List of Northern Irish people

List of Northern Irish people is a list of notable people from Northern Ireland.

It also covers
* people of Northern Irish descent
* people born in Northern Ireland who have since become nationals of other countries
* people born outside Northern Ireland and later settled there
* people who are descended from Ulster people and Scots-Irish and whose ancestors come from the region that is now Northern Ireland before 1922

People born in Northern Ireland regard themselves as British, Irish, from Ulster/Northern Irish or both British and Irish to varying degrees. There is no province-wide consensus as to what the term "Irish" means.

Academics

* Thomas Brownlee III, Academic, Belfast
* Roy Crawford, Academic, Lisburn

Art

* Basil Blackshaw, painter, Glengormley
* The Bogside Artists, mural painters
* Malachy Coney, comic book artist
* Willie Doherty, photographic & video artist, Derry
* Davy Francis, cartoonist, Belfast
* Paul Henry, painter, Belfast
* P. J. Holden, comic book artist
* John Kindness, multimedia artist, Belfast
* Sir John Lavery, painter, Belfast
* Charles McAuley, painter, Glens of Antrim
* John McCrea, comic book artist, Belfast
* Norah McGuinness, painter & illustrator, Derry
* F. E. McWilliam, surrealist sculptor, Banbridge
* Colin Middleton, surrealist painter, Belfast
* Markey Robinson, painter, Belfast
* George William Russell, painter, Lurgan
* Paul Seawright, photographic artist, Belfast
* Will Simpson, comic book artist, Derry
* Victor Sloan, photographic artist, Dungannon
* Jack Butler Yeats, painter, father from County Down "(see John Butler Yeats)"

:"See the List of Northern Irish artists"

Architecture

* Alan Barnes, architect
* W. J. Barre, architect
* Mervyn Black, architect and urban designer
* Max Clendinning, modernist architect and interior designer
* John Cole, architect
* Sir Thomas Drew, architect
* Mark Hackett, architect
* Aileen Hull, architect
* Alan Jones, architect
* Trevor Leaker, architect, Belfast
* Charles Lanyon, architect
* Ciarán Mackel, architect and urban designer, Belfast
* DJ MacRandal, architect
* Clyde Markwell, architect and urban designer
* Barrie Todd, architect and urban designer

Actors

* Stephen Boyd, Born at Whitehouse, later residing in Glengormley
* Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
* Amanda Burton, Ballougry
* James Doohan
* Bronagh Gallagher, Derry
* Susan Lynch, Newry
* Martin McCann, Belfast
* Gerard McCarthy, Belfast
* Aislín McGuckin, Newry
* Ciarán McMenamin, Enniskillen
* Liam Neeson, Ballymena
* James Nesbitt, Coleraine
* Sam Neill, Omagh
* Stephen Rea, Belfast
* Frances Tomelty, Belfast
* Jackie Woodburne, Carrickfergus
* James Young, Ballymoney/Belfast
* James Ellis, Belfast
* Alan Turkington, Cookstown

Inventors and scientists

* John Bodkin Adams, suspected serial killer, Randalstown
* Thomas Andrews, shipbuilder, Comber
* Sir David Bates, physicist, Omagh
* John Stewart Bell, quantum physicist, Belfast
* Jocelyn Bell Burnell, astrophysicist & discoverer of Pulsars, Belfast
* William Reid Clanny, inventor of the first safety lamp for miners, Bangor
* Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin, astronomer, Cushendun ""'
* John Boyd Dunlop, inventor of the pneumatic tyre, lived in Belfast
* Harry Ferguson, tractor & mechanics innovator, Dromore
* J. A. Scott Kelso, neuroscientist, Derry
* Eric Mervyn Lindsay, astronomer, Portadown
* Robert MacDonnell, anaesthesiology, Belfast
* Peter McGuffin, psychiatric geneticist, Belfast
* Annie Scott Dill Maunder, astronomer, Strabane
* Sir James Martin, aeroplane manufacturer, Crossgar
* Ernest Charles Nelson, botanist, Belfast
* David Nicholl, neurologist and activist, Belfast
* Frank Pantridge, inventor of the portable defibrillator, Hillsborough
* David Perry, computer games developer, Lisburn
* Robert Lloyd Praeger, naturalist and historian, Holywood
* Lord Kelvin, physicist, engineer & inventor of the Kelvin scale of thermodynamic temperature, Belfast

