List of Famous people born in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Zara Turner is an actress from Northern Ireland.

Bríd Brennan is a Northern Irish actress who is known for her theatre work, she originated the role of Agnes in the Brian Friel play Dancing at Lughnasa, for which she won the 1992 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. She is also a three-time Olivier Award nominee; for Rutherford and Son (1995), The Little Foxes (2002) and The Ferryman (2018).

Patricia Quinn, Lady Stephens is an actress and singer from Northern Ireland. She is best known for her role as Magenta in the 1975 film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and the original stage play from which it was adapted. She appeared as Dr. Nation McKinley in the 1981 film Shock Treatment. In 2012, Quinn played the role of Megan in The Lords of Salem.

Diane Jean Dodds, Lady Dodds of Duncairn,, is a Democratic Unionist Party politician in Northern Ireland. She served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Northern Ireland constituency from 2009 to 2020. She previously sat in the Northern Ireland Assembly from 2003 to 2007 as MLA for West Belfast. In 2020, Dodds returned to the Assembly as MLA for Upper Bann.

Shane Brolly is an Irish actor, writer, and director from Belfast, Northern Ireland, most known for his role as Kraven in the Underworld franchise.

Michael Joseph O'Connor is a Northern Ireland international footballer who plays as a midfielder for NIFL Premiership club Glenavon.

David Crystal, is a British linguist, academic, and author.

David Anthony Campbell is a former Northern Ireland international footballer who played in the midfield position.

Reginald Norman Morgan Empey, Baron Empey,, best known as Reg Empey, is a British politician who was the leader of the Ulster Unionist Party from 2005 to 2010, and has been its chairman since 2012. Empey was also twice Lord Mayor of Belfast and was a Member of the Legislative Assembly for East Belfast from 1998 to 2011.

William James McBride, CBE, better known as Willie John McBride is a former rugby union footballer who played as a lock for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions. He played 63 Tests for Ireland including eleven as captain, and toured with the Lions five times; a record that gave him 17 Lions Test caps. He also captained the most successful ever Lions side, which toured South Africa in 1974.