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List of Northern Irish people
List of people from Northern Ireland
This list includes
notable people who were born in, or lived in
Northern Ireland
.
A–G
Gerry Adams
politician
Max Adrian
actor
Mark Allen
snooker player
Gerry Anderson
television presenter
Willie Anderson
Ireland Rugby Union International
Kevin Baird bassist for
Two Door Cinema Club
Colin Bateman
actor, director and writer
David Bates
physicist
Andrea Begley
singer
Philomena Begley
country music singer
Eric Bell
guitarist for
Them
and
Thin Lizzy
John Stewart Bell
physicist
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
astrophysicist
George Best
footballer
Rory Best
rugby player
Colin Blakely
actor
Danny Blanchflower
footballer
May Blood
trade unionist and peer
Robert Bradford
politician
Kenneth Branagh
actor and director
Anna Burns
novelist
Jake Burns
founder of and singer in the punk band
Stiff Little Fingers
Amanda Burton
actress
Stephen Boyd
actor
Vivian Campbell
rock guitarist for
Def Leppard
Peter Canavan
Gaelic footballer
Joshua Cargill
Drag queen
Adam Carroll
racing driver
Ciarán Carson
poet
Frank Carson
comedian
George Cassidy
jazz musician
Andrea Catherwood
journalist and television presenter
Darren Clarke
golfer
George Clarke
filmmaker
Clare Crockett
Roman Catholic religious sister and actress
Una O'Connor
actress
Phil Coulter
songwriter, pianist and music producer, arranger and director
Nadine Coyle
singer for
Girls Aloud
Sean Coyle
radio presenter
James Craig
loyalist paramilitary criminal
Steven Davis
footballer
John Daly
television presenter
George Dawson
politician
Martin Dillon
author and journalist
Richard Dormer
actor
Brendan Dolan
darts player
Laura Donnelly
actress
Jamie Dornan
actor, model, musician
Roma Downey
actress
Adrian Dunbar
actor
Hugo Duncan
singer and broadcaster
Joey Dunlop
motorcycle racer
Robert Dunlop
motorcycle racer
Garth Ennis
comics writer
St. John Greer Ervine
writer
Jonny Evans
footballer
Michelle Fairley
Game of Thrones actress
Harry Ferguson
inventor; developed modern agricultural tractor and first four-wheel drive formula one car; first person to build and fly his own plane in Ireland
Dave Finlay
professional wrestler; associated with World Wrestling Entertainment
Brendan Foley
writer, director
Arlene Foster
former
First Minister of Northern Ireland
Fra Fee
actor
Carl Frampton
boxer
Brian Friel
playwright
Jackie Fullerton
television presenter
Bronagh Gallagher
actress and singer
Mike Gibson
rugby player
Sue Gray
UK civil servant
Stephen Grimason
journalist
Daryl Gurney
darts player
H–M
John Hallam
actor
Sam Halliday guitarist for
Two Door Cinema Club
David Healy
footballer
Holly Hamilton
journalist and television presenter
Neil Hannon
musician, The Divine Comedy
Seamus Heaney
poet
Paul Henry
artist
Alex Higgins
snooker player
Conleth Hill
Game of Thrones actor
Ciarán Hinds
actor
David Holmes
composer, DJ and musician
Eamonn Holmes
television presenter
Geraldine Hughes
actress
John Hume
recipient of
Nobel Peace Prize
David Humphreys
rugby player
Gloria Hunniford
television presenter
Eddie Irvine
racing driver
Saoirse-Monica Jackson
actress
Oliver Jeffers
artist and author
Pat Jennings
footballer
Jimeoin
actor and comedian
Marie Jones
playwright
Patrick J. Jones
painter
Valene Kane
actress
John Kelly
author and broadcaster
John Kelly
coal merchant and shipowner
Samuel Kelly
coal merchant and shipowner
