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
- 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
- May Blood trade unionist and peer
- 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
- George Cassidy jazz musician
- 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
- Stephen Grimason journalist
- 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
- John Kelly coal merchant and shipowner
- Samuel Kelly coal merchant and shipowner
- Sir Samuel Kelly coal merchant and shipowner
- Tracy Kelly politician
- 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
- Linda Martin singer
- Brian Mawhinney 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
- Olivia McVeigh - influencer actor
- Stephanie Meadow athlete
- Ian Mitchell musician for the Bay City Rollers
- Brian Moore novelist
- Gary Mooreformer blues rock guitarist for Thin Lizzy
- Colin Morgan actor
- Van Morrison singer
- William Mulholland civil engineer
- Hercules MulliganIrish-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
- Hans Sloane inventor
- 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
- Jo Zebedee author and businesswoman