People
- The tenor John McCormack was born in Athlone in 1884 at the Bawn.
- Eugene Daly, a survivor of the Titanic disaster, was born in Athlone in 1883.
- Stephen Donohoe, jockey and sailor.
- Birthplace of T. P. O'Connor (1848 – 1929), journalist and Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons.
- Birthplace of George Thomas Stokes (1843 – 1898), ecclesiastical historian.
- John Larkan RN of HMS Pandora (1779) came from Athlone.
- Birthplace of John Broderick (writer) (1924–1989) Irish novelist.
- Birthplace of Michael Joseph Curley (October 12, 1879 - May 16, 1947) - Catholic Archbishop and educationalist.
- Birthplace of Declan Lynch, novelist and playwright.
- Birthplace of Jimmy Elliott, (1838-1883) Irish-American world heavyweight boxing champion from 1865 to 1868.
- Birthplace of Richard Rothwell, (1800–1868) A nineteenth-century Irish portrait and genre painter. He was a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy and was studio assistant to Thomas Lawrence.
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