# 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
* 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
* 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
* 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 – 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 – 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