Famous People
- Bear Grylls, adventurer, writer and television presenter was raised in Donaghadee until he was 4 - his grandmother was Lady Fisher (see below).
- Paddy, Lord Ashdown (born 1941) was raised on a farm near Donaghadee.
- Adam Best, TV actor (as seen in Holby City and The Bill), was raised here.
- Maynard Sinclair, Deputy Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, lived in Donaghadee.
- Sir Walter Smiles and his daughter Patricia, Lady Fisher (both Ulster Unionist Party Westminster MPs) lived in the town.
- Sarah Grand, Author and Feminist was born in Donaghadee in 1854
- Sylvia, Lady Hermon, current MP for North Down lives in the town
- Colin Angus, Founder of AIDS2000, PR Agent and Dog Groomer lived in the town.
- John Magowan, PDC Darts professional lives in the town.
- David McClelland, First Officer of the flight involved in the Kegworth Air Disaster in 1989, came from the town.
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