List of people from Belfast

This is a list of notable people born, raised or resident in Belfast, Northern Ireland. == Arts == == Business == Thomas Andrews, shipbuilder Andrew Mulholland, flax manufacturer William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, shipbuilder and politician Frank Carson, comedian Nauheed Cyrusi, actress, model, VJ Mary Gormley, beauty queen (Miss Universe Ireland 2000) John Kelly, coal merchant, shipowner Sir Samuel Kelly, coal merchant, shipowner Mickey Marley, street entertainer Declan Mulholland, actor Ruby Murray, singer Holly Quin-Ankrah, actress Roy Walker, comedian Adrian Zagoritis, songwriter == Law == Robert James McMordie, Irish barrister, politician, and Lord Mayor of Belfast Professor Denis Moloney, solicitor == Media == Gerry Anderson (1944–2014), radio and TV presenter; born and raised in Derry Christine Bleakley (born 1979), TV presenter; born in Newry; grew up in Newtownards Andrea Catherwood (born 1967), newsreader; born and raised in Belfast Eamonn Holmes (born 1959), television presenter; born and raised in Belfast John Irvine, broadcast journalist; born and raised in Belfast Shauna Lowry (born 1970), television presenter; born and raised in Belfast Abeer Macintyre (born 1964), television and radio presenter; born in Amman and moved to Belfast in 1969 Lyra McKee (1990–2019), journalist; born and raised in Belfast Colin Murray (born 1977), radio DJ and journalist; born and raised in Belfast Denis Murray (born 1951), broadcast journalist; born in Worcestershire and raised in Belfast Bill Neely (born 1959), broadcast journalist; born and raised in Belfast Stephen Nolan (born 1973), radio and TV presenter DJ; born and raised in Belfast Julian Simmons (born 1952), UTV, TV presenter and public figure; born in Kent and raised in Belfast Fionnuala Sweeney, CNN presenter and reporter; born and raised in Belfast == Military == Bryan Budd, soldier and posthumous Victoria Cross recipient Patrick Carlin, Victoria Cross recipient Colonel Tim Collins, former commander, Royal Irish Regiment, British Army James Joseph Magennis, submariner and Victoria Cross recipient William Frederick McFadzean, soldier and posthumous Victoria Cross recipient == Politics == Gerry Adams (born 1948), republican political leader Lily Anderson (1922–1982), social campaigner and communist Paddy Ashdown (1941–2018), former leader of the Liberal Democrats; born in New Delhi, brought up near Comber Tony Banks (1942–2006), later Lord Stratford, politician; born in Befast, grew up in London Sarah "Venie" Barr, political and community activist May Blood, Baroness Blood (1938–2022), Labour member of the House of Lords Robert Bradford (1941–1981), assassinated unionist politician; born in Limavady Sir William Cairns (1826–1886), colonial administrator and Governor of Queensland, Australia Mairead Corrigan (born 1944), Nobel Laureate (Peace) James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon (1871–1940), Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Reg Empey (born 1947), unionist political leader Frank Gault (1826–1896), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly Gerry Fitt (1926–2005), later Lord Fitt, nationalist political leader Chaim Herzog (1918–1997), sixth President of Israel Mary McAleese (born 1951), eighth President of Ireland David McCalden (1951–1990), far-right activist and AIDS victim Arlene McCarthy (born 1960), politician; Member of the European Parliament for North West England for the Labour Party from 1994 to 2014 Henry Joy McCracken (1765–1798), leading member of the Society of the United Irishmen Adam McGibbon (born 1988), environmentalist and writer Julia McMordie (1860–1942), Ulster Unionist Party politician; first female High Sheriff of Belfast; born in Hartlepool Peter Robinson (born 1948), unionist political leader and First Minister of Northern Ireland Bobby Sands (1954–1981), anti H-Block MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone; hunger striker David Trimble (1944–2022), Nobel Peace Prize winner; first First Minister of Northern Ireland Betty Williams (1943–2020), Nobel Laureate (Peace) == Religious == William Conway (1913–1977), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh Henry Cooke (1788–1868), Presbyterian minister Robin Eames (born 1936), Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh == Science == Thomas Andrews (1813–1885), chemist and physicist Isobel Agnes Arbuthnot (1870–1963), botanist and botanical collector based in South Africa John Stewart Bell (1928–1990), physicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell (born 1943), astronomer (discoverer of pulsars); born in Lurgan Sidney Elisabeth Croskery (1901–1990), doctor; born in Gortgranagh, Killinure, County Tyrone John Boyd Dunlop (1840–1921), inventor and veterinary surgeon; born in Dreghorn, North Ayrshire, and studied to be a veterinary surgeon at the Dick Vet, University of Edinburgh, moving to Downpatrick, Ireland in 1867 George Crawford Hyndman (1796–1867), biologist Charles Lanyon (1813–1889), architect; born in Eastbourne, Sussex; moved to Antrim in 1836 to become county surveyor until 1860; elected Mayor of Belfast in 1862 William Lewis (1885–1956), Professor of Physical Chemistry, Liverpool; propounded collision theory Samuel Martin Stephenson (1742–1833), prominent Belfast doctor who founded a hospital, the medical society and medical school William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824–1907), mathematical physicist, engineer, and leader in the physical sciences of the 19th century == Sport == == Other == John Bodkin Adams (1899–1982), doctor and suspected serial killer; born and raised in Randalstown; attended Queen's University Belfast; obtained post as general practitioner in Eastbourne in 1922 Hamish Kippen (1987–2008), Canadian fashion photographer and former junior athlete; born in Belfast, emigrated with family to Toronto in 1989 Alexander Robinson (c.

