Charlie McCreevy ; former
European Commissioner for Internal Market & Services
Alasdair McDonnell former
SDLP leader and
MP for
Belfast South
Michael McDowell ; former
Tánaiste and
Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Mairead McGuinness Irish politician serving as the
European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union
Paul Murphy TD for Dublin South West, former MEP
John L. Murray
Michael Noonan
Éamon Ó Cuív
Willie O'Dea
Kevin O'Higgins
Mary O'Rourke
Nóirín O'Sullivan
Nora Owen
Patrick Pearse
Ruairi Quinn
Neale Richmond
James Ryan
Francis Skeffington
Eóin Tennyson ;
Alliance Party
MLA for
Upper Bann
Michael Woods
Robert Watt (Irish civil servant)
Legal
Academia
Thom Brooks , philosopher and legal academic
Remi Chandran , researcher
Anthony Clare , psychiatrist
John Coakley , political scientist
Arthur W. Conway , physicist
Patrick Cosgrave , historian
Deirdre Curtin , lawyer
James Dooge , engineer
Owen Dudley Edwards , historian
Robert Dudley Edwards , historian
Yvonne Farrell architect and academic
John D. FitzGerald , economist
Noel Fitzpatrick , veterinarian
Roy C. Geary , statistician
Aoife Gowen , researcher
Dennis Jennings (Internet pioneer)
Thomas Kettle , economist
John Francis Leader , psychologist
Eoin MacNeill , scholar
J. A. McClelland , physicist
Páid McGee , psychologist
Shelley McNamara architect and academic
Thomas Preston , physicist
Frances P. Ruane , economist
Martin J. Tobin
Irish-American
critical care physician ,
pulmonologist
Desmond Williams , historian
Engineers
Arts
Dara Ó Briain , comedian
Chris O'Dowd , actor
Joanne McNally , comedian
Consolata Boyle , costume designer
Paul Brady
Niall Breslin , musician
Gabriel Byrne
Graham Cantwell
Benjamin Cleary , Oscar winner
Cyril Cusack
Barbara Dawson , director of Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin
Foil Arms and Hog , Irish sketch comedy group.
Brendan Gleeson
Róisín Heneghan , architect and designer
Amy Huberman
Neil Jordan , film director, screenwriter, novelist and short story writer
Roisin Kennedy , art critic and curator
Pat Kenny , broadcaster, former host of
The Late Late Show
Rosaleen Linehan , actress
Dominique McElligott , actor
Hugh McFadden
Michael McGlynn , Irish composer
David McNulty , architect
Kieron Moore
Dermot Morgan , actor best known as
Father Ted
Dara Ó Briain ,
Mock the Week ,
Have I Got News For You ,
QI ,
Three Men in a Boat
Miriam O'Callaghan , Irish television
current affairs presenter with
RTÉ
Carroll O'Connor
Chris O'Dowd ,
The IT Crowd ,
Bridesmaids ,
Girls ,
Moone Boy
Dan O'Herlihy , Academy Award-nominated actor
Kevin Roche , architect
Jim Sheridan
Bill Shipsey
Ryan Tubridy , host of
The Late Late Show
Bill Whelan , composer and musician
Colette Wong , presenter of
Fox Sports Central Asia
Clergy
Desmond Connell , Cardinal, Archbishop of Dublin
Diarmuid Martin , Archbishop of Dublin
Fr. Malachi Martin S.J. , author
Saint
John Henry Newman , Cardinal, educator, writer
Tomás Ó Fiaich , Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh
Maurice Piat CSSp, GCSK, Cardinal, Archbishop of Port Louis, Mauritius
Dermot Ryan , Archbishop of Dublin, Professor of Oriental Languages
Sports
Soccer
Hockey
Rugby
Patrick Casey , former Irish International
Leo Cullen (rugby union) , Coach of Leinster rugby team
Gordon D'Arcy , Irish rugby international, British and Irish Lions
Mick Doyle , Irish rugby international player and coach, British and Irish Lions
Tony Ensor , former Irish rugby international
Luke Fitzgerald , Ireland international and the British and Irish Lions
Denis Hickie , former Irish rugby international, British and Irish Lions
Rob Kearney , Ireland International and the British and Irish Lions
Ray McLoughlin , Ireland international and British and Irish Lions
Brian O'Driscoll , captain of the Irish rugby team, British and Irish Lions
Conor O'Shea , Irish rugby international and director of rugby at
Harlequin F.C.
Johnny Sexton , Irish rugby union player
Fergus Slattery , Ireland international and the British and Irish Lions
Cillian Willis , currently playing for
Connacht Rugby
Nichola Fryday , Ireland Captain for the 2022 Women’s Six Nations campaign
Rowing
Horse Racing
GAA
Swimming
Fictional
Humanitarians
Fr.
Aengus Finucane , missionary, one of the founders of
Concern Worldwide
Sr.
Stanislaus Kennedy , founder of Focus Ireland
Sr.
Maura Lynch , Irish doctor, a nun, and proponent of women's health in Africa
Fr.
Peter McVerry SJ, founder of the Peter McVerry Trust is a science graduate.
Sr.
Mary Aquinas Monaghan , Columban missionary in China and Hong Kong, a specialist in the treatment and management of
tuberculosis .
Sr.
Lucy O'Brien , missionary nun and medical doctor in Africa.
John O'Shea , humanitarian, founder of
GOAL
Sr.
Mona Tyndall , medical doctor and missionary nun in Nigeria and Zambia
Faculty
See also
References
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