Notable People
Notable people who were born or have lived in Derry include:
- Frederick Hervey, Bishop of Derry and 4th Earl of Bristol
- The Restoration dramatist George Farquhar
- Authors Joyce Cary, Seamus Deane, Jennifer Johnston and Nell McCafferty
- Poet and Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney
- Social Democratic and Labour Party founder and Nobel Peace Prize winner John Hume
- Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland Martin McGuinness
- Former Leicester City, Celtic and Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill
- Everton player Darron Gibson
- Actresses Amanda Burton and Roma Downey
- Girls Aloud member Nadine Coyle
- Eurovision Song Contest winner and former politician Dana
- The band The Undertones and their one-time lead singer Feargal Sharkey
- Jimmy McShane of Baltimora
- Triathlete Aileen Morrison
- Tom McGuinness, Gaelic footballer
- Damian McGinty and Keith Harkin, vocalists with the group Celtic Thunder
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