List of people from Northern Ireland

This list includes notable people who were born in, or lived in Northern Ireland.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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