List of Famous people born in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Neil Hannon
Edward Neil Anthony Hannon is a Northern Irish singer and songwriter. He is the creator and front man of the chamber pop group The Divine Comedy, and is the band's sole constant member. Hannon wrote the theme tunes for the television sitcoms Father Ted and The IT Crowd.
Gary Lightbody
Gareth John Lightbody is a Northern Irish singer, songwriter, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the alternative rock band Snow Patrol. He has also founded the musical supergroups the Reindeer Section and Tired Pony.
Zoe Salmon
Zoe Salmon is a Northern Irish television presenter who hosted the children's television programme Blue Peter from 23 December 2004 to 25 June 2008. She also appeared on Dancing on Ice in early 2009. She was the 1999 Miss Northern Ireland.
Dean Shiels
Dean Andrew Shiels is a Northern Irish professional footballer, who plays as an attacking midfielder, and is player manager of Upperlands FC. Shiels has previously played for Hibernian, Doncaster Rovers, Kilmarnock, Rangers, Dundalk, FC Edmonton and Dunfermline Athletic. He has also played in 14 full international matches for Northern Ireland. His father is Kenny Shiels, who was his manager at Kilmarnock.
Kate Hoey
Catharine Letitia Hoey, Baroness Hoey, known as Kate Hoey, is a Northern Irish politician and life peer who served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Home Affairs from 1998 to 1999 and Minister for Sport from 1999 to 2001. A former member of the Labour Party, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Vauxhall from 1989 to 2019.
Norman Parke
Norman Parke is a Northern Irish mixed martial artist. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, Parke has fought for the UFC, Absolute Championship Berkut, KSW, and BAMMA. He was also a competitor for Team UK on The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes in late 2012 and won the Lightweight Tournament.
Colin Murray
Colin Murray is a Northern Irish sports and music radio and television presenter. In 2010, he became host of BBC Television's Match of the Day 2 on BBC Two, while still anchoring shows on BBC Radio 5 Live, including 5 Live Sport and Fighting Talk and was still presenting on BBC Radio Ulster. He has previously hosted regular Channel 5 television and BBC Radio 1 shows. In 2007, he was named 'Music Broadcaster of the Year' at the Sony Radio Academy Awards.
Conor McLaughlin
Conor Gerard McLaughlin is a Northern Irish international footballer who plays for Sunderland as a right back.
Eunan O'Kane
Eunan Charles O'Kane is an Irish professional footballer who is currently playing for Championship club Luton Town after signing from Leeds United on an 18-month loan arrangement. He has also played for the Republic of Ireland national team. O'Kane plays as a midfielder or attacking midfield playmaker.
Stephen Fitzpatrick
Stephen Fitzpatrick is a British businessman, founder of OVO Energy and former owner of the Manor Racing team. He is the President of Vertical Aerospace.