Notable Belfast people
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Famous people born, raised or resident in Belfast
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[edit] Arts
- Derek Bell (1935 - 2002, harpist and composer.
- Duke Special, musician.
- James Bingham (b.1925, artist.
- Kenneth Branagh, actor/director
- Mairtín Crawford, poet
- Gerald Dillon, artist
- Barry Douglas, concert pianist
- Garth Ennis, comics writer
- James Galway, musician
- Paul Henry (1876 - 1958), painter.
- John Hewitt, poet
- Ciarán Hinds, actor
- David Holmes, DJ
- Brian Keenan, hostage and writer
- Sir John Lavery, artist
- CS Lewis, author and scholar
- Michael Longley, poet
- Bernard MacLaverty, author and screen writer
- Gerard McCarthy, actor and television presenter
- Ian McDonald, science fiction author
- Siobhán McKenna, actress
- Katie Melua, musician
- Brian Moore, novelist
- Gary Moore, musician, blues and rock guitarist formerly of Thin Lizzy
- Van Morrison, musician
- Bob Shaw, science fiction author
[edit] Business
- Thomas Andrews, shipbuilder
- William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, shipbuilder and politician
[edit] Entertainment
- Frank Carson, comedian
- Mary Gormley, beauty queen (Miss Universe Ireland 2000)
- Mickey Marley, street entertainer
- Declan Mulholland, actor
- Ruby Murray, singer
- Patricia Quinn, actress in The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Stephen Rea, actor
- Roy Walker, comedian
[edit] Law
- Charles Michael Lavery QC, Barrister
- Professor Denis Moloney OBE, Solicitor
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[edit] Media
- Andrea Catherwood, Newsreader
- Eamonn Holmes, television presenter
- Shauna Lowry, television presenter
- Colin Murray, radio DJ and journalist
- Denis Murray, Broadcast Journalist
- Fionnuala Sweeney, CNN presenter and reporter
- Suzanne Virdee , journalist
- Stuart Robinson, radio dj
- Stephen Nolan, radio and tv presenter dj
- Owen Larkin, radio dj
- Gerry Anderson, radio and tv presenter
- Pete Snodden, radio dj
- Christine Bleakley, tv presenter
- Colin McClelland newspaper editor and broadcaster
[edit] Military
- 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
[edit] Politics
- Ian Paisley, unionist political leader and church leader
- 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
- Mairead Corrigan, Nobel Laureate (Peace)
- James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
- Reg Empey, unionist political leader
- Lord Fitt, nationalist Political leader
- Chaim Herzog, sixth President of Israel
- Arlene McCarthy, politician
- Henry Joy McCracken, industrial and Irish politician
- Alexander Robinson
- Bobby Sands, Anti H-Block MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone
- Betty Williams, Nobel Laureate (Peace)
[edit] Religious
- Robin Eames, Primate of All Ireland
- Francis Maginn, deaf missionary & visionary
[edit] Science
- Thomas Andrews, scientist
- John Stewart Bell, physicist
- John Bodkin Adams, doctor and suspected serial killer
- Jocelyn Bell Burnell, astronomer (discoverer of pulsars)
- John Boyd Dunlop, inventor and veterinary surgeon
- George Crawford Hyndman, (1796 - 1867) biologist
- Charles Lanyon, architect
- Henry Lavery, Industrial Chemist
- William Thomson , 1st Baron Kelvin, OM, GCVO, PC, PRS, FRSE, (26 June 1824 – 17 December 1907) was a mathematical physicist, engineer, and outstanding leader in the physical sciences of the 19th century.
[edit] 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
- Dave Finlay, professional wrestler
- Alex Higgins, former world snooker champion
- Damaen Kelly, former professional boxer and Olympic bronze medalist
- Wayne McCullough, former world champion boxer and Olympic medalist
- Alexander McDonnell, early 1800s chess master
- Sammy McIlroy, football player
- Rinty Monaghan, former undisputed world flyweight boxing champion.
- Owen Nolan, Ice hockey player
- Mary Peters, athlete and Olympic Gold Medalist
- John Watson, Formula One driver
- Norman Whiteside, football player
