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
- Mitchel McLaughlin - General Secretary of Sinn Féin and & MLA for South Antrim
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