List of people from Derry
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This is a list of famous people who were born or have lived in Derry, Northern Ireland.
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[edit] Actors
- Seamus Ball - Actor
- Amanda Burton - Actress, best known for her role as forensic pathologist Doctor (later Professor) "Sam Ryan" in the BBC crime drama series Silent Witness
- Roma Downey - Actress best known for her role as Monica, the main character of the religious TV series Touched by an Angel
- George Farquhar - Restoration dramatist
- Bronagh Gallagher - Actress/singer whose films include Pulp Fiction and The Commitments
- Andrew Simpson - Actor from Notes on a Scandal
[edit] Artists
- Willie Doherty - Visual artist twice nominated for the Turner Prize
[edit] Authors
- Willie Carson - Photo-journalist and author
- Joyce Cary - Author, two of his novels were made into films: The Horse's Mouth (1958) starring Sir Alec Guinness and Mister Johnson (1990)
- Seamus Deane - Writer
- Richard Doherty - Catholic Unionist/Royal Ulster Constabulary reservist, writer, military historian
- Seamus Heaney - Irish poet, writer and lecturer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995
- Nell McCafferty - Journalist, playwright, civil rights campaigner and feminist
- Eamonn McCann - Journalist, civil rights campaigner and socialist
[edit] Musicians
- Phil Coulter - Songwriter who wrote The Town I Loved So Well
- Nadine Coyle - Singer from Girls Aloud
- Peter Cunnah - Lead singer with 1990s pop outfit D:ream
- Dana - Won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1970, later became a politician
- Neil Hannon - Lead singer of The Divine Comedy
- Josef Locke - Tenor singer, popular in the 1940s and 1950s
- Johnny McCauley - Singer/songwriter, founder of the "Country & Irish" sound who penned "Pretty Little Girl From Omagh", "Hometown On The Foyle" and many more
- Cahir O'Doherty - Musician in bands Fighting with Wire, Jetplane Landing and Seafood
- Feargal Sharkey - Lead singer of The Undertones and current chairman of the Live Music Forum
[edit] Politicians
- Gregory Campbell - Democratic Unionist Party Member of Parliament for East Londonderry
- Nigel Dodds - Democratic Unionist Party Member of Parliament for Belfast North
- Mark Durkan - Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) Member of Parliament for Foyle (the Derry area)
- William Hay - Democratic Unionist Party, Speaker of the Northern Assembly & MLA for Foyle
- John Hume - Nobel Peace Prize and Gandhi Peace Prize recipient, former leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, and former MP for Foyle 1983-2005
- Martin McGuinness - Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland and Sinn Féin MP for Mid Ulster
[edit] Scientists
- William Taylor Whan - Botanist
[edit] Sportspeople
- Liam Ball - Olympic swimmer
- John Duddy - Boxer, current holder of the IBA World Middleweight Title and the WBC Continental Americas Middleweight Title
- Darron Gibson - Footballer, Republic of Ireland international and Manchester United player, currently on loan at Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.. Also, first man from Derry to represent the Republic of Ireland national football team.
- Charlie Nash - Boxer, former European and British lightweight champion
- Martin O'Neill - OBE recipient, former manager of Celtic Football Club, and current manager of Aston Villa F.C.
[edit] Other
- Charlotte Coyle - Plus-size model
- John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence - Soldier and administrator in 19th century India and Viceroy of India
- Mark McFadden - Television journalist

