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 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 astrophysicistBBC website, Dame Jocelyn Bell-Burnell: NI scientist awarded Royal Society's highest prize, August 24, 2021 George Best footballer Rory Best rugby player Colin Blakely actor Danny Blanchflower footballer May Blood trade unionist and peerBBC website, May Blood: Trade unionist and former Labour peer dies aged 84, dated 21 October 2022 Robert Bradford politician Conor Bradley footballer 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 Calibre musician, DJ 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 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 John Daly television presenter Steven Davis footballer George Dawson politician Martin Dillon author and journalist Brendan Dolan darts player Laura Donnelly actress Richard Dormer actor 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 Fra Fee actor 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 IrelandUlster Transport Museum website, The life and legacy of Harry Ferguson Dave Finlay professional wrestler; associated with World Wrestling Entertainment Emily Flain actress Brendan Foley writer, director Arlene Foster former first minister of Northern IrelandGuardian website, Arlene Foster to Quit as DUP Leader, article by Rory Carroll dated April 28, 2021 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 Holly Hamilton journalist and television presenter Neil Hannon musician, The Divine Comedy David Healy footballer 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 (1818–1877) coal merchant and shipowner Sir Samuel Kelly (1879 –1937) 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 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 Lisa McGee playwright and screenwriter Eimear McGeown flautist Matt McGinn (born 1978) singer-songwriter Damian McGinty singer and actor 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 of The Undertones James McParland Pinkerton detective Peter McParland footballer Gerard McSorley Olivia McVeigh influencer, actor Stephanie Meadow athleteOlympics website, Stephanie Meadow Brian Moore novelist Gary Mooreformer blues rock guitarist for Thin Lizzy Colin Morgan actor Van Morrison singer William Mulholland civil engineer Hercules MulliganIrish-American tailor and spy during the American Revolutionary War, member of the Sons of Liberty Colin Murray radio and television presenter Ruby Murray 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 Una O'Connor actress Jamie-Lee O'Donnell actress Martin O'Neill footballer and football managerSaid by O'Neill during lecture on theme of "What it means to be Irish ", part of the Ireland Of Tomorrow – A Presidential Lecture Series (first broadcast on RTÉ Radio on 31 December 2008) Michelle O'Neill politician Ian Paisley preacher and politician Rhonda Paisley author Norman Parke MMA fighter Glenn Patterson novelist Mary Peters athlete William Pirrie 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 of The Undertones Dean Shiels footballer Victor Sloan photographer and artist Hans Sloane inventorSir Hans Sloane Centre website Michael Smiley comic actor Joe Swail snooker player Bronágh Taggart actress Dennis Taylor snooker player William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin mathematical physicist and engineer Austin Trevor actor Andrew Trimble rugby player Juliet Turner singer-songwriter VerseChorusVerse musician and singer/songwriter John Watson Formula One driver Tim Wheeler lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of the band Ash Norman Whiteside footballer Jayne Wisener actress Jo Zebedee author and businesswomanNorthern Ireland World website, The Secret Bookshelf: Carrickfergus Retailer Scoops Independent Bookshop of the Year Award, article written Helena McManus dated 13 March 2024

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