List of Famous people born in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Kyle Lafferty
Kyle Joseph George Lafferty is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a forward, most recently for Italian club Reggina.
Arlene Foster
Arlene Isabel Foster PC is a Northern Irish politician serving as First Minister of Northern Ireland since January 2020, and previously from 2016 to 2017. She has served as Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) since 2015 and Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Fermanagh and South Tyrone since 2003.
Johnny McDaid
John McDaid is a singer, songwriter, musician and record producer from Northern Ireland. He is a member of the band Snow Patrol and Vega4, and has written songs with other artists including Ed Sheeran, P!nk and Robbie Williams.
Adrian Dunbar
Adrian Dunbar is an Irish actor and director from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, best known for his television and theatre work. Dunbar co-wrote and starred in the 1991 film, Hear My Song, nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the BAFTA awards.
Neil Lennon
Neil Francis Lennon is a football coach and former player from Northern Ireland who is the manager of Scottish Premiership club Celtic. He is in his second term as manager since 2019.
C. S. Lewis
Clive Staples Lewis was a British writer and lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Oxford University and Cambridge University. He is best known for his works of fiction, especially The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Space Trilogy, and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, such as Mere Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain.
Martin O'Neill
Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill, is the Northern Irish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
James Nesbitt
William James Nesbitt is an Irish actor and television presenter from Northern Ireland.
Stephen Rea
Stephen Rea is an Irish film and stage actor. Rea has appeared in films such as V for Vendetta, Michael Collins, Interview with the Vampire and Breakfast on Pluto. Rea was nominated for an Academy Award for his lead performance as Fergus in the 1992 film The Crying Game. He has during later years had important roles in the Hugo Blick TV series The Shadow Line and The Honourable Woman, for which he won a BAFTA Award. In 2020, he was listed at number 13 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.
Colin Howell
Colin Howell is a Northern Irish convicted double murderer. The murders and surrounding story were the subject of an ITV drama series The Secret, broadcast in April and May 2016.