TCD Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni of TCD

• Samuel Beckett (1927) - Nobel laureate in Literature, known for his works like 'Waiting for Godot'.
• Jonathan Swift (1686) - Author of 'Gulliver's Travels' and a prominent satirist.
• Edmund Burke (1748) - Political theorist and philosopher, known for his contributions to conservatism.
• Oscar Wilde (1874) - Playwright and poet, famous for 'The Importance of Being Earnest'.
• Ernest Walton (1926) - Nobel laureate in Physics for his work on the splitting of the atom.
• William Rowan Hamilton (1827) - Mathematician, known for his formulation of Hamiltonian mechanics.
• George Berkeley (1704) - Philosopher, known for his theory of immaterialism.
• Mary Robinson (1967) - Former President of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
• John Millington Synge (1899) - Playwright, known for 'The Playboy of the Western World'.
• James Joyce (1902) - Author of 'Ulysses', a seminal work in modernist literature.