List of Famous people born in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Connie Fisher
Connie Fisher is a British actress, singer and TV presenter, who won the BBC One talent contest, How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?
Anna Burns
Anna Burns is an author from Ireland. Her novel Milkman won the 2018 Man Booker Prize and the 2020 International Dublin Literary Award.
Patrick Jackson
David Patrick Lindsay James "Paddy" Jackson is a professional rugby union player from Northern Ireland. He primarily played at fly-half for Irish provincial side Ulster in the Pro12 and also played in France for Perpignan. He signed with London Irish for the 2019–20 Premiership Rugby season.
Pat Jennings
Patrick Anthony Jennings is a Northern Irish former footballer. He played 119 international matches for Northern Ireland as a goalkeeper, in an international career which lasted for over 22 years. During his career Jennings played for Newry Town, Watford, and in the top division with Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal, winning the FA Cup with both of the north London rivals. In total, Jennings made over 1,000 top level appearances, and despite being a goalkeeper he scored in the 1967 FA Charity Shield.
Peter Casey
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.
David Trimble
William David Trimble, Baron Trimble, PC, is a Northern Irish politician who was the first First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002, and the leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) from 1995 to 2005. He was also the Member of Parliament for Upper Bann from 1990 to 2005 and the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Upper Bann from 1998 to 2007. In 2006, he was made a life peer in the House of Lords and a year later left the UUP to join the Conservative Party.
Paula Malcomson
Paula Malcomson is a Northern Irish actress. She is sometimes credited as Paula Williams.
Peter Robinson
Peter David Robinson is a retired British politician who served as First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2008 until 2016 and Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) from 2008 until 2015. He has been involved in Northern Irish politics for over 40 years, being a founding member of the DUP along with Ian Paisley.
Steve Leonard
Stephen Leonard is a Northern Irish veterinarian and television personality.
Shane Ferguson
Shane Kevin Ferguson is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays for Championship club Millwall and the Northern Ireland national team. He previously played for Newcastle United in the Premier League, where he had two spells on loan to Birmingham City of the English Championship, as well as Rangers of the Scottish Championship. He is capable of playing anywhere on the left flank as a full back or winger.