List of Famous people born in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Amy James-Kelly
Amy James-Kelly is a British actress best known for her role as Maddie Heath in the ITV soap opera, Coronation Street, from December 2013 to June 2015. Before landing the role in Coronation Street, she attended the Blue Coat School in Oldham.
Colin Morgan
Colin Morgan is a Northern Irish actor. He is best known for playing the title character in the BBC fantasy series Merlin.
Roy Carroll
Roy Eric Carroll is a Northern Irish professional footballer who most recently played as a goalkeeper for NIFL Premiership side Linfield. He is best known for his spells at Wigan Athletic, Manchester United and Olympiacos. He has also represented Northern Ireland 45 times at full international level, gaining his first cap in 1997, aged 19.
Rhys McClenaghan
Rhys Joshua McClenaghan is an Irish artistic gymnast competing internationally for Ireland. In 2019, he became the first Irish gymnast to qualify to a world championships final and to also win a medal, taking bronze on pommel horse. In addition to his world medal, McClenaghan is the first Irish gymnast to compete in a European final and also the first to win a European medal.
Daryl Gurney
Daryl Gurney is a Northern Irish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Clive Standen
Clive James Standen is an English actor best known for playing Bryan Mills in the NBC series Taken, based on the film trilogy of the same name, as well as Rollo in the History Channel series Vikings, Sir Gawain in the Starz series Camelot, Archer in the BBC One series Robin Hood, and Private Carl Harris in the BBC science-fiction programme Doctor Who.
Corry Evans
Corry John Evans is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or centre-back for Blackburn Rovers. A Northern Ireland under-21 and senior international, he came through the Manchester United youth academy, like his older brother, Leicester City centre-back Jonny Evans. Corry Evans is capable of operating in defence or the centre of midfield. He has been used mainly as a midfielder for Blackburn Rovers.
Candida Doyle
Candida Mary Doyle is a keyboard player and occasional backing vocalist with the band Pulp, which she joined in 1984. She joined her brother, drummer Magnus Doyle in the line-up, replacing a previous keyboard player who had left the band.
David Healy
David Jonathan Healy, MBE is a Northern Irish former footballer and now football manager who is in charge at NIFL Premiership club Linfield.
Sylvia Hermon
Sylvia Eileen, Lady Hermon is a retired Unionist politician from Northern Ireland. She served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of North Down from 2001 to 2019.