Editing County Roscommon (section)

==Notable people==
{{See also|Category:People from County Roscommon}}
*[[Charles O'Conor (historian)|Charles O'Conor]] (1710–1791), historian and antiquarian of the O'Conor Don family
*[[Matthew O'Conor]] Don (1773–1844) historian born in [[Ballinagare]]
*[[Arthur French, 1st Baron de Freyne]] (1786–1856), Member of Parliament and landlord of [[Frenchpark]] House
*[[Sir John Scott Lillie]] (1790–1868) [[Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath|CB]], decorated [[Peninsular War]] veteran, inventor and political activist in England
*[[James Curley (astronomer)|James Curley]] (1796–1889), Jesuit and astronomer, born in [[Athleague]]
*[[William Wilde]] (1815–1876), surgeon, innovator and father of [[Oscar Wilde]], born in [[Castlerea]]
*[[Michael Dockry]] (born 1817), member of the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]]
*[[Thomas Curley (Wisconsin general)|Thomas Curley]] (1825–1904), American Civil War colonel, farmer and [[Wisconsin]] legislator, born in [[Athleague|Tremane, near Athleague]]
*[[John G. Downey|John Gately Downey]] (24 June 1827 – 1 March 1894), [[List of Governors of California|seventh]] [[governor of California]] from 14 January 1860 to 10 January 1862
*[[Henry Gore-Browne]] (1830–1912), [[Victoria Cross]] recipient, born in Newtown
*[[Luke O'Connor]] (1831–1915), first soldier to receive the [[Victoria Cross]], born in Hillstreet, near [[Elphin, County Roscommon|Elphin]]
*[[John Fitzgibbon (politician)|John Fitzgibbon]] (1845–1919), Member of Parliament
*[[William Griffiths (VC)|William Griffiths]] (1841–1879), recipient of the Victoria Cross, born in County Roscommon
*[[Percy French]] (1854–1920), born in [[Tulsk]], was a foremost songwriter and entertainer, and water-colour painter
*Sir [[Owen Edward Pennefather Lloyd|Owen Lloyd]] (1854–1941), recipient of the Victoria Cross, born in County Roscommon
*[[Thomas Heazle Parke]] (1857–1893, explorer and naturalist, born at Clogher House, Kilmore
*[[Charlotte O'Conor Eccles]] (1860–1911) writer, journalist and translator born in the county
*[[Roderic O'Conor]] (1860–1940), [[impressionist]] artist of the O'Conor Don Family
*[[Douglas Hyde]] (1860–1949), scholar of the Irish language, first [[President of Ireland]] (1938–45), founder of the [[Conradh na Gaeilge|Gaelic League]] during the Revival of the late 19th – early 20th century, born in Castlerea and buried in the Hyde Museum, [[Frenchpark]]
*[[Margaret Cousins]] (née Gillespie, 1878–1954), educationist and suffragist in India, born in [[Boyle, County Roscommon|Boyle]]
*[[Edward J. Flanagan|Edward Flanagan]] (1886–1948), priest and founder of the orphanage [[Boys Town (organization)|Boys Town]]
*[[Maureen O'Sullivan]] (1911–1998), Ireland's first international movie star, born in Boyle
*[[Máire McDonnell-Garvey]] (1927–2009), Traditional Irish musician born in Tobracken near [[Ballaghaderreen]]
*[[Brian O'Doherty]] (1928-2022), artist and [[art critic]] in New York City, born in [[Ballaghaderreen]]
*[[Albert Reynolds]] (1932–2014), [[Taoiseach]], born in [[Rooskey]]
*[[Nuala Quinn-Barton]] (born 1952), US film producer, artist and model brought up at Killerr, [[Ballintober, County Roscommon|Ballintober]]
*[[Brian Leyden]] (born 1960), novelist, short story writer, screenwriter and documentarian of [[Arigna]]
*[[Luke 'Ming' Flanagan]] (born 1972), politician and MEP born in Roscommon
*[[Chris O'Dowd]] (born 1979), actor and comedian, born in Boyle
*[[Seamus O'Neill (Gaelic footballer)|Seamus O'Neill]] (born 1982 or 1983), Gaelic footballer
*[[Bernard J. D. Irwin|Bernard J.D Irwin]] 1st Recipient of The [[Medal of Honor|Medal Of Honor]]