Find out more about the greatest Northern Irish people, including Saint Patrick, George Best, Paula Malcomson, Conleth Hill and John Stewart Bell.
Liam Neeson07 June 1952
Actor
Van Morrison31 August 1945
Singer
Conleth Hill24 November 1964
Actor
Johnny McDaid24 July 1976
Singer
Ciarán Hinds09 February 1953
Actor
Michelle Fairley17 January 1964
Actress
George Best22 May 1946
Footballer
Paula Malcomson01 June 1970
Actress
Colin Morgan01 January 1986
Actor
Ray Stevenson25 May 1964
Actor
Saint Patrick0385 AD
Missionary
Stephen Rea31 October 1946
Actor
Frances Tomelty06 October 1948
Actress
John Stewart Bell28 June 1928
Physicist
Betty Williams22 May 1943
Activists
Connor White20 December 2002
YouTuber
John Sheeran1957 AD
Ed Sheeran’s Father
Peter Paul Loughran07 July 1969
Ex-husband of Lena Headey
Caitriona Balfe04 October 1979
Actress
Allen Leech18 May 1981
Actor
Ronan Keating03 March 1977
Singer
Eamonn Holmes03 December 1959
Journalists
Alison Doody11 November 1966
Actress
Clive Standen22 July 1981
Actor
James Nesbitt15 January 1965
Actor
Glen Hansard21 April 1970
Songwriter
Dave Finlay31 January 1958
Professional wrestler
Graham Linehan30 November 1967
Comedian
Dermot Morgan31 March 1952
Comedian
Kyle Lafferty16 September 1987
Association football player
Stephen Boyd04 July 1931
Actor
Susan Lynch05 June 1971
Actress
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Samantha Mumba18 January 1983
Singer
Jonathan Aitken30 August 1942
Politician
Damien Rice07 December 1973
Singer
Niamh Cusack20 October 1959
Actress
Feargal Sharkey13 August 1958
Singer
Orla Brady28 March 1961
Actress
Shane Lynch03 July 1976
Singer
Richard Dormer11 November 1969
Actor
Steven Davis01 January 1985
Association football player
Eddie Jordan30 March 1948
Businessman
Gloria Hunniford10 April 1940
Television presenter
Patrick Bergin04 February 1951
Actor
Elaine Cassidy31 December 1979
Actress
Keith Duffy02 June 1966
Bass Guitarist
Paul Muldoon20 June 1951
Poet, Author, University teacher, Writer