County Antrim - Notable Residents

Notable Residents

  • James Adair, (1709–1783), born in County Antrim, explorer, trader, and historian
  • Charles Clinton Beatty (1715?-1772), born in County Antrim, noted clergyman in the New Jersey area
  • John Bodkin Adams, (1899–1983), general practitioner born in Randalstown and suspected of killing 163 patients while practising in Eastbourne, England.
  • William Arthur, (1797–1875), born in Ballymena, noted antiquitarian and Baptist clergyman in the United States.
  • Joey Dunlop, OBE, (1952–2000), from Ballymoney, five time World Motorcycle Champion.
  • Sir John Jamison, (1776–1844), physician and naval surgeon from Carrickfergus who became an important pioneering landowner and constitutional reformer in New South Wales, Australia.
  • George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737–1806), from Ballymoney, first British Ambassador to China in 1772.
  • Eva McGown, (1883–1972), chorister, pioneer, and hostess in Alaska.
  • John O'Kane Murray, (1847–1885), born in Antrim, physician and noted author.
  • James Nesbitt, (1965—), from Broughshane (though he lived near Coleraine for most of his teenage and adult life), notable actor.
  • Liam Neeson, (1952—), from Ballymena, notable actor.
  • Tony McCoy, (1974-), from Moneyglass, notable jockey.

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