Literature

* Colin Bateman, novelist & screenwriter, Bangor
* Andrew Britton, novelist, Camlough, County Armagh
* Sophie Hoopman, novelist Bangor
* Anne Brontë, novelist & poet, father from County Down "(see Patrick Brontë)"
* Charlotte Brontë, novelist, father from County Down "(see Patrick Brontë)"
* Emily Brontë, novelist & poet, father from County Down "(see Patrick Brontë)"
* Patrick Brontë, writer, Drumballyroney
* Paul Charles, novelist
* Paula Clamp, novelist, Nottinghamshire
* James Cousins, writer, playwright and poet, Belfast
* Garth Ennis, comic book writer, Holywood
* Rodney Edwards, journalist and radio presenter, Fermanagh
* St. John Greer Ervine, writer and playwright, Belfast
* George Farquhar, playwright, Derry
* Brian Friel, playwright, Omagh
* Brian Keenan, writer & former hostage, Belfast
* Benedict Kiely, writer and broadcaster, Omagh
* Seamus Heaney, poet, Bellaghy, County Londonderry
* Jack Higgins, novelist, grew up in Belfast
* Maurice Leitch, author. Killyleagh
* C. S. Lewis, author, Belfast
* Bernard MacLaverty, novelist, Belfast
* Douglas Maddon, writer, Belfast
* Owen McCafferty, playwright
* Henry McDonald, writer and journalist, Belfast
* Terence Francis MacCarthy, writer and historian, Belfast
* Amanda McKittrick Ros, widely regarded as one of the worst writers ever, Drumaness
* Eamonn McCann, author, journalist & civil rights activist, Derry
* Eoin McNamee, novelist, Kilkeel
* Gary Mitchell, playwright, Belfast
* Brian Moore, novelist, Belfast
* George Fletcher Moore, writer, barrister and explorer, Donemana
* Paul Muldoon, poet, County Armagh
* Don Mullan, writer and humanitarian, Derry
* Malachi O'Doherty, writer and broadcaster, Belfast
* Séamus Ó Néill, writer and playwright, Castlewellan
* Tom Paulin, poet & critic, Belfast
* Glenn Patterson, novelist, Belfast
* Forrest Reid, novelist & critic, Belfast
* Graham Reid, playwright, Belfast
* George Shiels, playwright, Ballymoney
* James Simmons, Poet Derry
* Sam Thompson, playwright, Belfast
* Joseph Tomelty, novelist, playwright & actor, Portaferry
* Alexander Walker, film critic & author
* William Butler Yeats, poet, dramatist & nobel laureate, father from County Down "(see John Butler Yeats)"

Military

* Colonel Tim Collins, former CO of the 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment, Belfast
* Blair "Paddy" Mayne, founding member of the SAS, Newtownards
* John Alexander Sinton
* Frank Aiken, during the Irish War of Independence he commanded the Fourth Northern Division of the Irish Republican Army.

Music

* The Adventures, band, Belfast
* Agnelli & Nelson, dance music producers, Larne
* The Answer, rock band, Downpatrick and Newcastle
* Iain Archer, singer/songwriter, Bangor
* Jim Armstrong (guitarist), Belfast
* Ash, rock band, Downpatrick
* Derek Bell, harpist and composer, Belfast
* Paul Brady singer/songwriter, Strabane
* Vivian Campbell, Def Leppard guitarist, Belfast
* Phil Coulter, composer, Derry
* Nadine Coyle, singer, Derry
* Cruella de Ville, band, Belfast
* Peter Cunnah, singer with , Derry
* David Cunningham, Flying Lizards front man and installation artist, Coleraine
* Dana, singer, Derry
* Candida Doyle, keyboard player in Pulp, Belfast
* Duke Special, singer/songwriter, Belfast
* Energy Orchard, band, Belfast
* Angela Feeney, Opera Singer Belfast
* Fighting With Wire, rock band, Derry
* James Galway, flautist, Belfast
* Martin Galway, video game music composer, Belfast
* Neil Hannon, member of The Divine Comedy and solo artist
* Hamilton Harty, conductor & composer, Hillsborough
* David Holmes, DJ & composer, Belfast
* Brian Irvine, composer, Belfast
* The Japanese Popstars, electro dance act, Derry
* Bap Kennedy, singer/songwriter, Belfast
* Brian Kennedy, singer/songwriter, Belfast
* Pol Mac Adaim, singer/songwriter Belfast
* Tommy Makem, folk musician, Keady
* Robin Mark, christian songwriter, Belfast
* Johnny McCauley, singer/songwriter, Derry
* Henry McCullough, guitarist, Portstewart
* Arty McGlynn, guitarist, Omagh
* Jimmy McShane, singer & dancer with Baltimora from Derry
* Mickey Modelle, dance music producer, Belfast
* Gary Moore, guitarist/songwriter, Belfast
* Van Morrison, singer/songwriter Belfast
* Ruby Murray, singer Belfast
* Oppenheimer, indie pop band, Belfast
* Ottilie Patterson, jazz singer Comber
* Jackie Quinn (singer), Newtownards
* Relish (band), Downpatrick
* Clodagh Rodgers, singer, Ballymena
* Rudi, band, Belfast
* Snow Patrol, rock band, Bangor and Belfast
* Stiff Little Fingers, punk band, Belfast
* Joe Sumner, Sting's son & lead singer of Fiction Plane, mother from Portaferry
* Sweet Savage, rock band, Belfast
* The Undertones, rock band, Derry
* Therapy?, rock band, County Antrim
* Foy Vance, singer/songwriter, Bangor
* Ian Wilson, composer, Belfast
* Eric Wrixon, keyboard player, Belfast

