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
 * 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
 * Robert Bradford politician
 * Kenneth Branagh – actor and director
 * Jake Burns – founder of and singer in the punk band Stiff Little Fingers
 * Amanda Burton – actress
 * Vivian Campbell – rock guitarist for Def Leppard
 * Peter Canavan – Gaelic footballer
 * Adam Carroll – A1GP racing driver
 * Ciarán Carson – poet
 * Edward Carson – politician and judge
 * Darren Clarke – golfer
 * George Clarke – filmmaker
 * 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
 * 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
 * Fra Fee – actor
 * Carl Frampton – boxer
 * Brian Friel – playwright
 * Jackie Fullerton – television presenter
 * Bronagh Gallagher – actress and singer
 * Mike Gibson – rugby player
 * Bear Grylls – adventurer and chief scout
 * Daryl Gurney – Darts player

H–M

 * Sam Halliday –  guitarist for Two Door Cinema Club
 * David Healy – footballer
 * Neil Hannon – musician, The Divine Comedy
 * Seamus Heaney – poet
 * Paul Henry – artist
 * Alex Higgins – snooker player
 * Conleth Hill – Game of Thrones 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
 * Oliver Jeffers – artist and author
 * Pat Jennings – footballer
 * Jimeoin – actor and comedian
 * Marie Jones – playwright
 * 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
 * John Lynch – actor
 * Susan Lynch – actress
 * Bernard MacLaverty – writer
 * Patrick Magee – actor
 * 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
 * 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
 * Matt McGinn (born 1978) – singer songwriter
 * Alister McGrath – Christian theologian
 * Medbh McGuckian – poet
 * Martin McGuinness – politician
 * Rory McIlroy – golfer
 * 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 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 1950s pop chart star

N–Z

 * Kristian Nairn – actor
 * Liam Neeson – actor
 * Sam Neill – actor
 * James Nesbitt – actor
 * Stephen Nolan – radio and television presenter
 * Martin O'Neill – footballer and football manager
 * Rhonda Paisley – author
 * Norman Parke – MMA-Fighter
 * Glenn Patterson – novelist
 * Mary Peters – athlete
 * William Pirrie – co-designed the RMS Titanic
 * 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
 * Dennis Taylor – snooker player
 * William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin – mathematical physicist and engineer
 * 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
 * Norman Whiteside – footballer
 * Tony Wright – musician and singer/songwriter known as VerseChorusVerse