Sir Samuel Kelly
coal merchant and shipowner
Tracy Kelly
politician
Brian Kennedy
musician
Patrick Kielty
television presenter
Jack Kyle
rugby player
Kyle Lafferty
footballer
Christine Lampard
television presenter
Joseph Larmor
physicist
John Lavery
painter
Michael Legge
actor
Neil Lennon
footballer
C. S. Lewis
writer
Helen Lewis
choreographer and pioneer of modern dance
Gary Lightbody
singer for
Snow Patrol
John Linehan
entertainer
Jane Loughrey
journalist for UTV
John Lynch
actor
Susan Lynch
actress
Bernard MacLaverty
writer
Patrick Magee
actor
Simone Magill
professional footballer
Derek Mahon
poet
Paula Malcomson
actress
Dominick Martin
musician, DJ (a.k.a. Calibre)
Linda Martin
singer
Brian Mawhinney
(PC) former British politician and chairman of the Football League in England
Paddy Mayne
soldier and explorer
Mary McAleese
President of Ireland
Stephen McAnena
writer and screenwriter
Willie John McBride
rugby player, captained Ireland and British Lions
Christopher McCafferty
Club Promoter, DJ
Graeme McDowell
golfer Lions
Ian McElhinney
actor
Leah McFall
singer-songwriter
Damian McGinty
singer and actor
Lisa McGee
playwright and screenwriter
Matt McGinn (born 1978)
singer-songwriter
Eimear McGeown
flautist
Alister McGrath
Christian theologian
Medbh McGuckian
poet
Martin McGuinness
politician
Rory McIlroy
golfer
Gerry McKenna
MRIA
biologist
Robert McKenzie
actor
David McKittrick
journalist
Ralph McLean
television presenter
Paul McLoone
radio producer and lead singer
The Undertones
James McParland
Pinkerton detective
Peter McParland
footballer
Gerard McSorley
Olivia McVeigh
- influencer actor
Stephanie Meadow
athlete
Ian Mitchell musician for the
Bay City Rollers
Brian Moore
novelist
Gary Moore
former blues rock guitarist for
Thin Lizzy
Colin Morgan
actor
Van Morrison
singer
William Mulholland
civil engineer
Hercules Mulligan
Irish-American tailor and spy during the
American Revolutionary War
. He was a member of the
Sons of Liberty
.
Colin Murray
radio DJ
Ruby Murray
â pop chart star
N–Z
Kristian Nairn
actor
Liam Neeson
actor
Sam Neill
actor
James Nesbitt
actor
Alanna Nihell
boxer
Stephen Nolan
radio and television presenter
Martin O'Neill
footballer and football manager
Michelle O'Neill
politician
Jamie-Lee O'Donnell
actress
Ian Paisley
preacher and politician
Rhonda Paisley
author
Norman Parke
MMA-Fighter
Glenn Patterson
novelist
Mary Peters
athlete
William Pirrie
â co-designed the RMS
Titanic
Graeme Purdy
photographer and author
Patricia Quinn
actress
Ronan Rafferty
golfer
Stephen Rea
actor
Brendan Rodgers
football manager
Zöe Salmon
television presenter
Feargal Sharkey
lead singer
The Undertones
Dean Shiels
footballer
Hans Sloane
inventor
Victor Sloan
photographer and artist
Michael Smiley
comic actor
Joe Swail
snooker player
Bronágh Taggart
actress
Phil Taggart (broadcaster)
Dennis Taylor
snooker player
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
mathematical physicist and engineer
Austin Trevor
actor
Alex Trimble singer and guitarist for
Two Door Cinema Club
Andrew Trimble
rugby player
Juliet Turner
singer-songwriter
John Watson
Formula One
driver
Jayne Wisener
actress
Tim Wheeler
lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of the band
Ash
Norman Whiteside
footballer
Tony Wright musician and singer/songwriter known as
VerseChorusVerse
Jo Zebedee
author and businesswoman
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