List of people from Belfast
This is a list of notable people born, raised or resident in Belfast.
Arts
- Derek Bell (1935–2002), harpist and composer
- Eric Bell (b. 1947), guitarist; former member of Them and Thin Lizzy
- James Bingham (b. 1925), artist
- Doris Blair, artist
- Kenneth Branagh, actor and director
- Jake Burns, musician (Stiff Little Fingers)
- Vivian Campbell, musician (Dio, Def Leppard)
- Ciaran Carson, poet and novelist
- Catoan, band
- Nathan Connolly, musician (Snow Patrol)
- Mairtín Crawford, poet
- Gerald Dawe, poet
- Gerald Dillon, artist
- Laura Donnelly, actress
- Jamie Dornan, actor
- Barry Douglas, concert pianist
- Garth Ennis, comics writer
- Padraic Fiacc, poet
- James Galway, musician
- Stuart Graham, actor
- Karen Hassan, actress
- Paul Henry (1876–1958), painter
- John Hewitt, poet
- Ciarán Hinds, actor
- P.J. Holden, comic artist
- David Holmes, DJ
- Brian Desmond Hurst, film director
- Oliver Jeffers, artist
- Brian Keenan, hostage and writer
- Ben Kyle, musician, leader of Romantica
- Sir John Lavery, artist
- C.S. Lewis, author and scholar
- Michael Longley, poet
- Ian Masterson, musician[1]
- Ian Masterson, musician[2]
- Gerry McAvoy, musician
- Christopher McCafferty,DJ,Club Promoter
- Gerard McCarthy, actor and television presenter
- John McCrea, comic artist
- Ian McDonald, science fiction author
- Siobhán McKenna, actress
- Ali McMordie, musician (Stiff Little Fingers)
- Katie Melua, musician
- Seaneen Molloy, blogger and columnist[3]
- Brian Moore, novelist
- Gary Moore, musician, blues and rock guitarist formerly of Thin Lizzy
- Van Morisson, musician
- Ruby Murray, singer/actress
- Doc Neeson, musician
- Una O'Connor, actress
- Jonjo O'Neill, actor
- Patricia Quinn, actress in The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Stephen Rea, actor
- Bob Shaw, science fiction author
- Duke Special, musician
- Bronágh Taggart, actress
- Austin Trevor, actor
- Rachel Tucker, actress (West End)
- Ciarán McDonald aka "Bearface", music producer, singer, rapper and member of American boyband Brockhampton
Business
- Thomas Andrews, shipbuilder
- Andrew Mulholland, flax manufacturer
- William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, shipbuilder and politician
- Frank Carson, comedian
- Nauheed Cyrusi, actress, model, VJ
- Mary Gormley, beauty queen (Miss Universe Ireland 2000)
- Mickey Marley, street entertainer
- Declan Mulholland, actor
- Ruby Murray, singer
- Holly Quin-Ankrah, actress
- Roy Walker, comedian
- Adrian Zagoritis, songwriter
Law
- Robert James McMordie, QC, Irish barrister, politician, and Lord Mayor of Belfast
- Professor Denis Moloney OBE, solicitor
Media
- Gerry Anderson, radio and TV presenter
- Christine Bleakley, TV presenter
- Andrea Catherwood, newsreader
- Eamonn Holmes, television presenter
- John Irvine, broadcast journalist
- Shauna Lowry, television presenter
- Colin Murray, radio DJ and journalist
- Denis Murray, broadcast journalist
- Bill Neely, broadcast journalist
- Stephen Nolan, radio and TV presenter DJ
- Julian Simmons, UTV, TV presenter and public figure
- Fionnuala Sweeney, CNN presenter and reporter
Military
- Bryan Budd, soldier and posthumous VC recipient
- Patrick Carlin, Victoria Cross recipient
- Colonel Tim Collins OBE, former commander, Royal Irish Regiment, British Army
- James Joseph Magennis, submariner and VC recipient
- William Frederick McFadzean, soldier and posthumous VC recipient
Politics
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- Gerry Adams, republican political leader
- Paddy Ashdown, former leader of the Liberal Democrats
- Tony Banks, later Lord Stratford, politician
- May Blood, Baroness Blood, Labour member of the House of Lords
- Robert Bradford (Northern Ireland politician) assassinated unionist politician
- Sir William Cairns, colonial administrator and Governor of Queensland, Australia
- Mairead Corrigan, Nobel Laureate (Peace)
- James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
- Reg Empey, unionist political leader
- Frank Gault, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Joe Graham, writer and historian
- Lord Fitt, nationalist political leader
- Chaim Herzog, sixth President of Israel
- Mary McAleese, President of Ireland
- David McCalden, far-right activist and AIDS victim
- Arlene McCarthy, politician
- Henry Joy McCracken, industrial and Irish politician
- Julia McMordie, Ulster Unionist Party politician; first female High Sheriff of Belfast
- Alexander Robinson
- Peter Robinson (Northern Ireland politician), unionist political leader and First Minister of Northern Ireland
- Bobby Sands, anti H-Block MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone; hunger striker
- David Trimble, Nobel Peace Prize winner
- Betty Williams, Nobel Laureate (Peace)
Religious
- William Conway (cardinal), Roman Catholic cardinal
- Henry Cooke (minister), Presbyterian minister
- Robin Eames, Primate of All Ireland
Science
- John Bodkin Adams, doctor and suspected serial killer
- Thomas Andrews, scientist
- John Stewart Bell, physicist
- Jocelyn Bell Burnell, astronomer (discoverer of pulsars)
- Sidney Elisabeth Croskery, doctor[4]
- John Boyd Dunlop, inventor and veterinary surgeon
- George Crawford Hyndman (1796–1867), biologist
- Charles Lanyon, architect
- William Lewis (1885–1956), Professor of Physical Chemistry, Liverpool; propounded collision theory
- William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, OM, GCVO, PC, PRS, FRSE, (1824-1907), mathematical physicist, engineer, and leader in the physical sciences of the 19th century
Sport
- George Best, football player
- Danny Blanchflower, football player
- Sammy Clingan, pro footballer
- Ray Close, boxer
- David Cullen, basketball player and 2007 winner of the Arthur Ashe for Courage Award at the ESPY awards for work with Peace Players International
- Joey Dunlop, international motorcycle champion
- Dave Finlay, professional wrestler
- Johnny Flynn, football player
- John Graham, NASCAR driver
- David Healy, football player
- Alex Higgins, former world snooker champion
- Damaen Kelly, former professional boxer and Olympic bronze medalist
- Jim Magilton, football player and manager
- Wayne McCullough, former world champion boxer and Olympic medalist
- Alexander McDonnell, early 19th-century chess master
- Sammy McIlroy, football player
- Eric McMordie, football player
- Rinty Monaghan, former undisputed world flyweight boxing champion
- Owen Nolan, Ice hockey player
- Andrew Patterson, cricketer
- Mark Patterson, cricketer
- Mary Peters, athlete and Olympic gold medalist
- Paul Stirling, cricketer
- Tucker, professional wrestler
- John Watson, Formula One driver
- Norman Whiteside, football player
References
- ^ http://www.discogs.com/artist/167390-Ian-Masterson
- ^ http://www.discogs.com/artist/167390-Ian-Masterson
- ^ "Seaneen Molloy", guardian.co.uk, London: Guardian Media Group, 17 December 2010, retrieved 13 January 2011
- ^ Sidney Elisabeth Croskery: Whilst I Remember, The Blackstaff Press, Dundonald, 1983, ISBN 978-0-85640-260-9