Politics & law

* Gerry Adams, President of Sinn Féin, abstentionist MP, Belfast
* Baron Alderdice, Liberal Democrat peer, Ballymena
* Jim Allister, QC and DUP MEP, Ballymena
* Kenneth Bloomfield, Civil Servant
* William Burke, co-perpetrator of the Burke and Hare murders, County Tyrone
* James Craig, 1st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Belfast
* William Drennan(1754-1820), a belfast born physician, poet, educationalist and political radical, was one of the chief architects of the Society of United Irishmen.
* Sir Ronnie Flanagan, former Chief Constable of the RUC & PSNI
* David Ford, Leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
* William Hare, co-perpetrator of the Burke and Hare murders, Newry or Derry
* Lady Sylvia Hermon, UUP MP, North Down
* Chaim Herzog, 6th President of Israel, Belfast
* John Hume, politician & Nobel Laureate, Derry
* Lord Hutton, politician & former Law Lord, Belfast
* Jim Malley, Civil Servant
* Kenneth Maginnis, Ulster Unionist MP
* Lord MacDermott, politician & former Lord Chief Justice, Belfast
* Mary McAleese, 8th President of Ireland, Belfast
* Henry Joy McCracken (31 August 1767 – 17 July 1798) a founding member, along with Theobald Wolfe Tone, James Napper Tandy, and Robert Emmet, of the Society of the United Irishmen.
* Martin McGuinness, Deputy First Minister and abstentionist Sinn Féin MP, Derry
* Thomas Mellon, entrepreneur, lawyer, judge and founder of the Mellon Bank, Cappagh
* Margaret Mountford, solicitor and business woman, advisor on The Apprentice, originally from Holywood
* James Orr (1770-1816) also known as the Bard of Ballycarry, was the foremost of the Ulster Weaver Poets. He joined the Society of United Irishmen in 1791 and took part in the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
* Ian Paisley, First Minister, DUP MP & church leader, Armagh
* Iris Robinson, DUP MP, Belfast
* Peter Robinson, DUP MP, Belfast
* Patrick Shea, Civil Servant
* David Trimble, politician & Nobel Laureate, Bangor
* Mary King, (nee. Mary Kathleen O'Doherty) Derry born, Dr. Mary King is a Trinidad and Tobago Independent Senator and economist. She is also a member of GOPAC, the Global Organisation of Parliamentarians Against Corruption, a former head of the Trinidad and Tobago chapter of Transparency International and is chairman of Mary King & Associates Ltd., a marketing research and business consulting company.

Religion

* Richard Enraght, Anglican priest and religious controversialist, Moneymore
* John Hughes, 1st Archbishop of New York, County Tyrone
* Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, Montserrat & Nigeria, buried in Downpatrick

