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
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