People
- Joseph Stirling Coyne (1803–1868), playwright, journalist, and one of the first editors of Punch magazine.
- Tom Enright, former Fine Gael TD for Laois–Offaly
- Barry Glendenning, journalist
- Olwyn Enright, former Fine Gael TD for Laois–Offaly
- Mundy, musician
- Roesy, musician
- Brian Whelahan, hurler, 2009 Fine Gael candidate for Offaly County Council.
- Johnny Pilkington, hurler
- Aidan Quinn, actor
- William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, astronomer
- Luka Bloom, singer, wrote most of his 1998 album 'Salty Heaven' while resident in the town and described Birr as having the best trees in Ireland in the album's liner notes.
- George Johnstone Stoney, physicist
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