List of people from Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland has had many people who have influenced society in many ways. This list includes notable people who were born in, or lived in Northern Ireland.
- This is an incomplete list that may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
A–G
- Gerry Adams – politician
- Willie Anderson – Ireland Rugby Union International
- Kevin Baird – bassist for Two Door Cinema Club
- Colin Bateman – actor, director and writer
- David Bates – physicist
- John Stewart Bell – physicist
- Jocelyn Bell Burnell – astrophysicist
- George Best – footballer
- Colin Blakely – actor
- Danny Blanchflower – footballer
- Christine Bleakley – television presenter
- Kenneth Branagh – actor and director
- Jake Burns – founder of and singer in the punk band Stiff Little Fingers
- Amanda Burton – actress
- Vivian Campbell – rock guitarist for Def Leppard
- Peter Canavan – Gaelic footballer
- Adam Carroll – A1GP racing driver
- Ciarán Carson – poet
- Darren Clarke – golfer
- Tim Collins – soldier
- Phil Coulter – songwriter, pianist and music producer, arranger and director
- Nadine Coyle – singer for Girls Aloud
- Jamie Dornan – actor, model, musician
- Adrian Dunbar – actor
- Joey Dunlop – motorcycle racer
- Robert Dunlop – motorcycle racer
- Garth Ennis – comics writer
- Jonny Evans – footballer
- St. John Greer Ervine – writer
- Fra Fee – actor
- Dave Finlay – professional wrestler; associated with World Wrestling Entertainment
- Brian Friel – playwright
- James Galway – flautist
- Mike Gibson – rugby player
H–M
- Sam Halliday – guitarist for Two Door Cinema Club
- David Healy – footballer
- Seamus Heaney – poet
- Paul Henry – artist
- Alex Higgins – snooker player
- Ciarán Hinds – actor
- David Holmes – composer, DJ and musician
- Eamonn Holmes – television presenter
- John Hume – recipient, Nobel Peace Prize
- David Humphreys – rugby player
- Eddie Irvine – racing driver
- Oliver Jeffers – artist and author
- Pat Jennings – footballer
- Jimeoin – actor and comedian
- Brian Kennedy – musician
- Patrick Kielty – television presenter
- Kyle Lafferty – footballer
- Joseph Larmor – physicist
- John Lavery – painter
- Neil Lennon – footballer
- C. S. Lewis – writer
- Helen Lewis – choreographer and pioneer of modern dance
- Gary Lightbody – singer for Snow Patrol
- Bernard MacLaverty – writer
- Derek Mahon – poet
- Paula Malcomson – actress
- 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
- Willie John McBride – rugby player, captained Ireland and British Lions
- Graeme McDowell – golfer
- Damian McGinty – singer and actor
- Alister McGrath – Christian theologian
- Medbh McGuckian – poet
- Rory McIlroy – golfer
- 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
- Colin Murray – radio DJ
N–Z
- Liam Neeson – actor
- Sam Neill – actor
- James Nesbitt – actor
- Martin O'Neill – footballer and football manager
- Ian Paisley – politician
- Glenn Patterson – novelist
- Mary Peters – athlete
- William Pirrie - co-designed the RMS Titanic
- Ronan Rafferty – golfer
- Stephen Rea – actor
- Brendan Rodgers – football manager
- Zöe Salmon – television presenter
- Dean Shiels – footballer
- Victor Sloan – photographer and artist
- Michael Smiley – Comic Actor
- Dennis Taylor – snooker player
- William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin – mathematical physicist and engineer
- Alex Trimble – singer and guitarist for Two Door Cinema Club
- Juliet Turner – singer-songwriter
- Norman Whiteside – footballer