Sport

* George Best, footballer, Belfast
* Billy Bingham, footballer and football manager, Belfast
* Danny Blanchflower, footballer and manager, Belfast
* Jackie Blanchflower, footballer, Belfast
* Andrew Bree, swimmer, Helen's Bay
* Adam Carroll, GP2 Series racing driver, Portadown
* Darren Clarke, golfer, Dungannon
* Ray Close, boxer
* David Cullen, basketball player and 2007 winner of the Arthur Ashe for Courage Award at the ESPY awards for work with Peace Players International
*Steven Davis, footballer
* Mal Donaghy, footballer, Belfast
* Derek Dougan, footballer, Belfast
* Iain Dowie, footballer and football manager
* Joey Dunlop, motorcycle racer, Ballymoney
* Robert Dunlop, motorbike racer, Ballymoney
* Dave 'Fit' Finlay, wrestler, Belfast
* Keith Gillespie, footballer, Larne
* Bryan Hamilton, footballer and football manager, Belfast
* David Healy, footballer, Downpatrick
* Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins, Snooker World Champion, Belfast
* David Humphreys, rugby player, Belfast
* Eddie Irvine, Formula One driver (2nd 1999, Ferrari), Newtownards
* Pat Jennings, footballer, Newry
* Neil Lennon, footballer, Lurgan
* Steve Lomas, footballer
* Andrew Trimble, rugby player for Ulster Rugby team and Irish Rugby team, Coleraine
*Dave 'Boy' McAuley, boxer, Larne
* Willie John McBride, rugby player, Toombebridge
* Graeme McDowell, golfer, Portrush
* Wayne McCullough, Olympic Silver Medalist/boxer, Belfast
* Barry McGuigan, the 'Clones Cyclone', boxer, Clones
** NOTE: Barry McGuigan was from Clones actually in the Republic of Ireland, but he fought and won as a British boxer and gained the support of the people of Northern Ireland.
* Rory McIlroy, golfer, Holywood
* Sammy McIlroy, footballer and football manager, Belfast
* Jimmy McLarnin, boxer, Hillsborough
* Owen Nolan, NHL ice hockey Player, Belfast
* Martin O'Neill, football manager, Kilrea
* Mary Peters, pentathlete, Olympic Gold Medallist, Ballymena
* Pat Rice, footballer and football coach, Belfast
* Lawrie Sanchez, football manager
* Dennis Taylor, snooker World Champion, Coalisland
* Maik Taylor, footballer
* Norman Whiteside, footballer, Belfast
* Blake Porter, footballer, Enniskillen
* Wendy Houvenaghel, Olympic Silver Medallist, Upperlands, County Londonderry.

TV & radio

* Gerry Anderson, TV and radio presenter
* Pamela Ballantine, UTV Live presenter and reporter, Belfast
* Aidan Browne, UTV continuity announcer, newsreader and actor, Belfast
* Lynda Bryans, UTV Live and U105 presenter, Belfast
* Tina Campbell, UTV Live presenter and reporter, Dundonald
* Frank Carson, comedian, Belfast
* Paul Clark, UTV Live presenter and reporter, Belfast
* Jimmy Cricket, comedian, Cookstown
* Mark Carruthers, TV and radio presenter, Derry
* David Dunseith, journalist and radio presenter
* Alison Fleming, UTV Live presenter and reporter, Belfast
* Gloria Hunniford, TV and radio presenter, Portadown
* Eamonn Holmes, presenter, Belfast
* John Irvine, journalist, Belfast
* George Jones, TV and radio presenter, Belfast
* Peter Kay, comedian, Northern Irish mother
* Caron Keating, TV presenter, Northern Irish mother (see Gloria Hunniford), grew up in Northern Ireland
* Gerry Kelly, TV and radio presenter
* Patrick Kielty, comedian and TV presenter, Dundrum
* Graham Little, TV presenter and journalist, Enniskillen
* Maurice Jay, U105 and UTV broadcaster, Holywood
* Adrian Logan, UTV Live presenter and reporter, Dungannon
* Shauna Lowry, presenter, Belfast
* Neal McClelland, Citybeat, presenter, Ballyclare
* Rory McConnell, Radio 1 DJ, Belfast
* Lisa McCormick, radio presenter, Lisburn
* Fearghal McKinney, UTV Live presenter, Derry
* Frank Mitchell, UTV Live and U105 presenter and reporter, Burren
* Colin Murray, TV and radio presenter, Belfast
* Mike Nesbitt, TV presenter and journalist
* Stephen Nolan, TV and radio presenter
* Gillian Porter, UTV continuity announcer and newsreader, Derry
* Zöe Salmon, former Miss Northern Ireland & Blue Peter presenter, Bangor
* Julian Simmons, UTV continuity announcer, Belfast
* Kate Smith (presenter), UTV Live presenter and reporter, Belleek
* Robin Taylor, UTV continuity announcer and newsreader, Omagh
* Audra Thomas, UTV continuity announcer and newsreader
*Stuart Robinson, Belfast CityBeat presenter & Young Star Search presenter, Carrickfergus
*Andy Pugh, Citybeat presenter, Carrickfergus
*Suzanne Virdee,journalist, Belfast

See also

* Demographics and politics of Northern Ireland
* List of Ireland-related topics
* List of Irish people
* List of Northern Ireland Members of the House of Lords
* List of Scots-Irish Americans