List of Famous people born in Derry, United Kingdom

Alan Davidson

First Name Alan
Last Name Davidson
Born on March 30, 1924
Died on December 2, 2003 (aged 79)

Alan Eaton Davidson CMG was a British diplomat and writer best known for his writing and editing on food and gastronomy.

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Noel Willman

First Name Noel
Last Name Willman
Born on August 4, 1918
Died on December 14, 1988 (aged 70)

Noel Willman was an Irish actor and theatre director. Born in Derry, Ireland, Willman died aged 70 in New York City, United States.

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Eamon Martin

First Name Eamon
Born on October 30, 1961 (age 64)

Eamon Martin KC*HS is an Irish prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Armagh and the Primate of All Ireland since 2014.

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Mark Durkan

First Name Mark
Last Name Durkan
Born on June 26, 1960 (age 65)

Mark Durkan is a retired Irish nationalist politician from Northern Ireland. Durkan was the deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2001 to 2002, and the Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party from 2001 to 2010. He contested the Dublin constituency for Fine Gael at the 2019 European Parliament election.

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Peter Casey

First Name Peter
Last Name Casey
Born on October 9, 1957 (age 68)

Peter Joseph Casey is an Irish entrepreneur and political candidate. He is the founder and former Executive Chairman of Claddagh Resources, a global recruitment and executive search business. From 2012 to 2014 he was a panellist on the RTÉ television programme Dragons' Den, in which he was one of the investors adjudicating business plan pitches.

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Bronagh Gallagher

First Name Bronagh
Born on November 28, 1972 (age 53)
Height 160 cm | 5'3

Bronagh Gallagher is an Irish singer and actress from Northern Ireland. Gallagher had her first acting role in the 1989 television movie Dear Sarah. In 2020, she was listed at number 33 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.

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James McGuinness

First Name James
Last Name McGuinness
Born on October 2, 1925
Died on April 6, 2007 (aged 81)

James Joseph McGuinness served as the eighth Roman Catholic Bishop of Nottingham from 1974 to 2000.

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Jim McLaughlin

First Name Jim
Last Name McLaughlin
Born on December 20, 1940 (age 85)

James Christopher McLaughlin is a Northern Irish former footballer and was later a football manager in the League of Ireland.

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