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
Jamie Dornan01 May 1982
Actor
Van Morrison31 August 1945
Singer
Saint Patrick0385 AD
Missionary
George Best22 May 1946
Footballer
Stephen Rea31 October 1946
Actor
Johnny McDaid24 July 1976
Singer
Ciarán Hinds09 February 1953
Actor
Colin Morgan01 January 1986
Actor
Ray Stevenson25 May 1964
Actor
Michelle Fairley17 January 1964
Actress
Alex Higgins18 March 1949
Snooker Player
Amanda Burton10 October 1956
Actress
Paula Malcomson01 June 1970
Actress
Frances Tomelty06 October 1948
Actress
Conleth Hill24 November 1964
Actor
Nauheed Cyrusi19 October 1982
Actress
Gloria Hunniford10 April 1940
Television Presenter
Bronagh Gallagher26 April 1972
Actresses
Feargal Sharkey13 August 1958
Singer
John Stewart Bell28 June 1928
Physicist
John Sheeran1957 AD
Ed Sheeran’s Father
Betty Williams22 May 1943
Activists
Peter Paul Loughran07 July 1969
Ex-husband of Lena Headey
Connor White20 December 2002
YouTuber
Caitriona Balfe04 October 1979
Actress
Fiona Shaw10 July 1958
Actress
Ronan Keating03 March 1977
Singer
Alison Doody11 November 1966
Actress
Clive Standen22 July 1981
Actor
Eve Hewson07 July 1991
Actress
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Allen Leech18 May 1981
Actor
Orla Brady28 March 1961
Actress
Eamonn Holmes03 December 1959
Journalists
Stephen Boyd04 July 1931
Actor
Brendan Rodgers26 January 1973
Football coach
Dave Finlay31 January 1958
Professional wrestler
Graham Linehan22 May 1968
Comedian
James Nesbitt15 January 1965
Actor
Glen Hansard21 April 1970
Songwriter
Dermot Morgan31 March 1952
Comedian
Glenn Quinn28 May 1970
Actor
Susan Lynch05 June 1971
Actress
Kyle Lafferty16 September 1987
Association football player
Damien Rice07 December 1973
Singer
Richard Dormer11 November 1969
Actor
Damian McGinty09 September 1992
Singer
Jonathan Aitken30 August 1942
Politician
Niamh Cusack20 October 1959
Actress
Samantha Mumba18 January 1983
Singer
Christy Brown05 June 1932
Writer
Patrick Bergin04 February 1951
Actor
John Collison06 August 1990
Entrepreneur
Shane Lynch03 July 1976
Singer
Eddie Jordan30 March 1948
Businessman
Joey Dunlop25 February 1952
Motorcycle racer
Keith Duffy02 June 1966
Bass Guitarist
Tony McCoy04 May 1974
Horse racing jockey
Elaine Cassidy31 December 1979
Actress
Victoria Smurfit31 March 1974
Actress
Steven Davis01 January 1985
Association football player
Ken Doherty17 September 1969
Snooker Player
Conor Cruise O'Brien03 November 1917
Politician
Brendan Hughes16 October 1948
Republican
Augusta, Lady Gregory15 March 1852
Dramatist
James Ussher01 January 1581
Archbishop
John Bruton18 May 1947
Politician
Michael Davitt25 March 1846
Political leader
Liam Clancy02 September 1935
Musician
Harry Ferguson04 November 1884
Mechanic
Paul Muldoon20 June 1951
Poet, Author, University teacher, Writer
James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce10 May 1838
Historian
James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon08 January 1871
Politician
Frank Harris14 February 1856
Journalist
Cathal Goulding02 January 1923
Military Leader
Martin O'Hagan23 June 1950
Journalist
Joe Cahill19 May 1920
Irish paramilitary leader
Josef Locke23 March 1917
Singer
Pat Eddery18 March 1952
Jockey and race horse trainer
William Massey26 March 1856
Prime minister of New Zealand
Paul Durcan16 October 1944
Poet
Andrew Scott21 October 1976
Actor
Daniel Maclise25 January 1806
Painter
Frank Pantridge03 October 1916
Physician
Denis Parsons Burkitt28 February 1911
Surgeon
Mark Durkan26 June 1960
Politician
Thomas Kinsella04 May 1928
Poet
Reg Empey26 October 1947
Politician
William Carleton20 February 1794
Writer
Bernadette Devlin23 April 1947
Politician
Forrest Reid24 June 1875
Novelist
Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford01 August 1776
Governor
Francis Rawdon Chesney16 March 1789
Explorer
St. John Greer Ervine28 December 1883
Author