List of people from Sligo

This is a list of notable people from County Sligo, Ireland.

• Sean Fallon, Former footballer
• Declan Bree, politician & social campaigner
• Tabby Callaghan, musician, came third in series one of 'The X-Factor'
• Michael Coleman, traditional musician
• The Conway Sisters, came sixth (out of 75,000) in series two of 'The X Factor' (UK Talent competition)
• Kieran Devaney, TV Producer
• Luke J. Duffy, trade unionist and politician
• Kian Egan, member of Westlife
• Mark Feehily, member of Westlife
• Shane Filan, member of Westlife
• Gillian Walsh, married to Shane Filan
• Dermot Healy, novelist and poet
• John Jinks, politician
• Neil Jordan , Director, Crying game, Interview with the Vampire
• Frank L. Ludwig, poet and photographer
• Constance Markievicz (nee Gore Booth), revolutionary and first female MP in the UK Parliament
• P.A. McHugh, politician
• Paul McTiernan, Sligo Rovers Soccer player
• James Morrison, Sligo-born fiddle payer
• Seamie O'Dowd, multi-instrumentalist and ex co-lead singer of Dervish
• Ambrosio O'Higgins, Marquis of Osorno, Governor of Chile and Viceroy of Peru, during the Spanish domination of the Americas.
• George Gabriel Stokes, physicist
• William Gregory Wood Martin, historian
• William Butler Yeats, poet
• Jack B. Yeats, artist
• Brother Walfrid (aka Andrew Kerins), Marist Brother, and founder of Celtic F.C. in Glasgow
• Ray McSharry Former Government Minister & EU Commissioner
• Charlotte Stoker Mother of Dracula's author Bram Stoker
• Aine Chambers, Internet Cult figure. www.sligozone.net
• Spike Milligan Writer,Comedian
• Veroni Burns, Writer,Artist,Poet. www.rossespoint.net