People
- Kenny Shiels - current manager of SPL side Kilmarnock F.C from 2011 - present.
- Joseph Burns - an Ulster Unionist member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1960 - 1973
- Paul Charles - novelist, music promoter and talent agent
- Peter Doherty - former footballer and manager of Northern Ireland
- Richard Ferguson - barrister and politician
- General Fiasco - indie rock band
- Barry Gillis - current Derry Gaelic footballer
- Monsignor Laurence Higgins - former Vicar General of the Diocese of St. Petersburg and founder of St. Lawrence Catholic Parish in Tampa, Florida
- Aaron Hughes - current professional Association Footballer
- Joe Keenan - current Derry Gaelic footballer
- Willie McCrea - politician and a member of the Democratic Unionist Party
- Terry McFlynn - a current football player for Sydney FC and former Northern Ireland Under 21 player
- Colm Mc Gurk- All Ireland medalist in gaelic and hurling played for Derry along with brother Johnny Mc Gurk man of the match 1993
- Frank Niblock - former Derry Gaelic footballer
- Mickey Niblock - former Derry Gaelic footballer
- Thomas Niblock - television sports presenter for BBC Newsline
- Laura Pyper - actress (Hex, Reign of Fire and Headrush)
- Dean Shiels - professional association football player
- Sir James Starritt, KCVO - Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis from 1972-75
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Famous quotes containing the word people:
“You know when there’s a star, like in show business, the star has her name in lights on the marquee! Right? And the star gets the money because the people come to see the star, right? Well, I’m the star, and all of you are in the chorus.”
—Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1911–1956)
“No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments. We need people to bear witness against our inner judge, who keeps book on our shortcomings and transgressions. We need people to convince us that we are not as bad as we think we are.”
—Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)
“Everybody has that thing where they need to look one way but they come out looking another way and that’s what people observe. You see someone on the street and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw. It’s just extraordinary that we should have been given these peculiarities.... Something is ironic in the world and it has to do with the fact that what you intend never comes out like you intend it.”
—Diane Arbus (1923–1971)