List of people from Derry

List of people from Derry

This is a list of famous people who were born or have lived in Derry, Northern Ireland.

Actors

* Seamus Ball - Actor
* Amanda Burton - Actress, best known for her role as forensic pathologist Doctor (later Professor) "Sam Ryan" in the BBC crime drama series Silent Witness
* Roma Downey - Actress best known for her role as Monica, the main character of the religious TV series Touched by an Angel
* George Farquhar - Restoration dramatist
* Bronagh Gallagher - Actress/singer whose films include "Pulp Fiction" and "The Commitments"
* Andrew Simpson - Actor from Notes on a Scandal

Artists

* Willie Doherty - Visual artist twice nominated for the Turner Prize

Authors

* Willie Carson - Photo-journalist and author
* Joyce Cary - Author, two of his novels were made into films: "The Horse's Mouth" (1958) starring Sir Alec Guinness and "Mister Johnson" (1990)
* Seamus Deane - Writer
* Richard Doherty - Catholic Unionist/Royal Ulster Constabulary reservist, writer, military historian
* Seamus Heaney - Irish poet, writer and lecturer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995
* Nell McCafferty - Journalist, playwright, civil rights campaigner and feminist
* Eamonn McCann - Journalist, civil rights campaigner and socialist

Musicians

* Phil Coulter - Songwriter who wrote The Town I Loved So Well
* Nadine Coyle - Singer from Girls Aloud
* Peter Cunnah - Lead singer with 1990s pop outfit
* Dana - Won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1970, later became a politician
* Neil Hannon - Lead singer of The Divine Comedy
* Keith Harkin - Singer and songwriter from Celtic Thunder, which Phil Coulter writes for and conducts
* Josef Locke - Tenor singer, popular in the 1940s and 1950s
* Johnny McCauley - Singer/songwriter, founder of the "Country & Irish" sound who penned "Pretty Little Girl From Omagh", "Hometown On The Foyle" and many more
* Damian McGinty - Singer in the musical group called Celtic Thunder, which Phil Coulter writes for and conducts
*Cahir O'Doherty - Musician in bands Fighting with Wire, Jetplane Landing and Seafood
* Feargal Sharkey - Lead singer of The Undertones and current chairman of the Live Music Forum

Politicians

* Gregory Campbell - Democratic Unionist Party Member of Parliament for East Londonderry
* Nigel Dodds - Democratic Unionist Party Member of Parliament for Belfast North
* Mark Durkan - Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) Member of Parliament for Foyle (the Derry area)
* William Hay - Democratic Unionist Party, Speaker of the Northern Assembly & MLA for Foyle
* John Hume - Nobel Peace Prize and Gandhi Peace Prize recipient, former leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, and former MP for Foyle 1983-2005
* Martin McGuinness - Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland and Sinn Féin MP for Mid Ulster
* Mitchel McLaughlin - General Secretary of Sinn Féin and & MLA for Foyle.

cientists

* William Taylor Whan - Botanist

portspeople

* Liam Ball - Olympic swimmer
* John Duddy - Boxer, current holder of the IBA World Middleweight Title and the WBC Continental Americas Middleweight Title
* Darron Gibson - Footballer, Republic of Ireland international and Manchester United player, currently on loan at Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.. Also, first man from Derry to represent the Republic of Ireland national football team.
* Charlie Nash - Boxer, former European and British lightweight champion
* Martin O'Neill - OBE recipient, former manager of Celtic Football Club, and current manager of Aston Villa F.C.

Other

* Charlotte Coyle - Plus-size model
* John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence - Soldier and administrator in 19th century India and Viceroy of India
* Mark McFadden - Television journalist


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