List of people from Northern Ireland explained

This list includes notable people who were born in, or lived in Northern Ireland.

A - G

• Gerry Adams politician^[1]
• Max Adrian actor
• Mark Allen snooker player^[2]
• Gerry Anderson television presenter^[3]
• Willie Anderson Ireland Rugby Union International^[4]
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 actor
• Ian Mitchell musician for the Bay City Rollers
• 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. He was a member of the Sons of Liberty.
• Colin Murray radio DJ
• Ruby Murray – pop chart star

N - Z

• Kristian Nairn actor
• Liam Neeson actor
• Sam Neill actor
• James Nesbitt actor
• Alanna Nihell boxer^[5]
• 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 – 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
• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gerry Adams: Profile of Sinn Féin leader . BBC News . 24 October 2020 . 20 November 2017.
2. Web site: Allen pockets world title . BBC News . 24 October 2020 . 4 December 2004.
3. Web site: Gerry Anderson: Broadcaster dies after long illness . BBC News . 24 October 2020 . 21 August 2014.
4. Web site: Anderson given Scots role . BBC News . 24 October 2020 . 28 May 2004.
5. Web site: Glasgow 2014 - Alanna Audley-Murphy Profile . g2014results.thecgf.com . 24 October 2020.