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List of people from Belfast

This is a list of notable people born, raised or resident in Belfast, Northern Ireland. == Arts == == Business == Thomas Andrews, shipbuilder Andrew Mulholland, flax manufacturer William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, shipbuilder and politician Frank Carson, comedian Nauheed Cyrusi, actress, model, VJ Mary Gormley, beauty queen (Miss Universe Ireland 2000) John Kelly, coal merchant, shipowner Sir Samuel Kelly, coal merchant, shipowner Mickey Marley, street entertainer Declan Mulholland, actor Ruby Murray, singer Holly Quin-Ankrah, actress Roy Walker, comedian Adrian Zagoritis, songwriter == Law == Robert James McMordie, Irish barrister, politician, and Lord Mayor of Belfast Professor Denis Moloney, solicitor == Media == Gerry Anderson (1944–2014), radio and TV presenter; born and raised in Derry Christine Bleakley (born 1979), TV presenter; born in Newry; grew up in Newtownards Andrea Catherwood (born 1967), newsreader; born and raised in Belfast Eamonn Holmes (born 1959), television presenter; born and raised in Belfast John Irvine, broadcast journalist; born and raised in Belfast Shauna Lowry (born 1970), television presenter; born and raised in Belfast Abeer Macintyre (born 1964), television and radio presenter; born in Amman and moved to Belfast in 1969 Lyra McKee (1990–2019), journalist; born and raised in Belfast Colin Murray (born 1977), radio DJ and journalist; born and raised in Belfast Denis Murray (born 1951), broadcast journalist; born in Worcestershire and raised in Belfast Bill Neely (born 1959), broadcast journalist; born and raised in Belfast Stephen Nolan (born 1973), radio and TV presenter DJ; born and raised in Belfast Julian Simmons (born 1952), UTV, TV presenter and public figure; born in Kent and raised in Belfast Fionnuala Sweeney, CNN presenter and reporter; born and raised in Belfast == Military == Bryan Budd, soldier and posthumous Victoria Cross recipient Patrick Carlin, Victoria Cross recipient Colonel Tim Collins, former commander, Royal Irish Regiment, British Army James Joseph Magennis, submariner and Victoria Cross recipient William Frederick McFadzean, soldier and posthumous Victoria Cross recipient == Politics == Gerry Adams (born 1948), republican political leader Lily Anderson (1922–1982), social campaigner and communist Paddy Ashdown (1941–2018), former leader of the Liberal Democrats; born in New Delhi, brought up near Comber Tony Banks (1942–2006), later Lord Stratford, politician; born in Befast, grew up in London Sarah "Venie" Barr, political and community activist May Blood, Baroness Blood (1938–2022), Labour member of the House of Lords Robert Bradford (1941–1981), assassinated unionist politician; born in Limavady Sir William Cairns (1826–1886), colonial administrator and Governor of Queensland, Australia Mairead Corrigan (born 1944), Nobel Laureate (Peace) James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon (1871–1940), Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Reg Empey (born 1947), unionist political leader Frank Gault (1826–1896), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly Gerry Fitt (1926–2005), later Lord Fitt, nationalist political leader Chaim Herzog (1918–1997), sixth President of Israel Mary McAleese (born 1951), eighth President of Ireland David McCalden (1951–1990), far-right activist and AIDS victim Arlene McCarthy (born 1960), politician; Member of the European Parliament for North West England for the Labour Party from 1994 to 2014 Henry Joy McCracken (1765–1798), leading member of the Society of the United Irishmen Adam McGibbon (born 1988), environmentalist and writer Julia McMordie (1860–1942), Ulster Unionist Party politician; first female High Sheriff of Belfast; born in Hartlepool Peter Robinson (born 1948), unionist political leader and First Minister of Northern Ireland Bobby Sands (1954–1981), anti H-Block MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone; hunger striker David Trimble (1944–2022), Nobel Peace Prize winner; first First Minister of Northern Ireland Betty Williams (1943–2020), Nobel Laureate (Peace) == Religious == William Conway (1913–1977), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh Henry Cooke (1788–1868), Presbyterian minister Robin Eames (born 1936), Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh == Science == Thomas Andrews (1813–1885), chemist and physicist Isobel Agnes Arbuthnot (1870–1963), botanist and botanical collector based in South Africa John Stewart Bell (1928–1990), physicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell (born 1943), astronomer (discoverer of pulsars); born in Lurgan Sidney Elisabeth Croskery (1901–1990), doctor; born in Gortgranagh, Killinure, County Tyrone John Boyd Dunlop (1840–1921), inventor and veterinary surgeon; born in Dreghorn, North Ayrshire, and studied to be a veterinary surgeon at the Dick Vet, University of Edinburgh, moving to Downpatrick, Ireland in 1867 George Crawford Hyndman (1796–1867), biologist Charles Lanyon (1813–1889), architect; born in Eastbourne, Sussex; moved to Antrim in 1836 to become county surveyor until 1860; elected Mayor of Belfast in 1862 William Lewis (1885–1956), Professor of Physical Chemistry, Liverpool; propounded collision theory Samuel Martin Stephenson (1742–1833), prominent Belfast doctor who founded a hospital, the medical society and medical school William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824–1907), mathematical physicist, engineer, and leader in the physical sciences of the 19th century == Sport == == Other == John Bodkin Adams (1899–1982), doctor and suspected serial killer; born and raised in Randalstown; attended Queen's University Belfast; obtained post as general practitioner in Eastbourne in 1922 Hamish Kippen (1987–2008), Canadian fashion photographer and former junior athlete; born in Belfast, emigrated with family to Toronto in 1989 Alexander Robinson (c.

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