George Noble Plunkett
 George Noble Plunkett or Count Plunkett (Irish: An Cunta Pluincéad; 3 December 1851 – 12 March 1948) was a biographer and Irish nationalist and father of Joseph Plunkett one of the leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916.Born in Dublin Plunkett was the son of Patrick Joseph Plunkett (1817–1918) a builder and Elizabeth Noble (Plunkett). The family income allowed Plunkett to attend school in Nice France Clongowes Wood College and the University of Dublin.