This is a list of notable persons of Kilkenny (city and county), Ireland.
People born in Kilkenny
- Liam Aylward (September, 1952 -
- John Banim (April 3rd 1798 - August 30th 1842)
- Robert Barber (1749 - 1783)
- George Berkeley (March 12th 1685 – January 14th 1753)
- Edmund Botillier (c. 1271 - September 13th, 1321)
- Theresa Lennon Blunt (1931 -
- Edward Butler (1823-1879)
- James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde (October 19th 1610 – July 21st 1688)
- James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (April 29th 1665 - November 16th 1745)
- Lady Mary Butler (1689 - January 2nd 1713)
- Piers Butler, 1st Earl of Ormonde (c. 1467 - August 26th 1539)
- Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory (July 9th 1634 - July 30th 1680)
- John Byrne (VC) (c 1834 - 10 July 1879))
- Michael Byrne (1761 - ?)
- Robert Cane (1807 - August 17th 1858)
- DJ Carey (November 1970 -
- Gerard Casey (c. 1960 -
- Abraham Colles (July 23rd 1773 – 1843)
- Michael Anthony Fleming (c. 1792 – July 14th, 1850)
- Edmund Garvey (1740 - 1813)
- Jim Gibbons (Irish politician) (1924 - 1997)
- Thomas Francis Hendricken (May 5th 1827 - June 11th 1886)
- Christopher Hewetson (1739-1799)
- James Hoban (1762 - 1831)
- Phil Hogan (c. 1965 -
- John Ireland (September 11th 1838 - September 25th 1918)
- Eddie Keher (November 11th 1941 -
- Thomas Kilroy (1934 -
- Maeve Kyle (October 6th 1928 -
- Dame Alice Kyteler (1280 - >1325)
- John McGuinness (1955 -
- Francis MacManus (1909 - 1965)
- James Mason (chess player) (November 19th, 1849 – January 18th, 1905)
- Seán Mac Réamoinn
- Seamus Moore (c. 1940 -
- Tony O'Malley (1913 - 2003)
- James O'Neill (November 15th 1849 - August 10th 1920)
- James Stephens (1825 - 1901)
- Peter Wyse Jackson (c. 1955 -
People who lived or were educated in Kilkenny
- John Clyn (14th century)
- William Congreve (January 24, 1670 - January 19, 1729)
- Joseph Fiennes
- Ralph Fiennes
- Saint Finbarr (c. 550 - c. 620)
- Kerry Hardie
- Oisín Kelly (1915 - 1981)
- Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence (November 29th 1338 – October 7th 1368)
- Theobald Mathew (1790-1856)
- Séamus Pattison (April 19th 1936 -
- Patrick Randall
- Edmund Ignatius Rice (1762 - 1844)
- Eoin Ryan (February 24th 1953 -
- Jonathan Swift (November 30, 1667 - October 19, 1745)
- Matthew '$' Werenczak ([May 9th]], 1986 -