Northern Irish people list
Gerry Adams – politicianWillie Anderson – Ireland Rugby Union International
Kevin Baird – bassist for Two Door Cinema Club
Colin Bateman – actor, director and writer
David Bates – physicist
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
Christine Bleakley – television presenter
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
Tim Collins – soldier
Phil Coulter – songwriter, pianist and music producer, arranger and director
Nadine Coyle – singer for Girls Aloud
Steven Davis – footballer
Richard Dormer – actor
Jamie Dornan – actor, model, musician
Roma Downey – actress
Adrian Dunbar – actor
Joey Dunlop – motorcycle racer
Robert Dunlop – motorcycle racer
Garth Ennis – comics writer
St. John Greer Ervine – writer
Jonny Evans – footballer
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
Brian Friel – playwright
Bronagh Gallagher – actress and singer
Mike Gibson – rugby player
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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
David Holmes – composer, DJ and musician
Eamonn Holmes – television presenter
Geraldine Hughes – actress
John Hume – recipient of Nobel Peace Prize
David Humphreys – rugby player
Patrick Humphreys – flautist
Eddie Irvine – racing driver
Oliver Jeffers – artist and author
Pat Jennings – footballer
Jimeoin – actor and comedian
John Kelly – author and broadcaster
Brian Kennedy – musician
Patrick Kielty – television presenter
Jack Kyle – rugby player
Kyle Lafferty – footballer
Joseph Larmor – physicist
John Lavery – painter
Micheal Legge – actor
Neil Lennon – footballer
C. S. Lewis – writer
Helen Lewis – choreographer and pioneer of modern dance
Gary Lightbody – singer for Snow Patrol
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
Stella Maxwell – model, Victoria's Secret
Paddy Mayne – soldier and explorer
Mary McAleese – President of Ireland
Willie John McBride – rugby player, captained Ireland and British Lions
Graeme McDowell – golfer
Damian McGinty – singer and actor
Alister McGrath – Christian theologian
Medbh McGuckian – poet
Martin McGuinness – politician
Rory McIlroy – golfer
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
Colin Murray – radio DJ
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Kristian Nairn – actor
Liam Neeson – actor
Sam Neill – actor
James Nesbitt – actor
Martin O'Neill – footballer and football manager
Ian Paisley – politician
Glenn Patterson – novelist
Mary Peters – athlete
William Pirrie – co-designed the RMS Titanic
Patricia Quinn – actress
Ronan Rafferty – golfer
Stephen Rea – actor
Peter Robinson – First Minister of Northern Ireland
Brendan Rodgers – football manager
Zöe Salmon – television presenter
Dean Shiels – footballer
Victor Sloan – photographer and artist
Michael Smiley – comic actor
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
Jayne Wisener – actress
Norman Whiteside – footballer
Tony Wright – musician and singer/songwriter known as VerseChorusVerse