List of Famous people born in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Liam Boyce
Liam Boyce is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Scottish Championship club Heart of Midlothian.
Vivian Campbell
Vivian Patrick Campbell is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician. He came to prominence in the early 1980s as a member of Dio, and has been a member of Def Leppard since 1992. Campbell has also worked with Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Sweet Savage, Trinity, Riverdogs, and Shadow King.
Feargal Sharkey
Seán Feargal Sharkey is a singer from Northern Ireland most widely known as the lead vocalist of punk band The Undertones in the 1970s and 1980s, and for solo works in the 1980s and 1990s. His 1985 solo single "A Good Heart" was an international success. After becoming less musically active in the early 1990s, he has performed various roles supporting the UK's commercial music industry, winning several awards and honours for his work in that area.
Jonathan Rea
Jonathan Rea, MBE is a Northern Irish professional motorcycle racer, competing in the Superbike World Championship with team-mate Alex Lowes.
Natalie Evans, Baroness Evans
Natalie Jessica Evans, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park, is a British politician serving as Leader of the House of Lords since 2016, the first occupant of the role who has served under two prime ministers for nearly 50 years since Lord Shepherd in 1974. A member of the Conservative Party, she was made a life peer in 2014.
Arnold Hunter
Arnold Hunter is a Northern Irish professional football referee. He has been a full international for FIFA since 2011.
Niall McGinn
Niall McGinn is a Northern Irish professional footballer, who plays for Scottish Premiership club Aberdeen. McGinn has also played for Dungannon Swifts, Derry City, Celtic, Brentford and South Korean club Gwangju. He made his debut for Northern Ireland in 2008 and has gone on to make 50 international appearances.
Saoirse-Monica Jackson
Saoirse-Monica Jackson is an actress from Northern Ireland, known for portraying the role of Erin Quinn on the Channel 4 sitcom Derry Girls.
Chris Farrell
Christopher Robert Eric Farrell is an Irish rugby union player for Pro14 and Champions Cup side Munster and, internationally, for Ireland. He plays as a centre and represents Young Munster in the All-Ireland League.
Freddie Scappaticci
Freddie Scappaticci was a purported high-level double agent in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), known by the codename "Stakeknife".